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 Let's read God's Word.

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 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace?

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! By no means!

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 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves,

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 you are slaves of the one whom you obey,

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! Either of sin which leads to death,

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 or of obedience which leads to righteousness.

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 But thanks be to God that you who were once slaves of sin

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 have become obedient from the heart,

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 to the standard of teaching to which you were committed.

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 And, having been set free from sin,

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 have become slaves of righteousness.

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 I am speaking in human terms because of your natural limitations.

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 For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity,

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 and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness,

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 so now present your members as slaves to righteousness,

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 leading to sanctification.

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 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

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 But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed?

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 For the end of those things is death.

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 For now that you have been set free from sin and become slaves of God,

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 the fruit you get leads to sanctification,

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 and it's in eternal life.

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 For the wages of sin is death,

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 but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Thank you.

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 Gracious Heavenly Father,

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 I ask that you would be gracious to us here this morning.

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 That you would reveal yourself to us.

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 That you would show us who we are in Jesus.

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 And show us how to live because of who we are.

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 Because of Jesus.

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 I thank You for the love that You've shown us.

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 I thank You for Your Spirit that is moving and working even now.

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 And we ask that You would continue to work.

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 I don't know the situations in this room.

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 Nobody knows every situation in this room, God.

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 But I know You do.

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 And we trust that what is spoken will speak to each person

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 because there's power in Your Word.

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 And I pray that the words that come from my mouth

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 will be Your words, not my opinions,

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 but Your words this morning.

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 Show us how we should live because of Christ.

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 And we thank You for Him. In Jesus' name, Amen.

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 The Constitution, the U.S. Constitution,

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 was designed to defend and protect the freedoms

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 of each individual person.

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 The U.S., freedom is celebrated.

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 We have Independence Day.

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 We have people protesting because they have the freedom to do so.

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 If we strip freedom down,

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 if we take those layers off and we strip it back,

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 and we look at the real meaning and the effect of freedom,

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 we really come to the realization that none of us are free at all.

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 We are enslaved to something.

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 And for us, in the middle of the day,

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 that might be several things.

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 Example, you have a desire to eat.

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 You're hungry.

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 Well, you're now enslaved to that desire.

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 Temporary enslavement, nonetheless, but still enslavement.

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 You have a desire for companionship because you're lonely.

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 You are enslaved to that desire.

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 You want chocolate milk.

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 You're enslaved to that silly desire.

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 We are all enslaved and not really free.

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 Scripture reduces it even further for us.

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 That we are either enslaved to sin or enslaved to righteousness.

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 The hard truth about this is that's it.

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 There is no middle ground.

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 There is no neutral stance.

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 We are either enslaved to sin or enslaved to righteousness.

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 It's like Joshua in Joshua 24, chapter 24, verse 15.

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 At the end of his life, he says,

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 Choose this day whom you will serve.

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 And then the famous,

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 As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

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 It's not a choice on us,

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 but it's either one or the other.

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 In reality, there's no such thing as freedom from outside power.

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 There's no such thing as being autonomous and just floating by yourself,

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 answering to no one,

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 being affected by nothing.

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 The truth is, we are a slave.

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 And we have a master.

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 So, I want to ask you,

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 as I preach this morning,

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 as I proclaim what I feel like God is wanting to say to us,

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 I want you to come up with a conclusion on your life.

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 Who is your master?

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 Is it sin or is it righteousness?

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 Who do you bow to?

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 Who do you worship?

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 In the end, I hope that you come to a clear conclusion

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 who that is and what that is.

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 Three points, really two big points.

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 We're going to look at what it looks like for a person who is enslaved to sin.

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 And we're going to look at what it looks like for a person who is enslaved to righteousness.

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 Each having evidence of both.

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 So, let's look at what it is to be enslaved to sin.

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 What does this look like?

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 Verse 16 says,

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 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves,

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 you are slaves of the one whom you obey,

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 either of sin, which leads to death,

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 or of obedience, which leads to righteousness.

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 The result of being enslaved to sin is death.

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 Later on in verse 19, it says,

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 Lawlessness.

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 More lawlessness.

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 The result is death.

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 It doesn't mean anything else.

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 Sin is very powerful.

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 John MacArthur said this about sin,

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 and he's got alliteration,

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 and I try not to do that,

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 so forgive me.

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 Sin is very powerful.

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 It is the most devastating,

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 debilitating,

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 degenerating power

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 that ever entered the human stream.

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 The most devastating,

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 debilitating,

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 and degenerating power.

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 The evilness of sin

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 corrupted all of mankind.

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 So let's look at a few descriptions of sin

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 from Scripture real quick.

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 Sin is defiling.

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 It is a pollution of the soul.

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 It's like a corrosion on a beautiful piece of metal,

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 or smog in a beautiful sky.

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 Pollution.

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 Isaiah 30, verse 22 says,

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 Sin is called an impure thing.

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 Deuteronomy 32 says,

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 Sin is the poison of serpents,

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 and the cruel venom of asps.

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 Even though we could consider to be righteous

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 the things that we think are good,

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 Isaiah 64, verse 6 says that they are filthy garments,

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 or menstrual cloths.

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 2 Corinthians 7, verse 1 says that sin is the defilement of flesh and spirit.

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 Titus 1 says that sinners are those whose minds,

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 minds and consciences are defiled.

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 Sin is pollution of the soul.

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 Sin is also rebellious.

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 It is the acting out and the ignoring of God's word.

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 It is rebellious.

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 Somebody called,

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 and I don't know who this is,

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 called sin,

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 God's would-be murderer.

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 Because if sin had its way,

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 it would destroy God Himself

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 along with His righteousness.

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 We see this in Romans chapter 7,

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 the next chapter we're headed to,

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 where Paul says,

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 I do what I don't want to do,

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 and I don't do what I want to do.

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 Sin is rebellious.

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 Sin is also ungrateful.

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 Every person indulges in God's gracious provisions,

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 but we fail,

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 or mankind fails to give credit to God,

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 much less to thank Him.

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 We take God's blessings

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 and use them to serve ourselves for,

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 and Satan.

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 Every sinner is like Absalom.

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 You know who Absalom is?

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 David.

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 It's one of David's sons.

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 In 2 Samuel chapter 14 and 15,

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 this son of David

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 kisses his father

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 at the same time

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 plotting to take his throne.

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 This is what sin does.

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 It is ungrateful.

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 Sin is incurable.

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 No matter how hard man tries to fix the problem,

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 no matter how creative we be

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 to come up with a solution,

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 it's impossible to fix our situation.

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 Jeremiah 13 talks about the Ethiopian

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 changing his skin.

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 It's impossible.

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 Or a leopard,

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 his thoughts,

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 cannot change who we are.

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 It is a helpless state.

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 Ephesians 2,

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 Colossians 2,

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 it is a dead state.

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 Sin is overpowering.

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 In Romans chapter 1,

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 verse 21,

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 it says that sin dominates the mind.

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 In John 3,

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 it dominates the affections.

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 In Jeremiah 44,

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 it dominates the will.

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 It says darkness hovers overnight,

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 sin hovers over all mankind.

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 Sin is overpowering.

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 And lastly,

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 and the scariest of all,

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 sin damns the unreneeed soul to hell.

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 In Revelation chapter 20,

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 John is given a vision of this throne,

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 the judgment.

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 And he writes,

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 And I saw the dead,

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 great and small,

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 standing before the throne,

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 and books were opened.

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 Then another book was opened,

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 which is the book of life.

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 And the dead were judged

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 by what was written in the books,

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 according to what they had done.

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 And the sea gave up the dead

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 who were in it.

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 Death and Hades gave up the dead

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 who were in them,

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 according to what they had done.

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 Then death and Hades

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 were thrown into the lake of fire.

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 This is the second death,

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 the lake of fire.

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 And if anyone's name

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 was not found written

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 in the book of life,

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 he or she was thrown

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 into the lake of fire.

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 Sin damns the unredeemed soul.

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 John 8.34,

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 Jesus' word says

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 that everyone who commits sin

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 is a slave to sin.

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 As we have seen what sin is,

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 the power and control that it has,

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 we all have been

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 or are currently slaves to sin.

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 It's one or the other.

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 If you are a slave to sin,

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 then death and lawlessness

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 are the fruit of your labor.

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 The fact is

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 that you're going to do

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 what your master

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 asks of you.

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 There's no,

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 I don't know,

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 maybe, maybe not.

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 If your master is sin,

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 you are going to sin.

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 If your master is

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 obedient to righteousness,

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 you're going to do

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 righteous things.

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 Act pure.

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 Act perfect.

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 Live sinless.

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 And if we're going to do

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 what our master does,

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 then we're reflecting

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 that master.

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 We represent him.

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 We portray his attributes.

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 And eventually,

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 eventually,

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 we become like him

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 or it.

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 So the question for you

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 just this far,

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 what do you portray?

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 What are you reflecting

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 to the world?

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 Who is your master?

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 Now the sad part

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 of this situation,

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 the sad part

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 about all mankind,

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 is that most of the world

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 doesn't even know it.

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 They don't even know

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 the situation

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 that they're in.

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 Let's just look at

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 Georgia for a minute.

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 Smaller picture.

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 2010,

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 the projected number

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 of lost people

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 in Georgia

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 is 6.8 million.

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 2020,

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 they said,

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 it's going to raise

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 to over 8 million.

