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 All right, well this morning as we come to the Word of God, we are in the book of Titus.

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 We're working our way through this letter from Paul to Titus, and we are now in chapter 2.

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 So if you have your Bible with you, you can open it up to chapter 2.

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 Now this second chapter of Paul's letter contains two parts.

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 In the first part, verses 1 to 10, Paul tells Titus what he should be teaching

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 various groups of people in the churches, and he divides these groups by age and gender.

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 There are things to teach the older men in verse 2, things to teach the older women, verses 3 to 4,

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 things to teach the younger men, verses 6 to 8, and things to teach slaves, verses 9 and 10.

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 Then in the second part of this chapter, Paul reminds Titus of the gospel, the good news of Jesus,

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 and how this kind of living, talked about in the first part, flows out of the gospel.

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 Now, normally we would cover these two parts in order, but because it's Communion Sunday today,

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 we're just going to jump ahead to the second part, and then we're going to go back and cover the first part next Sunday.

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 So let me begin by reading the chapter so that we don't miss the flow and connection of these two parts.

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 This is Paul writing to Titus.

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 Teaching show integrity, seriousness, and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned,

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 so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.

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 Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything,

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 to try to please them, not to talk back to them and not to steal from them,

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 but to show that they can be fully trusted,

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 so that in every way they will make the teaching about God, our Savior, attractive.

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 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.

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 It teaches us to say no to ungodliness and worldly passions

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 and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this present age

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 while we wait for the blessed hope,

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 the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness

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 and to purify for himself a people that are his very own,

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 eager to do what is good.

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 These then are the things you should teach.

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 So the first ten verses of this chapter is Paul telling Titus

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 to teach the people in the churches to live a certain way.

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 We're going to look at that more next week.

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 But the summary of it is that they're to live honorable,

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 faithful, holy, pure, self-controlled, upright lives,

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 fulfilling their various responsibilities within their families.

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 And now as we come to verse 11,

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 Paul's going to tell us the why.

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 Why this kind of life?

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 And he begins with this statement in verse 11.

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 He says,

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 For the grace of God has appeared

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 that offers salvation to all people.

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 So Paul starts by reminding us of the gospel.

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 The grace of God has appeared.

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 God's grace is his kindness,

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 his favor,

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 his generous giving nature.

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 That part of who God is has appeared.

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 As one pastor has put it,

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 God's grace has come to light

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 in a way that was previously unseen.

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 Not that he wasn't gracious before,

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 but that now God's grace is revealed

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 in a new and especially wonderful way.

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 Paul is alluding to the gospel.

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 As one commentator puts it,

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 he is referring to the unique historical appearance

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 the one whom God has sent

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 because of his grace.

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 Jesus coming and living among us

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 and all that he did

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 and all that he said

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 and all that he set in motion,

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 that is how the grace of God has appeared.

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 And Paul's just kind of summing up the whole thing here.

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 All that God has done

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 and is doing through Christ,

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 it's a gift of his generous kindness,

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 his grace.

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 And through this gift of grace,

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 salvation has been brought,

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 has been offered to all people.

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 So because God is generous and giving,

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 kind,

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 he has opened the way to be saved

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 and offered salvation

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 to all the people of the world.

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 And Jesus is that way of salvation.

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 He himself is the savior,

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 as Paul said back up in the introduction

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 of this letter.

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 But now all this is not Paul's main point.

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 It's really the prelude to his main point,

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 which is still coming.

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 For the grace of God has appeared

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 that offers salvation to all people.

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 It teaches us to say no to ungodliness

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 and worldly passions

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 and to live self-controlled, upright,

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 and godly lives in this present age.

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 This is the connection point

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 to all the instructions

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 about how we should live

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 that came before all this.

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 God's grace has appeared

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 and it teaches us to live a certain way

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 in this present age.

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 So the gospel leads us

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 to a certain kind of living.

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 Christ has come from God

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 as a gift of God's grace to us.

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 Not only to forgive us of our sins

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 and to deal with our guilt,

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 but also to change the way that we live.

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 And it's here that we come face to face

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 with this gospel truth.

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 We are not only saved from,

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 we are saved to.

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 We are not only saved from,

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 we are saved for.

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 God, because he is a gracious God,

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 has a purpose for saving us

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 that's bigger than just getting us off the hook

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 for our sins.

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 forgiveness is part of it.

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 But it's not the whole story.

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 It's not the only thing

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 that God is aiming to do for us

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 by his grace.

