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 Let's turn again now to pause now to Colossians and chapter 2 and we can read at verse 11.

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! Colossians 2 at verse 11.

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 In him also you are circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body

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 of flesh by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which

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 you are also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised

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 him from the dead.

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 And so on down to verse number 15.

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 The last time we were together, or I was with you on the Lord's Day, we looked at chapter

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 one of this letter and we noticed, as we notice again today and remind ourselves that in these

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 first two chapters, Paul wants to highlight the supremacy of Jesus Christ in salvation

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 as well as in creation.

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 And he is writing with that theme because of the great need that they had and the great

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 need that we have ourselves to recognize that our salvation is all about what God has done

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 in Jesus and not so much about what we are doing ourselves.

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 And we saw in chapter one and verse 12 the way in which God speaks about qualifying us to

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 share in the inheritance of God's people.

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 And we highlighted the way in which our salvation is about what God does in our own lives.

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 Today we want to look at the other side of that and to consider in these verses, to consider

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 what God has done for us outside of ourselves in the person of Christ.

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 Christ.

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 And we are doing so because when you read the letters of Paul, we notice a significant development.

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 When Jesus speaks of disciples, his emphasis is on people leaving everything and following

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 him.

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 When Paul speaks about disciples and about Christians, he speaks about those who are in Christ and who

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 are with Christ.

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 There's a development.

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 There is a change in focus.

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 And the message is not going to be a lesson on grammar, but I do want to draw attention

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 to the fact that the key to understanding what Paul says here and elsewhere is his use of

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 prepositions.

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 When I went to school and I heard prepositions mentioned, I was not remotely interested.

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 But prepositions are important because they show us the relationship between a noun and

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 what has been said in the previous clause.

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 And there are two prepositions that are central to the message of the gospel that capture for

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 us so much of what salvation is.

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 The first of these is the preposition in.

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 It's through this chapter in Christ.

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 The second preposition is with Christ.

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 And all of your salvation and mine today is summed up by Paul in the use of these two

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 prepositions.

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 And we hear so often with documentation that the devil is in the detail.

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 Well, in the case of salvation, the great blessing is in the detail.

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 When we notice the detail, we notice the marvel of what God has done.

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 And bearing that in mind, I want us to think of these verses before us here and to think of

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 the life of faith and our freedom in Christ.

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 I want to think, first of all, that we have before us a transition.

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 I come from being in one place to being in another place.

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 And we see that transition from verse 11 onwards, where Paul speaks about being circumcised with

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 a circumcision made without hands.

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 And the very mention of circumcision presents us perhaps with great difficulties.

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 But I want us to think of circumcision in the light of God's relationship with his people in the Old Testament

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 as an oath pledge of their loyalty.

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 Their loyalty to God.

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 And if they were not loyal to God, they would be cut off from the people of God and sent away from God.

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 Circumcision is about being cut off.

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 And here Paul wants them to understand their salvation in the light of that sense of cutting off

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 and cutting off with a circumcision made without hands.

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 God is working for our salvation by engaging in this cutting off activity

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 to take us from where we are, the place to which we are so attached,

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 the place in which we live our lives.

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 He comes to us in his grace and he comes to cut us off from being there.

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 And today, if I'm a Christian, if I'm a child of God,

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 the evidence of this happening is that I am following Jesus.

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 But my following of Jesus is the result of God the Father

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 cutting me off from the life of sin that I lived

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 and the life that I lived in the service of this world

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 and setting myself at the exclusion of Jesus Christ.

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 And he shows us how that actually takes place.

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 A circumcision made without hands,

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 putting off of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ.

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 Circumcision, the cutting off of people.

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 Circumcision, the cutting off of Jesus Christ.

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 Circumcision, the cutting off of Jesus Christ.

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 We read in Isaiah chapter 53 that on the cross,

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 Jesus was cut off from the land of the living.

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 The cutting off in the life of Jesus is all about the cross of Jesus

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 where Jesus died for our sins and where,

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 when he was cut off from God,

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 he cried out,

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 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

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 And we hear that he was cut off because they came

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 and saw that Jesus was already dead.

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 And Paul wants the Christians in Colossae to understand

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 that they were cut off from the life of service to sin

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 because of the way in which God took them from where they were

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 and placed them in Christ,

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 in that new relationship with Christ,

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 in their union with Christ.

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 And so today in my lostness,

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 I'm out here.

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 I'm outside of the kingdom of God.

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 I'm outside of Christ.

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 I'm lost.

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 I'm serving myself.

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 I'm under the influence of the God of this world,

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 the devil and Satan,

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 and all that this world offers me.

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 I'm there outside of Christ.

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 And the moment that takes place in the day of my salvation

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 is not so much me coming to follow the Lord Jesus.

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 It's God taking me from there,

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 cutting me off from the root of that kind of life

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 and uniting me in my relationship with Jesus Christ

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 so that his death and his life

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 become meaningful in my life.

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 That's why Paul says in writing to Galatians,

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 I am crucified with Christ.

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 When I become a child of God,

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 I'm united to Jesus and his death,

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 says Paul.

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 And because of that,

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 my life up until then has come to an end.

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 I go on a train journey.

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 And I may be going from Edinburgh to London.

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 And I'm going on the express train.

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 It stops at so many different places.

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 And then I hear the announcement

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 that this train,

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 the next stop on this train is London.

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 And then I'm told,

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 this train terminates

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 at London,

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 Euston.

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 And I want us to think today about our lives.

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 We are on that journey outside of Christ.

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 And in the day in which God comes to save us,

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 our journey on that railway,

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 on that track,

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 comes to an end.

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 It terminates

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 the moment my relationship with Jesus begins.

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 And so,

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 for you and for me today,

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 am I a Christian or am I not?

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 Am I a child of God or am I not?

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 Then the first part of the answer

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 comes in looking at yourself

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 and asking yourself,

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 has the life that I lived,

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 setting myself,

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 happy in my sinful life,

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 has that life come to an end?

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 Has that part of my journey

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 has determined,

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 is it now over?

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 And those of us,

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 as we struggle

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 and come into faith,

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 there is that kind of process

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 where there is that kind of

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 struggle and confusion

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 with the life that I am leading

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 and the life that God wants me to live.

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 And that struggle comes to be over

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 when I'm united to Christ

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 and the one who died for my sins,

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 who broke the power of sin,

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 that through him and in him,

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 that life has come to an end.

