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 Now open up your Bible to Ephesians 6.

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 So we're coming back to our series on the armor of God.

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! I hope to finish it before I go on holiday.

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 If you missed the first two sermons,

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 it might be worth just having a listen to those sermons.

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 Send the church office an email and they can send you the call-ins.

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 There's a really interesting incident in Acts 19,

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 if you know that chapter, where Paul is referred to as a man who's known in hell.

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 There's an evil spirit that has conquered the Jewish exorcist.

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 And he refers to the fact of this evil spirit.

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 He says, I don't know who you are.

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 Who are you anyway?

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 He says, I know who Jesus is and I know who Paul is,

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 but I don't know who you are.

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 There's a little bit of humor in that incident, really.

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 And somebody commenting on that incident has described the Apostle Paul as a man known in hell.

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 A man known in hell.

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 A marked man, in other words.

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 And that should be every single one of us who is a Christian this evening.

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 Who is in Christ.

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 If we've been saved, if we have been rescued from Satan's clenches,

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 if we've been translated out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light,

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 then we're marked men and women, boys and girls.

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 As long as we're unbelieving, as long as we're outside of Christ,

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 as long as we're in Satan's kingdom,

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 well, he doesn't bother about us too much.

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 Do you remember the illustration that Jesus talks about?

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 He says the good, the armed man, the strong man,

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 he keeps his goods in peace.

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 The devil is not bothered by us as long as we're not believing in Christ.

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 As long as we're in his kingdom.

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 But the moment we're rescued, the moment that we are saved from his power,

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 we become important to him.

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 We become marked men on his witness.

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 To be a wanted man or a wanted woman,

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 to be on a death list, it's a horrible thing, isn't it?

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 We know, don't we, people who are on a wanted list,

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 or they're on a death list,

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 they have to take the appropriate security arrangements.

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 And we are on a Satan's list list.

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 And so we are to be on our guard.

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 And we are to make full provision

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 of all the security arrangements that God has made.

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 Think of a policeman in Northern Ireland,

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 during the troubles.

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 I remember being in Northern Ireland,

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 my sister went to university in Belfast,

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 and we stayed at a policeman's house,

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 and every day he would go out,

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 and before he got into his car,

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 he'd have to check in his car,

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 under his car,

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 to see whether there was some device under it.

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 He'd have to go over different things with a device,

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 because he was on a wanted list,

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 because he was on a hit list.

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 He had to take care

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 to follow all the security arrangements.

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 And so do we.

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 And so that's what we're looking at, aren't we,

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 in this series.

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 Can you see that again?

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 A little verse 11.

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 Put on the whole armour of God,

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 that we may be able to stand.

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 Verse 13.

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 Therefore take up the whole armour of God,

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 again, same thing,

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 that you may be able to withstand in the evil day,

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 and having done all to stand firm,

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 stand therefore,

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 having fastened on the belt of truth

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 that we looked at last time,

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 and having put on the breastplate of righteousness.

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 And so this is the kind of second piece of equipment

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 that God has provided for us,

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 for our protection,

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 the breastplate of righteousness.

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 As an introduction,

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 I really want to stress to you the importance

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 of this piece of equipment.

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 It's really the centrepiece of Christian armour.

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 We know, don't we,

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 of bulletproof vests.

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 Our police, in the mess,

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 they sometimes wear staff vests.

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 That is the modern equivalent of a breastplate.

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 And that bulletproof vest will provide protection,

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 and for what we call the vital organs of the body.

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 And so,

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 a soldier,

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 at least when they might get hit in the leg,

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 or the arm,

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 and they'll survive.

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 But if they get hit in the region

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 covered by the bulletproof vest,

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 or the breastplate,

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 well, they're unlikely to survive.

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 The breastplate covers, doesn't it?

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 The vital region,

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 the vital organs of the body.

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 And that's why it's so important.

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 That we are covered by the breastplate of righteousness.

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 Let me put it to you,

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 like this,

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 all the references I'm going to use,

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 there's quite a few of them,

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 are on the sheets that you were given when you came in.

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 Proverbs 4.23,

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 Keep your heart with all vigilance,

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 for from it flows the springs of life.

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 And the NIV, I think more helpfully puts it,

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 it says,

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 Guard your heart above all else.

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 Whatever else you do,

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 or whatever other armour you've got on,

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 whatever other protection you avail yourself of,

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 guard your heart above all else,

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 because it's the well-spring of life.

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 Because out of your heart are the issues of life.

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 And when the Bible speaks about the heart,

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 it's not speaking about a physical organ

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 that pumps blood around our bodies.

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 When the Bible speaks of the heart of men and women,

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 it's talking about the centre of our personality.

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 The heart is,

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 according to the Bible,

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 it's the seat of our affections,

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 it's the real you,

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 it's the centre of your thought processes,

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 it's the home of your conscience,

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 it's the spring of all our motives,

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 it's the source of all our desires,

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 it's the fountain of all activities,

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 it's the focus of our personal lives.

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 It's us.

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 And the Bible says you have to guard your heart.

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 And it's vital that you guard your heart,

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 because out of the heart are the issues of life.

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 And that is the target that the devil aims at most of all.

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 That's where the battle will be fought and won.

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 It's not out there somewhere,

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 but in our hearts.

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 It's in the realm, isn't it,

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 of our affections,

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 what we want,

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 and love,

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 of our thoughts,

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 it's in the realms of our conscience,

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 it's in the realm of our motives and our desires.

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 That's where the battle is fought with Satan.

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 And that is where we most need God's protection.

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 Let's look at it a little bit more closely,

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 you'll see that it's described for us there,

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 isn't it,

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 as the breastplate of righteousness.

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 Put on the breastplate of righteousness.

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 God's protection for our hearts

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 in the battle against the devil

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 is righteousness.

