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 Romans 6 verses 12 through 14.

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 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body to make you obey its passions.

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! Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness,

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! but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life

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 and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.

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 For sin will have no dominion over you since you are not under law but under grace.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, we're thankful for your word this morning to remind us of who's truly in control,

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 who's in charge, who has dominion.

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 May you remind us as those who trust in Christ that you rule over all things,

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 even in our lives now.

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 And Father, we thank you for your word and may it speak to us this morning.

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 We pray in Christ's name. Amen.

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 Have you ever found yourself wondering, how did I get to this place?

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 What decisions did I make that led me to where I am right now?

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 Whether it's a series of mistakes that I've made or good decisions.

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 I've made a good decision here and a little decision here.

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 And all along the way, and I've arrived at this spot,

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 I found myself reading those words to my kids.

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 But not asking them of myself, but reading from Mr. Toad.

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 You see, Mr. Toad had gotten to this spot, in this position,

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 because of decisions he had made.

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 He had lost his ancestral home, Toad Hall, because of bad decisions.

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 And now he found himself without a home and overrun by varmints, weasels to be in fact.

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 His story is a winding path through a train of escape, evading the police,

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 jumping off of a train, wrecking a number of cars,

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 and then alienating his friends.

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 And then finally, crashing that car at the bottom of the lake and losing a home,

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 and dressing up like a woman, and all these things, cascading effects of all these bad decisions.

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 He had made them, and then now he found himself in a spot where he asked,

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 How did I get here?

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 What did I do to find myself without a home?

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 You see, despite all the best efforts of his friends,

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 he found himself drawn back in to his one singular obsession.

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 Cars.

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 Motor cars.

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 It reads like this, the story of the wind in the willows.

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 It says,

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 Toad, halfway through his meal, heard a familiar sound.

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 He trembled with joy.

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 It was the sound of a motor car.

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 He heard it stop.

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 The inn's doors opened,

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 and as he sat, he saw the car's passengers entered in,

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 talkative and happy.

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 Toad slipped out quietly.

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 There can't be any harm, he said to himself.

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 And just looking at it,

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 he inspected it carefully,

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 and then his eyes lit up.

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 I wonder, he whispered,

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 I wonder if this sort of car starts easily.

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 And before he knew it,

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 he was cranking the handle,

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 and pop, pop, pop went the car.

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 And once again, Toad was possessed,

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 as if in a dream,

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 and he found himself in the driver's seat.

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 He swung the car on the road,

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 and faster and faster it went.

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 And as the car devoured the highway,

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 Toad felt large,

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 and again, he was Toad the Terror.

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 Toad was consumed by driving cars,

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 and he had wrecked a number of cars,

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 and squandered his inheritance,

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 and even lost his home,

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 because he was consumed with driving.

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 And his friends intervened,

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 and held him hostage in his own home,

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 saying, Toad, you can't drive anymore,

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 you're going to hurt yourself or others.

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 And then he snuck out.

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 And then he found himself in jail,

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 and then he broke free,

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 and then he lost his home,

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 because he was devoured

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 by his obsession with driving.

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 That seems really silly,

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 that he's unable to restrain himself about driving.

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 You see, sin had made him a slave,

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 reigning over every part of his life.

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 Driving had consumed him.

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 That seems really silly,

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 but we do the same thing.

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 This children's story reminds us

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 that sin consumes all of our lives,

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 and reigns over all of us.

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 Fairytale toads and humans alike.

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 The reign of sin is not just an automobile obsession.

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 It has its claws in all of us.

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 It can be pretty innocuous,

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 whether it's, you know,

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 touching the car,

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 turning the crank on the handle,

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 you know, an old-timey car,

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 that's how you started it,

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 putting your key in the ignition,

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 or thinking to yourself,

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 I wonder what it sounds like.

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 I wonder what it's like to sit in the seat

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 and grab the steering wheel.

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 It's pretty innocuous, right?

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 Doesn't everyone think well of themselves

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 before others?

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 I spoke to that person in that way

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 because, you know,

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 that's how they act.

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 It begins subtly,

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 and then it cascades into something different,

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 when our love of good food never stops,

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 not when we're full,

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 but we just keep eating.

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 Maybe our allegiance to alcohol

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 drives out everything else in our lives.

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 Our security is not in the one who is sovereign,

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 but in all these nice and neat boxes

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 that we create for our lives

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 and ourselves and our children.

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 I will never feel afraid

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 because I've controlled everything.

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 I will never risk anything.

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 Uncertainty?

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 Because I control it

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 with my job,

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 my life,

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 and my home.

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 What about health?

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 Above all else.

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 Order,

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 organization,

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 cleanliness,

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 sex,

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 power,

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 money,

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 relationships,

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 toys at Christmastime,

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 Christmas presents,

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 or the perfect holiday party.

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 It starts with just a little,

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 I wonder what it sounds like.

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 I wonder what it feels like,

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 and yet it lurks in everything.

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 Sin reigns in the hearts of men,

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 and it might look different

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 for each and every one of us.

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 It might be large and flagrant

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 and find us in prison.

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 It might be socially unacceptable.

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 It might land us in jail,

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 or it might rot us

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 from the inside out,

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 so that the aroma

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 of the good news of the gospel

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 isn't present for our children,

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 isn't present for our neighbors.

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 It never comes to bloom,

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 and instead,

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 we're seen as nasty

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 and disgusting

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 because we allow sin to reign.

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 You see,

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 sin reigns in all of us,

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 in all of mankind,

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 but it doesn't reign anymore

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 for those who are in Christ.

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 That's the argument

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 Paul is making here.

