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 Well, good morning and welcome again to Digital Church.

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 Glad you're able to tune in so that we can worship together.

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 Let's hear our call to worship, which comes from Psalm 123.

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 Reminds us of the attitude we are to bring as we come to God.

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 I lift up my eyes to you, to you whose throne is in heaven.

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 As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress,

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 so our eyes look to the Lord our God till he shows us mercy.

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 We look to our great God who is good, who is loving, and we will ask him to show us mercy.

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 And we'll recenter our hearts and our minds on him as we worship.

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 Let's sing together.

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 There, first of all, Behold Our God, and then two sections of Psalm 103, and Kellan will lead us in this.

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 Who has held the oceans in his hands?

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 Who has numbered every grain of salt?

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 Kings and nations tremble at his voice.

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 O creation rises to rejoice.

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 Behold our God, seated on his throne.

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 Come, let us adore him.

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 Behold our King, nothing can compare.

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 Come, let us adore him.

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 Who has given counsel to the Lord?

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 Who can question any of his words?

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 Who can teach the one who knows all things?

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 Who can follow all his wondrous deeds?

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 Behold our God, seated on his throne.

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 Come, let us adore him.

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 Come, let us adore him.

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 Behold our King, nothing can compare.

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 Come, let us adore him.

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 God, let us adore him.

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 Who has felt the nails upon his hands,

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 bearing all the guilt of sin for me.

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 God eternal, humble to the grave,

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 Jesus, Savior, risen now to reign.

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 Behold our God, seated on his throne,

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 come let us adore him.

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 Behold our King, nothing can compare,

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 come let us adore him.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Praise God, my soul, with all my heart.

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 Let me exalt his holy name.

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 Forget not all his benefits.

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 His praise, my soul, in song proclaim.

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 The Lord forgives you all your sins,

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 and heals your sickness and distress.

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 Your life he rescues from the grave,

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 and crowns you in his tenderness.

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 And crowns you in his tenderness.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 The Lord is merciful and kind,

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 to anger slow and full of grace.

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 He will not constantly reprove,

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 or in his anger hide his face.

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 He does not punish our misdeeds,

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 or give our sins their just reward.

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 How brave his love, as high as heaven,

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 towards all those who fear the Lord.

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 Towards all those who fear the Lord.

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 Now, let's continue to worship as we pray.

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 Lord, we began with a psalm that encouraged us

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 to look to you with humble dependence,

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 that you might show us mercy.

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 We ask that you'd help us to look to Jesus,

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 to see him as our Lord,

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 to see him as our King,

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 to see him as our only Saviour,

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 to recognise him as that friend

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 who sticks closer than any brother,

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 that good shepherd who laid down his life for us,

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 who wants to lead and guide and protect us.

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 And that we would look to you

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 to show mercy to us,

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 and to our nation and to our world

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 in this time of trouble that we find ourselves in.

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 Lord, we place ourselves into your care,

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 recognising our own limitations and inabilities,

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 and trusting that you are all sufficient,

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 that you have power for us.

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 You have wisdom where we lack it.

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 We need your love,

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 and you are ready to show that to us.

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 Lord, we pray for those who need special help.

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 We pray for any who are feeling particularly lonely or isolated.

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 We pray for those who are suffering through the virus,

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 and we pray that you might spare them.

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 We think of our NHS workers who are on the front line.

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 We pray for them in difficult conditions,

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 with their own anxiety,

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 with families that care for them.

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 We thank you for the way they are willing to love,

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 and to serve, and to care.

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 And we ask that you would protect them.

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 Lord, we pray for mercy that the virus would slow,

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 that it would be contained.

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 And we also pray for mercy that this would be a time of us reassessing what we live for,

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 that it might be a chance for us to slow down and to think about you,

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 maybe for the first time in our lives.

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 Lord, we thank you that we're coming up to Easter,

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 at the time when we remember that in your great love,

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 you sent Jesus into the world to live a perfect life of obedience that we all fail to live,

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 then to die as a sacrifice for sin,

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 so that by trusting in him,

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 we might be forgiven and we might have the gift of eternal life.

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 We thank you that we remember that he didn't stay dead,

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 but that he rose in victory,

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 that you, Lord God, were satisfied

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 with the sacrifice that he offered on behalf of his people.

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 And so we ask that you'd help us to prepare

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 our hearts and our minds for Easter.

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 And we pray that our world that so badly needs hope

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 would come to find real hope in Jesus during Easter.

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 Amen.

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 Now, let's read together.

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 Let's hear the word of God again.

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 We're back in Romans chapter 3.

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 And we're going to concentrate on verses 22 to 24 today.

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 But let's hear verses 21 to 26 again.

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 Through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus,

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 God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement

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 through faith in his blood.

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 He did this to demonstrate his justice

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 because in his forbearance,

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 he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished.

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 He did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time

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 so as to be just

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 and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

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 Now, let's think about those words that we find

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 in verses 22 to 24

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 as we continue to think about how the cross is good news.

