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 Well, morning everyone, and thank you Ash. I'm not sure if you're still in the room. Remind me how much alive I'm not. As it turns out, I just can't keep up with that sort of thing and his energy is just such a blessing to us as a church in moments like this.

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 So I really appreciate my brother. So as we have already been told, we're in the book of Ephesians in this term. If I've not met you, I'm Steve, senior pastor here at St. Paul's.

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 What we're doing in this term is we're discovering in the book of Ephesians who the church is. And we're doing that as we just heard from our news segment about we're doing that as we look forward to the next five to 10 years in what God is calling us to as a church in life and ministry together.

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 What we've already seen in Ephesians 1 is that in Jesus Christ, we have every spiritual blessing now in the present, present tense now. And we also have a guaranteed future glory in God's presence.

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 So what we have now and the future that we're looking forward to and the fulfillment of all things. So it is what we have and yet what we are still to receive.

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 And what we have and what we are still to receive is every desire, every dream, every longing of the heart being gifted to us in Jesus Christ.

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 Now today's passage is one of the richest in the Bible of what it means in fact to be a Christian.

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 And what it means when Christians talk about being saved, being born again or becoming a Christian.

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 And so if you are here in this room or online right now and you are not yet a Christian, then my hope is that these verses will give you clarity on what it is to be a Christian.

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 And also a desire welling up in you, in fact, to want to be one.

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 If, however, you are a Christian and you're sitting in the room or online, you are a Christian, it is crucial for you to realize as you come to this text that this text is not primarily evangelistic.

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 That wasn't Paul's origin.

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 That was not his purpose here.

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 This text is actually written to Christians.

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 It's written for Christians.

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 You see, what he wants is for Christians to be captivated by the love and the grace of God that has in fact ripped us.

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 And I mean ripped us from the grip of condemnation and death and raised us to the place of honor with Jesus Christ.

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 He wants us to be, our affections to be captivated by that truth.

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 He wants us to know the glorious Father, have our hearts and our affections to be drawn to him in such a way that our lives are transformed.

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 That's his intention here.

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 And so I've got three points, which on the St. Paul's app, you've got it there and you can take notes if you like as you go along.

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 Now the first three verses are a comprehensive panoramic picture of the human condition outside of God.

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 It's the condition of everyone outside of God.

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 It says quite bluntly, dead in your transgressions and sins.

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 Now death here or dead is not a figure of speech.

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 He's referring to humanity as being absolutely dead.

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 Not in danger of death, not dying, but absolutely dead.

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 He refers to Gentiles in verse 1 and his fellow Jews in verse 3.

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 So he's not making a distinction here between a particular depraved element of human society.

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 He's saying all people are dead in transgressions and sins.

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 That is, spiritual death is universal.

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 All of humanity from top to bottom, all people are spiritually dead apart from Christ.

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 And the key to understanding what that means is the word followed in verse 2 and following in verse 3.

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 Those words there, which come from the same root word, basically mean to be mastered by.

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 It's much stronger than the English language of following.

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 It means to be mastered by, to be controlled by.

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 It, in fact, means to be enslaved.

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 Spiritually, humanity is as helpless as a corpse.

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 Completely controlled, completely mastered by death in such a way that you have no capacity whatsoever to move, to act, to do anything on your own.

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 And a corpse cannot bring itself back to life.

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 And there are three things that we are told here that we are all enslaved to.

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 Firstly, it says verse 2, enslaved to the ways of the world.

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 Verse 2 again.

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 Secondly, we're enslaved to the ruler of the kingdom of the air.

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 And thirdly, in verse 3, enslaved to gratifying the cravings of our flesh following its desires and thoughts.

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 Now, when Paul refers there to our flesh, we automatically think of the stuff that's over the top of our bones and stuff.

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 But he doesn't mean that.

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 He's not referring to that.

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 In both Hebrew and Greek language, the word flesh means the whole person.

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 Mind, soul, spirit, body.

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 And it's a word that is particularly used in Hebrew and Greek language that refers to self-centered human nature.

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 It refers to the nature of all people.

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 And so notice the words craving, desires, thoughts.

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 What he's referring to here is the bottom, the aspect here of self-centered human nature is the inner life of the person.

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 And according to the Bible, the reason why all of humanity is dead, spiritually dead in transgressions and sins,

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 is because every single person is profoundly self-centered.

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 Profoundly centered on the self.

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 As I've often referred to the 16th century church reformer and theologian Martin Luther,

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 in his lectures on the Romans, the book of Romans,

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 put the condition of the human heart very succinctly.

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 The Latin phrase he used was incurvitus in se, which is curved in on itself.

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 That is the condition of every human heart.

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 Curvitus in se, curved in on itself.

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 In such a way he said that every human heart is wickedly,

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 curvedly, viciously seeking to use all things,

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 even God,

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 for its own glory.

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 Profoundly self-centered is what it means to be human apart from God.

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 It's like all of us have a computer that's not crashing right down at the center of our being,

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 and this computer never, never, never, never stops.

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 And it's constantly in overdrive, analyzing, analyzing, analyzing everything,

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 every person, every object, every interaction, every event, every setting,

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 saying, how does this glorify me?

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 That is the natural default human heart.

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 Everything is about analyzing its benefits to my happiness,

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 my glory, my reputation, my comfort, my control.

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 Everything gets put through the grid of my heart,

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 curved in on itself.

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 That is the core issue of humanity is pride.

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 It is what the theologian John Calvin said,

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 pride is the sin that exists below every sin.

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 It's the very thing that caused the very first sin in the very first place.

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 And pride is not so much thinking highly of yourself,

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 it is constantly thinking about yourself.

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 That's pride.

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 Pride is making sure that everything is centered on me.

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 Now, it is obvious that self-centeredness can make you a cruel person.

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 You know, history is full of those tyrants and dictators and, you know,

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 who, you know, the egotistical, the proud person, the self-centered, the murderous,

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 you know, we see them everywhere.

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 You know, they want to get their own way.

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 They want to make sure that they're at the center and the top and, you know.

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 But more often than not, self-centeredness creates moral people.

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 Not as obvious to spot.

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 Someone that others look up to and want to be like.

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 You see, if everything exists for my self-centered heart to make me look good and feel good,

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 then there's no better way to make me feel good or look good than to be a good person that other people affirm,

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 as opposed to the tyrant that other people despise.

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 Self-centeredness drives most people into serving the needy,

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 into political causes,

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 into being a good child to parents or a good parent to children,

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 a good friend who assists whenever possible,

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 a dutiful person who does what's expected of them.