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 And sadly,

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 sometimes we miss this element

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 of the gospel message.

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 We are right to focus on forgiveness

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 and the removal of guilt.

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 We're right to focus on the wiping

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 of our slate clean.

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 But God aims by his grace

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 to do more than that with us.

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 He wants to transform us

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 inside and out.

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 He wants to change our very lives.

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 He wants to take us from living sinfully

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 to now living righteously.

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 From living selfishly

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 to now living lives of authentic love.

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 from being full of evil deeds

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 to now being full of good works.

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 Another way to say this,

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 sometimes we might be tempted

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 to treat our salvation

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 as if it's kind of like

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 a get out of hell free card.

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 As if it's a fire insurance policy

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 and little more.

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 But the good news of God's grace

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 is that we are saved

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 from the penalty,

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 the punishment our sins deserve

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 and saved to a new life.

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 A life that's characterized

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 by holiness,

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 righteousness,

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 love,

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 good deeds.

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 Listen to this in verses 11 and 12.

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 God's grace teaches us

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 to say no.

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 Literally,

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 to renounce ungodliness

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 and worldly passions.

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 So there are two things

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 that God's grace leads us

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 to reject and turn away from.

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 First, ungodliness.

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 It means to live a life

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 that does not honor God.

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 To live in a way

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 that disregards Him.

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 A godless life.

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 God's grace,

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 which came through Jesus Christ,

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 teaches us to renounce

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 that kind of life.

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 To say no to that kind of life.

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 It also teaches us

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 to say no

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 to worldly passions

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 or worldly lusts.

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 This means the desires

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 or cravings

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 that our world has

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 that are sinful,

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 illicit,

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 perverse,

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 crooked.

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 Things like greed

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 and the desire to be rich

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 or immoral sexual desire

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 or the desire for revenge.

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 Immoderate desires for pleasure

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 like gluttony

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 or the desire for escape

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 like through drunkenness

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 and intoxication.

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 Desires for power

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 or control over others.

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 Desires for fame

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 and prestige

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 and popularity

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 or the desire to win

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 at all costs.

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 All of these

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 are the kinds of things

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 that worldly passions

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 refers to.

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 God's grace,

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 which came through

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 Jesus Christ,

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 teaches us to renounce

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 those kinds of desires,

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 that kind of life,

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 to say no

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 to those illicit cravings.

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 Think back to the teachings

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 of Jesus

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 in the Sermon on the Mount

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 and in his parables.

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 He commanded his disciples

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 not to be angry

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 or to seek revenge

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 or to do good things

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 just to be seen

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 and loved by others.

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 He taught them

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 not to be greedy,

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 not to desire

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 the highest places

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 of honor and authority.

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 He taught them

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 not to live for themselves,

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 but to live to please

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 God.

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 The gospel

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 isn't just the news

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 of what Christ

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 has done for us.

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 It's also the news

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 that Christ

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 has a new

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 and better life

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 for us to live.

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 And to enter

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 into this life

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 requires us

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 to repent

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 as Jesus declared,

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 to renounce

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 the godless life

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 and the worldly passions.

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 That word renounce

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 or say no

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 to

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 is also the same word

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 that's used

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 back up in chapter 1

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 about the false teachers.

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 As we heard last Sunday,

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 they claim to know God,

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 chapter 1, verse 16,

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 but by their actions

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 they deny him.

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 They denied God

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 by their living.

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 But here,

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 Paul says,

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 the grace of God

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 teaches us

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 to deny

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 godless living

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 and worldly passions.

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 So the grace of God,

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 the gospel of God,

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 Christ Jesus

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 who came

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 teaches us

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 not to live a life

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 like we've just been

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 talking about,

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 but then he flips

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 to the positive

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 side of things.

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 The grace of God

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 teaches us

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 to live

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 a life

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 like this.

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 it teaches us

00:14:21.560 --> 00:14:22.120
 to live

00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:23.620
 self-controlled,

00:14:24.940 --> 00:14:25.420
 upright,

00:14:26.220 --> 00:14:28.100
 and godly lives

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 in this present age.

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 And I think

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 it's helpful

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 to compare

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 the life described

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 here with the requirements

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 for the elders

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 back up in chapter 1,

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 especially in verse 8.

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 And we should compare

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 the life described

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 here with the way

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 that the Cretans

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 are known to live

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 in verse 12

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 of chapter 1.

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 Always liars,

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 evil brutes,

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 lazy gluttons.