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 Has your life today changed?

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 That's the first way

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 in which faith is evident

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 in the life of God's children.

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 That is confined to the past.

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 It's done with.

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 I don't want it anymore.

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 God has taken it away

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 and I don't want to see it anymore

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 appearing in life.

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 And the transition is complete

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 because not only do I share

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 what Jesus achieved in his death,

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 but I also achieve what,

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 I also take part in what

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 Jesus achieved in his resurrection.

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 And that's what we read of

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 in verse number 13.

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 You are dead in your trespasses

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 and the uncircumcision of your flesh.

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 God made alive together with him.

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 Here is the preposition,

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 the with him.

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 When I hear about Jesus

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 being raised from the dead

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 on the third day,

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 making himself known to his disciples,

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 when I read and hear that,

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 that's the new life of Jesus

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 after the cross

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 and that's the new life

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 that the child of God lives

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 in the moment of our union with Christ

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 and of being united to Christ

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 by the invisible hand of God.

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 the newness of life.

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 That comes, says Paul,

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 having had our sins forgiven,

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 we walk now in this newness of life.

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 A life that is like the life

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 that Jesus lived.

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 A life that shows the work

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 of the Spirit of God

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 in our hearts and our lives.

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 A life that is in the service of God

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 and no longer in the service of sin.

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 There is that transition.

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 There is that movement

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 in this momentary activity of God

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 when I'm taken from there

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 and taken to be in Christ.

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 And so, today,

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 for you,

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 there will be no physical movement.

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 The way God works,

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 you can sit where you are sitting.

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 And at the same time,

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 the greatest movement ever

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 takes place in your heart and life.

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 You don't change your position,

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 you don't change your body movement,

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 and in that silence,

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 motionless picture

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 of where you're at,

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 God works.

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 And He creates this new thing

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 in your heart.

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 And the new thing is

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 creating this union

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 with the Lord Jesus,

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 and that changes you forever.

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 physically,

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 there's no change,

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 but before God,

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 there is the world

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 of a difference.

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 That's what Paul wanted them to see.

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 And that's today

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 what God wants you and I to see.

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 A life that has changed

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 because God has brought us

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 into a living relationship

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 with Jesus.

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 And in that relationship,

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 we are a new people.

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 And the same Paul says

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 that everyone who is in Christ

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 is a new creation.

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 And he goes on to say,

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 all things have passed away.

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 That train has terminated

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 at the cross of Jesus.

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 All things have become new.

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 The old and the new.

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 The movement created

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 by God's work in our hearts.

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 Are we old or new?

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 Are we serving sin

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 or serving the Lord?

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 The transition

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 that is the first part

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 of our freedom.

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 Secondly,

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 we want to see

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 that there is

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 a transaction.

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 And the transaction

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 is based on two images

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 or word pictures

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 that Paul gives to us

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 in these verses.

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 And in the first word picture

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 that we have,

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 there is this idea

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 of debt cancellation.

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 We have it in version number 14.

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 By cancelling the record

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 of debt

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 that stood

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 against us.

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 There is a handwriting.

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 It's a handwriting

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 that speaks of

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 debts that,

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 of things that a person

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 is obliged to fulfill.

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 And all of these things

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 are written down.

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 And the document

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 is signed

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 as proof

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 of the obligation

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 to keep

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 and to observe

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 what is written

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 in the document.

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 And for the Old Testament

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 people of God,

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 we can think of them

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 at Mount Sinai

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 where God brought them

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 to be his own people.

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 And the people of God,

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 they said to Moses

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 and to the Lord,

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 all that the Lord

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 has said we will do,

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 they were signing

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 the document,

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 placing themselves

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 under obligation

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 to give obedience

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 to God

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 and his commands

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 and to live with him

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 forever.

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 It was

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 an I owe you

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 to God.

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 And it was signed

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 by them

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 in that moment

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 willing to

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 bind themselves

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 to God

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 and committed

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 to live

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 to him.

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 but we know

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 that

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 the Old Testament

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 people of God

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 were just like

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 yourselves.

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 We say the right

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 things,

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 we promise to do

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 so much

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 but we fail.

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 And they failed

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 to fulfill

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 the obligation.

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 What they had

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 signed up to do,

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 they simply

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 did not do.

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 And because of that,

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 the law that God

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 gave them,

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 that placed them

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 under obligation

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 to whom

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 that law now

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 changed to be a law

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 that spoke

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 against them.

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 It stood

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 in their judgment.

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 They had broken

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 the law of God.

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 They were condemned

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 by the penalty

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 of God's law.

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 It stood

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 firmly against them.

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 And what was true

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 of the children

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 of Israel

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 as they left

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 Mount Sinai

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 is true

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 of humankind

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 as we leave

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 the Garden

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 of Eden.

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 And for all

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 of us here today,

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 there is our debt.

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 There is our

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 obligation to

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 keep the law

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 of God

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 perfectly.

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 There is a promise

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 that if we do so,

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 we will have

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 eternal life.

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 But there is the threat

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 that if we don't,

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 there is the penalty

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 of death

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 that stands

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 against us.

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 And here we are

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 in our lostness

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 and God is

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 taking us

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 from the place

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 of lostness

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 and uniting us

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 to the passion

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 of his Son

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 and the day

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 of our salvation.

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 And he's forgiving

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 our sins

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 and he does that

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 because of

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 this wonderful

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 transaction

00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:19.879
 of cancelling

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 the record

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 of death.

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 He puts

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 his pen

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 through it

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 and he puts

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 his pen

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 through it

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 because of

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 all that

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 Jesus has done.

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 And not only

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 does he put

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 his pen

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 through the

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 record of

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 death that

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 you and I

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 have,

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 he also

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 takes the

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 document

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 and he

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 destroys it

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 so that the

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 evidence is

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 completely gone.

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 It's

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 cancelled.

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 I can

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 delete a

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 document

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 on my

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 computer

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 or laptop

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 and it

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 will be

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 in the

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 recycle bin

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 and if I

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 want to

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 recover it

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 I can go to

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 my recycle bin

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 and restore it

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 to where it

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 belongs so that

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 I've got the

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 written document.

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 But if I go to

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 my recycle bin

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 and if I

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 empty my

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 recycle bin

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 I'm asked the

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 question,

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 are you sure

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 you want to

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 empty your

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 recycle bin?

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 because once

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 the bin is

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 emptied then

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 these documents

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 are gone

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 forever.