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 The gospel has broken

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 the reign of sin,

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 and we're free from it,

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 and that's part of the problem

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 because we know deep down

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 as we leave this place

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 that we will still sin,

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 and so what do we do with it?

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 Matthew's talked at length

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 about this threefold aspect of sin,

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 the power,

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 the penalty,

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 and the presence of sin.

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 The presence of sin still remains,

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 so how does it not reign over us?

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 That's the question

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 for the Christian,

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 and that's the question

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 that Paul is addressing

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 in verses 12 through 14.

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 How does sin reign,

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 or does it reign,

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 in the life of the Christian?

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 First, we're going to look

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 at these three verses

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 in a series.

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 A command,

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 a continuation of that argument,

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 or continuation of that command,

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 and then the cause

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 of that command.

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 First, the command.

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 So look with me at verse 12.

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 Often Christians come to verse 12,

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 and we forget

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 what's happened

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 in verses 1 through 11.

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 Paul's reminded us,

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 as we heard last week,

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 that we are dead to sin,

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 but alive in Jesus Christ,

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 and we struggle

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 because we know

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 that we still have sin,

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 so how is it dead

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 if I still know

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 that it's there?

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 But that all-consuming nature,

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 that reign of sin,

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 Paul says,

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 is broken.

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 That's why he can say

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 in verse 12,

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 let not sin,

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 therefore,

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 reign in your mortal body

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 to make you obey

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 its passion.

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 Now, is he saying

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 that sin is still reigning?

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 It seems like

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 if he's saying that,

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 he's talking out of both sides

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 of his mouth.

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 He's saying,

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 be free from sin,

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 and don't let it reign,

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 but yet it still reigns.

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 That you're dead to sin,

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 but it's still,

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 you're free from it?

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 How does that work out?

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 That would be a contradiction

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 if he said that.

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 He's saying this

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 in this command.

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 Do not let it reign

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 any longer.

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 Do not let it reign

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 in your mortal body.

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 If you were to say this

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 to someone

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 who didn't have faith in Christ,

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 it would kind of be unfair,

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 wouldn't it?

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 He's saying to someone

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 who's dead in sin

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 that can't rise up and walk

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 to not let it reign,

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 even though we know

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 it reaches every corner

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 of their heart.

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 He's talking very specifically

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 to a Christian

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 that is dead to sin,

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 as verse 11 tells us,

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 and alive to God

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 He's saying

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 it cannot reign

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 in the sense

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 of its power

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 and its penalty

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 like it once did.

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 The Christian is free

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 from that reign of sin.

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 And the only reason

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 Paul can command this,

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 the only reason

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 he can give it

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 as an imperative,

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 kids, if you remember

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 in English,

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 an imperative

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 is saying something

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 like do this.

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 He's saying

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 don't let it reign.

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 And he can say that

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 because of verse 14,

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 which we'll come to

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 in a minute.

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 It's an indicative,

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 something that's done

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 for you.

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 So this command

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 is to Christians

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 saying,

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 do not let sin win,

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 do not let sin reign

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 like it once did.

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 All of this

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 is a command

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 wrapped up

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 to Christians.

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 If you think about

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 where we are

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 in the book of Romans,

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 we spent a number

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 of weeks,

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 months,

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 leading up to this point.

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 This is the first time

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 Paul is saying

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 to his audience,

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 do this.

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 So it's all these weeks

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 and verses

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 and chapters

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 of what has been done

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 on their behalf,

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 that God has met them

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 in their sin,

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 that God has given

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 them salvation.

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 All of these things,

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 all of this has been

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 done for the Christian

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 and now Paul is saying

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 to them,

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 do not let sin

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 reign any longer.

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 It's the first time

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 he gives a command

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 in the book of Romans

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 for them to follow.

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 The interesting part though

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 is this nuance

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 that he says.

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 He says,

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 let not sin therefore

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 reign in your mortal body.

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 He's pointing out

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 that Christians

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 are both body

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 and soul.

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 He's not saying

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 we're divided beings

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 where our body

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 does one thing

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 and our soul

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 does another.

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 We are together.

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 But he's testifying

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 to the reality

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 that we're caught up

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 in something.

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 It's something

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 that we've talked about

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 in the weeks past

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 that we live

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 in this overlap

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 of already,

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 the fact that we're

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 united with Christ

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 as we heard

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 a couple weeks ago,

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 we're united

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 with Christ in faith,

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 that's what's

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 already happened.

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 And then not yet.

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 We don't yet

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 have our glorified bodies.

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 So not everything

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 is perfect.

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 There's a sense

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 in which we live

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 in that overlap.

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 We're not yet

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 in the fully glorified bodies.

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 And so,

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 our mortal bodies remain

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 and sin still affects it.

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 But the command

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 is to stand firm

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 and not let it reign.

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 Now,

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 I warned Matthew

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 I was going to do this,

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 this quote,

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 a heretic.

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 All right?

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 Now,

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 it's interesting

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 in the life

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 of heretics

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 where they agree

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 with those

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 that are faithful.

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 And Augustine,

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 as we've,

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 we've kind of talked

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 about Augustine

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 as we've walked

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 through Romans

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 in original sin.

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 And Augustine

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 championed this idea.

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 He was an early church father

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 and his main

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 bad guy opponent

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 was this guy

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 called Pelagius.

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 But when they come

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 to this verse,

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 they both agree

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 about this.

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 Pelagius said

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 that sin reigns

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 by obedience

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 and consent.

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 That means

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 the sinner

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 consents

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 and allows it

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 to have reign

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 over the sinner.

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 The sinner

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 that is still

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 having faith

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 in Christ.

