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 Hello, I just want to go ahead and get started because I don't know how to say less than I'm going to try to say.

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 Which is the mark of a bad teacher, so just buckle up.

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 So let me pray for us and we'll get started.

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 Our Father in heaven, we have so much to be thankful for.

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 We're thankful for your son, Jesus, and that you made a way for us to be forgiven and be restored and to come home to you.

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 We pray this morning that you be here by your spirit as we discuss weighty things.

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 That you would lead us, give us submissive hearts.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 So I would like to issue similar caveats to last week for those of you who weren't here,

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 which is what we're not going to be doing this morning is any kind of a comprehensive presentation on grace.

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 So this week we're going to be talking about the grace of God and our ongoing series and the attributes of God.

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 And, you know, in 45 minutes, there's just no way we can, you know, make this an academic study of grace.

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 My approach, rather, is going to be to just present some things that I think mostly we're going to be in agreement about

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 and then discuss and see if we can draw out some encouragements, actually, at the end of the day.

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 So with that said, the plan is to approach grace with these lenses.

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 The context of grace, the method of grace, the mystery of grace, the timing of grace, and the magnitude of grace.

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 That's a lot of lenses.

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 And so I'm going to try to push through because I think, you know, we have this beautiful mountain, as it were,

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 that we can look at from different angles.

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 And I didn't want to leave out any important angles.

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 So first thing I wanted to talk about is the context of grace.

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 And by that I mean we are, of course, not approaching the attribute of grace where God is merciful, God is gracious.

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 We're not approaching this idea in a vacuum.

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 It's not as if we found a rabbit in the woods and we put him in a cage and we studied him.

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 And, you know, now we found out, oh, he's a gracious thing.

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 It's it's there's the context of even talking about God's grace.

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 We have to start with sin and the wrath of God that is the result of our human rebellion and sin.

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 And otherwise, if we go on to talk about the other parts of grace without that backdrop, we are missing why grace is even necessary in the first place.

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 And it's rich and deep meaning.

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 So I wanted to just pose a question to you that I like to pose to my young children who aren't young anymore.

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 But I would say to them, so what's the worst sin a person can do?

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 Like and they love to play this game, right?

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 They're like, what is the worst or what is the best or what if what's the game they play?

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 The if would you rather you ever play?

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 Would you rather sort of in that vein?

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 And I'm like, no, I don't want to play.

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 Would you rather not with them giving the things?

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 Because it's like, would you rather eat a bucket of dead worms or like, no, neither.

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 But if I ask them and if I ask you, what is the worst sin a person can do?

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 What's just springs to mind right out of the gate?

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 Not believe in God.

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 So we have the theologically minded non six year old in the room.

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 Yes.

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 Well, right.

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 So go ahead.

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 Accusing Jesus as being demonic.

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 Wow.

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 Yeah, I think I think most ordinary people tend to think horizontally when you when you ask, like, what's the worst thing?

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 What's the worst sin?

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 Right.

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 Especially kids like what's the worst thing?

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 Oh, you kill somebody or, you know, it you it's man on man.

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 Crime is the the typical instinct of most people.

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 But I think Raul's right.

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 I think that what the Bible teaches is the vertical nature of human sin is what starts the wrath.

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 So I actually I want to read some of Romans one.

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 This is going to be familiar.

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 But I really want to get this out on the table before we move on to other aspects of grace.

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 It's a little bit of a lengthy passage, but I think it will be helpful for us.

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 So the wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

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 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor give gave thanks to him.

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 But they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

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 Since they did not see fit to acknowledge God.

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 He gave them up to a depraved mind to do what ought not to be done.

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 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity.

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 They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice.

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 And it goes on to the to the horizontal list.

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 Right.

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 But what we observe is.

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 The chief sin of man is to not acknowledge God as God and to not give him thanks.

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 Seems kind of appropriate for this week.

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 And in so doing elevate themselves as God.

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 And exercise their own autonomy against the God of the universe.

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 And because of that, we face the wrath of God as humankind.

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 And I just want to pause and make sure that we don't use church words and just skip on by without feeling the weight.

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 And to have the God of the universe that created everything pitted against you should give us pause.

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 And this is the backdrop of even discussing God's mercy and grace.

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 In the world that we live in now, which is the world that I want to talk about.

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 Not the theoretical world of did Adam and Eve receive mercy and grace before the fall and all that.

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 We could we could talk about all that.

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 But right now it doesn't matter because we said we want to be God.

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 And we all inherited that disposition.

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 And that's the dark backdrop.

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 Any one want to comment or thoughts or questions about the context?

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 We already ran the red light.

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 You can't go back and take it back.

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 Yeah.

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 And I mean, obviously, like I said, we're going to assume some things in this class this morning.

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 We could spend the whole class talking about that.

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 And there are obviously people out there that completely disagree with that.

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 And, you know, they disagree with that's the position that we're in.

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 But for the sake of this class, we'll assume that we're kind of on the same page, that we're in big trouble.

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 Last week, when we talked about the holiness of God, we talked about the problem in terms of the chasm that opened up between sinful man and holy, perfect, righteous God.

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 And how Jesus bridged that chasm.

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 And this week, I think these are just words that are trying to describe some similar things where we face as humankind the wrath of God against our sin of autonomy, especially.

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 So quick definition, a simple definition of mercy and grace.

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 Mercy being not receiving the punishment you deserve.

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 And grace being receiving favor you don't deserve.

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 Again, we could spend an hour just talking about that, but we're not going to.

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 But I just want to say that without mercy, the flood of grace can't flow for the Christian.

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 Right.

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 We have to have the debt resolved.

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 And I want before we move on, I just want to say the obvious.

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 This is I feel like is such a hard thing for us to hold on to.

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 We do not deserve mercy.

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 By definition, we do not deserve mercy.

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 By definition, we do not deserve grace.

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 Just I'm planting a flag because as we move on, it's just a hard thing to hold on to.

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 And I'm speaking, you know, experientially for myself.

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 It's hard to not slip into.

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 Losing grip on the fact that we, by definition, don't deserve mercy and by definition, don't deserve grace.

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 All right.

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 So the method of grace, the method of grace.

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 Since we don't deserve grace.

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 By definition, again, God gives grace by his own free choice.

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 So.

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 So.

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 Moses says to God, after heinous sin of God's people, Moses says, please show me your glory.

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 And God said.

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 I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name, the Lord.

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 And.

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 I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and I will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

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 Interesting that.

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 The goodness of God is put right there in front of us.

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 Like here it comes.

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 I'm going to show you my goodness.

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 And it's mine to reveal.

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 To whom I choose.

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 Already.

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 Let's not forget the context.

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 Right.

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 Because if we can keep the context in front of us.

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 These.

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 Teachings of the scriptures, I think, can be put in their proper.

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 Light.

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 And we'll talk more about that.

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 Few verses for you.

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 These are familiar about.

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 How we cannot earn grace.

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 God must.

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 Give us grace.

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 Paul says.

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 So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.

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 For by grace, you've been saved through faith.

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 And this is not your own doing.

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 It is the gift of God.

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 Now to the one who works.

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 His wages are not counted as a gift, but his due.

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 And to the one who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly.

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 His faith is counted as righteousness.

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 So now I want to pause and just ask this question.

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 Why does the freedom of God irk us so much?

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 Raul.

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 Because we want to be autonomous.

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 We want to be free from God like Adam and Eve.

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 We want to be the captains of our own destiny.

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 We want to be the final reference point for all human predication.

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 We're God, not God.

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 Okay.

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 Anybody else?

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 When we encounter like the clear expression that God's free to show grace and mercy to whom he wills,

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 why does that bother us?

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 Because we wonder why he might show it to some and others.

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 Yes.

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 And then what's behind that that makes us like, ah.

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 It's not fair.

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 We don't want to be a kind of a living God.

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 Yeah, that's an interesting angle too.

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 Yeah, it also, framed that way, so much of life in the flesh is dependent on your capabilities

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 and your function and your diligence, your effort.

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 But God's statement there eliminates that.

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 It has nothing to do with you.

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 Yeah, apparently.

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 Yeah.

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 I think I'm going to just speak for myself now that we all encounter things in life where, you know,

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 like my family, it was a foster family, so I had a bunch of foster siblings growing up, a lot of them.

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 And some of them have been dealt a hand in life that was unimaginably bad.

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 And some of them were, could not receive the love of our family and my parents who were trying to, you know, love kids.

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 And, you know, the older you get, you encounter people and you feel like, is it really their fault?

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 Like they got so, such a, like you think of worst case scenarios, like some kid in the Sudan born behind a dumpster and no parents that love them.

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 And just like these horrible, horrific things we can cook up in our minds.

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 And we say, how is that fair?

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 And I think that I want to take a sidebar for a second, a hermeneutical sidebar, and just say that there are places where we don't, we aren't given satisfactory answers.

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 God is not inviting us behind the curtain of Godhood and saying, hey, you know what?

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 Here's how it all works.

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 In fact, we have some explicit places in scripture where we get to the end of some arguments and reasoning and God says, here's the thing.

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 I'm God and you're just going to have to trust me.

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 But what we do have, I think, is we have places where we're making inferences that are perfectly logical, perfectly reasonable.

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 We see God choosing here and not choosing here and being God.

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 And we're like, maybe he's just capricious.

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 Maybe.

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 You know, but we have to also look at, we have to test our inferences against other clear passages in scripture.

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 Inferences meaning I take verse A, totally true verse.

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 I take verse B, totally true verse.

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 I add them up and deduce, well, maybe God's just, you know, not loving or good after all.

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 So we encounter passages on this topic of God showing grace to who he chooses.

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 We encounter verses like this.

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 We encounter, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord,

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 Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked,

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 but rather that they turn from their ways and live.

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 Turn, turn from your ways.

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 Why will you die?

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 The Lord is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish,

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 but everyone to come to repentance.

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 God, first Timothy, God wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

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 All I'm trying to do here is just say,

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 if we're adding things up that equal,

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 God is capricious or he doesn't care or he's not loving.

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 That doesn't hold up against other things that scripture says about God.

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 What are we left with?

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 We're left with the same sort of place we're left when the Bible says,

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 Jesus is a fully God.

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 He is fully God and he's fully man.

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 You can't take that to the lab and figure that out.

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 He's God.

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 It's behind the curtain.

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 And what we're left with is

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 we must trust him

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 and we must test our inferences

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 against other clear passages

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 of scripture

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 to guard our own hearts.

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 Because Satan,

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 what does Satan do?

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 He twists

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 what God says.

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 He wants us to hate God.

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 He wants us not to trust God.

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 When God comes and says,

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 you can have everything,

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 all of this,

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 run around naked in the garden.

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 You just can't,

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 just stay away from this thing.

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Why do we have to stay away from that thing?

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 Right?

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 It's,

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 it's,

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 so this is a tool.

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 That's all I'm saying.

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 This is a tool that we have in our toolbox

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 to keep our inner conversation on track

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 with what other things that God's revealed to us

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 about himself and his motives.

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 All right.

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 Method of grace.

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 Obviously,

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 if grace is given freely,

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 then how do we get it?

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 This,

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 this is just being Christian 101,

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 but someone talk us through.

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 How do we get grace

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 if it's a free gift?

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 Anybody,

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 put it out there for us.

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 Through faith

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 in the Lord Jesus

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 who gives us himself

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 by faith.

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 So we take hold of Jesus

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 and we're united together

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 and what he's done

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 for us.

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 Before the creation of the world

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 and the covenant of redemption

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 and the Holy Spirit,

00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:51.240
 Jesus

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:53.240
 and God the Father

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:53.940
 planned out

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 who would be called,

00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:56.040
 chosen,

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 predestined,

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 sanctified,

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 and justified.

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 Glorify all that.

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 That's my answer.

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 And I'm sticking to it.

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.419
 You know,

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.339
 I think that

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:13.639
 the bottom line

00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:14.419
 is that

00:22:14.419 --> 00:22:18.579
 we know we can't earn grace.

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.659
 We know by definition

00:22:19.659 --> 00:22:20.759
 we can't earn grace.

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:23.839
 We must receive grace.

00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:28.419
 And that has

00:22:28.419 --> 00:22:29.740
 a lot of side effects

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.539
 and I think we'll go on

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:31.579
 to talk about some of those

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.639
 a little bit later.

00:22:33.639 --> 00:22:34.039
 Alright,

00:22:34.139 --> 00:22:35.220
 the mystery of grace.

00:22:35.379 --> 00:22:36.279
 The mystery of grace.

00:22:36.399 --> 00:22:37.240
 So what I mean by

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:38.179
 the mystery of grace,

00:22:38.399 --> 00:22:39.480
 there's actually a lot of mystery

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.559
 but I just want to hone in

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:42.159
 on one part here

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 which is

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 how does

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 a God

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 of perfect

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 justice

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 pass over

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 evil

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 and is still

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.860
 a just

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 and perfect

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 judge

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 and a holy God.

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 Now,

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:05.019
 maybe some of you

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.900
 haven't gone down

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 this

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:10.440
 line of

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.519
 thinking

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 but it's important

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:16.180
 I think it's important

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.500
 that we

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 talk about this

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 because

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 let me put a passage

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 in front of you

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 that sort of

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 crystallizes

00:23:24.399 --> 00:23:25.259
 this dilemma

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 and then we'll

00:23:27.419 --> 00:23:28.199
 just talk about it

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 real quick.

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 So this is

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:31.199
 Exodus 34,

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 6 and 7

00:23:32.139 --> 00:23:34.039
 back to Moses

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 saying he wants

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 to see God's glory.

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:42.039
 Moses is begging

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 God not to leave

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 the people

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 because they made

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 the golden calf

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 and

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 recall that

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:49.079
 moment.

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 and the Lord

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 passed before

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 him

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 and proclaimed

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 the Lord,

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 the Lord,

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 a God

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 merciful

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 and gracious,

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 slow to anger

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 and abounding

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 in steadfast love

00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:05.359
 and faithfulness,

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:06.699
 keeping

00:24:06.699 --> 00:24:07.939
 steadfast love

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 for thousands,

00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:11.059
 forgiving iniquity

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 and transgression

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 and sin.

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 So that's

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.439
 awesome.

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 Love that part.

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 but who will

00:24:20.479 --> 00:24:21.479
 by no means

00:24:21.479 --> 00:24:22.479
 clear the guilty,

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 visiting the

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:25.000
 iniquity of the

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 fathers on the

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 children

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 and the

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 children's

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 children to the

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 third and fourth

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.139
 generation.

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:31.200
 salvation.

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 So at face

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.580
 value,

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.920
 we have God

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:40.380
 telling

00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:41.700
 Moses

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 and telling

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 us,

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 here's what

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 I'm like.

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 Here's who I am

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 and here's what

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 I'm like.

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 And by the way,

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.700
 these two

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.080
 verses

00:24:52.080 --> 00:24:53.940
 are the

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:54.900
 most quoted

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.860
 verses

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.700
 in various

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.180
 forms

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:58.360
 in all

00:24:58.360 --> 00:24:58.720
 the Bible.

00:24:58.720 --> 00:25:01.559
 the

00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.460
 authors of

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:02.759
 Scripture

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.559
 picked these

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.200
 verses up

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.160
 and repurposed

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:06.180
 them all

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.680
 throughout

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.700
 the Scriptures.

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.180
 And so I

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.519
 think it's

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.220
 good that we

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:11.140
 pause here

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.860
 and just say,

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.579
 what is going

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.059
 on here?