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 And God

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 does not have

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 a recycle bin.

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 When he

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 deletes,

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 he deletes it

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 once and

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 for all.

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 And he

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 deletes the

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 record of our

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 sin and the

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 guilt that comes

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 with that

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 record.

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 He wipes

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 the slate

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 clean.

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 He erases

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 every entry.

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 Then he

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 destroys the

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 document so

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 that there is

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 no condemnation

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 to those

00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:56.419
 who are

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 in Jesus

00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.240
 Christ.

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 And today

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.980
 as a child

00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:03.539
 of God

00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:05.639
 you may be

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 troubled because

00:19:06.619 --> 00:19:07.480
 of your sin.

00:19:08.379 --> 00:19:08.919
 You may be

00:19:08.919 --> 00:19:09.720
 troubled because

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.919
 of the failures

00:19:10.919 --> 00:19:11.679
 in your life

00:19:11.679 --> 00:19:12.879
 and the way

00:19:12.879 --> 00:19:13.740
 in which you

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 are not able

00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:15.139
 to reach up

00:19:15.139 --> 00:19:16.000
 to the standard

00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:16.459
 that God

00:19:16.459 --> 00:19:17.059
 has given to

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 you.

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 And it robs

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 you of the

00:19:19.740 --> 00:19:20.459
 sense of the

00:19:20.459 --> 00:19:21.539
 peace of the

00:19:21.539 --> 00:19:22.220
 salvation that

00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:22.779
 God has given

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.380
 to you.

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 And instead

00:19:24.819 --> 00:19:25.500
 of that peace

00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:26.740
 there is turmoil.

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 There is a

00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.200
 sense of

00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:28.799
 letting God

00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:29.240
 down.

00:19:30.120 --> 00:19:30.660
 There is a

00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:31.519
 sense of

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 failing to

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 find the

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 satisfaction

00:19:33.600 --> 00:19:34.579
 that God

00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:35.240
 promises to

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 give you.

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 And here is

00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:38.819
 what the

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 gospel wants

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 to say to

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 you, what

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 God wants

00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:41.880
 to say to

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 you.

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 The record

00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:44.759
 of your

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.559
 debt is

00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:46.339
 cancelled.

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 The slate

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 is wiped

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 clean.

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 The document

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 is destroyed.

00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:53.339
 God is

00:19:53.339 --> 00:19:55.100
 saying, I

00:19:55.100 --> 00:19:55.779
 will forgive

00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:56.360
 their sin.

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 I will

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 remember

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 their

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 iniquity

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.759
 no more.

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 The

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:01.360
 forgiveness

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:02.079
 of God.

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 And our

00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:07.600
 recent book

00:20:07.600 --> 00:20:09.500
 on forgiveness

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 speaks about

00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:12.759
 the importance

00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:13.799
 of forgiving

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 others.

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 But speaks

00:20:15.380 --> 00:20:16.640
 about a

00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:17.559
 psychological

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.679
 challenge

00:20:18.679 --> 00:20:20.339
 of not

00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:20.819
 being able

00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.619
 to forgive

00:20:21.619 --> 00:20:22.139
 ourselves.

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 And when

00:20:23.859 --> 00:20:24.639
 God forgives

00:20:24.639 --> 00:20:25.460
 us, that

00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:25.899
 forgiveness

00:20:25.899 --> 00:20:26.720
 should reach

00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:27.679
 us so far

00:20:27.679 --> 00:20:28.099
 as to

00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:29.319
 enable us to

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 forgive

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 ourselves so

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 that we

00:20:30.879 --> 00:20:31.319
 have that

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 perfect peace.

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 And perhaps

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 as the

00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:34.980
 children of

00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:36.279
 God, that's

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:36.740
 one of our

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 great problems.

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:38.980
 That we

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 don't allow

00:20:40.159 --> 00:20:41.099
 God's total

00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:41.819
 forgiveness

00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:43.119
 forgiveness, to

00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:44.000
 fill our own

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:45.059
 lives totally

00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:46.659
 and to take

00:20:46.659 --> 00:20:47.079
 away the

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.559
 sense of

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 failure and

00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:49.659
 guilt and

00:20:49.659 --> 00:20:51.200
 to enjoy the

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:51.759
 peace of

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.059
 God.

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 There is the

00:20:53.899 --> 00:20:54.859
 cancellation of

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 debt.

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 the

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 second word

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 picture is

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 the way in

00:21:01.140 --> 00:21:02.180
 which the

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:03.340
 cross comes

00:21:03.340 --> 00:21:03.880
 to be at

00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:04.200
 the very

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.940
 center of

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 that.

00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:07.100
 This he

00:21:07.100 --> 00:21:07.880
 set aside,

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 nailing it

00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:09.780
 to the

00:21:09.780 --> 00:21:10.100
 cross.

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 He takes

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.380
 it up.

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 He nails

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 it to the

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:14.759
 cross.

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 He wipes

00:21:16.280 --> 00:21:16.860
 it clean.

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 The penalty

00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:20.300
 is thoroughly

00:21:20.300 --> 00:21:21.140
 executed.

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 The penalty

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 is severed in

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 the passion of

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 the son.

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 The son

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 who had

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 before him

00:21:27.280 --> 00:21:27.480
 on the

00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:27.920
 cross, that

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 that

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 that

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 that

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 superscription,

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 this is the

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 king of

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 the Jews.

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 That was his

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 condemnation

00:21:33.780 --> 00:21:34.100
 under

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 Pilate.

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 But the

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 nails and

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 the hands

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 and the

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 feet of

00:21:39.520 --> 00:21:39.920
 Jesus on

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.460
 the cross,

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 they were

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.200
 the

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:42.980
 superscription

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.820
 of God

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 that here

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:45.520
 in the

00:21:45.520 --> 00:21:46.060
 oppression of

00:21:46.060 --> 00:21:46.620
 his son,

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 he was

00:21:48.300 --> 00:21:48.759
 bearing the

00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:49.160
 penalty.

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:50.840
 He was

00:21:50.840 --> 00:21:51.259
 made a

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.860
 curse for

00:21:51.860 --> 00:21:52.180
 us.

00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:53.620
 All other

00:21:53.620 --> 00:21:54.140
 sins

00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:54.759
 deserved.

00:21:55.140 --> 00:21:55.580
 He

00:21:55.580 --> 00:21:56.280
 severed in

00:21:56.280 --> 00:21:56.440
 our

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:56.920
 room and

00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:57.200
 in our

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 place.