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 Augustine agreed

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 with him

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 and said,

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 we still have desires

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 but by not obeying them,

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 we don't let sin

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 reign in our members.

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 We don't let sin

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 reign over us

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 if we have faith

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 in Christ.

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 These two opponents,

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 one heretic,

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 one faithful,

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 agree about the fact,

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 agree with Paul

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 in saying

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 that we consent

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 to it.

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 Paul is challenging us

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 to not let sin

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 reign in our mortal bodies.

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 We can't let it

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 go on any longer

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 because when we do consent,

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 we allow it to remain.

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 We allow it to reign

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 even still.

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 Now the language

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 throughout this verse

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 is one of obedience

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 and reign.

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 It's very kingly.

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 It's a unique idea

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 for us as Americans.

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 We don't like anyone

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 telling us what to do

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 but a king

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 rules over all things

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 and rules

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 and directs

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 his subjects.

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 If we think about

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 what we've heard

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 thus far in Romans

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 in chapter 5,

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 Paul talks about

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 the reign

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 and this reversal

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 of a reign.

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 For if because

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 one man's trespass,

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 death reigned

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 through one man,

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 much more will those

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 who receive

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 the abundance of grace

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 and the free gift

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 of righteousness

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 reign in the life

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 through the one man

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Is the king Jesus

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 or is the king sin?

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 Sin cannot reign

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 over the Christian.

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 This idea of having

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 a king that rules

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 over us,

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 forcing its subject

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 to obey

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 whether it's towed

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 with the motor car

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 or whether it's us

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 and rooting out sin.

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 That king directs

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 his subjects.

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 The same could be true

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 of a Christian

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 that allows sin

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 to come into their life

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 and doesn't actively

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 work against it

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 but instead allows it

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 to go unchallenged.

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 That it controls

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 all of its interests.

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 And that's why

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 they find themselves

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 asking or why we

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 might find ourselves

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 asking,

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 how did I get

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 to this spot?

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 How did I get so low?

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 There's a man

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 that I've been sharing

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 the gospel with

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 over a series of years

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 really

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 and he made some decisions

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 in his life

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 that landed him in jail

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 and as I met

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 with him in jail

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 he was brought

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 to the point of tears

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 because he had lost

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 his career.

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 He thought he had

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 lost his family.

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 He had for a time

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 and he kept asking

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 how did I get here?

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 And I reminded him

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 that in that moment

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 the decision

00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:53.080
 that he made

00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:54.240
 to land him in jail

00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:55.700
 had begun long,

00:15:55.820 --> 00:15:56.220
 long ago

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 many, many years ago

00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:59.440
 to allow sin

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 to go unchecked

00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:01.240
 in his life

00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:01.779
 and think

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 oh it's not that

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 big of a deal.

00:16:04.019 --> 00:16:05.440
 It's just touching

00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:06.360
 the steering wheel.

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 It's just wondering

00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:08.980
 how the car sounded.

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 But instead

00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:13.379
 that decision

00:16:13.379 --> 00:16:14.700
 those decisions

00:16:14.700 --> 00:16:15.799
 over a period

00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:16.419
 of time

00:16:16.419 --> 00:16:17.419
 land us

00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:18.480
 very far

00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:19.960
 away from home

00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:22.100
 and asking ourselves

00:16:22.100 --> 00:16:23.480
 how did I get there?

00:16:24.220 --> 00:16:24.740
 Christian

00:16:24.740 --> 00:16:25.580
 the command

00:16:25.580 --> 00:16:27.120
 is to us

00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:28.360
 to not

00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:29.299
 let sin

00:16:29.299 --> 00:16:29.759
 reign.

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 We cannot let it

00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:31.659
 reign in our lives

00:16:31.659 --> 00:16:32.879
 and we must root it out.

00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:34.240
 Paul continues

00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:35.019
 this idea

00:16:35.019 --> 00:16:36.519
 through a continuation

00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:37.679
 of this argument

00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:38.320
 a continuation

00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:39.360
 of this command.

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 Let's turn our attention

00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:41.860
 to verse 13.

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 Do not present

00:16:43.259 --> 00:16:43.899
 your members

00:16:43.899 --> 00:16:44.480
 to sin

00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:45.100
 as instruments

00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:47.379
 for unrighteousness

00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:48.560
 but present yourselves

00:16:48.560 --> 00:16:49.180
 to God

00:16:49.180 --> 00:16:50.480
 as those who have been

00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:51.320
 brought from death

00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:51.899
 to life

00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:53.000
 and your members

00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:53.539
 to God

00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:54.240
 as instruments

00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:55.960
 for righteousness.

00:16:56.779 --> 00:16:57.680
 So often

00:16:57.680 --> 00:16:58.580
 we talked about this

00:16:58.580 --> 00:16:59.539
 in Sunday school today

00:16:59.539 --> 00:17:00.480
 Paul makes

00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:01.419
 an argument

00:17:01.419 --> 00:17:02.440
 and then he advances

00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:03.320
 that argument

00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:04.660
 or he clarifies

00:17:04.660 --> 00:17:05.519
 or he applies it.

00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.440
 He's doing the same

00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:06.960
 thing here.

00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:08.160
 He's kind of circling

00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:09.079
 back and providing

00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:10.119
 more context

00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:11.319
 to what he means

00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:12.139
 in verse 12.

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 He pivots

00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:14.279
 from this analogy

00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:15.019
 of a king

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 and reigning

00:17:15.619 --> 00:17:16.399
 and subjects

00:17:16.399 --> 00:17:18.079
 to forces

00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:19.980
 that slavishly

00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:21.000
 do his bidding

00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:22.000
 but it's not

00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:23.079
 immediately obvious

00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:24.159
 what he pivots to.

