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 Well, let's hear the word of God.

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 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

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 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.

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 In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ,

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 in accordance with his pleasure and will, to the praise of his glorious grace,

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 which he has freely given us in the one he loves.

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 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,

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 in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us.

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 With all wisdom and understanding, he made known to us the mystery of his will,

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 according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ,

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 to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment,

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 to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.

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 In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him

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 who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,

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 in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ,

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 might be for the praise of his glory.

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 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth,

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 the gospel of your salvation.

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 When you believed, you are marked in him with a seal,

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 the promised Holy Spirit,

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 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance

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 until the redemption of those who are God's possession,

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 to the praise of his glory.

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 And then in chapter 2 at verse 1,

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 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

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 in which you used to live,

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 when you followed the ways of this world

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 and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air,

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 the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.

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 All of us also lived among them at one time,

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 gratifying the cravings of our flesh

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 and following its desires and thoughts.

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 Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

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 But because of his great love for us,

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 God, who is rich in mercy,

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 made us alive with Christ

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 even when we were dead in transgressions.

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 It is by grace you have been saved.

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 And God raised us up with Christ

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 and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus

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 in order that in the coming ages

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 he might show the incomparable riches of his grace

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 expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

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 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith.

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 And this is not from yourselves.

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 It is the gift of God,

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 not by works so that no one can boast.

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 For we are God's handiwork,

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 created in Christ Jesus to do good works,

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 which God prepared in advance for us to do.

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 So we can keep our Bibles there

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 as we think together about the saving grace of God.

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 What do we mean by grace?

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 When we think about saving grace,

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 it's important to have some clarity in that.

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 I was thinking about a bad reading habit of mine

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 that perhaps some of us can empathize with.

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 I'm trying to get a little bit better,

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 but I read a lot of older books

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 and some newer books as well.

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 But whenever I come across old words,

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 sometimes fancy words,

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 often, maybe you recognize this,

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 I try and have a stab at the meaning.

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 I kind of presume that I get the gist of it

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 so I can hopefully fill in the blank.

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 Sometimes that goes okay.

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 Sometimes it means my understanding of a sentence

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 or an idea is not very precise.

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 Sometimes it's just going to be flat out wrong.

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 And that can happen

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 when we think about Bible words.

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 Sometimes that can be the fancy Bible words,

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 the big long words, technical words,

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 but it can also be the case with a word like grace.

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 We can hear it perhaps a lot,

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 we can use it perhaps a lot,

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 and maybe we're not very precise about it.

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 Sometimes we can even get it just plain wrong.

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 So we're going to try and bring some clarity for ourselves

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 to recognize realities like God's grace is his love

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 that's freely shown towards sinners

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 who do not earn or deserve it.

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 We're going to see that very clearly.

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 We're going to see that grace is God showing his goodness

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 to people who deserve only judgment.

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 And Paul brings that to us very clearly.

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 And to recognize that the gospel tells us

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 that there is full and free grace

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 for all who come to Jesus.

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 In other words,

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 the message of the gospel stands as good news for all people,

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 and it doesn't insist on conditions before receiving it.

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 It doesn't say,

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 here's the list of criteria you need to pass,

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 here's the standard you need to reach.

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 So that,

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 as hopefully we have greater clarity on the gospel of grace,

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 as we think about God's grace,

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 it will cause us to love the God of grace

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 and the grace of God more.

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 To appreciate, in that sense,

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 the gift that we have been given.

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 Now, I think there are at least four basic truths

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 that stand behind saving grace.

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 for clear biblical truths

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 that are not necessarily popular truths

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 or truths that would be recognized and valued

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 in the times that we live in,

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 and perhaps never.

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 The first is that we, by nature,

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 are morally undeserving.

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 That's one of the premises of grace.

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 But we live in a culture

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 where we are encouraged from a very young age

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 to have a very high view of ourself,

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 to have a high view of our own goodness and ability.

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 And you couple that with

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 a loss of the sense of God,

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 a view of God's holiness,

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 a loss of the idea of sin.

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 And it's very easy then for people to imagine,

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 well, if there is a God,

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 then he must judge

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 what makes a good person

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 the same way that we would judge

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 what goodness looks like.

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 But the Bible is really clear, isn't it,

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 in the language that it uses.

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 So it will speak of people by nature

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 as being fallen

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 or being rebels against God,

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 of being guilty before God,

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 of being unclean

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 and therefore unworthy

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 of standing in God's presence.

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 So that's one basic truth.

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 Another one is,

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 and it's connected,

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 is that we are spiritually powerless.

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 And again,

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 this can be hard for us to hear,

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 especially if our understanding of religion

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 is about what we do.

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 And what Keith was talking about this morning,

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 religion without grace

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 will work on the assumption,

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 well, if there's a broken relationship with God,

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 well, I can fix it.

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 I can do something

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 to put God in my debt

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 to make God owe me

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 the way I live

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 by showing sacrifice

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 by my religion,

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 by my morality,

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 by my charity work.

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 That's a common misunderstanding

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 of how we are to be before God.

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 Because the Bible, again,

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 is clear that

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 by the law,

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 by law-keeping,

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 by our own goodness,

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 no one will be declared righteous.

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 So we're morally undeserving

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 and we're spiritually powerless.

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 And that's part of the backdrop to grace.

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 But then we also need to understand

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 realities about God as well.

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 Again, centrally,

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 the justice of God

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 needs to be held in view

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 if we're to understand God's grace

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 and appreciate it.

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 Again, think about the cultural air

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 that we breathe.

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 The essential virtue of our time

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 is tolerant.

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 Punishment is out.

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 We are often hearing,

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 you know,

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 a person has no right

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 to impose right and wrong

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 on another.

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 Each one is free

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 to decide right and wrong

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 for him or herself.

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 And that is to exclude

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 the ultimate standard of justice

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 that is God.

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 But, of course,

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 the Bible declares to us

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 that God is just,

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 that God will judge,

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 that God's character is holy,

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 therefore he must deal with sin.

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 And we need that.

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 And the last basic truth

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 behind saving grace

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 that we're going to think about

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 just now

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 is the idea of God's freedom.

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 The freedom of God

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 in extending grace.

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 There is,

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 I guess,

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 again,

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 a popular view.

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 It would say,

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 well,

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 God will forgive me.

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 God will forgive people.

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 That's his job.

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 If there is a God

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 and if he does anything,

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 then surely he's there

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 to forgive and to accept

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 and it's tolerance,

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 sort of,

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 bread large.

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 Is God obliged

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 to save everyone?

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 And maybe when pushed,

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 some people might say,

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 well,

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 maybe not the mass murders

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 and the tyrants

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 and the dictators.

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 But we are at risk

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 if we lose sight

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 of the reality

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 that mercy

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 is optional with God.

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 What we deserve

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 is justice.

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 If God shows mercy

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 and grace,

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 that's his right,

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 that's his freedom.

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 Exodus 33 and Romans 9

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 both say the same thing.

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 I will have mercy

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 on whom I will have mercy.

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 And so,

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 essential to understanding

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 the doctrine of the grace of God

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 is that God is free

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 in extending grace.

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 So,

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 when you put these four truths together,

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 we need to conclude

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 that our destiny,

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 then,

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 as people,

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 lies in God's determination

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 salvation

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 to save his people

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 from sins

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 by his free grace.

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 Now,

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 we could think about,

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 I was thinking,

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 I was finishing off

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 Knowing God again

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 by J.I. Packer.

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 He makes the excellent point

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 that from a psychological

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 point of view,

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 when a person comes to faith,

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 we make a real decision.

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 But theologically,

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 we understand that

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 that faith, too,

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 is a gift.

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 That from beginning to end,

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 salvation is a gift

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 of God's grace.

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 That we need God's grace,

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 I think,

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 would have become apparent

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 to us,

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 having read Ephesians 2,

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 reading those first three verses.

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 But doesn't it become

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 apparent to us as well

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 when we switch on the news

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 or switch on our computers

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 and see what happens

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 in the world?

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 When we were listening to,

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 some of us were listening

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 to a chap from OMF,

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 Rico Villanueva,

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 talking about lament.

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 And somebody asked

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 a really helpful question.

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 You know,

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 how do we deal

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 with the reality

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 that we could constantly,

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 24 hours a day,

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 be confronted

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 with the sadness

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 and the horror

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 that's happening

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 all around the globe?

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 We recognize that,

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 don't we?

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 Global news coverage

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 means we can constantly

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 feel overwhelmed

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 by the distress

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 and the sadness.

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 But you know,

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 one thing that that

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 also presents to us

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 is the overwhelming case

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 for human wickedness

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 and brokenness.

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 That 24-hour news cycle

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 challenges a naive optimism

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 that perhaps leads many

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 towards despair.

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 One of the things

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 that can happen

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 is we watch news coverage,

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 we think we can divide

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 into them and us.

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 We recognize true evil

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 and folks like Putin

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 and dictators

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 and those kind of things

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 and we can divide

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 and say,

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 well,

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 yeah,

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 of course they're evil,

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 but, you know.

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 Solzhenitsyn,

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 who was himself Russian,

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 when he was writing

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 his book,

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 The Gulag Archipelago,

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 he was forced

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 to make an honest assessment.

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 He went to prison

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 for criticizing Stalin

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 and he made the assessment

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 that the line

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 between good and evil

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 doesn't cut between states,

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 but it runs through

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 every human heart.