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 That is astronomical.

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 That is 8 million people

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 who do not know

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 that they are enslaved

00:13:22.539 --> 00:13:23.079
 to sin.

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 There are 900,000 people

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 who live inside

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 the perimeter

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 in Atlanta.

00:13:29.099 --> 00:13:30.359
 800,000

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 are lost.

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 Are not affiliated

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 with a church

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 or Jesus.

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 So,

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 70%

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 in our state

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 and 90%

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 inside the perimeter.

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 in the Bible belt.

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 Some would say

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 the buckle

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 of the Bible belt

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 don't know Jesus.

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 They don't know

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 that they are

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 enslaved

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 to sin.

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 So,

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 no matter

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 how good they are,

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 how religious

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 they are,

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 and some of us

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 in this room,

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 how good we are,

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 how religious we are,

00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:07.679
 we're still

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 enslaved

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 to sin.

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 Here is something

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 else.

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 Did you,

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 did you know

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 that in the Civil War

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 that slaves

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 would fight

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 for their masters

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 for the,

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 for the Confederate

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 Army?

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 They would fight

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 for the guys

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 who were their

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 masters.

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 They'd fight

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 against the very

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 people who were

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 trying to emancipate

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 them,

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 who were trying

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 to free them

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 from this

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 slavery.

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 They fought

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 the very ones

00:14:38.299 --> 00:14:39.039
 who were fighting

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 for them.

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 Now,

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 I bring that up

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 because,

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 isn't that what

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 we do as

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 Christians?

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 Don't we fight

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 the one who

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 fought for us

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 when we sin,

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 when we become

00:14:51.179 --> 00:14:52.339
 enslaved to sin

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 voluntarily?

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 Isn't that what

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 we do?

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 We do the exact

00:14:56.219 --> 00:14:57.059
 same thing.

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 We fight

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 against the one

00:14:59.259 --> 00:15:00.099
 who has fought

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 for us.

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 Are you

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 fighting against

00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:03.959
 Jesus?

00:15:06.439 --> 00:15:07.259
 This is what

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 sin does.

00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:09.599
 It gets us

00:15:09.599 --> 00:15:10.179
 to fight.

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 It gets us

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 to hate

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 the one

00:15:14.339 --> 00:15:15.000
 who died

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 for the very

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 sin that we're

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 committing.

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 So whether

00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:21.819
 you have been

00:15:21.819 --> 00:15:22.899
 a slave to sin

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 or you are

00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:25.000
 a slave to sin,

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 there is hope

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 from this bondage.

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 There is a way

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 out.

00:15:30.779 --> 00:15:31.459
 There is no

00:15:31.459 --> 00:15:32.079
 reason for you

00:15:32.079 --> 00:15:33.139
 to stay

00:15:33.139 --> 00:15:34.679
 in your situation

00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:35.620
 being ruled

00:15:35.620 --> 00:15:37.340
 by sin.

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 And I say

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 ruled because

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 sin is

00:15:41.139 --> 00:15:42.060
 your master

00:15:42.060 --> 00:15:42.720
 if you do not

00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:43.279
 know Jesus

00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:43.860
 Christ.

00:15:46.580 --> 00:15:47.500
 So let's talk

00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:48.000
 about those

00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:48.779
 who are enslaved

00:15:48.779 --> 00:15:49.519
 to righteousness

00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:50.279
 because this

00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:51.620
 maybe is better

00:15:51.620 --> 00:15:52.620
 news for us.

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 Maybe not.

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 So if

00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:56.720
 you're not

00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:57.720
 enslaved to sin

00:15:57.720 --> 00:15:58.080
 and you're

00:15:58.080 --> 00:15:58.720
 enslaved to

00:15:58.720 --> 00:15:59.100
 righteousness,

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 which when I

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 say righteousness,

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 I mean

00:16:01.160 --> 00:16:03.200
 holy,

00:16:03.580 --> 00:16:04.120
 perfect,

00:16:04.460 --> 00:16:05.240
 sinless life.

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 I mean

00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:07.820
 pursuing good

00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:08.580
 deeds,

00:16:08.680 --> 00:16:09.379
 trying to live

00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:09.940
 for God,

00:16:10.340 --> 00:16:11.340
 following His

00:16:11.340 --> 00:16:11.920
 laws,

00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.759
 honoring Him

00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:14.180
 with your

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 life.

00:16:20.740 --> 00:16:21.560
 Now we

00:16:21.560 --> 00:16:22.340
 become part

00:16:22.340 --> 00:16:22.960
 of this group.

00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:23.700
 We become

00:16:23.700 --> 00:16:24.700
 enslaved to

00:16:24.700 --> 00:16:25.180
 righteousness,

00:16:25.920 --> 00:16:27.160
 not by anything

00:16:27.160 --> 00:16:27.680
 that we have

00:16:27.680 --> 00:16:27.960
 done.

00:16:28.280 --> 00:16:28.879
 We have to be

00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:29.639
 clear about this.

00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:30.779
 not by any

00:16:30.779 --> 00:16:31.539
 good merit,

00:16:32.179 --> 00:16:32.939
 not by any

00:16:32.939 --> 00:16:34.439
 prayer that we

00:16:34.439 --> 00:16:34.860
 pray.

00:16:35.899 --> 00:16:36.600
 There was

00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.340
 nothing in us

00:16:37.340 --> 00:16:38.080
 that earned

00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:40.439
 this transfer

00:16:40.439 --> 00:16:41.120
 and master

00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:41.779
 that is all

00:16:41.779 --> 00:16:42.399
 by the grace

00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:42.899
 of God.

00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:44.980
 Verse 18

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 says,

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 it does not

00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:47.279
 say,

00:16:47.319 --> 00:16:47.559
 I'm sorry,

00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:48.159
 verse 18,

00:16:48.439 --> 00:16:49.379
 does not say

00:16:49.379 --> 00:16:50.500
 that you set

00:16:50.500 --> 00:16:51.460
 yourself free.

00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:53.919
 It says that

00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:55.000
 having been set

00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:56.019
 free from sin

00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:56.519
 have become

00:16:56.519 --> 00:16:57.259
 slaves to

00:16:57.259 --> 00:16:57.700
 righteousness.

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 It is an

00:16:59.320 --> 00:16:59.920
 act done

00:16:59.920 --> 00:17:00.440
 to you,

00:17:00.520 --> 00:17:01.260
 not by you.

00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:02.520
 God,

00:17:02.640 --> 00:17:03.080
 through Jesus

00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:03.620
 Christ,

00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:05.440
 has set you

00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:05.920
 free.

00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:06.299
 These are

00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:06.860
 chains that

00:17:06.860 --> 00:17:07.340
 we cannot

00:17:07.340 --> 00:17:08.480
 break ourselves.

00:17:10.320 --> 00:17:11.000
 He sets you

00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:11.720
 free from the

00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:12.460
 bondage of

00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:12.740
 sin,

00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:13.600
 from the

00:17:13.600 --> 00:17:14.360
 control and

00:17:14.360 --> 00:17:15.100
 dominance of

00:17:15.100 --> 00:17:15.420
 sin.

00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:18.660
 You're now

00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:19.400
 slaves to

00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:19.860
 righteousness,

00:17:20.080 --> 00:17:20.460
 which is a

00:17:20.460 --> 00:17:21.000
 good thing,

00:17:21.080 --> 00:17:21.380
 not a

00:17:21.380 --> 00:17:22.160
 negative thing.

00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:26.039
 God didn't

00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:26.680
 have to do

00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:27.080
 this.

00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:28.400
 He didn't

00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:29.120
 have to.

00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:30.060
 He wanted

00:17:30.060 --> 00:17:30.320
 to,

00:17:30.380 --> 00:17:30.740
 and he's

00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:31.000
 the only

00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:31.340
 one who

00:17:31.340 --> 00:17:32.440
 could do

00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:32.620
 it.

00:17:34.860 --> 00:17:35.460
 So if

00:17:35.460 --> 00:17:37.140
 you have a

00:17:37.140 --> 00:17:37.759
 desire to

00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:38.539
 do good,

00:17:38.820 --> 00:17:39.519
 a desire to

00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:40.039
 honor and

00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:40.860
 please God,

00:17:41.600 --> 00:17:41.880
 if you

00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:43.160
 treasure Jesus,

00:17:44.900 --> 00:17:45.240
 then your

00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:45.860
 master is

00:17:45.860 --> 00:17:46.299
 righteousness,

00:17:46.560 --> 00:17:47.340
 your master is

00:17:47.340 --> 00:17:47.779
 obedience.

00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:52.139
 there's been

00:17:52.139 --> 00:17:52.720
 a dramatic

00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:53.539
 change in

00:17:53.539 --> 00:17:54.059
 your life.

00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:56.740
 You are

00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:57.359
 dead to

00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:58.200
 sin now,

00:17:58.700 --> 00:17:59.220
 no longer

00:17:59.220 --> 00:17:59.899
 dead in

00:17:59.899 --> 00:18:00.460
 sin.

00:18:01.099 --> 00:18:01.420
 You are

00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:02.099
 dead to

00:18:02.099 --> 00:18:02.460
 sin.

00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:03.119
 It no

00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:03.759
 longer has

00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:04.519
 power over

00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:04.680
 you,

00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:05.200
 no longer

00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:06.680
 has control

00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:07.500
 over you.