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 What do we mean by that?

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 Well, first thing is this.

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 It can't mean our own righteousness.

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 It can't mean our own righteous acts,

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 our own right standing before God.

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 When it talks about

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 the breastplate of righteousness,

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 it cannot possibly mean

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 that we put on our own righteousness,

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 because for the very simple reason,

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 we don't have any righteousness.

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 We don't have any righteousness

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 inherently in God's sight.

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 Do you remember how Romans tells you

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 there is none righteous,

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 no,

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 not one,

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 not in God's sight.

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 I don't mean by this

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 that we're as bad as

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 we could be,

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 that's obviously not true.

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 There are good things

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 in human nature.

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 And every single one of us

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 has got our good points,

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 but it's all comparative,

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 isn't it?

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 And when we bring our goodness

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 into the light of God's holiness,

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 it looks very tarnished indeed

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 and quite shabby.

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 And the Bible tells us actually,

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 doesn't it,

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 alarmingly,

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 that our goodness

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 is not goodness at all

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 in God's sight.

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 That actually,

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 as we see our goodness

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 in God's sight,

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 we know that it's full of

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 false motives

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 and pride

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 and vanity

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 and things which

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 other people might say,

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 well,

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 that's really good

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 that you've done that

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 on the outside.

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 We know that on

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 the inside,

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 if we hunt,

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 there's selfishness

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 and pride.

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 And we don't do things

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 to please God

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 and that's the only motive

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 for goodness.

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 There is none really good

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 in this world

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 by nature.

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 There is none righteous.

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 No, not one,

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 says the Apostle.

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 Isaiah says that

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 our righteous acts,

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 they're like filthy rags.

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 And so if we try

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 to stand before Satan

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 in our own righteousness,

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 it's like standing

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 before him in a

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 in a string vest

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 full of holes.

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 And to think that

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 you can stand

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 against the devil

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 trusting in your own

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 inherent goodness

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 is utter madness.

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 There's no protection

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 in your goodness.

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 And that's crucially important

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 because if you haven't

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 seen this,

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 if you've not seen that,

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 then you're not

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 really even in the battle.

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 if you haven't

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 come to understand

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 that your own

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 righteousness

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 is useless

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 when it comes

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 to your acceptance

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 of God

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 with God

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 that you dare

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 not rely it.

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 If you haven't been

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 brought to that point

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 to understand that,

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 well,

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 the really alarming

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 truth is tonight

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 you're not in

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 God's kingdom.

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 And you're really

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 still in Satan's kingdom.

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 Paul says

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 you've been blinded

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 by him

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 under his control.

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 Doesn't mean

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 you're as bad

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 as you could be

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 but it does mean

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 that you're not

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 in the battle at all

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 and that's

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 crucially important.

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 Listen to how

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 the Apostle Paul

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 puts it,

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 he gives his testimony

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 in Philippians 3

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 it's on the sheet

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 and he says

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 in verse 9

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 he says

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 there was a time

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 when I really

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 thought that

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 I was pretty secure

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 in my own

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 righteousness.

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 And he describes

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 his own

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 righteousness

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 earlier on in the chapter.

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 He talks about

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 having confidence

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 in the flesh

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 doesn't he

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 right at the start

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 of verse 4.

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 And he says

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 if anyone thinks

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 that they can have

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 confidence

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 before God

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 in the flesh

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 well I can outdo them

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 and he goes on

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 to list the various

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 things that he

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 once trusted in

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 you'll see them there

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 and he relied upon

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 them to put him

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 right with God.

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 And so verse 5

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 he says

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 I was circumcised

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 on the eighth day

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 I was of the people

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 of Israel

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 of the tribe of Benjamin

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 a Hebrew of Hebrews

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 as to the law

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 of Pharisee

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 as the zeal

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 well I praise

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 the people of the church

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 as to righteousness

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 under the law

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 blameless.

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 And then he says

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 verse 9

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 not having a righteousness

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 of my own

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 that comes from the law

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 but that which comes

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 through faith in Christ

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 the righteousness

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 from God

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 that depends on faith.

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 So he describes

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 his goodness

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 his background

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 his upbringing

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 his religious

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 duties

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 his decency

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 his honesty

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 his morality

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 and having described

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 all that

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 he comes to say

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 all that is useless.

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 All that is useless.

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 He says

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 these things

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 I thought they were

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 gained to me

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 verse 7

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 but actually

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 they are not.

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 I was counted

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 on these things

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 to get me to heaven

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 I thought

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 these were the things

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 that would bring me

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 right with God

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 but now I see

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 that these things

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 they'll never do that

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 for me.

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 So verse 7

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 but whatever gain

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 I had

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 I counted as loss

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 for the sake of Christ

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 indeed I count

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 everything as loss

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 because of the

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 surpassing worth

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 of knowing Christ

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 Jesus my Lord.

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 For his sake

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 I covered the loss

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 of all things

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 and covered them

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 as rubbish

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 in order that I

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 may gain Christ

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 and be found in him

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 not having a righteousness

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 of my own

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 that comes from the law.

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 not having a

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 doing yourself religion.

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 No he says

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 I know that there's

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 nothing I can do

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 to stand me

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 in good stead at all.

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 That's all I want.

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 What I want

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 he says

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 is a righteousness

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 which is of God

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 which comes through faith.

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 And that is the righteousness

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 that I need

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 and that is the righteousness

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 that you and I need

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 if we're going to stand

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 before the enemy.

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 It's a bulletproof righteousness.

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 Your own righteousness

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 is not bulletproof

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 it's full of holes.

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 But the righteousness

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 he describes here

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 the righteousness of God

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 which is in Jesus Christ

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 and it comes to us

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 by faith

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 in Christ

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 is well

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 invulnerable

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 to Satan's accusation.

