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 Well, good morning. Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in Romans chapter 9.

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 It's very good to be here with you this morning, opening God's Word together as we continue our verse-by-verse exposition of Paul's letter to the Romans.

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 Good teachers build cases, laying one truth on top of the next, leading from point to point to aid their hearer's arrival at the truth they intend to present.

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 Paul, being carried along by the Holy Spirit, is a good teacher.

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 He has been building the case that we are justified by grace alone through faith alone in the person and finished work of Jesus Christ alone.

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 In chapter 1, verse 16 and 17, he states his thesis for the entirety of this letter.

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 There he says,

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 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

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 For in it, that is the gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith.

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 As it is written, the righteous shall live by faith.

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 The rest of this letter is expounding on what is found in those two verses.

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 He goes on to explain that whether or not a person has God's standard in writing, they have it written on their hearts.

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 Which leaves all mankind guilty on the day of God's judgment, for we have all willingly transgressed the standard.

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 Paul states this most clearly in chapter 3, verse 10 and following as he cites the Old Testament.

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 None is righteous.

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 No, not one.

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 No one understands.

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 No one seeks for God.

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 All have turned aside.

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 Together, they have become worthless.

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 No one does good.

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 Not even one.

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 Their throat is an open grave.

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 They use their tongues to deceive.

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 The venom of asps is under their lips.

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 Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.

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 Their feet are swift to shed blood.

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 In their paths are ruin and misery.

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 And the way of peace they have not known.

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 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

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 Beloved, this includes us.

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 Having established that all mankind is guilty before God, he then unpacks justification.

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 Justification is a declaration that one is righteous.

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 That is, never committed a sin and has perfectly kept all that's required of them.

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 And he unpacks that this is through faith alone.

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 Having been justified by faith, Paul teaches us that we continue by faith, having been set free from the enslaving power of sin.

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 He then roots comfort for our continued struggle with sin in this life in God's sovereign election, calling, justifying, and glorifying work.

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 We see this in chapter 8.

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 We find him in chapters 9 through 11 now, working out the implications of God's elective purposes for those who will not be saved.

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 Particularly, his concern is for the Jewish people.

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 Clay very helpfully worked us through the majority of chapter 9 over the past three weeks.

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 Which begins, this is chapter 9 and verse 1.

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 Paul says,

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 I am speaking the truth in Christ.

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 I am not lying.

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 My conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

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 This is in response to all he has said about God's elective purpose.

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 Which is a comfort for those who are in Christ.

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 But then he turns quickly with this anguish and sorrow.

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 Verse 3 tells us why.

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 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen, according to the flesh.

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 And he's talking there about the Jewish people who had largely rejected the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 We see a continuation of this sentiment in today's text.

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 Which is Romans chapter 9, verse 30, through chapter 10, and verse 4.

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 And in verse 1, he says this.

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 This is 1 of chapter 10.

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 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.

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 While Paul loves deeply the doctrine of sovereign election, as he should and as we should,

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 this doctrine does not make him cold to those who will not repent and believe in Christ.

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 We will see this morning that God's choosing of a people for his praise does not exclude the responsibility of people

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 to respond in faith to the saving work of the gospel.

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 And this is where he turns his attention now.

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 Much of our consideration in the coming weeks will be concerning the nation of Israel.

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 But let us not merely think this morning that we are speaking of some distant others

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 and that the warnings here aren't also for us.

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 So, good teachers build cases.

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 Good teachers also anticipate and answer objections.

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 Paul being carried along by the Holy Spirit is a good teacher.

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 And he anticipates another objection at the end of chapter 9.

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 Let's read this text together.

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 Romans 9, verse 30, through 10, verse 4.

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 We remind you before we do, beloved, that this is God's word to us,

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 written for his glory and our good.

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 And so, we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 Paul writes,

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 What shall we say then?

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 That Gentiles who do not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith?

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 But that Israel, who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness, did not succeed in reaching that law?

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 Why?

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 Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works.

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 They have stumbled over the stumbling stone, as it is written,

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 Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.

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 And whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.

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 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.

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 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

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 For being ignorant of the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own,

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 they did not submit to God's righteousness.

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 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

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 Now, in Romans chapter 9, verses 23 through 26,

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 Paul speaks of God making known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy,

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 which he has prepared beforehand for glory.

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 Even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles.

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 As indeed he says in Hosea,

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 Those who were not my people I will call my people,

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 and her who was not beloved I will call beloved.

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 And in the very place it was said to them,

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 You are not my people, there they will be called sons of the living God.

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 God, God, beforehand, in his sovereign election,

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 has called a people for his praise from every tribe, nation, and tongue.

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 All peoples, when you see this Jew and Gentile,

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 he's talking about the whole world.

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 It is to that declaration that Paul anticipates the objection found

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 in verse 30 through 32 right at the beginning.

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 Please know that both the chapter and verse breaks in a text are not inspired.

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 Sometimes I just disagree with where they put the breaks,

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 so I take the liberty to break it up myself.

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 So, see again, what shall we say then?

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 That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it.

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 That is a righteousness that is by faith.

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 So, those who didn't have the law and weren't seeking to obey God in any measure at all,

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 they have obtained righteousness.