00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:09.160
 So,

00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:09.899
 when you're

00:18:09.899 --> 00:18:10.299
 in the

00:18:10.299 --> 00:18:11.279
 hardest of

00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:11.599
 times,

00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:12.039
 the most

00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:12.639
 ferocious

00:18:12.639 --> 00:18:13.139
 fights,

00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:13.920
 the most

00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:14.519
 vulnerable

00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:15.220
 moments of

00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:15.839
 temptation,

00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:18.019
 you don't

00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:18.419
 have to

00:18:18.419 --> 00:18:18.859
 give in.

00:18:20.199 --> 00:18:20.779
 You can

00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.339
 have victory

00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:21.799
 over that

00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:22.359
 temptation

00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:23.139
 because Jesus

00:18:23.139 --> 00:18:24.359
 Christ has

00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:24.919
 freed you

00:18:24.919 --> 00:18:25.339
 from that

00:18:25.339 --> 00:18:25.720
 power.

00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:27.759
 Jesus has

00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:28.720
 defeated death

00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:29.419
 and sin so

00:18:29.419 --> 00:18:29.959
 that you can

00:18:29.959 --> 00:18:31.059
 grow in

00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:31.980
 God's grace,

00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.240
 so that you

00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:33.939
 can grow in

00:18:33.939 --> 00:18:34.639
 His love for

00:18:34.639 --> 00:18:36.220
 you and

00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:36.819
 His love for

00:18:36.819 --> 00:18:37.299
 others,

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.259
 so you can

00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:38.799
 grow in

00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:39.399
 knowledge of

00:18:39.399 --> 00:18:39.740
 Him.

00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:41.359
 And the

00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:41.819
 best part,

00:18:41.899 --> 00:18:42.379
 I think,

00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:43.000
 is that you

00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:43.679
 can grow in

00:18:43.679 --> 00:18:44.379
 your vulnerability

00:18:44.379 --> 00:18:45.199
 to sin.

00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:46.379
 You no

00:18:46.379 --> 00:18:46.919
 longer give

00:18:46.919 --> 00:18:48.259
 in to sin

00:18:48.259 --> 00:18:48.839
 as often

00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:49.839
 because you've

00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:50.299
 been set

00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:50.720
 free.

00:18:53.399 --> 00:18:53.980
 You can

00:18:53.980 --> 00:18:55.319
 live sinless

00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:55.859
 life.

00:18:57.939 --> 00:18:58.559
 The result

00:18:58.559 --> 00:18:59.179
 of being a

00:18:59.179 --> 00:18:59.720
 slave to

00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:00.179
 righteousness

00:19:00.179 --> 00:19:02.759
 is sanctification.

00:19:03.639 --> 00:19:04.539
 Verse 19.

00:19:09.159 --> 00:19:10.159
 Last part,

00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:10.559
 so now

00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:11.000
 present your

00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:11.519
 members as

00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:12.099
 slaves to

00:19:12.099 --> 00:19:12.579
 righteousness

00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:14.379
 leading to

00:19:14.380 --> 00:19:15.860
 sanctification.

00:19:17.260 --> 00:19:17.940
 Whenever you

00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:18.420
 see this

00:19:18.420 --> 00:19:18.920
 word in

00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:19.320
 scripture,

00:19:19.760 --> 00:19:20.180
 whenever you

00:19:20.180 --> 00:19:20.560
 see it,

00:19:20.600 --> 00:19:21.280
 the idea is

00:19:21.280 --> 00:19:21.600
 there's a

00:19:21.600 --> 00:19:22.760
 person being

00:19:22.760 --> 00:19:23.540
 set apart

00:19:23.540 --> 00:19:24.280
 for God's

00:19:24.280 --> 00:19:24.560
 glory,

00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:25.040
 a person

00:19:25.040 --> 00:19:26.080
 being perfected

00:19:26.080 --> 00:19:26.900
 and set

00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:27.460
 apart.

00:19:28.300 --> 00:19:28.580
 I know

00:19:28.580 --> 00:19:29.460
 analogies

00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:30.200
 fall short.

00:19:30.860 --> 00:19:31.400
 They never

00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:32.320
 always work,

00:19:32.380 --> 00:19:32.580
 but I'm

00:19:32.580 --> 00:19:32.900
 going to try

00:19:32.900 --> 00:19:33.240
 to give you

00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:33.680
 this one.

00:19:34.820 --> 00:19:35.340
 When I was

00:19:35.340 --> 00:19:35.640
 a kid,

00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:36.000
 I had a

00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:36.640
 baseball card

00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:37.140
 collection.

00:19:37.140 --> 00:19:39.740
 I would

00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.060
 buy a

00:19:40.060 --> 00:19:40.400
 pack of

00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:40.940
 cards and

00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.440
 you got

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:42.259
 six or

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.820
 seven or

00:19:42.820 --> 00:19:43.580
 ten cards

00:19:43.580 --> 00:19:44.000
 and the

00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.280
 top,

00:19:44.420 --> 00:19:44.780
 you got

00:19:44.780 --> 00:19:45.020
 the little

00:19:45.020 --> 00:19:45.360
 piece of

00:19:45.360 --> 00:19:45.820
 bubble gum

00:19:45.820 --> 00:19:46.080
 that was

00:19:46.080 --> 00:19:46.420
 horrible,

00:19:46.620 --> 00:19:47.040
 but you

00:19:47.040 --> 00:19:47.420
 liked it

00:19:47.420 --> 00:19:47.660
 because you

00:19:47.660 --> 00:19:47.880
 were a

00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:48.120
 kid.

00:19:49.520 --> 00:19:50.060
 And the

00:19:50.060 --> 00:19:50.759
 high percentage

00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:51.060
 of the

00:19:51.060 --> 00:19:51.400
 time,

00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:51.800
 you got

00:19:51.800 --> 00:19:52.540
 nothing good.

00:19:54.360 --> 00:19:54.960
 A lot of

00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:55.200
 times,

00:19:55.280 --> 00:19:55.620
 you got a

00:19:55.620 --> 00:19:56.200
 whole pack

00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:56.520
 and there

00:19:56.520 --> 00:19:57.080
 was not a

00:19:57.080 --> 00:19:57.560
 good card

00:19:57.560 --> 00:19:57.900
 in it.

00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:58.460
 You're a

00:19:58.460 --> 00:19:58.560
 little

00:19:58.560 --> 00:19:59.080
 disappointed,

00:19:59.180 --> 00:19:59.400
 but you

00:19:59.400 --> 00:19:59.680
 did get

00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.080
 the gum.

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:01.960
 Now,

00:20:02.040 --> 00:20:02.720
 when I did,

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:04.380
 when I did

00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:04.780
 get a good

00:20:04.780 --> 00:20:05.140
 card,

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:05.460
 I would

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:05.880
 take that

00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:06.220
 card and

00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:06.440
 I would

00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:06.860
 set it

00:20:06.860 --> 00:20:07.200
 off to

00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:07.640
 the side.

00:20:07.800 --> 00:20:08.400
 I would

00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:08.700
 set it

00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:08.920
 off to

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:09.060
 the side

00:20:09.060 --> 00:20:09.440
 because I

00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:09.940
 knew that

00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.420
 this is a

00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:10.900
 good card.

00:20:11.060 --> 00:20:11.880
 This may

00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:12.780
 not be worth

00:20:12.780 --> 00:20:13.880
 15 cents,

00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:15.040
 5 cents,

00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:15.920
 but it was a

00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:16.440
 good card.

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:16.860
 It was just

00:20:16.860 --> 00:20:17.420
 somebody's rookie

00:20:17.420 --> 00:20:17.720
 card,

00:20:17.860 --> 00:20:18.680
 some good

00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.080
 player.

00:20:20.300 --> 00:20:20.620
 And I

00:20:20.620 --> 00:20:20.940
 would set

00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:21.320
 it apart

00:20:21.320 --> 00:20:21.500
 and I

00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:21.780
 would put

00:20:21.780 --> 00:20:22.240
 it in my

00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:23.480
 folder with

00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:24.400
 the individual

00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:25.240
 slots for

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.700
 cards.

00:20:27.360 --> 00:20:27.860
 And I

00:20:27.860 --> 00:20:29.120
 would set

00:20:29.120 --> 00:20:29.800
 it aside so

00:20:29.800 --> 00:20:30.360
 that I knew

00:20:30.360 --> 00:20:30.780
 that I could

00:20:30.780 --> 00:20:31.260
 go to that

00:20:31.260 --> 00:20:31.600
 card,

00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:32.040
 I could go

00:20:32.040 --> 00:20:32.460
 to those

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:33.440
 good cards

00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:33.880
 and I could

00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:34.680
 enjoy them

00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:35.400
 and I could

00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:36.060
 look at

00:20:36.060 --> 00:20:36.360
 them.

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.340
 It's the same

00:20:38.340 --> 00:20:38.840
 for us.

00:20:38.900 --> 00:20:39.259
 We have been

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:39.960
 set apart.

00:20:40.660 --> 00:20:41.200
 We've been put

00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:42.960
 aside for the

00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:43.620
 rest of mankind

00:20:43.620 --> 00:20:44.440
 for the purpose

00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:45.160
 of bringing God

00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:46.440
 great joy and

00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:46.800
 glory.

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:48.600
 We have been

00:20:48.600 --> 00:20:49.700
 set apart for a

00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:50.140
 purpose.