00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:13.620
 How can

00:25:13.620 --> 00:25:14.079
 God

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:15.839
 say,

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:17.819
 I will by

00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:18.480
 no means

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.019
 clear the

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.420
 guilty

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:20.880
 right after

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:21.480
 He just

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.019
 said,

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:23.519
 I will

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:23.960
 forgive

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.779
 and show

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.339
 mercy

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:26.480
 and clear

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.000
 the guilty.

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.640
 That's what

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:28.319
 showing mercy

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:28.759
 is.

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.380
 It's almost

00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:30.059
 like saying,

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.660
 I am a

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.180
 God that

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:33.299
 will clear

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:33.880
 the guilty

00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:36.880
 and offer

00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:37.740
 mercy

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.720
 undeserved

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.720
 and also

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.500
 by no means

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.059
 will I

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.619
 do that.

00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:50.599
 So how

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:52.979
 do we

00:25:52.979 --> 00:25:53.519
 make sense

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.000
 of this?

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.959
 And what

00:25:55.959 --> 00:25:56.399
 I'd like to

00:25:56.399 --> 00:25:57.159
 do is point

00:25:57.159 --> 00:25:58.839
 us to

00:25:58.839 --> 00:25:59.299
 Jesus

00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:02.319
 and say

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:03.299
 that

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:05.159
 Jesus

00:26:05.159 --> 00:26:06.000
 paid

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:09.420
 and atone

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.259
 for our

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.799
 sins

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:12.400
 vindicating

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:13.220
 God's

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.579
 mercy

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:13.819
 and

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.200
 grace.

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:19.180
 The reason

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.759
 that God

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:21.160
 can say,

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:21.920
 I'm not

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.400
 just going

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:22.940
 to clear

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:24.700
 evil

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.339
 and

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:26.779
 pass over

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.599
 it is

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:28.299
 because He

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:28.880
 had a

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.319
 plan

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:31.819
 to pay

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.559
 for that

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.980
 evil

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:35.299
 Himself.

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:37.339
 And I

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:37.680
 know this

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.059
 is not

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.559
 unfamiliar,

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.119
 but I

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.420
 want to

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:40.380
 pause and

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:41.740
 meditate on

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.119
 it a little

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:42.759
 bit together

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:44.160
 so that

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:47.059
 we feel

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:50.140
 the weight

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.460
 of it

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.779
 because we

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:53.240
 must have

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.099
 a perfectly

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:55.279
 just God.

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.420
 We must.

00:26:56.420 --> 00:27:02.900
 have a

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.380
 God of

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:03.880
 mercy

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.160
 and

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.460
 grace

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:04.900
 or else

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.380
 we have

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:06.000
 no hope.

00:27:07.080 --> 00:27:08.060
 We don't

00:27:08.060 --> 00:27:08.680
 want a

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.080
 God

00:27:09.080 --> 00:27:09.840
 that just

00:27:09.840 --> 00:27:10.259
 says,

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:10.680
 you know,

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:14.320
 you raped

00:27:14.320 --> 00:27:14.960
 someone's

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.400
 mom,

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:17.019
 but it's

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.680
 okay because

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:17.960
 you know

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.120
 what,

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:18.920
 I'm a

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.259
 forgiving.

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:20.259
 I think

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.340
 this is how

00:27:21.340 --> 00:27:21.800
 I used to

00:27:21.800 --> 00:27:22.480
 approach this

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.039
 question.

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.639
 I would

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.659
 conjure up

00:27:24.659 --> 00:27:25.740
 how I

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.579
 forgive the

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:27.019
 people in

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.500
 my life

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.819
 that have

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.599
 wronged me,

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:31.159
 but to be

00:27:31.159 --> 00:27:31.519
 honest,

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.420
 no one's

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:33.759
 kidnapped a

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.420
 sibling of

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:34.859
 mine and

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.559
 murdered them

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:35.960
 behind a

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.440
 dumpster.

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.920
 We can't

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.399
 have a

00:27:40.399 --> 00:27:41.019
 God who's

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.420
 not a

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:41.700
 righteous

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.180
 judge.

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.740
 We don't

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.279
 want a

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.759
 God that's

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.099
 not a

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:44.359
 righteous

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:44.779
 judge.

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:47.879
 And

00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:49.480
 so there's

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.460
 a tension

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.819
 there.

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:52.980
 So let's

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.419
 turn back to

00:27:53.419 --> 00:27:53.799
 Romans for

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.299
 a second and

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.639
 listen to

00:27:54.639 --> 00:27:55.039
 this and

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.519
 see if we

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.759
 can feel

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:59.179
 God telling

00:27:59.179 --> 00:27:59.659
 us how

00:27:59.659 --> 00:28:00.039
 this is

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:01.079
 being resolved.

00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:02.240
 So this is

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.939
 Romans 3

00:28:02.939 --> 00:28:03.579
 starting verse

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.119
 23.

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.639
 For all

00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:05.399
 have sinned

00:28:05.399 --> 00:28:06.220
 and fall

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.779
 short of

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.159
 the glory

00:28:07.159 --> 00:28:07.720
 of God.

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.139
 There's our

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:10.819
 context of

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.200
 wrath.

00:28:12.939 --> 00:28:14.119
 And are

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:15.419
 justified by

00:28:15.419 --> 00:28:16.339
 his grace

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:17.240
 as a gift

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:19.519
 through the

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.240
 redemption that

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.539
 is in

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.380
 Christ Jesus

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:22.539
 whom God

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.440
 put forward

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:24.319
 as a

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.380
 propitiation

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:26.039
 by his

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:27.039
 blood to

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.759
 be received

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.480
 by faith.

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.480
 So there

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:32.099
 is the

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.960
 gospel in

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.480
 a nutshell.

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.559
 Then Paul

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.039
 goes on to

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.279
 say,

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.180
 this was to

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:39.099
 show God's

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.599
 righteousness

00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:40.460
 because in

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.140
 his divine

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.980
 forbearance

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.680
 he had

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.839
 passed over

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:45.380
 former sins.

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:48.420
 So I

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.059
 take this

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.679
 to mean

00:28:49.679 --> 00:28:50.919
 that God

00:28:50.919 --> 00:28:53.440
 has not

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.779
 given evil

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.419
 what it's

00:28:55.419 --> 00:28:56.139
 deserved at

00:28:56.139 --> 00:28:56.799
 every turn.

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.799
 He has

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.740
 shown real

00:28:58.740 --> 00:29:00.200
 grace and

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:01.059
 real mercy.

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.079
 And so

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.539
 then how

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:04.899
 is he

00:29:04.899 --> 00:29:05.879
 right to

00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:06.399
 do that?

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:07.660
 Yeah.

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:23.600
 And then if

00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:23.980
 we bring it

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.259
 home to

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.740
 ourselves,

00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.480
 it's like,

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:29.560
 you know,

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:30.340
 there's the

00:29:30.340 --> 00:29:30.620
 cheap,

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.040
 there's,

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:31.620
 you guys

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:31.960
 know the

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.519
 people that

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.220
 grab their

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.920
 spears against

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.660
 cheap grace.

00:29:38.600 --> 00:29:40.920
 And look,

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:43.580
 people fall

00:29:43.580 --> 00:29:44.140
 off the

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:46.240
 horse of

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:48.440
 truth so

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.880
 easily,

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.539
 including all

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:49.880
 of us,

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.460
 of course,

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.039
 right?

00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:52.019
 But some

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.620
 people are

00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:52.880
 like,

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:53.779
 Jesus loves

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:53.980
 me,

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.759
 God forgives

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:56.060
 us,

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:56.759
 and they're

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.019
 like,

00:29:57.680 --> 00:30:00.980
 they cheapen

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:02.599
 the grace,

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:03.099
 right?

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.559
 Then other

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.980
 serious people

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.940
 that take

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.539
 God seriously

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:07.799
 are like,

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.180
 you can't

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:08.579
 do that.

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:08.880
 You can't

00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:09.240
 just run

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.640
 around like

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:11.120
 all happy,

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.640
 bubbly,

00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:13.180
 light,

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.299
 evangelical

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:15.660
 stuff.

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.819
 And then

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.279
 they're like,

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:17.740
 well,

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:20.940
 we want to

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:22.160
 bring justice

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.620
 back.

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.180
 You know?

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:23.559
 It's like,

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:23.860
 okay.

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:27.759
 But we have

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.380
 to be careful

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:29.819
 because we

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.480
 can fall off

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:30.920
 that horse

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.660
 on either

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.140
 side.

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.759
 I think

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.980
 I can

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.279
 remember

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.579
 going to

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.099
 my children

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:42.640
 and trying

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.140
 to tell

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.720
 them why

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.319
 we talk

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:44.980
 about Jesus

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.779
 all the

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.160
 time,

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:47.099
 why we

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:47.860
 sing about

00:30:47.860 --> 00:30:48.640
 Jesus all

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.140
 the time,

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.620
 why is it

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.440
 always Jesus,

00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:51.839
 Jesus,

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.299
 Jesus?

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.339
 You know?

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:54.480
 And I will

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.839
 pull them

00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:55.500
 aside and I

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:55.740
 will say,

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.160
 look,

00:30:56.160 --> 00:31:02.840
 Jesus paid

00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:04.640
 for our

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:06.600
 sins so

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:07.420
 that God's

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:08.360
 justice could

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:09.180
 be satisfied

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:10.140
 so that we

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.700
 can step

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.440
 into grace.

00:31:12.320 --> 00:31:12.680
 Without

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:14.080
 Jesus and

00:31:14.080 --> 00:31:14.620
 without the

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:15.080
 cross,

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:18.140
 we have

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:18.720
 no hope.

00:31:18.840 --> 00:31:19.000
 And it

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.040
 also answers,

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.440
 I'm

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:21.259
 sidebar here,

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.680
 but it

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.440
 also answers

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:22.900
 some of

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:24.579
 the legitimate

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:26.000
 questions of

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.819
 our time,

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.879
 which are,

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:28.599
 how is

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.220
 Jesus the

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:30.240
 only way?

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:30.759
 It just

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.879
 seems so

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:32.940
 narrow.

00:31:34.379 --> 00:31:34.879
 Right?

00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:37.640
 But if

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.420
 we have a

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:39.060
 divine

00:31:39.060 --> 00:31:40.380
 problem of

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:40.840
 wrath,

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:43.460
 then we

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.080
 must have

00:31:44.080 --> 00:31:45.180
 a divine

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:48.260
 solution

00:31:48.260 --> 00:31:48.940
 to the

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.300
 wrath.

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.200
 And the

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:51.400
 exclusivity of

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:52.460
 Jesus begins

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.700
 to make

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.560
 sense.

00:31:56.560 --> 00:31:57.200
 So,

00:31:57.520 --> 00:31:58.180
 why does

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.660
 this matter?

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.240
 Why does

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.740
 this matter?

00:32:02.320 --> 00:32:03.200
 Why does

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.620
 this

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:08.119
 discussion

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:08.619
 about

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:10.039
 preserving

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.639
 the justice

00:32:10.639 --> 00:32:11.199
 of God

00:32:11.199 --> 00:32:12.179
 and the

00:32:12.179 --> 00:32:12.719
 mercy of

00:32:12.719 --> 00:32:13.399
 grace of

00:32:13.399 --> 00:32:13.759
 God

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:16.859
 matter?

00:32:20.979 --> 00:32:21.479
 So,

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:21.739
 I want to

00:32:21.739 --> 00:32:22.079
 read just

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.500
 one quote

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:22.799
 for you,

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.000
 and then

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.559
 we'll move

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:23.859
 on.

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.639
 This is

00:32:27.639 --> 00:32:28.279
 Jerry Bridges,

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:28.699
 actually,

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:30.519
 who's a

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.079
 kind of a

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.659
 popular author,

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.199
 as probably

00:32:32.199 --> 00:32:32.639
 most of you

00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:32.779
 know.

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.799
 It is at

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.279
 the cross

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:34.859
 where God's

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.379
 law and

00:32:35.379 --> 00:32:35.759
 God's

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.420
 grace are

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:37.720
 both most

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.440
 brilliantly

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:39.079
 displayed,

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:40.019
 where His

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:41.000
 justice and

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.619
 His mercy

00:32:41.619 --> 00:32:42.379
 are both

00:32:42.379 --> 00:32:43.160
 glorified.

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.859
 But it is

00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:45.799
 also at the

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.420
 cross where

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:47.379
 we are most

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:47.960
 humbled.

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.859
 It is at

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:50.420
 the cross

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:50.879
 where we

00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.559
 admit to

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:52.259
 God and

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.019
 to ourselves

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:54.359
 that there

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:55.079
 is absolutely

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.779
 nothing we

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.379
 can do

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:58.240
 to earn

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:59.059
 or merit

00:32:59.059 --> 00:33:00.619
 our salvation.

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:00.679
 salvation.

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:02.119
 Now,

00:33:02.459 --> 00:33:03.099
 real quick,

00:33:03.939 --> 00:33:04.500
 if we

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.179
 rewind back

00:33:05.179 --> 00:33:05.639
 to Romans

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:06.119
 1,

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:10.059
 chief sin

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.639
 of man is

00:33:10.639 --> 00:33:11.219
 we don't

00:33:11.219 --> 00:33:12.339
 acknowledge God

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:12.679
 and we

00:33:12.679 --> 00:33:13.259
 don't give

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:13.879
 Him thanks.

00:33:14.959 --> 00:33:16.819
 But can

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.439
 you see the

00:33:17.439 --> 00:33:18.879
 flavor when

00:33:18.879 --> 00:33:19.859
 we begin to

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:22.179
 realize what

00:33:22.179 --> 00:33:22.759
 Jesus has

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.559
 done and

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.000
 what God

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.419
 has done

00:33:24.419 --> 00:33:25.000
 without giving

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.419
 up His

00:33:25.419 --> 00:33:26.839
 justice and

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.399
 without giving

00:33:27.399 --> 00:33:29.579
 up His mercy

00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:30.220
 and grace

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.179
 that that

00:33:31.179 --> 00:33:32.159
 does lead

00:33:32.159 --> 00:33:32.579
 us back

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:33.220
 to a place

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:34.899
 where we

00:33:34.899 --> 00:33:36.819
 acknowledge

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.439
 Him.

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.299
 In order

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:39.839
 to receive

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:40.339
 this grace,

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.179
 we acknowledge

00:33:41.179 --> 00:33:43.179
 Him and

00:33:43.179 --> 00:33:43.639
 we give Him

00:33:43.639 --> 00:33:44.039
 thanks.

00:33:44.199 --> 00:33:44.639
 Those two

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:45.299
 things are

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:46.099
 as natural.

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.179
 As soon as

00:33:47.179 --> 00:33:47.960
 we cross

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.559
 over and

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.000
 receive,

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:51.199
 we are

00:33:51.199 --> 00:33:52.759
 doing both

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.119
 of those

00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:54.220
 things in

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.980
 some measure.

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.659
 They connect.

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:05.879
 the timing

00:34:05.879 --> 00:34:06.679
 of grace.

00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:09.079
 The timing

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.739
 of grace.

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:14.500
 This has

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:15.239
 been on my

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:15.880
 heart for a

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.480
 long time,

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.019
 not just

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.380
 through the

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:17.739
 lens of

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.059
 grace,

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:19.400
 which is

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:20.299
 where we

00:34:20.299 --> 00:34:21.539
 find ourselves

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.619
 right now

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:24.059
 in the

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:25.179
 timeline of

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:25.659
 redemption.

