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 We oftentimes justify and excuse and embrace the events or situations or the people in our lives that have caused us distress and harm.

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! Why do we do this? Why do we struggle with the truth?

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 The reality of naming the very thing that is causing us pain and therefore look for a remedy, look for a solution.

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 The Apostle Paul will describe our relationship with sin using a new metaphor in our section.

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 And in doing so, he will help us see that the freedom that is promised by sin is no freedom at all, but actually a captivity.

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 And we would do well with understanding it for what it is and not making peace with it, or even worse, justifying it and living not according to the truth, but according to the lie.

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 That sin promises freedom, but instead it makes our wills captive, takes our wills captive.

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 So, the question I'm going to ask you this morning, have you developed a Stockholm Syndrome with sin?

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 Have you become sympathetic to your captor?

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 As we open up Romans 7, and we're just looking at the first six verses, verses 1 to 6,

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 we're going to take a look at two different aspects of the text.

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 The first is the bondage that Paul describes, and then secondly, the belonging that Paul describes.

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 Bondage and belonging.

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 We'll jump right into it this morning, looking at verses 1, 2, 3.

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 This is what the Apostle Paul says,

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 Or do you not know, brothers and sisters, for I am speaking to those who know the law,

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 that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives.

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 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives,

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 but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.

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 Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive.

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 But if her husband dies, she is free from that law.

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 And if she marries another man, she is not an adulteress.

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 Paul continues his lesson on the relationship between the Christian and grace,

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 and the Christian and the law.

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 He has done so since chapter 5.

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 We're not going to do a recap, but chapters 5, 6, and 7 are really Paul's explanation

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 on how we are to live in light of sin as Christians,

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 how we are to live in light of the law as Christians.

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 And he is seeking to answer the question,

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 how then are we to live in light of what Christ has done?

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 Paul has come across as being very negative towards the law thus far.

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 He has said that the law defines what sin is,

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 that the law convicts us of sin,

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 and actually that the law reveals the wrath of God against sin in us.

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 The law is even said, we'll see later on in verse 5,

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 to arouse sin in us.

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 Paul sums it all up in chapter 6, verse 14,

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 when he says that because we are no longer under the law,

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 sin no longer has dominion over us.

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 So Paul, over these past few chapters, these past few verses,

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 he has connected the law to sin, to death,

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 to all sorts of oppression.

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 But how can Paul say what he says about the law?

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 We'll just back up a little bit.

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 Paul is a very devout, learned Jewish man.

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 He knows the scriptures.

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 He is very learned.

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 He studied under some of the best rabbis of his day.

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 He would have been immersed in the scriptures from a very young age.

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 So therefore, how can Paul say what he says about the law?

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 When we have Psalm 19, for instance,

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 where King David talks of the law,

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 not in just kind of neutral terms,

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 but he is gushing over the law.

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 I'll just read a portion of Psalm 19, starting in verse 7.

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 This is King David.

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 The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.

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 The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

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 Verse 8.

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 The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.

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 The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

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 The rules of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

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 Moreover, verse 11.

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 By them is your servant warned.

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 In keeping them, that is the law, there is great reward.

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 That is a completely different way to approach the law.

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 What is happening with the Apostle Paul?

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 Is he forgetting or disavowing everything that he has learned?

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 All the scriptures that affirm what the law is?

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 Who gave the law?

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 One of the very important rules when you read the scriptures,

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 an interpretive rule,

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 is that you ought not to read one part of scripture

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 in such a way that negates another part of scripture.

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 We understand the scriptures as a cohesive unit,

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 written by many writers over many centuries,

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 but all inspired by the Holy Spirit,

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 guided their pens, their quills,

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 guided by the Holy Spirit,

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 guided by God,

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 therefore there is a unity in message

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 and a coherence in the scriptures.

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 So then, how do we approach what Paul is saying here?

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 If that's the case.

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 So previously, Paul has,

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 he has used similar language,

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 like I've mentioned before,

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 to describe the law,

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 likening it to sin,

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 or to the old self,

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 to death and to unrighteousness,

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 all of which we have been freed

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 from the power of under Christ

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 with the free gift of grace

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 that God has given us in his son.

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 So, why does Paul then include the law in this?

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 And this is, I think, an important part

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 as we get into the rest of this text,

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 and it is this reason.

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 Because the law among other uses,

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 and the law has more than just one use,

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 but the law among its other uses,

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 is the means God uses to open our eyes

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 to the sinful and depraved reality

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 that is the human heart.

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 The human heart has a bent towards evil

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 and selfishness

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 and a self-serving aspect of life.

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 The human heart,

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 the unregenerated human heart,

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 the human heart that is riddled with sin,

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 it is one that can never truly choose good

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 for good's sake.

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 There's always a utilitarian aspect

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 to choosing good.

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 It has to be for our benefit.

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 The human heart is a sinful one.

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 And the law is God's way

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 that he helps us to open our eyes

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 to this reality.

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 So, to be under the law,

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 and by the way, I'll just say

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 that's a very good thing, okay?

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 That's a good use of the law.

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 That's God-given.

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 So therefore, to be under the law

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 is to understand that

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 we aren't sinners because we sin,

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 but we sin because we are sinners.

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 And that's a very, very, very

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 important distinction.

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 We're not sinners because we sin.

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 We sin because we are sinners.

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 And this is what the law does.

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 It helps us to understand this reality.

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 And more so that we cannot break away

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 from this reality.

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 We are bound to it.

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 We are held captive to it.

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 This is what Paul is referring to here.

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 He is not contradicting David in Psalm 19.

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 The law is also part of God's revelation

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 of himself to us.

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 It is a picture of what just living ought to be.

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 Remember the Ten Commandments,

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 which I would assume that everybody,

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 I mean, would affirm,

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 the vast majority of the Ten Commandments anyways,

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 whether they're Christians or not Christians.

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 It is a universal

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 that murder is a bad thing.

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 Okay?

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 That stealing is unjust.

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 That bearing false witness

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 is not something to be celebrated.

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 The law is a very good thing.

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 However,

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 the law here in chapter 7

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 seems to be a shorthand

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 for our utter inability

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 to overcome our propensity to sin,

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 reminding us that we sin

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 because we are sinners.

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 We cannot live righteously.

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 And our ultimate destiny

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 is not heaven,

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 but hell.

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 We are bound by sin.

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 We cannot master it.

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 In fact, it masters us.

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 We are bound to the understanding

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 of how sinful we are

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 without an ability

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 to truly remedy our situation.