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 And what lies beneath that is a self-centeredness that drives us doing those things for our own affirmation.

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 We help for our sake.

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 We do good things to be noticed by people.

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 We do it all to receive the applause,

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 to build up our sense of worth,

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 wealth,

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 which is always fragile and crumbling.

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 Now, I'm sure that most of you remember that one of the greatest Hollywood classics of the last century,

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 the movie Rocky,

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 starring Sylvester Stallone,

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 it is beyond me that the guy,

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 after all these years,

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 has yet to win an Oscar.

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 Anyway,

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 his love interest in the movie

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 asked him,

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 why?

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 Why are you taking on the world champion in a boxing match?

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 He's going to pulverize you.

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 Of course, he doesn't.

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 If he did,

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 we wouldn't have Rocky 6,

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 7,

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 8,

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 25,

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 I don't know how many movies there are,

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 but why?

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 Why are you doing this?

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 Because he wasn't expected to win.

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 It was meant to be a spectacle.

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 And his reply

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 is remarkable.

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 He says,

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 I want to go the distance.

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 That's all he wanted,

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 not to win,

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 I just want to go the distance

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 and then I will know

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 that I'm not a bum.

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 See what he's saying there?

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 I want to prove something to myself.

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 Everything else in life can fall down.

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 My marriage can fail.

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 I can be a rotten kid.

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 But as long as I've gone the distance

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 with Apollo Creed,

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 at least in that moment,

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 I know

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 that I'm not a bum.

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 You see,

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 outside of God,

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 every person

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 is trying to prove themselves

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 that they are worthy of affirmation.

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 Because we need affirmation

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 more than anything else.

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 And Luther's point here

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 is that we evaluate

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 everything

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 in terms of whether

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 it makes me look good

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 or not.

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 And yet the reality is

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 none of it will ever be enough.

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 None of it will ever be enough.

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 And so we are enslaved

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 to the treadmill

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 of the pursuit

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 of that affirmation.

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 So self-centeredness

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 can make you cruel.

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 It can make you moral.

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 But

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 we need to hear this one.

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 Self-centeredness

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 can make you

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 a religious person too.

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 We can devote ourselves

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 to God

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 doing good works,

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 turning up to church,

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 reading the Bible,

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 praying,

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 giving,

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 all good

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 and right things

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 to do,

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 God's called us to,

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 but for entirely

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 the wrong reason.

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 Where the motive

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 of the heart

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 is about

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 even trying

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 to get God

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 to approve

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 of us.

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 How do we know?

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 How can we tell

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 the difference?

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 Well,

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 when things aren't

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 going well in life,

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 we do two things.

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 We start to pull

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 back away

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 from those things.

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 Or

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 and

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 we start getting

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 angry at God

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 for not giving us

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 what we think

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 he should give us

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 in that moment

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 for things not going well.

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 God,

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 I've done all this stuff

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 for you.

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 How can this go wrong

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 in my life?

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 And both of those

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 things are an indication

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 we're expecting God

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 to come through

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 for us in that moment.

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 Of all I've done

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 for you,

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 God,

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 it is

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 mind-boggling

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 that you could

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 possibly get

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 into Christianity

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 and even stay

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 in Christianity

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 for decades

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 to have God

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 serve you,

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 your ego,

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 your affirmation,

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 rather than

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 for us to serve God.

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 that is

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 always the issue

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 if our obedience

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 and our Christian life

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 is conditional

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 on the circumstances

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 of life.

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 Verse 3

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 uses the word

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 craving

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 to describe

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 our self-centeredness.

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 It's a word

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 that means

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 an inordinate desire.

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 In other words,

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 it means that

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 this self-centeredness

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 is

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 an over-desire.

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 It's in fact

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 addictive.

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 It means

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 it's never enough.

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 It's addictive

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 in the same way

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 that gambling

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 is addictive.

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 It's never enough.

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 It's the same way

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 that heroin's addictive.

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 It's never enough.

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 It might give you

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 a high for just a moment

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 but you just look

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 at the next hit,

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 the next hit,

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 the next hit.

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 It means that

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 we are living

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 for our own glory

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 and it will never,

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 ever be enough.

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 No amount of glory,

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 no amount of acclaim,

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 no amount of recognition,

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 no amount of comfort

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 will ever be enough

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 to settle

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 the restless heart.

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 The computer

00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:19.440
 that's in overdrive

00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:24.920
 and it makes us

00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:25.879
 miserable.

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:30.000
 It makes us miserable

00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:32.139
 despite what

00:17:32.139 --> 00:17:33.899
 our social media profiles

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 attempt to portray

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 about our life.

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 the default setting

00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:41.759
 of every human heart

00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:44.779
 without Jesus,

00:17:45.299 --> 00:17:46.220
 without God

00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:47.779
 is simply this

00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:50.519
 as I read years ago

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 and I can't remember

00:17:51.159 --> 00:17:51.839
 where I got it.

00:17:52.700 --> 00:17:53.599
 It is simply this.

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 I think it was C.S. Lewis.

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 I'll give it to him anyway.

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 It is your life

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 for mine.

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 Your ego,

00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:08.339
 your self-centeredness,

00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:10.039
 your life

00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:12.240
 must be sacrificed

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 for mine.

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 You exist to serve me,

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 my interests first

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 and that is how

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 we even relate

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 to our creator

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 and our sustainer

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 and our God.

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 God, you exist for me.

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 Now the Bible's view

00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:28.980
 of sin

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 is that every,

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 it's not just

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 that every person

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 is tainted by it

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 but that every aspect

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 of a human person

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 is tainted by it

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 and the consequence

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 is shocking.

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 Verse 3,

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 like the rest,

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 we were by nature

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 deserving of death.

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 Not just by nature

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 dead

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 but by nature

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 deserving of condemnation.

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 Not only spiritually dead

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 but condemned by God.

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 Our self-centeredness

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 means we are deserving

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 of God's wrath,

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 his anger,

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 his condemnation,

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 his judgment.

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 Now the Bible reveals

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 that God's anger

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 is not like human anger.

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 It's not spite.

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 It's not malice.

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 It's not animosity.

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 It's not revenge.

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 It's not arbitrary.

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 It is predictable

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 and it's not governed

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 by mood or whim.

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 It is God's personal,

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 righteous,

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 perfect,

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 constant hostility

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 to evil,

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 injustice,

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 and sin.

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 It is his settled refusal

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 to compromise with it

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 in any way whatsoever

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 and his resolve

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 is to condemn it.

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 This is the spiritual death

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 that all people

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 are enslaved to

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 that leads to

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 physical death

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 and ultimately

00:20:11.099 --> 00:20:12.179
 eternal death

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 under the just

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 condemnation

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 of God.