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.379
 if we

00:34:26.379 --> 00:34:28.000
 don't get

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:29.599
 that right,

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.099
 if we

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:31.599
 don't

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.460
 understand

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:33.739
 the season

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.359
 that we're

00:34:34.359 --> 00:34:34.799
 in,

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:37.319
 it results

00:34:37.319 --> 00:34:38.139
 in all

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:40.139
 sorts of

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:42.519
 unhealthy

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:44.359
 spiritual

00:34:44.359 --> 00:34:45.119
 consequences.

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.899
 Let me

00:34:50.899 --> 00:34:51.239
 read this

00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:51.759
 passage and

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.039
 I'll try

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:53.019
 to explain

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.399
 it through

00:34:53.399 --> 00:34:53.899
 the lens

00:34:53.899 --> 00:34:55.059
 of grace.

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:56.420
 So this

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.739
 is from

00:34:56.739 --> 00:34:57.379
 1 Peter

00:34:57.379 --> 00:34:58.139
 chapter 1,

00:34:59.379 --> 00:35:01.219
 starting in

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:01.779
 verse 10.

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.699
 Concerning

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:03.599
 this salvation,

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.319
 the prophets

00:35:05.319 --> 00:35:06.359
 who prophesied

00:35:06.359 --> 00:35:06.920
 about the

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.519
 grace that

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.079
 was to be

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.519
 yours,

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.519
 searched

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:10.539
 and inquired

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:11.279
 carefully,

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.239
 inquiring

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:14.219
 what person

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:15.500
 or time

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.079
 the Spirit

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.739
 of Christ

00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:17.440
 in them

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:18.779
 was indicating

00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:20.339
 when he

00:35:20.339 --> 00:35:21.099
 predicted the

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:21.719
 sufferings of

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:22.699
 Christ and

00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:23.259
 the subsequent

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:23.940
 glories.

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:26.659
 God's

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:27.119
 grace.

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:27.460
 So I'm

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:27.559
 going to

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:28.139
 pause and

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:28.619
 just say

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.259
 this is

00:35:29.259 --> 00:35:29.699
 referencing

00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:31.339
 grace that

00:35:31.339 --> 00:35:31.859
 we have

00:35:31.859 --> 00:35:32.819
 received already

00:35:32.819 --> 00:35:33.239
 that we

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:33.940
 now look

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.599
 back to

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.719
 in our

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:36.279
 season

00:35:36.279 --> 00:35:38.039
 because we

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:39.440
 have Jesus

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:41.159
 came and

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.759
 we have the

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:42.559
 record of it

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.460
 and we have

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:44.059
 the Holy Spirit

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:45.119
 attesting to it.

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:45.839
 so we're

00:35:45.839 --> 00:35:46.639
 looking back

00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:47.359
 to that

00:35:47.359 --> 00:35:48.139
 part of

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.500
 God's

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.859
 grace.

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.659
 Then he

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:52.059
 goes on

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.579
 verse 12.

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.339
 It was

00:35:53.339 --> 00:35:54.059
 revealed to

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:54.779
 them that

00:35:54.779 --> 00:35:55.119
 they were

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.819
 serving not

00:35:55.819 --> 00:35:56.679
 themselves but

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:57.839
 you and

00:35:57.839 --> 00:35:58.440
 the things

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:59.099
 that have

00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.619
 now been

00:35:59.619 --> 00:36:00.299
 announced to

00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:01.519
 you through

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:02.039
 those who

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.539
 preach the

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:03.019
 good news

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.719
 to you by

00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:04.139
 the Holy

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:04.940
 Spirit sent

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.500
 from heaven.

00:36:06.339 --> 00:36:06.920
 Things into

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.880
 which angels

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.559
 long to

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:08.940
 look.

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:10.460
 Therefore

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:11.579
 preparing your

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:12.119
 minds for

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:13.639
 action and

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:14.440
 being sober

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:15.559
 minded set

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.340
 your hope

00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:18.360
 fully on

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:18.980
 the grace

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.659
 that will

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.460
 be brought

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:21.700
 to you at

00:36:21.700 --> 00:36:22.559
 the revelation

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:23.480
 of Jesus

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:23.980
 Christ.

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:27.900
 What's he

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.360
 talking about

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.639
 there?

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.559
 Do you

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:30.840
 think?

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:36.159
 What's the

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:36.720
 grace that

00:36:36.720 --> 00:36:37.340
 will be brought

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:38.059
 to us at

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:38.700
 the revelation

00:36:38.700 --> 00:36:39.240
 of Jesus

00:36:39.240 --> 00:36:39.720
 Christ?

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:41.240
 Do we have

00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:41.760
 that now?

00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:44.960
 No.

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.340
 No.

00:36:47.060 --> 00:36:47.420
 We don't

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:47.900
 have that

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.200
 grace.

00:36:48.620 --> 00:36:49.080
 Yes and

00:36:49.080 --> 00:36:49.260
 no.

00:36:49.260 --> 00:36:49.520
 No.

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:53.380
 What this

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:54.080
 is doing is

00:36:54.080 --> 00:36:54.800
 like teasing

00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:57.240
 apart for

00:36:57.240 --> 00:36:58.200
 our benefit

00:36:58.200 --> 00:37:00.060
 to sustain

00:37:00.060 --> 00:37:01.080
 us in the

00:37:01.080 --> 00:37:01.500
 here and

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:02.980
 now with

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.760
 the already

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:04.340
 and the not

00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:04.620
 yet.

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.740
 We're familiar

00:37:05.740 --> 00:37:06.180
 with the

00:37:06.180 --> 00:37:06.600
 already and

00:37:06.600 --> 00:37:06.880
 the not

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.480
 yet like

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.040
 theological

00:37:08.040 --> 00:37:09.540
 handles.

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:11.159
 right?

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:12.679
 So already

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:14.900
 we in our

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:15.500
 time and

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:17.340
 place have

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:19.139
 Jesus as

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:20.920
 a thing,

00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:21.719
 a person we

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:22.259
 can look

00:37:22.259 --> 00:37:22.960
 back to

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:24.519
 and say

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:25.440
 God fulfilled

00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:26.259
 his promise.

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:28.639
 We have all

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:29.539
 these amazing

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:31.699
 scriptures that

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:33.300
 shed so much

00:37:33.300 --> 00:37:34.300
 light on the

00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:35.420
 meaning of

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:35.880
 what Jesus

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.619
 did as we've

00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:37.019
 been talking

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.380
 about.

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:39.300
 But,

00:37:39.739 --> 00:37:41.280
 and,

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:43.300
 we're told

00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:46.440
 that we

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:46.880
 should be

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:47.639
 sober-minded

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:48.179
 now.

00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:50.179
 We should

00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:50.759
 be prepared

00:37:50.759 --> 00:37:51.519
 for action

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:52.000
 now.

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:55.820
 What that

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.199
 means,

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.559
 I mean,

00:37:56.619 --> 00:37:57.179
 part of what

00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:57.719
 that means

00:37:57.719 --> 00:37:58.900
 is that we

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.920
 think rightly

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:01.280
 about where

00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:02.300
 we are right

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:03.159
 now on the

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:03.659
 timeline,

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:06.259
 setting our

00:38:06.259 --> 00:38:07.579
 hope fully

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:08.259
 on the

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:08.940
 grace that

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.859
 will be

00:38:09.859 --> 00:38:11.239
 brought to

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:12.819
 us at

00:38:12.819 --> 00:38:13.679
 the revelation

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:14.219
 of Jesus

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:14.639
 Christ.

00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:15.199
 In other

00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:15.519
 words,

00:38:15.899 --> 00:38:16.299
 when he

00:38:16.299 --> 00:38:16.859
 comes back.

00:38:17.819 --> 00:38:18.279
 When he

00:38:18.279 --> 00:38:19.019
 comes back.

00:38:20.699 --> 00:38:21.440
 When he

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:22.079
 comes back.

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.599
 Because,

00:38:23.379 --> 00:38:24.119
 before we

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.779
 end today,

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:26.299
 I'm going

00:38:26.299 --> 00:38:27.000
 to just

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:28.139
 lay on

00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:29.980
 you the

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.759
 magnitude

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:33.660
 of grace.

00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:34.500
 Like,

00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:37.260
 it's too

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:37.680
 good to

00:38:37.680 --> 00:38:38.280
 be true.

00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:39.980
 People say

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:40.380
 that,

00:38:40.580 --> 00:38:40.880
 right?

00:38:42.680 --> 00:38:43.320
 But,

00:38:43.660 --> 00:38:46.700
 it almost,

00:38:46.900 --> 00:38:48.220
 it almost

00:38:48.220 --> 00:38:49.180
 is so good

00:38:49.180 --> 00:38:49.660
 that there's

00:38:49.660 --> 00:38:50.140
 that part

00:38:50.140 --> 00:38:50.440
 in my

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:50.740
 heart,

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.360
 maybe in

00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:51.860
 yours too,

00:38:52.220 --> 00:38:52.480
 and you're

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:52.620
 like,

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:53.300
 that just,

00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:54.520
 it just

00:38:54.520 --> 00:38:55.340
 can't be.

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:55.940
 It just

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:56.560
 can't.

00:38:56.560 --> 00:38:57.140
 Because we

00:38:57.140 --> 00:38:57.640
 have our

00:38:57.640 --> 00:38:58.320
 experience in

00:38:58.320 --> 00:38:58.900
 this life

00:38:58.900 --> 00:38:59.599
 where we

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.340
 just get

00:39:00.340 --> 00:39:01.400
 hammered

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:01.840
 and let

00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:02.700
 down and

00:39:02.700 --> 00:39:03.280
 our guards

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:03.720
 up and

00:39:03.720 --> 00:39:04.019
 it ought

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.280
 to be

00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:05.000
 up because

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:06.920
 we're

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:07.519
 living in

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:07.960
 the wilderness

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.539
 period.

00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:09.019
 And this

00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:09.300
 is my

00:39:09.300 --> 00:39:09.619
 point.

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:14.420
 As

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:15.000
 Christians,

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:15.880
 it's super

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.639
 important that

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:18.160
 we are

00:39:18.160 --> 00:39:19.500
 self-aware

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.180
 that we

00:39:20.180 --> 00:39:20.740
 are in

00:39:20.740 --> 00:39:21.180
 our

00:39:21.180 --> 00:39:21.800
 wilderness

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:23.059
 season.

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:24.119
 Christians

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:24.639
 talk about

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:25.039
 this in a

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.240
 lot of

00:39:25.240 --> 00:39:25.480
 different

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:25.780
 ways.

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:26.240
 They call

00:39:26.240 --> 00:39:26.619
 themselves

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:27.420
 pilgrims.

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:28.840
 This isn't

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:29.579
 our home.

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:34.619
 We must

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:35.360
 keep our

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:38.220
 eyes on

00:39:38.220 --> 00:39:39.099
 our future

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:39.820
 hope.

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:46.820
 And with

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:47.460
 regard to

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:48.000
 grace,

00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:52.980
 we must

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:53.920
 encourage our

00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:54.680
 own hearts

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:57.199
 with God's

00:39:57.199 --> 00:39:58.119
 promise of

00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:58.599
 what's

00:39:58.599 --> 00:39:59.619
 coming.

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:00.480
 Let's go

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:01.079
 back to our

00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:01.799
 definition of

00:40:01.799 --> 00:40:02.219
 grace.

00:40:02.879 --> 00:40:03.339
 Mercy

00:40:03.339 --> 00:40:04.419
 wipes out

00:40:04.419 --> 00:40:04.919
 our debt.

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:08.000
 But grace

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:09.279
 is unmerited

00:40:09.279 --> 00:40:10.139
 favor.

00:40:11.879 --> 00:40:12.480
 Goodness.

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:16.480
 And to

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:17.879
 be honest,

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:18.699
 I mean,

00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:19.099
 a lot of

00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:19.399
 Christians

00:40:19.399 --> 00:40:19.980
 debate,

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:20.419
 right,

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:21.199
 how much

00:40:21.199 --> 00:40:21.739
 of this

00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:22.500
 do we

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:23.000
 have in

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:23.299
 the here

00:40:23.299 --> 00:40:23.699
 and now.

00:40:23.699 --> 00:40:25.359
 And some

00:40:25.359 --> 00:40:25.739
 people will

00:40:25.739 --> 00:40:25.859
 say,

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:26.039
 well,

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:26.359
 you just

00:40:26.359 --> 00:40:26.739
 don't have

00:40:26.739 --> 00:40:27.119
 it because

00:40:27.119 --> 00:40:27.639
 you're not

00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:28.159
 drinking in

00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:28.379
 the Holy

00:40:28.379 --> 00:40:29.059
 Spirit enough

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:30.159
 and that's

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:30.699
 fair enough.

00:40:30.839 --> 00:40:31.059
 Like,

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:31.480
 I don't know

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:31.799
 that there's

00:40:31.799 --> 00:40:32.279
 any Christian

00:40:32.279 --> 00:40:32.500
 you could

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:32.799
 come to

00:40:32.799 --> 00:40:33.039
 and say,

00:40:33.319 --> 00:40:33.559
 oh,

00:40:33.939 --> 00:40:34.739
 you're being

00:40:34.739 --> 00:40:35.159
 miserable?

00:40:35.339 --> 00:40:35.879
 It's because

00:40:35.879 --> 00:40:36.599
 you're not

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:37.199
 submitting to

00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:37.500
 the Holy

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:38.079
 Spirit enough.

00:40:38.139 --> 00:40:38.419
 You'd have

00:40:38.419 --> 00:40:38.799
 way more

00:40:38.799 --> 00:40:39.079
 joy.

00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:40.119
 Who could

00:40:40.119 --> 00:40:40.659
 say,

00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:41.299
 no,

00:40:41.379 --> 00:40:41.839
 that's not

00:40:41.839 --> 00:40:42.139
 me?

00:40:43.139 --> 00:40:43.659
 You know,

00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:44.439
 of course.

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:47.819
 But the

00:40:47.819 --> 00:40:49.079
 description of

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:49.939
 what's coming,

00:40:51.779 --> 00:40:52.359
 none of us

00:40:52.359 --> 00:40:52.460
 are,

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.059
 we're not

00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:53.639
 there yet.

00:40:54.199 --> 00:40:54.679
 And this

00:40:54.679 --> 00:40:55.099
 may just

00:40:55.099 --> 00:40:55.679
 seem so

00:40:55.679 --> 00:40:56.199
 obvious,

00:40:58.279 --> 00:41:00.960
 but here's

00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:01.339
 another thing

00:41:01.339 --> 00:41:01.639
 I want to

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:01.879
 say.

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:05.000
 It seems

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:05.500
 to me as

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:05.980
 I observe

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:06.799
 all of us

00:41:06.799 --> 00:41:08.019
 walking along

00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:08.719
 together as

00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:09.159
 Christians,

00:41:09.919 --> 00:41:11.079
 the big

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:12.000
 obvious things,

00:41:12.099 --> 00:41:12.419
 it's like,

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:12.659
 yeah,

00:41:12.779 --> 00:41:13.399
 that's what we

00:41:13.399 --> 00:41:13.699
 believe,

00:41:13.799 --> 00:41:14.519
 that's orthodox,

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:14.759
 whatever.

00:41:15.439 --> 00:41:16.139
 And then it's

00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:16.339
 like,

00:41:16.419 --> 00:41:16.659
 boom,

00:41:16.779 --> 00:41:17.139
 we're like

00:41:17.139 --> 00:41:18.239
 focused on

00:41:18.239 --> 00:41:19.519
 some problem

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:20.039
 God doesn't

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:20.439
 give us the

00:41:20.439 --> 00:41:21.000
 answer to,

00:41:21.099 --> 00:41:21.259
 and we're

00:41:21.259 --> 00:41:21.719
 just like,

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:22.659
 let's just

00:41:22.659 --> 00:41:23.199
 spend all

00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:23.539
 our time

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:24.019
 worrying about

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:24.299
 that,

00:41:24.379 --> 00:41:24.799
 or let's

00:41:24.799 --> 00:41:25.399
 chase after

00:41:25.399 --> 00:41:25.899
 this thing

00:41:25.899 --> 00:41:26.299
 of the world

00:41:26.299 --> 00:41:26.839
 that promises

00:41:26.839 --> 00:41:28.539
 us happiness.