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 It is,

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 what Paul is saying here,

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 shorthand to say,

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 we are

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 we are

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 completely hopeless

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 in and of ourselves

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 to remedy

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 the problem of sin.

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 So,

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 returning to the metaphor

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 in verses 2 and 3,

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 Paul draws our attention

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 to the fact

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 that we are bound

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 to the law

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 for all our living days.

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 Just as a wife

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 is bound to her husband

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 as long as she lives,

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 if she wants to pursue

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 another lover,

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 she cannot do so

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 without committing adultery.

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 The marital union

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 is binding,

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 Paul is saying,

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 which is language

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 used to describe

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 a ruling over

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 or a lording over,

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 almost an imperial authority.

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 And I'm not going

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 to make a comment

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 on that's the nature

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 of marriage,

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 but the language used

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 is not an optional union,

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 but it is one

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 that is binding

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 upon the person.

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 And this binding

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 cannot be unbound

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 save for death.

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 So,

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 I'm going to pause

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 just briefly here.

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 The text

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 isn't in any way

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 a definitive section

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 in scripture

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 on marriage

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 and divorce.

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 There are other

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 passages in scripture

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 that will shed

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 more light on it.

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 That's kind of

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 the thrust

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 of other scriptures,

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 not this one.

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 Here,

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 Paul assumes

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 that the readers,

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 both Jewish

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 and non-Jewish,

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 understand

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 the legalities

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 of marriage.

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 marriage.

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 But for us,

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 this could be

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 a very hard teaching.

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 I think it's

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 a hard teaching

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 because we have had

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 successive generations

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 where,

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 here in Canada,

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 where no-fault divorce

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 has been the,

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 essentially the law

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 of the land.

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 At least since 1968,

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 that was when

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 Parliament

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 introduced

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 and passed

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 the Divorce Act

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 and it was

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 amended

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 to expand

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 or maybe

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 not expand

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 but to limit

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 the scope

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 of what was

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 legitimate divorce.

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 It basically

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 opened up

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 no-fault divorce

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 to be

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 the prevailing

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 sentiment

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 of what it

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 meant to be married

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 or how to end

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 one's marriage.

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 So,

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 divorce has been

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 a part of

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 our Canadian

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 existence

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 for successive

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 generations.

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 and I would

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 wager

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 that everybody

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 here,

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 either explicitly

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 or implicitly,

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 has felt

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 divorce.

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 Whether it's

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 directly,

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 you're a child

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 of divorce

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 or you've been

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 through divorce

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 yourself,

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 or you have

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 family members,

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 you have friends,

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 you have co-workers,

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 divorce is very

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 prevalent

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 and therefore

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 it's unbelievably

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 sensitive.

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 So,

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 again,

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 this is an

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 aside from

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 the text,

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 I just think

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 it's an

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 important thing

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 to address.

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 Divorce is

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 tragic.

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 It's tragic.

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 There's no

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 instance where

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 it ought to

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 be celebrated,

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 although

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 sometimes

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 it is

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 necessary.

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 The scripture

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 holds marriage

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 up as a

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 lifelong

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 sacred

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 and honorable

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 institution,

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 but in doing

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 so,

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 what the

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 scripture

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 doesn't do

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 is give

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 license for

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 abuse or

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 adultery.

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 so lawful

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 divorce has

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 always been

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 by death,

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 but the

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 church has

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 understood

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 that there

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 are kinds

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 of death

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 that warrant

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 a divorce.

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 Again,

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 tragic,

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 but nevertheless,

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 and we can

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 talk about this

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 at coffee,

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 outside if you

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 want,

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 or send me

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 an email if

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 I've touched

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 a raw nerve.

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 I'm happy to

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 either weather

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 a bit of a

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 tirade against

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 me for what

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 I've said or

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 to help you

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 walk through

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 some difficult

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 times.

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 I'm here for

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 you.

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 But it's

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 always been

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 abandonment,

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 adultery,

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 and abuse

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 as forms of

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 death that

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 have warranted

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 a lawful but

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 tragic reason

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 for a couple

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 to end

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 their marriage.

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 Okay,

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 that's the

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 aside.

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 Let's get

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 back into

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 the text.

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 Back to the

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 metaphor.

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 Paul is

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 helping us

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 see that

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 the law

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 is so

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 binding,

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 and this is

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 what he's

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 really trying

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 to get at

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 here,

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 that the

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 law is so

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 binding upon

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 us that

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 our only

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 way out

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 is to

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 die,

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 which is

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 a very

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 terribly

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 high price

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 to pay,

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 one we

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 cannot pay,

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 and also

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 still enjoy

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 the benefits

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 of freedom.

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 We will

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 either live

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 bound to

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 the law

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 or be

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 dead

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 and free

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 from it.

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 Once again,

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 we find

00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:02.519
 ourselves in

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 a hopeless

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 conundrum.

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 Paul will

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 now turn

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 to,

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 from the

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 metaphor to

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 the lesson,

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 and this

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 will bring

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 us to

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 our

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 second

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 point

00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:13.399
 where Paul

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 speaks of

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 belonging.

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 So,

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 not bondage,

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 but belonging.

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 Look with me

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 at verse 4,

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 and just the

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 first part of

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 verse 4.

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 Likewise,

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 so again,

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 he is moving

00:14:24.539 --> 00:14:24.879
 from the

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 metaphor to

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 the lesson.

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 Likewise,

00:14:27.100 --> 00:14:27.639
 my brothers,

00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:29.000
 you also

00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:29.740
 have died

00:14:29.740 --> 00:14:30.539
 to the

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 law.

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 So,

00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:32.740
 did you catch

00:14:32.740 --> 00:14:33.220
 the shift

00:14:33.220 --> 00:14:33.500
 in the

00:14:33.500 --> 00:14:34.080
 metaphor here?

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 In verses

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 2 and

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 3,

00:14:36.079 --> 00:14:36.360
 when Paul

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 is explaining

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 or at

00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:38.699
 least setting

00:14:38.699 --> 00:14:39.240
 the table

00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:40.799
 for

00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:43.299
 explaining

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 the

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 lifelong

00:14:44.740 --> 00:14:46.819
 binding

00:14:46.819 --> 00:14:47.339
 of the

00:14:47.339 --> 00:14:47.620
 law,

00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:48.679
 he talks

00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:48.879
 about

00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:49.299
 freedom

00:14:49.299 --> 00:14:50.079
 only coming

00:14:50.079 --> 00:14:51.179
 when the

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 husband dies.