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 But that Israel, verse 31,

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 who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness,

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 did not succeed in reaching that law.

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 And in the beginning of verse 32,

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 why?

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 How is this possible?

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 That Gentiles who did not pursue,

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 and Israel who did pursue,

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 are blessed differently.

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 This would have been a significant objection in the Jewish mind.

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 To show you just how deeply fixed the idea

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 that God only intended his saving work amongst Israelites,

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 I want to read to you an episode from the life of Christ,

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 which I think you'll do well to turn to with me,

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 found in Luke chapter 4.

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 So, if you could join me there.

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 Again, how deeply fixed this idea was in the Jewish mind.

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 God only intended his saving work for them.

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 That was the idea that was prevalent in the day.

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 This is Luke 4, beginning in verse 16.

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 And Jesus came to Nazareth,

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 where he had been brought up, his hometown.

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 And as was his custom,

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 he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day,

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 and he stood up to read.

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 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him.

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 He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

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 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,

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 because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.

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 He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives

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 and recovering of sight to the blind,

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 to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

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 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.

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 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down.

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 And the eyes of all the synagogue were fixed on him.

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 And he began to say to them,

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 Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.

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 He's saying,

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 I'm that one.

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 And all spoke well of him

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 and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth.

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 And they said,

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 Is not this Joseph's son?

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 And he said to them,

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 anticipating the next things they'll say,

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 Doubtless you will quote me this proverb,

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 Physician, heal yourself.

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 What we have heard you did at Capernaum,

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 do here in your hometown as well.

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 They asked him to perform miracles.

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 And he said,

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 Truly I say to you,

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 no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.

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 But in truth I tell you,

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 there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah,

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 when the heavens were shut up three years and six months,

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 and a great famine came over all the land.

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 And Elijah was sent to none of them,

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 but only to Zarephath in the land of Sidon,

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 to a woman who was a widow.

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 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha,

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 and none of them was cleansed,

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 but only Naaman the Syrian.

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 When they heard these things,

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 all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.

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 And they rose up and drove him out of the town

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 and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built,

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 so that they could throw him down the cliff.

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 But passing through their midst,

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 he went away.

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 Now, what happens between verse 22,

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 and all who spoke well of him

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 and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth,

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 and verse 28,

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 when they heard these things,

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 all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.

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 Simply this.

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 Jesus pointed out two times

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 that God's mercy passed over Israelites

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 and was extended to Gentiles.

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 A Sidonite widow named Zarephath

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 and a Syrian leper named Naaman.

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 This is from their own scripture.

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 The Jews of Jesus and Paul's day

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 were so conditioned that God's favor had to do

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 with their lineage and their law-keeping

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 that they couldn't even entertain the idea

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 from their own holy text

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 that God would be gracious outside ethnic boundaries

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 and they considered Jesus a heretic and worthy of death.

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 That's how deep-set this type of thinking was.

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 Paul answers this objection.

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 You can join me back in Romans.

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 By pointing out the error of Israel,

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 I, as Paul does here,

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 am speaking in generalities.

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 So praise God that many Jewish people

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 have and will place saving faith in Jesus Christ.

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 We're going to explore some of this in chapter 11.

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 But Paul's concern in this text

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 and our concern for today

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 is the broad rejection of justification

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 by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in the person and completed work

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 of Jesus Christ alone.

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 Paul in his day is seeing this broad...

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 And beloved, we live in a place

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 that people should know better.

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 God's word abounds in the place

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 in which we live.

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 And yet, there is a broad rejection

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 of justification by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in Christ alone.

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 So let's look at Paul's argument

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 by framing it with the following three points.

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 Number one, Israel's ignorance

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 of the purpose of the law.

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 Number two, Israel's ignorance

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 of the point of the scripture.

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 And number three, Israel's ignorance

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 of the person of God.

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 So number one, Israel's ignorance

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 of the purpose of the law.

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 And we see this in chapter 9

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 in the rest of verse 32.

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 He asks the question, why?

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 Why?

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 And he says,

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 because they did not pursue it,

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 that is the law,

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 pursue it by faith,

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 but as if it were based on works.

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 Notice Paul says that the law,

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 the righteousness contained within,

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 believing that somehow

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 the pursuit of it would be saving.

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 We live in a glorious day

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 that we understand how it is

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 that the law is fulfilled by faith.

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 They didn't quite understood,

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 saw things as a shadow,

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 as a glimpse of what would come,

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 but it was to be pursued,

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 nonetheless, by faith.

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 Paul has established already

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 that no one has kept God's law perfectly,

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 and that the righteous requirement

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 of the law is its perfect keeping.

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 So what was to be done

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 with an expectation

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 that could not be met?

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 The Jews of his day

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 seemed to think

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 that they were meeting

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 this expectation,

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 that it was not being met.

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 Paul asks and answers this question

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 for us in Galatians chapter 3.

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 Listen to what he says there,

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 beginning in verse 21.

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 He's spoken of grace,

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 and then he asks,

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 is the law then contrary

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 to the promises of God?

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 Certainly not.

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 For if a law had been given

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 that could give life,

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 then righteousness would indeed

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 be by the law.