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 And we should compare

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 the life described

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 here with the way

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 that the false teachers

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 are living

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 in verse 10

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 and verse 16

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 of chapter 1.

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 Do we notice

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 a theme here?

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 Even the word

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 self-controlled

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 here in verse 12

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 shows up

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 all over the place

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 here.

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 It's a qualification

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 for a church leader

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 in chapter 1,

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 verse 8.

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 It's what the Cretans

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 lack.

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 They're always

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 lazy gluttons.

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 It's the one thing

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 that Paul tells Titus

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 to teach all the groups

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 of people

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 in chapter 2,

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 the young

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 and the old,

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 male and female.

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 And now we see why.

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 Because this is

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 what it is

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 to be

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 a Christian,

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 to belong to Christ.

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 We are saved

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 from our sinful life

00:16:05.740 --> 00:16:07.879
 to live lives

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 that are

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 self-controlled.

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 Don't let

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 the worldly passions

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 rule over.

00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:18.720
 God's grace

00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:20.040
 has come

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 through Christ

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 to teach us,

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 to lead us,

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 to rule

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 over our desires

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 and our appetites

00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:30.379
 and our cravings,

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 to be in control

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 of ourselves

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 as we are made

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 to be.

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 Living upright,

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 godly lives,

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 good lives

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 devoted to Him.

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 Now we might be

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 tempted at this point

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 to say,

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 well,

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 God doesn't really

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 expect me to change

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 that much,

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 does He?

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 at least not

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 until we get

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 to heaven,

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 right?

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 No.

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 The grace

00:16:58.520 --> 00:16:59.180
 of God

00:16:59.180 --> 00:16:59.960
 teaches us

00:16:59.960 --> 00:17:00.379
 to live

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 this way,

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 this kind

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 of life,

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 in this

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 present age,

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 says Paul.

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 There's a good

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 many people

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 who want

00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:13.500
 the forgiveness

00:17:13.500 --> 00:17:14.740
 of God,

00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:16.600
 the grace

00:17:16.600 --> 00:17:17.320
 of God,

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 but not

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 the life

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 that God's

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 grace

00:17:21.299 --> 00:17:22.720
 teaches us

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 to live.

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 Listen,

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 Christ did not

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 come

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 to wipe

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 the slate

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 clean

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 so that

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 you could

00:17:31.819 --> 00:17:32.539
 fill it up

00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:32.879
 again

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 with more sins.

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 Christ didn't

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 come to suffer

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 and die

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 and atone

00:17:39.899 --> 00:17:40.779
 for your sins

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 so that you

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 could keep

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 doing them

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 more and more.

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 God in

00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:48.740
 His grace

00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.460
 has provided

00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:50.160
 atonement

00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:51.320
 and forgiveness,

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 but are we

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 going to try

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 and take

00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:54.900
 that gift

00:17:54.900 --> 00:17:55.840
 and then

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 willfully

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 do more

00:17:57.600 --> 00:17:58.539
 of the stuff

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 that He

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 died to

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 forgive,

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 transgress

00:18:00.600 --> 00:18:01.060
 more,

00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:02.240
 sin more?

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 May it

00:18:04.660 --> 00:18:05.240
 never be.

00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:07.460
 For the grace

00:18:07.460 --> 00:18:07.880
 of God

00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:08.360
 has appeared

00:18:08.360 --> 00:18:08.880
 that offers

00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:09.380
 salvation

00:18:09.380 --> 00:18:10.320
 to all people

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 and it

00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:11.400
 teaches us

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 to say

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 no

00:18:12.299 --> 00:18:12.819
 to

00:18:12.819 --> 00:18:13.519
 ungodliness

00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:14.059
 and worldly

00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:14.559
 passions

00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:15.419
 and to

00:18:15.419 --> 00:18:15.599
 live

00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:16.559
 self-controlled,

00:18:17.419 --> 00:18:17.859
 upright,

00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:19.180
 and godly

00:18:19.180 --> 00:18:19.519
 lives

00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:19.839
 in this

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 present

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 age.

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 In the

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 midst of

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 this,

00:18:24.399 --> 00:18:24.960
 Paul reminds

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.279
 us of

00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:25.700
 something

00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:26.940
 which helps

00:18:26.940 --> 00:18:27.579
 to motivate

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 us here

00:18:28.159 --> 00:18:28.700
 because,

00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:28.879
 you know,

00:18:28.919 --> 00:18:29.159
 we might

00:18:29.159 --> 00:18:29.599
 read this

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 and think,

00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:30.500
 oh man,

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 you mean as

00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:32.099
 a Christian

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 I have to

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 keep turning

00:18:33.879 --> 00:18:34.480
 away from

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 all this

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 stuff?