00:14:52.459 --> 00:14:52.719
 And yet,

00:14:52.899 --> 00:14:53.159
 here,

00:14:53.279 --> 00:14:53.879
 in verse 4,

00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:54.839
 the death

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 Paul describes

00:14:55.699 --> 00:14:56.299
 is the

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 wife's

00:14:56.719 --> 00:14:57.019
 death,

00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:58.339
 which he

00:14:58.339 --> 00:14:59.099
 extends to

00:14:59.099 --> 00:14:59.980
 the

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 Christians.

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 Paul is

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 saying,

00:15:02.620 --> 00:15:02.839
 in the

00:15:02.839 --> 00:15:03.139
 previous

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 section,

00:15:03.779 --> 00:15:04.120
 the wife

00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:04.459
 is free

00:15:04.459 --> 00:15:04.779
 when her

00:15:04.779 --> 00:15:05.559
 husband dies,

00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:06.439
 but here,

00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:06.980
 in verse 4,

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 he says,

00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:09.399
 we were

00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:09.980
 previously

00:15:09.980 --> 00:15:10.559
 married to

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 the law

00:15:10.939 --> 00:15:11.360
 and under

00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:11.839
 its rule,

00:15:12.019 --> 00:15:12.399
 and then

00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:12.899
 we died

00:15:12.899 --> 00:15:13.319
 to that.

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 It's a

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 slight shift,

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 and we'll

00:15:16.079 --> 00:15:16.659
 touch on it,

00:15:16.839 --> 00:15:17.679
 elaborate on it

00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:18.120
 in a bit,

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 in a bit

00:15:19.879 --> 00:15:20.459
 closer to the

00:15:20.459 --> 00:15:20.559
 end,

00:15:20.620 --> 00:15:21.019
 but just stick

00:15:21.019 --> 00:15:21.459
 a pin in

00:15:21.459 --> 00:15:22.100
 that for me,

00:15:22.199 --> 00:15:22.360
 okay?

00:15:22.419 --> 00:15:22.939
 Stick a pin

00:15:22.939 --> 00:15:23.259
 in that.

00:15:24.299 --> 00:15:24.639
 But the

00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:24.980
 law,

00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:25.980
 it hasn't

00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:26.199
 died,

00:15:26.259 --> 00:15:26.559
 has it?

00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:28.319
 Paul says,

00:15:28.419 --> 00:15:28.720
 we have

00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:29.059
 died,

00:15:30.019 --> 00:15:30.519
 and this is

00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:31.399
 still problematic

00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:32.240
 if we want

00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:32.759
 to be free

00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:33.179
 from the

00:15:33.179 --> 00:15:33.839
 power of the

00:15:33.839 --> 00:15:34.000
 law.

00:15:34.059 --> 00:15:34.379
 And again,

00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:35.299
 shorthand for

00:15:35.299 --> 00:15:35.840
 the power of

00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:36.480
 sin and our

00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:37.620
 inability to

00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:38.700
 transcend sin.

00:15:39.820 --> 00:15:40.439
 It's problematic

00:15:40.439 --> 00:15:41.240
 because we have

00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:42.000
 established that

00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:42.980
 although such a

00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:43.639
 death will

00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:45.080
 unbind us from

00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:45.399
 the law,

00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:46.179
 we are still

00:15:46.179 --> 00:15:47.399
 hopeless for we

00:15:47.399 --> 00:15:48.080
 have died and

00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:48.840
 we can't enjoy

00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:49.659
 life apart from

00:15:49.659 --> 00:15:49.799
 it.

00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:53.159
 How is this

00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:53.779
 good news?

00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:54.320
 Because ultimately

00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:55.080
 Paul is moving

00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:56.019
 towards good news

00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:56.259
 here.

00:15:56.820 --> 00:15:57.919
 Let's continue on

00:15:57.919 --> 00:15:58.360
 and read a bit

00:15:58.360 --> 00:15:59.259
 more of chapter

00:15:59.259 --> 00:15:59.620
 four,

00:16:00.179 --> 00:16:01.000
 of verse four.

00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:03.240
 likewise,

00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:03.840
 my brothers,

00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:04.580
 you also have

00:16:04.580 --> 00:16:05.559
 died to the

00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:07.120
 law through

00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:08.360
 the body of

00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:09.740
 Christ so

00:16:09.740 --> 00:16:10.159
 that you may

00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:10.759
 belong to

00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:11.080
 another.

00:16:11.980 --> 00:16:12.559
 I'll just

00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:13.059
 pause really

00:16:13.059 --> 00:16:13.399
 quickly.

00:16:14.460 --> 00:16:14.860
 Through,

00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:15.440
 okay,

00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:18.539
 this is a

00:16:18.539 --> 00:16:19.200
 small word

00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:20.500
 in the

00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:20.799
 Greek,

00:16:21.299 --> 00:16:22.360
 but its

00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:23.200
 impact is

00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:23.940
 immeasurable.

00:16:25.580 --> 00:16:26.019
 Paul is

00:16:26.019 --> 00:16:26.220
 saying,

00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:26.620
 likewise,

00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:27.419
 my brothers,

00:16:27.539 --> 00:16:27.879
 and that's

00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:28.340
 short for my

00:16:28.340 --> 00:16:28.820
 brothers and

00:16:28.820 --> 00:16:29.100
 sisters,

00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:29.720
 you also

00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:30.180
 have died

00:16:30.180 --> 00:16:30.500
 to the

00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:30.779
 law,

00:16:31.420 --> 00:16:31.860
 but you

00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:32.360
 yourself

00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:33.200
 haven't died

00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:34.159
 just by

00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:34.820
 yourself to

00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:35.720
 die and to

00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:36.279
 never rise

00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:36.460
 again,

00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:36.720
 but you

00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:37.399
 have died

00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:38.879
 through the

00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:39.519
 body of

00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:39.920
 Christ.

00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:42.440
 We looked

00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:42.920
 at this

00:16:42.920 --> 00:16:43.980
 back in

00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:44.740
 chapter six,

00:16:44.820 --> 00:16:45.100
 the first

00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:45.440
 part of

00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:46.100
 chapter six.

00:16:46.820 --> 00:16:47.220
 Paul,

00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:48.019
 he's already

00:16:48.019 --> 00:16:48.420
 taught on

00:16:48.420 --> 00:16:48.560
 this,

00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:48.920
 we're not

00:16:48.920 --> 00:16:49.540
 going to

00:16:49.540 --> 00:16:50.139
 return to

00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:50.240
 it,

00:16:50.300 --> 00:16:50.720
 but really

00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:52.180
 he's

00:16:52.180 --> 00:16:52.860
 returning to

00:16:52.860 --> 00:16:53.879
 this idea

00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:54.560
 to underscore

00:16:54.560 --> 00:16:55.160
 the force

00:16:55.160 --> 00:16:55.460
 of this

00:16:55.460 --> 00:16:55.879
 reality,

00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:56.879
 that we

00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:57.360
 have truly

00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:57.759
 died,

00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:58.639
 but we

00:16:58.639 --> 00:16:59.220
 have died

00:16:59.220 --> 00:16:59.580
 through

00:16:59.580 --> 00:17:00.139
 Christ.