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 And Ephesians 2,

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 as we come to Ephesians 2,

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 it's going to do two things

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 for us as we spend

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 a little bit of time here.

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 It's going to, again,

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 reveal to us

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 a dark portrait

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 of humanity

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 without Christ.

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 And it's going to give us

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 a dazzling picture

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 of the beauty

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 of God's grace.

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 So we'll see

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 what it teaches

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 and we'll think about

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 what difference

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 it can make

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 for our everyday lives.

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 So let's begin

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 with this dark portrait

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 in the first three verses

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 of people

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 by nature.

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 Now I imagine

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 we are familiar

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 with

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 amnesia

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 and what happens

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 when a person

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 has amnesia.

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 It means that

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 for some reason

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 or other,

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 perhaps a trauma

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 or some kind of injury,

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 a person forgets

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 their past.

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 They forget

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 their story.

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 They can even forget

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 their identity,

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 who they are.

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 And one of the things

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 that's certainly true

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 for us as Christians

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 is that we can easily

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 have spiritual amnesia.

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 And perhaps

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 that can be a danger

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 the longer we go

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 in the Christian life.

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 We can forget

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 the amazing miracle

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 of being saved

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 by grace

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 when we spend

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 a prolonged period

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 of time

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 in the family of God.

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 And so here

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 in Ephesians 2

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 we have this reminder

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 of living death

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 without Jesus.

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 That we wouldn't have

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 that spiritual amnesia

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 that would lead us

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 to take grace

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 for granted.

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 So we can see

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 three different things

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 happening in each

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 of these verses.

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 So chapter 2

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 verse 1

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 begins,

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 As for you,

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 you were dead

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 in your transgressions

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 and sins.

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 So this was a reality

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 for Christians

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 in their past

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 before knowing

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 salvation through Jesus.

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 Dead.

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 Dead in transgressions.

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 That idea of trespassing

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 into forbidden territory.

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 Guilty of sins.

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 Missing the mark.

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 Like aiming

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 in archery

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 and falling short

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 of the target.

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 Missing God's

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 perfect standard.

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 Spiritually dead.

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 Walking corpses.

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 Spiritually dead

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 and also

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 verse 2

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 and into verse 3

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 slaves.

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 Dead in your transgressions

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 and sins

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 in which you used to live

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 when you followed

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 the ways of this world

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 and the ruler

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 of the kingdom

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 of the air.

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 And then verse 3

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 all of us who lived

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 among them

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 at one time

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 gratifying the cravings

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 of our flesh

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 and following

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 its desires

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 and thoughts.

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 Following

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 the ways

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 of the world

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 which here means

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 that world system

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 those values

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 that stand

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 opposed to God.

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 Following

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 the devil

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 the ruler

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 of the kingdom

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 of the air

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 believing his lies

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 living in disobedience

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 and following

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 the desires

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 of the flesh

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 those sinful desires

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 of the body

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 and of the mind

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 and with the reality

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 that there was no

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 escape from

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 that condition

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 slavery.

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 And because of that

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 end of verse 3

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 like the rest

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 we were by nature

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 deserving

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 of wrath.

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 Natural condition

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 standing under

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 the condemnation

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 of God

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 deserving

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 his wrath.

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 God's

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 righteous

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 personal

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 hostility

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 to evil.

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 His refusal

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 to compromise

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 with it

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 or to sweep it

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 under the carpet.

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 God's

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 necessarily

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 acting

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 in line

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 with his

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 perfectly

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 holy

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 character.

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 And so

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 Paul brings us

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 a reality check

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 brought it to

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 those first century

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 Christians.

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 Here is God's

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 view on humanity

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 without Jesus.

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 This was our

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 story

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 without

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 Jesus.

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 Spiritually

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 powerless

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 dead people

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 have no power

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 morally

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 undeserving

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 choosing

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 the path

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 of disobedience

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 in the way

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 of darkness.

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 As John

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 said

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 in chapter 3

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 of his

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 gospel

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 Jesus came

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 as light

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 and the people

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 chose darkness

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 instead

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 and actually

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 hate

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 the light.

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 And outside

00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:28.399
 of God's

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 grace

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 Paul is saying

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 this is

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 everyone's

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 story.

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 We think

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 about some

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 of the famous

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 stories that

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 Jesus taught

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 the parable

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 of the lost

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 sheep.

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 By nature

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 we are

00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:42.559
 hungry

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 and helpless

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 and at the

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 risk of the

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 elements and

00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:47.440
 of enemy

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 forces and

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 what we need

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 is a good

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 shepherd.

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 Think of the

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 good Samaritan

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 story.

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 By nature

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 we are the

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 guy who's

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 lying on the

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 roadside

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 powerless

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 and dying

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 and what we

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 need is a

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 good Samaritan

00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:01.480
 to rescue

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 us.

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 By nature

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 think about

00:18:04.820 --> 00:18:05.580
 the parable

00:18:05.580 --> 00:18:05.840
 of the

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 prodigal

00:18:06.220 --> 00:18:06.480
 son.

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 We are

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 either far

00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:08.660
 from home

00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:09.620
 and destroying

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 our lives

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 walking away

00:18:11.100 --> 00:18:11.480
 from our

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 father or

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 we misunderstand

00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:13.860
 his character

00:18:13.860 --> 00:18:14.180
 and we're

00:18:14.180 --> 00:18:14.800
 slaving away

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 trying to earn

00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:16.019
 something he

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 would freely

00:18:16.560 --> 00:18:17.180
 give and what

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 we need is

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 the welcome

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 of the

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 good father.

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 And so

00:18:22.280 --> 00:18:23.380
 Paul reminds

00:18:23.380 --> 00:18:23.840
 us that to

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 love the

00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:25.259
 grace of

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 God and

00:18:25.620 --> 00:18:25.960
 the God

00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:26.420
 of grace

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 we first

00:18:27.040 --> 00:18:27.759
 need to see

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 and appreciate

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 and constantly

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 remind ourselves

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 I think

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 of our need

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 and of our

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 spiritual

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 state

00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:35.299
 without

00:18:35.299 --> 00:18:35.879
 Jesus.

00:18:38.179 --> 00:18:39.199
 So that

00:18:39.199 --> 00:18:40.179
 when we get

00:18:40.179 --> 00:18:40.740
 to verse 4

00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:41.099
 to 10

00:18:41.099 --> 00:18:41.559
 we see

00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:42.319
 this dazzling

00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:42.759
 wonderful

00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:43.379
 picture of

00:18:43.379 --> 00:18:43.740
 God's

00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:44.240
 grace.