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.680
 He set

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 it aside.

00:22:01.280 --> 00:22:01.860
 He lifts

00:22:01.860 --> 00:22:02.580
 it up from

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 us.

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:04.500
 He places

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:05.100
 it on his

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 son.

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:06.920
 His son

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:07.820
 suffers for

00:22:07.820 --> 00:22:08.520
 it and

00:22:08.520 --> 00:22:08.980
 takes it

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.660
 all away.

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 And it's

00:22:11.780 --> 00:22:12.360
 deleted.

00:22:13.340 --> 00:22:14.180
 It's removed

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:15.660
 forever.

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:18.519
 the supremacy

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.220
 of Jesus

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:20.800
 in God's

00:22:20.800 --> 00:22:21.560
 transaction

00:22:21.560 --> 00:22:23.120
 in making

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 us the

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 children of

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 God

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:26.100
 and the

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 way in

00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:26.640
 which

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.480
 everything

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.300
 comes back

00:22:28.300 --> 00:22:28.840
 to what

00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:29.240
 Jesus

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:30.800
 achieved on

00:22:30.800 --> 00:22:31.940
 the cross.

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.900
 He was

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:35.440
 made a

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:36.040
 curse for

00:22:36.040 --> 00:22:36.300
 us,

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:36.840
 says Paul.

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:39.039
 Christ

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.939
 redeemed

00:22:39.939 --> 00:22:41.659
 us from

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 the

00:22:41.939 --> 00:22:42.519
 curse of

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.059
 the Lord

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:44.619
 by becoming

00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:45.699
 a curse

00:22:45.699 --> 00:22:47.259
 for us.

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.779
 He took

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.519
 our place.

00:22:50.659 --> 00:22:51.079
 He died

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:51.579
 for our

00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:51.879
 sin.

00:22:52.939 --> 00:22:53.599
 And the

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.379
 cross of

00:22:54.379 --> 00:22:54.919
 Jesus

00:22:54.919 --> 00:22:56.720
 cancels

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.599
 all of the

00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:59.019
 dead and

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.859
 removes it

00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:00.559
 forever

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.939
 out of

00:23:01.939 --> 00:23:02.299
 sight.

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:04.960
 there is

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:06.359
 then the

00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:06.899
 transaction.

00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:08.980
 And finally

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:10.500
 there is

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:12.200
 the triumph.

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.619
 As we

00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:14.019
 come into

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.839
 verse 15

00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:16.019
 that's where

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.519
 we see the

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:16.799
 triumph.

00:23:16.919 --> 00:23:17.619
 He disarmed

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.099
 the rulers

00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:18.839
 and authorities

00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:19.899
 and put

00:23:19.899 --> 00:23:20.200
 them to

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.859
 open shame

00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:22.299
 by triumphing

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:23.099
 over them

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:24.559
 in him.

00:23:25.659 --> 00:23:26.440
 The rulers

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.440
 and the

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:29.079
 authorities.

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:30.619
 The

00:23:30.619 --> 00:23:31.019
 parish

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.339
 that are

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:31.879
 working in

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.580
 Colossae.

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.180
 The parish

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.420
 that were

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:34.840
 generating

00:23:34.840 --> 00:23:36.180
 the philosophies

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.780
 in Colossae

00:23:36.780 --> 00:23:37.120
 that was

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:38.140
 so harmful

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.560
 to the

00:23:38.560 --> 00:23:38.900
 church.

00:23:40.520 --> 00:23:41.120
 The parish

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:41.500
 that are

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.360
 working in

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:42.720
 the church

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.260
 in Ephesus

00:23:43.260 --> 00:23:44.500
 where Paul

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.040
 speaks to

00:23:45.040 --> 00:23:45.420
 the church

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:46.100
 and reminds

00:23:46.100 --> 00:23:46.900
 them of

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:47.200
 their need

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.420
 to be

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:47.760
 on the

00:23:47.760 --> 00:23:48.060
 whole

00:23:48.060 --> 00:23:48.700
 armor of

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:49.000
 God

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.780
 because

00:23:49.780 --> 00:23:50.780
 they are

00:23:50.780 --> 00:23:51.440
 not wrestling

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.320
 with people

00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:53.320
 but they are

00:23:53.320 --> 00:23:53.760
 wrestling with

00:23:53.760 --> 00:23:54.280
 powers,

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.540
 with principalities,

00:23:56.060 --> 00:23:56.700
 wrestling with

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.320
 the devil

00:23:57.320 --> 00:23:57.880
 himself,

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.600
 the rulers

00:23:59.600 --> 00:24:00.300
 and the

00:24:00.300 --> 00:24:01.000
 authorities.

00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:03.580
 Paul goes

00:24:03.580 --> 00:24:04.520
 as far as

00:24:04.520 --> 00:24:05.860
 to describe

00:24:05.860 --> 00:24:06.880
 Satan as

00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:07.440
 the God

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:07.960
 of this

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.500
 world.

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.760
 The

00:24:10.760 --> 00:24:11.300
 challenges,

00:24:12.260 --> 00:24:12.960
 the powers

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:14.300
 that are

00:24:14.300 --> 00:24:15.180
 too great

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.860
 for you

00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:17.000
 and I

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:18.320
 to conquer.

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.400
 And that's

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.800
 so often

00:24:20.800 --> 00:24:22.480
 our failing

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.900
 that we

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.700
 try and

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.420
 conquer them

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:26.100
 ourselves.

00:24:27.100 --> 00:24:27.820
 That we

00:24:27.820 --> 00:24:28.260
 see the

00:24:28.260 --> 00:24:28.780
 giants

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:30.240
 and we

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.559
 think we

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.079
 can manage

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.559
 the giants

00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:32.119
 ourselves.

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:33.279
 That we

00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:33.920
 will confront

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:34.480
 them thinking

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:34.859
 that we

00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:36.180
 can conquer

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:36.480
 them.

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:38.039
 But we

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:39.220
 discover time

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:40.039
 after time

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:41.220
 that they

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.639
 are too

00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:42.279
 great for

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.539
 us.

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.299
 They are

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.980
 too strong

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.519
 for us

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.399
 and they

00:24:45.399 --> 00:24:45.759
 are ready

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.399
 to conquer

00:24:46.399 --> 00:24:46.980
 us.