00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:51.720
 And my

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:52.600
 baseball cards,

00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:53.360
 they weren't

00:20:53.360 --> 00:20:53.740
 going to make

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:54.259
 me rich,

00:20:54.580 --> 00:20:55.180
 but I sure

00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:55.700
 did enjoy

00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.380
 looking at the

00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:57.380
 good players

00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:57.759
 and their

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.300
 stats.

00:20:58.299 --> 00:21:01.940
 God has

00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:03.419
 chosen to

00:21:03.419 --> 00:21:03.919
 use you

00:21:03.919 --> 00:21:04.399
 to get the

00:21:04.399 --> 00:21:04.980
 gospel to

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.379
 those who

00:21:05.379 --> 00:21:05.700
 need to

00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:06.180
 hear it.

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:08.059
 We were

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.819
 not set

00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:09.539
 apart to

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:11.059
 sit and

00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:11.859
 stay protected

00:21:11.859 --> 00:21:12.319
 from the

00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:13.039
 evil world.

00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:14.899
 We were

00:21:14.899 --> 00:21:15.759
 set apart to

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.619
 look different,

00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:17.720
 to live

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.159
 different,

00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.819
 and to love

00:21:18.819 --> 00:21:19.740
 different in a

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.480
 dark and evil

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:20.980
 world.

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.319
 And the

00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:23.859
 whole time

00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:24.779
 pointing to

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:26.079
 Jesus and

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.440
 not to

00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:26.919
 ourselves.

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:30.000
 another word

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.480
 to keep in

00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:30.980
 mind when

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:31.480
 seeing

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.120
 sanctification

00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:33.400
 is holiness.

00:21:34.320 --> 00:21:34.640
 We are

00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:35.440
 being made

00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:37.120
 holy as

00:21:37.120 --> 00:21:37.820
 God continues

00:21:37.820 --> 00:21:38.640
 to mold us

00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:38.940
 into the

00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:39.240
 men and

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:39.600
 women of

00:21:39.600 --> 00:21:39.960
 God He

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:40.400
 wants us

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:40.779
 to be.

00:21:41.340 --> 00:21:41.860
 As the

00:21:41.860 --> 00:21:42.539
 clay in

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.200
 the potter's

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:43.700
 hands

00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:45.320
 molds His

00:21:45.320 --> 00:21:46.320
 creation,

00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:47.960
 God is

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:48.900
 molding us

00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:49.720
 and perfecting

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.100
 us.

00:21:52.300 --> 00:21:53.100
 So being

00:21:53.100 --> 00:21:53.700
 enslaved to

00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.060
 righteousness

00:21:54.060 --> 00:21:54.700
 is not

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.140
 a bad

00:21:55.140 --> 00:21:55.460
 thing.

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.259
 It is

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:56.740
 not a

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:56.980
 negative

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.299
 thing.

00:21:57.380 --> 00:21:57.579
 It is

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.140
 a glorious

00:21:58.140 --> 00:21:58.660
 thing.

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:01.920
 So here's

00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:02.099
 some

00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:03.140
 evidences

00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:05.240
 of being

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:06.120
 enslaved or

00:22:06.120 --> 00:22:06.819
 being slaves

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.519
 of righteousness.

00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:08.700
 Evidences

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.799
 from our

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.299
 text.

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:11.240
 Evidence

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:11.900
 number one,

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.200
 you are

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:14.039
 thankful for

00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:14.640
 the proper

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.279
 things.

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.079
 Verse 17

00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:17.420
 says,

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.140
 But thanks

00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:18.960
 be to

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.980
 God that

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.339
 you who

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:20.720
 were once

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.259
 slaves of

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:21.640
 sin have

00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:21.900
 become

00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:22.519
 obedient from

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:22.980
 the heart

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.500
 of the

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:23.779
 standard

00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.420
 teaching to

00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:24.759
 which you

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.299
 were committed.

00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:27.700
 thanks be

00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.299
 to God

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:28.659
 for the

00:22:28.659 --> 00:22:29.159
 lives that

00:22:29.159 --> 00:22:29.379
 have been

00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:29.879
 radically

00:22:29.879 --> 00:22:30.680
 changed by

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:31.099
 God's

00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:31.500
 grace.

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.419
 This

00:22:34.419 --> 00:22:34.980
 Thanksgiving,

00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:35.599
 did you

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:36.359
 thank God?

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.019
 Did you

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.519
 thank God

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:38.799
 physically for

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.279
 the physical

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:39.720
 things?

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.019
 Did you

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.480
 thank God

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:40.799
 for the

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.139
 spiritual

00:22:41.139 --> 00:22:41.599
 things?

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:43.879
 Are you

00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:44.539
 thankful for

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:44.960
 the brothers

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.500
 and sisters

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.119
 you have in

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:46.700
 Christ in

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.220
 this room?

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.639
 Are you

00:22:48.639 --> 00:22:49.180
 thankful for

00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:49.680
 those who

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.519
 are coming

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:53.119
 from their

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:54.160
 enslavement

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.720
 to sin

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.639
 over the

00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:56.160
 enslavement

00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:56.599
 of righteousness?

00:22:56.859 --> 00:22:57.099
 Are you

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:57.680
 rejoicing?

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:57.960
 Are you

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.539
 thankful for

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:58.940
 those?

00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:01.639
 There's a

00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:01.920
 lot of

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.259
 things that

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.440
 we can

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:02.859
 be thankful

00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:03.240
 for.

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:03.799
 We can

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.139
 be thankful

00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:04.440
 for the

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:04.980
 places we

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.319
 live,

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.039
 the cars

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.579
 we drive,

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.039
 the clothes

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.559
 we wear.

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.160
 We can

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:08.759
 be thankful

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:10.000
 for the

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.440
 food we

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:10.819
 eat.

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:11.700
 But there's

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.220
 only one

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.480
 that we

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:12.740
 can be

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.000
 thankful

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.379
 for that

00:23:13.379 --> 00:23:13.539
 is

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:13.940
 eternal.

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:14.839
 One

00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:15.240
 thing.

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.160
 And that

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:18.000
 is the

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.619
 salvation

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:19.959
 that we

00:23:19.959 --> 00:23:20.319
 have

00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:20.559
 through

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:20.939
 Christ.

00:23:21.979 --> 00:23:22.319
 And so

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:22.819
 often,

00:23:23.179 --> 00:23:23.879
 so often

00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:24.339
 we take

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:24.839
 this very

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.319
 thing,

00:23:26.459 --> 00:23:27.179
 take it

00:23:27.179 --> 00:23:27.719
 for granted.

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:30.359
 We have

00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:31.439
 this ho-hum

00:23:31.439 --> 00:23:31.939
 attitude.

00:23:32.739 --> 00:23:32.859
 You know,

00:23:32.919 --> 00:23:33.239
 it becomes

00:23:33.239 --> 00:23:33.599
 just,

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:35.319
 you know,

00:23:35.379 --> 00:23:35.799
 just something

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.239
 we do,

00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:36.759
 something we

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.039
 are.

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:37.979
 No big

00:23:37.979 --> 00:23:38.279
 deal.

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:38.799
 It's like

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.159
 a hat

00:23:39.159 --> 00:23:39.679
 to put on

00:23:39.679 --> 00:23:39.979
 and take

00:23:39.979 --> 00:23:40.319
 off.

00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:43.819
 This

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.699
 salvation

00:23:44.699 --> 00:23:45.099
 that you

00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:45.359
 and I

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:45.639
 have,

00:23:45.699 --> 00:23:45.899
 it should

00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:46.239
 be that

00:23:46.239 --> 00:23:46.839
 new car

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.279
 we drive

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.719
 around in

00:23:47.719 --> 00:23:48.239
 slow,

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.759
 down the

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.180
 road so

00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:49.579
 that everybody

00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:50.240
 sees it.

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.099
 It should

00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:51.380
 be that

00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:52.039
 new necklace

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.579
 we wear

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.120
 on the

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:53.720
 outside of

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.880
 our clothes

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:55.140
 so that

00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:55.460
 everybody

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.099
 can see

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:56.339
 it.

00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:56.859
 That

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.500
 driveway

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.200
 filled with

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.880
 cars so

00:23:58.880 --> 00:24:00.740
 people know

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.460
 something is

00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:01.940
 happening.

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:04.019
 That

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.700
 billboard

00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.720
 that grabs

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.299
 everyone's

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:06.740
 attention,

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:07.620
 that should

00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:07.980
 be our

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.559
 salvation,

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.400
 not something

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:10.000
 we hide

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.579
 and pick up

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:10.900
 Sunday

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.319
 morning,

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.339
 not something

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:12.880
 we don't

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.279
 do,

00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:14.039
 something

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.359
 we don't

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:14.960
 live out.

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:18.000
 We hide

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:19.160
 it way

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.759
 too often.

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:20.460
 And Jesus

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.079
 spoke about

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.440
 this in

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.259
 the Sermon

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.460
 on the

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:22.720
 Mount.

00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:23.900
 He says,

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.259
 you are

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.619
 the light

00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:24.839
 of the

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.200
 world.

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.680
 Because of

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.339
 your salvation,

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:27.660
 you are

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:27.920
 the light

00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.099
 of the

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.240
 world.