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 It's bulletproof

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 on the evil day.

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 And as soon as you

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 be brought to this point

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 your heart

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 well it's just wide open

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 to the devil.

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 You're still in

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 enemy territory.

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 And if you're trusting

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 in your own righteousness

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 you're in very dangerous territory.

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 So this righteousness

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 that the apostle Paul

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 is talking about

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 in the Ephesians 6

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 it's not our own righteousness.

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 So what is it?

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 If this righteousness

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 is God's provision

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 for our protection

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 against Satan

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 if it's not

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 our own righteousness

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 what is it?

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 Where does it come from?

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 What Paul tells us

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 doesn't he?

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 It is the righteousness

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 of God

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 and how does it come?

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 By faith in Jesus Christ.

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 There are two things

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 that I'm going to say

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 tonight about this righteousness

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 and I'm going to use

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 technical terms.

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 I don't apologise for that.

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 I think we need to

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 stop apologising

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 for theological

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 technical terms.

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 We need to explain them.

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 The message of the gospel

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 has technical terms.

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 It's not our business

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 to dumb them down.

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 Have you bought a laptop?

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 Have you bought a laptop?

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 When you're going to buy a laptop

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 do you understand

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 what the specifications are?

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 I haven't got the

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 farthest clue, isn't it?

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 You haven't got a clue

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 what they are

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 and neither are you.

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 But if you're going to

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 buy a laptop

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 and it's a decent laptop

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 and you're more

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 diligent than I am

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 you will go and

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 you'll research those terms

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 because those terms

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 matter.

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 You take the trouble

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 to find out

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 what the spec is.

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 But we're dealing

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 with something tonight

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 that's far more important

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 than you buying a laptop

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 or a phone

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 or whatever it is.

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 We're dealing with

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 your eternal destiny.

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 Your never dying soul.

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 Your safety.

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 And so what we're dealing

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 with tonight

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 is more to you personally.

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 It's very, very important indeed.

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 So I'm not apologising

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 for using technical terms.

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 What is this righteousness?

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 What is this protection

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 that God provides

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 for our hearts

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 against Satan's attack?

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 It's not ours.

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 What is it?

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 It is God's righteousness

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 provided for us

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And it comes to us

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 by faith.

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 What is it?

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 Number one,

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 it's imputed righteousness.

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 Imputed righteousness.

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 Let's go back to the reading

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 we have from Zechariah 3.

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 There's a really, really

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 vivid illustration.

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 It's a really lovely illustration

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 tucked away in the Old Testament

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 in Zechariah.

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 The prophet recounts

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 this remarkable vision

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 that he had.

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 And in that vision,

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 he sees Joshua,

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 Israel's high priest,

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 standing before the angel of God.

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 And when told him,

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 can you see verse 1?

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 Then he showed him

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 Joshua, the high priest,

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 standing before the angel of the Lord

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 and Satan,

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 standing at his right hand

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 to accuse him.

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 That's a brilliant summary

00:15:35.100 --> 00:15:36.060
 of what the devil does.

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 Nothing could describe

00:15:38.300 --> 00:15:38.960
 more eloquently

00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:39.899
 what the devil does

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 to a Christian.

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 The Bible calls the devil

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 the accuser of the brethren.

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 It's one of the titles

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 that the Bible gives it.

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 He's an accuser.

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 And when we, like Joshua,

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 stand in the presence of God

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 and we're longing

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 to know God more,

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 and to fellowship with God,

00:16:00.500 --> 00:16:01.740
 the devil comes alongside us

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 and he points the finger at us

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 and he accuses us.

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 And the effect of that

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 can be devastating, can't it?

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 He dredges up our past.

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 He brings before us our sin

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 and he says,

00:16:12.060 --> 00:16:12.360
 you,

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 how can you expect God

00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:16.620
 to hear your prayers?

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 And there's many of us

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 that have stopped praying

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 and we've stopped reading

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 our Bibles for a time

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 precisely because of this,

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 because the devil

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 comes alongside us.

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 And when we open up our Bibles

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 and when we come to pray,

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 these thoughts,

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 how can someone like you

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 expect to have fellowship

00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:35.420
 with God?

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 You're wasting more time.

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 How can you ever expect

00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:40.080
 to cross the threshold

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 into God's presence?

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 Don't you remember

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 you did this yesterday?

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 Don't you remember

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 you did that

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 and he accuses us

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 and he points the finger

00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:48.879
 at us and we think,

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 oh, let's just do anything else

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 other than this.

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 There is practice.

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 He is the accuser

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 with the brethren.

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 Now, what do you do

00:16:55.779 --> 00:16:56.600
 in a situation like that?

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 How do you handle

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 the accusations

00:16:59.060 --> 00:16:59.720
 of the devil?

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 Well, you put on

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 the breastplate of righteousness.

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 What does that mean?

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 We'll look at Zechariah 3.

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 It's beautiful.

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 We're told that Satan

00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:11.319
 stood alongside Joshua

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 to resist him

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 and accuse him

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 before God.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 And the Lord said to Satan,

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 the Lord rebuke you,

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 O Satan.

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 The Lord who has chosen

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 Jerusalem,

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 rebuke you.

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 Is not this

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 a brand

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 I have plucked

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 from the burning,

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 from the fire?

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 God says to the devil,

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 I am the one

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 who has chosen you.

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 I am the one

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 who has chosen this man.

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 I chose to save him

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 or her.

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 He or she

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 is a brand

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 plucked from the fire.

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 And then you read

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 these beautiful words.

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 Verse 3.

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 Now Joshua was

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 standing

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 before the angel

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 clothed with filthy garments

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 and the angel

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 said to those

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 who were standing

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 before him,

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 remove the filthy garments

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 from him.