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 That is the horror

00:20:17.379 --> 00:20:18.279
 of verse 3

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 of being deserved

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 of wrath.

00:20:24.620 --> 00:20:25.299
 C.S. Lewis

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 certainly did write

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 nothing more,

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 there is nothing

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 more enslaving

00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:33.779
 and miserable

00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:36.380
 than self-centeredness.

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 It makes you

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 miserable

00:20:39.340 --> 00:20:41.980
 and it will

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 increasingly

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 make you

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 miserable.

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 He described it

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 as hell

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 begun

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 in you

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 that will

00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.299
 eventually

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 take you

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 to hell.

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 That's self-centeredness.

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 That's pride.

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 And in this

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 constant state

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:04.059
 of spiritual

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 death

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 and free

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 fall

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:07.399
 into eternal

00:21:07.399 --> 00:21:07.940
 death,

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 unable

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:10.519
 to even

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 know

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.559
 that we are

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 in fact

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.579
 dead,

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 let alone

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.500
 help

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:17.299
 ourselves

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:19.099
 to save

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.839
 ourselves,

00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:23.299
 what humanity

00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:23.899
 needs

00:21:23.899 --> 00:21:24.740
 is intervention.

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 Not just

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 a bit

00:21:28.659 --> 00:21:29.139
 of help.

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 Christianity

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.859
 is not

00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:32.940
 self-help.

00:21:34.399 --> 00:21:35.240
 We need

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 someone to

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 intervene.

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 A corpse

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.399
 cannot push

00:21:40.399 --> 00:21:41.059
 the emergency

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.680
 button and

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.319
 call for help

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 and we

00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.680
 can't do

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 so spiritually

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:44.879
 either.

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 and that's

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.500
 what makes

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 verses 4 to 7

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:49.200
 so remarkable.

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 We're alive

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:55.080
 by grace.

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 I love it

00:21:57.560 --> 00:21:57.960
 when Mel

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 read this

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 out.

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 I don't

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 know if you

00:21:59.460 --> 00:21:59.900
 noticed,

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 but she

00:22:01.860 --> 00:22:02.160
 did.

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 But,

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 but,

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 there's

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:11.000
 never a

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.200
 bigger

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 but in

00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.460
 the world

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 than this

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 one.

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 Because of

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 his great

00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:17.559
 love for

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:17.799
 us,

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:18.279
 God,

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:18.960
 who is

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.460
 rich in

00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:19.860
 mercy,

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 made us

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.400
 alive with

00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:21.799
 Christ,

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 even when

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:22.759
 we were

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.200
 dead in

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:23.940
 transgressions.

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 It is by

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.100
 grace you

00:22:25.100 --> 00:22:25.420
 have been

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:25.900
 saved.

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 And God

00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.380
 raised us

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:29.019
 up with

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.799
 Christ and

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.440
 seated us

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:31.640
 with him

00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:32.059
 in the

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:32.360
 heavenly

00:22:32.360 --> 00:22:33.100
 realms in

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.940
 Christ Jesus.

00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.100
 Verse 6

00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:36.019
 says that

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.680
 God raised

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.539
 us up

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.600
 with Christ

00:22:38.600 --> 00:22:39.799
 and seated

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.680
 us with

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:41.319
 him in the

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.559
 heavenly

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.100
 realms.

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 That's

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.940
 verse 6.

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 I don't

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:45.460
 know if you

00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:45.880
 remember from

00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:46.519
 last week.

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:46.840
 I mean,

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.420
 Nick's just

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:47.920
 read it out

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.240
 to us,

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.620
 in fact,

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.680
 reminding us

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.319
 from chapter

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:51.259
 1 that

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:52.079
 God raised

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:52.640
 Christ up

00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:53.160
 and seated

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.420
 him in

00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:53.700
 the heavenly

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.120
 realms.

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.059
 Here we are

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.759
 told he's

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.100
 done that

00:22:56.100 --> 00:22:56.799
 with us.

00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:57.620
 That's where

00:22:57.620 --> 00:22:58.299
 we are

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:59.319
 now.

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.640
 What does

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.200
 that mean?

00:23:03.360 --> 00:23:03.600
 You see,

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.200
 in the first

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:05.039
 century Roman

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.660
 world,

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:08.960
 the conquering

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:11.519
 general would

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.799
 return from

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.420
 the great

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:15.319
 victory and

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:16.160
 that general

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:17.200
 was given

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:18.660
 the greatest

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.160
 honour,

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.859
 the highest

00:23:19.859 --> 00:23:21.940
 place in

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.480
 the capital

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.700
 as they

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.359
 returned,

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:24.940
 the capital

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:26.039
 city, and

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.400
 they were

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.339
 seated at

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:28.000
 the right

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.460
 hand of

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.000
 the emperor.

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:32.599
 That was

00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:33.099
 their honour.

00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:37.599
 Jesus died,

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.459
 was raised

00:23:38.459 --> 00:23:39.199
 up, given

00:23:39.199 --> 00:23:39.839
 the place

00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:40.539
 of greatest

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.819
 honour, the

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.679
 seat of the

00:23:42.679 --> 00:23:43.579
 right hand of

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:44.439
 the throne in

00:23:44.439 --> 00:23:44.899
 the heavenly

00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.519
 realms.

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.419
 It is the

00:23:46.419 --> 00:23:47.699
 most honourable

00:23:47.699 --> 00:23:48.679
 seat in

00:23:48.679 --> 00:23:50.159
 all of

00:23:50.159 --> 00:23:51.959
 heaven and

00:23:51.959 --> 00:23:52.719
 the earth

00:23:52.719 --> 00:23:53.339
 and under

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:54.119
 the earth.

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.019
 And so

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.599
 notice,

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:57.139
 God raised

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:58.599
 us up with

00:23:58.599 --> 00:24:00.139
 Christ and

00:24:00.139 --> 00:24:00.959
 seated us

00:24:00.959 --> 00:24:02.359
 with him.

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:04.179
 that's

00:24:04.179 --> 00:24:05.079
 past tense.

00:24:05.459 --> 00:24:06.480
 It's done.

00:24:09.439 --> 00:24:10.199
 Because it

00:24:10.199 --> 00:24:10.879
 can't mean

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.299
 that he's

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.779
 raised us

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.199
 up from

00:24:12.199 --> 00:24:12.519
 dead

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.240
 physically

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.659
 because as

00:24:14.659 --> 00:24:15.019
 of yet,

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.539
 I've not

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.039
 died.