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 Our question for today is this one.

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 How can I find a future-proof hope?

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 Perhaps like the commentators,

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 you're beginning to ask the question,

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 what will life be like post-COVID-19?

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 What will the economic impact be nationally, globally

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 and in your own family finances?

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 What jobs and industries will make it

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 and which will fold?

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 And what will the implications be for your own work?

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 What about social gatherings?

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 Those simple pleasures we used to enjoy,

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 will they be the same or will they be different?

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 When we think about all the impact this pandemic is having,

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 it is fair to say it comes to us as a destructive enemy.

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 It is interrupting normal life.

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 It is isolating us from one another

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 and the everyday things we used to take for granted.

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 It is relentless in pursuing us in every corner of life.

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 We wake up and we check the news

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 and we hear it in conversation

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 and we see it in government restrictions

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 when we go shopping or go for a walk.

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 And it leads us to ask the question,

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 will I get through this okay?

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 What will the impact be?

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 What will the final outcome of it all be in my life?

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 And here's why I want to say today

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 that the cross stands as good news

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 and good news we all need today.

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 The cross gives hope against this enemy that we face

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 and against the even greater enemy of death

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 that lurks in the background.

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 It helps us to answer the question,

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 our passage will help us answer the question,

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 how can Jesus' death equip me

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 to deal with these setbacks and suffering?

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 How can I find a hope that is future-proof?

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 So we're going to look at that section of Romans 3

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 to see what we can discover.

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 First of all, just as we saw last week,

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 it begins with bad news.

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 It begins with the bad news

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 of falling short of God's glory.

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 Notice we're all included in this.

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 Verse 22, there is no difference

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 for all have sinned

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 and fall short of the glory of God.

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 Now, in recent years,

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 there has been the rise

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 of the superhero origin stories

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 and you may or may not be interested in that,

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 but they all have a backstory

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 or they're filling in a backstory to explain

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 how did our character get here

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 and how did he get to be like this?

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 Where do we find the origin story for humanity?

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 It is found in Genesis 1-3.

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 How did we get here?

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 Well, we were created by God

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 in his image

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 to display his glory

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 and to worship and to enjoy him.

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 Two pictures that might help us.

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 Think of your life as a mirror.

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 We were made to reflect God's glory

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 in God's world.

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 Not to take glory for ourselves,

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 but to reflect it out the way.

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 Or think about a small statue.

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 In the ancient Near East,

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 when Moses was writing Genesis,

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 kings would place these little statues

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 around their kingdom to say,

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 I reign here,

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 to remind those in the kingdom,

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 this is the king who's in charge of us.

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 The Bible says we are God's living icons.

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 And we live in this world

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 for his glory to say,

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 our king, our God reigns.

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 So when we read Genesis 1-2,

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 we find a picture of absolute perfection,

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 perfect relationships,

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 perfect love,

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 enjoying life that is flourishing and good.

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 So we need to ask ourselves the question,

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 how did the world get to be like this?

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 Like it is today

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 with all its brokenness,

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 with all its sadness and pain.

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 And that's why we need Genesis chapter 3.

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 Genesis chapter 3 explains

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 the reality of all falling short

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 of the glory of God.

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 And it begins with Adam and Eve

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 in the Garden of Eden.

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 Adam and Eve's sin,

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 where they listened to the voice

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 of the snake,

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 the devil,

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 and they were deceived

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 to pursue their own glory,

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 to seek to be like God themselves

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 and to stop listening to God

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 and his word.

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 And with that came curse.

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 So all the brokenness,

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 all the fall,

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 all the pain that we experience

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 is a direct result

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 of what happened there in the garden,

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 Adam and Eve's sin.

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 It led them to lose

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 their perfect standing,

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 their righteousness before God.

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 They are driven out of the garden,

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 God's perfect place

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 where he lived with them.

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 And they're told that ultimately

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 they would die.

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 And since then,

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 as people,

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 we are mirrors,

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 we are reflecting

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 the image of God,

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 but we are cracked

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 and broken mirrors.

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 We fail to truly reflect

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 the glory of God.

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 We, to use the language

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 of Romans 3,

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 we fall short

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 of the glory of God

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 in our lives.

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 So we can see that

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 in various ways.

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 Three ways we see it.

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 We miss the glory of God

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 like a target

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 that we aim for,

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 but we miss.

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 Let me speak to families

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 just for a moment.

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 I wonder if you are finding

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 that you're playing

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 lots of different games

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 at this time

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 to pass some of the time.

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 When you read the rules

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 for certain games,

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 and hopefully you do

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 read the rules,

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 they can be helpful,

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 classic games

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 like Monopoly

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 and Uno,

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 you will notice now

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 they deliberately advise

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 against playing

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 by house rules,

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 those sort of made-up

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 family rules.

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 Their basic point is

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 we are the game designers,

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 we know the best way

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 to play,

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 and perhaps you've had

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 that experience

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 that house rules

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 can lead to chaos

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 and carnage

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 and all kinds of confusion.