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:28.740
 A city

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.359
 set on

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:29.700
 a hill

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.079
 cannot

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:31.500
 be hidden,

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:32.839
 nor do

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.359
 people light

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:33.759
 a lamp

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.079
 and put

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.400
 it under

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:35.000
 a basket,

00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:35.339
 but on

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:35.960
 a stand

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.539
 and it

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:36.759
 gives

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.559
 light all

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:37.880
 in the

00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:38.180
 house.

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 So

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.059
 question

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:39.440
 then,

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:43.619
 are you

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:43.980
 a city

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.319
 on a

00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:44.539
 hill?

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.400
 A city

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:47.700
 on a

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:47.860
 hill

00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:48.319
 cannot

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:49.059
 be

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.319
 hidden.

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.539
 Are you

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.380
 enslaved

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:53.720
 to

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.160
 righteousness?

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.599
 Our

00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.440
 thankfulness

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.240
 is a

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.460
 good

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.039
 thermometer

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.880
 of the

00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:03.400
 temperature

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:04.539
 of our

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.120
 salvation,

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.519
 what we

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.220
 really think

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.940
 and feel

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.500
 about it.

00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:11.140
 So what

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.360
 are you

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:11.700
 thankful

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.160
 for?

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:13.680
 See,

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.420
 this salvation

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:15.580
 is supernatural.

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:16.900
 It's an

00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:17.540
 act of

00:25:17.540 --> 00:25:17.920
 God,

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.519
 making the

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.540
 dead alive.

00:25:20.320 --> 00:25:20.480
 The

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.120
 sinner a

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:21.420
 saint,

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.220
 the slave

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.779
 of sin

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.240
 into a

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:24.180
 slave of

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:24.660
 righteousness.

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:26.660
 So

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:26.980
 evidence

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.540
 number one

00:25:27.540 --> 00:25:27.820
 is you

00:25:27.820 --> 00:25:28.340
 are thankful

00:25:28.340 --> 00:25:28.700
 for the

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.000
 proper

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.440
 things.

00:25:30.600 --> 00:25:30.980
 Evidence

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.620
 number two,

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.240
 your

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.920
 obedience

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.759
 to God

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.040
 has

00:25:35.040 --> 00:25:35.580
 action.

00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.480
 We have

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:37.860
 said this

00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.240
 time and

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.740
 time again.

00:25:39.820 --> 00:25:40.180
 Scripture

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:40.620
 says it

00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:41.000
 time and

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.500
 time again.

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.180
 but your

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:43.339
 obedience to

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:44.119
 God has

00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:44.640
 action.

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.460
 Verse 17.

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.700
 But thanks

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.460
 be to God

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:48.839
 that you

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.079
 who were

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.779
 once slaves

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.240
 of sin

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.700
 have become

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:52.059
 obedient from

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:52.519
 the heart

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.200
 to the standard

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.700
 of teaching

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.259
 to which

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.119
 you were

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:55.779
 committed.

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.559
 Obedient

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:58.720
 from the

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.079
 heart.

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.920
 Whenever the

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.500
 Bible talks

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:01.900
 about the

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.119
 heart,

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.519
 it's not

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.039
 the organ.

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.680
 It's not

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.079
 the organ

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.440
 pumping

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:05.079
 blood for

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.619
 your body.

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.759
 It's also

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.380
 not the

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:08.559
 central hub

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.140
 of emotions

00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:09.779
 and feelings.

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.099
 You know,

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:10.519
 I love

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:10.819
 you from

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.199
 the bottom

00:26:11.199 --> 00:26:11.500
 of my

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:11.819
 heart.

00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:12.879
 That's not

00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:13.199
 what it's

00:26:13.199 --> 00:26:13.859
 talking about.

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.000
 From the

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.579
 heart here

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:17.000
 is from

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:19.079
 the entire

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:19.419
 being,

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:19.839
 from the

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:20.139
 soul.

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.699
 It's the

00:26:20.699 --> 00:26:21.399
 seat of

00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:21.859
 physical,

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.539
 spiritual,

00:26:22.699 --> 00:26:23.199
 and mental

00:26:23.199 --> 00:26:23.699
 life.

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.079
 It's what

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.639
 makes you

00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:25.059
 who you

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.500
 are.

00:26:27.659 --> 00:26:28.179
 When he

00:26:28.179 --> 00:26:28.579
 says from

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.259
 the heart,

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.639
 he's saying

00:26:30.639 --> 00:26:31.339
 that you

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:32.099
 were obedient

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:33.099
 with every

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:34.000
 fiber of

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.619
 your being.

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.480
 That there

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.539
 was sincerity,

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:39.440
 sincerity to

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:40.639
 your

00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:41.460
 obedience.

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.440
 Meaning,

00:26:43.659 --> 00:26:43.920
 that there

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.539
 was action

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:45.339
 that followed

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:45.859
 that

00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:46.319
 obedience.

00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:49.339
 My question

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:49.579
 is,

00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:50.180
 is your

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:50.639
 obedience

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.019
 just

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.399
 mouth

00:26:51.399 --> 00:26:51.759
 service?

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.000
 Is it

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.379
 just something

00:26:53.379 --> 00:26:53.920
 you say

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.299
 and nothing

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.839
 you do?

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:55.879
 Because,

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.399
 my friends,

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.180
 that is not

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.639
 obedience.

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.359
 Is there

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:01.240
 action that

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.980
 reflects what

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.619
 you believe?

00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:06.539
 this is one

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.079
 of the reasons

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.839
 why the

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.279
 Christian

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.159
 suffers.

00:27:09.639 --> 00:27:10.039
 This is one

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.419
 of the reasons

00:27:10.419 --> 00:27:11.000
 why Scripture

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.799
 over and

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.339
 over and

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:13.839
 over tells

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:15.239
 the Christians

00:27:15.239 --> 00:27:16.319
 that we're

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.839
 going to

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.159
 suffer.

00:27:17.439 --> 00:27:18.799
 Because God

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.139
 in His

00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:19.619
 sovereignty

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:21.119
 puts the

00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:21.579
 Christian in

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:22.079
 a position

00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:22.459
 where they

00:27:22.459 --> 00:27:22.959
 have to live

00:27:22.959 --> 00:27:23.419
 out what

00:27:23.419 --> 00:27:23.919
 they say

00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:24.599
 they believe.

00:27:25.719 --> 00:27:26.179
 You can't

00:27:26.179 --> 00:27:26.500
 just say

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:26.719
 you're a

00:27:26.719 --> 00:27:27.159
 Christian and

00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:27.539
 not act

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:27.919
 like one.

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.799
 It doesn't

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.239
 work that

00:27:29.239 --> 00:27:29.479
 way.

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:31.199
 You can't

00:27:31.199 --> 00:27:31.500
 just say

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.000
 you believe

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.479
 something and

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:32.860
 not be

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.519
 forced to

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.839
 live it

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.140
 out.

00:27:34.360 --> 00:27:34.740
 It doesn't

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.240
 work that

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.440
 way.

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.000
 God is

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:39.140
 not like

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.420
 that.

00:27:39.860 --> 00:27:44.519
 It doesn't

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:44.900
 work.

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:51.339
 We are

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:53.259
 we suffer

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.720
 and we

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.799
 are forced

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.259
 to believe

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.599
 what we

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.120
 believe so

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:56.519
 that people

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.120
 around us

00:27:57.120 --> 00:27:57.539
 can see

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:57.920
 Jesus.

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.400
 We put

00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:00.000
 action to

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.299
 what we

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:00.720
 say we

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.120
 believe.

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:02.399
 suffering

00:28:02.399 --> 00:28:03.019
 also puts

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.179
 the

00:28:03.179 --> 00:28:03.459
 Christian

00:28:03.459 --> 00:28:04.059
 in a

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.599
 complete

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:05.479
 dependence

00:28:05.479 --> 00:28:06.279
 upon

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:06.639
 Jesus.

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:08.839
 Not

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.719
 on our

00:28:09.719 --> 00:28:11.299
 abilities or

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.539
 our

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:12.359
 possessions or

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:13.159
 our comforts

00:28:13.159 --> 00:28:13.459
 but on

00:28:13.459 --> 00:28:13.779
 Jesus

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.279
 alone.

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:17.039
 So just

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.519
 like there's

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.719
 no neutral

00:28:18.719 --> 00:28:19.779
 stance in

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.559
 being enslaved

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:22.000
 to sin or

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.500
 enslaved to

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:22.859
 righteousness,

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.419
 there's no

00:28:23.419 --> 00:28:24.219
 middle ground,

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.599
 there's no

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:25.500
 Switzerland here,

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:27.900
 there is no

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.960
 passive or

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:30.059
 neutral Christian.

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:31.460
 Okay?

00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.460
 There's no

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:33.299
 passive or

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:34.359
 neutral Christian.

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.539
 If your life

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:35.960
 has been

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.519
 changed,

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.339
 it cannot

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:38.819
 be and is

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.299
 not a

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:39.920
 whole long

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.720
 life change.

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.559
 It isn't.

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.279
 And if

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.779
 somebody is

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.259
 telling you

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.700
 it is,

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.039
 then they're

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.559
 lying to

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:47.819
 you.

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.779
 Passiveness

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.619
 is for the

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:52.299
 unbeliever.

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:54.980
 We must

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.480
 be men

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:55.919
 and women

00:28:55.919 --> 00:28:56.500
 of action

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.419
 and fight.

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.419
 You want

00:29:01.419 --> 00:29:01.680
 to see

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.759
 Jesus glorified?