00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:38.099
 I have

00:18:38.099 --> 00:18:38.599
 to live

00:18:38.599 --> 00:18:39.579
 a self-controlled

00:18:39.579 --> 00:18:40.659
 life?

00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:42.160
 upright

00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:43.259
 and godly?

00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:45.100
 That sounds

00:18:45.100 --> 00:18:45.560
 hard.

00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:47.440
 That sounds

00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:47.940
 unpleasant.

00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:50.240
 But Paul

00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:50.820
 reminds us

00:18:50.820 --> 00:18:51.160
 of what's

00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:51.519
 coming

00:18:51.519 --> 00:18:52.680
 to encourage

00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:53.200
 us here.

00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:53.720
 Listen,

00:18:53.840 --> 00:18:54.279
 he says,

00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:55.279
 we are

00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:55.759
 waiting

00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.560
 for the

00:18:56.560 --> 00:18:56.880
 blessed

00:18:56.880 --> 00:18:57.400
 hope

00:18:57.400 --> 00:18:58.200
 that's

00:18:58.200 --> 00:18:58.660
 coming.

00:19:00.040 --> 00:19:00.680
 Verse

00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:01.259
 13.

00:19:04.040 --> 00:19:04.500
 It teaches

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.000
 us to live

00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:05.460
 this way

00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:06.340
 while we

00:19:06.340 --> 00:19:06.980
 wait for

00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:07.540
 the blessed

00:19:07.540 --> 00:19:07.980
 hope,

00:19:08.800 --> 00:19:09.519
 the appearing

00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.200
 of the

00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:10.940
 glory of

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.500
 our great

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:12.480
 God and

00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:13.059
 Savior,

00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:14.299
 Jesus

00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:14.839
 Christ.

00:19:17.379 --> 00:19:18.180
 There's a

00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:18.700
 wonderful

00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:19.639
 certain

00:19:19.639 --> 00:19:20.839
 future ahead.

00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.879
 The grace

00:19:22.879 --> 00:19:23.200
 of God

00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:23.700
 appeared the

00:19:23.700 --> 00:19:24.259
 first time

00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:24.720
 when Jesus

00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.180
 came,

00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:26.759
 and it's

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.200
 going to

00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:28.259
 appear again

00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:29.180
 when he

00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:29.940
 returns

00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:30.859
 in his

00:19:30.859 --> 00:19:31.259
 glory.

00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:33.000
 This is

00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.559
 a blessed,

00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:34.900
 happy

00:19:34.900 --> 00:19:36.240
 certainty

00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:37.619
 that we

00:19:37.619 --> 00:19:38.019
 can set

00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:38.400
 our hope

00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:38.700
 on.

00:19:40.100 --> 00:19:40.600
 Until we

00:19:40.600 --> 00:19:41.000
 are to

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:42.100
 live this

00:19:42.100 --> 00:19:42.720
 way,

00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:43.680
 renouncing

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.680
 ungodliness

00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:45.220
 and worldly

00:19:45.220 --> 00:19:45.660
 passions,

00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:46.140
 and now

00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:46.519
 living

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:47.660
 self-controlled,

00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:48.540
 upright,

00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:49.340
 and godly

00:19:49.340 --> 00:19:50.440
 lives in

00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:51.100
 anticipation

00:19:51.100 --> 00:19:52.900
 of that

00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:53.800
 blessed and

00:19:53.800 --> 00:19:54.540
 happy day

00:19:54.540 --> 00:19:55.740
 that's coming

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.140
 when our

00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:56.960
 King and

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:57.519
 our Savior

00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.560
 appears

00:19:58.560 --> 00:19:59.380
 again,

00:20:00.120 --> 00:20:00.519
 Jesus.

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.200
 Now,

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:04.580
 just in

00:20:04.580 --> 00:20:04.980
 case we

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.440
 didn't get

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:05.800
 it the

00:20:05.800 --> 00:20:06.300
 first time

00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:06.639
 through,

00:20:07.899 --> 00:20:08.220
 Paul's

00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:08.460
 going to

00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:08.980
 take us

00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:09.339
 through it

00:20:09.339 --> 00:20:09.859
 all one

00:20:09.859 --> 00:20:10.500
 more time.