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.099
 It can't

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:17.519
 mean that

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.039
 I'm in

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.639
 heaven with

00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:19.059
 him because

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:19.719
 I'm still

00:24:19.719 --> 00:24:20.099
 here.

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:20.980
 It means

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.359
 that we

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.159
 are legally

00:24:22.159 --> 00:24:23.179
 right now

00:24:23.179 --> 00:24:24.039
 declared that

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.799
 that is my

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.359
 seat.

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:27.539
 You see,

00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:27.899
 what it's

00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:28.339
 saying is

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:29.059
 when a person

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:30.339
 trusts in

00:24:30.339 --> 00:24:31.439
 Jesus Christ,

00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:32.240
 all their

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.859
 sins,

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.179
 all of

00:24:34.179 --> 00:24:34.399
 their

00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:35.459
 self-centeredness

00:24:35.459 --> 00:24:36.079
 are so

00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:36.539
 hidden,

00:24:36.939 --> 00:24:38.039
 so covered

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:39.039
 that they

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:40.019
 are treated

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:41.379
 as if

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:41.919
 they have

00:24:41.919 --> 00:24:42.399
 done

00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:43.539
 everything

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:44.759
 that Jesus,

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.879
 the conquering

00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.359
 king,

00:24:46.439 --> 00:24:47.039
 has done.

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:51.359
 God delights

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:52.019
 and honours

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.919
 and accepts

00:24:52.919 --> 00:24:54.159
 and rejoices

00:24:54.159 --> 00:24:55.179
 over us

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:56.140
 in the

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:56.539
 way that

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:56.960
 he does

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.500
 his own

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:57.960
 son.

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.420
 How can

00:24:59.420 --> 00:24:59.840
 that be?

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.460
 Verse 7,

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.539
 he might

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.100
 show us

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:03.740
 the incomparable

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.380
 riches of

00:25:04.380 --> 00:25:05.000
 his grace

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:06.180
 expressed in

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.960
 his kindness

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.700
 to us

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.519
 in Christ

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:08.900
 Jesus.

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.320
 The word

00:25:11.320 --> 00:25:11.799
 kindness

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.440
 there is

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:12.960
 not an

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:17.360
 emotion.

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.240
 It's

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.560
 actually

00:25:19.560 --> 00:25:20.160
 action.

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.400
 It's a

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:21.779
 word that

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.820
 means costly

00:25:22.820 --> 00:25:23.560
 action.

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.779
 The first

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.380
 three verses

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:27.019
 tell us

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.420
 that the

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.279
 essence of

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:29.779
 sin is

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.080
 putting

00:25:30.080 --> 00:25:30.860
 ourselves

00:25:30.860 --> 00:25:32.539
 where only

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:33.680
 God should

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:34.100
 be.

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.620
 That is the

00:25:34.620 --> 00:25:35.080
 very centre

00:25:35.080 --> 00:25:35.400
 of our

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.019
 lives,

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:37.100
 on the

00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.519
 throne of

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.120
 our lives,

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.700
 in control

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.100
 of our

00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:39.620
 lives.

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.039
 Sin is

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.840
 putting

00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:43.640
 our self

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:44.180
 where only

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:45.000
 God deserves

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.580
 to be.

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.080
 Salvation

00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:48.539
 in Christianity

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.539
 is God

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.620
 putting himself

00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:52.080
 where we

00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:52.700
 deserve to

00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:53.000
 be.

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.920
 It's the

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.620
 great reversal

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.380
 of positions.

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:57.980
 Jesus

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.860
 Christ took

00:25:58.860 --> 00:25:59.460
 the just

00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:00.320
 and righteous

00:26:00.320 --> 00:26:01.420
 punishment.

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.259
 He took

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.840
 the wrath

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.640
 of God

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.440
 that we

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:04.900
 deserve

00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:05.320
 for putting

00:26:05.320 --> 00:26:06.000
 ourselves

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.500
 in the

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.019
 place

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.960
 where only

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.580
 God

00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:09.340
 belongs,

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:10.700
 that is

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.019
 at the

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.340
 centre,

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.039
 the throne

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.700
 and the

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.160
 ruler of

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.900
 our lives.

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.320
 And the

00:26:15.320 --> 00:26:15.740
 punishment

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.240
 that he

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.740
 took on

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.420
 the cross

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:18.259
 was much

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:19.480
 more than

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:21.680
 the cruel,

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:23.900
 the excruciating,

00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:24.880
 physical

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.640
 punishment

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.160
 of a

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.440
 Roman

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.500
 crucifixion.

00:26:29.280 --> 00:26:30.320
 He took

00:26:30.320 --> 00:26:30.780
 the much

00:26:30.780 --> 00:26:31.120
 more

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:32.380
 excruciating

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:33.580
 spiritual

00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:34.820
 pain

00:26:34.820 --> 00:26:35.759
 of the

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.360
 wrath of

00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:36.880
 God

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.540
 being poured

00:26:37.540 --> 00:26:37.900
 out on

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.240
 him,

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.880
 what verse

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:40.440
 three says

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:40.940
 that we

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.360
 deserve.

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.800
 The one

00:26:44.800 --> 00:26:46.660
 whose

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.220
 very

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:48.019
 essence

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:49.240
 was

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.860
 flawless

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:52.439
 selflessness

00:26:52.439 --> 00:26:55.419
 was cut

00:26:55.419 --> 00:26:55.779
 off from

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.119
 God,

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.439
 his

00:26:56.439 --> 00:26:56.819
 father.

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:58.779
 He

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.619
 experienced

00:26:59.619 --> 00:26:59.919
 the

00:26:59.919 --> 00:27:00.479
 agony

00:27:00.479 --> 00:27:01.779
 that we

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:01.979
 would

00:27:01.979 --> 00:27:02.779
 experience

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.119
 if we

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.519
 were cut

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:03.859
 off from

00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:04.159
 God

00:27:04.159 --> 00:27:04.579
 for all

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:04.679
 of

00:27:04.679 --> 00:27:05.240
 eternity.

00:27:09.179 --> 00:27:09.439
 You see,

00:27:09.479 --> 00:27:10.000
 the essence

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.639
 of sin

00:27:10.639 --> 00:27:13.319
 is us

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:14.740
 substituting

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.319
 ourselves

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:15.939
 for God

00:27:15.939 --> 00:27:16.339
 while the

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:16.779
 essence

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.559
 of salvation

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.839
 in Christianity

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.619
 is God

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:20.279
 substituting

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.799
 himself for

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.099
 us.

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:21.879
 He sat

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.480
 in our

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.539
 seat so

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:23.859
 that we

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.339
 can now

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:25.019
 sit in

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.399
 his.