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:04.180
 Get off

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:04.799
 your rear end

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.119
 and do

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.680
 something for

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:05.919
 Him.

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:08.180
 You want

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.599
 to see your

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.019
 workplace

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.799
 changed?

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.799
 Stop being

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.559
 passive and

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.180
 silent and

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:12.819
 speak up.

00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:14.359
 You want

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:14.799
 to be in a

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.099
 healthy

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.740
 relationship,

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:16.799
 a God-honoring

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.519
 relationship?

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.879
 Stop talking

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.399
 and work

00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:19.960
 towards it.

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:23.919
 Trust Jesus

00:29:23.919 --> 00:29:25.339
 in all areas

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:25.819
 of your

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:26.259
 life.

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:29.180
 He knows

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.879
 what's best.

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.359
 And He has

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.019
 the power to

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.779
 enable us to

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.180
 do it and

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:33.779
 the strength

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:35.359
 to sustain

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:36.059
 us.

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.799
 Jesus defeated

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.460
 death.

00:29:40.899 --> 00:29:41.659
 He can surely

00:29:41.659 --> 00:29:42.379
 help us through

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:42.919
 the fight

00:29:42.919 --> 00:29:45.000
 that we're

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.419
 in.

00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:46.940
 Defeat the

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:47.639
 fear that we

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:48.119
 have.

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.599
 Obedience

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.299
 has action.

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:53.180
 evidence

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:53.960
 number three

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:55.579
 is that you

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:57.259
 reflect the

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.740
 master,

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.839
 capital M.

00:29:59.379 --> 00:30:00.159
 Verse 16.

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:01.980
 Do you

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.440
 not know

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:02.839
 that if you

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.659
 present yourselves

00:30:03.659 --> 00:30:04.159
 to anyone

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:04.659
 as obedient

00:30:04.659 --> 00:30:05.159
 slaves,

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.539
 you are

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.039
 slaves of

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.359
 the one

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:06.659
 whom you

00:30:06.659 --> 00:30:07.079
 obey,

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.319
 either of

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:08.680
 sin,

00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:09.619
 which leads

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.139
 to death,

00:30:10.419 --> 00:30:11.059
 or of

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.460
 obedience,

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.279
 which leads

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:13.319
 to righteousness.

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.399
 And as I

00:30:14.399 --> 00:30:14.720
 have said

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.079
 already,

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.460
 we are

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:15.779
 going to

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.319
 be mastered

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:18.419
 by one.

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:21.440
 It's not

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:23.440
 who you

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.100
 decide you

00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:24.820
 master by.

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.100
 You're

00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:25.320
 going to

00:30:25.320 --> 00:30:25.700
 be mastered

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.160
 by one

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.539
 or the

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:26.840
 other.

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.600
 If you

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:29.900
 are a

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.380
 slave to

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:30.640
 sin,

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:30.960
 then you

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.240
 are going

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.720
 to act

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:34.039
 as your

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.840
 master act,

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.400
 which is

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:36.120
 sin.

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.380
 If you

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:37.840
 are a

00:30:37.840 --> 00:30:38.259
 slave to

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:38.700
 righteousness,

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.519
 slave to

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.100
 living,

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.680
 perfect,

00:30:40.840 --> 00:30:41.640
 holy lives,

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.940
 honoring God,

00:30:44.060 --> 00:30:44.640
 then you're

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:44.779
 going to

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.380
 act as your

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:46.400
 master act and

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:47.200
 do those

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:48.080
 things.

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.819
 So let's

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.019
 say,

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:50.940
 for an

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.259
 example,

00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:51.620
 that you

00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:51.980
 own a

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.380
 restaurant.

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.340
 Now your

00:30:54.340 --> 00:30:54.940
 employees

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:56.380
 represent you

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:56.819
 and the

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.160
 company.

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.340
 Now I'm

00:30:58.340 --> 00:30:58.819
 pretty certain

00:30:58.819 --> 00:30:59.319
 that if you

00:30:59.319 --> 00:30:59.720
 own a

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.120
 family

00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:00.779
 restaurant,

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:03.160
 whatever it

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:03.400
 is,

00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:04.340
 a family

00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:04.720
 restaurant,

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:04.980
 you're

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.740
 probably not

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.019
 going to

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.900
 hire somebody

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:08.480
 who has

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.220
 spikes coming

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.600
 out their

00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:10.240
 head and

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.660
 out their

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:12.220
 cheeks and

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:13.340
 tattoos all

00:31:13.340 --> 00:31:13.600
 the way up

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:13.799
 on their

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.400
 necks and

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:15.840
 every other

00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:16.500
 word is a

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:16.960
 curse word.

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.299
 You're just

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.620
 not going

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:17.900
 to do

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:18.100
 it.

00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:18.880
 Why?

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.500
 Because that

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.100
 person,

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:20.880
 as your

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.420
 employee,

00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:21.980
 represents

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.440
 you.

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:23.779
 And you're

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.140
 trying to

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:25.440
 portray a

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:25.740
 certain

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.319
 environment.

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.740
 They

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.319
 represent

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:31.559
 you.

00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.079
 And so

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.640
 you hire

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:33.480
 somebody who

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:35.259
 right or

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.519
 wrong,

00:31:35.600 --> 00:31:36.000
 who looks

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.500
 like you,

00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:37.519
 who cares

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.160
 like you,

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:38.640
 and who

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:39.279
 can represent

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:40.680
 you the

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.000
 way you

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.340
 want to

00:31:41.340 --> 00:31:41.480
 be

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.920
 represented.

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.059
 And so

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.559
 as their

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:45.079
 employee,

00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:46.059
 you enforce

00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:46.460
 certain

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:47.259
 guidelines and

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.639
 rules.

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.099
 You dress a

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:49.619
 certain way,

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.220
 you act a

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.779
 certain way,

00:31:51.179 --> 00:31:52.099
 customers always

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.440
 write,

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.019
 you do these

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.700
 types of

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:55.740
 things so

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.099
 that they

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.679
 properly

00:31:56.679 --> 00:31:57.579
 represent you

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:57.960
 and the

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.319
 restaurant.

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.539
 When we are

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.559
 slaves to sin

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:02.000
 or to

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.399
 righteousness,

00:32:02.399 --> 00:32:03.480
 we represent

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.539
 that master.

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.899
 So on this

00:32:06.899 --> 00:32:07.319
 level,

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:09.059
 for us,

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.220
 the illustration

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.980
 breaks down a

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.339
 little bit,

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:11.799
 for us,

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.439
 there's no

00:32:12.439 --> 00:32:13.039
 rules to

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.379
 follow.

00:32:14.179 --> 00:32:14.839
 There's no

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:17.799
 things that

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.299
 we should

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:18.559
 do.

00:32:18.639 --> 00:32:18.959
 We're just

00:32:18.959 --> 00:32:19.240
 going to

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.539
 do it.

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:19.819
 We're going

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.339
 to obey

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:21.119
 that master.

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:22.839
 That's

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.659
 just the

00:32:23.659 --> 00:32:23.980
 way it

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.259
 is.

00:32:25.379 --> 00:32:25.699
 So if

00:32:25.699 --> 00:32:26.199
 our master

00:32:26.199 --> 00:32:26.639
 is sin,

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.279
 we're going

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.799
 to sin.

00:32:30.159 --> 00:32:30.759
 And what

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.159
 Paul is

00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:31.480
 trying to

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:31.879
 say is

00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:32.679
 that if

00:32:32.679 --> 00:32:33.359
 your master

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:34.019
 is righteousness,

00:32:35.179 --> 00:32:35.819
 then you're

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.419
 going to do

00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:37.119
 righteousness.

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:38.819
 And you're

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.079
 going to be

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:41.240
 subjected to

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:42.019
 Jesus and

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.879
 honoring him.

00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:45.559
 This is how

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:45.859
 we were

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:46.299
 created.

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:49.299
 This is how

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:50.059
 we were

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.519
 created.

00:32:51.439 --> 00:32:52.259
 We have a

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.679
 master.

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.460
 We're born

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:54.859
 into being

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:55.319
 a master,

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.419
 being mastered

00:32:56.419 --> 00:32:57.079
 by sin.

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:02.019
 And Jesus

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.539
 comes and

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.199
 changes that.

00:33:04.699 --> 00:33:05.139
 See, we

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:05.779
 were created,

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:07.439
 originally man

00:33:07.439 --> 00:33:08.299
 was created to

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.859
 reflect,

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.839
 one master.

00:33:10.639 --> 00:33:11.039
 We were

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.619
 created to

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:12.659
 be created

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:13.219
 in his

00:33:13.219 --> 00:33:13.619
 image,

00:33:13.719 --> 00:33:13.959
 Genesis

00:33:13.959 --> 00:33:14.500
 127.

00:33:15.379 --> 00:33:15.679
 We were

00:33:15.679 --> 00:33:16.659
 created to

00:33:16.659 --> 00:33:17.519
 reflect him,

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:18.079
 to be image

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.439
 bearers,

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.079
 the creator

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.359
 of the

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:19.619
 universe.

00:33:21.899 --> 00:33:22.559
 We were

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.219
 created to

00:33:23.219 --> 00:33:24.359
 bring glory

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:24.919
 to him,

00:33:25.459 --> 00:33:25.819
 to him

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.159
 alone.