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.779
 Here in

00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:13.919
 verse 14,

00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:15.599
 we're waiting

00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:15.980
 for the

00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:16.379
 appearing

00:20:16.379 --> 00:20:17.599
 of Jesus

00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:18.200
 Christ,

00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:20.559
 verse 14,

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.299
 who gave

00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:22.559
 himself for

00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.759
 us to

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.460
 redeem us

00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:25.659
 from all

00:20:25.659 --> 00:20:26.619
 wickedness

00:20:26.619 --> 00:20:27.220
 and to

00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:28.099
 purify for

00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:28.720
 himself a

00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:29.159
 people that

00:20:29.159 --> 00:20:29.500
 are his

00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:30.240
 very own,

00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:31.419
 eager to

00:20:31.419 --> 00:20:33.099
 do what

00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:33.659
 is good.

00:20:33.660 --> 00:20:36.880
 let's just

00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:37.740
 go through

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.400
 this quickly.

00:20:39.320 --> 00:20:40.340
 Jesus gave

00:20:40.340 --> 00:20:42.000
 himself for

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.460
 us.

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.140
 He gave

00:20:44.140 --> 00:20:44.779
 his life

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.880
 for us

00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:46.320
 when he

00:20:46.320 --> 00:20:46.700
 died on

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:47.240
 the cross.

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.240
 Why?

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.600
 Paul says

00:20:50.600 --> 00:20:51.660
 in order

00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:52.800
 to redeem

00:20:52.800 --> 00:20:53.279
 us.

00:20:53.580 --> 00:20:54.100
 He gave

00:20:54.100 --> 00:20:54.940
 himself for

00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:55.540
 us to

00:20:55.540 --> 00:20:56.700
 redeem us.

00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:59.019
 To redeem

00:20:59.019 --> 00:20:59.560
 means to

00:20:59.560 --> 00:21:00.080
 set us

00:21:00.080 --> 00:21:00.440
 free.

00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:00.539
 free.

00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:02.519
 So,

00:21:02.840 --> 00:21:03.220
 his

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:03.960
 suffering

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:04.740
 and death

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.779
 was a

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.700
 price paid

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.960
 on our

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.519
 behalf

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.920
 to set

00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:10.380
 us free.

00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:11.940
 Free

00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.460
 from what?

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 He gave

00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:16.140
 himself for

00:21:16.140 --> 00:21:16.539
 us to

00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:17.299
 redeem us

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:18.259
 from

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:19.460
 all

00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:20.559
 wickedness,

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.059
 quite

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:21.519
 literally,

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.720
 from every

00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:23.299
 lawless

00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:23.799
 deed.

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.400
 And that

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:27.120
 word lawless

00:21:27.120 --> 00:21:27.900
 is powerful.

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:29.900
 What are the

00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:30.640
 inhabitants of

00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.240
 this island

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:31.740
 of Crete

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.480
 known for?

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.880
 This place

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.720
 is a place

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.540
 of lawlessness.

00:21:36.780 --> 00:21:37.160
 The people

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:38.300
 all around

00:21:38.300 --> 00:21:38.660
 them are

00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:39.320
 lying,

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.060
 cheating,

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:40.880
 stealing,

00:21:41.320 --> 00:21:41.780
 swindling.

00:21:42.100 --> 00:21:42.519
 They're not

00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.080
 working.

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.400
 They're given

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:45.120
 to gluttony

00:21:45.120 --> 00:21:46.019
 and drunkenness.

00:21:47.300 --> 00:21:47.720
 And Paul's

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.620
 saying Jesus

00:21:48.620 --> 00:21:49.360
 gave himself

00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:50.120
 for us to

00:21:50.120 --> 00:21:50.960
 redeem us

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.820
 from that.

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:53.220
 All of it.

00:21:54.100 --> 00:21:54.840
 From that

00:21:54.840 --> 00:21:55.320
 kind of

00:21:55.320 --> 00:21:56.040
 lawless

00:21:56.040 --> 00:21:57.140
 life and

00:21:57.140 --> 00:21:57.960
 the punishment

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.400
 that we

00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:59.440
 deserve because

00:21:59.440 --> 00:21:59.759
 of it.

00:22:01.360 --> 00:22:01.980
 That's why

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.299
 you must

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:02.740
 teach the

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.220
 people there

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.480
 in the

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.100
 churches on

00:22:04.100 --> 00:22:05.420
 Crete to

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:06.259
 live good,

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.220
 upright,

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.640
 self-controlled

00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:09.299
 lives.