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:27.660
 ourselves

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:29.320
 where only

00:27:29.320 --> 00:27:29.580
 God

00:27:29.580 --> 00:27:29.980
 deserves

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.360
 to be

00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:30.640
 and so

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:30.960
 God

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.380
 chooses

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:31.720
 to put

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.140
 himself

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:33.180
 where we

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.540
 deserve

00:27:33.540 --> 00:27:34.019
 to be.

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.380
 And

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:36.860
 that,

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:39.680
 not just

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.060
 being

00:27:40.060 --> 00:27:41.420
 intellectually

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:42.040
 assented

00:27:42.040 --> 00:27:42.420
 to or

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.120
 agreed with

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.440
 but to

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.880
 be pushed

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:44.460
 down to

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:44.740
 the very

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.080
 centre of

00:27:45.080 --> 00:27:45.220
 our

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.660
 heart,

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:46.820
 that

00:27:46.820 --> 00:27:48.380
 and that

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:48.940
 alone

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.560
 is what

00:27:49.560 --> 00:27:50.660
 blasts us

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.519
 out of

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:51.860
 our

00:27:51.860 --> 00:27:52.840
 self-centredness

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:55.899
 it is to

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:56.500
 see Jesus

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.359
 saved

00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:58.559
 through the

00:27:58.559 --> 00:28:00.079
 most,

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.000
 sorry,

00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:01.740
 Jesus save

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.359
 us through

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:02.839
 the most

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:04.259
 radically

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:06.339
 unselfish

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:06.859
 thing

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:09.079
 in the

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.819
 history of

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.419
 humanity

00:28:10.419 --> 00:28:13.240
 for you,

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:16.220
 for me.

00:28:18.939 --> 00:28:19.799
 Though he

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.079
 was

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.919
 equal with

00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:21.379
 God,

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:22.900
 he emptied

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.780
 himself of

00:28:23.780 --> 00:28:24.440
 his glory

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:24.980
 and he

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:26.260
 came down

00:28:26.260 --> 00:28:26.840
 and took

00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:27.600
 the place

00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:28.060
 of a

00:28:28.060 --> 00:28:28.340
 servant.

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.220
 Verses

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:30.660
 four and

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.560
 five are

00:28:31.560 --> 00:28:32.280
 absolutely

00:28:32.280 --> 00:28:33.100
 startling

00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:34.660
 but because

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.120
 of his

00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:35.680
 great love

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.360
 for us,

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.820
 God,

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:38.620
 who is

00:28:38.620 --> 00:28:39.520
 rich in

00:28:39.520 --> 00:28:40.280
 mercy,

00:28:41.580 --> 00:28:44.180
 made us

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.900
 alive with

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:46.440
 Christ even

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:47.180
 though we

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.960
 were dead

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:49.300
 in transgressions,

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:50.360
 it is by

00:28:50.360 --> 00:28:51.100
 grace,

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:52.060
 that you

00:28:52.060 --> 00:28:52.380
 have been

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:52.940
 saved.

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.160
 We were

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:54.580
 dead in

00:28:54.580 --> 00:28:54.760
 our

00:28:54.760 --> 00:28:55.460
 transgressions

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:55.940
 but God

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:57.100
 intervened,

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:58.400
 enslaved to

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:58.960
 sin,

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.840
 enslaved to

00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.080
 our

00:29:00.080 --> 00:29:00.820
 selfishness

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:01.320
 but God

00:29:01.320 --> 00:29:01.880
 intervened,

00:29:02.760 --> 00:29:03.700
 objects of

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.200
 wrath,

00:29:04.520 --> 00:29:05.240
 deserving of

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:06.160
 condemnation

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:07.380
 but God

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:08.160
 intervened.

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:09.960
 Verses

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.340
 eight and

00:29:10.340 --> 00:29:10.720
 nine

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.440
 emphasise,

00:29:11.520 --> 00:29:11.900
 which is

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.440
 what we

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:12.700
 tried to

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:12.980
 keep up

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.220
 with a

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.680
 minute ago,

00:29:14.560 --> 00:29:15.220
 emphasises

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.760
 that this

00:29:15.760 --> 00:29:16.400
 salvation

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.940
 is all

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.820
 God's

00:29:18.820 --> 00:29:19.380
 grace,

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.240
 it is

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.900
 all his

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.259
 gift,

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:21.780
 it is

00:29:21.780 --> 00:29:22.640
 by grace

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:23.040
 you've been

00:29:23.040 --> 00:29:23.560
 saved,

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.560
 through faith

00:29:24.560 --> 00:29:25.180
 and it is

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:26.620
 not from

00:29:26.620 --> 00:29:27.259
 yourself,

00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:27.960
 it is a

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.380
 gift of

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:28.840
 God,

00:29:29.840 --> 00:29:30.300
 not by

00:29:30.300 --> 00:29:30.860
 work so

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.220
 that no

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.600
 one can

00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:31.960
 boast.

00:29:32.780 --> 00:29:33.120
 God's

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:33.519
 gift,

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.280
 his salvation

00:29:35.280 --> 00:29:35.960
 is a gift,

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:38.180
 new life is a

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.300
 gift,

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:38.980
 every spiritual

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:40.060
 blessing we saw

00:29:40.060 --> 00:29:41.320
 in chapter one

00:29:41.320 --> 00:29:41.740
 is a gift,

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.400
 the hope of

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.099
 the future

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:44.539
 is a gift

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.099
 and even

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:45.799
 faith to

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.480
 believe it

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.259
 and to

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:47.620
 live it

00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:47.980
 is a

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.299
 gift.