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 It's not slaves

00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:26.159
 and a king

00:17:26.159 --> 00:17:27.279
 it's not subjects

00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:29.019
 but he says this

00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:30.019
 do not present

00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:30.679
 your members

00:17:30.679 --> 00:17:31.599
 or do not allow

00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:32.220
 your members

00:17:32.220 --> 00:17:33.099
 as instruments

00:17:33.099 --> 00:17:34.220
 is often what

00:17:34.220 --> 00:17:35.519
 your Bible might say

00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:36.619
 but the instrument

00:17:36.619 --> 00:17:37.279
 here is like

00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:38.399
 a weapon of warfare.

00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:41.200
 So he's saying

00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:42.200
 do not let

00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:42.980
 your members

00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:43.839
 be weapons

00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:46.200
 in unrighteousness

00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:47.660
 of unrighteousness.

00:17:48.399 --> 00:17:48.680
 Members

00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:49.700
 is not members

00:17:49.700 --> 00:17:50.660
 of the body of Christ

00:17:50.660 --> 00:17:51.299
 like members

00:17:51.299 --> 00:17:52.319
 that we've just received

00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:53.940
 but all your faculties

00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:54.660
 as a Christian

00:17:54.660 --> 00:17:55.779
 your body

00:17:55.779 --> 00:17:56.539
 your will

00:17:56.539 --> 00:17:59.480
 all of those things

00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:00.119
 that make up

00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:00.839
 who we are.

00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:02.079
 Do not allow

00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:02.740
 your body

00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:03.779
 do not allow

00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:04.399
 your will

00:18:04.399 --> 00:18:06.000
 do not allow

00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:07.119
 yourself to sin

00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:08.219
 do not let

00:18:08.219 --> 00:18:09.219
 them be instruments

00:18:09.219 --> 00:18:10.399
 of this grand

00:18:10.399 --> 00:18:11.000
 plan

00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.779
 this grand

00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:12.399
 army

00:18:12.399 --> 00:18:13.559
 of evil

00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:15.739
 and when he

00:18:15.739 --> 00:18:16.500
 says that

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 he's reminding

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 us that sin

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 cannot be our

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 captain

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 or our general

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 to order us

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 to go this way

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 or that

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 or allow us

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 to be

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 ones

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 set under

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 sin's authority.

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 no

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 our members

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 are instead

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 to be obedient

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 to God.

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 That's the reverse

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 of what he says

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 but before he says

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 that he reminds us

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 of this status

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 not as members

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 or slaves

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 or members

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 of this other army

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 to go and do sin

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 but we are alive

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 to God

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 He reminds us

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 of this source

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 of power

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 is the spirit

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 working in us

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 to change us

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 to bring us

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 from death

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 to life.

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 We're not

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 left alone

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 depending on

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 our own

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 works

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 and our own

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 efforts

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 that we're called

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 to be abounding

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 in good works

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 and to do all

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 those things

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 but God has equipped

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 us with the spirit

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 that's changed us

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 that's brought us

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 from death

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 to life.

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 He is doing

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 that in us.

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 Paul will write

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 this later

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 in Romans

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 that a Christian

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 is called

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 to present

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 your body

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 as a living sacrifice

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 holy and acceptable

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 to God.

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 That's a snapshot.

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 This is a snapshot

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 of what's to come

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 in Romans 12

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 that our mortal bodies

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 though we may struggle

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 against sin

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 that there should be

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 a longing

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 for good

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 and right

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 that we're being

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 drugged down

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 by our bodies

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 because we live

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 in this overlap

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 where we have a body

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 of this world

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 and it's not yet glorified

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 and that our members

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 can't get with

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 its program.

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 If we walk a day

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 as a Christian

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 we know that struggle

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 and Paul uses

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 this picture

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 of a king

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 and its subjects

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 for us

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 to remind us

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 of how

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 serious it is

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 and how pervasive

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 it is

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 and how

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 he can use

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 evil

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 can use us

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 as a weapon

00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:22.460
 of unrighteousness

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 and these soldiers

00:20:25.120 --> 00:20:25.980
 have taken off

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 the uniform

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 of one army

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 and put on

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 the colors

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 of another.

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 There's a famous

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 British scholar

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 that said this

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 about this idea

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 that's armies

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 and sin

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 that sin

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 is regarded

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 as a sovereign

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 so a king

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 who demands

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:41.539
 military service

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 of subjects

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 and leaves

00:20:43.360 --> 00:20:44.019
 their quota

00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:44.840
 of arms

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 and gives them

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.640
 their soldiers

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 pay of death.

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 Do we really

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 believe that?

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 Do we really

00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:52.779
 believe that sin

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 merits death?

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 And sin

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 is no longer

00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:59.319
 for the Christian

00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:00.160
 at the head

00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:01.480
 of the army

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.620
 in which you serve

00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:03.920
 but instead

00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:05.039
 we're serving

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:06.220
 in God's army.

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 So what are we

00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:08.640
 supposed to do

00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:09.620
 with this transition

00:21:09.620 --> 00:21:11.380
 from unrighteousness

00:21:11.380 --> 00:21:12.160
 to righteousness?

00:21:12.620 --> 00:21:13.059
 What are we

00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:13.740
 supposed to do

00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:14.360
 with the fact

00:21:14.360 --> 00:21:14.920
 that sin

00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:16.000
 still remains

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 and if we're honest

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:18.299
 it often feels

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:19.220
 like it controls

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:20.480
 every aspect

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 of our life.