00:17:00.659 --> 00:17:01.019
 It's a

00:17:01.019 --> 00:17:01.819
 real death

00:17:01.819 --> 00:17:02.720
 so that we

00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:04.379
 are fully

00:17:04.379 --> 00:17:05.579
 released and

00:17:05.579 --> 00:17:06.400
 unbound from

00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:06.799
 sin,

00:17:06.980 --> 00:17:07.200
 death,

00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:07.619
 and carnal

00:17:07.619 --> 00:17:07.900
 living,

00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:09.200
 and that if

00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:09.619
 we have been

00:17:09.619 --> 00:17:10.240
 united to

00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:10.660
 him in

00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:11.279
 his death,

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 that means

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 we will be

00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:13.539
 united to

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 him in

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 his resurrection,

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 which is to

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 say that we

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 can be

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 unbound from

00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:19.440
 the law and

00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:20.359
 yet live,

00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:21.079
 and yet continue

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 to live.

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 Again,

00:17:24.379 --> 00:17:24.940
 the best we

00:17:24.940 --> 00:17:25.599
 can do is

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 die,

00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:26.799
 be unbound

00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:27.119
 from the

00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:27.299
 law,

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 and then

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 that's

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 it.

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 But Paul

00:17:29.940 --> 00:17:30.460
 is saying,

00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:31.159
 hold on,

00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:31.659
 if you have

00:17:31.659 --> 00:17:32.259
 died through

00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:32.799
 Christ,

00:17:33.339 --> 00:17:33.799
 it means you

00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:34.220
 can live

00:17:34.220 --> 00:17:34.599
 again,

00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:35.899
 unbound from

00:17:35.899 --> 00:17:36.319
 the law,

00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:37.919
 live in

00:17:37.919 --> 00:17:38.559
 freedom from

00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:38.940
 the law,

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 and all of

00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:41.099
 a sudden we

00:17:41.099 --> 00:17:41.799
 start to see

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 that the

00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:43.839
 death and

00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:44.619
 resurrection of

00:17:44.619 --> 00:17:45.019
 Christ,

00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:48.339
 it definitely

00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:49.039
 is for the

00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:49.599
 forgiveness of

00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:50.079
 our sins,

00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:52.419
 but it is

00:17:52.419 --> 00:17:53.759
 unbelievably

00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.599
 complex,

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 but in a

00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:55.399
 good way,

00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:56.900
 God's

00:17:56.900 --> 00:17:57.460
 redemption

00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:58.540
 for us

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 is true

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 freedom,

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 and it is

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 a freedom

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 that is

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 completely

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 outside of

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 us,

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 something that

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 we could

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 never get

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 on our

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 own.

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 We get

00:18:08.820 --> 00:18:09.560
 to enjoy

00:18:09.560 --> 00:18:11.120
 being unbound

00:18:11.120 --> 00:18:11.580
 to the law,

00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:12.000
 we get to

00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:13.480
 enjoy true

00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:14.640
 freedom in

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 Christ,

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 but it's

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 not a

00:18:18.560 --> 00:18:19.140
 freedom where

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 we can just

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 go on with

00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:21.420
 full autonomy,

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 commanding our

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 own destiny,

00:18:23.320 --> 00:18:23.940
 building our

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 own empire,

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 no, Paul

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 says it is

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 for a

00:18:27.180 --> 00:18:27.559
 purpose,

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 and what is

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 that purpose?

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 We're going to

00:18:31.860 --> 00:18:32.380
 look back at

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 verse 4 and

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 finish off the

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 verse, but he

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 will talk about

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 two purposes,

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 and see if you

00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:39.140
 can pick them

00:18:39.140 --> 00:18:39.519
 out as we

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 read.

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 Verse 4,

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 What is the

00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:56.680
 purpose?

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 So that we

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 will have a

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 new spouse,

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 so that we

00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:01.880
 will belong

00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:02.680
 to another,

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 the one who

00:19:04.080 --> 00:19:04.759
 has raised

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.420
 us from the

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 dead, the

00:19:06.259 --> 00:19:06.680
 one who had

00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:07.440
 all authority,

00:19:07.620 --> 00:19:08.000
 but he did

00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:08.600
 not use it to

00:19:08.600 --> 00:19:09.600
 lord it over

00:19:09.600 --> 00:19:10.220
 us, but

00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:11.319
 instead used

00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:11.860
 it to lay

00:19:11.860 --> 00:19:12.400
 down his

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 life so

00:19:13.620 --> 00:19:13.960
 that we

00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:14.319
 could be

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:14.799
 free from

00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:15.220
 the law.

00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:16.240
 And Paul

00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:16.700
 says for

00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:17.259
 the purpose

00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:18.420
 of us

00:19:18.420 --> 00:19:19.539
 belonging to

00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:19.759
 him.

00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:21.319
 And here's

00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:23.779
 the unbelievable,

00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:27.079
 I'll say it,

00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:27.980
 it's later on

00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:28.299
 in my notes,

00:19:28.360 --> 00:19:28.600
 but I'll say

00:19:28.600 --> 00:19:28.759
 it now,

00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.140
 this is the

00:19:29.140 --> 00:19:29.539
 unbelievable

00:19:29.539 --> 00:19:30.460
 reality of

00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:31.900
 this, is

00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:32.400
 that we

00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:32.779
 get it

00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.440
 confused,

00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:33.860
 okay?

00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:35.220
 We think

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:36.740
 that the

00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:37.240
 life where

00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:37.559
 we get to

00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:38.660
 enjoy everything

00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:39.339
 whenever we

00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:39.660
 want it,

00:19:39.660 --> 00:19:40.220
 this is the

00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:40.580
 life of

00:19:40.580 --> 00:19:40.880
 freedom,

00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:42.320
 but to

00:19:42.320 --> 00:19:43.180
 live under

00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:43.960
 the lordship

00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:45.160
 and belonging

00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:45.880
 to Christ

00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:46.820
 as if I'm

00:19:46.820 --> 00:19:47.279
 not my own

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:48.200
 person, this

00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:48.720
 sounds like

00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:49.600
 bondage, but

00:19:49.600 --> 00:19:50.019
 the scriptures

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.540
 are saying,

00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:50.960
 no, no, no,

00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:51.460
 no, you're

00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:51.779
 getting it

00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:52.040
 wrong,

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:52.759
 okay?