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 But the Scripture imprisoned

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 everything under sin

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 so that the promise by faith

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 in Jesus Christ

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 might be given to those who believe.

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 Now before faith came,

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 we were held captive under the law,

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 imprisoned until the coming faith

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 would be revealed.

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 So then the law was our guardian

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 until Christ came

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 in order that we might be justified

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 by faith.

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 The law was, and is,

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 meant to point us to the one

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 who kept the law on our behalf.

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 We're supposed to see our failure in it,

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 to recognize that we have transgressed it.

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 Every one of us

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 has not kept God's law.

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 And a single transgression of it

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 deserves the curse of death.

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 The sinless life of Jesus Christ

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 is called his active obedience,

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 and it is a vitally important part

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 of the offer of the gospel

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 for our salvation.

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 He grants to us

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 his perfect law-keeping

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 through faith.

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 Unique in all the world

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 is the grace and mercy of our God

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 who makes a requirement

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 of all who will be saved

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 and then provides

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 for all that he commands.

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 The gospel declares

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 that we must be perfect

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 to be saved

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 and then grants us perfection

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 through faith in Christ.

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 This is so incredibly important

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 to understand.

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 So important

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 that I will not grow tired

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 of saying that one is justified

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 by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in the person

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 and completed work

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 of Jesus Christ alone.

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 But I will tell you,

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 even as I say that,

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 I need to say that.

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 I need to declare that

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 to the church.

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 I will not grow tired

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 of saying this

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 because sometimes

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 I am tempted

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 to grow tired

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 of saying it.

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 We need spines of steel

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 when it comes to declaring

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 these great truths.

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 The law is meant to show us

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 that we need God's grace

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 that's given to us

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 as a gift through faith

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 and that Christ accomplished

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 all that we need

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 that we might be saved.

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 We're confessional as a church.

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 We believe that it's important

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 to draw together

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 what the Bible teaches

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 about particular things

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 that we might put it

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 in our minds

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 and live accordingly.

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 And so we do things

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 like recite catechisms together.

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 Some of you may be familiar

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 with the New City Catechism.

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 It's one that we do

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 with our children quite often.

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 Question and answer 15 says this,

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 Since no one can keep the law,

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 what is its purpose?

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 And then very succinctly stated

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 that we may know

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 the holy nature of God

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 and the sinful nature

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 of our hearts

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 and thus our need of a Savior.

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 The law is meant

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 to have us looking

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 for some way

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 in which the law

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 will be fulfilled.

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 Now we live in a Western culture

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 and Western logic

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 is very linear.

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 I'm grateful for the New Testament.

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 The Greeks were very linear.

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 This is the heritage

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 that we receive

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 in the way that we logic

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 through things.

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 But Eastern logic

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 is very circular

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 and I don't mean that

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 as a cut to Eastern logic.

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 The Old Testament

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 being written in Hebrew

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 has a much more

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 circular logic to it.

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 That is,

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 the Old Testament says,

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 not this,

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 not this,

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 not this,

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 not this,

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 not this.

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 And it's leading us to,

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 well then what?

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 Well then,

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 what?

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 And we're supposed

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 to arrive

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 at this realization

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 that the Messiah

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 is this one,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And the New Testament

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 unfolds

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 all of that

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 for us.

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 Israel was

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 ignorant

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 ignorant

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 of the purpose

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 of the law.

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 They thought

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 that by keeping it,

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 by some measure,

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 they could gain

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 God's favor.

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 All kinds of people

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 think this way

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 today.

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 They want to put

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 their works

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 on a scale.

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 The good

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 versus the bad

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 and they hope

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 that the one

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 outweighs

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 the other.

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 If you ask

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 the average person

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 if they'll go to heaven,

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 they'll say,

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 well,

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 I think so

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 because I think

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 I'm a good

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 person.

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 And the gospel

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 says,

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 Romans says,

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 no,

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 you're not.

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 You do not

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 deserve heaven.

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 You do not

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 deserve restored

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 relationship

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 with God.

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 But,

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 and that's such

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 an important

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 conjunction,

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 God,

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 because He's

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 gracious

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 and He is

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 merciful,

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 has made a way

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 by grace alone

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 through faith alone

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 in the person

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 and completed

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 work of Jesus

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 Christ alone.

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 It could be said

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 we are saved

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 by works,

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 but not our own,

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 the works

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 of another,

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 the work of Christ.

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 Secondly,

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 notice Israel's

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 ignorance

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 of the point

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 of the Scripture.

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 Notice this

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 in chapter 9,

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 the very end

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 of verse 32

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 and into verse 33.

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 There Paul says,

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 they have stumbled

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 over the stumbling stone.

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 As it is written,

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 behold,

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 I am laying in Zion

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 a stone of stumbling

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 and a rock of offense

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 and whoever believes

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 in Him

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 will not

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 be put to shame.

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 Now,

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 what he's explaining

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 is what he has

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 just said.

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 Right?

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 He's helping us

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 to understand

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 this is according

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 to the Scripture.

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 Right?

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 And we see

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 God's elective purpose

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 in this.

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 They've stumbled

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 over Christ.

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 Rather than

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 laying Him

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 as the foundation

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 for their hope

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 of the future,

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 they have stumbled

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 over Him.