00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:46.439
 When we

00:18:46.439 --> 00:18:46.699
 think of

00:18:46.699 --> 00:18:47.099
 the hymn

00:18:47.099 --> 00:18:48.199
 that

00:18:48.199 --> 00:18:48.939
 probably

00:18:48.939 --> 00:18:50.139
 most

00:18:50.139 --> 00:18:51.099
 captures

00:18:51.099 --> 00:18:51.559
 for many

00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:51.879
 people

00:18:51.879 --> 00:18:52.740
 the idea

00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:53.179
 of God's

00:18:53.179 --> 00:18:53.359
 grace

00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:53.740
 we probably

00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:54.319
 think of

00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:55.500
 John Newton's

00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:56.339
 amazing grace

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 in that

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 first verse

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 he has

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 those lines

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 I once

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 was lost

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 but

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 now I'm

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 found

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 was blind

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 but now

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 I see

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 we find

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 that same

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 kind of

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 idea

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 here

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 in

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 Ephesians

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 2

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 verse 4

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 this is

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 what we

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 were

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 by

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 nature

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 this was

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 our

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 past

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 but

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 God

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 but

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 because

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 of his

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 great

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 love

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 for us

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 God

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 Ephesians

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 2

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 wants us

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 to sing

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 amazing

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 grace

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 as we

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 recognize

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 this was

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 us

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 by nature

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 but

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 God

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 transformation

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 comes

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 four

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 things

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 to

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 recognize

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 about

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 God's

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 grace

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 in

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 these

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 wonderful

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 verses

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 first of

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 all

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 God's

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 grace

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 is the

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 motive

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 for

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 salvation

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 look at

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 verse 4

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 and 5

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 but

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 because of

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 his great

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 love

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 for us

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 God

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 who is

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 rich

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 in

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 mercy

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 made

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 us

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 alive

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 with

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 Christ

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 even

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 when

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 we

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 were

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 dead

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 in

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 transgressions

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 it

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 is

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 by

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 grace

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 you

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 have

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 been

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 saved

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 how

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 are

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 spiritually

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 dead

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 people

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 made

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 alive

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 how

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 are

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 slaves

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 set

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 free

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 how

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 do

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 condemned

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 people

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 receive

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 honor

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 because

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 of

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 God's

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 desire

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 to

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 save

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 people

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 by

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 grace

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 God's

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 grace

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 demonstrates

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 God's

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 love

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 to us

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 God's

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 grace

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 is an

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 expression

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 of his

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 rich

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 mercy

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 towards

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 us

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 end

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 of

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 verse

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 7

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 God's

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 grace

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 is

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 expressed

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 in his

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 kindness

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 to us

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 in

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 Christ

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 Jesus

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 all

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 of

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 those

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 phrases

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 drawing

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 us

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 towards

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 the

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 same

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 part

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 that

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 salvation

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 flows

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 from

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 God's

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 own

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 heart

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 not

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 our

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 earning

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 it

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 not

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 our

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 deserving

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 it

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 not

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 our

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 working

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 our

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 way

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 up

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 to

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 it

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 the

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 love

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 mercy

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 kindness

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 grace

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 of

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 God

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 is

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 the

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 motive

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 for

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 salvation

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 in

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 a

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 sense

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 that's

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 where

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 that

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 wonderful

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 opening

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 section

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 chapter 1

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 verse 3

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 to 14

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 takes us

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 as well

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 you almost

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 have that

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 sense of

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 a snowball

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 effect

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 of

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 these

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 spiritual

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 blessings

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 in Christ

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 just

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 piling up

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 and growing

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 in momentum

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 and growing

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 in speed

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 and just

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 to get a

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 wee flavour

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 at the

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 beginning

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 of all

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 these

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 spiritual

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 blessings

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 that are

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 ours

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 by God's

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 free

00:21:16.700 --> 00:21:16.920
 grace

00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:17.200
 look at

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 chapter 1

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 verse 4

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 he chose

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 us in

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 him

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 before

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 the creation

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 of the world

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 to be holy

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 and blameless

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 in his sight

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 so chosen

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 before

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 creation

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 so there's

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 a great

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 demonstration

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 this is

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 God's

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 freedom

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:31.000
 this isn't

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 down

00:21:31.320 --> 00:21:31.759
 to

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 us

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 and here's

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 the extent

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.600
 of God's

00:21:34.600 --> 00:21:34.820
 grace

00:21:34.820 --> 00:21:35.680
 that he's

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.700
 lavishing

00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.160
 his grace

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 on us

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 so that we

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 might be

00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:38.519
 holy

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 and blameless

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 it's grace

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 from beginning

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 to end

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:43.039
 verse 5

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 continues

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 the same

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 idea

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:44.960
 in love

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:46.320
 he predestined

00:21:46.320 --> 00:21:46.660
 us

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:47.860
 for adoption

00:21:47.860 --> 00:21:48.700
 to sonship

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 in accordance

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 with his

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 pleasure

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.160
 and will

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 there's his

00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:52.180
 motive

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:52.620
 God's

00:21:52.620 --> 00:21:53.279
 pleasure

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:53.720
 God's

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.080
 delight

00:21:54.080 --> 00:21:55.540
 in calling

00:21:55.540 --> 00:21:56.060
 saving

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 predestining

00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:59.880
 his people

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 to be adopted

00:22:00.600 --> 00:22:01.160
 into his

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.620
 family

00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:03.680
 verse 7

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.040
 in him

00:22:04.040 --> 00:22:04.420
 we have

00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:05.060
 redemption

00:22:05.060 --> 00:22:06.380
 through his

00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:06.680
 blood

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.220
 the forgiveness

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:07.759
 of sins

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.840
 in accordance

00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:09.440
 with

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:11.000
 the riches

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.800
 of God's

00:22:11.800 --> 00:22:12.440
 grace

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.640
 grace

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:15.799
 this gift

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:17.059
 of grace

00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:18.660
 was decided

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.759
 in eternity

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.700
 past

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.900
 but it

00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:22.559
 comes to

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:22.900
 us in

00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:23.440
 the person

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:24.019
 of Jesus

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.700
 and his

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.640
 sacrificial

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:26.080
 death

00:22:26.080 --> 00:22:26.340
 on the

00:22:26.340 --> 00:22:26.600
 cross

00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:26.920
 so that

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.480
 we might

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:27.880
 be

00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:28.720
 redeemed

00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.220
 the point

00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:29.380