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:52.799
 Now

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.620
 faith here,

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.779
 I just need

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.259
 to unpack

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.579
 this,

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.160
 faith here

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:57.460
 is not

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:57.980
 a mere

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.640
 intellectual

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.319
 ascent,

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.480
 faith means

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:02.180
 trust

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:05.240
 and the

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.819
 idea of

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.559
 trust here

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:07.460
 is it

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:07.960
 means

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:09.079
 resting,

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.819
 resting

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:13.019
 you see

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.879
 a Christian

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.700
 is a

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.099
 person

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.599
 who

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:16.099
 rests

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.480
 in,

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:16.939
 it's a

00:30:16.939 --> 00:30:17.119
 person

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:17.319
 who

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.019
 trusts

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.700
 in

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:21.159
 the

00:30:21.159 --> 00:30:21.379
 work

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:21.539
 of

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:22.000
 Christ,

00:30:23.679 --> 00:30:23.899
 his

00:30:23.899 --> 00:30:24.200
 grace

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.720
 to us

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:27.500
 and they

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:27.759
 are

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.879
 characterized

00:30:28.879 --> 00:30:30.779
 verse

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.740
 9

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.259
 gives us

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.399
 the

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:33.079
 characterization

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:34.279
 of what

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:34.919
 a life

00:30:34.919 --> 00:30:35.579
 of faith

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.659
 looks like

00:30:36.659 --> 00:30:39.980
 verse

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.399
 9

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:42.519
 not

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:43.880
 boasting

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:48.980
 and we

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.240
 go,

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:49.480
 well,

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:49.740
 I'm a

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:49.940
 moral

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.360
 person,

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:50.860
 I'm not

00:30:50.860 --> 00:30:51.320
 like that

00:30:51.320 --> 00:30:51.640
 proud

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.040
 person

00:30:52.040 --> 00:30:52.240
 who

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:53.380
 boasts

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:53.680
 about

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:53.900
 all

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.080
 their

00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:57.660
 that's

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:57.940
 not

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.220
 what

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.540
 this

00:30:58.540 --> 00:30:58.759
 word

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.259
 means

00:30:59.259 --> 00:30:59.600
 because

00:30:59.600 --> 00:30:59.780
 we

00:30:59.780 --> 00:31:01.060
 think

00:31:01.060 --> 00:31:01.840
 I'm

00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:01.960
 not

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.080
 a

00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:02.460
 bragger

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:04.640
 let me

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:04.860
 say

00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:05.259
 we all

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.600
 subtly

00:31:05.600 --> 00:31:05.900
 do

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:09.140
 but

00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:09.940
 despite

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.500
 that

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:14.740
 this

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.600
 boasting

00:31:15.600 --> 00:31:16.140
 here is

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:16.700
 a difference

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.380
 between the

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:18.000
 self-centered

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.539
 and the

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.000
 selfless

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.579
 person

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.259
 you see

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.659
 boasting

00:31:20.659 --> 00:31:20.960
 in the

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.199
 first

00:31:21.199 --> 00:31:22.000
 century

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.899
 Roman

00:31:22.899 --> 00:31:23.639
 world

00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:25.619
 was

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:26.599
 what it

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:27.059
 was that

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.500
 you had

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.720
 your

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.339
 confidence

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:28.939
 in

00:31:28.939 --> 00:31:29.899
 and

00:31:29.899 --> 00:31:30.539
 boasting

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:31.319
 was

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:32.240
 particularly

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.119
 confidence

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:34.659
 in handling

00:31:34.659 --> 00:31:35.119
 a

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:36.299
 what was

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.619
 it that

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:37.039
 your

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.599
 confidence

00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:38.059
 was to

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.319
 handle

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:38.720
 a difficult

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.220
 scenario

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:40.319
 that's

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:40.740
 boasting

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.519
 where is

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:41.679
 your

00:31:41.679 --> 00:31:42.319
 confidence

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:44.419
 it's not

00:31:44.419 --> 00:31:44.939
 bragging

00:31:44.939 --> 00:31:45.460
 about an

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:45.879
 achievement

00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:46.240
 but where

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.419
 your

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:47.059
 confidence

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.339
 is

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:47.899
 placed

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:50.280
 and here

00:31:50.280 --> 00:31:50.620
 we are

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:50.840
 told

00:31:50.840 --> 00:31:51.120
 that one

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:51.400
 of the

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:51.880
 great

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:52.360
 things

00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:52.620
 about

00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:52.820
 the

00:31:52.820 --> 00:31:53.140
 Christian

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.720
 life

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.980
 is it

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.540
 brings

00:31:55.540 --> 00:31:56.000
 an

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.540
 end

00:31:56.540 --> 00:31:57.519
 to the

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:57.980
 boasting

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:59.500
 it

00:31:59.500 --> 00:31:59.880
 brings

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.120
 an

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:00.700
 end

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.880
 to that

00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:02.759
 overdrive

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.060
 of the

00:32:03.060 --> 00:32:03.660
 computer

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.240
 placing

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.500
 our

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.060
 confidence

00:32:05.060 --> 00:32:05.900
 in

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.380
 our

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:07.280
 fickle

00:32:07.280 --> 00:32:07.960
 personal

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.440
 hope

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:08.600
 and

00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:09.360
 affirmations

00:32:09.360 --> 00:32:09.680
 that we

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.100
 build for

00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:10.640
 ourselves

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.800
 as I

00:32:11.800 --> 00:32:11.960
 said

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.180
 earlier

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.420
 we're

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:12.700
 all

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:12.980
 looking

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.180
 for

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.420
 something

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:13.900
 to boast

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:14.160
 in

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.700
 something

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.019
 to put

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.160
 our

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.580
 confidence

00:32:15.580 --> 00:32:15.800
 in

00:32:15.800 --> 00:32:16.019
 something

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.680
 to trust

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:16.940
 in

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.720
 to rest

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.019
 in

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:19.120
 to pump

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.319
 up

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.519
 our

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.680
 sense

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:20.980
 of

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.360
 worth

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:21.579
 and

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:22.259
 value

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.740
 anything

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.240
 it

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.380
 can

00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:24.720
 be

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:27.660
 and

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:27.839
 this

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.000
 is

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.380
 what

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:30.000
 C.S.