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.799
 And all

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.180
 of these

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.559
 ways in

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.359
 which the

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:50.879
 power of

00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:51.339
 darkness

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:52.420
 and the

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:52.920
 power of

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.200
 Satan

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:54.339
 works against

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.859
 the church

00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:55.639
 in Colossae

00:24:55.639 --> 00:24:56.420
 and works

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:56.960
 against the

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.460
 church wherever

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.000
 it is

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.700
 including

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.360
 here today

00:24:59.360 --> 00:25:00.240
 all that

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.819
 power we

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.519
 read in

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.259
 verse 15

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.920
 he

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:05.059
 disarmed

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:06.539
 rulers

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.420
 and

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:09.660
 authorities.

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.720
 It's the

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.480
 picture of

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.620
 stripping

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.220
 them of

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:15.559
 their

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.140
 armor

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:17.640
 stripping

00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:18.220
 them of

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.779
 all of

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:18.960
 their

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.819
 indications

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.740
 of power

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:22.460
 of leaving

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:23.279
 them helpless

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:24.460
 and not able

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:24.819
 to do

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.400
 anything.

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:27.160
 that's

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:27.740
 what Jesus

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.880
 achieved

00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.280
 on the

00:25:29.280 --> 00:25:29.600
 cross.

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.000
 He

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.720
 stripped

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:31.960
 the

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.400
 power

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:33.140
 from

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:33.600
 Satan

00:25:33.600 --> 00:25:34.140
 himself.

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:34.820
 He

00:25:34.820 --> 00:25:35.400
 cast

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:35.600
 him

00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:35.980
 out.

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:37.600
 By

00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:37.800
 the

00:25:37.800 --> 00:25:38.100
 power

00:25:38.100 --> 00:25:38.300
 of

00:25:38.300 --> 00:25:38.600
 God

00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:39.540
 Jesus

00:25:39.540 --> 00:25:40.140
 has

00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:40.600
 the

00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:41.220
 victory.

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.540
 We refer

00:25:42.540 --> 00:25:43.000
 to that

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.780
 in the

00:25:43.780 --> 00:25:44.220
 children's

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.380
 others.

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:44.740
 The way

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.060
 in which

00:25:45.060 --> 00:25:45.740
 Jesus

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.300
 is the

00:25:46.300 --> 00:25:46.780
 champion

00:25:46.780 --> 00:25:47.300
 because

00:25:47.300 --> 00:25:47.820
 he

00:25:47.820 --> 00:25:48.900
 triumphed

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:50.300
 in the

00:25:50.300 --> 00:25:50.700
 cross.

00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.000
 He

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.820
 disarmed

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:54.259
 all of

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:54.500
 the

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:54.980
 rulers.

00:25:56.659 --> 00:25:56.899
 In the

00:25:56.899 --> 00:25:57.240
 letter to

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.339
 the

00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:57.619
 Hebrews

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:58.039
 we read

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.319
 that

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:59.000
 Jesus

00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:00.079
 destroyed

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.720
 him who

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.119
 has the

00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:01.740
 power of

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.000
 death,

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:02.740
 the

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.079
 devil.

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:03.779
 And

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.059
 he did

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:05.240
 so to

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.559
 deliver

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:05.960
 those

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.179
 who

00:26:06.179 --> 00:26:06.619
 through

00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:06.839
 the

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.460
 fear

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:07.720
 of

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.179
 death

00:26:08.179 --> 00:26:09.439
 are

00:26:09.439 --> 00:26:09.679
 all

00:26:09.679 --> 00:26:09.859
 of

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.079
 their

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.740
 lifetime

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.859
 subject

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.519
 to

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:13.099
 bondage.

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.399
 We

00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:14.619
 need

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.000
 fear

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.559
 no one

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:15.799
 as

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.119
 the

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:16.460
 children

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:16.679
 of

00:26:16.679 --> 00:26:16.980
 God.

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.539
 And

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.039
 the

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.359
 devil

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:19.700
 wants

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:19.859
 us

00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:20.019
 to

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.240
 fear

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:20.819
 everyone

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.659
 and to

00:26:21.659 --> 00:26:21.859
 fear

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.119
 every

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:22.419
 kind

00:26:22.419 --> 00:26:22.539
 of

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.119
 situation

00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:24.319
 and to

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:24.679
 say to

00:26:24.679 --> 00:26:24.859
 us

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:25.299
 we

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:25.599
 can't

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:25.700
 do

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:25.919
 this

00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:26.179
 and we

00:26:26.179 --> 00:26:26.480
 can't

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:26.599
 do

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:26.919
 that.

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.779
 We

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.059
 can't

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.179
 go

00:26:28.179 --> 00:26:28.419
 here,

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:28.619
 we

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:28.960
 can't

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.240
 go

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.579
 there.

00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.299
 Looking

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:31.599
 back

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.539
 to my

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:32.779
 own

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.200
 conversion,

00:26:33.939 --> 00:26:34.279
 there were

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:34.500
 these

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:34.899
 struggles

00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:35.899
 for so

00:26:35.899 --> 00:26:36.279
 long

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.539
 that

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.179
 there

00:26:37.179 --> 00:26:37.339
 were

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:37.720
 so

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.000
 many

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.379
 things

00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:38.599
 that

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.059
 the

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.279
 devil

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:39.460
 would

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:39.619
 tell

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 me

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 I

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 could

00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:40.419
 not

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 and

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:40.740
 I

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.099
 cannot

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.539
 do

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.319
 as

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.559
 much

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:42.720
 as

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:42.919
 my

00:26:42.919 --> 00:26:43.379
 desire

00:26:43.379 --> 00:26:43.639
 was

00:26:43.639 --> 00:26:44.059
 to

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.359
 follow

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:44.539
 the

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:44.740
 Lord

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.019
 Jesus

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.839
 and

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.379
 all

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:46.559
 of

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:46.939
 that

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:50.960
 not

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.439
 overcome

00:26:51.439 --> 00:26:51.859
 these

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:54.399
 kept

00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:54.679
 me

00:26:54.679 --> 00:26:55.359
 paralyzed

00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:55.939
 where

00:26:55.939 --> 00:26:56.119
 I

00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:56.419
 was

00:26:56.419 --> 00:26:56.619
 for

00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.019
 so

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.439
 long.