 of

00:22:29.380 --> 00:22:29.820
 Ephesians

00:22:29.820 --> 00:22:30.460
 1 and

00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:30.880
 2 is

00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:31.480
 that all

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.160
 of salvation

00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:34.600
 is motivated

00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:35.340
 by God's

00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:36.100
 free grace

00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:37.799
 comes to

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.019
 us in

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.459
 the sending

00:22:38.459 --> 00:22:39.019
 of Jesus

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:40.319
 and it's

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:40.759
 a grace

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.779
 that's costly

00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:44.119
 we are

00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:44.599
 saved by

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:45.240
 the blood

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.899
 of Jesus

00:22:45.899 --> 00:22:46.619
 his blood

00:22:46.619 --> 00:22:47.559
 atones

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.099
 his blood

00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:49.199
 propitiates

00:22:49.199 --> 00:22:50.419
 it redirects

00:22:50.419 --> 00:22:50.819
 the wrath

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.079
 that should

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:51.759
 fall on us

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.079
 instead

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:52.679
 it falls

00:22:52.679 --> 00:22:53.219
 on God

00:22:53.219 --> 00:22:53.839
 the Son

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:55.740
 it's through

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.579
 that costly

00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:57.059
 grace

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.899
 that the

00:22:57.899 --> 00:22:58.579
 dead are

00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.399
 made alive

00:22:59.399 --> 00:23:00.099
 that slaves

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.819
 are turned

00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.859
 to sons

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:03.000
 so God's

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.619
 grace is the

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.279
 motive for

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:04.819
 salvation

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.379
 we're told

00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:06.000
 in Ephesians

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.339
 2

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:08.880
 we can

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.299
 push that

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:09.559
 a little

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.039
 further

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:11.500
 and recognize

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.079
 that God's

00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.740
 grace is

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.319
 also the

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:14.019
 goal

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:15.619
 of salvation

00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:17.599
 verse 7

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:17.900
 is a

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.279
 wonderful

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 verse

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 it says

00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:21.519
 in order

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:21.839
 that in

00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.400
 the coming

00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:22.980
 ages

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:24.440
 he might

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:24.980
 show the

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:26.059
 incomparable

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.859
 riches of

00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:27.720
 his grace

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:29.559
 expressed in

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.279
 his kindness

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:31.200
 to us

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:32.559
 in Christ

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.000
 Jesus

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.400
 so this

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:33.720
 has got the

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.619
 coming ages

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 in view

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:37.420
 so if we

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:37.580
 were to

00:23:37.580 --> 00:23:38.100
 ask ourselves

00:23:38.100 --> 00:23:38.480
 the question

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:38.940
 what is

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.740
 the point

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:41.380
 of God

00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:42.000
 saving a

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.380
 people for

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:42.600
 himself

00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:42.940
 what is

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.380
 the point

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:44.460
 of unending

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.400
 eternal life

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:45.819
 in the new

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:46.360
 heavens and

00:23:46.360 --> 00:23:46.700
 the new

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:46.920
 earth

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:47.259
 what's the

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.620
 ultimate

00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:48.360
 reason for

00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:48.880
 salvation

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.920
 if we were

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.299
 to ask

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:50.660
 that of

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 verse 7

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:53.099
 so that

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:53.720
 God would

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.419
 eternally

00:23:54.419 --> 00:23:55.639
 overwhelm

00:23:55.639 --> 00:23:56.059
 us

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:57.139
 with his

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 incompatible

00:23:58.379 --> 00:23:59.079
 grace and

00:23:59.079 --> 00:23:59.700
 kindness to

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.059
 us in

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.359
 Jesus

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:01.879
 that we

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.359
 are going

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:03.059
 to live

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.559
 in a

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.480
 flood

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:06.119
 an ocean

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:07.319
 of God's

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:08.139
 love and

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.399
 grace

00:24:08.399 --> 00:24:08.899
 picture a

00:24:08.899 --> 00:24:09.279
 dam

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:11.480
 holding

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.700
 the water

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.319
 back and

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.099
 the water's

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.759
 building and

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.419
 rising and

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 it's full and

00:24:15.899 --> 00:24:16.519
 then the flood

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.700
 gates open

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.779
 and the

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:20.080
 water gushes

00:24:20.080 --> 00:24:20.440
 out

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:21.940
 that's going

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.180
 to be the

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.860
 Christian's

00:24:22.860 --> 00:24:24.380
 experience of

00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:25.319
 God's love

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:26.279
 for all

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:27.120
 eternity

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:29.960
 Jesus our

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.680
 Saviour is

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:32.259
 longing to

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.360
 pour love on

00:24:33.360 --> 00:24:34.480
 his bride in

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:34.920
 the new

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:36.160
 heavens and

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:36.700
 the new

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.340
 earth the

00:24:37.340 --> 00:24:38.240
 father is

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:40.299
 longing to

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:41.580
 give us his

00:24:41.580 --> 00:24:42.700
 incomparable

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.580
 kindness to

00:24:43.580 --> 00:24:44.580
 us in

00:24:44.580 --> 00:24:45.600
 Jesus that

00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:45.920
 we'd be

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.860
 overwhelmed by

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.380
 his love

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:48.160
 for all

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.820
 eternity

00:24:48.820 --> 00:24:49.380
 we've been

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:50.800
 chosen before

00:24:50.800 --> 00:24:52.640
 creation to

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.220
 enjoy the

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.900
 wonders of

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:56.020
 his grace in

00:24:56.020 --> 00:24:56.440
 the new

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:58.100
 creation to

00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:58.980
 experience that

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.820
 perfect love and

00:24:59.820 --> 00:25:00.360
 mercy and

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:01.780
 kindness and

00:25:01.780 --> 00:25:03.600
 goodness we

00:25:03.600 --> 00:25:04.560
 will never stop

00:25:04.560 --> 00:25:05.080
 singing of

00:25:05.080 --> 00:25:06.200
 amazing grace

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:09.080
 another thing we

00:25:09.080 --> 00:25:09.560
 can say from

00:25:09.560 --> 00:25:10.340
 Ephesians 2 is

00:25:10.340 --> 00:25:10.820
 that God's

00:25:10.820 --> 00:25:11.580
 grace is the

00:25:11.580 --> 00:25:13.360
 source of

00:25:13.360 --> 00:25:14.060
 salvation

00:25:14.060 --> 00:25:15.900
 verse 8

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:17.120
 and 9

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:19.059
 for it is

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:20.000
 by grace

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:21.099
 you have

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.779
 been saved

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:23.099
 through faith

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:24.099
 and this is

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.459
 not from

00:25:24.459 --> 00:25:25.039
 yourselves it

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.539
 is the gift

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.079
 of God

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:27.299
 not by

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:29.219
 works so

00:25:29.219 --> 00:25:29.759
 that no

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.839
 one can

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.659
 boast

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:33.680
 God's

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:34.220
 Paul has

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.480
 in his

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.000
 mind two

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.519
 alternative

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.140
 views of

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:38.480
 salvation and

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.880
 of religion

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.779
 there's the

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.840
 religion of

00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:43.400
 works

00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:45.960
 that depend

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:47.779
 on us

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:49.220
 hitting a

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 certain

00:25:49.540 --> 00:25:50.200
 standard

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:52.720
 us earning

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.440
 God's

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.120
 reward

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:55.540
 us being

00:25:55.540 --> 00:25:56.200
 able then to

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:56.940
 boast of our

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.279
 salvation

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:59.040
 yeah I did

00:25:59.039 --> 00:26:01.180
 it of course

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.720
 God should

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.480
 receive me into

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.000
 his family

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:04.000
 because I

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.420
 was good

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:04.779
 enough I

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.619
 lived up to

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:07.000
 his standards

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.440
 so that's

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.659
 that's the

00:26:08.659 --> 00:26:09.639
 religion based

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:10.899
 on works

00:26:10.899 --> 00:26:13.740
 but then there's

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:15.019
 religion based

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:16.259
 on grace

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:18.019
 which is

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:18.399
 altogether

00:26:18.399 --> 00:26:18.980
 different

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:21.519
 it says

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.079
 Jesus

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:23.819
 has met

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.440
 God's

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:25.279
 perfect

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:26.039
 standard

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.279
 God

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:27.559
 in his

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.000
 life and

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.399
 his death

00:26:28.399 --> 00:26:28.639
 and his

00:26:28.639 --> 00:26:29.039
 resurrection

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.519
 perfect

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:29.960
 obedience

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.559
 perfectly

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.200
 glorifying

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:31.460
 God

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:31.799
 perfect

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.220
 love for

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.539
 God

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:33.299
 and

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.799
 for

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.339
 others

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:36.019
 Jesus

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:37.000
 paid

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.619
 for my

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.079
 salvation

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.539
 it comes

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.039
 as a

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:39.319
 gift

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:39.940
 not as

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.659
 a reward

00:26:40.659 --> 00:26:43.379
 therefore

00:26:43.379 --> 00:26:44.019
 rather than

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.599
 boasting

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:46.359
 it leads to

00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:46.740
 humble

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.740
 dependence

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:49.940
 recognising

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:51.039
 Jesus

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.440
 is the

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:51.879
 saviour I

00:26:51.879 --> 00:26:52.279
 need

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.519
 that I

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.259
 don't deserve

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.720
 God's

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.200
 grace

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:56.580
 rather

00:26:56.580 --> 00:26:57.220
 receive it

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.440
 as a

00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:57.759
 gift

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:59.420
 which is

00:26:59.420 --> 00:26:59.660
 it that

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.340
 Ephesians 2

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:01.059
 celebrates

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:03.120
 which is

00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:03.360
 it that

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:03.759
 the Bible

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.740
 celebrates

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:07.720
 of course

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.240
 it's

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.819
 God's

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.160
 grace

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:09.500
 isn't it

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:09.660
 because

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:09.980
 God

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.420
 is a

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:10.720
 God

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.200
 of

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:12.440
 grace

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:14.539
 perhaps

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:14.819
 it might

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.299
 be helpful

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:15.700
 for us

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.059
 to think

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.440
 of Jesus

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.000
 words on

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.559
 the cross

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:17.900
 when he

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.240
 said

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.620
 it

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:19.200
 is

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:19.940
 finished

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:21.559
 what did

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:21.880
 he mean

00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:22.259
 there

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.660
 here is

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.000
 God's

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.500
 eternal

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.140
 plan of

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.740
 salvation

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.740
 being