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.240
 Lewis

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.819
 was saying

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.180
 here

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:35.740
 we are

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.440
 miserable

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.740
 because

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.519
 the life

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.220
 of boasting

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:40.039
 is a life

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:41.380
 of scrambling

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:42.259
 for identity

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:45.460
 it's

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.100
 exhausting

00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:47.879
 it's

00:32:47.879 --> 00:32:48.699
 enslaving

00:32:48.699 --> 00:32:49.219
 because

00:32:49.219 --> 00:32:50.019
 we are

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.439
 giving

00:32:50.439 --> 00:32:53.139
 our

00:32:53.139 --> 00:32:54.000
 all

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.939
 to

00:32:54.939 --> 00:32:55.919
 something

00:32:55.919 --> 00:32:56.980
 that was

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.500
 never

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.299
 designed

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:59.099
 to make

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.319
 us

00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.839
 complete

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:01.980
 it was

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.219
 never

00:33:02.219 --> 00:33:02.859
 designed

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.539
 to deliver

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:03.919
 us an

00:33:03.919 --> 00:33:04.459
 identity

00:33:04.459 --> 00:33:06.839
 and the

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.639
 new life

00:33:07.639 --> 00:33:08.000
 that he

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.719
 gives us

00:33:08.719 --> 00:33:09.439
 is a life

00:33:09.439 --> 00:33:09.839
 of a

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:10.219
 gift of

00:33:10.219 --> 00:33:10.419
 his

00:33:10.419 --> 00:33:10.899
 grace

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:12.100
 the

00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:12.420
 one

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:12.960
 worthy

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.740
 of all

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.540
 praise

00:33:14.540 --> 00:33:15.080
 has

00:33:15.080 --> 00:33:15.780
 denied

00:33:15.780 --> 00:33:16.380
 himself

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:16.900
 and

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:17.560
 elevated

00:33:17.560 --> 00:33:18.180
 us

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.920
 to the

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.360
 throne

00:33:19.360 --> 00:33:19.519
 of

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:19.920
 honor

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:21.980
 his

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.860
 selflessness

00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:23.600
 has

00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:24.000
 overcome

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.580
 our

00:33:24.580 --> 00:33:25.640
 selfishness

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.440
 and we

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:26.660
 have

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:27.180
 all

00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:27.640
 the

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:28.259
 acclaim

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.700
 or the

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.040
 honor

00:33:29.040 --> 00:33:29.460
 or the

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:29.960
 approval

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.400
 or the

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:31.000
 acceptance

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.340
 that we

00:33:31.340 --> 00:33:31.500
 could

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.960
 possibly

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.440
 want

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:34.200
 and there

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.840
 is only

00:33:34.840 --> 00:33:35.380
 one

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:35.880
 boast

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.740
 that

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:37.700
 liberates

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:38.660
 from the

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:39.640
 enslavement

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:40.720
 of scrambling

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.280
 through life

00:33:41.280 --> 00:33:41.900
 searching

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.580
 for the

00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:43.020
 confidence

00:33:43.020 --> 00:33:43.480
 we need

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:43.960
 to face

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.340
 whatever

00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:44.759
 life

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.100
 throws

00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:45.620
 at us

00:33:45.620 --> 00:33:46.220
 and

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:46.800
 Galatians

00:33:46.800 --> 00:33:47.360
 6

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:48.100
 Paul

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:48.580
 says it

00:33:48.580 --> 00:33:49.000
 very

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.860
 succinctly

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:50.960
 may I

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.320
 never

00:33:51.320 --> 00:33:51.759
 boast

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:51.940
 in

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.460
 anything

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:52.980
 else

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.460
 but the

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:54.000
 cross

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:57.180
 the

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:57.500
 cross

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.799
 of our

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.119
 Lord

00:33:58.119 --> 00:33:58.440
 Jesus

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.220
 Christ

00:33:59.220 --> 00:34:01.079
 through

00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:01.380
 which

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:01.680
 the

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:02.160
 world

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.559
 has

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:02.900
 now

00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:03.200
 been

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:03.980
 crucified

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.920
 to me

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:06.759
 and I

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.079
 to the

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:07.480
 world

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:11.300
 in other

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:11.559
 words

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:11.840
 those

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.199
 three

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.880
 things

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:14.199
 are

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.539
 dead

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:14.960
 to me

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.360
 those

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:15.659
 three

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.239
 things

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.559
 that we

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:16.739
 are

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.260
 craving

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:17.820
 after

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:18.099
 are

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.480
 dead

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:18.960
 to me

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.980
 those

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.199
 three

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.420
 things

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.639
 that I'm

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.219
 enslaved

00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:21.599
 to are

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:21.900
 dead

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.159
 to me

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.519
 because

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:22.900
 of the

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.280
 cross

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:24.760
 no

00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:25.000
 longer

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.519
 searching

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:25.900
 for a

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.160
 boast

00:34:26.160 --> 00:34:26.480
 to feel

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:26.920
 alive

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.140
 but

00:34:27.140 --> 00:34:27.660
 made

00:34:27.660 --> 00:34:28.420
 alive

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:30.420
 Jesus

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.200
 is his

00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:31.720
 boast

00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.800
 because

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.320
 he knows

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:33.760
 that in

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.100
 Jesus

00:34:34.100 --> 00:34:34.500
 he

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.880
 the

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.380
 Christian

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:36.240
 the

00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:36.720
 church

00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:37.420
 is

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:38.300
 God's

00:34:38.300 --> 00:34:38.700
 boast

00:34:38.700 --> 00:34:44.200
 let me

00:34:44.200 --> 00:34:44.540
 be honest

00:34:44.540 --> 00:34:44.900
 with you

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.160
 I

00:34:45.160 --> 00:34:45.680
 preach

00:34:45.680 --> 00:34:45.920
 this

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.240
 passage

00:34:46.240 --> 00:34:46.540
 many

00:34:46.540 --> 00:34:47.100
 times

00:34:47.100 --> 00:34:49.140
 over

00:34:49.140 --> 00:34:49.340
 the

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:49.580
 last

00:34:49.580 --> 00:34:49.840
 three

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.460
 decades

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:52.400
 but

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:52.559
 I've

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:52.740
 never

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:53.059
 seen

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.360
 this

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:53.820
 bit

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.320
 before

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:55.059
 I've

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.240
 talked

00:34:55.240 --> 00:34:55.420
 about

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:55.579
 this

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:55.860
 before

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.019
 but

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.139
 I've

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:56.260
 never

00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:56.539
 seen

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:56.699
 this

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:56.880
 bit

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:57.280
 before

00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:58.400
 I've

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:58.559
 never

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:58.780
 seen

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:58.980
 this

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.179
 bit

00:34:59.179 --> 00:34:59.820
 particularly

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:00.679
 in light

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.099
 of the