00:33:26.979 --> 00:33:27.279
 We were

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:28.059
 created to

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:31.179
 worship him

00:33:31.179 --> 00:33:31.799
 and to

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:32.779
 bring honor

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.419
 and praise

00:33:33.419 --> 00:33:34.199
 to him,

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:35.159
 to prove

00:33:35.159 --> 00:33:35.819
 that he is

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.279
 worthy of

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.819
 all praise.

00:33:36.979 --> 00:33:37.419
 That's what

00:33:37.419 --> 00:33:37.659
 we were

00:33:37.659 --> 00:33:38.419
 created for.

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.139
 Genesis

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:40.419
 3,

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:40.899
 all that

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.299
 changed.

00:33:42.639 --> 00:33:43.199
 Because of

00:33:43.199 --> 00:33:43.500
 sin,

00:33:44.179 --> 00:33:44.539
 we have

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.119
 been corrupted.

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:46.599
 Because of

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:46.799
 sin,

00:33:46.879 --> 00:33:47.519
 we no longer

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.079
 are image

00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:48.639
 bearers of

00:33:48.639 --> 00:33:48.959
 God.

00:33:49.419 --> 00:33:49.819
 We no

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.500
 longer can

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.959
 worship God.

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.579
 But we're

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:54.139
 now image

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:54.619
 bearers of

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:55.179
 ourselves.

00:33:56.439 --> 00:33:56.959
 We now

00:33:56.959 --> 00:33:57.419
 worship

00:33:57.419 --> 00:33:58.719
 ourselves and

00:33:58.719 --> 00:33:59.439
 sin is our

00:33:59.439 --> 00:33:59.879
 master.

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.880
 sin.

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:03.280
 We have

00:34:03.280 --> 00:34:03.860
 a worship

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:04.480
 issue.

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:10.180
 We worship

00:34:10.180 --> 00:34:10.900
 ourselves,

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.720
 which is

00:34:12.720 --> 00:34:13.059
 sin.

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.559
 We are

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:15.220
 held captive

00:34:15.220 --> 00:34:15.780
 by that

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:16.140
 sin.

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:17.780
 Instead of

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.460
 worshiping the

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:18.920
 creator,

00:34:19.720 --> 00:34:20.380
 we worship

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:21.519
 the creation

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:23.599
 and become

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.860
 enslaved by it.

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:27.140
 you guys

00:34:27.140 --> 00:34:27.420
 have been

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:27.660
 there.

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:29.980
 Can't

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.320
 think of

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:31.079
 anything else.

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.780
 Can't do

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.500
 anything else

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:35.019
 without giving

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:35.360
 in.

00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:37.519
 It just

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.160
 happens.

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.599
 It just

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:41.019
 comes out of

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.559
 your mouth.

00:34:41.680 --> 00:34:41.960
 It just

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:43.140
 whatever.

00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:46.519
 Then

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:46.740
 it's

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.820
 slaved to

00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:48.079
 sin.

00:34:48.200 --> 00:34:48.599
 This is a

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.320
 worship issue.

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.160
 You're not

00:34:51.160 --> 00:34:51.840
 reflecting the

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.280
 master.

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:53.120
 you're

00:34:53.120 --> 00:34:53.480
 reflecting

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:53.800
 your

00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:54.160
 master.

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:56.300
 There's

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:56.940
 good news.

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.019
 There's

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.620
 good news.

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.360
 Instead of

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:02.060
 being enslaved

00:35:02.060 --> 00:35:02.620
 to sin,

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.320
 instead of

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:04.040
 being controlled

00:35:04.040 --> 00:35:04.780
 by sin,

00:35:06.540 --> 00:35:07.360
 if you're a

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:07.640
 Christian,

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.140
 you've been

00:35:08.140 --> 00:35:08.740
 set free

00:35:08.740 --> 00:35:09.200
 from that

00:35:09.200 --> 00:35:09.500
 sin.

00:35:10.080 --> 00:35:10.420
 You've

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:10.880
 been set

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.280
 free.

00:35:14.140 --> 00:35:14.880
 Sin no

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.440
 longer has

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:16.200
 power over

00:35:16.200 --> 00:35:16.500
 you.

00:35:20.180 --> 00:35:20.900
 We can

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.380
 live for

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:21.660
 him.

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:23.300
 because of

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.600
 him.

00:35:24.680 --> 00:35:25.200
 Turn to

00:35:25.200 --> 00:35:25.920
 Colossians.

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:42.380
 Now if we

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:43.000
 are enslaved

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.280
 to

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:43.780
 righteousness,

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.280
 and we

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:45.820
 are enslaved

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.640
 to Christ,

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.300
 to Jesus'

00:35:47.600 --> 00:35:48.080
 righteousness,

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:49.320
 his righteousness

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:49.940
 that we

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:52.380
 have,

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:54.240
 it has

00:35:54.240 --> 00:35:54.920
 power over

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.120
 it.

00:35:55.180 --> 00:35:55.620
 Still,

00:35:55.780 --> 00:35:56.059
 again,

00:35:56.160 --> 00:35:56.840
 nothing that

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.440
 we do.

00:35:58.920 --> 00:35:59.519
 Colossians

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.300
 chapter 1,

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:04.559
 second part

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.900
 of verse

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.500
 16.

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.420
 Because all

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.960
 things were

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.700
 created through

00:36:09.700 --> 00:36:11.340
 him and for

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:11.600
 him.

00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:12.720
 And he is

00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:13.440
 before all

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:13.840
 things,

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.360
 and in him

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:15.059
 all things

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.760
 hold together.

00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:17.220
 he is the

00:36:17.220 --> 00:36:17.640
 head of the

00:36:17.640 --> 00:36:18.040
 body of

00:36:18.040 --> 00:36:18.520
 the church,

00:36:19.140 --> 00:36:19.540
 and he is

00:36:19.540 --> 00:36:19.960
 the beginning,

00:36:20.080 --> 00:36:20.480
 the first

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:21.000
 war from

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.460
 the dead,

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.580
 that in

00:36:22.580 --> 00:36:23.440
 everything he

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:23.820
 might be

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.360
 preeminent.

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:25.920
 For in

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.660
 him all the

00:36:26.660 --> 00:36:27.260
 fullness of

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:28.080
 God was

00:36:28.080 --> 00:36:28.720
 pleased to

00:36:28.720 --> 00:36:29.020
 dwell,

00:36:30.020 --> 00:36:31.060
 and through

00:36:31.060 --> 00:36:31.880
 him to

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.740
 reconcile to

00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:33.580
 himself all

00:36:33.580 --> 00:36:34.000
 things,

00:36:34.080 --> 00:36:34.500
 whether on

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:35.060
 earth or in

00:36:35.060 --> 00:36:35.360
 heaven,

00:36:36.040 --> 00:36:36.980
 making peace

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.760
 by the

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:38.600
 blood of

00:36:38.600 --> 00:36:39.280
 his cross.

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:43.640
 we can

00:36:43.640 --> 00:36:44.100
 live for

00:36:44.100 --> 00:36:44.640
 him because

00:36:44.640 --> 00:36:45.080
 of him.

00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:46.220
 We can

00:36:46.220 --> 00:36:46.740
 live for

00:36:46.740 --> 00:36:47.700
 Jesus because

00:36:47.700 --> 00:36:48.820
 of Jesus.

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.800
 We can be

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:52.380
 set free

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:53.880
 because of

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.620
 Jesus.

00:36:55.660 --> 00:36:56.220
 Romans

00:36:56.220 --> 00:36:57.360
 chapter 6,

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:58.280
 verse 18,

00:36:58.640 --> 00:36:59.400
 our text this

00:36:59.400 --> 00:36:59.840
 morning, it

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.060
 says,

00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:00.680
 and having

00:37:00.680 --> 00:37:01.200
 been set

00:37:01.200 --> 00:37:01.740
 free from

00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:02.120
 sin,

00:37:04.120 --> 00:37:04.880
 having been

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.660
 set free

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:06.320
 from sin,

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:06.660
 you have

00:37:06.660 --> 00:37:07.640
 become slaves

00:37:07.640 --> 00:37:08.600
 of righteousness.

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:10.320
 You have

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:10.740
 been set

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:11.300
 free to

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:12.420
 worship and

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:13.800
 treasure Jesus.

00:37:14.680 --> 00:37:15.080
 He is

00:37:15.080 --> 00:37:15.519
 worth it.

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.300
 You have

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:17.720
 been set

00:37:17.720 --> 00:37:18.300
 free to

00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:19.340
 love those

00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:20.160
 whom you

00:37:20.160 --> 00:37:20.480
 cannot.

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:23.160
 You have

00:37:23.160 --> 00:37:23.600
 been set

00:37:23.600 --> 00:37:24.160
 free to

00:37:24.160 --> 00:37:24.720
 no longer

00:37:24.720 --> 00:37:25.500
 fall for

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:26.160
 the lies

00:37:26.160 --> 00:37:26.519
 of the

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:26.820
 enemy.

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:30.180
 You have

00:37:30.180 --> 00:37:30.600
 been set

00:37:30.600 --> 00:37:31.180
 free to

00:37:31.180 --> 00:37:32.180
 forgive the

00:37:32.180 --> 00:37:32.980
 most awful

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:33.780
 things done

00:37:33.780 --> 00:37:34.340
 to you

00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:36.300
 because Jesus

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:37.019
 died for

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:38.080
 you and

00:37:38.080 --> 00:37:38.620
 for them,

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:39.100
 and he

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:39.599
 has forgiven

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.000
 us.