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.839
 accomplished

00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:29.160
 in his

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:29.700
 sacrificial

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.119
 day

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:31.059
 here is

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.539
 payment

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.339
 for sin

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.940
 being

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.559
 completed

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.900
 as he

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.420
 takes

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.599
 the justice

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:37.079
 of God

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:37.500
 that we

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.299
 deserve

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.920
 and what

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.200
 does that

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.740
 say to us

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:40.980
 when we

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.579
 hear Jesus

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:41.859
 on the

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:42.140
 cross

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.319
 saying

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:42.660
 it is

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:42.920
 finished

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.339
 it should

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:43.779
 say to

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:43.900
 us

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.279
 that we

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:45.000
 cannot

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:46.140
 add

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:46.859
 to the

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.140
 work

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:47.339
 of

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:47.720
 Jesus

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:50.360
 he

00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:50.720
 has

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.380
 paid

00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:51.900
 for

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.180
 my

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:52.779
 salvation

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.140
 so

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:53.579
 there

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:53.740
 is

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.079
 nothing

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:54.420
 for

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:54.600
 me

00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:54.819
 to

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.220
 pay

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:57.839
 and

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.019
 the

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.480
 danger

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:58.759
 of

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.400
 presuming

00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.680
 that we

00:27:59.680 --> 00:27:59.839
 can

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.180
 add

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:00.400
 to

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:00.600
 our

00:28:00.600 --> 00:28:01.120
 salvation

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:01.880
 is

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.039
 that

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.200
 we

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.319
 are

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:02.579
 then

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:02.759
 going

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:02.920
 to

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.100
 make

00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:03.500
 Jesus

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:03.779
 a

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.240
 liar

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.440
 he

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:05.579
 has

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:05.720
 said

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:05.900
 my

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.299
 death

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:06.480
 is

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.980
 enough

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:09.019
 but

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.140
 if

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.259
 we

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.480
 think

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:09.660
 we

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:09.779
 are

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:09.900
 going

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.039
 to

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.500
 add

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.000
 to

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.420
 that

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:12.240
 we're

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 going

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 to

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 end

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 up

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 subtracting

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 we're

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 going

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 to

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 end

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 up

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 losing

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 the

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 gospel

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 of

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.740
 grace

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 that

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 was

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 going

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 on

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 in

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 Galatia

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 that's

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 where

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 the

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 letter

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 of

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 Galatians

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 comes

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 in

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 in

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 verse

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 10

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 we're

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 reminded

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 we are

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 God's

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 handiwork

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 created

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 in

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 Christ

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 Jesus

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 to

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 do

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 good

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 works

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 which

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 God

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 prepared

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 in

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 advance

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 for

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 us

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 to

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 do

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 even

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 in

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 our

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 works

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 we've

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 been

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 reminded

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 that

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 we're

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 God's

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 masterpiece

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 we're

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 a

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 new

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 creation

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 and

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 God

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:41.680
 works

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:41.819
 in

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 us

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 and

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.240
 through

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 us

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 for

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 God's

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 glory

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:45.599
 even

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:45.779
 that

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.339
 faith

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 that

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 causes

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.279
 us

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 to

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:47.980
 respond

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 to

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 Jesus

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 to

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 welcome

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 him

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 into

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 our

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 hearts

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 and

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 that's

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 a

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 real

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 response

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 by

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 real

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 people

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 that

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 we're

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 invited

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:53.960
 to

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 do

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 even

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 that

00:28:55.159 --> 00:28:55.399
 Paul

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 says

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 that

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 comes

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.460
 as

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:56.619
 a

00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.000
 gift

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:59.579
 salvation

00:28:59.579 --> 00:28:59.879
 is

00:28:59.879 --> 00:29:00.059
 from

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 God

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.680
 God's

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:01.879
 grace

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.059
 is

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.220
 the

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.519
 source

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:02.720
 of

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.220
 salvation

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:06.119
 and

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:06.220
 the

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.440
 last

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:06.559
 of

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 the

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:06.859
 things

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.019
 to

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.379
 notice

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:07.799
 about

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 God's

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.599
 grace

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:08.879
 before

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.079
 we

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.680
 think

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:09.859
 about

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:09.960
 it

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.039
 in

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.299
 everyday

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:10.599
 life

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:10.759
 is

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:10.960
 that

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.639
 God's

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:11.879
 grace

00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:12.340
 comes

00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:12.660
 to

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.000
 us

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.400
 in

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:14.000
 Jesus

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:15.400
 Paul

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:15.580
 does

00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:15.820
 something

00:29:15.820 --> 00:29:16.340
 really

00:29:16.340 --> 00:29:17.360
 interesting

00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:17.760
 and lovely

00:29:17.760 --> 00:29:18.180
 in verses

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 5

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 and 6

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 so

00:29:19.800 --> 00:29:20.620
 in

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 Ephesians

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 1

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 and

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 verse

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 3

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 he

00:29:23.620 --> 00:29:24.000
 spells

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.360
 out

00:29:24.360 --> 00:29:25.060
 that

00:29:25.060 --> 00:29:25.680
 we've

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:25.780
 been

00:29:25.780 --> 00:29:26.120
 blessed

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.360
 in the

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 heavenly

00:29:26.620 --> 00:29:26.960
 realms

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.160
 with

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.380
 every

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:27.780
 spiritual

00:29:27.780 --> 00:29:28.220
 blessing

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.480
 in

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 Christ

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.140
 so

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:29.680
 it's

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:29.960
 as

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.100
 we

00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:30.240
 are

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.960
 united

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.860
 to

00:29:31.860 --> 00:29:32.240
 Christ

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.440
 it's

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:32.560
 as

00:29:32.560 --> 00:29:32.700
 we

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:32.840
 are

00:29:32.840 --> 00:29:33.260
 in

00:29:33.260 --> 00:29:33.580
 Christ

00:29:33.580 --> 00:29:33.720
 that

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:33.800
 we

00:29:33.800 --> 00:29:34.180
 receive

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.400
 all

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:34.620
 these

00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:35.620
 spiritual

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.820
 blessings

00:29:36.820 --> 00:29:38.580
 and

00:29:38.580 --> 00:29:38.700
 so

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:38.840
 then

00:29:38.840 --> 00:29:38.960
 when

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.100
 we

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:39.320
 think

00:29:39.320 --> 00:29:39.520
 about

00:29:39.520 --> 00:29:40.340
 grace

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:41.579
 we

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:41.799
 don't

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:41.980
 think

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.139
 about

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:42.439
 grace

00:29:42.439 --> 00:29:42.899
 in

00:29:42.899 --> 00:29:43.039
 the

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.419
 abstract

00:29:43.419 --> 00:29:43.599
 we

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:43.980
 recognize

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.179
 that

00:29:44.179 --> 00:29:44.439
 grace

00:29:44.439 --> 00:29:45.059
 comes

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.379
 to

00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:45.839
 us

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.659
 in

00:29:46.659 --> 00:29:46.779
 the

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.079
 personal

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.480
 work

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:47.699
 of

00:29:47.699 --> 00:29:48.039
 Jesus

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:50.679
 and

00:29:50.679 --> 00:29:50.859
 look

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:50.980
 at

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.119
 how

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:51.299
 in

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:51.500
 verses

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:51.859
 5

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:51.980
 and

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.199
 6

00:29:52.199 --> 00:29:52.339
 of

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:52.559
 chapter

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:52.859
 2

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.579
 Paul

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:53.799
 wants

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:53.959
 to

00:29:53.959 --> 00:29:54.259
 show

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.439
 us

00:29:54.439 --> 00:29:54.599
 that

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:54.799
 by

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.519
 connecting

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.319
 the

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:56.679
 pattern

00:29:56.679 --> 00:29:56.859
 of

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.119
 Jesus

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.439
 life

00:29:57.439 --> 00:29:57.559
 and

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:57.679
 the

00:29:57.679 --> 00:29:58.099
 reality

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.299
 of

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.579
 saving

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.079
 grace

00:29:59.079 --> 00:30:00.819
 so

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.000
 in

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.279
 verse

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:02.519
 5

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.399
 God

00:30:03.399 --> 00:30:03.559
 who

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:03.679
 is

00:30:03.679 --> 00:30:03.899
 rich

00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:04.039
 in

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.299