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:29.359
 And, you

00:41:29.359 --> 00:41:29.500
 know,

00:41:29.639 --> 00:41:30.139
 it's,

00:41:30.139 --> 00:41:30.459
 it's,

00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:31.679
 these big

00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:32.579
 truths,

00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:33.859
 they're so

00:41:33.859 --> 00:41:34.299
 big,

00:41:34.339 --> 00:41:34.579
 and they're

00:41:34.579 --> 00:41:35.539
 so grand,

00:41:36.239 --> 00:41:36.819
 it's like,

00:41:37.299 --> 00:41:38.779
 it's hard to

00:41:38.779 --> 00:41:39.399
 hold on to.

00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:41.280
 And so,

00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:42.220
 I just want

00:41:42.220 --> 00:41:42.680
 to say,

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:44.420
 let's not

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:45.300
 forget where

00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:47.099
 we are on

00:41:47.099 --> 00:41:47.639
 the timeline

00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:48.360
 of redemption,

00:41:48.780 --> 00:41:49.519
 and that

00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:50.680
 that applies

00:41:50.680 --> 00:41:52.240
 to how

00:41:52.240 --> 00:41:52.680
 God's

00:41:52.680 --> 00:41:53.619
 dispensing

00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:55.160
 grace.

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:00.760
 It strikes

00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:01.599
 me that a

00:42:01.599 --> 00:42:02.059
 lot of the

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:02.920
 metaphors that

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:03.539
 the New

00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:04.139
 Testament uses

00:42:04.139 --> 00:42:04.639
 is about

00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:05.059
 farming,

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:05.619
 gardening,

00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:06.840
 sowing seeds,

00:42:07.260 --> 00:42:07.920
 watering it,

00:42:08.019 --> 00:42:08.539
 the dog gives

00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:09.000
 the growth,

00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:09.179
 it.

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:09.780
 And I,

00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:11.619
 I think a

00:42:11.619 --> 00:42:12.340
 lot of times

00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:14.239
 we're not

00:42:14.239 --> 00:42:14.920
 patient the

00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:15.400
 way farmers

00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:15.659
 are,

00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:16.559
 where we

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:17.260
 scatter seed

00:42:17.260 --> 00:42:18.940
 and go to

00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:19.199
 sleep,

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:19.880
 and it's

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:20.440
 up to God

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:20.880
 whether he's

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:21.219
 going to

00:42:21.219 --> 00:42:21.599
 give that

00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:22.000
 growth,

00:42:22.539 --> 00:42:22.800
 and we

00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:23.320
 know it's

00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:23.739
 not going

00:42:23.739 --> 00:42:24.260
 to receive

00:42:24.260 --> 00:42:24.820
 its fullness

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:26.199
 until that

00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:26.739
 grace that

00:42:26.739 --> 00:42:27.320
 was revealed

00:42:27.320 --> 00:42:28.360
 at the day

00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:28.559
 of the

00:42:28.559 --> 00:42:29.559
 revelation of

00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:30.179
 Jesus Christ.

00:42:30.699 --> 00:42:31.119
 I know,

00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:31.619
 to your

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:31.900
 point,

00:42:32.460 --> 00:42:33.400
 a lot of

00:42:33.400 --> 00:42:34.260
 people have

00:42:34.260 --> 00:42:34.659
 been burned

00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:34.980
 out in

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:35.320
 ministry.

00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:35.860
 It's like,

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:36.360
 I've been

00:42:36.360 --> 00:42:37.519
 preaching for

00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:38.099
 10 years,

00:42:38.179 --> 00:42:38.360
 and my

00:42:38.360 --> 00:42:38.679
 congregation

00:42:38.679 --> 00:42:39.139
 hasn't

00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:39.739
 grown at

00:42:39.739 --> 00:42:40.099
 all,

00:42:40.699 --> 00:42:41.339
 and God

00:42:41.339 --> 00:42:41.719
 must have

00:42:41.719 --> 00:42:42.119
 failed.

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.779
 But I

00:42:43.779 --> 00:42:44.779
 think across

00:42:44.779 --> 00:42:45.339
 New Testament,

00:42:45.779 --> 00:42:46.219
 the measure

00:42:46.219 --> 00:42:46.819
 of success

00:42:46.819 --> 00:42:47.719
 is faithfulness.

00:42:48.019 --> 00:42:48.259
 Are you

00:42:48.259 --> 00:42:48.859
 being faithful

00:42:48.859 --> 00:42:49.299
 when God

00:42:49.299 --> 00:42:49.679
 has given

00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:50.519
 you now?

00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:52.259
 And God

00:42:52.259 --> 00:42:53.159
 hasn't promised

00:42:53.159 --> 00:42:54.859
 that over-realized

00:42:54.859 --> 00:42:55.500
 eschatology.

00:42:55.619 --> 00:42:55.819
 You're going to

00:42:55.819 --> 00:42:56.399
 experience all

00:42:56.399 --> 00:42:56.960
 the blessings,

00:42:57.239 --> 00:42:57.599
 and you're not

00:42:57.599 --> 00:42:58.019
 going to reap

00:42:58.019 --> 00:42:58.519
 all now.

00:42:58.599 --> 00:42:58.759
 You're going to

00:42:58.759 --> 00:42:59.279
 have to wait

00:42:59.279 --> 00:43:00.079
 until that

00:43:00.079 --> 00:43:00.399
 day.

00:43:00.960 --> 00:43:01.139
 So,

00:43:01.299 --> 00:43:02.599
 I'm not a

00:43:02.599 --> 00:43:02.819
 farmer,

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:03.219
 I'm not a

00:43:03.219 --> 00:43:03.579
 gardener,

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:04.099
 but I

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:04.779
 know Paul

00:43:04.779 --> 00:43:05.960
 uses the

00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:06.480
 sowing the

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:07.019
 seeds all

00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:07.340
 over the

00:43:07.340 --> 00:43:07.539
 place.

00:43:07.619 --> 00:43:07.960
 It seems

00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:08.500
 like that's

00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:09.739
 what he

00:43:09.739 --> 00:43:10.179
 wants us

00:43:10.179 --> 00:43:10.759
 to realize

00:43:10.759 --> 00:43:11.119
 what you're

00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:11.500
 saying.

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:13.039
 You're not

00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:13.199
 going to

00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:13.719
 experience it

00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:14.139
 all now.

00:43:14.420 --> 00:43:15.039
 Your point

00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:15.400
 is to

00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:15.980
 sow seeds,

00:43:16.639 --> 00:43:17.000
 let God

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:17.239
 do the

00:43:17.239 --> 00:43:17.519
 rest.