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:41.839
 You have

00:37:41.839 --> 00:37:42.279
 been set

00:37:42.279 --> 00:37:42.819
 free to

00:37:42.819 --> 00:37:43.440
 let go

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:44.199
 of the

00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:44.719
 grudge

00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:45.019
 that you

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.599
 keep holding

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:46.319
 on to

00:37:46.319 --> 00:37:47.119
 that has

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:47.440
 stunted

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:48.119
 your spiritual

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:48.599
 growth.

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.079
 You have

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.539
 been set

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:51.059
 free to

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:52.059
 accept the

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:52.719
 leadership of

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:53.279
 your husband

00:37:53.279 --> 00:37:54.039
 no matter

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.759
 how hard

00:37:54.759 --> 00:37:55.539
 it may be.

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:56.920
 You have

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.360
 been set

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:58.199
 free to

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:59.279
 just let

00:37:59.279 --> 00:37:59.940
 go.

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:01.239
 Let go

00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:01.659
 of the

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:02.179
 things that

00:38:02.179 --> 00:38:02.659
 you think

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.319
 God doesn't

00:38:03.319 --> 00:38:03.759
 know,

00:38:04.299 --> 00:38:04.579
 or the

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:05.139
 things that

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.699
 you think

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:06.139
 are too

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.799
 heinous and

00:38:06.799 --> 00:38:07.179
 awful.

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:08.779
 you have

00:38:08.779 --> 00:38:09.219
 been set

00:38:09.219 --> 00:38:09.659
 free to

00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:10.339
 be different,

00:38:11.399 --> 00:38:12.259
 to not

00:38:12.259 --> 00:38:12.719
 buy the

00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:13.299
 car or

00:38:13.299 --> 00:38:13.940
 the house

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:14.299
 or the

00:38:14.299 --> 00:38:15.579
 $300 jeans.

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:17.039
 You have

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.500
 been set

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:17.940
 free to

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.599
 not care

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:19.239
 what others

00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:19.659
 think.

00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:21.739
 You have

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:22.139
 been set

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:22.659
 free to

00:38:22.659 --> 00:38:23.539
 love God

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:24.440
 and hate

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:25.099
 sin.

00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:28.219
 This is

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:28.519
 who we

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:28.759
 are.

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:31.000
 You're

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.419
 a Christian,

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:31.759
 this is

00:38:31.759 --> 00:38:32.059
 who you

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.379
 are.

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:35.000
 Christian,

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:35.359
 you have

00:38:35.359 --> 00:38:35.839
 been set

00:38:35.839 --> 00:38:36.119
 free.

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:39.559
 Jesus has

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:39.960
 done what

00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:40.440
 we could

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:41.000
 not do

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:42.779
 so that

00:38:42.779 --> 00:38:43.239
 we can

00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:43.699
 live like

00:38:43.699 --> 00:38:44.219
 he did.

00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:47.319
 Let's

00:38:47.319 --> 00:38:47.899
 live for

00:38:47.899 --> 00:38:48.519
 his glory,

00:38:49.319 --> 00:38:49.980
 for his

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:50.480
 renown,

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:52.199
 and prove

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:52.480
 to the

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:52.919
 world that

00:38:52.919 --> 00:38:53.299
 he is

00:38:53.299 --> 00:38:53.659
 all we

00:38:53.659 --> 00:38:53.980
 need.

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.379
 Because

00:38:55.379 --> 00:38:55.679
 that's what

00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:55.960
 scripture

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:56.480
 says.

00:38:58.119 --> 00:38:58.739
 We have

00:38:58.739 --> 00:38:59.239
 been set

00:38:59.239 --> 00:38:59.579
 free.

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.500
 Real

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:02.839
 quickly,

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.139
 at the

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:03.419
 end of

00:39:03.419 --> 00:39:04.099
 verse 17,

00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:04.639
 there's a

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:05.139
 peculiar

00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:05.739
 statement.

00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:07.699
 ESV

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:08.099
 says,

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:08.739
 the standard

00:39:08.739 --> 00:39:09.399
 of teaching

00:39:09.399 --> 00:39:10.019
 to which

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:10.439
 you were

00:39:10.439 --> 00:39:10.959
 committed.

00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:12.639
 Other

00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:13.379
 versions say,

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:13.939
 hand it

00:39:13.939 --> 00:39:14.379
 over.

00:39:15.839 --> 00:39:16.279
 I bring

00:39:16.279 --> 00:39:16.619
 this up

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.699
 because this

00:39:17.699 --> 00:39:18.059
 is not

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:18.899
 evidence of

00:39:18.899 --> 00:39:19.479
 your

00:39:19.479 --> 00:39:20.319
 commitment or

00:39:20.319 --> 00:39:21.039
 my commitment

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.779
 to the

00:39:21.779 --> 00:39:22.179
 teaching.

00:39:22.939 --> 00:39:23.419
 What he

00:39:23.419 --> 00:39:23.919
 is saying

00:39:23.919 --> 00:39:24.319
 here is

00:39:24.319 --> 00:39:25.139
 this word

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:25.479
 is more

00:39:25.479 --> 00:39:26.019
 like being

00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:26.819
 committed to

00:39:26.819 --> 00:39:27.199
 a mental

00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:27.779
 facility.

00:39:27.780 --> 00:39:32.120
 more like

00:39:32.120 --> 00:39:32.500
 somebody

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.360
 acting on

00:39:33.360 --> 00:39:34.040
 your behalf

00:39:34.040 --> 00:39:34.519
 for your

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:34.860
 good.

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.560
 God

00:39:36.560 --> 00:39:37.040
 committed

00:39:37.040 --> 00:39:37.780
 us to

00:39:37.780 --> 00:39:38.019
 his

00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:38.420
 teaching.

00:39:40.060 --> 00:39:40.780
 It is

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:41.440
 his action

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:41.760
 on our

00:39:41.760 --> 00:39:42.120
 lives,

00:39:42.220 --> 00:39:42.560
 but our

00:39:42.560 --> 00:39:43.100
 good and

00:39:43.100 --> 00:39:43.800
 his glory.

00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:46.460
 Praise

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:46.800
 me to

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:47.140
 God.

00:39:49.060 --> 00:39:49.519
 He has

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:49.900
 committed

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:51.980
 us to

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:52.160
 his

00:39:52.160 --> 00:39:52.500
 teaching.

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:55.659
 So this

00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:56.000
 morning,

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:56.679
 my prayer is

00:39:56.679 --> 00:39:57.360
 that God

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:57.880
 has spoken

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.320
 you,

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:01.940
 that he's

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.280
 made it

00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:02.659
 clear to

00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:03.000
 you who

00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:03.139
 your

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:03.980
 master is,

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:09.179
 that you

00:40:09.179 --> 00:40:09.559
 know

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:12.380
 if it's

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:12.659
 him,

00:40:13.260 --> 00:40:13.780
 if your

00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:14.679
 master is

00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:15.420
 righteousness,

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:15.820
 if your

00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:16.440
 master is

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:17.000
 him,

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:20.119
 praise God,

00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:20.619
 thank him

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:20.980
 for his

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:21.460
 grace and

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:21.900
 his goodness.

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:24.679
 If it's

00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:25.019
 sin,

00:40:26.260 --> 00:40:27.840
 that's

00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:28.179
 okay,

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:29.940
 because you

00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:30.239
 know where

00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:30.699
 you stand

00:40:30.699 --> 00:40:30.980
 at.

00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:34.340
 Because

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:35.900
 God has

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:36.239
 made a

00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:36.679
 way where

00:40:36.679 --> 00:40:37.019
 you can

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:37.760
 no longer

00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:39.039
 play the

00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:39.360
 sin.

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:41.159
 You can

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:42.260
 no longer

00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:42.699
 live a

00:40:42.699 --> 00:40:43.500
 hopeless and

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:43.960
 helpless

00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:44.699
 life.

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:46.559
 Jesus

00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:47.099
 died on

00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:47.599
 the cross

00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:48.019
 for your

00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:48.460
 sins.

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:49.739
 He died.

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:51.000
 He died

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.400
 so that you

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:52.000
 can be set

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.360
 free.

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:52.780
 from the

00:40:52.780 --> 00:40:53.380
 power and

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:54.400
 control of

00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:54.860
 sin.

00:40:56.260 --> 00:40:56.900
 Let's

00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:57.500
 repent and

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:57.920
 believe.

00:40:59.099 --> 00:40:59.659
 Turn from

00:40:59.659 --> 00:41:00.159
 your sins.

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:01.179
 Accept,

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:01.880
 admit your

00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:02.579
 situation,

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:04.480
 and ask

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:04.920
 God to

00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:05.480
 change you.

00:41:07.980 --> 00:41:09.039
 Joshua 24,

00:41:09.179 --> 00:41:09.639
 15.

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:11.420
 Choose this

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:12.000
 day whom

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:12.420
 you will

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:12.760
 serve.

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:14.860
 As for me

00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:15.199
 and my

00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:15.539
 house,

00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:16.980
 we will

00:41:16.980 --> 00:41:17.420
 serve the

00:41:17.420 --> 00:41:17.639
 Lord.

00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:18.379
 and

00:41:18.379 --> 00:41:18.639
 have

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:18.639


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