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 Well, here's the point

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 for us in our life.

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 God is our grand designer.

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 And when we ignore

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 his rule,

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 and when we ignore

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 his rules for our life,

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 we will miss

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 what is best,

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 we will miss

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 his glory

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 and the enjoyment

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 of it.

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 And even when we try

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 to live by the rules,

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 we realise that we

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 miss the mark

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 so often,

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 we break those rules,

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 so again,

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 we miss that standard

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 of God's glory.

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 So we miss,

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 we fall short

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 of the glory of God.

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 We also fall short

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 because we swap,

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 we exchange

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 the glory of God

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 and we give glory

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 to other things.

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 We talk about

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 idolatry

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 and in our culture

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 and society,

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 we talk about

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 idolatry,

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 things that are

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 idols in our hearts

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 and in our lives.

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 What does that mean?

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 What does that look like?

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 Well, it's when we

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 treasure something,

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 anything,

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 more than Jesus.

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 That might be another person,

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 it might be an object,

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 it might be a career,

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 it might be financial security,

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 it might be our beauty

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 or intelligence.

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 When we place anything

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 as the most important thing

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 in our life,

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 that's an idol for us.

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 When we find our value

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 or significance

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 in anything else,

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 that's an idol to us.

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 And one of the things

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 that this coronavirus pandemic

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 is showing to us,

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 I think,

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 is that so many

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 of the idols

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 that we live for,

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 so much that we place

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 our hope in,

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 we're now discovering

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 those things can be lost

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 and they can be taken

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 from us,

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 whether that's our health,

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 whether that's our finance,

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 whether that's our job security,

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 whether that's our relationships.

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 And we discover

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 that these things

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 are too small,

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 we need something bigger

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 to place our hope in.

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 So we swap

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 a treasuring God

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 for something else.

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 We also deliberately

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 sometimes rob God

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 of glory.

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 So remember,

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 according to the Bible,

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 we're made as living icons.

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 We are to represent,

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 to reflect,

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 and to worship God

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 because of his glory.

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 But we take that glory

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 that belongs to God,

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 we take it to ourselves

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 so often.

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 It's like we take

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 a can of spray paint

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 and all over God's creation

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 we graffiti,

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 I rule,

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 okay.

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 Not God rules,

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 I rule.

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 God is forgotten.

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 We live for number one

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 so we fall short

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 of the glory of God

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 when we rob God

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 of what he deserves.

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 And the result is

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 we do not have

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 a right standing with God.

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 We remain separated

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 from God

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 by our sin.

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 we face a verdict

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 of condemned

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 at the end of our lives

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 and without Jesus,

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 all of us,

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 we're in the same crisis.

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 So whether morally

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 or religiously

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 or spiritually,

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 you feel like you're

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 in the gutter,

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 in the lowest kind of place,

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 or whether you feel

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 like you're on the mountaintop

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 and you're doing really well

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 as a good person,

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 none of us

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 can reach the stars.

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 not one of us

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 can reach God's

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 perfect standard.

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 So if we trust

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 in ourselves,

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 we will not have

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 future hope.

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 We will not have

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 God's positive verdict

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 which is the one

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 verdict to live for.

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 So that's the bad news.

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 But there is good news,

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 there is great news

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 here in our passage

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 that we are justified

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 and we are redeemed

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 by Jesus.

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 There are three

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 words and ideas

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 full of good news.

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 Let's just remind ourselves

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 of verse 24.

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 We are justified freely

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 by his grace

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 through the redemption

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 that came by Christ Jesus.

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 Justified,

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 redemption

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 and free grace.

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 Let's look at each of these.

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 Let's think about justify.

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 This takes us

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 into a law court

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 and in God's law court

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 there are two verdicts

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 that can be passed

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 on a person.

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 We can either be condemned

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 or we can be justified.

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 Now according to the Bible,

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 according to Romans 3,

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 what do we deserve?

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 We deserve condemnation

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 because we've fallen short

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 of God's glory.

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 We have broken his law

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 and we've been guilty

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 of spiritual treason

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 where we've sought

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 to take him off the throne

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 to place ourselves there.

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 So then it stands

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 as good news

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 that by faith in Jesus

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 we are actually

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 given the verdict

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 of justified.

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 That means that

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 our sins are pardoned,

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 our wrongdoing

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 is covered over

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 and that's wonderful,

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 isn't it?

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 And also,

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 God declares of us

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 there is no basis

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 for any charges

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 against that person.

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 You and I,

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 by faith in Jesus,

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 we can be considered

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 moral,

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 good citizens,

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 perfect law keepers.

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 Now how can that be?

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 You know your heart,

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 I know mine.

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 How can this be?

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 Well this is why

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 the cross is such good news

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 because there at the cross

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 a great exchange

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 takes place.

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 Jesus takes my sin

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 and my guilt

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 and he faces

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 the punishment for that

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 there on the cross

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 and in exchange

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 I am forgiven

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 and I am pardoned.