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 And to him he said,

00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:02.840
 behold,

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 I have taken

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 your iniquity,

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 your sin,

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 that which is within you,

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 which is walked

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 and always going towards sin.

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 I have taken that

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 away from you

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 and I will close you

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 with pure vestments,

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 pure garments.

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 That's what we mean

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 by impurity is righteousness.

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 It's all of this.

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 It's his righteousness

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 given to us

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 in purity to us.

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 And the moment

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 we believe in him,

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 the moment we trust in him,

00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:29.680
 our filthy garments

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 are taken away from us

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 and his perfect,

00:18:32.380 --> 00:18:34.460
 spotless righteousness

00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:35.840
 is put on us instead.

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 That's the heart

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 of the gospel.

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 The gospel is more

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 than that

00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:42.579
 but that's at the heart of it.

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 It's what we call

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 justification by faith.

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 There's a transaction

00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:49.559
 that takes place

00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:50.960
 and it takes place

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 in the courts of heaven.

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 It doesn't take place

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 in our experience.

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 Justification

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 is not

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 an experience.

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 It is a legal act

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 that takes place

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 the moment

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 we believe on Christ,

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 the moment

00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:06.819
 we rely on Christ,

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 the moment

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 we lean heavily

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 upon him,

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 there is a transfer

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 and our filthy garments,

00:19:12.379 --> 00:19:12.739
 the garments

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 of our sin,

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 our spotted righteousness

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 and our filthy garments

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 they're taken from us

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 and they're put

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 to his account.

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 And he who knew

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 no sin

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 was made sin

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 for us.

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 That we might be made

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 to the righteousness

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 of God

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 in him.

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 Upon a life

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 I did not live.

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 Upon a death

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 I did not die.

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 Another's life,

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 another's death,

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 I stake my whole eternity.

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 That is the breastplate

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 of righteousness.

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 And to put it on

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 is to understand it.

00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:51.039
 To put on

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 the breastplate

00:19:51.679 --> 00:19:52.079
 of righteousness

00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:52.959
 is to know

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 that you are

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 right with God.

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 That's the only way

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 you can stand up

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 to the accusations

00:19:58.619 --> 00:19:59.099
 of Satan.

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 When he comes

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 dreading up your past

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 and points into your failures

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 it's the only way

00:20:02.439 --> 00:20:02.959
 you can meet him.

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 It's to put on

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 the breastplate

00:20:04.339 --> 00:20:04.979
 of righteousness

00:20:04.979 --> 00:20:07.719
 that is to be saved

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 from Satan's accusation.

00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:11.579
 Martin Luther,

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 the great German

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 when there was

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 the Reformation

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 he said that

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 this article

00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:19.319
 this kind of

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 truth,

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 this doctrine

00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:21.659
 it was the article

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 of a standing

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 or falling church.

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 Certainly what

00:20:27.199 --> 00:20:27.899
 Christians stand

00:20:27.899 --> 00:20:28.399
 or fall.

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 It's where the

00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:31.759
 battle is won

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 or lost

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 against the devil.

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 And do you see

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 how important

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 this is?

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 So many of

00:20:37.179 --> 00:20:37.740
 the spiritual

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.639
 problems we have

00:20:38.639 --> 00:20:39.139
 as Christians

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 especially problems

00:20:40.339 --> 00:20:41.379
 of assurance

00:20:41.379 --> 00:20:43.339
 are due to the fact

00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:43.979
 we've not put on

00:20:43.979 --> 00:20:44.439
 the breastplate

00:20:44.439 --> 00:20:44.959
 of righteousness.

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 We've not understood

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:49.079
 the doctrine

00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:50.059
 of justification

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 by faith.

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 And if you're

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 a Christian

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 you are justified

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 but unless you

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 understand what

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 that means

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 unless you get it

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 or if you forget

00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:00.779
 what that means

00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:01.419
 then you are a

00:21:01.419 --> 00:21:02.299
 prey to the enemy

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 and it happens

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 in lots of

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 different ways.

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 So what happens

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.240
 is Christians

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.859
 begin to trust

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 in their feelings.

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 It's so important

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 to have feelings.

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 I want to say

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 if you've never

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 felt anything

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:15.980
 in your Christianity

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 there's something

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 very wrong with that.

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 I can't understand

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 how anyone can

00:21:21.139 --> 00:21:22.519
 come to God

00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.500
 through Jesus Christ

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:24.940
 and understand

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 that they're being

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 saved from sin

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 and come into fellowship

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 with God

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 and not feel anything.

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 I don't understand

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 that.

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 It's ridiculous.

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 You're bound

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 to feel something.

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.500
 Aren't you?

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 And feelings

00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:35.059
 are very important

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:35.679
 but feelings

00:21:35.679 --> 00:21:36.619
 make a really

00:21:36.619 --> 00:21:38.119
 poor breastplate.

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:40.899
 And because

00:21:40.899 --> 00:21:41.299
 feelings

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:41.919
 well they're here

00:21:41.919 --> 00:21:42.359
 today and they've

00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:42.819
 gone tomorrow

00:21:42.819 --> 00:21:43.119
 eh.

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 And if you rely

00:21:45.419 --> 00:21:46.039
 on your feelings

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:46.519
 this evening

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:47.319
 the devil will

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:47.699
 really make

00:21:47.699 --> 00:21:48.460
 short work on you

00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:49.439
 because before

00:21:49.439 --> 00:21:50.099
 you go home

00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:50.899
 tonight you'll

00:21:50.899 --> 00:21:51.480
 be filled with

00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.259
 doubts and

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:53.259
 anxieties

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:54.039
 because your

00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.779
 feelings come and

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.579
 go like mine do

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 and they change

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 with the weather.