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:58.779
 It

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:58.980
 can

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 do

00:26:59.200 --> 00:26:59.439
 that

00:26:59.439 --> 00:26:59.639
 for

00:26:59.639 --> 00:26:59.819
 you

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.079
 today

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.220
 if

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.700
 you're

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.539
 deciding

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:01.759
 to

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.059
 follow

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.259
 the

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.460
 Lord

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:02.759
 Jesus

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.500
 there

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:03.700
 will

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:03.899
 be

00:27:03.899 --> 00:27:04.179
 all

00:27:04.179 --> 00:27:04.319
 of

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.519
 these

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.179
 arguments

00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:06.059
 presented

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.439
 by

00:27:06.439 --> 00:27:07.559
 the

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:07.919
 devil

00:27:07.919 --> 00:27:08.399
 himself

00:27:08.399 --> 00:27:08.919
 to

00:27:08.919 --> 00:27:09.379
 persuade

00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:09.559
 you

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:09.740
 that

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:09.919
 you

00:27:09.919 --> 00:27:10.319
 can't

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.460
 do

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:10.759
 this

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:10.919
 and

00:27:10.919 --> 00:27:11.059
 you

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.399
 can't

00:27:11.399 --> 00:27:11.579
 go

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:11.879
 there

00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.039
 and

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.200
 you

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:12.539
 can't

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:12.859
 follow

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.679
 because

00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:14.099
 you

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:14.259
 will

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.799
 fail.