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 Jesus lives and dies

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 in perfect loving obedience

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 to his Father

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 and he gives that to us,

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 to his people,

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 so that we can be reckoned

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 to be in right standing

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 with God

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 while he takes our sin

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 and our guilt.

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 Here is the love of God.

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 Jesus is willing

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 to take your guilty verdict

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 and to give you

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 his righteous record

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 if you will simply

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 believe in him.

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 This is why we call

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 Good Friday good.

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 What's happening there

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 on the cross

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 as Jesus dies,

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 he is going under

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 the curse of God

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 for the law

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 that is broken

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 and he's doing that

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 for his people

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 so that by faith

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 we can receive

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 God's blessing.

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 Jesus faces death

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 on the cross

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 so that by trusting in him

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 he can grant to us

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 eternal life.

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 Jesus there on the cross

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 is being punished

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 so that when we

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 believe that he is

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 our saviour,

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 that he died for us,

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 we are pardoned.

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 And then on Easter Sunday

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 Jesus is raised to life

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 and his people

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 share in that new life,

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 in that new victory,

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 in that great future hope

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 that Jesus won

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 by defeating our enemies

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 of Satan

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 and sin and death.

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 So in Jesus

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 we are justified

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 and that is good,

00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:17.279
 good news.

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 then there is also

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 the word redemption

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 and I guess maybe

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 we are familiar

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 with the word redemption.

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 We talk about redemption codes

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 for online shopping

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 and we think about

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 sporting redemption

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 where failure

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 becomes success.

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 Well for Paul's readers,

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.599
 so Paul wrote

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:35.379
 the book of Romans

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 and according to the Bible

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 we need to think

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:39.220
 what does redemption mean?

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 Well for first century

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 people living in Rome

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 who would get Paul's letter

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 first of all,

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 they would go to the marketplace

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 and they would think

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:50.779
 redemption price

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 was the price

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 to release a slave

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 from the slave market.

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 When somebody

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 who knew their Bibles

00:23:58.199 --> 00:23:59.459
 read this

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 they would think

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.439
 of the story

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 of the Exodus

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 of the time

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 when the nation

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 of Israel

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 was slaves

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:08.000
 to Pharaoh

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 in Egypt

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 and God acted

00:24:09.459 --> 00:24:10.039
 in power

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 to release them,

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 to redeem them.

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 or they might think

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.980
 of the image

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 of the figure

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 in the Old Testament

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 of the kinsman redeemer.

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 So when a person

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 an Old Testament Israelite

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 got themselves

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 into financial difficulties

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 they could

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 sell some land

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 or they could

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 sell themselves

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 into slavery

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 and a kinsman redeemer

00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:32.500
 could then pay

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:33.279
 a price

00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:35.500
 to buy back

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.059
 that land

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:37.000
 or buy back

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.620
 that person

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.480
 from their debt.

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 So there is

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:41.220
 a price paid,

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.599
 there is a redeemer

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.419
 and the outcome

00:24:43.419 --> 00:24:44.719
 is freedom.

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.799
 So how is the cross

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.279
 of Jesus?

00:24:47.719 --> 00:24:48.339
 Good news.

00:24:48.939 --> 00:24:49.419
 Well the Bible

00:24:49.419 --> 00:24:50.079
 makes clear

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:51.059
 and our own conscience

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:52.079
 I think testifies

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.619
 to us

00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:54.119
 that we are

00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:55.059
 slaves to sin.

00:24:56.219 --> 00:24:56.740
 Unable

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:58.139
 to live

00:24:58.139 --> 00:24:59.059
 for God's glory

00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.919
 as we should.

00:25:00.679 --> 00:25:01.199
 Unwilling

00:25:01.199 --> 00:25:02.359
 to live

00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:03.059
 for God's glory

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.699
 because we want

00:25:03.699 --> 00:25:04.719
 glory for ourselves.

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:06.279
 So we have this debt

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:07.399
 hanging over us

00:25:07.399 --> 00:25:08.879
 that's a growing debt.

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.679
 We owe God

00:25:09.679 --> 00:25:10.599
 perfect love

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:12.740
 and perfect obedience

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:14.119
 in all of our life

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:15.759
 all of our days

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.759
 and that is a debt

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.659
 that we can never

00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:19.019
 and could never pay.

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:20.799
 And so

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.519
 Jesus

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.639
 is good news

00:25:22.639 --> 00:25:22.859
 to us

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.480
 because he

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.240
 pays

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:25.480
 for us.

00:25:26.159 --> 00:25:27.299
 He is the one

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.839
 who pays

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.299
 the ransom.

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.819
 The ransom price

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.980
 is his blood.

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.079
 Peter,

00:25:33.219 --> 00:25:33.899
 a friend of Jesus

00:25:33.899 --> 00:25:34.500
 said we weren't

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.319
 redeemed by silver

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:35.859
 and gold

00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:36.759
 we're redeemed

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.319
 by the precious

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:38.139
 blood of Jesus.