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 Maybe you're

00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:01.079
 trusting in some

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:02.000
 past experience

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.359
 I was in a

00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:03.079
 meeting recently

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:03.640
 where somebody

00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:04.400
 called a

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:04.720
 gypsy

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.259
 smith

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:06.380
 the evangelist

00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:08.119
 and he used

00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:08.720
 to say to

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.579
 people I know

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.240
 I'm a Christian

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:10.839
 because I was

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.319
 there when it

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:11.680
 happened.

00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:15.980
 And that

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:17.180
 sounds spiritual

00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:21.519
 but it isn't

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:21.900
 right.

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.380
 We know what

00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:26.180
 it means but

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:26.759
 the devil makes

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.380
 short work of

00:22:27.380 --> 00:22:27.519
 that.

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:29.160
 If you trust in

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:30.200
 some past

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:31.299
 experience

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:33.940
 then the devil

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.440
 will come to

00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:34.740
 you and what

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.120
 will he say?

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:35.680
 He'll say to

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:35.960
 you well it's

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.259
 not just

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.759
 psychological.

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.600
 He can point

00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:40.060
 you to any

00:22:40.060 --> 00:22:40.460
 number of

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:40.720
 people who

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:40.960
 had a

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.220
 similar

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:42.299
 experience

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:42.440
 Christians.

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.519
 And they

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:43.799
 don't even

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:44.279
 pretend to be

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:44.619
 Christians.

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.039
 And if you're

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.599
 trusting in your

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:48.220
 experience that

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.579
 is no

00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:49.059
 protection.

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:51.839
 My hope

00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:53.740
 is built on

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.379
 nothing less

00:22:54.379 --> 00:22:56.519
 than Jesus'

00:22:56.659 --> 00:22:57.039
 blood and

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.460
 righteousness.

00:22:59.379 --> 00:22:59.819
 I dare not

00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.940
 trust the

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.659
 sweetest frame

00:23:01.659 --> 00:23:02.220
 but wholly

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:02.720
 lean on

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.440
 Jesus' name.

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.460
 On Christ

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:06.359
 the solid rock

00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:07.099
 I stand all

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:07.519
 by the ground

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:07.740
 and the

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:07.939
 sinking

00:23:07.939 --> 00:23:08.339
 side.

00:23:09.199 --> 00:23:09.579
 That's the

00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:10.059
 breastplate of

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:10.419
 righteousness.

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.879
 That's what it

00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:13.559
 means to put on

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.740
 the breastplate

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:16.059
 of righteousness.

00:23:16.219 --> 00:23:18.059
 I don't trust

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:20.179
 in my feelings.

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.859
 I thank God

00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.619
 for feelings and

00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:22.099
 I thank God

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.759
 for experiences

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.179
 but I don't

00:23:23.179 --> 00:23:24.019
 trust in them.

00:23:24.199 --> 00:23:24.599
 They're not my

00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:24.919
 hope.

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.039
 My hope is

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.319
 built on

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:27.939
 nothing less

00:23:27.939 --> 00:23:28.439
 than Jesus'

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:28.959
 blood and

00:23:28.959 --> 00:23:29.379
 righteousness.

00:23:33.139 --> 00:23:33.639
 When the

00:23:33.639 --> 00:23:34.079
 devil comes

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:34.539
 and he attacks

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:35.039
 your conscience

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:36.459
 and he will

00:23:36.459 --> 00:23:37.000
 and Satan

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.680
 comes to you

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.359
 and he accuses

00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:38.900
 you of not

00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:39.539
 being a Christian

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.119
 how can you

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:40.859
 be a Christian?

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:42.599
 And the

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.319
 devil tempts

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:43.579
 you to

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:44.279
 despair.

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.500
 He does.

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.619
 And so

00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:48.160
 when Satan

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:49.440
 tempts me

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:49.940
 to despair

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.799
 and he tells

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.119
 me of the

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:51.500
 guilt within

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:51.900
 and he just

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.440
 sent me

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:54.000
 up where I

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.160
 look.

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.500
 That's where

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:54.859
 you look.

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.480
 Up where I

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:55.720
 look.

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.539
 Not inward.

00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:57.119
 Up where I

00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:59.019
 look and see

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.500
 him who made

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.119
 an end of

00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:00.819
 all my sin.

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.460
 Because the

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:04.859
 sinless

00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:05.339
 saviour

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:05.720
 died.

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.859
 My sinful

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.419
 soul is

00:24:07.419 --> 00:24:07.779
 counted

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.139
 free.

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.839
 For God

00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:10.179
 the just

00:24:10.179 --> 00:24:10.859
 is satisfied

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.299
 to look

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.619
 on him

00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:12.039
 and pardon

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.339
 me.

00:24:14.959 --> 00:24:15.240
 And when

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.519
 the devil

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:15.939
 comes in

00:24:15.939 --> 00:24:16.159
 he says

00:24:16.159 --> 00:24:17.339
 how can

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:18.279
 you possibly

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:20.419
 call yourself

00:24:20.419 --> 00:24:20.959
 a Christian?

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:25.339
 What do you

00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:25.639
 say to him?

00:24:25.659 --> 00:24:26.019
 You say to him

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.799
 I know I'm a

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:26.959
 sinner.

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 That's what

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.299
 it's all about.

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.179
 God knows I'm a

00:24:30.179 --> 00:24:30.479
 sinner.

00:24:31.199 --> 00:24:31.679
 So can't

00:24:31.679 --> 00:24:32.500
 promise me

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:32.879
 about that.

00:24:32.939 --> 00:24:33.399
 You're absolutely

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:33.959
 right devil.

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.539
 I am a

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.439
 sinner but I've

00:24:35.439 --> 00:24:36.219
 got a saviour.

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:38.720
 And what's

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.500
 happened is

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.360
 his perfect

00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:41.100
 spotless life

00:24:41.100 --> 00:24:41.620
 has been put

00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:42.160
 to my

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:43.180
 account and

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.720
 my filthy

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.220
 life has

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.940
 been transferred

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.680
 and put

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.120
 down to him.