00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:19.900
 Yeah,

00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:20.280
 and you

00:43:20.280 --> 00:43:20.440
 know,

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:20.980
 like the

00:43:20.980 --> 00:43:21.420
 worst-case

00:43:21.420 --> 00:43:21.840
 scenario

00:43:21.840 --> 00:43:22.440
 thinker

00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:23.019
 in me,

00:43:24.940 --> 00:43:25.559
 like whenever,

00:43:26.320 --> 00:43:26.679
 like so

00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:27.219
 long as what

00:43:27.219 --> 00:43:27.940
 you're saying

00:43:27.940 --> 00:43:29.079
 accounts for,

00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:30.480
 you could

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:31.900
 get on your

00:43:31.900 --> 00:43:32.440
 face before

00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:33.280
 God and

00:43:33.280 --> 00:43:33.619
 say,

00:43:33.840 --> 00:43:34.820
 I've got

00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:35.159
 nothing,

00:43:35.259 --> 00:43:35.759
 I just have

00:43:35.759 --> 00:43:36.280
 to receive,

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:36.780
 and I'm

00:43:36.780 --> 00:43:37.340
 going to

00:43:37.340 --> 00:43:38.300
 repent,

00:43:39.059 --> 00:43:39.340
 I'm going

00:43:39.340 --> 00:43:39.559
 to be in

00:43:39.559 --> 00:43:39.940
 a pattern

00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:40.500
 of repentance,

00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:40.880
 I'm going

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:41.519
 to strive

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:43.559
 to love

00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:44.000
 you and

00:43:44.000 --> 00:43:44.400
 love other

00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:44.780
 people,

00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:46.719
 and you

00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:47.099
 could be

00:43:47.099 --> 00:43:47.480
 dealt

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:48.559
 eye

00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:49.139
 cancer,

00:43:49.619 --> 00:43:49.880
 you could

00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:50.059
 be,

00:43:50.260 --> 00:43:50.800
 like let's,

00:43:51.059 --> 00:43:51.500
 I'm a

00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:51.980
 worst-case

00:43:51.980 --> 00:43:52.420
 scenario

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:52.800
 guy,

00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:53.539
 like I

00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:53.639
 don't,

00:43:53.719 --> 00:43:54.240
 anyone else

00:43:54.240 --> 00:43:54.579
 in here

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:54.719
 are a

00:43:54.719 --> 00:43:55.079
 worst-case

00:43:55.079 --> 00:43:55.500
 scenario

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:55.960
 thinker,

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:57.000
 like basically

00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:57.840
 test your

00:43:57.840 --> 00:43:58.539
 philosophy

00:43:58.539 --> 00:43:59.460
 against the

00:43:59.460 --> 00:44:00.059
 worst-case

00:44:00.059 --> 00:44:00.579
 scenario,

00:44:01.019 --> 00:44:01.280
 right,

00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:01.920
 which is

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:04.440
 does that

00:44:04.440 --> 00:44:05.780
 hold up,

00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:06.119
 and I

00:44:06.119 --> 00:44:06.440
 think it

00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:06.920
 does,

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:07.659
 right,

00:44:08.019 --> 00:44:08.900
 like because

00:44:08.900 --> 00:44:09.320
 sometimes,

00:44:09.500 --> 00:44:10.159
 because God's

00:44:10.159 --> 00:44:10.480
 free,

00:44:10.780 --> 00:44:11.300
 sometimes,

00:44:12.719 --> 00:44:15.099
 like for

00:44:15.099 --> 00:44:15.539
 example,

00:44:15.820 --> 00:44:16.219
 I'm the

00:44:16.219 --> 00:44:17.059
 most cynical

00:44:17.059 --> 00:44:17.199
 person,

00:44:17.619 --> 00:44:18.719
 this isn't

00:44:18.719 --> 00:44:19.059
 good,

00:44:19.239 --> 00:44:19.599
 I'm just

00:44:19.599 --> 00:44:20.579
 being honest

00:44:20.579 --> 00:44:20.900
 for a

00:44:20.900 --> 00:44:21.079
 second,

00:44:21.259 --> 00:44:21.880
 I'm a

00:44:21.880 --> 00:44:22.219
 cynical

00:44:22.219 --> 00:44:24.059
 person that

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:24.599
 I trust

00:44:24.599 --> 00:44:24.960
 God,

00:44:25.019 --> 00:44:25.219
 but I'm

00:44:25.219 --> 00:44:25.799
 like probably

00:44:25.799 --> 00:44:26.059
 I'm going

00:44:26.059 --> 00:44:26.360
 to get,

00:44:26.679 --> 00:44:27.039
 it's going

00:44:27.039 --> 00:44:27.199
 to be

00:44:27.199 --> 00:44:27.539
 terrible,

00:44:28.039 --> 00:44:29.619
 but God's

00:44:29.619 --> 00:44:29.880
 given me

00:44:29.880 --> 00:44:30.539
 five children,

00:44:31.739 --> 00:44:32.119
 you guys

00:44:32.119 --> 00:44:32.320
 know,

00:44:32.420 --> 00:44:32.820
 many of you

00:44:32.820 --> 00:44:33.299
 know many

00:44:33.299 --> 00:44:33.599
 of them,

00:44:35.239 --> 00:44:35.920
 beyond my

00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:37.039
 wildest hopes

00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:37.739
 would all

00:44:37.739 --> 00:44:38.860
 of them be

00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:40.039
 professing

00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:40.900
 faith in

00:44:40.900 --> 00:44:41.259
 Christ,

00:44:41.980 --> 00:44:42.299
 okay,

00:44:42.300 --> 00:44:43.980
 all of

00:44:43.980 --> 00:44:44.680
 them are

00:44:44.680 --> 00:44:45.680
 professing

00:44:45.680 --> 00:44:46.640
 faith in

00:44:46.640 --> 00:44:47.019
 Christ,

00:44:48.860 --> 00:44:49.260
 beyond

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:50.180
 my,

00:44:51.039 --> 00:44:51.360
 like,

00:44:52.600 --> 00:44:54.519
 it's,

00:44:55.060 --> 00:44:55.460
 what if

00:44:55.460 --> 00:44:55.980
 they weren't,

00:44:56.140 --> 00:44:56.420
 what if,

00:44:56.780 --> 00:44:56.980
 I mean,

00:44:57.060 --> 00:44:57.380
 I have

00:44:57.380 --> 00:44:58.400
 friends whose

00:44:58.400 --> 00:44:59.019
 children,

00:45:00.060 --> 00:45:00.660
 friends that

00:45:00.660 --> 00:45:01.200
 were just

00:45:01.200 --> 00:45:01.820
 in my

00:45:01.820 --> 00:45:02.260
 circles,

00:45:02.760 --> 00:45:03.100
 and their

00:45:03.100 --> 00:45:04.100
 children hate

00:45:04.100 --> 00:45:04.300
 God,

00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:04.740
 I don't mean

00:45:04.740 --> 00:45:05.080
 they're just

00:45:05.080 --> 00:45:05.440
 neutral,

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:05.800
 I mean,

00:45:05.900 --> 00:45:06.519
 they hate

00:45:06.519 --> 00:45:06.720
 God,

00:45:06.800 --> 00:45:07.280
 they're writing

00:45:07.280 --> 00:45:08.660
 stuff online,

00:45:08.659 --> 00:45:09.339
 they hate

00:45:09.339 --> 00:45:10.159
 their parents,

00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:12.199
 and my

00:45:12.199 --> 00:45:12.819
 philosophy

00:45:12.819 --> 00:45:14.000
 has to be

00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:15.139
 work for

00:45:15.139 --> 00:45:16.199
 that scenario

00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:17.000
 too,

00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:19.819
 which is

00:45:19.819 --> 00:45:20.399
 why this

00:45:20.399 --> 00:45:22.559
 promise

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:23.599
 of

00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:25.259
 future

00:45:25.259 --> 00:45:25.940
 grace,

00:45:27.219 --> 00:45:29.079
 that's a

00:45:29.079 --> 00:45:29.599
 loaded term,

00:45:29.699 --> 00:45:30.099
 I don't mean

00:45:30.099 --> 00:45:30.519
 it loaded,

00:45:30.679 --> 00:45:30.920
 I mean

00:45:30.920 --> 00:45:31.859
 literally the

00:45:31.859 --> 00:45:32.379
 grace that's

00:45:32.379 --> 00:45:32.980
 coming that's

00:45:32.980 --> 00:45:33.379
 not here

00:45:33.379 --> 00:45:33.759
 yet,

00:45:34.179 --> 00:45:35.879
 is so

00:45:35.879 --> 00:45:36.599
 important,

00:45:37.279 --> 00:45:37.920
 I think,

00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:39.119
 so that

00:45:39.119 --> 00:45:39.559
 when we

00:45:39.559 --> 00:45:40.099
 encounter

00:45:40.099 --> 00:45:40.760
 people who

00:45:40.760 --> 00:45:41.240
 are suffering

00:45:41.240 --> 00:45:41.740
 worse than

00:45:41.740 --> 00:45:42.119
 us,

00:45:42.320 --> 00:45:42.800
 who are

00:45:42.800 --> 00:45:43.159
 believers,

00:45:43.360 --> 00:45:43.639
 we can

00:45:43.639 --> 00:45:44.039
 encourage

00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:44.680
 their faith,

00:45:44.780 --> 00:45:45.079
 and it's

00:45:45.079 --> 00:45:45.680
 not trite,

00:45:45.760 --> 00:45:45.960
 and it's

00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:46.519
 not trivial,

00:45:46.740 --> 00:45:47.240
 the world's

00:45:47.240 --> 00:45:47.360
 going to

00:45:47.360 --> 00:45:47.760
 come along,

00:45:47.820 --> 00:45:47.920
 and we're

00:45:47.920 --> 00:45:48.099
 like,

00:45:48.180 --> 00:45:48.360
 yeah,

00:45:48.579 --> 00:45:49.340
 just hold

00:45:49.340 --> 00:45:49.659
 on,

00:45:50.099 --> 00:45:50.840
 in a

00:45:50.840 --> 00:45:51.460
 short while,

00:45:51.880 --> 00:45:52.280
 all this

00:45:52.280 --> 00:45:52.460
 is going

00:45:52.460 --> 00:45:52.619
 to be

00:45:52.619 --> 00:45:52.900
 over,

00:45:54.039 --> 00:45:54.860
 and the

00:45:54.860 --> 00:45:55.119
 world's

00:45:55.119 --> 00:45:55.200
 going to

00:45:55.200 --> 00:45:55.500
 be like,

00:45:56.340 --> 00:45:56.639
 they've

00:45:56.639 --> 00:45:57.079
 got the

00:45:57.079 --> 00:45:57.519
 this is

00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:57.820
 all there

00:45:57.820 --> 00:45:58.079
 is

00:45:58.079 --> 00:45:58.440
 goggles

00:45:58.440 --> 00:45:58.820
 on,

00:45:59.280 --> 00:46:01.200
 and we

00:46:01.200 --> 00:46:01.639
 look like

00:46:01.639 --> 00:46:02.159
 idiots,

00:46:02.500 --> 00:46:02.900
 we look

00:46:02.900 --> 00:46:03.700
 like fools,

00:46:04.980 --> 00:46:06.820
 and as

00:46:06.820 --> 00:46:07.480
 Paul says,

00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:09.440
 if Jesus

00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:09.820
 is not

00:46:09.820 --> 00:46:10.300
 raised,

00:46:10.519 --> 00:46:11.180
 we are

00:46:11.180 --> 00:46:11.940
 idiots and

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:12.420
 fools,

00:46:12.599 --> 00:46:12.880
 right,

00:46:13.420 --> 00:46:14.800
 but we

00:46:14.800 --> 00:46:15.159
 know we're

00:46:15.159 --> 00:46:15.420
 on the

00:46:15.420 --> 00:46:16.200
 right track

00:46:16.200 --> 00:46:16.780
 if even

00:46:16.780 --> 00:46:17.400
 our own

00:46:17.400 --> 00:46:18.320
 leaders,

00:46:19.320 --> 00:46:19.659
 apostles,

00:46:19.780 --> 00:46:20.200
 are telling

00:46:20.200 --> 00:46:21.539
 us our

00:46:21.539 --> 00:46:23.000
 day-to-day

00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:24.099
 hope ought

00:46:24.099 --> 00:46:24.680
 to make

00:46:24.680 --> 00:46:25.320
 us look

00:46:25.320 --> 00:46:26.980
 like fools

00:46:26.980 --> 00:46:28.500
 for what

00:46:28.500 --> 00:46:29.300
 we're trusting

00:46:29.300 --> 00:46:31.460
 in that's

00:46:31.460 --> 00:46:31.860
 coming,

00:46:31.860 --> 00:46:35.079
 and maybe

00:46:35.079 --> 00:46:35.480
 this is

00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:35.700
 just

00:46:35.700 --> 00:46:36.059
 over

00:46:36.059 --> 00:46:36.500
 simple,

00:46:36.720 --> 00:46:37.099
 like maybe

00:46:37.099 --> 00:46:38.059
 I struggle

00:46:38.059 --> 00:46:38.740
 with this

00:46:38.740 --> 00:46:39.019
 more than

00:46:39.019 --> 00:46:39.300
 you guys

00:46:39.300 --> 00:46:39.480
 do,

00:46:39.640 --> 00:46:42.780
 but I

00:46:42.780 --> 00:46:43.079
 struggle

00:46:43.079 --> 00:46:43.480
 with that,

00:46:43.760 --> 00:46:44.220
 I struggle

00:46:44.220 --> 00:46:45.559
 with trusting

00:46:45.559 --> 00:46:47.920
 in what's

00:46:47.920 --> 00:46:48.420
 coming,

00:46:49.260 --> 00:46:49.860
 and with

00:46:49.860 --> 00:46:50.400
 actually

00:46:50.400 --> 00:46:51.120
 recognizing

00:46:51.120 --> 00:46:51.620
 where I

00:46:51.620 --> 00:46:52.039
 am on

00:46:52.039 --> 00:46:52.539
 the timeline,

00:46:52.820 --> 00:46:53.519
 and setting

00:46:53.519 --> 00:46:54.380
 my actual

00:46:54.380 --> 00:46:55.240
 expectations

00:46:55.240 --> 00:46:56.000
 for tomorrow

00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:56.559
 morning when

00:46:56.559 --> 00:46:57.180
 I wake up,

00:46:57.420 --> 00:46:58.240
 like this is

00:46:58.240 --> 00:46:58.680
 another day

00:46:58.680 --> 00:46:58.880
 in the

00:46:58.880 --> 00:46:59.160
 wilderness,

00:46:59.159 --> 00:47:00.440
 God's

00:47:00.440 --> 00:47:00.839
 with me,

00:47:01.399 --> 00:47:02.399
 he's

00:47:02.399 --> 00:47:02.920
 given me

00:47:02.920 --> 00:47:04.079
 things to

00:47:04.079 --> 00:47:04.699
 sustain me,

00:47:04.839 --> 00:47:05.039
 but,

00:47:06.759 --> 00:47:07.519
 I mean,

00:47:07.619 --> 00:47:08.179
 we're all

00:47:08.179 --> 00:47:08.460
 going to

00:47:08.460 --> 00:47:08.899
 die,

00:47:09.399 --> 00:47:09.559
 I mean,

00:47:09.579 --> 00:47:09.899
 we talked

00:47:09.899 --> 00:47:10.199
 about this

00:47:10.199 --> 00:47:10.739
 last week,

00:47:12.460 --> 00:47:12.659
 like,

00:47:13.599 --> 00:47:14.279
 the wrath,

00:47:15.279 --> 00:47:15.559
 it's,

00:47:15.719 --> 00:47:16.119
 we're not in

00:47:16.119 --> 00:47:16.619
 heaven yet,

00:47:16.859 --> 00:47:17.259
 let's put it

00:47:17.259 --> 00:47:17.619
 that way,

00:47:18.259 --> 00:47:18.739
 no one

00:47:18.739 --> 00:47:19.679
 disputes that,

00:47:19.839 --> 00:47:20.019
 right,

00:47:20.119 --> 00:47:20.420
 I mean,

00:47:20.960 --> 00:47:21.579
 we're not

00:47:21.579 --> 00:47:22.460
 home yet,

00:47:23.379 --> 00:47:24.139
 obvious,

00:47:24.339 --> 00:47:24.920
 but I think

00:47:24.920 --> 00:47:25.319
 important,

00:47:25.480 --> 00:47:25.699
 okay,

00:47:27.239 --> 00:47:27.920
 magnitude

00:47:27.920 --> 00:47:28.539
 of grace,

00:47:28.659 --> 00:47:28.819
 the

00:47:28.820 --> 00:47:29.320
 magnitude

00:47:29.320 --> 00:47:30.080
 of grace,

00:47:32.600 --> 00:47:33.120
 so,

00:47:33.420 --> 00:47:36.519
 we got

00:47:36.519 --> 00:47:37.140
 ten minutes,

00:47:37.519 --> 00:47:38.440
 and really

00:47:38.440 --> 00:47:38.900
 what my

00:47:38.900 --> 00:47:39.480
 hope is

00:47:39.480 --> 00:47:41.820
 for our

00:47:41.820 --> 00:47:42.400
 hour,

00:47:42.900 --> 00:47:43.760
 is that

00:47:43.760 --> 00:47:44.519
 you leave

00:47:44.519 --> 00:47:45.120
 encouraged,

00:47:46.120 --> 00:47:47.580
 and your

00:47:47.580 --> 00:47:48.120
 faith is

00:47:48.120 --> 00:47:48.640
 encouraged,

00:47:48.780 --> 00:47:49.080
 and my

00:47:49.080 --> 00:47:49.460
 faith is

00:47:49.460 --> 00:47:49.940
 encouraged,

00:47:51.059 --> 00:47:52.059
 and so,

00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:55.420
 I'm going

00:47:55.420 --> 00:47:55.960
 to put

00:47:55.960 --> 00:47:58.679
 some things

00:47:58.679 --> 00:47:58.960
 in my

00:47:58.960 --> 00:47:59.559
 own words,

00:47:59.659 --> 00:47:59.800
 and then

00:47:59.800 --> 00:47:59.980
 I'm going

00:47:59.980 --> 00:48:00.220
 to read

00:48:00.220 --> 00:48:00.460
 some

00:48:00.460 --> 00:48:00.820
 scriptures,

00:48:01.340 --> 00:48:01.780
 and then

00:48:01.780 --> 00:48:04.079
 I hear your

00:48:04.079 --> 00:48:04.420
 thoughts,

00:48:04.559 --> 00:48:04.740
 and we'll

00:48:04.740 --> 00:48:05.139
 close,

00:48:05.139 --> 00:48:10.139
 Christians

00:48:10.139 --> 00:48:11.440
 are

00:48:11.440 --> 00:48:15.019
 forgiven of

00:48:15.019 --> 00:48:16.039
 all sins,

00:48:16.400 --> 00:48:16.819
 past,

00:48:17.519 --> 00:48:17.900
 present,

00:48:17.900 --> 00:48:19.379
 and future,

00:48:20.379 --> 00:48:21.239
 Christians

00:48:21.239 --> 00:48:23.379
 are counted

00:48:23.379 --> 00:48:24.319
 as clean,

00:48:24.699 --> 00:48:25.039
 holy,

00:48:25.239 --> 00:48:26.119
 and righteous

00:48:26.119 --> 00:48:28.699
 before

00:48:28.699 --> 00:48:30.039
 God,

00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:33.199
 Christians

00:48:33.199 --> 00:48:34.239
 are restored

00:48:34.239 --> 00:48:35.400
 to fellowship

00:48:35.400 --> 00:48:36.440
 with God,

00:48:36.440 --> 00:48:36.539
 and

00:48:36.539 --> 00:48:41.500
 we are

00:48:41.500 --> 00:48:42.239
 adopted

00:48:42.239 --> 00:48:44.960
 as sons

00:48:44.960 --> 00:48:45.679
 and daughters,

00:48:46.820 --> 00:48:48.500
 co-heirs

00:48:48.500 --> 00:48:49.300
 with Christ,

00:48:51.119 --> 00:48:52.920
 mysteriously

00:48:52.920 --> 00:48:53.940
 looking forward

00:48:53.940 --> 00:48:54.820
 to an

00:48:54.820 --> 00:48:55.380
 inheritance

00:48:55.380 --> 00:48:56.880
 that the

00:48:56.880 --> 00:48:57.220
 scriptures

00:48:57.220 --> 00:48:57.940
 themselves

00:48:57.940 --> 00:48:59.039
 say

00:48:59.039 --> 00:49:00.460
 are beyond

00:49:00.460 --> 00:49:01.519
 the imagination

00:49:01.519 --> 00:49:03.140
 of what

00:49:03.140 --> 00:49:03.900
 we can

00:49:03.900 --> 00:49:04.320
 even

00:49:04.320 --> 00:49:05.680
 dream up.

00:49:09.099 --> 00:49:10.000
 Christians

00:49:10.000 --> 00:49:10.780
 are invited

00:49:10.780 --> 00:49:12.220
 into

00:49:12.220 --> 00:49:14.300
 the glory

00:49:14.300 --> 00:49:15.140
 of God,

00:49:15.500 --> 00:49:17.920
 and as we

00:49:17.920 --> 00:49:18.320
 talked about

00:49:18.320 --> 00:49:18.860
 last week,

00:49:18.980 --> 00:49:19.660
 mysteriously

00:49:19.660 --> 00:49:21.700
 Christians

00:49:21.700 --> 00:49:22.420
 are invited

00:49:22.420 --> 00:49:23.640
 to be

00:49:23.640 --> 00:49:24.380
 partakers

00:49:24.380 --> 00:49:25.200
 of the

00:49:25.200 --> 00:49:25.559
 divine

00:49:25.559 --> 00:49:25.980
 nature.

00:49:26.180 --> 00:49:26.780
 I backed

00:49:26.780 --> 00:49:27.140
 this up

00:49:27.140 --> 00:49:27.559
 with scripture

00:49:27.559 --> 00:49:28.099
 last time,

00:49:28.140 --> 00:49:28.400
 I'm not

00:49:28.400 --> 00:49:28.820
 doing that

00:49:28.820 --> 00:49:29.140
 now.

00:49:32.240 --> 00:49:33.079
 We have

00:49:33.079 --> 00:49:33.960
 new bodies

00:49:33.960 --> 00:49:34.720
 coming,

00:49:35.660 --> 00:49:37.180
 all of

00:49:37.180 --> 00:49:37.500
 this is

00:49:37.500 --> 00:49:37.740
 going to

00:49:37.740 --> 00:49:38.559
 last forever

00:49:38.559 --> 00:49:39.260
 and ever,

00:49:40.260 --> 00:49:43.440
 and all

00:49:43.440 --> 00:49:43.960
 of this

00:49:43.960 --> 00:49:44.880
 is secured

00:49:44.880 --> 00:49:45.619
 by God

00:49:45.619 --> 00:49:46.160
 himself

00:49:46.160 --> 00:49:47.099
 because

00:49:47.099 --> 00:49:48.619
 he's

00:49:48.619 --> 00:49:49.360
 freely

00:49:49.360 --> 00:49:50.039
 giving the

00:49:50.039 --> 00:49:50.500
 grace,

00:49:50.800 --> 00:49:51.640
 and he's

00:49:51.640 --> 00:49:52.640
 the guarantor

00:49:52.640 --> 00:49:53.519
 of that

00:49:53.519 --> 00:49:53.960
 grace.

00:49:54.380 --> 00:49:55.619
 it's the

00:49:55.619 --> 00:49:56.700
 flip side

00:49:56.700 --> 00:49:57.579
 of us

00:49:57.579 --> 00:49:58.599
 not being

00:49:58.599 --> 00:49:59.140
 able to

00:49:59.140 --> 00:49:59.660
 earn it.

00:50:01.460 --> 00:50:02.260
 Have you

00:50:02.260 --> 00:50:03.099
 thought about

00:50:03.099 --> 00:50:05.500
 these passages

00:50:05.500 --> 00:50:06.360
 that vex us

00:50:06.360 --> 00:50:07.019
 so much

00:50:07.019 --> 00:50:07.760
 about God

00:50:07.760 --> 00:50:08.260
 choosing?