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:39.280
 through him

00:25:39.280 --> 00:25:40.320
 spilling his blood

00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:41.100
 shedding his blood

00:25:41.100 --> 00:25:41.960
 there is forgiveness

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.920
 for our sin

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:44.960
 and his perfect life

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:46.300
 of absolute obedience

00:25:46.300 --> 00:25:47.960
 and always giving glory

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.500
 to his father

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.700
 meets that standard

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.500
 that we fail

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.860
 to keep.

00:25:52.800 --> 00:25:53.560
 So redemption

00:25:53.560 --> 00:25:54.220
 is found

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:55.120
 in Jesus

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:55.560
 and again

00:25:55.560 --> 00:25:56.560
 here is the love

00:25:56.560 --> 00:25:56.940
 of God.

00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:57.940
 Jesus has come

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:59.020
 to set you free.

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:01.900
 Free

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.920
 from a guilty

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:04.140
 verdict on your life

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:05.720
 so that you can say

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.900
 now there is no

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.960
 condemnation for me

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.660
 because I'm trusting

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.180
 in Jesus.

00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:11.220
 All that shame

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.779
 and that guilt

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.440
 that we feel

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.019
 in our lives

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:14.000
 Jesus wants to set

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.360
 us free

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:16.019
 by paying that price

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.720
 and covering

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.740
 our sin

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.340
 and our shame

00:26:18.340 --> 00:26:19.840
 and Jesus wants

00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:20.660
 to set you free

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.860
 from fear of death

00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.400
 and judgment

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.039
 because he wants

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.500
 to give you

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.420
 the hope of eternal

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.500
 life and security

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:25.920
 and knowing

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:27.240
 there is joy

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:28.620
 to come after

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:29.740
 and that only happens

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.519
 because God

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.180
 loves

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:32.779
 because God

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.400
 in Jesus

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.220
 stoops down

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:35.039
 and enters in

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:36.259
 because God

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:37.019
 through Jesus

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.839
 takes the initiative

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:39.160
 to rescue us

00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:40.519
 and that takes us

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.779
 to our last word

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.480
 the idea of

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.619
 free grace

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.259
 we are justified

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.920
 freely

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:46.379
 by his grace

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:47.920
 through the redemption

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.920
 that comes from Jesus

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:50.000
 so you might be asking

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.319
 at this point

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:51.579
 well this sounds wonderful

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:53.240
 what do I need to do

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.000
 and that's our instinct

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.400
 isn't it

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.099
 but the answer is

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.639
 there is nothing

00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:56.359
 we need to do

00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:58.240
 Jesus has paid it all

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.259
 when Jesus said

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.680
 on the cross

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.420
 it is finished

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:01.180
 he meant his work

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.700
 of salvation

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.359
 was complete

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:04.199
 so what's left

00:27:04.199 --> 00:27:05.000
 for us to do

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:07.099
 is to say sorry

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.459
 for us

00:27:07.459 --> 00:27:08.179
 and to turn away

00:27:08.179 --> 00:27:08.439
 from it

00:27:08.439 --> 00:27:09.439
 and to accept

00:27:09.439 --> 00:27:11.879
 the free gift

00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:13.899
 by faith

00:27:13.899 --> 00:27:15.519
 that free gift

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.359
 of a right standing

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:16.799
 with God

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.179
 of peace

00:27:17.179 --> 00:27:17.579
 with God

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.959
 of being redeemed

00:27:18.959 --> 00:27:20.740
 we are to believe

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.500
 on Jesus

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:23.779
 to go with empty hands

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:25.659
 to our generous Father

00:27:25.659 --> 00:27:26.500
 and ask him

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.759
 to fill us

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:29.119
 with his love

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:30.479
 and with his peace

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.640
 and when we do that

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:32.140
 he will

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:35.880
 so the Bible says

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.160
 to us

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:37.519
 that Jesus alone

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.799
 can give

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:40.220
 a future proof hope

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:42.259
 a hope beyond

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:43.460
 any and all

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.019
 the enemies

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.779
 that we face

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.900
 COVID-19

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:46.819
 and others

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:48.360
 this virus

00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:49.279
 is a powerful

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:50.400
 and indeed

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:51.480
 a painful reminder

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.160
 to us

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:54.140
 that some things

00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:54.740
 can

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:56.259
 and some things

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.759
 will

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:58.559
 be taken from us

00:27:58.559 --> 00:28:00.360
 but God

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:01.259
 God's love

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.699
 for us

00:28:01.699 --> 00:28:02.299
 in Jesus

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:04.459
 it can never

00:28:04.459 --> 00:28:05.139
 be lost

00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:06.939
 it can never

00:28:06.939 --> 00:28:08.059
 be taken from us

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:10.459
 Jesus has come

00:28:10.459 --> 00:28:12.079
 to where we are

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.699
 he has entered

00:28:12.699 --> 00:28:14.159
 into our broken world

00:28:14.159 --> 00:28:15.399
 so that one day

00:28:15.399 --> 00:28:16.539
 he will take us

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.799
 to be where he is

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.579
 a perfect world

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.179
 of hope

00:28:19.179 --> 00:28:19.959
 and peace

00:28:19.959 --> 00:28:21.219
 of enjoying

00:28:21.219 --> 00:28:21.859
 his glory

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.479
 forever

00:28:22.479 --> 00:28:23.799
 in a world

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:24.639
 without sickness

00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:25.159
 and pain

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:25.659
 and death

00:28:25.659 --> 00:28:27.579
 so when your life

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.699
 is full of fear

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:30.240
 when you are

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:31.539
 full of uncertainty