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.519
 That's the

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.180
 breastplate of

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.600
 righteousness.

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.019
 I'm going to

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.440
 put it on.

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.200
 And the

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.620
 Bible says

00:24:49.620 --> 00:24:49.839
 it's the

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:50.259
 most important

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.759
 thing of all.

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.240
 And the

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:53.779
 battle against

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.579
 the devil is

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.120
 to know that

00:24:55.120 --> 00:24:55.579
 you're right

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:56.259
 with God and

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:56.860
 to know why

00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:57.319
 you're right

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:57.779
 with God.

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.420
 Not just the

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:59.120
 hope that you

00:24:59.120 --> 00:24:59.360
 are.

00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:03.059
 So many

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.719
 Christians you

00:25:03.719 --> 00:25:04.179
 ask them

00:25:04.179 --> 00:25:07.639
 are you

00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:08.019
 going to

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.219
 heaven?

00:25:08.419 --> 00:25:08.819
 Are you

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.339
 saved?

00:25:09.899 --> 00:25:10.240
 I say well

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.819
 I hope so.

00:25:11.479 --> 00:25:12.259
 You must

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.979
 know sir.

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.659
 You must

00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:16.159
 know what the

00:25:16.159 --> 00:25:16.659
 breastplate of

00:25:16.659 --> 00:25:17.299
 righteousness is

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.839
 all about.

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.740
 To know that

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.119
 you're right

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.639
 with God.

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:20.939
 To have

00:25:20.939 --> 00:25:23.219
 confidence to

00:25:23.219 --> 00:25:23.519
 meet the

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.059
 enemy.

00:25:24.379 --> 00:25:24.599
 To have

00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.199
 confidence to

00:25:25.199 --> 00:25:25.519
 go out and

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.039
 face him.

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:26.559
 Because you

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:26.940
 know that

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.500
 the sin

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.019
 issue in

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.460
 your life.

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.960
 The unrighteousness

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.359
 issue in

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:30.720
 your life.

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.000
 Has been

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.399
 dealt with

00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:32.059
 perfectly and

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.700
 fully forever.

00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:33.420
 In the

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:33.799
 life and

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.159
 death of

00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:34.399
 Jesus.

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.019
 Listen to

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.619
 how John

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.339
 puts it in

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:37.500
 Revelation 12.

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.839
 John said

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.220
 like you had a

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:42.759
 loud voice in

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.180
 heaven saying

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.500
 now the

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.119
 salvation and

00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:44.659
 the power and

00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:45.180
 the kingdom of

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:45.779
 our God and

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.460
 the authority of

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:46.980
 his Christ have

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.519
 come for the

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.259
 accuser of our

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.079
 brothers has

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.480
 been thrown

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:49.920
 down.

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:51.980
 Who accuses

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.819
 them day and

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.599
 night before

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:54.960
 God and they

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.440
 have conquered

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:55.759
 him.

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.700
 By the

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.000
 blood of

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.399
 the Lamb.

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:00.240
 And by the

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.639
 word of their

00:26:00.639 --> 00:26:01.240
 testimony for

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.879
 they loved not

00:26:01.879 --> 00:26:02.579
 their lives even

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.079
 unto death.

00:26:03.159 --> 00:26:03.839
 Therefore rejoice

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.539
 O heavens and

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.059
 you who dwell

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.460
 in them but

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:06.159
 woe to your

00:26:06.159 --> 00:26:06.879
 earth and see for

00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.440
 the devil has

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.000
 come down to

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.819
 you in great

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.879
 wrath because he

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.259
 knows his

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.859
 time is short.

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.519
 They overcame

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:11.759
 it.

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.539
 And the

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:15.139
 accuser of the

00:26:15.139 --> 00:26:15.579
 brethren is

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:16.279
 cast down.

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.139
 They overcame

00:26:17.139 --> 00:26:17.319
 it.

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:17.940
 How did they

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.440
 overcome it?

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:18.700
 By the

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:18.960
 blood of

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.279
 the Lamb.

00:26:20.899 --> 00:26:21.539
 That is the

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.099
 breastplate of

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.500
 righteousness.

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:24.920
 The

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:26.000
 righteousness of

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:27.319
 Jesus Christ

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:28.140
 puts to our

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.720
 account the

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.180
 moment we

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.619
 believe in

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:29.859
 him.

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:34.119
 And our

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:34.599
 sinfulness

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.579
 imputed to

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:35.859
 him.

00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:39.599
 So that now

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.099
 we believe.

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:45.599
 the righteousness

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.179
 that God

00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:46.919
 provides us in

00:26:46.919 --> 00:26:47.359
 our fight

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.980
 against the

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.480
 devil is not

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:48.719
 our own.

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.099
 We can never

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:49.859
 stand up against

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.419
 the devil's

00:26:50.419 --> 00:26:50.740
 attack.

00:26:52.959 --> 00:26:53.599
 And we can

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.439
 never stand up

00:26:54.439 --> 00:26:55.240
 to the scrutiny

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.980
 of a holy

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.419
 God.

00:26:59.059 --> 00:26:59.559
 And so this

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.079
 righteousness,

00:27:00.939 --> 00:27:02.240
 Christ's

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:02.939
 righteousness is

00:27:02.939 --> 00:27:04.000
 imputed to

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.379
 us.

00:27:06.699 --> 00:27:07.459
 Provided for

00:27:07.459 --> 00:27:07.879
 us in the

00:27:07.879 --> 00:27:08.559
 life and death

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:08.960
 of Jesus.

00:27:09.159 --> 00:27:09.559
 It becomes

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.899
 ours by

00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:11.279
 faith.

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.700
 Don't believe

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:12.799
 it.