00:50:08.740 --> 00:50:09.559
 The other

00:50:09.559 --> 00:50:10.400
 side of that

00:50:10.400 --> 00:50:11.480
 coin is

00:50:11.480 --> 00:50:12.599
 that you

00:50:12.599 --> 00:50:13.240
 can't earn

00:50:13.240 --> 00:50:13.460
 it.

00:50:13.940 --> 00:50:14.900
 You cannot

00:50:14.900 --> 00:50:15.720
 earn it,

00:50:15.920 --> 00:50:17.140
 but God

00:50:17.140 --> 00:50:17.780
 can give

00:50:17.780 --> 00:50:18.380
 it and

00:50:18.380 --> 00:50:19.360
 secure it,

00:50:19.559 --> 00:50:20.579
 not by you

00:50:20.579 --> 00:50:21.240
 earning it.

00:50:21.239 --> 00:50:24.859
 how amazing

00:50:24.859 --> 00:50:25.500
 is that?

00:50:26.759 --> 00:50:28.099
 Because if

00:50:28.099 --> 00:50:28.799
 it ends up

00:50:28.799 --> 00:50:29.859
 depending on

00:50:29.859 --> 00:50:30.459
 you earning

00:50:30.459 --> 00:50:30.779
 it,

00:50:31.439 --> 00:50:32.819
 it's in

00:50:32.819 --> 00:50:33.559
 jeopardy.

00:50:34.559 --> 00:50:35.759
 But we

00:50:35.759 --> 00:50:36.419
 test our

00:50:36.419 --> 00:50:37.000
 inferences

00:50:37.000 --> 00:50:37.879
 against the

00:50:37.879 --> 00:50:38.239
 scriptures.

00:50:38.719 --> 00:50:39.339
 Now I'm

00:50:39.339 --> 00:50:39.500
 going to

00:50:39.500 --> 00:50:40.239
 read a few

00:50:40.239 --> 00:50:40.639
 passages

00:50:40.639 --> 00:50:41.679
 for you.

00:50:41.679 --> 00:50:45.619
 1 Corinthians

00:50:45.619 --> 00:50:46.319
 2.9

00:50:46.319 --> 00:50:47.059
 No eye

00:50:47.059 --> 00:50:47.839
 has seen

00:50:47.839 --> 00:50:49.299
 nor ear

00:50:49.299 --> 00:50:50.000
 heard

00:50:50.000 --> 00:50:50.739
 nor the

00:50:50.739 --> 00:50:51.239
 heart of

00:50:51.239 --> 00:50:51.500
 man

00:50:51.500 --> 00:50:52.199
 imagined

00:50:52.199 --> 00:50:53.759
 what God

00:50:53.759 --> 00:50:54.619
 has planned

00:50:54.619 --> 00:50:55.359
 for those

00:50:55.359 --> 00:50:55.819
 who love

00:50:55.819 --> 00:50:56.079
 him.

00:50:57.919 --> 00:50:58.899
 Blessed is

00:50:58.899 --> 00:50:59.440
 the man

00:50:59.440 --> 00:51:00.319
 who preserves

00:51:00.319 --> 00:51:01.179
 under trial

00:51:01.179 --> 00:51:02.159
 because when

00:51:02.159 --> 00:51:02.779
 he has stood

00:51:02.779 --> 00:51:03.319
 the test,

00:51:03.579 --> 00:51:04.159
 he will

00:51:04.159 --> 00:51:04.940
 receive the

00:51:04.940 --> 00:51:05.379
 crown of

00:51:05.379 --> 00:51:05.879
 life that

00:51:05.879 --> 00:51:06.319
 God has

00:51:06.319 --> 00:51:06.960
 promised to

00:51:06.960 --> 00:51:07.379
 those who

00:51:07.379 --> 00:51:07.899
 love him.

00:51:07.900 --> 00:51:11.340
 Jesus

00:51:11.340 --> 00:51:12.700
 speaking in

00:51:12.700 --> 00:51:13.099
 John,

00:51:14.099 --> 00:51:15.000
 my sheep

00:51:15.000 --> 00:51:15.440
 hear my

00:51:15.440 --> 00:51:16.019
 voice and

00:51:16.019 --> 00:51:16.480
 I know

00:51:16.480 --> 00:51:17.019
 them and

00:51:17.019 --> 00:51:17.639
 they follow

00:51:17.639 --> 00:51:17.920
 me.

00:51:18.300 --> 00:51:19.119
 I give

00:51:19.119 --> 00:51:20.119
 them eternal

00:51:20.119 --> 00:51:21.519
 life and

00:51:21.519 --> 00:51:21.960
 they will

00:51:21.960 --> 00:51:22.860
 never perish

00:51:22.860 --> 00:51:23.800
 and no one

00:51:23.800 --> 00:51:24.420
 will snatch

00:51:24.420 --> 00:51:25.019
 them out of

00:51:25.019 --> 00:51:25.619
 my hand.

00:51:26.380 --> 00:51:27.160
 My father

00:51:27.160 --> 00:51:28.320
 who has

00:51:28.320 --> 00:51:28.840
 given them

00:51:28.840 --> 00:51:29.619
 to me is

00:51:29.619 --> 00:51:30.519
 greater than

00:51:30.519 --> 00:51:31.840
 all and

00:51:31.840 --> 00:51:32.480
 no one is

00:51:32.480 --> 00:51:33.139
 able to

00:51:33.139 --> 00:51:33.900
 snatch them

00:51:33.900 --> 00:51:34.400
 out of

00:51:34.400 --> 00:51:35.000
 the father's

00:51:35.000 --> 00:51:35.380
 hand.

00:51:35.380 --> 00:51:37.840
 And the

00:51:37.840 --> 00:51:38.940
 prophet Isaiah,

00:51:39.820 --> 00:51:40.599
 for behold,

00:51:40.760 --> 00:51:41.140
 I will

00:51:41.140 --> 00:51:41.800
 create new

00:51:41.800 --> 00:51:42.880
 heavens and

00:51:42.880 --> 00:51:43.960
 new earth and

00:51:43.960 --> 00:51:44.400
 the former

00:51:44.400 --> 00:51:44.960
 things will

00:51:44.960 --> 00:51:45.559
 not even be

00:51:45.559 --> 00:51:46.860
 remembered nor

00:51:46.860 --> 00:51:47.220
 will they

00:51:47.220 --> 00:51:47.760
 come to

00:51:47.760 --> 00:51:48.079
 mind.

00:51:57.760 --> 00:51:58.660
 All of

00:51:58.660 --> 00:51:59.420
 this is

00:51:59.420 --> 00:52:00.079
 undeserved

00:52:00.079 --> 00:52:00.619
 favor.

00:52:02.619 --> 00:52:03.500
 All of

00:52:03.500 --> 00:52:05.059
 this is

00:52:05.059 --> 00:52:09.599
 secured by

00:52:09.599 --> 00:52:10.759
 sovereign God

00:52:10.759 --> 00:52:11.759
 who's

00:52:11.759 --> 00:52:12.259
 setting

00:52:12.259 --> 00:52:13.840
 his

00:52:13.840 --> 00:52:16.579
 love and

00:52:16.579 --> 00:52:17.299
 favor and

00:52:17.299 --> 00:52:17.739
 forgiveness

00:52:17.739 --> 00:52:19.340
 on us.

00:52:21.739 --> 00:52:22.860
 And so

00:52:22.860 --> 00:52:23.340
 how do we

00:52:23.340 --> 00:52:23.880
 respond to

00:52:23.880 --> 00:52:24.119
 this?

00:52:25.019 --> 00:52:25.320
 You know,

00:52:25.699 --> 00:52:26.619
 maybe we

00:52:26.619 --> 00:52:27.099
 just spend a

00:52:27.099 --> 00:52:27.500
 couple minutes

00:52:27.500 --> 00:52:27.960
 talking about

00:52:27.960 --> 00:52:28.340
 that and

00:52:28.340 --> 00:52:28.599
 then we'll

00:52:28.599 --> 00:52:28.880
 close.

00:52:28.980 --> 00:52:29.239
 How do

00:52:29.239 --> 00:52:32.159
 we respond

00:52:32.159 --> 00:52:33.219
 and how do

00:52:33.219 --> 00:52:33.679
 we maybe

00:52:33.679 --> 00:52:34.099
 not?

00:52:34.099 --> 00:52:34.699
 how do

00:52:34.699 --> 00:52:36.539
 we avoid

00:52:36.539 --> 00:52:37.559
 how do

00:52:37.559 --> 00:52:37.860
 we not

00:52:37.860 --> 00:52:38.299
 respond?

00:52:41.000 --> 00:52:41.480
 Thoughts?

00:52:41.480 --> 00:52:47.719
 tell as many

00:52:47.719 --> 00:52:48.300
 people as

00:52:48.300 --> 00:52:48.719
 you can

00:52:48.719 --> 00:52:49.219
 about it,

00:52:49.519 --> 00:52:50.079
 about this

00:52:50.079 --> 00:52:50.460
 wonderful

00:52:50.460 --> 00:52:50.980
 news.

00:52:51.519 --> 00:52:53.320
 How do you

00:52:53.320 --> 00:52:53.920
 guide it?

00:52:56.059 --> 00:52:56.599
 That's it.

00:52:56.599 --> 00:53:04.679
 don't respond

00:53:04.679 --> 00:53:06.259
 by saying,

00:53:06.339 --> 00:53:06.579
 well, of

00:53:06.579 --> 00:53:07.199
 course God

00:53:07.199 --> 00:53:07.500
 is going to

00:53:07.500 --> 00:53:07.940
 be merciful.

00:53:08.079 --> 00:53:08.400
 That's his

00:53:08.400 --> 00:53:08.819
 job.

00:53:08.900 --> 00:53:09.119
 He's a

00:53:09.119 --> 00:53:09.400
 gracious

00:53:09.400 --> 00:53:09.799
 God.

00:53:10.679 --> 00:53:11.279
 Taking it

00:53:11.279 --> 00:53:11.759
 for granted.

00:53:12.480 --> 00:53:13.420
 But take that

00:53:13.420 --> 00:53:14.199
 context in

00:53:14.199 --> 00:53:15.019
 mind always.

00:53:15.559 --> 00:53:16.299
 This is what I

00:53:16.299 --> 00:53:16.900
 truly deserve.

00:53:17.059 --> 00:53:17.519
 This is what I

00:53:17.519 --> 00:53:17.860
 be given.

00:53:18.279 --> 00:53:19.059
 This is all

00:53:19.059 --> 00:53:19.480
 grace.

00:53:20.480 --> 00:53:20.719
 So,

00:53:20.860 --> 00:53:21.319
 remembering

00:53:21.320 --> 00:53:22.920
 that we

00:53:22.920 --> 00:53:23.300
 were once

00:53:23.300 --> 00:53:23.900
 far off,

00:53:24.100 --> 00:53:24.780
 strangers and

00:53:24.780 --> 00:53:25.460
 exiles without

00:53:25.460 --> 00:53:25.700
 hope,

00:53:25.780 --> 00:53:26.240
 without the

00:53:26.240 --> 00:53:26.620
 promise,

00:53:26.720 --> 00:53:27.000
 but we

00:53:27.000 --> 00:53:27.440
 even brought

00:53:27.440 --> 00:53:28.240
 near by the

00:53:28.240 --> 00:53:28.620
 crisis.

00:53:28.960 --> 00:53:28.980
 So,

00:53:29.420 --> 00:53:29.880
 keeping that

00:53:29.880 --> 00:53:30.300
 context

00:53:30.300 --> 00:53:30.700
 to mind.

00:53:35.360 --> 00:53:35.980
 As a

00:53:35.980 --> 00:53:36.760
 young person

00:53:36.760 --> 00:53:38.760
 brought up

00:53:38.760 --> 00:53:39.559
 in a loving

00:53:39.559 --> 00:53:40.140
 family,

00:53:40.140 --> 00:53:42.480
 I took it

00:53:42.480 --> 00:53:43.059
 for granted

00:53:43.059 --> 00:53:44.739
 and I

00:53:44.739 --> 00:53:45.079
 thought I

00:53:45.079 --> 00:53:45.500
 was pretty

00:53:45.500 --> 00:53:45.860
 good.

00:53:49.460 --> 00:53:50.099
 As an

00:53:50.099 --> 00:53:50.840
 older person,

00:53:52.039 --> 00:53:52.519
 I look

00:53:52.519 --> 00:53:53.000
 back,

00:53:53.539 --> 00:53:54.299
 so that's

00:53:54.299 --> 00:53:54.659
 one thing

00:53:54.659 --> 00:53:55.159
 not to do,

00:53:55.239 --> 00:53:55.759
 not to take

00:53:55.759 --> 00:53:56.299
 it for granted.

00:53:56.759 --> 00:53:57.340
 Now, as an

00:53:57.340 --> 00:53:57.840
 older person,

00:53:57.900 --> 00:53:58.420
 I look back

00:53:58.420 --> 00:53:58.799
 and I think

00:53:58.799 --> 00:53:59.779
 of all my

00:53:59.779 --> 00:54:00.480
 failures.

00:54:00.759 --> 00:54:01.679
 Oh, I

00:54:01.679 --> 00:54:02.019
 should have

00:54:02.019 --> 00:54:02.500
 done this.

00:54:02.579 --> 00:54:03.000
 I could have

00:54:03.000 --> 00:54:03.559
 done that.

00:54:05.880 --> 00:54:06.799
 And then

00:54:06.799 --> 00:54:07.940
 God

00:54:07.940 --> 00:54:08.599
 reminds me

00:54:08.599 --> 00:54:08.900
 of his

00:54:08.900 --> 00:54:09.340
 grace.

00:54:11.380 --> 00:54:11.860
 That's

00:54:11.860 --> 00:54:12.579
 why I

00:54:12.579 --> 00:54:12.880
 need

00:54:12.880 --> 00:54:13.480
 Jesus

00:54:13.480 --> 00:54:15.199
 and I'm

00:54:15.199 --> 00:54:15.860
 secure in

00:54:15.860 --> 00:54:16.179
 him

00:54:16.179 --> 00:54:17.340
 and

00:54:17.340 --> 00:54:17.659
 loved

00:54:17.659 --> 00:54:17.880
 in

00:54:17.880 --> 00:54:18.139
 him.

00:54:21.099 --> 00:54:21.619
 Commit

00:54:21.619 --> 00:54:22.079
 yourself

00:54:22.079 --> 00:54:22.559
 to a

00:54:22.559 --> 00:54:23.039
 lifestyle

00:54:23.039 --> 00:54:23.559
 of giving

00:54:23.559 --> 00:54:24.299
 thanks for

00:54:24.299 --> 00:54:24.539
 his

00:54:24.539 --> 00:54:25.019
 grace.

00:54:25.659 --> 00:54:26.360
 Set a

00:54:26.360 --> 00:54:26.759
 goal

00:54:26.759 --> 00:54:27.599
 twice a

00:54:27.599 --> 00:54:27.920
 day,

00:54:28.239 --> 00:54:29.099
 morning and

00:54:29.099 --> 00:54:29.380
 night,

00:54:30.079 --> 00:54:30.579
 to give

00:54:30.579 --> 00:54:31.039
 thanks.