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 We're told

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:23.099
 not to do this

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 but as we walk

00:21:24.399 --> 00:21:25.139
 out these doors

00:21:25.139 --> 00:21:25.839
 we definitely

00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:26.539
 feel like

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 this is true.

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 The Puritan

00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:30.859
 John Owen

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 said this.

00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:32.779
 He said

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:34.359
 something like this

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 be killing sin

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 or it be killing you.

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 It's this idea

00:21:38.419 --> 00:21:38.980
 that there's a

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.960
 binary nature

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:40.779
 in this fight

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.279
 against sin.

00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:42.079
 It's either a zero

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:42.659
 or a one

00:21:42.659 --> 00:21:44.859
 and we have

00:21:44.859 --> 00:21:46.079
 to be killing sin

00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:47.119
 or it

00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:48.579
 will be destroying

00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.279
 us.

00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:50.359
 That idea

00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:50.839
 comes from

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.419
 this little book

00:21:51.419 --> 00:21:51.819
 he wrote

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.220
 called

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:53.139
 The Mortification

00:21:53.139 --> 00:21:53.619
 of Sin.

00:21:53.699 --> 00:21:54.220
 It's the great

00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:55.500
 Christian duty

00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.119
 he writes

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 not to be

00:21:57.199 --> 00:21:58.399
 embarrassed by sin

00:21:58.399 --> 00:21:59.199
 but to be

00:21:59.199 --> 00:21:59.819
 killing it

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 in every area

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.379
 of our lives.

00:22:02.939 --> 00:22:04.159
 Not your neighbor's

00:22:04.159 --> 00:22:04.419
 sin

00:22:04.419 --> 00:22:05.720
 not your friend's

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:05.919
 sin

00:22:05.919 --> 00:22:06.740
 not your mom's

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:06.939
 sin

00:22:06.939 --> 00:22:07.639
 or your dad's

00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:07.899
 sin

00:22:07.899 --> 00:22:09.500
 not the sin

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:10.259
 that's out there

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:11.399
 but your own

00:22:11.399 --> 00:22:12.740
 inside of you.

00:22:13.419 --> 00:22:14.019
 That's what

00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:15.359
 not letting sin

00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:15.919
 reign

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:16.700
 means.

00:22:17.120 --> 00:22:17.800
 It's rooting

00:22:17.800 --> 00:22:18.500
 it out

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.560
 bringing it

00:22:19.560 --> 00:22:20.279
 to the life

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:21.539
 to the light

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.960
 so that we

00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:24.620
 can kill it.

00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:26.800
 What's in view

00:22:26.800 --> 00:22:27.360
 here is this

00:22:27.360 --> 00:22:28.700
 idea of sanctification

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.380
 the idea that

00:22:29.380 --> 00:22:29.920
 we're becoming

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:31.220
 more and more

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.900
 holy

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:33.380
 be ye holy

00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:34.200
 is the charge

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.920
 in the Old Testament

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:36.240
 and the duties

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:37.480
 that are required

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:37.880
 in that

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.860
 are hunting it out

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.980
 and rooting it out.

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.980
 Now that seems

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.400
 like

00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:44.580
 a really big task

00:22:44.580 --> 00:22:45.620
 to not let

00:22:45.619 --> 00:22:46.139
 your enemy

00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:47.099
 gain an inch

00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:47.639
 of ground

00:22:47.639 --> 00:22:48.719
 in your life

00:22:48.719 --> 00:22:49.959
 to not

00:22:49.959 --> 00:22:50.519
 be like

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:50.979
 toad

00:22:50.979 --> 00:22:51.899
 and just

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.719
 want to know

00:22:52.719 --> 00:22:53.279
 what it feels

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:54.379
 like or sounds

00:22:54.379 --> 00:22:54.759
 like

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:56.299
 to not let

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:56.919
 a look

00:22:56.919 --> 00:22:57.519
 linger

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:59.199
 to not let

00:22:59.199 --> 00:23:00.719
 a drop

00:23:00.719 --> 00:23:02.139
 of a hint

00:23:02.139 --> 00:23:02.879
 of gossip

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:04.799
 reign in your life

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.459
 to not just

00:23:05.459 --> 00:23:06.559
 cheat a little bit

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.299
 pretending like

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:08.339
 it's an honest

00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:09.099
 mistake.

00:23:09.739 --> 00:23:10.659
 This feels

00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:11.399
 weighty

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.160
 because this

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:12.820
 is the great

00:23:12.820 --> 00:23:14.120
 Christian task

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:15.220
 is to kill

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.780
 sin

00:23:15.780 --> 00:23:17.220
 because we

00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:17.980
 want to be

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.800
 like Christ

00:23:18.800 --> 00:23:19.840
 but God

00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:20.880
 doesn't leave us

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:21.380
 to do that

00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:22.060
 on our own.

00:23:22.780 --> 00:23:23.840
 God fuels us

00:23:23.840 --> 00:23:24.680
 with his spirit.

00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.620
 He is the one

00:23:25.620 --> 00:23:26.360
 that made us

00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:27.360
 dead to sin

00:23:27.360 --> 00:23:28.120
 and alive

00:23:28.120 --> 00:23:28.759
 to God

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:32.019
 but often

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.640
 we feel

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:33.660
 like we should

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.360
 just give up.

00:23:35.040 --> 00:23:35.340
 Right?

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:36.100
 That's a struggle

00:23:36.100 --> 00:23:36.700
 in the beginning

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.640
 of Romans 6.