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.220
 The very

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:12.299
 gospel itself

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:13.039
 is that Jesus

00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:14.059
 wants to

00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:14.680
 redeem us

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.620
 from that.

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.580
 He gave

00:22:19.580 --> 00:22:20.220
 himself for

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:21.740
 us not

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.100
 only to

00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:22.559
 redeem us

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:22.920
 from all

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.460
 wickedness,

00:22:23.600 --> 00:22:24.080
 but also

00:22:24.080 --> 00:22:25.220
 to purify

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:26.100
 for himself

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:28.039
 people that

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.379
 are his

00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:29.679
 very own.

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:31.679
 And there

00:22:31.679 --> 00:22:31.959
 are two

00:22:31.959 --> 00:22:32.740
 wonderful truths

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:32.959
 here.

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.359
 First,

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:33.879
 that Jesus

00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:34.879
 died for

00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.899
 us to

00:22:35.899 --> 00:22:36.919
 purify us,

00:22:37.419 --> 00:22:38.500
 to cleanse

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.719
 us of

00:22:39.719 --> 00:22:40.319
 that which

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:41.859
 defiles us

00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:42.579
 and makes

00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:43.139
 us dirty.

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:45.359
 Sin does

00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:45.679
 that.

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.639
 It defiles

00:22:47.639 --> 00:22:47.919
 us.

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.459
 It makes

00:22:48.459 --> 00:22:50.079
 us dirty.

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:52.519
 And Jesus

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.059
 died to

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:53.759
 remedy that.

00:22:54.419 --> 00:22:55.199
 He died to

00:22:55.199 --> 00:22:56.039
 wash us

00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:56.899
 clean.

00:22:58.439 --> 00:22:58.879
 So now

00:22:58.879 --> 00:22:59.259
 that we've

00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.879
 been cleansed

00:22:59.879 --> 00:23:00.240
 by him,

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:00.599
 should we

00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:01.099
 keep going

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.799
 back to

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.319
 jump in

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:02.720
 the mud

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:04.279
 of sin,

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:06.039
 living

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.699
 godlessly,

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.480
 living to

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.480
 scratch the

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:08.960
 itch of

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.299
 worldly

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:10.299
 lusts?

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.599
 That kind

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:13.079
 of living

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:14.079
 doesn't fit

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.599
 with what

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.559
 Jesus has

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:16.039
 done for

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.319
 us.

00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:18.919
 He suffered

00:23:18.919 --> 00:23:19.879
 an agonizing,

00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:20.340
 death.

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:21.940
 He took

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:23.160
 our punishment,

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.720
 God's wrath

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:26.020
 upon himself

00:23:26.020 --> 00:23:27.080
 in order to

00:23:27.080 --> 00:23:28.060
 purify us.

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:28.860
 And so we

00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.600
 must now

00:23:29.600 --> 00:23:30.080
 seek to

00:23:30.080 --> 00:23:30.880
 live pure

00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:31.580
 lives.

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.880
 The second

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:35.540
 truth here is

00:23:35.540 --> 00:23:35.960
 that Jesus

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:37.520
 gave himself

00:23:37.520 --> 00:23:38.420
 for us.

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:38.900
 He died

00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:39.580
 for us

00:23:39.580 --> 00:23:40.560
 to make

00:23:40.560 --> 00:23:41.360
 us his

00:23:41.360 --> 00:23:41.880
 special

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.680
 people.

00:23:43.340 --> 00:23:44.420
 To purify

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:45.040
 for himself

00:23:45.040 --> 00:23:45.680
 a people

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.780
 that are

00:23:46.780 --> 00:23:47.620
 his very

00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:48.460
 own.

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:48.519
 sin.

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.360
 So this

00:23:50.360 --> 00:23:50.759
 is not

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.279
 just about

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:52.000
 eradicating

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.680
 our sin.

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:54.400
 It's about

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:55.180
 bringing us

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:55.759
 into a

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.240
 special

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.940
 relationship

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.620
 with him

00:23:57.620 --> 00:23:59.340
 where we

00:23:59.340 --> 00:24:00.240
 are his

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:01.220
 special

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:02.460
 treasured

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:04.059
 possession.

00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:06.840
 Listen,

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.559
 God doesn't

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.059
 just want to

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:10.380
 fix what's

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:11.380
 broken with

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:12.140
 you and

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:12.740
 in you.

00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:13.860
 He wants

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.579
 you.