 mercy

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:05.139
 made

00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:05.319
 us

00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:05.799
 alive

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.079
 with

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.659
 Christ

00:30:06.659 --> 00:30:07.480
 even

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:07.759
 when

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:07.899
 we

00:30:07.899 --> 00:30:08.059
 were

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.459
 dead

00:30:08.459 --> 00:30:08.899
 in

00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:09.920
 transgression

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.300
 so

00:30:10.300 --> 00:30:10.620
 there's

00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:11.900
 dead

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.680
 and

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:13.560
 alive

00:30:13.560 --> 00:30:13.720
 and

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:13.900
 that

00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:14.240
 should

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.960
 remind

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.220
 us

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.420
 of

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:16.040
 the

00:30:16.040 --> 00:30:16.259
 work

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.380
 of

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:16.600
 Jesus

00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:16.880
 his

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.620
 cross

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.340
 and

00:30:18.340 --> 00:30:18.500
 his

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.040
 resurrection

00:30:19.040 --> 00:30:19.240
 and

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.440
 what's

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:19.600
 the

00:30:19.600 --> 00:30:20.480
 impact

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:20.720
 of

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:20.840
 the

00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:21.120
 cross

00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:21.259
 and

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.380
 the

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:21.880
 resurrection

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.340
 according

00:30:22.340 --> 00:30:22.600
 to

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:22.780
 our

00:30:22.780 --> 00:30:23.320
 passage

00:30:23.320 --> 00:30:23.600
 according

00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:23.780
 to

00:30:23.780 --> 00:30:23.980
 Paul

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.240
 here

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.680
 is

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:24.840
 that

00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:25.160
 now

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:25.420
 by

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:25.720
 faith

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:25.840
 in

00:30:25.840 --> 00:30:25.960
 him

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.160
 I

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.300
 am

00:30:26.300 --> 00:30:26.580
 dead

00:30:26.580 --> 00:30:26.800
 to

00:30:26.800 --> 00:30:27.019
 sin

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.180
 and

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:27.300
 I

00:30:27.300 --> 00:30:27.420
 am

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:27.780
 alive

00:30:27.780 --> 00:30:28.000
 in

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.600
 Christ

00:30:28.600 --> 00:30:30.140
 so

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:30.280
 the

00:30:30.280 --> 00:30:30.560
 personal

00:30:30.560 --> 00:30:30.880
 work

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:31.019
 of

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.280
 Jesus

00:30:31.280 --> 00:30:31.540
 is

00:30:31.540 --> 00:30:31.900
 connected

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.100
 to

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.240
 the

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.480
 work

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.660
 of

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.140
 grace

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:34.340
 and

00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:34.460
 then

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:34.580
 we

00:30:34.580 --> 00:30:34.759
 see

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.080
 that

00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:35.740
 continuing

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:35.960
 in

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.140
 verse

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:36.500
 six

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.600
 and

00:30:37.600 --> 00:30:37.980
 God

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.560
 raised

00:30:38.560 --> 00:30:39.060
 us

00:30:39.060 --> 00:30:39.600
 up

00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:40.640
 with

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.480
 Christ

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:43.820
 when

00:30:43.820 --> 00:30:43.980
 was

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.280
 Jesus

00:30:44.280 --> 00:30:44.620
 raised

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:44.759
 up

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.820
 on

00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:46.000
 the

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.240
 third

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.460
 day

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:46.600
 but

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:46.660
 he

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:46.780
 was

00:30:46.780 --> 00:30:47.000
 also

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.660
 raised

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.040
 up

00:30:48.040 --> 00:30:48.540
 returned

00:30:48.540 --> 00:30:48.840
 to

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:49.160
 glory

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:50.080
 ascension

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:54.960
 and

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.339
 that's

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:55.500
 our

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:55.799
 true

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.139
 home

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:56.379
 as

00:30:56.379 --> 00:30:56.799
 well

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.819
 that

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.579
 by

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.139
 God's

00:30:59.139 --> 00:30:59.439
 grace

00:30:59.439 --> 00:30:59.799
 that's

00:30:59.799 --> 00:30:59.980
 our

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.519
 ultimate

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.879
 destination

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:02.179
 that

00:31:02.179 --> 00:31:02.439
 just

00:31:02.439 --> 00:31:02.659
 as

00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:03.059
 Jesus

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.460
 was

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:03.779
 raised

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.000
 up

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.259
 we

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.939
 will

00:31:04.939 --> 00:31:05.279
 be

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 raised

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 up

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 continuing

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 verse

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 six

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:08.879
 God

00:31:08.879 --> 00:31:09.279
 raised

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.519
 us

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:09.779
 up

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:09.980
 with

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.279
 Christ

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.859
 and

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:11.359
 seated

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:11.659
 us

00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:12.019
 with

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.439
 him

00:31:12.439 --> 00:31:13.259
 in

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:13.579
 the

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:13.980
 heavenly

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.619
 realms

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:15.419
 in

00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:16.039
 Christ

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.599
 Jesus

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:16.879
 so

00:31:16.879 --> 00:31:17.460
 when

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:17.799
 Jesus

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.759
 ascended

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 he

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 then

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 we're

00:31:20.300 --> 00:31:20.500
 told

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.080
 returned

00:31:21.080 --> 00:31:21.519
 to

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 the

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.560
 throne

00:31:22.560 --> 00:31:23.080
 of

00:31:23.080 --> 00:31:23.600
 heaven

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 so

00:31:24.580 --> 00:31:24.960
 Jesus

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 right

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 now

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 is

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 ruling

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 and

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 reigning

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 over

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 this

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 world

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.140
 over

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 the

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 church

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:32.259
 history

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.539
 is

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 working

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 towards

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 his

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 purposes

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 and

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.019
 what

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.259
 Paul

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.440
 is

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:39.680
 saying

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:39.840
 to

00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:39.960
 us

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.140
 is

00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:40.300
 that

00:31:40.300 --> 00:31:40.600
 by

00:31:40.600 --> 00:31:41.180
 God's

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.980
 grace

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:43.220
 we

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.539
 too

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:43.820
 will

00:31:43.820 --> 00:31:44.240
 rule

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.700
 and

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.220
 reign

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:46.080
 with

00:31:46.080 --> 00:31:46.460
 him

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:48.039
 this

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:48.200
 is

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.380
 our

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 certain

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.860
 future

00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:51.619
 because

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:51.839
 of

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.139
 God's

00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:52.399
 grace

00:31:52.399 --> 00:31:52.579
 that

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:52.979
 unites

00:31:52.979 --> 00:31:53.139
 us

00:31:53.139 --> 00:31:53.279
 to

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.419
 the

00:31:53.419 --> 00:31:53.639
 Lord

00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:54.059
 Jesus

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:56.879
 so

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.039
 we're

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.459
 reminded

00:31:57.459 --> 00:31:57.740
 through

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.299
 Ephesians

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:58.619
 2

00:31:58.619 --> 00:31:58.819
 that

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.339
 grace

00:31:59.339 --> 00:32:00.059
 comes

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:00.339
 to

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:00.740
 us

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:00.919
 in

00:32:00.919 --> 00:32:01.019
 the

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.359
 person

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:01.519
 and

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:01.619
 the

00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:01.899
 work

00:32:01.899 --> 00:32:02.059
 of

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.199
 the

00:32:02.199 --> 00:32:02.419
 Lord

00:32:02.419 --> 00:32:02.839
 Jesus

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.079
 and

00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:03.240
 so

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.419
 the

00:32:03.419 --> 00:32:03.740
 key

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.199
 thing

00:32:04.199 --> 00:32:04.539
 then

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:05.240
 for

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.699
 us

00:32:05.699 --> 00:32:06.159
 to

00:32:06.159 --> 00:32:06.579
 be

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:07.619
 saved

00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:08.119
 for

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:08.359
 us

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:08.639
 to

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.619
 appreciate

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:09.859
 to

00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.159
 know

00:32:10.159 --> 00:32:10.639
 God's

00:32:10.639 --> 00:32:11.019
 grace

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.219
 is

00:32:11.219 --> 00:32:11.359
 that

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:11.500
 we

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:11.679
 would

00:32:11.679 --> 00:32:12.279
 get

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:13.399
 into

00:32:13.399 --> 00:32:15.240
 Jesus

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.639
 Christ

00:32:15.639 --> 00:32:15.799
 and

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:15.979
 him

00:32:15.979 --> 00:32:16.740
 crucified

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:19.279
 our

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:19.700
 faith

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:19.900
 would

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:20.440
 rest

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:21.279
 in

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:21.839
 him

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:23.720
 now

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:23.880
 to

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:24.059
 think

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.519
 briefly

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:25.279
 about

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:25.539
 how

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.019
 God's

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.460
 grace

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:27.579
 transforms

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.339
 everyday

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:29.420
 life

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:29.819
 we already

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.299
 mentioned

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.579
 John

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:30.980
 Newton's

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.319
 amazing

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:31.700
 grace

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.000
 I want

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.279
 to

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.579
 just

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:34.400
 either

00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:34.759
 mention

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.240
 or remind

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.519
 us

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.180
 of a

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.700
 conversation

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.000
 John

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.200
 Newton

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.440
 had

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.660
 actually

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:37.839
 the

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.019
 day

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.339
 before

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.519
 he

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.099
 died

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:40.099
 where

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.240
 he

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.680
 said

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.160
 to

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:41.319
 a

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:41.559
 friend

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:41.799
 although

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.059
 my

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.380
 memory

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:42.579
 is

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:42.880
 fading

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.039
 I

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.339
 remember

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:43.640
 two

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:44.140
 things

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:45.000
 I

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.100
 am

00:32:45.100 --> 00:32:45.220
 a

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.460
 great

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.780
 sinner

00:32:45.780 --> 00:32:46.720
 and

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.140
 God

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:47.840
 is

00:32:47.840 --> 00:32:48.180
 a

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.500
 great

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.220
 saviour

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:50.600
 isn't

00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:50.660
 that

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:50.800
 the

00:32:50.800 --> 00:32:51.180
 message

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:51.360
 of

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:51.860
 Ephesians

00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:52.240
 2

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:53.680
 John

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:53.900
 Newton

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:54.080
 was

00:32:54.080 --> 00:32:54.220
 someone

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.380
 who

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:54.580
 didn't

00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:54.780
 have

00:32:54.780 --> 00:32:55.240
 spiritual

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.880
 amnesia

00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:56.900
 he

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:57.300
 knew

00:32:57.300 --> 00:32:57.620
 and

00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:58.220
 celebrated

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.780
 God's

00:32:58.780 --> 00:32:59.860
 transforming

00:32:59.860 --> 00:33:01.100
 grace

00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:02.460
 and

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.780
 the

00:33:02.780 --> 00:33:03.200
 grace