00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:55.140
 You are

00:19:55.140 --> 00:19:56.560
 seeing your

00:19:56.560 --> 00:19:57.820
 captor, sin,

00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.160
 as your

00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:00.340
 savior, and

00:20:00.340 --> 00:20:01.060
 you're seeing

00:20:01.060 --> 00:20:02.580
 Christ as the

00:20:02.580 --> 00:20:03.300
 one who is

00:20:03.300 --> 00:20:04.940
 constraining you

00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:06.400
 and binding you

00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:07.120
 up so that you

00:20:07.120 --> 00:20:07.660
 can't truly

00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:08.000
 live.

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:10.320
 Paul is

00:20:10.320 --> 00:20:10.660
 saying you're

00:20:10.660 --> 00:20:10.980
 getting it

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.259
 wrong.

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.040
 You might

00:20:12.040 --> 00:20:12.200
 have

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:12.600
 Stockholm

00:20:12.600 --> 00:20:12.980
 syndrome.

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.660
 The second

00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:19.000
 purpose is

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.560
 that we

00:20:19.560 --> 00:20:22.580
 would bear

00:20:22.580 --> 00:20:23.019
 fruit for

00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.259
 God.

00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:24.940
 So we're

00:20:24.940 --> 00:20:25.860
 still obligated

00:20:25.860 --> 00:20:26.220
 to keep

00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:26.640
 the law,

00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:29.120
 but not

00:20:29.120 --> 00:20:31.480
 as people

00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:32.019
 under the

00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.620
 bondage of

00:20:32.620 --> 00:20:33.060
 sin, but

00:20:33.060 --> 00:20:33.640
 as free

00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:34.019
 people.

00:20:34.820 --> 00:20:35.259
 So in

00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:36.180
 Christ, we

00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:37.080
 can love the

00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:37.399
 Lord our

00:20:37.399 --> 00:20:37.779
 God with

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.139
 all our

00:20:38.139 --> 00:20:39.059
 heart, soul,

00:20:39.179 --> 00:20:39.539
 mind, and

00:20:39.539 --> 00:20:39.759
 strength.

00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:40.079
 We can

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.659
 love our

00:20:40.659 --> 00:20:41.419
 neighbor as

00:20:41.419 --> 00:20:42.799
 ourself, and

00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:43.740
 we can do

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.799
 so and

00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:45.319
 therefore

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:46.439
 fulfill the

00:20:46.439 --> 00:20:46.699
 law and

00:20:46.699 --> 00:20:47.119
 the prophets.

00:20:49.919 --> 00:20:50.679
 So now

00:20:50.679 --> 00:20:51.799
 what we see

00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:53.579
 is not

00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:55.019
 the bondage

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.559
 of keeping

00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:55.939
 the law,

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:56.279
 which we

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.639
 can never

00:20:56.639 --> 00:20:57.139
 keep, that

00:20:57.139 --> 00:20:58.079
 just, if

00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:59.179
 anything, it

00:20:59.179 --> 00:20:59.799
 just shows us

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.480
 how sinful

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:00.879
 we are.

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:01.500
 Instead, it

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:01.939
 becomes a

00:21:01.939 --> 00:21:02.599
 privilege.

00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:02.639
 privilege.

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.480
 It's a

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:06.259
 privilege so

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:06.799
 that we

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:09.240
 are accepted

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:10.399
 by God, and

00:21:10.399 --> 00:21:10.699
 then we have

00:21:10.699 --> 00:21:11.419
 the privilege of

00:21:11.419 --> 00:21:12.539
 serving Him, and

00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:13.279
 we won't twist

00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:14.079
 that so that we

00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:15.179
 think we're

00:21:15.179 --> 00:21:16.579
 serving God, and

00:21:16.579 --> 00:21:17.339
 then one day,

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.419
 maybe, if we

00:21:18.419 --> 00:21:19.339
 try hard enough,

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.219
 we will be

00:21:20.219 --> 00:21:21.039
 accepted by Him.

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:22.059
 We get to

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:23.179
 operate from a

00:21:23.179 --> 00:21:23.740
 place of

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.159
 acceptance.

00:21:28.639 --> 00:21:29.419
 This is why

00:21:29.419 --> 00:21:30.199
 there is truly

00:21:30.199 --> 00:21:30.899
 no hope in

00:21:30.899 --> 00:21:31.519
 trying to fix

00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.299
 ourselves.

00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.259
 by ourselves.

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:35.399
 We cannot

00:21:35.399 --> 00:21:36.459
 avoid death

00:21:36.459 --> 00:21:39.019
 by trying to

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:40.099
 maximize our

00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:40.579
 life.

00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:42.379
 It is a

00:21:42.379 --> 00:21:43.039
 fool's errand.

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:43.659
 We need

00:21:43.659 --> 00:21:44.679
 outside help.

00:21:45.959 --> 00:21:46.679
 We see this

00:21:46.679 --> 00:21:47.319
 especially in

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:47.980
 verse 5, because

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:48.939
 Paul's going to

00:21:48.939 --> 00:21:49.719
 return to

00:21:49.719 --> 00:21:52.219
 this image

00:21:52.219 --> 00:21:53.119
 of sin

00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:54.819
 being our

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.319
 captor.

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.519
 And this is

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:56.879
 what he says

00:21:56.879 --> 00:21:57.439
 in verse 5.

00:21:58.939 --> 00:21:59.480
 For while we

00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.039
 were living in

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:01.539
 the flesh, our

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.539
 sinful passions

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:03.980
 aroused by the

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:04.599
 law, we're at

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.240
 work in our

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.839
 members to

00:22:05.839 --> 00:22:07.420
 bear fruit for

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:07.839
 death.

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.339
 Paul is saying

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:10.259
 you can't manage

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.819
 your flesh.

00:22:10.899 --> 00:22:11.519
 You can't fix

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.039
 your flesh.

00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:12.619
 Your flesh is

00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:13.399
 rotting off your

00:22:13.399 --> 00:22:13.740
 bones.

00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:17.039
 You are

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:19.240
 prone every

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:20.480
 waking hour,

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.740
 every minute,

00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:23.220
 breathing in and

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:23.859
 out sin.

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:25.559
 Remember, you

00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:26.539
 sin because you

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:27.220
 are a sinner,

00:22:27.399 --> 00:22:27.940
 Paul is saying.