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.819
 Jesus

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:34.900
 gives hope

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:37.200
 by faith

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:38.259
 in Jesus

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:39.920
 the final

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.400
 verdict

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:41.039
 on your life

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.860
 is brought

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:42.440
 forward

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.840
 so that you

00:28:43.840 --> 00:28:44.480
 can know

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.039
 today

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.880
 in an uncertain

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.380
 world

00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:47.319
 here is one

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:47.840
 thing I am

00:28:47.840 --> 00:28:48.259
 sure of

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.799
 I am sure

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.220
 that I am

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:50.220
 loved by God

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.319
 that I am

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:52.680
 accepted by God

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:54.140
 that beyond death

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:55.080
 there is life

00:28:55.080 --> 00:28:55.840
 and joy

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.459
 for me

00:28:56.459 --> 00:28:57.419
 how do we

00:28:57.419 --> 00:28:57.939
 know that

00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:58.740
 where do we

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.579
 look to find

00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:00.359
 that security

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:01.480
 we look to

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.299
 Jesus death

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:03.419
 on the cross

00:29:03.419 --> 00:29:05.119
 we see him

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:06.679
 paying the price

00:29:06.679 --> 00:29:08.179
 to redeem us

00:29:08.179 --> 00:29:09.599
 so that by

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:10.439
 grace

00:29:10.439 --> 00:29:12.019
 you and I

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:13.179
 might be

00:29:13.179 --> 00:29:13.859
 justified

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:16.559
 now let's

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.220
 sing

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:18.079
 together

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:19.279
 a hymn

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.980
 that will help

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.619
 us to

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:22.039
 remember

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:23.099
 that great

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:23.399
 truth

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:23.659
 the hymn

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:24.400
 is Christ

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:25.300
 the sure

00:29:25.300 --> 00:29:26.820
 and steady

00:29:26.820 --> 00:29:27.480
 anchor

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:49.299
 Christ the

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.099
 sure

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:51.460
 and steady

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.640
 anchor

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:54.019
 in the

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:55.380
 fury

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:56.380
 of the

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:57.440
 storm

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:58.820
 when the

00:29:58.820 --> 00:30:00.520
 winds of

00:30:00.520 --> 00:30:00.880
 doubt

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:01.680
 blow through

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.680
 me

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.720
 and my

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.940
 sails

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.640
 have all

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:07.140
 been torn

00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:08.440
 in the

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.440
 suffering

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.860
 in the

00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:11.780
 sorrow

00:30:11.780 --> 00:30:13.220
 when my

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:14.180
 sinking

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:15.240
 hopes

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:16.180
 are few

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:17.980
 I will

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:19.440
 hold fast

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:20.560
 to the

00:30:20.560 --> 00:30:21.600
 anchor

00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:22.860
 it shall

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:24.199
 never

00:30:24.199 --> 00:30:24.219
 never

00:30:24.219 --> 00:30:25.859
 be revealed

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:34.799
 Christ the

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.679
 sure

00:30:35.679 --> 00:30:37.079
 and steady

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:38.519
 anchor

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:39.659
 while the

00:30:39.659 --> 00:30:41.179
 tempest

00:30:41.179 --> 00:30:43.000
 rages on

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:45.359
 when temptation

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:46.919
 claims the

00:30:46.919 --> 00:30:48.079
 battle

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:49.199
 and it

00:30:49.199 --> 00:30:50.399
 seems

00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:50.679
 the

00:30:50.679 --> 00:30:51.240
 night

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.599
 has

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.740
 won

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.759
 deeper

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.759
 still

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.539
 then

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.119
 goes

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.519
 the

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.559
 anchor

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:58.439
 though

00:30:58.439 --> 00:30:58.919
 I

00:30:58.919 --> 00:31:00.039
 justly

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.919
 stand

00:31:00.919 --> 00:31:02.419
 accused

00:31:02.419 --> 00:31:03.240
 I

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.599
 will

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.419
 hold

00:31:04.419 --> 00:31:05.019
 fast

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.639
 to

00:31:05.639 --> 00:31:06.220
 the

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.259
 anchor

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.079
 it

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.500
 shall

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.879
 never

00:31:09.879 --> 00:31:10.539
 be

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.799
 removed

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:20.460
 Christ the

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:21.339
 sure

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:22.659
 and steady

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:24.000
 anchor

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:25.159
 through the

00:31:25.159 --> 00:31:26.399
 floods

00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:26.819
 of

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:28.639
 unbelief

00:31:28.639 --> 00:31:29.759
 hopeless

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:31.299
 somehow

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:32.460
 oh my

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.220
 soul

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.799
 now

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.480
 lift

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:34.899
 your

00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:36.019
 eyes

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.359
 to

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:37.680
 calvary

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:39.160
 this

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.580
 my

00:31:39.580 --> 00:31:41.160
 ballast

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:41.759
 of

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:43.259
 assurance

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:44.039
 see

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.440
 his

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:44.980
 love

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:46.539
 forever

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:48.039