00:54:33.559 --> 00:54:34.199
 And remind

00:54:34.199 --> 00:54:35.119
 yourself that

00:54:35.119 --> 00:54:35.759
 faith is the

00:54:35.759 --> 00:54:36.400
 assurance of

00:54:36.400 --> 00:54:36.960
 things hoped

00:54:36.960 --> 00:54:37.279
 for,

00:54:37.679 --> 00:54:38.319
 the evidence

00:54:38.319 --> 00:54:39.079
 of things

00:54:39.079 --> 00:54:39.739
 not seen.

00:54:40.340 --> 00:54:40.799
 And if you

00:54:40.799 --> 00:54:41.380
 have faith,

00:54:41.420 --> 00:54:42.119
 no matter how

00:54:42.119 --> 00:54:43.219
 weak it

00:54:43.219 --> 00:54:43.599
 is,

00:54:44.639 --> 00:54:45.480
 that verse

00:54:45.480 --> 00:54:46.339
 applies to

00:54:46.339 --> 00:54:46.639
 you.

00:54:48.799 --> 00:54:49.440
 I think

00:54:49.440 --> 00:54:50.079
 as a reminder

00:54:50.079 --> 00:54:50.920
 that grace is

00:54:50.920 --> 00:54:51.739
 always available.

00:54:52.159 --> 00:54:52.619
 I think in

00:54:52.619 --> 00:54:54.299
 Hebrews it

00:54:54.299 --> 00:54:54.599
 says,

00:54:55.639 --> 00:54:56.259
 let us draw

00:54:56.259 --> 00:54:56.599
 near,

00:54:57.000 --> 00:54:58.400
 I don't

00:54:58.400 --> 00:54:59.179
 obtain mercy,

00:54:59.299 --> 00:54:59.639
 I do me in

00:54:59.639 --> 00:55:00.259
 favor in time

00:55:00.259 --> 00:55:00.659
 of need.

00:55:00.900 --> 00:55:01.460
 I think

00:55:01.460 --> 00:55:02.279
 sometimes we

00:55:02.279 --> 00:55:04.900
 forget it

00:55:04.900 --> 00:55:05.739
 is always

00:55:05.739 --> 00:55:06.219
 available,

00:55:06.420 --> 00:55:06.679
 actually.

00:55:06.679 --> 00:55:07.399
 it's not

00:55:07.399 --> 00:55:09.279
 Jesus said,

00:55:09.460 --> 00:55:10.039
 how many

00:55:10.039 --> 00:55:10.399
 times should

00:55:10.399 --> 00:55:11.000
 you give

00:55:11.000 --> 00:55:11.519
 your brother?

00:55:11.819 --> 00:55:11.980
 There's

00:55:11.980 --> 00:55:12.379
 something to

00:55:12.379 --> 00:55:13.059
 mere morals,

00:55:13.219 --> 00:55:13.379
 right?

00:55:14.339 --> 00:55:15.119
 70 times

00:55:15.119 --> 00:55:15.419
 7.

00:55:15.599 --> 00:55:16.139
 So how

00:55:16.139 --> 00:55:16.639
 many times

00:55:16.639 --> 00:55:17.159
 is God

00:55:17.159 --> 00:55:18.299
 willing to

00:55:18.299 --> 00:55:18.859
 give grace

00:55:18.859 --> 00:55:19.319
 even when

00:55:19.319 --> 00:55:19.719
 we own

00:55:19.719 --> 00:55:19.980
 them?

00:55:20.480 --> 00:55:21.039
 It's a lot

00:55:21.039 --> 00:55:21.359
 more.

00:55:21.359 --> 00:55:22.159
 I think

00:55:22.159 --> 00:55:23.299
 grace is always

00:55:23.299 --> 00:55:25.519
 available from

00:55:25.519 --> 00:55:26.099
 God.

00:55:26.919 --> 00:55:27.599
 I say from

00:55:27.599 --> 00:55:28.139
 God in the

00:55:28.139 --> 00:55:28.579
 sense that

00:55:28.579 --> 00:55:29.000
 there's a

00:55:29.000 --> 00:55:29.460
 verse in

00:55:29.460 --> 00:55:29.779
 Jonah,

00:55:30.000 --> 00:55:30.480
 when he was

00:55:30.480 --> 00:55:31.500
 in the belly

00:55:31.500 --> 00:55:32.000
 of the

00:55:32.000 --> 00:55:33.460
 whale,

00:55:33.659 --> 00:55:33.859
 saying,

00:55:33.860 --> 00:55:34.660
 those who

00:55:34.660 --> 00:55:35.300
 cling to

00:55:35.300 --> 00:55:35.680
 worthless

00:55:35.680 --> 00:55:36.440
 idols,

00:55:36.880 --> 00:55:37.620
 forsake the

00:55:37.620 --> 00:55:38.240
 grace that

00:55:38.240 --> 00:55:38.559
 could be

00:55:38.559 --> 00:55:38.840
 theirs.

00:55:39.360 --> 00:55:39.940
 But I,

00:55:40.019 --> 00:55:40.500
 I think it

00:55:40.500 --> 00:55:40.660
 says,

00:55:40.760 --> 00:55:41.099
 will look to

00:55:41.099 --> 00:55:41.500
 your temple

00:55:41.500 --> 00:55:42.200
 and proclaim

00:55:42.200 --> 00:55:42.840
 salvation

00:55:42.840 --> 00:55:43.320
 amongst

00:55:43.320 --> 00:55:43.680
 God.

00:55:44.000 --> 00:55:44.519
 And sometimes

00:55:44.519 --> 00:55:44.980
 in the middle

00:55:44.980 --> 00:55:45.260
 of our

00:55:45.260 --> 00:55:45.660
 trials,

00:55:45.840 --> 00:55:46.240
 I think we

00:55:46.240 --> 00:55:47.019
 will look

00:55:47.019 --> 00:55:47.480
 to other

00:55:47.480 --> 00:55:48.240
 things for

00:55:48.240 --> 00:55:48.680
 grace,

00:55:49.420 --> 00:55:49.920
 but that

00:55:49.920 --> 00:55:51.280
 verse reminds

00:55:51.280 --> 00:55:51.760
 us that

00:55:51.760 --> 00:55:52.519
 grace is

00:55:52.519 --> 00:55:54.300
 always available

00:55:54.300 --> 00:55:55.400
 and especially

00:55:55.400 --> 00:55:56.300
 from God.

00:55:56.980 --> 00:55:58.880
 And when

00:55:58.880 --> 00:55:59.300
 we don't

00:55:59.300 --> 00:55:59.740
 look to

00:55:59.740 --> 00:56:00.140
 God,

00:56:00.500 --> 00:56:01.440
 we forsake

00:56:01.440 --> 00:56:02.559
 the grace

00:56:02.559 --> 00:56:02.900
 that the

00:56:02.900 --> 00:56:03.320
 verse is.

00:56:03.320 --> 00:56:03.539
 It's

00:56:03.539 --> 00:56:03.900
 always

00:56:03.900 --> 00:56:04.340
 available

00:56:04.340 --> 00:56:04.860
 to us.

00:56:15.000 --> 00:56:15.519
 This

00:56:15.519 --> 00:56:15.920
 grace is

00:56:15.920 --> 00:56:16.160
 like a

00:56:16.160 --> 00:56:16.480
 treasure

00:56:16.480 --> 00:56:16.900
 where

00:56:16.900 --> 00:56:17.500
 someone

00:56:17.500 --> 00:56:19.240
 sold all

00:56:19.240 --> 00:56:19.580
 you have

00:56:19.580 --> 00:56:19.800
 to buy

00:56:19.800 --> 00:56:20.260
 the field

00:56:20.260 --> 00:56:20.960
 where you

00:56:20.960 --> 00:56:21.360
 can find

00:56:21.360 --> 00:56:21.820
 this ultimate

00:56:21.820 --> 00:56:22.720
 treasure of

00:56:22.720 --> 00:56:23.140
 Christ.

00:56:25.140 --> 00:56:25.700
 And it's

00:56:25.700 --> 00:56:25.960
 really,

00:56:26.680 --> 00:56:27.160
 it's a

00:56:27.160 --> 00:56:28.080
 treasure that

00:56:28.080 --> 00:56:28.519
 should be

00:56:28.519 --> 00:56:29.120
 more precious

00:56:29.120 --> 00:56:29.640
 to us

00:56:29.640 --> 00:56:30.240
 than all

00:56:30.240 --> 00:56:30.620
 the riches,

00:56:31.760 --> 00:56:32.240
 all the

00:56:32.240 --> 00:56:32.840
 money in our

00:56:32.840 --> 00:56:33.680
 401k account.

00:56:33.940 --> 00:56:34.760
 This grace

00:56:34.760 --> 00:56:36.579
 is ultimately

00:56:36.579 --> 00:56:37.460
 precious in

00:56:37.460 --> 00:56:38.260
 our treasure

00:56:38.260 --> 00:56:39.260
 for every

00:56:39.260 --> 00:56:40.840
 Christian to

00:56:40.840 --> 00:56:41.280
 treat it as

00:56:41.280 --> 00:56:41.620
 such.

00:56:42.440 --> 00:56:42.840
 And not

00:56:42.840 --> 00:56:43.220
 take it for

00:56:43.220 --> 00:56:43.440
 granted.

00:56:43.440 --> 00:56:46.599
 I can't take

00:56:46.599 --> 00:56:47.139
 it for granted

00:56:47.139 --> 00:56:47.900
 not when our

00:56:47.900 --> 00:56:48.300
 elder,

00:56:48.599 --> 00:56:49.220
 our past

00:56:49.220 --> 00:56:49.519
 elder,

00:56:49.659 --> 00:56:50.260
 walked away

00:56:50.260 --> 00:56:50.679
 from the

00:56:50.679 --> 00:56:51.019
 faith,

00:56:51.539 --> 00:56:51.820
 who was

00:56:51.820 --> 00:56:52.400
 baptized,

00:56:53.139 --> 00:56:53.539
 who played

00:56:53.539 --> 00:56:54.220
 the drums

00:56:54.220 --> 00:56:55.320
 in front of

00:56:55.320 --> 00:56:55.500
 us,

00:56:55.599 --> 00:56:55.980
 and now

00:56:55.980 --> 00:56:56.599
 he's gone.

00:56:56.860 --> 00:56:57.780
 That scares

00:56:57.780 --> 00:56:58.559
 me to death.

00:56:59.320 --> 00:56:59.500
 So,

00:57:00.559 --> 00:57:01.920
 that scares

00:57:01.920 --> 00:57:02.780
 me to no

00:57:02.780 --> 00:57:03.059
 end.

00:57:05.019 --> 00:57:05.440
 Lord,

00:57:05.579 --> 00:57:05.880
 Lord,

00:57:06.320 --> 00:57:06.980
 we did all

00:57:06.980 --> 00:57:07.519
 these things

00:57:07.519 --> 00:57:08.179
 in your name.

00:57:08.179 --> 00:57:12.219
 John,

00:57:12.259 --> 00:57:12.519
 I think

00:57:12.519 --> 00:57:13.199
 it's so

00:57:13.199 --> 00:57:13.819
 interesting

00:57:13.819 --> 00:57:14.619
 how

00:57:14.619 --> 00:57:17.039
 things get

00:57:17.039 --> 00:57:17.799
 back to

00:57:17.799 --> 00:57:18.539
 gratitude.

00:57:19.819 --> 00:57:20.339
 It's like,

00:57:20.399 --> 00:57:20.799
 how do we

00:57:20.799 --> 00:57:21.219
 respond?

00:57:21.379 --> 00:57:21.460
 Well,

00:57:21.599 --> 00:57:22.279
 I think

00:57:22.279 --> 00:57:23.539
 it's obvious,

00:57:23.819 --> 00:57:24.919
 but you

00:57:24.919 --> 00:57:26.239
 never encounter

00:57:26.239 --> 00:57:26.819
 a brother or

00:57:26.819 --> 00:57:27.319
 sister and

00:57:27.319 --> 00:57:27.639
 they're kind

00:57:27.639 --> 00:57:28.139
 of off

00:57:28.139 --> 00:57:30.919
 the rails

00:57:30.919 --> 00:57:31.259
 and it's

00:57:31.259 --> 00:57:31.759
 easier to see

00:57:31.759 --> 00:57:32.000
 in other

00:57:32.000 --> 00:57:32.719
 people than

00:57:32.719 --> 00:57:33.079
 yourself,

00:57:33.199 --> 00:57:33.480
 of course.

00:57:33.480 --> 00:57:36.099
 you don't

00:57:36.099 --> 00:57:36.559
 hear

00:57:36.559 --> 00:57:37.880
 thankfulness,

00:57:37.960 --> 00:57:38.559
 you hear

00:57:38.559 --> 00:57:40.099
 bitterness,

00:57:40.480 --> 00:57:40.740
 maybe.

00:57:41.860 --> 00:57:42.579
 And,

00:57:42.659 --> 00:57:44.280
 it's just

00:57:44.280 --> 00:57:45.000
 so interesting

00:57:45.000 --> 00:57:45.500
 you go back

00:57:45.500 --> 00:57:46.000
 to Romans

00:57:46.000 --> 00:57:46.920
 1 and

00:57:46.920 --> 00:57:47.699
 it's

00:57:47.699 --> 00:57:48.559
 acknowledge

00:57:48.559 --> 00:57:49.079
 God as

00:57:49.079 --> 00:57:49.480
 God,

00:57:50.219 --> 00:57:51.000
 and for

00:57:51.000 --> 00:57:51.460
 us,

00:57:52.460 --> 00:57:53.159
 that means

00:57:53.159 --> 00:57:53.800
 receiving

00:57:53.800 --> 00:57:54.260
 Jesus,

00:57:55.000 --> 00:57:55.500
 that means

00:57:55.500 --> 00:57:56.619
 setting our,

00:57:57.360 --> 00:57:58.599
 it means

00:57:58.599 --> 00:57:59.179
 acknowledging

00:57:59.179 --> 00:57:59.860
 that God

00:57:59.860 --> 00:58:00.280
 is holy

00:58:00.280 --> 00:58:00.740
 and we're

00:58:00.740 --> 00:58:01.059
 not,

00:58:01.519 --> 00:58:01.980
 and he's

00:58:01.980 --> 00:58:02.559
 provided a

00:58:02.559 --> 00:58:03.059
 savior and

00:58:03.059 --> 00:58:03.559
 we receive

00:58:03.559 --> 00:58:04.719
 him and

00:58:04.719 --> 00:58:05.000
 then we

00:58:05.000 --> 00:58:05.500
 give thanks.

00:58:05.599 --> 00:58:05.940
 It's not

00:58:05.940 --> 00:58:06.519
 complicated,

00:58:06.679 --> 00:58:07.099
 it's just

00:58:07.099 --> 00:58:07.480
 hard.

00:58:09.059 --> 00:58:09.299
 It's,

00:58:09.400 --> 00:58:09.880
 it's,

00:58:10.460 --> 00:58:11.880
 and I

00:58:11.880 --> 00:58:12.940
 find it

00:58:12.940 --> 00:58:13.320
 so,

00:58:15.599 --> 00:58:18.539
 you know,

00:58:18.659 --> 00:58:19.019
 the older

00:58:19.019 --> 00:58:19.599
 I get,

00:58:21.179 --> 00:58:26.179
 the gratitude

00:58:26.179 --> 00:58:28.079
 being the

00:58:28.079 --> 00:58:29.599
 key to

00:58:29.599 --> 00:58:30.799
 a joyous

00:58:30.799 --> 00:58:31.619
 life while

00:58:31.619 --> 00:58:32.099
 we're in

00:58:32.099 --> 00:58:32.619
 the wilderness

00:58:32.619 --> 00:58:33.500
 journey

00:58:33.500 --> 00:58:35.339
 fueled by

00:58:35.339 --> 00:58:36.239
 this

00:58:36.239 --> 00:58:36.980
 undeserved

00:58:36.980 --> 00:58:37.539
 grace,

00:58:38.579 --> 00:58:38.799
 the

00:58:38.799 --> 00:58:39.299
 undeserved

00:58:39.299 --> 00:58:39.859
 favor of

00:58:39.859 --> 00:58:40.179
 God

00:58:40.179 --> 00:58:41.719
 is what

00:58:41.719 --> 00:58:41.980
 we have

00:58:41.980 --> 00:58:42.319
 to keep

00:58:42.319 --> 00:58:42.739
 pointing

00:58:42.739 --> 00:58:43.440
 each other

00:58:43.440 --> 00:58:44.079
 back to

00:58:44.079 --> 00:58:45.099
 and encouraging

00:58:45.099 --> 00:58:45.699
 each other.