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:30.200
 And it's not

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:30.660
 just that we

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:31.460
 sin every now

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:32.420
 and then as

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:34.160
 if our life is

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:34.860
 like a river.

00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:35.559
 And then every

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.019
 now and then,

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:36.480
 maybe every

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.160
 couple years,

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:37.620
 there's a

00:22:37.620 --> 00:22:37.940
 flood.

00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:38.640
 Okay, we can

00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:39.180
 manage that

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:39.480
 flood.

00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:40.100
 All right?

00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:41.059
 Sandbags.

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.320
 Eventually, the

00:22:42.320 --> 00:22:42.960
 water recedes.

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.440
 We're okay.

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:43.980
 It doesn't happen

00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:44.460
 too often.

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.240
 When it happens,

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:45.640
 it's a bit

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:46.019
 messy.

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:46.900
 We can fix

00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:47.200
 it.

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:50.039
 Instead, he is

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:51.039
 almost saying

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.820
 that we are

00:22:51.820 --> 00:22:52.660
 like a dam,

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.560
 and there's

00:22:53.560 --> 00:22:54.220
 a raging

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:55.480
 river or

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:57.300
 raging body

00:22:57.300 --> 00:22:57.740
 of water

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.440
 behind it.

00:22:58.820 --> 00:22:59.140
 And this

00:22:59.140 --> 00:23:00.759
 dam is just

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.960
 full of

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.880
 fissures and

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:03.519
 cracks.

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.740
 The concrete

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.500
 is starting

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:08.100
 to flake

00:23:08.100 --> 00:23:08.620
 away.

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.560
 And it's not

00:23:09.560 --> 00:23:10.040
 just a few

00:23:10.040 --> 00:23:10.779
 patches that's

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.220
 going to fix

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.340
 it.

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.160
 It's about to

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:12.440
 burst.

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.500
 And you patch

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.300
 this hole only

00:23:14.300 --> 00:23:15.000
 for this one

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:16.160
 to shoot out

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:17.700
 a jet of

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:18.000
 water.

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:18.960
 There's no

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.880
 hope to patch

00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:20.700
 up this dam.

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:21.900
 And Paul is

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:22.060
 saying,

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.420
 listen, if you

00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:23.920
 try to patch

00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:24.560
 it up, it's

00:23:24.560 --> 00:23:25.019
 futile.

00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:26.380
 This is why

00:23:26.380 --> 00:23:27.380
 we can't fix

00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:27.940
 ourselves.

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:30.019
 We are

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:31.200
 captive by

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.940
 our flesh.

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.440
 We serve

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:33.840
 our own

00:23:33.840 --> 00:23:34.480
 interests, our

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.120
 own desires,

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.840
 and appetites,

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.500
 and they are

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.279
 not towards

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.640
 the good.

00:23:39.860 --> 00:23:40.560
 We will

00:23:40.560 --> 00:23:41.460
 always find a

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:41.820
 way to

00:23:41.820 --> 00:23:43.259
 contravene a

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:44.100
 law if our

00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:44.700
 hearts are

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.220
 married to

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.960
 sin and to

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.240
 death.

00:23:46.340 --> 00:23:46.980
 This is why

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.800
 we need to

00:23:47.800 --> 00:23:48.420
 be freed

00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:49.420
 from the

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:50.200
 law, freed

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:51.180
 from the

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:52.120
 power of

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:52.640
 sin and

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:53.259
 death upon

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.900
 our lives,

00:23:54.280 --> 00:23:55.000
 freed from

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.740
 our spouse

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.220
 of death.

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:59.060
 We need

00:23:59.060 --> 00:24:00.020
 a new

00:24:00.020 --> 00:24:00.320
 husband.

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.220
 And it's

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.860
 remarkable then

00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.460
 that the

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.080
 Christian faith

00:24:04.080 --> 00:24:04.680
 is described

00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:05.200
 in such a

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:06.180
 way where

00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:08.120
 it is not

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:09.320
 merely a

00:24:09.320 --> 00:24:10.120
 contract, but

00:24:10.120 --> 00:24:10.759
 it is this

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.740
 deep, intimate,

00:24:12.520 --> 00:24:13.560
 loving relationship

00:24:13.560 --> 00:24:14.400
 that is extended

00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:15.000
 to us.

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:18.079
 where our

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.640
 allegiances

00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:19.359
 change.

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.640
 This

00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:25.799
 relationship is

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.220
 marked by

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.700
 deep and

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:27.460
 lasting love

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:29.519
 and expressed

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.420
 in a loving,

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.319
 uncompelled

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:32.259
 sacrifice of

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.799
 Christ on the

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.099
 cross.

00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:34.599
 Again, how

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:36.119
 unbelievably loving

00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:36.680
 is it that

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.339
 Christ would lay

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:38.119
 down his life

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:39.680
 not because he

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.599
 was paying his

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.380
 own debt, but

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:42.599
 somebody else's.

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.480
 was he

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.099
 compelled to?

00:24:45.699 --> 00:24:46.299
 Was he

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:46.879
 lacking in

00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.519
 anything and

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.039
 then he needed

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.480
 to do the

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.199
 hero thing to

00:24:49.199 --> 00:24:49.839
 make himself

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:50.959
 elevate to the

00:24:50.959 --> 00:24:52.759
 very nth degree?

00:24:52.939 --> 00:24:53.559
 No, no, no, no.

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:55.200
 It was all

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:56.419
 uncompelled

00:24:56.419 --> 00:24:57.899
 sacrificial love.

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.319
 And the

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:01.139
 reality is

00:25:01.139 --> 00:25:02.019
 that all who

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.460
 have put their

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.079
 faith and

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:03.599
 trust in

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:05.379
 Christ means

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:05.819
 that we are

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.700
 free, but at

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.440
 the same time

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:08.019
 we are now

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.299
 his.

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.779
 And no

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.519
 area of our

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.039
 life is

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.799
 untouched.

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.519
 And friends,

00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:16.240
 if that is a

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.740
 scary thing,

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.259
 just remember

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:17.720
 what I said

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.279
 previously.

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.819
 Let us not

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.799
 get twisted up

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.899
 the reality of

00:25:21.899 --> 00:25:23.139
 thinking sin is

00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:23.780
 freedom and

00:25:23.780 --> 00:25:24.480
 Christ is

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:24.980
 bondage.

00:25:25.060 --> 00:25:25.460
 It is the

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:25.900
 opposite.

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:27.259
 He offers us

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.600
 freedom.

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.380
 I said this

00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:29.580
 last week and

00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:30.480
 I've said it a

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.100
 number of times

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:31.680
 over the years.