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 But,

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 I say this,

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 Israel's ignorant

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 of the point

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 of Scripture

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 because the Jewish

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 people had the Bible

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 of their day,

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 the Old Testament,

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 and would have known

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 what God had said

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 to the prophet Isaiah,

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 which is the citation

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 found here

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 in verse 33.

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 It's a bringing together

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 of a number of texts

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 from Isaiah.

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 Isaiah.

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 All of the Scripture

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 is meant to lead us

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 to Christ.

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 And you will not

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 be able to plead

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 ignorance

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 on the day of judgment.

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 We can read

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 of another episode

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 in Jesus' life,

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 this time

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 after His resurrection

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 in Luke chapter 24.

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 There we see recorded

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 that very day

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 two disciples

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 were going to a village

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 named Emmaus,

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 about seven miles

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 from Jerusalem.

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 And they were talking

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 with each other

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 about all these things

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 that had happened

00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:27.600
 while they were talking

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 and discussing together.

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 Jesus Himself drew near

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 and went with Him,

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 but their eyes were kept

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:33.779
 from recognizing Him.

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 And He said to them,

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:36.600
 What is this conversation

00:23:36.600 --> 00:23:37.220
 that you are holding

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 with each other

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 as you walk?

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 And they stood still

00:23:40.320 --> 00:23:42.060
 looking sad.

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 Then one of them,

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 named Cleopas,

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.279
 answered Him,

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 Are you the only visitor

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.500
 to Jerusalem

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.300
 who does not know

00:23:48.300 --> 00:23:48.940
 the things that have

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 happened there

00:23:49.580 --> 00:23:51.000
 in these days?

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.480
 And He said to them,

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.460
 What things?

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 And they said to Him,

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:56.740
 concerning Jesus of Nazareth,

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 a man who was a prophet,

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 mighty in deed

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 and word before God

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 and all the people,

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 and how our chief priests

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:04.119
 and rulers delivered Him

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:05.500
 up to be condemned to death

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.819
 and crucified Him.

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 But we had hoped

00:24:08.639 --> 00:24:09.899
 that He was the one

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:10.799
 to redeem Israel.

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 Yes, and besides all this,

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:13.799
 it is now the third day

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:15.179
 since these things happened.

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 Moreover,

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.659
 some women of our company

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 amazed us.

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 They were at the tomb

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.379
 early in the morning,

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.019
 and when they did not

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.720
 find His body,

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.740
 they came back saying

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.859
 that they had even seen

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.839
 a vision of angels

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:27.019
 who said that He was alive.

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 Some of those

00:24:28.459 --> 00:24:29.019
 who were with us

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.639
 went to the tomb

00:24:29.639 --> 00:24:30.500
 and found it just

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.699
 as the women had said,

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:34.479
 but Him they did not see.

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.599
 And He said to them,

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.639
 O foolish ones,

00:24:38.719 --> 00:24:39.759
 and slow of heart

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.879
 to believe all

00:24:40.879 --> 00:24:41.699
 that the prophets

00:24:41.699 --> 00:24:43.099
 have spoken.

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:45.139
 Was it not necessary

00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:45.819
 that the Christ

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:47.079
 should suffer these things

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:49.599
 and enter into His glory?

00:24:50.419 --> 00:24:51.079
 And before I read

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.879
 the last verse

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:52.540
 I intend to read

00:24:52.540 --> 00:24:53.600
 from Luke 24,

00:24:53.800 --> 00:24:54.400
 I just want to say

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:56.220
 between this episode

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:58.040
 and the transfiguration,

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:59.280
 there's debate in my mind

00:24:59.280 --> 00:25:00.080
 which I would have

00:25:00.080 --> 00:25:01.640
 rather been at.

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.640
 Verse 27 says,

00:25:03.800 --> 00:25:05.180
 And beginning with Moses

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:06.920
 and all the prophets,

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:08.700
 He interpreted to them

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:10.140
 in all the scriptures

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:13.140
 the things concerning Himself.

00:25:14.600 --> 00:25:15.540
 Notice that they are

00:25:15.540 --> 00:25:16.720
 weak of heart.

00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:18.260
 They stood,

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:19.620
 they are sad,

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:21.139
 they are not so sure

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:22.959
 about the resurrection.

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:24.639
 He calls them foolish

00:25:24.639 --> 00:25:26.439
 and slow of heart

00:25:26.439 --> 00:25:27.079
 to believe

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:28.559
 and then He takes them

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.799
 to the text

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:31.239
 and He walks them

00:25:31.239 --> 00:25:33.179
 through the Old Testament

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:34.399
 showing them

00:25:34.399 --> 00:25:36.959
 that He is in fact

00:25:36.959 --> 00:25:38.659
 the Christ.

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:42.339
 God will hold you accountable

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:44.479
 to what can be seen

00:25:44.479 --> 00:25:44.919
 of Him

00:25:44.919 --> 00:25:45.739
 and His saving work

00:25:45.739 --> 00:25:46.379
 through Christ

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:49.340
 in this precious text.

00:25:50.800 --> 00:25:52.040
 You will be accountable

00:25:52.040 --> 00:25:52.820
 on that day.