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:16.399
 He loves

00:24:16.399 --> 00:24:17.240
 you.

00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:19.419
 He wants

00:24:19.419 --> 00:24:20.240
 a relationship

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:21.519
 with you

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:24.319
 to the

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:24.919
 extent that

00:24:24.919 --> 00:24:25.299
 he came

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:25.799
 down from

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.119
 heaven,

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.279
 became

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:29.039
 one of

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.439
 us,

00:24:29.919 --> 00:24:31.859
 and died

00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:32.279
 in our

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:32.740
 place

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:34.399
 to make

00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:34.979
 it possible.

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:39.579
 Paul brings

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.019
 this long

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:41.019
 sentence to

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.539
 a close

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:41.960
 with one

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.599
 more reminder

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.339
 that yes,

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.299
 the gospel

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:45.599
 does lead

00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:46.019
 us,

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:47.140
 teach us

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:47.960
 to live a

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.680
 holy life.

00:24:49.620 --> 00:24:50.160
 We see it at

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.480
 the end of

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.220
 verse 14

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.539
 there.

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:52.940
 He gave

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.519
 himself for

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:53.880
 us to

00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:54.500
 redeem us

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:54.839
 and to

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.740
 purify us

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:59.240
 so that

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.500
 we would

00:24:59.500 --> 00:24:59.759
 be a

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.220
 people that

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.500
 are his

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.259
 very own

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.779
 eager to

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:04.180
 do what

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.720
 is good.

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.259
 There it

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:05.720
 is again.

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.240
 Not just

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:08.700
 saved from,

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:10.360
 redeemed from,

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.720
 washed pure,

00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:12.620
 but saved

00:25:12.620 --> 00:25:13.400
 to,

00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:14.920
 redeemed and

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:16.519
 washed to

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.400
 be a

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:18.720
 people who

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.160
 do what

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.640
 is good.

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.920
 The life

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:23.500
 that Christ

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.140
 commands us

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:24.539
 to live,

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.519
 self-controlled,

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:26.539
 upright,

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.920
 devoted to

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.279
 God,

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.279
 it's what we

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:29.640
 were made

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:29.940
 for.

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.500
 It's what

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:31.839
 we were

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:33.339
 saved for.

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:37.139
 And notice,

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.339
 Jesus' aim in

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:39.059
 all this was

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:40.899
 not to

00:25:40.899 --> 00:25:41.639
 have his

00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:42.399
 people live

00:25:42.399 --> 00:25:43.459
 this way

00:25:43.459 --> 00:25:44.679
 begrudgingly,

00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:47.139
 but eagerly,

00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:49.079
 eager to

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.759
 do what is

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.059
 good,

00:25:50.379 --> 00:25:52.199
 which means

00:25:52.199 --> 00:25:52.639
 that Christ

00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:53.480
 died even

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:55.019
 to change

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.819
 our hearts,

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:58.000
 our desires,

00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:59.399
 and our

00:25:59.399 --> 00:26:00.980
 loves to

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.959
 fit this

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.380
 kind of

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:02.700
 living.

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:05.299
 This is

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:05.680
 the good

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:07.120
 news of

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.460
 Jesus.

00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:10.180
 Have you

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:11.579
 embraced this

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:12.380
 offer of

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:12.960
 salvation,

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:15.120
 this call of

00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:16.299
 Christ on

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:16.940
 your life

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:19.059
 to renounce

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:20.180
 ungodliness and

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:21.039
 worldly passions

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:23.019
 and to live

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:24.319
 upright,

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.579
 godly,

00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.759
 self-controlled

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.319
 lives?

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.440
 If you

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:29.880
 haven't yet

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:30.360
 done this,

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.139
 I want to

00:26:31.139 --> 00:26:31.659
 urge you,

00:26:32.159 --> 00:26:32.599
 do it

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:32.979
 today.

00:26:36.419 --> 00:26:37.079
 And if

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.419
 you have

00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:38.000
 done this,

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:39.579
 let me

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.179
 encourage you

00:26:40.179 --> 00:26:40.559
 to let

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:43.819
 these words

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:45.939
 sink in

00:26:45.939 --> 00:26:46.439
 deep and

00:26:46.439 --> 00:26:47.059
 give you

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.779
 the courage

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:49.219
 and help

00:26:49.219 --> 00:26:49.979
 to continue

00:26:49.979 --> 00:26:50.759
 living the

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.159
 kind of

00:26:51.159 --> 00:26:51.659
 life that

00:26:51.659 --> 00:26:52.500
 God's grace

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.599
 has saved

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.159
 us for.