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.700
 One of the

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.120
 colleagues we

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:33.560
 pray in

00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:34.620
 morning prayer

00:25:34.620 --> 00:25:35.780
 says service

00:25:35.780 --> 00:25:36.340
 to you is

00:25:36.340 --> 00:25:37.140
 perfect freedom.

00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:44.040
 Instead, we

00:25:44.040 --> 00:25:44.620
 think freedom

00:25:44.620 --> 00:25:45.480
 is found in

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.060
 the tyranny

00:25:46.060 --> 00:25:46.600
 of our

00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:47.920
 self-obsession,

00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:48.360
 of our

00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:49.100
 appetites,

00:25:49.780 --> 00:25:50.520
 that do not

00:25:50.520 --> 00:25:51.780
 bear fruit to

00:25:51.780 --> 00:25:52.080
 God.

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.460
 But what does

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:52.840
 it say?

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.559
 In verse 5,

00:25:53.639 --> 00:25:54.319
 that bear fruit

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:55.619
 that leads to

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:55.939
 death.

00:25:58.679 --> 00:25:59.480
 You see the

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.419
 loss of freedom

00:26:00.419 --> 00:26:01.359
 and independence

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:02.259
 in a marriage

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:03.919
 and therefore,

00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:04.779
 if we're going

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:06.220
 to continue to

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.699
 extend this

00:26:06.699 --> 00:26:07.240
 metaphor to

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.819
 Christ and our

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.439
 relationship with

00:26:08.439 --> 00:26:09.859
 him, it is

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.879
 not a burden

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:11.819
 to bear but a

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:13.059
 joy to embrace.

00:26:13.179 --> 00:26:13.759
 Look with me at

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.339
 verse 6.

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.799
 And this is,

00:26:16.139 --> 00:26:16.959
 we'll wrap it

00:26:16.959 --> 00:26:17.119
 up.

00:26:17.459 --> 00:26:17.959
 Verse 6.

00:26:18.679 --> 00:26:19.319
 But now we are

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.139
 released from the

00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:20.339
 law.

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:21.939
 having died to

00:26:21.939 --> 00:26:23.039
 that which held

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:24.859
 us captive so

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:25.919
 that we serve in

00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:27.419
 the new way of

00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:28.779
 the spirit and

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.579
 not in the old

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:30.500
 way of the

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.039
 written code,

00:26:31.139 --> 00:26:31.779
 which is to say

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.819
 the law.

00:26:34.179 --> 00:26:34.699
 Independence

00:26:34.699 --> 00:26:34.720
!

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:51.339
 God, I'm

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:52.339
 going to

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:53.339
 be here to

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:53.339


00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.339
 I'm going to

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.339


00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.639
 There is no

00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:56.619
 freedom from our

00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.259
 appetites.

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:57.980
 There's no freedom

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:59.799
 from envy or

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.539
 hatred or

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:00.939
 resentment.

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.720
 There's no freedom

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:03.199
 from self-congratulation

00:27:03.199 --> 00:27:04.159
 and then self-doubt.

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:06.299
 There's only

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.859
 captivity.

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.740
 There's only

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.599
 bondage.

00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:10.000
 But in Christ,

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:10.899
 Paul says,

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.299
 we have

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.819
 belonging.

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:14.299
 We have

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:14.839
 belonging.

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:16.079
 We have a

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:17.259
 new husband.

00:27:17.439 --> 00:27:18.099
 We are a

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.679
 part of

00:27:18.679 --> 00:27:19.879
 Christ's

00:27:19.879 --> 00:27:20.299
 church.

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.699
 The bride.

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.439
 And he is our

00:27:22.439 --> 00:27:23.179
 bridegroom.

00:27:23.719 --> 00:27:24.179
 And we are

00:27:24.179 --> 00:27:24.819
 free to

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.240
 serve.

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.859
 We do not

00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:28.519
 serve to be

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:28.899
 freed.

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.219
 Again,

00:27:30.439 --> 00:27:31.839
 an unbelievable

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.519
 difference.

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.619
 But,

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:36.539
 there's always a

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:36.740
 but.

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.579
 But,

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:39.299
 why do we

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.380
 then continue

00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:41.240
 in sin if

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.779
 this is such

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.559
 an incredible

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.400
 gift given to

00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:43.660
 us?

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.019
 Why do we

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.519
 struggle to

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.200
 see Christ as

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.839
 our liberator

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.460
 and to view

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.200
 our flesh as

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:48.660
 problematic?

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.240
 Why do we

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.960
 still suffer

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.460
 from the

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:52.000
 spiritual

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.799
 Stockholm

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.240
 syndrome?

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:53.940
 Why?

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.779
 Why do we

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.640
 suffer from

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:56.980
 this?

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.339
 As I

00:27:59.339 --> 00:27:59.620
 mentioned

00:27:59.620 --> 00:28:00.019
 earlier,

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.759
 Paul shifts

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:03.140
 a detail in

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:03.559
 the metaphor

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.460
 so that the

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.480
 woman is

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.400
 free once

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:06.960
 her husband

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.480
 dies,

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.640
 which means

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.019
 we,

00:28:09.320 --> 00:28:09.759
 and in this

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.060
 case,

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.380
 in the

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:10.580
 metaphor,

00:28:10.780 --> 00:28:11.700
 we are the

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.000
 wife,

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.080
 that we

00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:13.460
 die,

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.200
 freeing us

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.560
 from the

00:28:14.560 --> 00:28:15.019
 husband who

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.360
 is still

00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:15.780
 alive,

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:16.160
 which is

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:16.460
 death.

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:17.740
 So,

00:28:17.780 --> 00:28:18.220
 even though

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.680
 we are

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.280
 dead to

00:28:19.280 --> 00:28:19.720
 the law,

00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:20.160
 which is

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:20.620
 to say

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:21.540
 the bondage

00:28:21.540 --> 00:28:22.320
 and condemnation

00:28:22.320 --> 00:28:22.900
 and mastery

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:24.140
 of sin

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.960
 and death

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.460
 over our

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:25.920
 lives,

00:28:27.100 --> 00:28:27.720
 sin and

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.380
 death still

00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:29.420
 are alive.

00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:30.460
 Sin and

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.640
 death have

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:32.080
 not yet

00:28:32.080 --> 00:28:32.440
 died.

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:34.019
 we

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.519
 understand

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.640
 that what

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.039
 Christ did

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.240
 on the

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:36.840
 cross truly

00:28:36.840 --> 00:28:37.440
 was defeated

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:37.900
 sin and

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.180
 death.