00:23:37.840 --> 00:23:38.540
 Why does this

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:39.119
 all matter

00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:39.519
 if we're

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.000
 covered by

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.720
 grace anyway?

00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:42.559
 How can I

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.019
 do this

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.500
 because this

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.440
 feels hard

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.619
 and yes

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.680
 it goes well

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.200
 at times

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.819
 but often

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.240
 it feels

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.579
 like I'm

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.399
 losing this

00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:49.879
 battle.

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.440
 You are still

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.440
 called to fight

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.299
 in this battle

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:53.799
 no matter

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.659
 our age

00:23:54.659 --> 00:23:55.839
 or no matter

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.359
 if we are

00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:56.899
 a second

00:23:56.899 --> 00:23:57.740
 from glory

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.299
 or that's

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:59.059
 long in the

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.460
 future

00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.480
 that we are

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.440
 called to fight.

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:02.159
 A Christian

00:24:02.159 --> 00:24:02.819
 that doesn't

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.599
 care about

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:04.220
 sin in his

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.819
 own life

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.859
 doesn't really

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.599
 understand

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:07.259
 the gospel

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:09.660
 we have

00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:10.220
 to remind

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.759
 ourselves

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.379
 to never

00:24:11.379 --> 00:24:12.259
 give up

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:13.339
 but know

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:13.819
 that we will

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:15.000
 sometimes lose

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:16.379
 in this fight

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:17.039
 against sin.

00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:18.140
 It still

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.759
 rages

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:20.220
 that battle

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.839
 still rages

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.720
 in our hearts.

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:24.680
 Now

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.379
 as we do

00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:25.740
 that

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.379
 we can

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:26.859
 sometimes

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:27.420
 do this

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:27.980
 in a way

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.700
 that is

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.700
 really sad

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:31.539
 right?

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:32.099
 Because we

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:32.539
 feel

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.180
 and know

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.859
 in our bones

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.299
 that we've

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:34.740
 grieved

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.559
 a holy God.

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.259
 We can do

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.960
 this in a way

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.319
 that is

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.079
 kind of

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.700
 not fun

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.299
 to be around

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:39.819
 to be real

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.200
 frank

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:41.880
 but we are

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.660
 called to do

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.680
 so with joy.

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.579
 David says

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:44.960
 this

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:46.180
 restore to me

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.880
 the joy

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.799
 of your salvation.

00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:48.759
 We should

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.799
 execute all

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.140
 of this

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:50.819
 with joy.

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.420
 We should

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:51.920
 be rooting

00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:52.559
 out sin

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.460
 knowing that

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:53.920
 joy

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:55.380
 comes from

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:55.940
 the gospel

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:57.079
 and that joy

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:57.700
 infuses

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.579
 everything that

00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:59.000
 we do

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.980
 even killing

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.840
 our own sin.

00:25:01.340 --> 00:25:02.079
 That seems

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:02.700
 really weird

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.880
 but that's

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.180
 what we're

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.779
 called to.

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 The

00:25:07.379 --> 00:25:07.639
 shorter

00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:08.160
 catechism

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:08.680
 tells us

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:08.980
 this

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.339
 that if

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.639
 we're

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.379
 becoming

00:25:10.379 --> 00:25:10.819
 more

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.180
 and more

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.579
 holy

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 and as

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:12.740
 we're

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.019
 being

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.740
 renewed

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.779
 that if

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:14.980
 we're

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.700
 becoming

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.200
 more and

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.619
 more like

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:17.119
 Christ

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 that is

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.319
 the thing

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:18.680
 that should

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:19.119
 produce

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.740
 joy in

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.220
 our hearts

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.839
 that we

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.399
 can see

00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:21.819
 in one

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 another

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.859
 and in

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.440
 ourselves

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.099
 maybe not

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.500
 today

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.240
 maybe not

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.139
 next week

00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:26.700
 but after

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.180
 years

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.559
 and know

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:27.980
 God

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.339
 is at

00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:28.720
 work

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.620
 and that

00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:29.860
 should

00:25:29.860 --> 00:25:30.180
 make

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.600
 us

00:25:30.600 --> 00:25:31.279
 joyful.

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:35.019
 John

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.319
 Owen

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:36.319
 describes

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.559
 this

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.120
 process

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:37.779
 like a

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.279
 forest.

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.319
 The

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:39.819
 forest

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.860
 is

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.779
 overcome

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.180
 with

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.620
 vines

00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:43.240
 and branches

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:44.079
 and as

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.880
 we walk

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:45.299
 and we

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.779
 root out

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.120
 sin

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.940
 and become

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:47.660
 more holy

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.240
 year after

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:48.579
 year

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:50.440
 those branches

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:51.200
 and vines

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:52.360
 that cover

00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:52.940
 the forest

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.339
 floor

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:54.900
 become less

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.400
 and less

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:55.960
 and the

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.559
 light comes

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:56.900
 through

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.620
 and those

00:25:57.620 --> 00:25:58.060
 trees

00:25:58.060 --> 00:25:58.400
 either

00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:58.920
 remain

00:25:58.920 --> 00:26:00.060
 but there's

00:26:00.060 --> 00:26:00.680
 less and

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:00.980
 less

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.820
 undergrowth.