00:58:46.159 --> 00:58:46.319
 And I

00:58:46.319 --> 00:58:47.079
 loved what

00:58:47.079 --> 00:58:48.460
 someone said

00:58:48.460 --> 00:58:48.779
 too,

00:58:48.920 --> 00:58:49.139
 where

00:58:49.139 --> 00:58:50.799
 every day

00:58:50.799 --> 00:58:51.159
 is a new

00:58:51.159 --> 00:58:51.559
 day to

00:58:51.559 --> 00:58:52.319
 go and

00:58:52.319 --> 00:58:54.039
 recalibrate

00:58:54.039 --> 00:58:54.619
 and go

00:58:54.619 --> 00:58:56.019
 receive,

00:58:56.559 --> 00:58:56.819
 like,

00:58:56.880 --> 00:58:57.639
 don't stay

00:58:57.639 --> 00:58:58.039
 away from

00:58:58.039 --> 00:58:58.559
 God because

00:58:58.559 --> 00:58:59.339
 you had a

00:58:59.339 --> 00:58:59.920
 terrible week

00:58:59.920 --> 00:59:00.900
 and you

00:59:00.900 --> 00:59:01.240
 did a

00:59:01.240 --> 00:59:01.559
 whole bunch

00:59:01.559 --> 00:59:01.920
 of terrible

00:59:01.920 --> 00:59:02.320
 stuff.

00:59:02.400 --> 00:59:02.619
 And it's like,

00:59:02.680 --> 00:59:02.780
 well,

00:59:02.840 --> 00:59:03.300
 maybe I'm not

00:59:03.300 --> 00:59:03.579
 even a

00:59:03.579 --> 00:59:04.059
 Christian now.

00:59:04.139 --> 00:59:04.320
 Whoa,

00:59:04.880 --> 00:59:05.019
 well,

00:59:05.019 --> 00:59:05.500
 that's how you

00:59:05.500 --> 00:59:06.659
 got in the

00:59:06.659 --> 00:59:07.059
 door in the

00:59:07.059 --> 00:59:07.579
 first place.

00:59:07.700 --> 00:59:08.119
 Grace is

00:59:08.119 --> 00:59:08.800
 still grace.

00:59:10.800 --> 00:59:11.579
 It's not like

00:59:11.579 --> 00:59:12.820
 after you've been a

00:59:12.820 --> 00:59:13.500
 Christian for five

00:59:13.500 --> 00:59:13.820
 years,

00:59:14.019 --> 00:59:16.380
 now it's the

00:59:16.380 --> 00:59:17.360
 you show plus

00:59:17.360 --> 00:59:17.780
 grace.

00:59:17.780 --> 00:59:17.820
 grace.

00:59:18.340 --> 00:59:20.160
 And there's

00:59:20.160 --> 00:59:20.780
 some mystery

00:59:20.780 --> 00:59:21.080
 there.

00:59:21.560 --> 00:59:22.360
 We can look

00:59:22.360 --> 00:59:22.820
 to scriptures

00:59:22.820 --> 00:59:23.260
 and say,

00:59:23.360 --> 00:59:23.519
 hey,

00:59:24.000 --> 00:59:25.340
 if you're

00:59:25.340 --> 00:59:25.860
 saying that

00:59:25.860 --> 00:59:26.280
 you're tasting

00:59:26.280 --> 00:59:26.700
 the grace

00:59:26.700 --> 00:59:26.980
 and there's

00:59:26.980 --> 00:59:27.480
 no evidence

00:59:27.480 --> 00:59:27.820
 in your

00:59:27.820 --> 00:59:28.140
 life,

00:59:28.519 --> 00:59:29.180
 then that

00:59:29.180 --> 00:59:29.680
 should be

00:59:29.680 --> 00:59:30.700
 a pause

00:59:30.700 --> 00:59:31.400
 time.

00:59:31.700 --> 00:59:32.140
 But it

00:59:32.140 --> 00:59:32.480
 doesn't

00:59:32.480 --> 00:59:33.240
 change that

00:59:33.240 --> 00:59:34.180
 you're saved

00:59:34.180 --> 00:59:34.720
 by grace

00:59:34.720 --> 00:59:35.500
 all the

00:59:35.500 --> 00:59:35.760
 time.

00:59:36.280 --> 00:59:37.200
 And to

00:59:37.200 --> 00:59:37.300
 me,

00:59:37.360 --> 00:59:37.780
 I find that

00:59:37.780 --> 00:59:38.420
 so encouraging

00:59:38.420 --> 00:59:39.100
 because

00:59:39.100 --> 00:59:40.680
 someone said

00:59:40.680 --> 00:59:40.840
 it,

00:59:40.920 --> 00:59:41.460
 the doors

00:59:41.460 --> 00:59:42.360
 always open

00:59:42.360 --> 00:59:44.800
 and we

00:59:44.800 --> 00:59:45.360
 have an

00:59:45.360 --> 00:59:45.760
 enemy

00:59:45.760 --> 00:59:47.920
 who

00:59:47.920 --> 00:59:49.100
 wants us

00:59:49.100 --> 00:59:50.360
 to paralyze

00:59:50.360 --> 00:59:50.920
 us and

00:59:50.920 --> 00:59:52.040
 sideline us

00:59:52.040 --> 00:59:52.440
 for going

00:59:52.440 --> 00:59:52.840
 back to

00:59:52.840 --> 00:59:53.480
 that grace

00:59:53.480 --> 00:59:54.040
 to fuel

00:59:54.040 --> 00:59:55.380
 our

00:59:55.380 --> 00:59:57.200
 submissiveness

00:59:57.200 --> 00:59:57.720
 to God

00:59:57.720 --> 00:59:58.060
 and our

00:59:58.060 --> 00:59:58.660
 thankfulness.

00:59:58.780 --> 00:59:59.020
 Go ahead,

00:59:59.080 --> 00:59:59.280
 Raul.

00:59:59.280 --> 00:59:59.840
 For me,

01:00:00.000 --> 01:00:00.700
 it's the hard

01:00:00.700 --> 01:00:01.280
 part is

01:00:01.280 --> 01:00:03.480
 when is

01:00:03.480 --> 01:00:04.220
 God doing

01:00:04.220 --> 01:00:04.800
 everything

01:00:04.800 --> 01:00:06.440
 and when

01:00:06.440 --> 01:00:06.820
 is it

01:00:06.820 --> 01:00:07.400
 monergism,

01:00:07.560 --> 01:00:08.140
 when is it

01:00:08.140 --> 01:00:09.060
 that I can't?

01:00:10.940 --> 01:00:12.060
 When exactly

01:00:12.060 --> 01:00:13.160
 do I get

01:00:13.160 --> 01:00:13.620
 my act

01:00:13.620 --> 01:00:14.320
 together under

01:00:14.320 --> 01:00:15.080
 the hospices

01:00:15.080 --> 01:00:15.500
 of the

01:00:15.500 --> 01:00:15.740
 Bible?

01:00:15.760 --> 01:00:16.540
 Lord and

01:00:16.540 --> 01:00:17.020
 my brothers

01:00:17.020 --> 01:00:17.340
 in my

01:00:17.340 --> 01:00:17.660
 church

01:00:17.660 --> 01:00:18.360
 where it's

01:00:18.360 --> 01:00:19.180
 me working

01:00:19.180 --> 01:00:20.440
 and then

01:00:20.440 --> 01:00:20.840
 I'll just

01:00:20.840 --> 01:00:21.460
 stop because

01:00:21.460 --> 01:00:21.960
 I don't want

01:00:21.960 --> 01:00:22.360
 it to be

01:00:22.360 --> 01:00:23.060
 just me,

01:00:23.240 --> 01:00:23.640
 I want

01:00:23.640 --> 01:00:24.000
 it to be

01:00:24.000 --> 01:00:24.640
 God.

01:00:25.400 --> 01:00:26.100
 But it

01:00:26.100 --> 01:00:26.620
 ends up

01:00:26.620 --> 01:00:27.140
 looking like

01:00:27.140 --> 01:00:27.620
 it's me

01:00:27.620 --> 01:00:28.220
 and God

01:00:28.220 --> 01:00:28.540
 and if

01:00:28.540 --> 01:00:28.940
 it's that

01:00:28.940 --> 01:00:29.480
 then I

01:00:29.480 --> 01:00:29.920
 can't do

01:00:29.920 --> 01:00:30.260
 this.

01:00:30.920 --> 01:00:31.620
 It's just

01:00:31.620 --> 01:00:33.260
 so confusing

01:00:33.260 --> 01:00:33.760
 to me.

01:00:35.040 --> 01:00:35.780
 My whole

01:00:35.780 --> 01:00:36.400
 Christian walk

01:00:36.400 --> 01:00:36.660
 has been

01:00:36.660 --> 01:00:37.180
 like that.

01:00:38.180 --> 01:00:38.580
 Yep.

01:00:40.220 --> 01:00:40.920
 Let's pray

01:00:40.920 --> 01:00:41.400
 about that

01:00:41.400 --> 01:00:42.060
 because I

01:00:42.060 --> 01:00:42.660
 feel that

01:00:42.660 --> 01:00:43.440
 and we

01:00:43.440 --> 01:00:43.700
 got to

01:00:43.700 --> 01:00:44.240
 close and

01:00:44.240 --> 01:00:44.640
 that could

01:00:44.640 --> 01:00:44.800
 be,

01:00:44.800 --> 01:00:45.780
 that's a

01:00:45.780 --> 01:00:46.180
 whole other

01:00:46.180 --> 01:00:46.720
 thing.

01:00:46.820 --> 01:00:47.140
 But let's

01:00:47.140 --> 01:00:47.360
 pray.

01:00:48.140 --> 01:00:48.580
 Our Father

01:00:48.580 --> 01:00:48.960
 in heaven,

01:00:49.080 --> 01:00:49.380
 we do

01:00:49.380 --> 01:00:49.960
 pray that

01:00:49.960 --> 01:00:51.180
 you would

01:00:51.180 --> 01:00:54.360
 bolster our

01:00:54.360 --> 01:00:55.920
 faith and

01:00:55.920 --> 01:00:58.120
 that Holy

01:00:58.120 --> 01:00:58.500
 Spirit,

01:00:58.500 --> 01:00:59.260
 we pray that

01:00:59.260 --> 01:00:59.500
 you would

01:00:59.500 --> 01:01:00.140
 continue to

01:01:00.140 --> 01:01:00.600
 show us

01:01:00.600 --> 01:01:01.360
 Jesus and

01:01:01.360 --> 01:01:02.019
 show us our

01:01:02.019 --> 01:01:02.780
 ongoing need

01:01:02.780 --> 01:01:03.300
 for Jesus

01:01:03.300 --> 01:01:04.100
 and help us

01:01:04.100 --> 01:01:05.740
 to repent

01:01:05.740 --> 01:01:06.580
 and turn away

01:01:06.580 --> 01:01:07.240
 from evil

01:01:07.239 --> 01:01:10.199
 and turn

01:01:10.199 --> 01:01:10.659
 away from

01:01:10.659 --> 01:01:11.319
 our self

01:01:11.319 --> 01:01:11.859
 sufficiency

01:01:11.859 --> 01:01:12.439
 and our

01:01:12.439 --> 01:01:12.919
 autonomy

01:01:12.919 --> 01:01:14.759
 and turn

01:01:14.759 --> 01:01:15.319
 to you

01:01:15.319 --> 01:01:17.759
 with open

01:01:17.759 --> 01:01:18.339
 hands and

01:01:18.339 --> 01:01:19.059
 receive

01:01:19.059 --> 01:01:21.419
 our salvation.

01:01:22.159 --> 01:01:22.599
 And Father,

01:01:22.699 --> 01:01:23.259
 we do pray

01:01:23.259 --> 01:01:23.879
 that you would

01:01:23.879 --> 01:01:25.619
 help us to

01:01:25.619 --> 01:01:26.059
 not make

01:01:26.059 --> 01:01:26.639
 peace with

01:01:26.639 --> 01:01:27.179
 our sin,

01:01:27.359 --> 01:01:27.759
 that we

01:01:27.759 --> 01:01:29.439
 would strive

01:01:29.439 --> 01:01:31.699
 to please

01:01:31.699 --> 01:01:32.079
 you with

01:01:32.079 --> 01:01:32.659
 our lives,

01:01:32.739 --> 01:01:33.099
 that we

01:01:33.099 --> 01:01:35.059
 would fight

01:01:35.059 --> 01:01:36.320
 the fight

01:01:36.320 --> 01:01:36.799
 of faith

01:01:36.799 --> 01:01:38.279
 and pray

01:01:38.279 --> 01:01:38.840
 that everyone

01:01:38.840 --> 01:01:39.739
 here would

01:01:39.739 --> 01:01:41.799
 be,

01:01:42.119 --> 01:01:42.440
 that we

01:01:42.440 --> 01:01:42.739
 would all

01:01:42.739 --> 01:01:43.380
 be encouraging

01:01:43.380 --> 01:01:44.099
 each other

01:01:44.099 --> 01:01:45.840
 towards the

01:01:45.840 --> 01:01:46.500
 finish line

01:01:46.500 --> 01:01:47.980
 and we

01:01:47.980 --> 01:01:48.340
 would run

01:01:48.340 --> 01:01:48.719
 the race

01:01:48.719 --> 01:01:49.000
 well.

01:01:49.099 --> 01:01:49.239
 And we

01:01:49.239 --> 01:01:49.739
 do also

01:01:49.739 --> 01:01:50.039
 pray,

01:01:50.340 --> 01:01:50.440
 Father,

01:01:51.699 --> 01:01:52.299
 for the,

01:01:52.719 --> 01:01:55.179
 for our

01:01:55.179 --> 01:01:56.779
 witness

01:01:56.779 --> 01:01:58.440
 to these

01:01:58.440 --> 01:01:58.820
 things.

01:02:01.239 --> 01:02:01.880
 So we

01:02:01.880 --> 01:02:02.239
 thank you

01:02:02.239 --> 01:02:02.559
 for your

01:02:02.559 --> 01:02:03.019
 grace and

01:02:03.019 --> 01:02:03.320
 we thank

01:02:03.320 --> 01:02:03.860
 you for

01:02:03.860 --> 01:02:04.940
 your undeserved

01:02:04.940 --> 01:02:06.160
 forgiveness

01:02:06.160 --> 01:02:06.860
 and favor

01:02:06.860 --> 01:02:07.340
 on us.

01:02:07.440 --> 01:02:07.760
 In Jesus'

01:02:07.960 --> 01:02:08.120
 name,

01:02:08.280 --> 01:02:08.500
 Amen.

01:02:08.500 --> 01:02:08.599
 Amen.