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.179
 It's

00:27:17.179 --> 00:27:17.379
 the

00:27:17.379 --> 00:27:17.819
 typical

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.539
 strategy

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:18.960
 of the

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.259
 devil

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.500
 to

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:19.939
 stop

00:27:19.939 --> 00:27:20.059
 you

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.240
 from

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.679
 believing

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.660
 that

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.019
 strategy

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.279
 will

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.900
 perhaps

00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:23.299
 be

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:23.700
 altered

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.100
 once

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.279
 you

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.560
 come

00:27:24.560 --> 00:27:24.740
 to

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.120
 believe

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:26.299
 but

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.519
 don't

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:26.660
 be

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.220
 afraid

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:28.279
 of

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.799
 the

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.180
 devil

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.519
 or

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:29.759
 of

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.120
 Satan

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:31.019
 because

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.680
 here

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:31.920
 we

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.420
 see

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:32.720
 that

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.039
 Jesus

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.519
 has

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.820
 disarmed

00:27:34.820 --> 00:27:35.140
 him

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:36.019
 and

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.240
 once

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.420
 we

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:36.860
 believe

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.080
 in

00:27:37.080 --> 00:27:37.400
 Jesus

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.140
 the

00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:38.600
 victory

00:27:38.600 --> 00:27:38.820
 that

00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:39.060
 Jesus

00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:39.340
 has

00:27:39.340 --> 00:27:39.660
 over

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:39.820
 the

00:27:39.820 --> 00:27:40.019
 devil

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:41.200
 becomes

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:42.460
 our

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.120
 personal

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:44.000
 victory

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.420
 we

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:44.580
 are

00:27:44.580 --> 00:27:44.900
 more

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.120
 than

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:46.039
 conquerors

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.980
 through

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.340
 him

00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:48.500
 who

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:48.799
 loved

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.120
 us

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:51.079
 and

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.239
 there

00:27:51.239 --> 00:27:51.500
 is

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:51.739
 in

00:27:51.739 --> 00:27:52.039
 that

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:53.779
 triumphal

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:56.279
 procession

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:58.000
 we

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.559
 hear about

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:58.859
 it in

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.399
 sport in

00:27:59.399 --> 00:27:59.779
 so many

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.059
 different

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.439
 ways

00:28:00.439 --> 00:28:01.399
 once a

00:28:01.399 --> 00:28:01.739
 victory

00:28:01.739 --> 00:28:02.179
 is won

00:28:02.179 --> 00:28:02.839
 once a

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.379
 competition

00:28:03.379 --> 00:28:03.959
 has won

00:28:03.959 --> 00:28:04.399
 once a

00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:04.559
 cup

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:04.839
 has been

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.059
 won

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:06.000
 there must

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.379
 be a

00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:06.739
 victory

00:28:06.739 --> 00:28:07.279
 parade

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:08.599
 we

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:08.879
 must

00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:09.059
 go

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.259
 through

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.460
 the

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:09.960
 streets

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.279
 of

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.019
 London

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.259
 or

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.819
 Manchester

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.079
 or

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.500
 Glasgow

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:12.960
 or

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.339
 Edinburgh

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:13.779
 wherever

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.240
 it is

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.740
 we

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.019
 must

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.279
 have

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.559
 our

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.099
 victory

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.879
 parade

00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:17.440
 we

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:17.680
 must

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.019
 show

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.200
 off

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.339
 the

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:18.660
 trophy

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:18.899
 that

00:28:18.899 --> 00:28:19.059
 we

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.259
 have

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.660
 won

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:23.399
 it's

00:28:23.399 --> 00:28:23.700
 something

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.139
 like that

00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:24.420
 that we

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:24.680
 have

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:24.899
 here

00:28:24.899 --> 00:28:25.740
 but it

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:25.960
 is

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.519
 something

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.079
 different

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:28.099
 he put

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:28.539
 them to

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.160
 an

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.440
 open

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:29.879
 shame

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.799
 by

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.539
 triumphing

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.319
 over

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:32.740
 them

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.180
 in

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.819
 him

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:36.480
 and it's

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:36.799
 different

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.359
 because

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:38.299
 the

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:38.639
 Romans

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.379
 had

00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:40.119
 a

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:40.559
 particular

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.480
 practice

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.799
 and it

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.000
 was a

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.319
 practice

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:43.579
 that they

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:43.819
 had

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.419
 with

00:28:44.419 --> 00:28:44.799
 regard

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.159
 to

00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:46.519
 victorious

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.379
 generals

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:49.099
 and when

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.519
 a general

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:49.960
 was

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:51.099
 victorious

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:52.480
 there was

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.240
 a parade

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.839
 along

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.519
 the city

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.200
 streets

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:56.919
 and the

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.240
 general

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.639
 would be

00:28:57.639 --> 00:28:58.240
 followed

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.319
 not by

00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.839
 his own

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:00.359
 army

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:01.379
 who helped

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:02.059
 him achieve

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:03.059
 the victory

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:04.079
 but

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:05.019
 by

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.500
 those

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:05.899
 whom

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.119
 he

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:06.299
 had

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:07.019
 captured

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:09.379
 chained

00:29:09.379 --> 00:29:10.179
 together

00:29:10.179 --> 00:29:11.419
 exposed

00:29:11.419 --> 00:29:12.279
 as the

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.779
 defeated

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.339
 enemy

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:14.700
 and the

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.059
 general

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.460
 walking

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.819
 through

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.559
 as the

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:16.759
 one

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.259
 who was

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:17.859
 the

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.599
 victorious

00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:19.099
 one

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:21.460
 they

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:21.700
 were

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.179
 defeated

00:29:22.179 --> 00:29:22.539
 they

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:22.759
 were

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.220
 powerless

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.839
 they

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.220
 were

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:25.220
 chained

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:26.940
 but

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.159
 he

00:29:27.159 --> 00:29:27.599
 was

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:27.960
 the

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.579
 victorious

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.059
 one

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:31.079
 and

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.339
 that's

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.879
 the image

00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:32.700
 that Paul

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.259
 wants to

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.580
 leave

00:29:33.580 --> 00:29:33.940
 with the

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.240
 people

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.960
 in Colossae

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.720
 it's the

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.240
 image that

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:37.120
 God wants

00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:37.799
 to leave

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:39.140
 with ourselves

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:39.680
 today

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:42.160
 that the

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:42.740
 Jesus

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:44.519
 whom we

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.240
 trust in

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.819
 who died

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.160
 on the

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:46.580
 cross

00:29:46.580 --> 00:29:48.039
 the Jesus

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.259
 whom we

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.740
 trust in

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.740
 who was

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.360
 raised from

00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:50.819
 the dead

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:50.960
 behind

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:52.500
 this is the

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:52.879
 Jesus

00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:53.939
 who enters

00:29:53.939 --> 00:29:54.339
 into

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.279
 the presence

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.839
 of God

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.200
 as the

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.460
 great

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:57.059
 general

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.740
 and captain

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.240
 of his

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.799
 people

00:29:58.799 --> 00:30:00.559
 and behind

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.079
 him

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:02.720
 are all

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.220
 the powers

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.679
 including

00:30:03.679 --> 00:30:04.559
 Satan

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.159
 himself

00:30:05.159 --> 00:30:06.519
 chained

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.639
 so that

00:30:07.639 --> 00:30:08.279
 they cannot

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:09.099
 operate as

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.399
 they did

00:30:09.399 --> 00:30:09.980
 anymore

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:11.759
 and doing

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.139
 so

00:30:12.139 --> 00:30:14.000
 putting them

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.439
 to an

00:30:14.439 --> 00:30:15.359
 open shame

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:16.740
 and what

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.179
 was the

00:30:17.179 --> 00:30:17.500
 shame

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:19.059
 the shame

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.419
 of their

00:30:19.419 --> 00:30:20.059
 defeat

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:21.359
 the shame

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:21.699
 of their

00:30:21.699 --> 00:30:22.439
 powerlessness

00:30:22.439 --> 00:30:23.479
 in the face

00:30:23.479 --> 00:30:24.139
 of the power

00:30:24.139 --> 00:30:25.059
 of this

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.740
 great general

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:28.199
 and there is

00:30:28.199 --> 00:30:28.839
 that sense

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.819
 of open

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.299
 shame

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.639
 and the

00:30:30.639 --> 00:30:30.959
 triumph

00:30:30.959 --> 00:30:31.379
 of Jesus

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:31.859
 for you

00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:32.459
 and for me

00:30:32.459 --> 00:30:34.339
 God has

00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:34.759
 done this

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.259
 openly

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.879
 in the

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.279
 gospel

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.879
 and today

00:30:37.879 --> 00:30:38.439
 we should

00:30:38.439 --> 00:30:39.359
 not fear

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 what anyone

00:30:40.959 --> 00:30:41.439
 should do

00:30:41.439 --> 00:30:41.779
 to us

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 we should

00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:42.699
 not fear

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.440
 what the

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:44.039
 devil himself

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.680
 threatens

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:45.100