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.760
 He has spoken,

00:25:54.780 --> 00:25:56.340
 you and I do well

00:25:56.340 --> 00:25:57.800
 to listen.

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 May Christ for us

00:26:00.260 --> 00:26:01.080
 not be a rock

00:26:01.080 --> 00:26:02.020
 that has stumbled over

00:26:02.020 --> 00:26:03.740
 but the sure foundation

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:05.980
 of our deliverance.

00:26:06.760 --> 00:26:07.560
 I am grateful

00:26:07.560 --> 00:26:07.960
 to be part

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.840
 of a Christian tradition

00:26:08.840 --> 00:26:09.560
 that takes

00:26:09.560 --> 00:26:10.380
 the Bible seriously

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:12.380
 and to help

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:13.120
 pastor a church

00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:13.840
 that takes

00:26:13.840 --> 00:26:15.760
 the Bible seriously

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:17.859
 but we must know

00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:18.779
 that a constant

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:20.180
 nagging temptation

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:21.519
 for those who reverence

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.299
 God's Word

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:23.379
 and see good

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:24.400
 in His commands

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:25.980
 is to drift off

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:27.559
 into legalism.

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.619
 To begin thinking

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.619
 once again

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:31.839
 that we could ever

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:33.440
 have that same purpose.

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.940
 We can lose sight

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:36.039
 that people are saved

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:37.019
 by grace alone

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.839
 through faith alone

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:39.400
 in Christ alone.

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:41.500
 Jesus condemns

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.579
 the Pharisees

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:44.240
 who were the legalists

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.960
 of His day

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:47.880
 for this very thing.

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.200
 Listen to the indictment

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:50.500
 of John chapter 5

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:52.900
 verse 39 and 40.

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.359
 There He says,

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:56.620
 You search the Scriptures

00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:58.140
 because you think

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:58.839
 that in them

00:26:58.839 --> 00:27:00.380
 you have eternal life

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:01.460
 and it is they

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.980
 that bear witness

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:04.599
 about Me

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:06.140
 that you refuse

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.980
 to come to Me

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:09.339
 that you may have life.

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.980
 You seek to follow

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:13.880
 the rules from the text

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:15.240
 and yet those rules

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:16.839
 are supposed to show you

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:18.680
 your need of Me

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.640
 that you would come

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:20.420
 and believe

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:22.319
 in the Gospel.

00:27:24.380 --> 00:27:24.980
 Thirdly,

00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:27.220
 notice Israel's

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:28.000
 ignorance

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:29.220
 of the person

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.680
 of God.

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.880
 So we jump down

00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:33.440
 into chapter 10 now

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:36.440
 verses 2 through 4.

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:39.000
 I bear them witness.

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.720
 He desires

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.480
 that they would be saved

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.400
 because I bear witness

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:43.059
 they have a zeal

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:44.220
 for God.

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.820
 They're energetic

00:27:46.820 --> 00:27:48.440
 toward God

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:50.000
 but not

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:51.900
 according to knowledge.

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:53.640
 The Jewish people

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.799
 had made a God

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.980
 of their own invention

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:57.000
 and they weren't

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.740
 coming to Him

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.600
 on His

00:27:58.600 --> 00:27:59.440
 terms.

00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:01.080
 For

00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:02.519
 being ignorant

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.960
 of the righteousness

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:05.440
 of God

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:05.980
 or of

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:07.440
 God's righteousness

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.539
 and seeking

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.380
 to establish

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:10.039
 their own

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.740
 they did not

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.320
 submit

00:28:11.320 --> 00:28:12.900
 to God's righteousness

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:14.640
 for Christ

00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:15.580
 is the end

00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:16.299
 of the law

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:17.580
 for righteousness

00:28:17.580 --> 00:28:19.019
 to everyone

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:20.660
 who believes.

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.980
 They had failed

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:24.200
 to see

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:25.559
 that God

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.500
 is

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.500
 the standard

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.519
 that His

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.160
 righteousness

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.680
 has been

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.700
 explained to us

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:32.379
 in the law

00:28:32.379 --> 00:28:33.359
 and therefore

00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:35.519
 their zeal

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.259
 was not

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.740
 according

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:38.420
 to knowledge.

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.879
 Notice

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:42.460
 Isaiah chapter 6

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.019
 I'm thankful

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:44.019
 Ernie referenced

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.779
 this in his

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:46.039
 prayer of praise

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.920
 this morning.

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.400
 Isaiah

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:49.720
 sees a vision

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:51.740
 of holy God.

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.839
 In the year

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.700
 that King Uzziah

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.400
 died I saw

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:54.879
 the Lord

00:28:54.879 --> 00:28:55.660
 sitting upon

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.180
 a throne

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:57.559
 high and lifted up

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.779
 and the train

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.539
 of His robe

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.599
 filled the temple.

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.000
 Above Him

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:03.200
 stood the seraphim

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:04.000
 each had six

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:05.019
 wings which two

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.019
 He covered His face

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.899
 and with two

00:29:06.899 --> 00:29:07.819
 He covered His feet

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.740
 and with two

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.319
 He flew.