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.380
 of

00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:03.580
 God

00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:03.860
 saving

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.100
 grace

00:33:04.100 --> 00:33:04.340
 isn't

00:33:04.340 --> 00:33:04.620
 supposed

00:33:04.620 --> 00:33:04.780
 to

00:33:04.780 --> 00:33:05.180
 be

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.759
 a

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.680
 doctrine

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:06.880
 that

00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:07.000
 we

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.220
 just

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.420
 sort

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:07.540
 of

00:33:07.540 --> 00:33:08.020
 consider

00:33:08.020 --> 00:33:08.240
 it's

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.480
 supposed

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.000
 to

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.480
 have

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:09.640
 a

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:10.200
 transforming

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.820
 impact

00:33:10.820 --> 00:33:10.980
 on

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.140
 our

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:11.560
 lives

00:33:11.560 --> 00:33:12.400
 in

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:12.800
 many

00:33:12.800 --> 00:33:13.180
 ways

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.400
 we're

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:13.520
 just

00:33:13.520 --> 00:33:13.720
 going to

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:13.920
 think

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.079
 of

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.440
 three

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:16.279
 let's

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.440
 think

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:16.720
 about

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.180
 our

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.700
 preaching

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.039
 or

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.740
 to

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.140
 broaden

00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:19.400
 that

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:19.620
 out

00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:19.900
 our

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:21.519
 proclaiming

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.519
 of

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:22.880
 the

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.220
 good

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.680
 news

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.700
 of

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.140
 the

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:25.440
 Lord

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:25.960
 Jesus

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:28.839
 since

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.420
 grace

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:29.960
 is

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.819
 full

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.460
 and

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.240
 free

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:34.740
 Christ

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.500
 can

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:35.779
 be

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.259
 is

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:36.620
 to

00:33:36.620 --> 00:33:37.160
 be

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:38.160
 freely

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:38.799
 offered

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.299
 to

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:40.259
 all

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.839
 people

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:43.259
 remember

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.419
 in

00:33:43.419 --> 00:33:43.639
 Matthew

00:33:43.639 --> 00:33:44.079
 11

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.439
 Jesus

00:33:44.439 --> 00:33:45.000
 said

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.740
 come

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:45.939
 to

00:33:45.939 --> 00:33:46.059
 me

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.259
 you

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:46.379
 who

00:33:46.379 --> 00:33:46.480
 are

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:46.740
 weary

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:46.939
 and

00:33:46.939 --> 00:33:47.279
 burdened

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.359
 I

00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:47.500
 will

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:47.720
 give

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:47.859
 you

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.459
 rest

00:33:48.459 --> 00:33:50.959
 people

00:33:50.959 --> 00:33:51.159
 in

00:33:51.159 --> 00:33:51.419
 Jesus

00:33:51.419 --> 00:33:51.699
 day

00:33:51.699 --> 00:33:51.879
 the

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.099
 people

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:52.259
 in

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.459
 our

00:33:52.459 --> 00:33:52.639
 day

00:33:52.639 --> 00:33:52.899
 us

00:33:52.899 --> 00:33:53.359
 today

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:53.939
 were

00:33:53.939 --> 00:33:54.319
 invited

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:54.500
 to

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.659
 come

00:33:54.659 --> 00:33:54.740
 in

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:54.859
 our

00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:55.439
 weakness

00:33:55.439 --> 00:33:56.299
 with

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:56.480
 our

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:56.939
 burdens

00:33:56.939 --> 00:33:58.099
 with

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.259
 our

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:58.539
 sense

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:58.679
 of

00:33:58.679 --> 00:33:59.480
 unworthiness

00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:00.139
 with

00:34:00.139 --> 00:34:00.259
 the

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.699
 reality

00:34:00.699 --> 00:34:00.899
 that

00:34:00.899 --> 00:34:01.079
 by

00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:01.439
 nature

00:34:01.439 --> 00:34:01.639
 we

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:01.779
 are

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.539
 disqualified

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.779
 and

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:03.899
 we

00:34:03.899 --> 00:34:04.019
 have

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.179
 that

00:34:04.179 --> 00:34:04.639
 promise

00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:04.919
 of

00:34:04.919 --> 00:34:05.579
 rest

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:06.579
 that

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.039
 promise

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.299
 of

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:08.440
 salvation

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:08.639
 of

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:08.960
 knowing

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.500
 peace

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:09.860
 with

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:10.460
 God

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:12.480
 and

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.620
 that's

00:34:12.620 --> 00:34:12.720
 a

00:34:12.720 --> 00:34:13.000
 message

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.260
 not

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.460
 just

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.640
 for

00:34:13.640 --> 00:34:14.160
 churchy

00:34:14.160 --> 00:34:14.600
 types

00:34:14.600 --> 00:34:16.200
 and

00:34:16.200 --> 00:34:16.360
 it's

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.559
 certainly

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:16.780
 not

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:16.920
 a

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.180
 message

00:34:17.180 --> 00:34:17.360
 that

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:17.559
 says

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:17.840
 clean

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.019
 up

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.180
 your

00:34:18.180 --> 00:34:18.480
 act

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:19.000
 first

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:20.500
 it's

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:20.600
 a

00:34:20.600 --> 00:34:20.880
 message

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.079
 of

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.400
 God's

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:21.680
 grace

00:34:21.680 --> 00:34:21.900
 and

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.240
 kindness

00:34:22.240 --> 00:34:22.500
 for

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:22.740
 all

00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:23.160
 people

00:34:23.160 --> 00:34:27.120
 something

00:34:27.120 --> 00:34:27.440
 I think

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:27.720
 we can

00:34:27.720 --> 00:34:27.860
 be

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.260
 praying

00:34:28.260 --> 00:34:28.620
 as we

00:34:28.620 --> 00:34:29.460
 meet

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:29.900
 together

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.280
 Sunday

00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:30.480
 by

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:30.780
 Sunday

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:30.920
 and

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.220
 especially

00:34:31.220 --> 00:34:31.539
 as we

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:31.760
 think

00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:31.940
 about

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.079
 the

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.260
 next

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:32.500
 three

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:32.760
 weeks

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:32.960
 of

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.400
 hope

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:33.860
 explore

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.100
 to

00:34:34.100 --> 00:34:34.680
 pray

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:35.800
 that

00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:36.079
 people

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:36.240
 would

00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:36.460
 hear

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.680
 that

00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:37.059
 free

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.820
 offer

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.039
 of

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.460
 God's

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:39.260
 wonderful

00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:39.720
 amazing

00:34:39.720 --> 00:34:40.079
 grace

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.360
 and we'd

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:41.019
 respond

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:42.219
 as God

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:42.579
 would open

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:42.719
 up

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:43.059
 people's

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.440
 hearts

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:45.819
 but it's

00:34:45.819 --> 00:34:46.139
 not just

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.440
 in our

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:47.099
 message

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.860
 that God's

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:48.179
 grace

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:49.099
 transforms

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.840
 think about

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:51.519
 perseverance

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.679
 how God's

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:52.940
 grace

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.619
 then shapes

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:54.099
 our

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:55.019
 perseverance

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:56.139
 on the

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:56.460
 Christian

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:56.900
 journey

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:58.780
 since

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.440
 God's

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:00.420
 grace

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:02.079
 is

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:03.320
 incompatible

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:03.800
 since

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:04.059
 it's

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:04.599
 beyond

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.680
 measure

00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:06.780
 that

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:06.940
 has

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.079
 some

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.519
 important

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:07.880
 things

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:08.380
 to say

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:09.119
 to us

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:10.539
 it says

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:10.960
 to us

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.160
 that

00:35:11.160 --> 00:35:11.920
 God's

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.360
 children

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.639
 will

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.039
 never

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.800
 exhaust

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:14.360
 God's

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:14.940
 love

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:19.400
 the

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:19.860
 grace

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.099
 that

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.960
 overcomes

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.300
 our

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:21.800
 sin

00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:22.200
 and

00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:23.039
 resistance

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.559
 at the

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:23.900
 point

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.119
 of

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:24.739
 salvation

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:25.699
 is the

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:26.059
 grace

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.279
 that

00:35:26.279 --> 00:35:27.380
 continues

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:28.659
 despite

00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:28.900
 our

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.739
 unfaithfulness

00:35:29.739 --> 00:35:31.279
 despite

00:35:31.279 --> 00:35:31.599
 our

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:32.839
 ingratitude

00:35:32.839 --> 00:35:34.019
 despite

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.359
 our

00:35:34.359 --> 00:35:34.819
 spiritual

00:35:34.819 --> 00:35:35.619
 amnesia

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.420
 despite

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:36.980
 our

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:37.559
 sin

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:40.059
 back to

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.359
 amazing

00:35:40.359 --> 00:35:40.659
 grace

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:40.920
 to his

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.219
 grace

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:41.359
 that

00:35:41.359 --> 00:35:41.559
 brought

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:41.739
 us

00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:41.960
 safe

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.440
 thus far

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:42.579
 and

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:42.839
 grace

00:35:42.839 --> 00:35:43.019
 will

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.239
 lead

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:43.519
 us

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:44.379
 home

00:35:44.379 --> 00:35:45.619
 our

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:45.920
 hope

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.219
 doesn't

00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:46.619
 rest

00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:47.099
 in

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.779
 ourselves

00:35:47.779 --> 00:35:47.960
 we

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.139
 don't

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.539
 begin

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:49.179
 with

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.460
 grace

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:49.719
 and then

00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:50.019
 switch

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.339
 halfway

00:35:50.339 --> 00:35:50.739
 through

00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:51.579
 to

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.119
 rely

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:52.399
 on

00:35:52.399 --> 00:35:52.519
 our

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:52.679
 own

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:52.960
 works

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.259
 no it's

00:35:53.259 --> 00:35:53.599
 grace

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:53.819
 from

00:35:53.819 --> 00:35:54.259
 beginning

00:35:54.259 --> 00:35:54.920
 to

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.599
 end

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:57.299
 our

00:35:57.299 --> 00:35:57.539
 hope

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:57.719
 in

00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:58.299
 salvation

00:35:58.299 --> 00:35:59.699
 is

00:35:59.699 --> 00:35:59.879
 our

00:35:59.879 --> 00:36:00.119
 hope

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:00.500
 every

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:01.000
 day

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:02.539
 until

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:03.039
 glory

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:04.799
 that

00:36:04.799 --> 00:36:04.960
 the

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.339
 God

00:36:05.339 --> 00:36:05.679
 of

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:06.099
 grace

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.619
 is

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:06.940
 our

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.159
 good

00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:07.619
 father

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:09.079
 he

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.579
 is

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:10.139
 our

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:10.460
 good

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:10.960
 shepherd

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.819
 he

00:36:11.819 --> 00:36:12.380
 is

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:13.039
 our

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.480
 good

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:14.799
 Samaritan

00:36:14.799 --> 00:36:19.420
 so

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:19.559
 the

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:19.779
 doctrine

00:36:19.779 --> 00:36:19.940
 of

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.199
 grace

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:21.119
 should

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.819
 help