 proved

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:48.920
 I

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.240
 will

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:50.060
 hold

00:31:50.060 --> 00:31:50.680
 fast

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.259
 to

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.799
 the

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.820
 anchor

00:31:52.820 --> 00:31:53.620
 it

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:54.060
 shall

00:31:54.060 --> 00:31:55.400
 never

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:56.140
 be

00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:57.400
 removed

00:31:57.400 --> 00:32:06.019
 Christ the

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.960
 sure

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.660
 friend

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.279
 steady

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:09.440
 anchor

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.740
 as we

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:12.059
 face

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.980
 the wave

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:14.299
 of death

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:15.559
 when these

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.360
 trials

00:32:16.360 --> 00:32:17.680
 give way

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.980
 to glory

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:20.400
 and we

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:20.980
 draw

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:22.100
 our

00:32:22.100 --> 00:32:22.680
 final

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:23.920
 breath

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.640
 we

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.100
 will

00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:26.000
 cross

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.700
 that

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.319
 great

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:28.539
 horizon

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.880
 clouds

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:30.860
 behind

00:32:30.860 --> 00:32:31.480
 and

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.000
 life

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.720
 secured

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:34.920
 and the

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.720
 cup

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.460
 will

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:36.880
 be

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:37.240
 the

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.160
 better

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:39.279
 for

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:39.579
 the

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:40.880
 storms

00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:41.220
 that

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.759
 we

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.880
 endure

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:44.200
 rise

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:44.440
 the

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.200
 shore

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:46.019
 of

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.440
 our

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:47.720
 salvation

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:49.039
 ever

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:50.180
 faithful

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:51.339
 ever

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:52.120
 true

00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:53.579
 we

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.019
 will

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.880
 hold

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.519
 fast

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.160
 to

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:56.640
 the

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.720
 anchor

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.640
 it

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:59.079
 shall

00:32:59.079 --> 00:33:00.519
 never

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.420
 be

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:02.319
 moved

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:13.119
 and

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:13.299
 now

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.859
 let's

00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:15.299
 pray

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:16.179
 together

00:33:16.179 --> 00:33:17.240
 using

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.500
 the

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:17.859
 words

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:18.419
 at the

00:33:18.419 --> 00:33:18.679
 end

00:33:18.679 --> 00:33:18.859
 of

00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:19.200
 Romans

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.500
 chapter

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.679
 8

00:33:19.679 --> 00:33:19.879
 a

00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:20.439
 wonderful

00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:21.399
 chapter

00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:22.460
 of

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.279
 hope

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.119
 of

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:24.740
 future

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.240
 glory

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.740
 of

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.019
 being

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.379
 more

00:33:26.379 --> 00:33:26.619
 than

00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:27.359
 conquerors

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:28.220
 through

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:29.059
 Jesus

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.519
 so here's

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.839
 how it

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.279
 finishes

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:32.940
 I am

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:33.680
 convinced

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:34.859
 that neither

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:35.740
 death nor

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.180
 life

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:37.059
 neither

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:38.059
 angels nor

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.460
 demons

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.740
 neither the

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.440
 present nor

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.099
 the future

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:42.399
 nor any

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:43.059
 powers

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.920
 neither

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:44.779
 height nor

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.319
 depth

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:46.599
 nor anything

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:47.420
 else in all

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:48.039
 creation

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:49.420
 will be able

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:50.160
 to separate

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:51.379
 us from

00:33:51.379 --> 00:33:51.920
 the love

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.519
 of God

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.779
 that is in

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.639
 Christ Jesus

00:33:54.639 --> 00:33:55.500
 our Lord

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.859
 may each

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.819
 one of us

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.879
 know

00:33:58.880 --> 00:34:00.120
 that love

00:34:00.120 --> 00:34:00.800
 of God

00:34:00.800 --> 00:34:01.700
 may each

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.540
 one of you

00:34:02.540 --> 00:34:03.360
 have that

00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:04.260
 security

00:34:04.260 --> 00:34:05.640
 of knowing

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.680
 that nothing

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.540
 can separate

00:34:07.540 --> 00:34:08.059
 you from

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.940
 God's love

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.820
 if you are

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.500
 in Christ

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.039
 Jesus

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:12.160
 may you

00:34:12.160 --> 00:34:12.700
 know that