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:10.859
 And one called

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:11.299
 to another

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.960
 and said

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.960
 holy

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.839
 holy

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:14.559
 holy

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:14.579
 holy

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:15.480
 that three

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.359
 time repetition

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:17.500
 means perfectly

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.299
 righteous

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:18.879
 righteous

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.339
 righteous

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:19.940
 is the Lord

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.399
 of hosts

00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:21.419
 the whole

00:29:21.419 --> 00:29:21.919
 earth

00:29:21.919 --> 00:29:22.599
 is full

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:24.000
 of His glory

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:25.380
 and the foundations

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:26.599
 of the threshold

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.779
 shook at the voice

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.200
 of Him

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:29.079
 who called

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.900
 and the house

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:31.099
 was filled

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:32.339
 with smoke.

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:33.319
 And here is

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:34.799
 Isaiah's response.

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:37.599
 This is zeal for God

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.839
 according to

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.960
 knowledge.

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.339
 He says

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:43.279
 woe is me

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:45.319
 for I am lost

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:46.980
 for I am a man

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:48.099
 of unclean lips

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:48.920
 and I dwell

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.599
 in the midst

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.339
 of a people

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:52.220
 of unclean lips

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:53.620
 for my eyes

00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:54.420
 have seen

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:55.319
 the King

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:56.440
 the Lord

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:56.980
 of hosts.

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.920
 What is

00:29:58.920 --> 00:30:00.440
 wrought in Him

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.279
 by this vision

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:02.180
 of God's holiness

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:04.539
 is humility.

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.100
 Worship

00:30:06.100 --> 00:30:06.779
 according

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.819
 to knowledge.

00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:08.839
 He sees

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:10.120
 His need

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:11.900
 of cleanliness

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.960
 to be made

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:14.100
 clean.

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.559
 And if you read

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.160
 on in Isaiah

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.759
 He is

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.500
 and He is sent

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.180
 He is commissioned

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.900
 by God

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.740
 to be a messenger

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:20.579
 of the good news

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.799
 of Christ.

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:23.660
 Isaiah

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.460
 more than any other

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.279
 prophet speaks

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:26.039
 of the coming

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:27.460
 Messiah.

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:29.339
 So note that response

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:29.620
 right?

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:31.039
 A zeal for God

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.600
 begins

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:32.620
 with this

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:33.620
 humility.

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.720
 Another place

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.380
 that we can witness

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:36.700
 this

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.059
 is Luke

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:38.240
 chapter 18

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.640
 this is

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:39.519
 verse 9

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.079
 and following

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.960
 Jesus tells

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.480
 a parable

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:41.920
 to some

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.600
 who trusted

00:30:42.600 --> 00:30:43.539
 in themselves

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.759
 that they were

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.180
 righteous

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.900
 and treated

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.700
 others

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:48.160
 with contempt.

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:49.880
 Two men

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.220
 went up

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.779
 into the temple

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.720
 to pray

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:53.440
 one a Pharisee

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.480
 and the other

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.360
 a tax collector.

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.860
 The Pharisee

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.559
 standing by

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:58.019
 himself

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.620
 prayed

00:30:58.620 --> 00:30:58.980
 thus.

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.360
 Look how

00:30:59.360 --> 00:30:59.980
 contradictory

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.579
 this is

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:00.839
 to the

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.259
 response

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.779
 of Isaiah.

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.380
 God I

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:03.759
 thank you

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.039
 that I

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.360
 am not

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:05.059
 like other

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.460
 men

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.460
 extortioners

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:07.960
 unjust

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.579
 adulterers

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.019
 or even

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.920
 like this

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.620
 tax collector.

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.500
 I fast

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.200
 twice a week

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:14.100
 I give

00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:14.640
 tithes

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.100
 of all

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:16.039
 that I

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.339
 get.

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.680
 But the

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.319
 tax collector

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:18.920
 standing

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.460
 far off

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.759
 will not

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.360
 even lift

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:21.160
 up his

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.759
 eyes to

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.039
 heaven

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:23.140
 but beat

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:23.820
 his breast

00:31:23.820 --> 00:31:24.360
 saying

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:25.279
 God

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:26.200
 be merciful

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:27.100
 to me

00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:28.200
 a sinner.

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:29.860
 And then

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.279
 Jesus says

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:30.700
 I tell you

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.279
 this man

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.680
 went down

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:31.960
 to his

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.279
 house

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:32.960
 justified

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:34.560
 rather than

00:31:34.560 --> 00:31:35.620
 the other.

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:36.539
 For everyone

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.140
 who exalts

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.500
 himself

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:37.860
 will be

00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:38.180
 humbled

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.840
 but the

00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.140
 one who

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:39.560
 humbles

00:31:39.560 --> 00:31:40.000
 himself

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.640
 will be

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:41.680
 exalted.

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:43.019
 In this

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.340
 parable

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:43.860
 the tax

00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:44.240
 selector

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.779
 comes

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.800
 by grace

00:31:45.800 --> 00:31:46.240
 alone

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.700
 through

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:47.000
 faith

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.420
 alone

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:48.099
 in

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:48.420
 Christ

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:48.779
 alone.