00:36:21.819 --> 00:36:22.199
 us

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:22.719
 to

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:23.039
 remember

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.219
 we

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:23.319
 have

00:36:23.319 --> 00:36:23.500
 good

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:23.699
 news

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:23.860
 to

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.139
 share

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.840
 it

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.019
 should

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.239
 help

00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:25.380
 us

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:25.539
 to

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:25.940
 persevere

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.920
 and

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.219
 also

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:27.420
 it

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:27.579
 should

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:27.779
 lead

00:36:27.779 --> 00:36:28.019
 us

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.579
 personally

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:29.039
 to

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:29.699
 praise

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:31.340
 so

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:31.480
 I

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:31.719
 was

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.400
 browsing

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:32.699
 this

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:32.880
 week

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:33.000
 on

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.099
 the

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:33.519
 international

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.099
 justice

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:34.599
 mission

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.319
 website

00:36:35.319 --> 00:36:35.679
 so

00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:35.840
 they're

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:35.960
 a

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.179
 Christian

00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:36.659
 organization

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:37.099
 looking

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.299
 to

00:36:37.299 --> 00:36:37.519
 free

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:37.799
 people

00:36:37.799 --> 00:36:38.079
 from

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:39.299
 trafficking

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:39.740
 and

00:36:39.740 --> 00:36:40.039
 modern

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.300
 day

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:40.660
 slavery

00:36:40.660 --> 00:36:40.860
 and

00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:40.940
 they

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.039
 had

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.180
 the

00:36:41.180 --> 00:36:41.400
 story

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:41.560
 of

00:36:41.560 --> 00:36:41.720
 two

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:42.080
 brothers

00:36:42.080 --> 00:36:42.360
 from

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:42.760
 Myanmar

00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:43.760
 who

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:44.039
 because

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.160
 of

00:36:44.160 --> 00:36:44.480
 the

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:44.860
 trouble

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.080
 going

00:36:45.080 --> 00:36:45.220
 on

00:36:45.220 --> 00:36:45.340
 in

00:36:45.340 --> 00:36:45.660
 Myanmar

00:36:45.660 --> 00:36:46.980
 went

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.160
 to

00:36:47.160 --> 00:36:47.580
 Thailand

00:36:47.580 --> 00:36:47.880
 to

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.080
 look

00:36:48.080 --> 00:36:48.260
 for

00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:48.519
 work

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:48.640
 and

00:36:48.640 --> 00:36:48.800
 they

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.460
 eventually

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:49.760
 were

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:50.480
 forced

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:50.740
 into

00:36:50.740 --> 00:36:51.060
 labor

00:36:51.060 --> 00:36:51.260
 in

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:51.680
 Cambodia

00:36:51.680 --> 00:36:51.820
 and

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:51.980
 their

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.440
 passports

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:52.620
 were

00:36:52.620 --> 00:36:52.940
 taken

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.100
 and

00:36:53.100 --> 00:36:53.260
 their

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:53.600
 wages

00:36:53.600 --> 00:36:53.840
 were

00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.100
 kept

00:36:54.100 --> 00:36:54.660
 back

00:36:54.660 --> 00:36:56.060
 IGM

00:36:56.060 --> 00:36:56.380
 heard

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:56.620
 about

00:36:56.620 --> 00:36:56.720
 it

00:36:56.720 --> 00:36:56.820
 and

00:36:56.820 --> 00:36:57.019
 after

00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:57.260
 a

00:36:57.260 --> 00:36:57.720
 year

00:36:57.720 --> 00:36:59.840
 they

00:36:59.840 --> 00:36:59.980
 were

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.460
 released

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:00.940
 and

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.160
 ready

00:37:01.160 --> 00:37:01.320
 to

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:01.480
 go

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:01.760
 home

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:01.940
 and

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:03.000
 can

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.100
 you

00:37:03.100 --> 00:37:03.360
 imagine

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:03.580
 how

00:37:03.580 --> 00:37:03.940
 thankful

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.220
 you'd

00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:09.580
 home

00:37:09.580 --> 00:37:09.780
 of

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.019
 course

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:10.160
 you

00:37:10.160 --> 00:37:10.360
 would

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:10.660
 be

00:37:10.660 --> 00:37:12.460
 from

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:12.940
 slavery

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.220
 to

00:37:13.220 --> 00:37:13.740
 freedom

00:37:13.740 --> 00:37:16.260
 what's

00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:16.640
 Ephesians

00:37:16.640 --> 00:37:16.880
 2

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.440
 told us

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:17.600
 it's

00:37:17.600 --> 00:37:17.940
 told us

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:18.100
 that

00:37:18.100 --> 00:37:18.660
 spiritually

00:37:18.660 --> 00:37:20.120
 without

00:37:20.120 --> 00:37:20.920
 Christ

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:22.140
 we were

00:37:22.140 --> 00:37:22.640
 held in

00:37:22.640 --> 00:37:23.120
 the chains

00:37:23.120 --> 00:37:23.600
 of sin

00:37:23.600 --> 00:37:23.740
 and

00:37:23.740 --> 00:37:24.400
 unbelief

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:25.960
 we were

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.220
 in the

00:37:26.220 --> 00:37:26.500
 grip

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:26.800
 of the

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:27.080
 enemy

00:37:27.080 --> 00:37:27.280
 the

00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:27.660
 devil

00:37:27.660 --> 00:37:29.600
 we are

00:37:29.600 --> 00:37:29.900
 without

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:30.360
 hope

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:31.160
 and

00:37:31.160 --> 00:37:31.380
 without

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:31.920
 God

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:33.100
 without

00:37:33.100 --> 00:37:33.380
 his

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:33.740
 grace

00:37:33.740 --> 00:37:33.940
 but

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.300
 God

00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:34.600
 in

00:37:34.600 --> 00:37:34.900
 grace

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:35.160
 what did

00:37:35.160 --> 00:37:35.280
 we

00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:35.600
 discover

00:37:35.600 --> 00:37:35.840
 from

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.260
 Ephesians

00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:36.740
 he planned

00:37:36.740 --> 00:37:36.940
 from

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.120
 all

00:37:37.120 --> 00:37:37.740
 eternity

00:37:37.740 --> 00:37:39.019
 to

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 send

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 his

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 son

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 Jesus

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 planned

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 from

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 all

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 eternity

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 to

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 send

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 Jesus

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 to

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 be

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 that

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 ransom

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 price

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 to

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 bring

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 his

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 people

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 home

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 and

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 again

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 not

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 because

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 we

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 deserved

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 it

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 what we

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 deserve

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 is

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 judgment

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 but

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 because

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 of

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 his

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 free

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 grace

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 and

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 so

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 a

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 grace

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 filled

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:00.340
 life

00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:01.840
 is

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 surely

00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:03.880
 a

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:04.179
 praise

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:04.460
 filled

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 life

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 as

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 we

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:06.960
 learn

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:08.000
 daily

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.280
 to

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 count

00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:09.239
 all

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 of

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 those

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 spiritual

00:38:10.279 --> 00:38:11.279
 blessings

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 that

00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:12.299
 are

00:38:12.299 --> 00:38:12.859
 ours

00:38:12.859 --> 00:38:13.359
 in

00:38:13.359 --> 00:38:14.039
 Christ

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:16.519
 let's

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:16.899
 pray

00:38:16.899 --> 00:38:17.879
 briefly

00:38:17.879 --> 00:38:18.399
 before

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 we

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:18.980
 sing

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 Lord

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:21.819
 our

00:38:21.819 --> 00:38:22.139
 God

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 we

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:23.679
 are

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:23.980
 so

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 thankful

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:25.779
 for

00:38:25.779 --> 00:38:26.039
 your

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:26.599
 grace

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:27.659
 we

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:28.119
 recognize

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:28.699
 that

00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:30.399
 this

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 is

00:38:30.859 --> 00:38:31.379
 from

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 you

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 this

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 is

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.259
 not

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 something

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.019
 that

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:33.739
 any

00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:34.339
 person

00:38:34.339 --> 00:38:34.599
 would

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:34.879
 ever

00:38:34.879 --> 00:38:35.219
 make

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.439
 up

00:38:35.439 --> 00:38:35.759
 by

00:38:35.759 --> 00:38:36.379
 ourselves

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:36.599
 we

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:36.720
 are

00:38:36.720 --> 00:38:37.000
 always

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.519
 inclined

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:37.860
 to

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:38.160
 try

00:38:38.160 --> 00:38:38.320
 and

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:38.640
 prove

00:38:38.640 --> 00:38:39.140
 ourselves

00:38:39.140 --> 00:38:39.420
 and

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:39.740
 earn

00:38:39.740 --> 00:38:40.140
 things

00:38:40.140 --> 00:38:40.320
 for

00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:41.000
 ourselves

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:42.440
 and

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:42.599
 so

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:42.760
 we

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:43.039
 thank

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.180
 you

00:38:43.180 --> 00:38:43.320
 that

00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:43.599
 you

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:43.860
 and

00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:44.019
 your

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:44.460
 kindness

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:44.720
 and

00:38:44.720 --> 00:38:44.900
 your

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.260
 grace

00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:45.480
 have

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:46.039
 revealed

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:47.039
 this

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:47.420
 truth

00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:47.640
 in

00:38:47.640 --> 00:38:47.780
 your

00:38:47.780 --> 00:38:48.280
 word

00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:49.420
 and

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:49.519
 you

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:49.680
 have

00:38:49.680 --> 00:38:50.180
 revealed

00:38:50.180 --> 00:38:50.519
 your

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:51.059
 grace

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:51.559
 to

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:52.079
 us

00:38:52.079 --> 00:39:22.079


00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:23.079
 love

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:24.079
 and

00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:24.920
 your

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.659
 grace

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:26.219
 Lord

00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:26.380
 that

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:26.519
 we

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:26.659
 would

00:39:26.659 --> 00:39:26.819
 be

00:39:26.819 --> 00:39:27.219
 known

00:39:27.219 --> 00:39:27.840
 as

00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:27.980
 a

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.219
 people

00:39:28.219 --> 00:39:28.440
 of

00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:28.799
 deep

00:39:28.799 --> 00:39:29.059
 and

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:29.659
 abiding

00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:30.299
 joy

00:39:30.299 --> 00:39:32.380
 because

00:39:32.380 --> 00:39:32.900
 we

00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:34.039
 never

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.460
 lose

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:34.860
 sight

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:35.340
 of

00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:36.360
 your

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:36.819
 amazing

00:39:36.819 --> 00:39:37.179
 grace

00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:37.639
 towards

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:38.000
 us

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:38.659
 please

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:38.960
 help

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.239
 us

00:39:39.239 --> 00:39:39.639
 towards

00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:39.860
 that

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:40.099
 end

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:40.279
 we

00:39:40.279 --> 00:39:40.679
 pray

00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:41.139
 in

00:39:41.139 --> 00:39:41.460
 Jesus

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:41.960
 name

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:42.719
 Amen

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:44.819
 now

00:39:44.819 --> 00:39:45.380
 let's

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:46.039
 sing

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:46.579
 together

00:39:46.579 --> 00:39:47.559
 before

00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:47.799
 we

00:39:47.799 --> 00:39:48.039
 close

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:48.219
 this

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:48.519
 part

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:48.719
 of

00:39:48.719 --> 00:39:49.059
 our

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:49.539
 evening

00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:50.619
 the

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:51.159
 modern

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:51.619
 rendering

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:51.800
 of

00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:52.119
 amazing

00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:52.539
 grace

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.400
 my

00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:53.900
 chains

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:54.320
 are

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:54.840
 gone

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:55.300
 let's

00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:55.699
 stand

00:39:55.699 --> 00:39:56.279
 together

00:39:56.279 --> 00:39:57.039
 to

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.340
 sing