 to do

00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:45.940
 to us

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.940
 because

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.720
 Jesus

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:49.160
 has triumphed

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.740
 over him

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 because he

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 is chained

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 by him

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 and he

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 will operate

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 nowhere

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 beyond the

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 control of

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 the Lord

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 Jesus

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 all authority

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.180
 is given

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.759
 to Jesus

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:03.059
 and Satan

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.700
 has lost

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 all of his

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 power

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 and so

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 today

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 because of

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 this great

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 procession

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 and because

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 of this

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 triumph of

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 the Lord

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:12.899
 Jesus

00:31:12.899 --> 00:31:14.279
 we can

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 follow the

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 Lord

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.740
 Jesus

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 as those

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.299
 who in

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 God's

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 power

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 and in

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 his invisible

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:20.980
 way has

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 united us

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 to the

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.200
 Lord

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.419
 Jesus

00:31:22.419 --> 00:31:23.740
 we can

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 follow the

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.359
 Lord Jesus

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:26.399
 with a

00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:26.939
 sense of

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 triumph

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 because his

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.740
 victory is

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 ours

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 because the

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.179
 defeat of

00:31:33.179 --> 00:31:33.839
 Satan

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:35.019
 becomes the

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.519
 defeat of

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.119
 Satan in

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 our lives

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:38.059
 and we go

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:39.139
 forward in

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 the strength

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.359
 of God

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 in a

00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:42.219
 sense

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 not becoming

00:31:43.979 --> 00:31:44.459
 weary

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 although the

00:31:45.979 --> 00:31:46.659
 life of

00:31:46.659 --> 00:31:47.079
 faith will

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.799
 challenge us

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:48.599
 but going

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:49.199
 forward

00:31:49.199 --> 00:31:50.179
 going from

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 strength to

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 strength

00:31:51.439 --> 00:31:53.379
 because our

00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:54.459
 strength is

00:31:54.459 --> 00:31:55.039
 not in

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.579
 ourselves

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:56.779
 it is in

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 what God

00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:58.099
 has achieved

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:59.419
 in the life

00:31:59.419 --> 00:32:00.039
 and the death

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:01.119
 and resurrection

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:02.219
 of his son

00:32:02.219 --> 00:32:03.019
 and may God

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.719
 help us to

00:32:03.719 --> 00:32:05.139
 reflect on

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:06.740
 the direction

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.140
 that God

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.700
 gives to us

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.380
 to think of

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:09.060
 the great

00:32:09.060 --> 00:32:09.660
 freedom that

00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:10.400
 we have in

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:10.680
 Christ

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.460
 and to

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.360
 understand

00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:14.160
 that the

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.980
 freedom is

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:16.500
 secured by

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:16.860
 Jesus

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:17.820
 it is

00:32:17.820 --> 00:32:18.740
 unchangeable

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.300
 it cannot

00:32:19.300 --> 00:32:19.880
 be lost

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:20.900
 and the

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:21.420
 triumph is

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:21.900
 the same

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:23.000
 we will

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.540
 conquer

00:32:23.540 --> 00:32:24.180
 because

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:25.340
 he has

00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:25.759
 conquered

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.440
 may God

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:26.700
 bless his

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:26.860
 word

00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.360
 let us bow

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:27.620
 our heads

00:32:27.620 --> 00:32:28.000
 in prayer

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:30.420
 most gracious

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:31.019
 God we do

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.740
 rejoice in

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.039
 you

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:33.059
 God

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.440
 Father

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:33.799
 Son

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.299
 and Holy

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:34.660
 Spirit

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:36.019
 working for

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.779
 our salvation

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:38.200
 doing so

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.819
 even here

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.400
 today under

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:39.880
 the ministry

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:40.220
 of the

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.599
 gospel

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:41.759
 we pray

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.200
 you Lord

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:43.400
 as a

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:44.019
 father to

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:44.579
 touch the

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.059
 hearts of

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.680
 your children

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:46.960
 we pray

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.420
 you Lord

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:48.660
 as the

00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:49.319
 Son of

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:49.619
 God

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:50.559
 to show

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:50.960
 to us

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.359
 more and

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:51.880
 more of

00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:52.619
 your great

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:53.140
 love for

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:53.359
 us

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:54.339
 and we

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 pray you

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.319
 Holy Spirit

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:56.380
 to bless

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:56.940
 your word

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.359
 and to

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:58.619
 breathe that

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.240
 new life

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.500
 in our

00:32:59.500 --> 00:32:59.819
 hearts

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.979
 that indeed

00:33:00.979 --> 00:33:01.659
 we may be

00:33:01.659 --> 00:33:02.559
 the children

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.000
 of God

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.419
 who have

00:33:03.419 --> 00:33:04.599
 that spirit

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:05.199
 of adoption

00:33:05.199 --> 00:33:06.179
 and to

00:33:06.179 --> 00:33:06.699
 know you

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 as

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 Abba

00:33:08.399 --> 00:33:08.740
 Father

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.539
 and to

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:09.839
 put our

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:10.399
 trust in

00:33:10.399 --> 00:33:10.619
 you as

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:10.879
 the one

00:33:10.879 --> 00:33:11.179
 who has

00:33:11.179 --> 00:33:12.299
 secured

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.719
 our

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 eternal

00:33:13.219 --> 00:33:13.879
 salvation

00:33:13.879 --> 00:33:14.379
 for us

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:15.119
 so bless

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:15.439
 your word

00:33:15.439 --> 00:33:15.719
 we do

00:33:15.719 --> 00:33:16.099
 pray and

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:16.679
 hear as

00:33:16.679 --> 00:33:17.119
 we ask

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.879
 for Jesus

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.240
 sake

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:19.339
 Amen

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:23.879
 so

00:33:23.879 --> 00:33:23.959
 the

00:33:23.959 --> 00:33:24.159
 closing

00:33:24.159 --> 00:33:24.639
 psalm is

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 psalm

00:33:24.939 --> 00:33:25.539
 118

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:25.879
 in the

00:33:25.879 --> 00:33:26.220
 Scottish

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.740
 Psalter

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:30.919
 sorry

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 sing

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.659
 psalms

00:33:31.659 --> 00:33:32.259
 psalm

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.679
 118

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 and sing

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 psalms

00:33:33.659 --> 00:33:34.599
 it's on

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 page

00:33:34.959 --> 00:33:37.539
 156

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:39.720
 and we're

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.199
 singing at

00:33:40.199 --> 00:33:40.659
 verse number

00:33:40.659 --> 00:33:41.419
 19 to

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 verse 26

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 psalm

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 118

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 page

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 156

00:33:45.919 --> 00:33:46.679
 at

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 verse

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 number

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 19

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 throw

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 wide

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.439
 the gates

00:33:51.439 --> 00:33:51.659
 of

00:33:51.659 --> 00:33:52.159
 righteousness

00:33:52.159 --> 00:33:53.339
 and enter

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 and give

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:54.439
 thanks to

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 God

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.799
 this is the

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.259
 gate of

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 God

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.079
 through which

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:58.139
 the righteous

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 come

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.480
 before

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 the Lord

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:01.539
 we'll sing

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:02.039
 from verse

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 19 to

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 verse

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 26

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 to God's

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 praise

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!

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 O

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 wide

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 the gates

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 of

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 righteousness

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 I lend

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00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:52.279
 with thanks

00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:55.000
 salvation

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:56.779
 comes

00:34:56.779 --> 00:34:59.279
 from you

00:34:59.279 --> 00:35:01.159
 alone

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:03.399
 the stone

00:35:03.399 --> 00:35:05.279
 the builder

00:35:05.799 --> 00:35:07.279
 hath

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 refused

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 has now

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:13.279
 become

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:15.179
 the

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:16.799
 corner

00:35:16.799 --> 00:35:18.539
 stone

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:21.579
 the Lord

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:22.579
 himself

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:25.579
 has done

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:28.079
 all it

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 it is

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.659
 a

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 marvel

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:35.659
 in our

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:37.579
 sight

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 this is the

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:41.159
 day

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:43.659
 the Lord

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:45.739
 has made

00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:47.579
 in it

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 let us

00:35:50.319 --> 00:35:50.619
 take

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:51.619
 great

00:35:51.619 --> 00:35:53.619
 delight

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 save

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 us

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.619
 oh

00:35:57.619 --> 00:35:58.619
 Lord

00:35:58.619 --> 00:36:00.619
 we

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:01.619
 hum

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:03.619
 we pray

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:04.619
 oh

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:05.619
 Lord

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:07.619
 we pray

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:09.619
 grant

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:10.619
 us

00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:12.619
 success

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 he

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 blessed

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 who

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 comes

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 in

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 cross

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 we

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 gave

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 you

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 from

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 the

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 Lord

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 house

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