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.799
 Let's not

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.319
 give up,

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.559
 even though

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.319
 it's hard.

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.359
 God,

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.899
 the other

00:26:59.899 --> 00:27:00.220
 night at

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.439
 youth,

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:00.679
 we were

00:27:00.679 --> 00:27:01.259
 talking about

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.200
 the prayer

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.779
 that Jesus

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.379
 taught his

00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:04.079
 disciples to

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.359
 pray.

00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:05.819
 And it's

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.099
 the kind

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:06.419
 of prayer

00:27:06.419 --> 00:27:06.740
 that we're

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.159
 to pray

00:27:07.159 --> 00:27:08.419
 every day.

00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:09.799
 Give us

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.220
 this day

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.019
 our daily

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.639
 bread.

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.339
 We're also

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:14.740
 in that

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.599
 prayer that

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.220
 Jesus taught

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:18.179
 us to

00:27:18.179 --> 00:27:18.720
 pray and ask

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.139
 God to

00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:19.939
 forgive us

00:27:19.939 --> 00:27:20.240
 our

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.359
 transgressions.

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.500
 Again,

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:23.000
 literally,

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.960
 our lawless

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.379
 deeds.

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.119
 Forgive us

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:25.879
 again of

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.760
 those things

00:27:26.760 --> 00:27:27.060
 that we

00:27:27.060 --> 00:27:27.520
 have done

00:27:27.520 --> 00:27:29.000
 and lead

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 us not

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 into temptation

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 but deliver

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 us from

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 evil.

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 Living this

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 way isn't

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 easy.

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 It's hard

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 enough for

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 us that

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 Christ taught

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 us to pray

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 daily and

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 ask for

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 God's help

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 with it.

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 And so

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 may we do

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 that.

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 And may we

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 not lose

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 heart in our

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 struggle.

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 Each one

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 of us for

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 personal

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 holiness to

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 the Lord.

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 And as we

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 come to the

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 Lord's table

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 this morning,

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 here's the

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 good news.

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 Even though

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 we will

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 fall short

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 and fail

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 and at

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 times give

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 in to

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 temptation

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 and sin,

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 even though

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 sometimes we

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 will entertain

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 and even act

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 on worldly

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 passions like

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 we used to

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 do all the

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 time,

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 as we

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 look again

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 to our

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 heavenly

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 father each

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 day and

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 as we

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 pray and

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 ask,

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 forgive us

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 our debts,

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 forgive us

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 our transgressions.

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 His grace

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 abounds to

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 us through

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 what Jesus

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 did on the

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 cross for

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 us.

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 He is

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 faithful to

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 forgive us

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 when we

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 confess and

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 to cleanse

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 us of

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 all

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 unrighteousness.

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 1 John 1

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 verse 9.

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 By God's

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 grace,

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 we are

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 saved from

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 our sin

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 and guilt

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 and we

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 are saved

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 to a

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 new,

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 upright

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 life of

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 devotion to

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 God.

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 And,

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 by God's

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 grace,

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 we are

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 carried from

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 the start

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 of this

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 new life

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 all the

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 way through

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 to the

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 ultimate

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 attainment

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 of it

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 when Jesus

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 Christ

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 returns

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 in glory.

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 And this

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 grace

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 that we

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 need,

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 it came

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 to us

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 by Christ

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 and His

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 death on

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 the cross.

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 So as we

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 go to the

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 Lord's table

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 this morning,

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 the bread

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 that we

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 partake of,

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 it represents

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 Jesus'

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 body,

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 which was

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 broken for

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 us.

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 And the

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 cup

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 represents

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 His blood,

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 which was

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 shed for

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 us.

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 We do

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 this in

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 remembrance

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 of Him.

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 in remembrance

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 of His

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 grace.

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 So if you

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 have embraced

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 Jesus Christ

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 as your

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 Savior and

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 as your

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 Lord,

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 then please

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 eat and

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 drink with

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 us.

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 If not,

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 please refrain

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 until you

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 have given

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 yourself to

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 Him.

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 We'll take a

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 few minutes

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 to pray

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 quietly and

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 reflect now.

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 and the

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 elders will

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 come forward

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 and serve

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 the bread

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 and the

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 cup.

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 And then

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 we'll give

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 thanks and

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 we'll eat

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 and drink

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 all together

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 in unison.

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 voy voy

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 voy

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 voy