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.680
 The

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:50.299
 Pharisee

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.740
 comes

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.359
 on his

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:52.059
 own

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.859
 merit

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.380
 and is

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:53.900
 not

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:55.400
 justified.

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.859
 Again

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.900
 speaking of

00:31:58.900 --> 00:32:00.819
 these

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.480
 Pharisees

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:02.299
 and I'm

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.059
 driving at

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.460
 this because

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:03.819
 I think

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.099
 there's

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:04.779
 such a

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.200
 danger

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.779
 of that

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.640
 for us.

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.519
 Matthew

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:07.799
 chapter

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.380
 23

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:09.480
 verse

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.000
 27

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.559
 and 28

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:10.880
 Jesus

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.359
 says

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:12.339
 woe

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:12.940
 to you

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:14.099
 scribes

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.420
 and

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:15.099
 Pharisees

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:16.220
 hypocrites

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:17.579
 for you

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:18.059
 are like

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:19.100
 whitewashed

00:32:19.100 --> 00:32:19.620
 tombs

00:32:19.620 --> 00:32:19.819
 which

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.620
 outwardly

00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:21.079
 appear

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.579
 beautiful

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:22.980
 but within

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.880
 are full

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:24.420
 of dead

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:24.860
 people's

00:32:24.860 --> 00:32:25.259
 bones

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:26.319
 and all

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:27.420
 uncluenliness

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:28.720
 so you

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.059
 also

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.620
 outwardly

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:29.900
 appear

00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.319
 righteous

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:31.420
 to others

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:32.539
 but within

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.079
 you are

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:33.700
 full

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.839
 of hypocrisy

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:36.519
 and lawlessness

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:38.700
 so if we

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.120
 are to go

00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:39.559
 to God

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:39.779
 if we

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.079
 have a

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.319
 zeal

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:40.779
 for God

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.180
 which I

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.579
 commend

00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:42.259
 it must

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:42.759
 be

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.559
 according

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.759
 to knowledge

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.500
 we must

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.160
 come to

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.440
 him

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:47.200
 on his

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:48.220
 terms

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.579
 we must

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:48.980
 recognize

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.379
 that we

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:49.559
 have

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:50.039
 nothing

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.519
 to offer

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:50.960
 to our

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.519
 salvation

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.859
 but humility

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.480
 of heart

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.119
 and the

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.720
 faith

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.400
 that he

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:56.599
 gifts

00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:59.039
 so an

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.500
 application

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.200
 for closing

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:01.240
 if you

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.599
 have yet

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.140
 to place

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:02.599
 saving

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:03.059
 faith

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:04.160
 in Jesus

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.579
 Christ

00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:05.059
 maybe this

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.480
 morning you

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.940
 find yourself

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.819
 trusting in

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.539
 your own

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:08.180
 works

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:09.440
 it resonated

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.019
 with you

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.460
 when I said

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:10.920
 people put

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.460
 things on a

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:11.980
 scale and

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.900
 hope that

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.180
 they have

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:14.240
 been good

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:15.099
 enough

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:16.660
 this text

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:17.240
 teaches that

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.880
 if you will

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:19.120
 cease laboring

00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:19.759
 to justify

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.339
 yourself

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:21.440
 and rather

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.380
 place all

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:22.660
 of your

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:23.140
 hope in

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.579
 the personal

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.319
 work of

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:25.099
 Jesus Christ

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:26.180
 then you

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.779
 will be

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.799
 saved from

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.259
 the eternal

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.900
 consequence

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:30.059
 of your

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.420
 sin

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:31.519
 you will

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.220
 not be

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:33.120
 put to

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.779
 shame

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.200
 if you

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.640
 trust

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:36.059
 in Christ

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:37.980
 if you

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.740
 have placed

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.279
 saving

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.240
 faith in

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.980
 Jesus Christ

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.740
 church

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:43.200
 this text

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.880
 teaches both

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.579
 the sovereignty

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.019
 of God

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.640
 and salvation

00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:46.720
 and the

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.039
 human

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.640
 responsibility

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.880
 to believe

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:50.039
 the gospel

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:51.220
 both things

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.480
 are being

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.180
 taught right

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.620
 here in

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:53.259
 this text

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:54.500
 the sovereignty

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.839
 of God

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.420
 and salvation

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:56.000
 his eternal

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.480
 purpose of

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:56.819
 election

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:58.140
 and the

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:58.400
 human

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:58.900
 responsibility

00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:00.120
 to believe

00:34:00.120 --> 00:34:01.180
 the gospel

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:02.980
 both truths

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.779
 are to be

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.740
 believed

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.920