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.200
 You go to

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:13.500
 the pub,

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.839
 you're leaving

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.220
 in the pub

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.399
 with your

00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:15.720
 friends.

00:27:17.399 --> 00:27:18.019
 And one of

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.359
 your friends

00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:19.279
 sets up a

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.679
 tab.

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.799
 It's very

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.299
 generous.

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:22.919
 And so you

00:27:22.919 --> 00:27:23.299
 go to the

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.159
 bar and

00:27:24.159 --> 00:27:26.759
 the barmaid

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.279
 says that'll

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:28.159
 be £20 for

00:27:28.159 --> 00:27:28.619
 two pints

00:27:28.619 --> 00:27:28.899
 or whatever

00:27:28.899 --> 00:27:30.379
 ridiculously it

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:30.539
 is.

00:27:31.179 --> 00:27:31.759
 And she

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.099
 says that'll

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.759
 be £25.

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.299
 And you

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.740
 say, what

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:33.899
 do you

00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:34.059
 say?

00:27:34.159 --> 00:27:34.279
 You say,

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.679
 oh, put it

00:27:34.679 --> 00:27:35.720
 on the tab.

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.559
 You put it

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:37.819
 on his

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.079
 tab.

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.639
 And your

00:27:40.639 --> 00:27:41.139
 friend, at

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:41.419
 the end of

00:27:41.419 --> 00:27:41.779
 the night, he

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.319
 picks up the

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:42.539
 tab.

00:27:44.899 --> 00:27:45.480
 Put it to

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:45.599
 our

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:45.980
 account.

00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:48.379
 And that's

00:27:48.379 --> 00:27:48.779
 what Christ

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.220
 has done.

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.279
 He has

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.819
 put us

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.259
 into his

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.579
 account.

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.440
 This perfect

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:54.940
 life has been

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.399
 put to our

00:27:55.399 --> 00:27:56.059
 account, imputed

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.539
 righteousness.

00:27:58.179 --> 00:27:58.700
 But that

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.359
 righteousness which

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:00.019
 is ours in

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.720
 Christ, and I'll

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.019
 try and be

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.700
 brief here, is

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:03.220
 also imparted

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:04.059
 to us, secondly,

00:28:04.419 --> 00:28:04.879
 by the Holy

00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:05.259
 Spirit.

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:07.160
 The

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.500
 righteousness

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.420
 which is

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:09.019
 ours in

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.619
 Christ, which

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:09.960
 is put to

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.500
 our account, is

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.920
 also imparted

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:13.039
 to us by the

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.579
 Holy Spirit.

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.140
 And you

00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:14.539
 must never

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.240
 separate those

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.640
 two things.

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:15.879
 You must

00:28:15.879 --> 00:28:16.519
 never separate

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.379
 imputed

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:18.160
 righteousness and

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.680
 imparted

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.079
 righteousness.

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.700
 They belong

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.119
 together.

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.519
 And they're

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.220
 woven together in

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.799
 this breastplate.

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.819
 To put it

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.500
 doctrinally, you

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:26.920
 must never

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.400
 separate

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:28.500
 justification,

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:31.200
 that God

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:32.079
 declares us

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:32.900
 right because of

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.240
 Christ's

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:34.180
 righteousness, with

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:35.140
 sanctification,

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:36.539
 which is being

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.720
 set apart and

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.619
 increasingly set

00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:39.440
 apart for God.

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.180
 Where there's

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.900
 one there, there

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:43.660
 has to be the

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:43.859
 other.

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.879
 And so the

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.900
 person who has

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:47.879
 been put right

00:28:47.879 --> 00:28:49.759
 with God will

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.559
 begin to live

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.420
 righteously before

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:51.640
 him.

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.779
 That's part of our

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.379
 protection too.

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.379
 And so James, in

00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:57.240
 his official, he

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:58.099
 tells us, can we

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:58.460
 see that?

00:28:58.519 --> 00:29:00.319
 He says, resist

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.879
 the devil.

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:03.880
 He doesn't

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:04.560
 incidentally tell

00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:05.140
 you to rebuke

00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:05.640
 the devil.

00:29:06.560 --> 00:29:06.860
 How many

00:29:06.860 --> 00:29:07.140
 were ever

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.560
 told that?

00:29:09.020 --> 00:29:09.300
 And he

00:29:09.300 --> 00:29:10.120
 says, resist

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:10.660
 the devil.

00:29:10.760 --> 00:29:11.140
 And you may

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:11.640
 say, well how

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:12.340
 on earth can I

00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:12.820
 resist the

00:29:12.820 --> 00:29:13.080
 devil?

00:29:14.020 --> 00:29:14.340
 We're not

00:29:14.340 --> 00:29:14.680
 talking about

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:15.080
 a comic

00:29:15.080 --> 00:29:16.520
 strip figure.

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.360
 He's not a

00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:18.180
 cartoon character

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:19.200
 with horns and

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.800
 hooves and a

00:29:19.800 --> 00:29:20.120
 tail.

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.800
 We're talking

00:29:21.800 --> 00:29:22.240
 about the one

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.600
 in the Bible

00:29:22.600 --> 00:29:23.200
 who's described

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.740
 as the prince

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.220
 of the power

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.640
 of the air,

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.200
 the spirit

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:25.680
 who is now

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.360
 aware in those

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:26.540
 who are

00:29:26.540 --> 00:29:27.220
 disobedient.

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:28.120
 I'm no

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:28.460
 man for

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:28.740
 him.

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.140
 Can I

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:29.559
 read you?

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:30.660
 Well yes

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.079
 you are,

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.779
 says James.

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.120
 Look what it

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:33.380
 says.

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:36.160
 It says, resist

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.620
 the devil.

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.079
 And you can

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.640
 resist it.