00:26:02.340 --> 00:26:02.900
 If we

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.420
 think about

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:03.900
 our Christian

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.340
 lives

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:04.720
 are we

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.480
 rooting out

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:05.780
 sin

00:26:05.780 --> 00:26:06.380
 so that

00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:06.660
 we can

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.040
 see

00:26:07.040 --> 00:26:07.640
 glimpses

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:08.259
 of light

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.160
 maybe not

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:09.759
 this week

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.600
 but maybe

00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:11.960
 last year

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.700
 compared to

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.280
 last year

00:26:13.280 --> 00:26:14.460
 maybe

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:16.120
 in years

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:17.080
 after walking

00:26:17.080 --> 00:26:17.700
 with Christ

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.480
 are we seeing

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.140
 more and

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:19.840
 more light

00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:22.620
 are we

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.480
 reminding

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.000
 ourselves

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.360
 that we're

00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:24.940
 not doing

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.540
 this on our

00:26:25.540 --> 00:26:26.160
 own effort

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:27.279
 but God

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:28.360
 who made

00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:29.519
 us alive

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.420
 in Christ

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:30.880
 Jesus

00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:31.660
 by the

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.500
 power of

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:32.980
 his spirit

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.600
 that raised

00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:34.140
 Christ from

00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:34.460
 the dead

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.540
 lives and

00:26:35.540 --> 00:26:36.240
 reigns and

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.019
 works in

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.519
 us

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.720
 to do

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.080
 so.

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.500
 God

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:40.920
 has not

00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:42.540
 simply left

00:26:42.540 --> 00:26:43.140
 us alone

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.560
 for this

00:26:43.560 --> 00:26:44.160
 task but

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.700
 he's equipped

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.720
 us for

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:45.960
 it.

00:26:46.820 --> 00:26:47.320
 That's the

00:26:47.320 --> 00:26:48.140
 command to

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.779
 be holy

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.300
 to root

00:26:49.300 --> 00:26:49.740
 out sin

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.440
 not let it

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:50.940
 rain

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:52.120
 and continuing

00:26:52.120 --> 00:26:53.240
 saying our

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.080
 members are

00:26:54.080 --> 00:26:54.960
 not used

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:56.140
 for unrighteousness