00:34:12.700 --> 00:34:13.180
 today

00:34:13.180 --> 00:34:14.599
 and every

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.000
 day

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.960
 amen

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:18.460
 and now

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:18.920
 before you

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.180
 go

00:34:19.180 --> 00:34:20.059
 a couple

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.440
 of things

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:20.900
 first of

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.200
 all

00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:22.460
 to say

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.160
 that

00:34:23.160 --> 00:34:24.820
 on

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:25.160
 Good

00:34:25.160 --> 00:34:25.640
 Friday

00:34:25.640 --> 00:34:26.720
 which is

00:34:26.720 --> 00:34:27.200
 this coming

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:27.619
 Friday

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.899
 we will

00:34:28.899 --> 00:34:29.460
 have

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:30.519
 I'm not

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.799
 sure of

00:34:30.799 --> 00:34:31.279
 the details

00:34:31.279 --> 00:34:31.879
 yet but

00:34:31.879 --> 00:34:32.679
 check

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:33.079
 YouTube

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.539
 check our

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:33.859
 website

00:34:33.859 --> 00:34:34.559
 check Facebook

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:36.359
 we will

00:34:36.359 --> 00:34:36.759
 have

00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:38.099
 some form

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.599
 of

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:39.279
 Good

00:34:39.279 --> 00:34:39.960
 Friday

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:41.460
 service

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:42.219
 that will

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:42.539
 certainly

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.059
 include

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:44.119
 readings

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:44.539
 and

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.219
 reflections

00:34:45.219 --> 00:34:46.480
 and hopefully

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:47.000
 we can have

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.439
 some

00:34:47.439 --> 00:34:48.779
 songs to

00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:49.239
 sing as

00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:49.539
 well

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.399
 so

00:34:50.399 --> 00:34:52.119
 join us

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.939
 then

00:34:52.939 --> 00:34:53.439
 you'll

00:34:53.439 --> 00:34:54.159
 keep your

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:54.500
 eye out for

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:54.960
 the details

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.679
 and then

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.780
 this week

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.440
 digital tea

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:57.840
 and coffee

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.440
 we'd love

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.679
 to do

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.000
 something a

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.220
 little bit

00:34:59.220 --> 00:34:59.619
 different

00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:00.300
 and we'd

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:00.539
 love to

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.400
 see a

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:01.599
 bit of

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:01.900
 a group

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.840
 mix-up

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.460
 to see

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:03.900
 new people

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.240
 having the

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:04.639
 chance to

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:05.199
 join in

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:06.079
 so normally

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.420
 it tends

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:06.659
 to be

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:07.099
 community

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.659
 groups

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:07.900
 sticking

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.360
 together

00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:09.199
 but what

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:09.500
 we thought

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:09.740
 would be

00:35:09.740 --> 00:35:10.019
 a good

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.420
 idea

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:11.460
 since I

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:11.599
 guess

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:11.800
 it's going

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:11.920
 to be

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.179
 a little

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:12.480
 while

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:12.800
 before

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:13.079
 we're

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.500
 together

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.880
 again

00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:14.199
 and to

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:14.460
 remind

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:14.760
 ourselves

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.019
 that we're

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.340
 all part

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:15.539
 of one

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:15.699
 big

00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:16.059
 families

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:16.400
 that we'd

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:16.619
 have a

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:16.800
 chance

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:17.260
 to join

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:18.039
 with

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.300
 different

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:18.559
 people

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:18.840
 and have

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.140
 a chat

00:35:19.140 --> 00:35:19.480
 so at

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.220
 12pm

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:21.760
 there will

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:22.160
 be different

00:35:22.160 --> 00:35:23.039
 digital hosts

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.720
 waiting to

00:35:23.720 --> 00:35:24.300
 welcome you

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:24.660
 share a

00:35:24.660 --> 00:35:25.000
 time of

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.380
 friendship

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:26.380
 bring your

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:27.140
 own cup

00:35:27.140 --> 00:35:27.360
 of tea

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:27.720
 and coffee

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:28.160
 bring a

00:35:28.160 --> 00:35:28.920
 cake

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.140
 or a

00:35:29.140 --> 00:35:29.340
 biscuit

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:30.980
 and enjoy

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.280
 that

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:31.640
 if you

00:35:31.640 --> 00:35:32.120
 don't have

00:35:32.120 --> 00:35:32.680
 the details

00:35:32.680 --> 00:35:34.280
 check your

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:34.680
 emails

00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:35.519
 or check

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.120
 Elvanto

00:35:36.120 --> 00:35:37.200
 and you can

00:35:37.200 --> 00:35:38.280
 find how

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:38.720
 you can

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:39.860
 join in

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.300
 with that

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:41.120
 so be

00:35:41.120 --> 00:35:41.579
 brave

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:43.400
 embrace

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:43.619
 the

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.159
 technology

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:46.779
 and enjoy

00:35:46.779 --> 00:35:47.940
 a time of

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:48.279
 friendship

00:35:48.279 --> 00:35:48.759
 together