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.240
 Sin and

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.460
 death,

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:40.860
 they're a

00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:41.240
 defeated

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.680
 foe,

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.160
 but they

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.900
 are not

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:43.900
 yet

00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.779
 dispatched.

00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:46.019
 And

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.400
 therefore,

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.059
 the Christian

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.380
 life,

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:47.880
 as Paul has

00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:48.519
 described it,

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.400
 is not

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:50.019
 coming to

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.519
 Christ and

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:50.779
 then we

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.220
 have a

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.920
 victory lap

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.580
 until we

00:28:52.580 --> 00:28:53.320
 die or

00:28:53.320 --> 00:28:53.820
 Christ comes

00:28:53.820 --> 00:28:54.400
 back again,

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:55.240
 but rather

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.960
 it's a civil

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.500
 war within

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.920
 our hearts

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:58.580
 because our

00:28:58.580 --> 00:28:59.360
 old master,

00:28:59.359 --> 00:29:00.359
 who does

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:01.079
 not own

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:01.679
 us anymore,

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:04.099
 still calls

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:04.699
 us and

00:29:04.699 --> 00:29:05.679
 beckons us

00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:06.119
 and we

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:06.619
 listen,

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:06.959
 we are

00:29:06.959 --> 00:29:07.419
 conditioned

00:29:07.419 --> 00:29:08.000
 to listen.

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 That we

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.039
 have been

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.779
 freed from

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:12.139
 that terrible

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:15.139
 relationship

00:29:15.139 --> 00:29:15.559
 that we

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:15.939
 were once

00:29:15.939 --> 00:29:16.459
 in and

00:29:16.459 --> 00:29:16.819
 yet,

00:29:17.199 --> 00:29:17.740
 they call

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.279
 us back

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.740
 and we

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:20.119
 are somehow

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:20.619
 in our

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.000
 hearts

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:22.399
 drawn back

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 like a

00:29:23.179 --> 00:29:23.879
 hunk of

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 metal to

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 a strong

00:29:25.179 --> 00:29:25.599
 magnet.

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 But the

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:30.119
 promise in

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:31.039
 scripture is

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 this,

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 that although

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:33.179
 sin and

00:29:33.179 --> 00:29:33.500
 death are

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 still alive

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 and roaring,

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 they are

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.219
 ultimately a

00:29:37.219 --> 00:29:38.139
 defeated foe,

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 even more,

00:29:39.939 --> 00:29:40.719
 there will be

00:29:40.719 --> 00:29:41.179
 a time,

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.619
 the scripture

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:42.079
 says,

00:29:42.199 --> 00:29:42.359
 and you

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:43.299
 can read

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.879
 it in

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 Revelation

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 chapter 20,

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 where even

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.139
 sin and

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.799
 death itself

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.219
 will be

00:29:49.219 --> 00:29:50.259
 thrown into

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.639
 the lake

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 of fire,

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:51.819
 will be

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.379
 done away

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 with,

00:29:52.679 --> 00:29:53.199
 dispatched

00:29:53.199 --> 00:29:53.659
 forever.

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 death

00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:56.160
 will die.

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 It's a

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.560
 very

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 incredible

00:29:58.300 --> 00:29:58.759
 thing to

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 ponder and

00:29:59.420 --> 00:29:59.820
 to meditate

00:29:59.820 --> 00:30:00.220
 upon.

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 The abuser

00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:02.720
 will abuse

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.160
 no more.

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.740
 Eternity

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:05.060
 will indeed

00:30:05.060 --> 00:30:06.460
 be utopic,

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 but not in

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.440
 the weird

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.860
 utopias where

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 we watch

00:30:10.300 --> 00:30:11.259
 movies where

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.820
 we're just

00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:12.460
 waiting for

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.000
 the facade

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.460
 to fall

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:14.600
 down and

00:30:14.600 --> 00:30:15.320
 for heaven

00:30:15.320 --> 00:30:16.080
 to eventually

00:30:16.080 --> 00:30:16.600
 look like

00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:16.940
 hell,

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.060
 but really,

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.440
 truly a

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:20.279
 utopia of

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.960
 utopias,

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.000
 where sin

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.580
 and death

00:30:22.580 --> 00:30:23.259
 do not

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.960
 exist any

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.259
 longer.

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 You see,

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:26.900
 Jesus has

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.259
 uprooted

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.779
 death and

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.400
 has judged

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:29.940
 it to be

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.500
 destroyed,

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.740
 and he

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.200
 will indeed

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.740
 do so,

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.259
 for he has

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:34.160
 already destroyed

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.940
 its power

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.700
 by dying

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.200
 on the

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:37.500
 cross and

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.240
 rising again,

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.660
 and because

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.160
 we are in

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:39.420
 him,

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.200
 because we

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.859
 have died

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:42.279
 with Christ,

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:42.779
 because we

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.480
 will rise

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.140
 with Christ,

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.640
 because he

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.420
 truly rose,

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:46.940
 because we

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.579
 belong to

00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:47.960
 him, we

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.480
 are part of

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:48.980
 his bride,

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.640
 he is our

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.240
 bridegroom,

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.500
 his victory

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.460
 will be

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:53.299
 our victory,

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:53.759
 in fact,

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.240
 it is our

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.880
 victory now.

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.759
 So friends,

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.779
 do not go

00:30:58.779 --> 00:31:00.619
 back to

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:01.220
 what was,

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.380
 but rather

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:03.819
 flee and

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:05.019
 flock to

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.440
 the lover

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:06.079
 of your soul,

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:08.519
 the one who

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.019
 doesn't just

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:10.140
 speak sweet

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.680
 words of

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.059
 promise,

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:12.519
 but displays

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:14.000
 unbelievably

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.900
 sacrificial

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:17.420
 actions by

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:18.660
 dying in

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:19.259
 your place.

00:31:22.300 --> 00:31:22.740
 Friends,

00:31:22.800 --> 00:31:23.340
 he is the

00:31:23.340 --> 00:31:23.759
 lover of

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.300
 our souls,

00:31:25.060 --> 00:31:25.900
 he is the

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.300
 one who

00:31:26.300 --> 00:31:27.160
 purifies us

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.860
 and glorifies

00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:28.380
 us so that

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:29.019
 we will enjoy

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.660
 his presence

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.060
 forever.

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 And friends,

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:32.220
 that is the

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.840
 gospel of

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:33.300
 Christ.

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 Praise to

00:31:35.040 --> 00:31:35.400
 you, Lord

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:36.120
 Jesus Christ.

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:36.500
 Amen.

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:36.980
 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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