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:56.460
 and this

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:56.860
 weapon

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.259
 against

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.920
 and this

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.420
 war

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:59.560
 but weapons

00:26:59.560 --> 00:27:00.020
 towards

00:27:00.020 --> 00:27:00.660
 righteousness

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:02.300
 and fueled

00:27:02.300 --> 00:27:02.759
 by the

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.520
 Holy Spirit

00:27:03.520 --> 00:27:05.660
 but why

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.400
 what's the

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:06.960
 cause of

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.200
 that

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:08.259
 wait Paul

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.680
 are you

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.320
 saying we

00:27:09.320 --> 00:27:09.640
 have to

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.140
 do these

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.440
 things

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:10.920
 I thought

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.420
 you said

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:11.980
 that there

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.300
 are great

00:27:12.300 --> 00:27:12.940
 promises

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.420
 that it's

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:13.820
 all been

00:27:13.820 --> 00:27:14.440
 done for

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:14.800
 me

00:27:14.800 --> 00:27:15.820
 yes

00:27:15.820 --> 00:27:16.240
 look at

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:16.960
 verse 14

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:19.319
 for sin

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.759
 will have

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.740
 no dominion

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.519
 over you

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.700
 since you

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.000
 are not

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.860
 under law

00:27:23.860 --> 00:27:24.559
 but under

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.220
 grace

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:26.380
 the law

00:27:26.380 --> 00:27:26.980
 requires

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.400
 holiness

00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:28.039
 we know

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.319
 that

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:29.319
 but man

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:29.680
 in his

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:29.940
 sin

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.740
 was powerless

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.799
 to do

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.259
 anything

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.779
 powerless

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.500
 to fulfill

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.220
 its demands

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:35.279
 we note

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:36.019
 that from

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.779
 experience

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.559
 living in

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.100
 this life

00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:38.799
 but the

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.360
 game has

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:40.000
 changed

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:41.579
 now

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.779
 we are

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.279
 fueled

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.759
 by the

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.400
 Holy Spirit

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:45.099
 a Christian

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:45.660
 can be

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:46.400
 holy

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:47.400
 because he's

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:47.920
 equipped to

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:48.359
 be holy

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:48.839
 that God

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:49.279
 has given

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.579
 us

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.579
 his spirit

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:52.579
 this idea

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:52.920
 of being

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.619
 under law

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:54.059
 or under

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.440
 grace

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:54.819
 is not

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.559
 talking about

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.180
 being under

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.500
 the Old

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:56.839
 Testament

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.339
 or Moses

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:57.940
 or the New

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.299
 Testament

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:59.579
 he's saying

00:27:59.579 --> 00:27:59.920
 are you

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.720
 living under

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.339
 the power

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:01.900
 of the law

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.259
 are you

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.980
 living under

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.660
 the reign

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.339
 of sin

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:05.440
 are you

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.380
 living under

00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:07.460
 the promises

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.240
 of the gospel

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:09.099
 of grace

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:10.259
 it's talking

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.759
 about the

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.299
 controlling

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.959
 force

00:28:11.959 --> 00:28:12.659
 in our

00:28:12.659 --> 00:28:13.159
 lives

00:28:13.159 --> 00:28:14.519
 the dominion

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.639
 of sin

00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:16.159
 is the

00:28:16.159 --> 00:28:16.579
 rule

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.399
 and reign

00:28:17.399 --> 00:28:18.159
 either of

00:28:18.159 --> 00:28:18.639
 law

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:19.459
 or of

00:28:19.459 --> 00:28:19.959
 grace

00:28:19.959 --> 00:28:21.500
 but we know

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.139
 as a Christian

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:22.599
 that that

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:23.319
 rule

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:24.259
 being under

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.740
 the law

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.139
 has been

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:25.679
 broken

00:28:25.679 --> 00:28:26.879
 and now

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.799
 it's under

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.319
 grace

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:28.939
 and he can

00:28:28.939 --> 00:28:29.639
 issue this

00:28:29.639 --> 00:28:30.119
 command

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:30.779
 because

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.799
 of what

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.099
 has been

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.559
 done

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.219
 on our

00:28:33.219 --> 00:28:33.779
 behalf

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:35.000
 we talked

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.379
 about the

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:35.899
 imperative

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.339
 of a

00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:36.599
 command

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.359
 do this

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:38.379
 this is

00:28:38.379 --> 00:28:38.839
 very much

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.439
 indicative

00:28:39.439 --> 00:28:40.079
 this has

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.639
 been done

00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:41.599
 for you

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:42.500
 that is

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:42.899
 the truth

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:43.159
 of the

00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:43.579
 gospel

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.259
 if we

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.619
 get those

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.439
 confused

00:28:45.439 --> 00:28:46.240
 then we

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.659
 confuse

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:47.079
 the nature

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.359
 of the

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.720
 gospel

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.359
 we don't

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:48.919
 do the

00:28:48.919 --> 00:28:49.419
 gospel

00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:50.139
 it has

00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:50.679
 been done

00:28:50.679 --> 00:28:51.599
 for us

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:53.359
 it has

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:53.919
 been done

00:28:53.919 --> 00:28:54.459
 on our

00:28:54.459 --> 00:28:54.919
 behalf

00:28:54.919 --> 00:28:55.419
 Christ

00:28:55.419 --> 00:28:55.919
 has made

00:28:55.919 --> 00:28:56.480
 you alive

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.279
 Christ

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.799
 has moved

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.439
 you from

00:28:58.439 --> 00:28:59.019
 under law

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.519
 to under

00:28:59.519 --> 00:28:59.939
 grace

00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:01.220
 the spirit

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.939
 has opened

00:29:01.939 --> 00:29:02.480
 your eyes

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 all those

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 things have

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 been done

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 on our

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 behalf

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 and as

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 we think

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 about that

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 in our

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 fight against

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 holiness

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 we have

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 to remember

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 that

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 the great

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 anglican bishop

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 j.c.

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 ryle

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 who i know

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 some of us

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 are working

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 through his

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 work said

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 this

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 that faith

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 in christ

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 is the

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 root of

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 all holiness

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 the first

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.960
 step towards

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 a holy life

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 is to believe

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 on christ

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 that until

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 we believe

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 we have not

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 a jot

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 of holiness

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 and that

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 union with

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 christ

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 that's an

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 idea that

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.079
 we talked

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 about a

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 couple weeks

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:35.379
 ago

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 is the

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 secret

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 to both

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 beginning

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 to be

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 holy

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 and continuing

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 to be

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 holy

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 the command

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 to holiness

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 begins with

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 faith in

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 jesus christ

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 we can't

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 forget that

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 it's not as

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 if we're told

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 to go do

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 this

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 and we're

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 left to

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 our own

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 devices

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 we have to

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 understand

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 that god

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 sending his

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 son in the

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 form of

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 man

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 as god

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 and paying

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 the penalty

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 for our

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 sin

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 is the

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 engine

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 it is the

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 thing that

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 gives us

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 life

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 it is the

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 thing that

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 allows us

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 to be

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 holy

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 that's why

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 paul can

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 say

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 to the roman

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 church

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 be holy

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 because

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 christ has

00:30:17.520 --> 00:30:18.280
 died for

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 sin

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 christ has

00:30:21.020 --> 00:30:21.460
 done that

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 work for

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 each and

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 every one

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 of us

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 he's called

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 us to

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 faith

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 because you

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 could never

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 do it

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 you were

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 never able

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 to to

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 save

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 yourself

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 you're

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 never able

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 to be

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 holy of

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 your own

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 accord

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 because sin

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 reigned in

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 your members

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 but christian

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 you have been

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 set free

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 from that

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 free from

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 the reign

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 of sin

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 so we must

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 put our

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:46.059
 hope in christ

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 because that

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 is the

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.420
 beginning

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:48.240
 of holiness

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 now

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 this morning

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 and this

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 week

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 will we

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 remember

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 to not

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.620
 let sin

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 reign

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:59.759
 for christ

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 reigns

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.559
 for us

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 let's

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 pray

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:05.039
 lord we're

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.559
 thankful for

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.059
 the reminder

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.759
 this morning

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:08.180
 that you

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:08.920
 reign in the

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.420
 life of the

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:09.859
 christian

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.920
 father may

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.680
 you work

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.460
 faith in

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.079
 our hearts

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:14.259
 so that we

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:15.180
 would transform

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 that we

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.059
 would be

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:17.680
 changed

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.359
 that we

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:18.859
 would grow

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.460
 in holiness

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 because of

00:31:20.659 --> 00:31:21.519
 what you

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:21.920
 have done

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.220
 in our

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.639
 hearts

00:31:22.639 --> 00:31:23.519
 that there

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:23.819
 is no

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.359
 dominion

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:25.359
 now of

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:25.980
 sin in

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.639
 our lives

00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:27.540
 but father

00:31:27.540 --> 00:31:28.400
 we still

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:28.920
 struggle

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.640
 against its

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:30.080
 presence

00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:30.480
 in our

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:30.800
 lives

00:31:30.800 --> 00:31:31.580
 and may

00:31:31.580 --> 00:31:32.160
 you equip

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.740
 us for

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.380
 this task

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 we pray

00:31:33.820 --> 00:31:34.920
 in jesus name

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 amen

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 let's stand

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 and sing in

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 response to

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:37.980
 god's

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.100
 word

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 do

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