 they are

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.759
 important for

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:06.920
 us

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.240
 otherwise

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.660
 they would

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.300
 not be

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:09.599
 taught

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:11.360
 Charles

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:11.679
 Spurgeon

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.239
 once said

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:12.579
 this is on

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:12.860
 the back

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.039
 of your

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.460
 bulletin

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.759
 it's the

00:34:14.759 --> 00:34:15.219
 same historic

00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:15.579
 quotation

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.019
 found there

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.579
 last week

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.139
 but Clay

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.639
 didn't reference

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:17.920
 it

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.619
 and so

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.019
 it's just

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.319
 too good

00:34:19.319 --> 00:34:19.719
 not to

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:19.980
 read it

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.360
 so I

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:20.799
 left it

00:34:20.799 --> 00:34:22.400
 in place

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:23.599
 he said

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:23.900
 this

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:25.420
 two truths

00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:26.219
 cannot be

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.719
 contradictory

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.219
 to each

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:27.480
 other

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:28.639
 two truths

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.380
 cannot be

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:29.739
 contradictory

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.259
 to each

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:30.519
 other

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:31.639
 if then

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.019
 I find

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.319
 taught

00:34:32.319 --> 00:34:32.799
 in one

00:34:32.799 --> 00:34:33.199
 place

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:33.420
 that

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:33.759
 everything

00:34:33.759 --> 00:34:33.980
 is

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.599
 foreordained

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.599
 that is

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:36.000
 true

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:37.340
 and if

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:37.719
 I find

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:38.179
 in another

00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:38.539
 place

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.019
 that man

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.639
 is responsible

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:40.340
 for all

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:41.019
 his actions

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.920
 that

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:43.159
 is true

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:44.099
 both

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.440
 things are

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:44.719
 taught in

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.019
 scripture

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:46.420
 and it

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.079
 is my

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.599
 folly

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.559
 that leads

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:48.900
 me to

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.360
 imagine

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:49.820
 that two

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.300
 truths

00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:51.019
 can ever

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.780
 contradict

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:53.059
 each other

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:55.559
 we sometimes

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.159
 feel that

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.400
 right

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:57.000
 it feels

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.579
 contradictory

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.559
 to me

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:58.980
 but that's

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.219
 my

00:34:59.219 --> 00:34:59.780
 that's my

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:00.139
 folly

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:01.039
 not the

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.340
 truth

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:01.820
 proclaimed

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.880
 so both

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.559
 truths are

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.139
 to be

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:05.840
 believed

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:07.720
 and finally

00:35:07.720 --> 00:35:08.180
 this text

00:35:08.180 --> 00:35:08.600
 teaches

00:35:08.600 --> 00:35:09.300
 that there

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:10.019
 is a

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.600
 way

00:35:10.600 --> 00:35:11.519
 to be

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:11.920
 saved

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.420
 praise

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:12.720
 god

00:35:12.720 --> 00:35:14.039
 we don't

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.980
 have to

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:16.120
 stay

00:35:16.120 --> 00:35:16.519
 in our

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:16.780
 sin

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.120
 there's a

00:35:17.120 --> 00:35:17.680
 way to

00:35:17.680 --> 00:35:18.360
 be saved

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:19.440
 by grace

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:19.860
 alone

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:21.059
 through faith

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.440
 alone

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.960
 in the

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.340
 person

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:22.960
 and completed

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.500
 work of

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:23.760
 Jesus

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:24.500
 Christ

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:25.579
 alone

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.840
 so we

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:27.100
 must

00:35:27.100 --> 00:35:27.820
 maintain

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.260
 this

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:28.800
 truth

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.680
 and we

00:35:29.680 --> 00:35:29.940
 must

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.559
 proclaim

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:30.980
 it

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.960
 boldly

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:33.480
 I told

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:33.700
 you at

00:35:33.700 --> 00:35:34.120
 the outset

00:35:34.120 --> 00:35:34.420
 of our

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:34.800
 study of

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.120
 Romans

00:35:35.120 --> 00:35:35.400
 that

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:35.840
 a

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.240
 reason

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:36.420
 we

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:36.880
 determined

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.460
 to

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:37.800
 study

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:38.059
 this

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.440
 text

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:38.760
 is to

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:39.180
 remind

00:35:39.180 --> 00:35:39.559
 us

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:39.860
 of

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.059
 the

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.460
 hill

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.740
 that

00:35:40.740 --> 00:35:41.019
 we

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.280
 are

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:41.680
 meant

00:35:41.680 --> 00:35:42.660
 to

00:35:42.660 --> 00:35:42.860
 die

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.180
 upon

00:35:43.180 --> 00:35:44.480
 there

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:44.720
 seems

00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:44.960
 to be

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.340
 so

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:45.680
 many

00:35:45.680 --> 00:35:46.180
 lesser

00:35:46.180 --> 00:35:46.760
 truths

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:47.039
 being

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.660
 challenged

00:35:47.660 --> 00:35:47.960
 and

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.440
 debated

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:48.900
 as

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.720
 distractions

00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:50.340
 from the

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:50.740
 gospel

00:35:50.740 --> 00:35:51.639
 of

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:51.880
 Jesus

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.440
 Christ

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.820
 may we

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.260
 not get

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:54.860
 confused

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.420
 between

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:55.700
 the

00:35:55.700 --> 00:35:56.180
 gospel

00:35:56.180 --> 00:35:57.119
 and

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.740
 gospel

00:35:57.740 --> 00:35:58.780
 implications

00:35:58.780 --> 00:36:00.380
 we

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:00.680
 need

00:36:00.680 --> 00:36:00.860
 to

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.400
 stand

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:01.900
 shoulder

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.160
 to

00:36:02.160 --> 00:36:02.480
 shoulder

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.000
 arm

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.180
 in

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 arm

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