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.620
 And you can

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:44.180
 see him fleeing

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.680
 from you.

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.140
 How is that

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:45.480
 possible?

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:45.900
 Well listen to

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.620
 this, verse 7

00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:46.880
 and 8.

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 Resist the

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:49.720
 devil and he

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.460
 will flee

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.940
 from you.

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.660
 Draw near to

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.220
 God and he

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.900
 will draw near

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.400
 to you.

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.559
 Cleanse

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.019
 your hands

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.500
 you sinners

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.180
 and purify

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.720
 your hearts

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.079
 you double

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.439
 minded.

00:29:58.179 --> 00:29:58.439
 You see

00:29:58.439 --> 00:29:59.139
 resistance to

00:29:59.139 --> 00:29:59.460
 the devil,

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.259
 it grows

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:00.960
 out of

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.259
 Christian

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.619
 living.

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:10.980
 You see

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.460
 you will

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.099
 not see

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.839
 him run

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.500
 away from

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.299
 you unless

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.659
 you are

00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:15.139
 living

00:30:15.139 --> 00:30:15.919
 righteously

00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:16.799
 before God.

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:18.939
 Unless you

00:30:18.939 --> 00:30:19.460
 are submitting

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:19.980
 to God,

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.480
 unless you're

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.119
 drawing near

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.639
 to God.

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.279
 Unless you're

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.980
 cleansing your

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.699
 hearts and

00:30:24.699 --> 00:30:25.279
 purifying,

00:30:25.879 --> 00:30:26.539
 cleansing your

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.000
 hands and

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.680
 purifying your

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.119
 hearts.

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.399
 When Peter

00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:31.420
 describes the

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:31.799
 devil, can

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.240
 you see it?

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:33.159
 He's like a

00:30:33.159 --> 00:30:34.139
 roaring lion

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:35.220
 who wanders

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.960
 about seeking

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.559
 whom he may

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:36.960
 devour.

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.519
 And what does

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:38.980
 Peter say?

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:39.500
 Peter says

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.119
 resist him.

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.119
 Stand against

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.399
 him.

00:30:47.399 --> 00:30:48.240
 How can I

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:49.379
 resist a

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:50.019
 roaring lion?

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:51.180
 How can I

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:51.619
 do that?

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.720
 I'm no match

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.319
 for a roaring

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:53.659
 lion.

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.080
 Well yes,

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:54.360
 you are,

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:54.660
 the Bible

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.019
 says.

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.820
 Because look

00:30:57.820 --> 00:30:58.340
 at that last

00:30:58.340 --> 00:30:58.860
 verse, it's a

00:30:58.860 --> 00:30:59.480
 beautiful proverb

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.920
 isn't it?

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.640
 The wicked

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:01.800
 flee when no

00:31:01.800 --> 00:31:02.540
 one pursues,

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.740
 but the

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.940
 righteous are

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.560
 as bold as

00:31:07.560 --> 00:31:07.900
 a lion.

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.279
 There's guilt

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.600
 for you,

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:10.940
 isn't there?

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:13.800
 Let's start

00:31:13.800 --> 00:31:14.200
 with that verse.

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.740
 There's guilt

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.519
 for you.

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:19.079
 A man who

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.440
 is guilty,

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.000
 a man whose

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.519
 sin has not

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:20.960
 been dealt

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.559
 with by the

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:21.900
 blood of

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:22.160
 Christ,

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.480
 and that

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:23.160
 man runs

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.579
 when no

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:23.839
 one is

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.139
 chasing

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:24.460
 him.

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:29.460
 He's

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:29.660
 always

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.940
 looking over

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.460
 his shoulder.

00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:33.799
 He knows

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.259
 there's someone

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.799
 attacking him,

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.160
 but actually

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.680
 there's no one

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.200
 attacking him

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.500
 at all.

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:37.240
 That's how you

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:38.019
 recognise guilt.

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:38.700
 The wicked

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.779
 flee when no

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.319
 one is chasing

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:40.759
 them, but the

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.359
 righteous will

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:41.859
 be as bold

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.339
 as a lion.

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:45.599
 And so

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:46.079
 those of you

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:47.059
 who are in

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.699
 Christ,

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:50.480
 you are more

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:50.980
 than a match

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.480
 for Satan.

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.359
 And if you

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.859
 are trusting

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.179
 in the

00:31:55.179 --> 00:31:55.559
 righteousness

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:56.139
 of Christ,

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:56.559
 and if you

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:57.019
 are living

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.839
 that justified

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.399
 life,

00:31:58.879 --> 00:31:59.839
 living righteously

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.599
 before God,

00:32:00.679 --> 00:32:01.319
 by the Spirit

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:02.879
 you can stand.

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.799
 And you

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:07.179
 can resist.

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.459
 And you

00:32:09.459 --> 00:32:09.959
 can see the

00:32:09.959 --> 00:32:10.500
 devil running

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.099
 away from you.

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:13.939
 And so

00:32:13.939 --> 00:32:14.659
 therefore take

00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:15.019
 up the

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.579
 whole armour

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:16.119
 of God,

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.359
 that you

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:18.779
 may be able

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.259
 to stand

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:21.079
 in the

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.779
 evil day,

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.119
 having done

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:24.740
 all to

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.459
 stand firm,

00:32:25.659 --> 00:32:26.019
 stand

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.579
 therefore,

00:32:27.919 --> 00:32:28.699
 having fastened

00:32:28.699 --> 00:32:28.959
 on the

00:32:28.959 --> 00:32:29.319
 belt of

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.639
 truth,

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.679
 and having

00:32:31.679 --> 00:32:32.139
 put on the

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:32.679
 breastplate of

00:32:32.679 --> 00:32:33.079
 righteousness.

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.480
 Heavenly

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:35.740
 Father,

00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:36.039
 we