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.320
 end

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:01.460
 of

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:01.720
 chapter

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:02.179
 one

00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:04.539
 verse

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:05.059
 10

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:07.139
 gives

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:07.460
 us one

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.659
 of the

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:07.920
 most

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.679
 exalted

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.380
 images

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:10.699
 of the

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:11.240
 Christian

00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:12.400
 not just

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:12.800
 seated

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:13.760
 up there

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:15.139
 in the

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:15.840
 throne room

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.260
 with

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:16.780
 God

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.980
 the

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.220
 most

00:35:18.220 --> 00:35:18.880
 exalted

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.560
 images

00:35:19.560 --> 00:35:20.220
 of the

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:20.780
 Christian

00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:21.040
 the

00:35:21.040 --> 00:35:21.580
 church

00:35:21.580 --> 00:35:21.860
 in

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.160
 all

00:35:22.160 --> 00:35:22.360
 the

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:22.740
 Bible

00:35:22.740 --> 00:35:24.200
 we

00:35:24.200 --> 00:35:24.400
 are

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.900
 God's

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.640
 handiwork

00:35:25.640 --> 00:35:28.060
 it

00:35:28.060 --> 00:35:28.420
 literally

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:28.880
 means

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.100
 his

00:35:29.100 --> 00:35:29.440
 work

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:29.580
 of

00:35:29.580 --> 00:35:30.060
 art

00:35:30.060 --> 00:35:30.400
 his

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:31.000
 masterpiece

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.340
 I've

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:31.440
 been

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.800
 reflecting

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.060
 on

00:35:32.060 --> 00:35:32.280
 this

00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:33.780
 bit

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:34.820
 mostly

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:35.060
 in

00:35:35.060 --> 00:35:35.220
 this

00:35:35.220 --> 00:35:35.540
 last

00:35:35.540 --> 00:35:35.980
 week

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.800
 Genesis

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.560
 1

00:35:37.560 --> 00:35:38.140
 sorry

00:35:38.140 --> 00:35:38.980
 Psalm

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.500
 19

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.240
 tells us

00:35:40.240 --> 00:35:40.620
 that God

00:35:40.620 --> 00:35:40.880
 made

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.040
 the

00:35:41.040 --> 00:35:41.400
 galaxies

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:41.680
 he

00:35:41.680 --> 00:35:41.940
 made

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.140
 the

00:35:42.140 --> 00:35:42.460
 stars

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:42.640
 he

00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:42.900
 made

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.060
 the

00:35:43.060 --> 00:35:43.360
 solar

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:43.660
 systems

00:35:43.660 --> 00:35:44.100
 he

00:35:44.100 --> 00:35:44.300
 made

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:44.500
 the

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:44.900
 oceans

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.140
 the

00:35:45.140 --> 00:35:45.480
 mountains

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.700
 he

00:35:45.700 --> 00:35:45.960
 made

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.560
 billions

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:46.799
 of

00:35:46.799 --> 00:35:47.320
 creatures

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:48.519
 he

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:48.739
 made

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:48.880
 it

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.400
 all

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:50.679
 everything

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:52.679
 Genesis

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.199
 1

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.880
 tells us

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.440
 that he

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:54.820
 made

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.639
 humanity

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:56.659
 in his

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:56.980
 very

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.599
 image

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:58.139
 as the

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:58.799
 pinnacle

00:35:58.799 --> 00:35:59.679
 of all

00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:00.440
 creation

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:02.019
 he

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.320
 made

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:02.579
 the

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.340
 angels

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:03.639
 he

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:03.840
 made

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.039
 the

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.579
 spiritual

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.159
 realm

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:05.779
 and

00:36:05.779 --> 00:36:06.199
 none

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:06.599
 of it

00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:07.380
 none

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:07.779
 of it

00:36:07.779 --> 00:36:08.840
 is

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:09.299
 referred

00:36:09.299 --> 00:36:09.599
 to

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:09.759
 as

00:36:09.759 --> 00:36:09.960
 his

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.599
 masterpiece

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:13.440
 none

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:13.920
 of it

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:17.039
 God's

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:18.480
 masterpiece

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:21.480
 the

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:21.820
 thing

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.159
 that he

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:22.460
 sits

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:22.940
 back

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:23.700
 on

00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:24.340
 puts

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:24.700
 down

00:36:24.700 --> 00:36:24.920
 the

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.280
 brush

00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:25.460
 and

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:25.700
 says

00:36:25.700 --> 00:36:27.019
 that's

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.639
 that's

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:27.900
 it

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:29.280
 of

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:29.900
 everything

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.200
 I've

00:36:30.200 --> 00:36:30.360
 been

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:30.920
 doing

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.200
 in

00:36:31.200 --> 00:36:31.599
 history

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:31.780
 and

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:32.420
 humanity

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.800
 and

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:33.280
 time

00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:33.480
 and

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:33.920
 space

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.720
 this

00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:34.900
 is

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.139
 it

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:35.800
 this

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:35.960
 is

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.440
 this

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:36.559
 is

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:36.680
 the

00:36:36.680 --> 00:36:37.139
 thing

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:37.380
 that

00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:38.079
 sits

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:39.200
 at the

00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:39.840
 entrance

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:40.180
 of

00:36:40.180 --> 00:36:40.760
 humanity

00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:41.300
 this

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:41.500
 is

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:42.040
 this

00:36:42.040 --> 00:36:41.580
 is

00:36:41.580 --> 00:36:42.160
 the

00:36:42.160 --> 00:36:42.480
 thing

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:42.640
 I

00:36:42.640 --> 00:36:42.820
 want

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:42.920
 to

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.060
 be

00:36:43.060 --> 00:36:43.220
 on

00:36:43.220 --> 00:36:43.920
 display

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:49.420
 his

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:49.720
 great

00:36:49.720 --> 00:36:50.260
 masterpiece

00:36:50.260 --> 00:36:53.520
 is

00:36:53.520 --> 00:36:53.920
 his

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.380
 new

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:54.980
 humanity

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.480
 safe

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:55.720
 from

00:36:55.720 --> 00:36:56.580
 condemnation

00:36:56.580 --> 00:36:58.560
 people

00:36:58.560 --> 00:36:58.960
 made

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.580
 alive

00:36:59.580 --> 00:37:01.360
 set

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:01.860
 free

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:02.740
 from

00:37:02.740 --> 00:37:03.480
 slavery

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:05.620
 blessed

00:37:05.620 --> 00:37:06.440
 beyond

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:08.100
 comprehension

00:37:08.100 --> 00:37:09.640
 with a

00:37:09.640 --> 00:37:10.140
 promise of

00:37:10.140 --> 00:37:10.360
 getting

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:10.660
 just

00:37:10.660 --> 00:37:10.960
 more

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.519
 blessing

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:12.380
 more

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:12.800
 life

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:13.140
 beyond

00:37:13.140 --> 00:37:13.420
 death

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:13.700
 and for

00:37:13.700 --> 00:37:14.079
 all

00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:14.740
 eternity

00:37:14.740 --> 00:37:15.599
 that's

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:15.740
 his

00:37:15.740 --> 00:37:16.200
 masterpiece

00:37:16.200 --> 00:37:18.559
 that

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:18.900
 is

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:20.579
 if

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:20.840
 you

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.420
 like

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:23.820
 his

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:24.260
 gift

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:25.940
 and

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.120
 his

00:37:26.120 --> 00:37:26.500
 masterpiece

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:26.800
 his

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:27.140
 gift

00:37:27.140 --> 00:37:28.140
 it's

00:37:28.140 --> 00:37:28.300
 a

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:28.559
 gift

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:28.920
 that

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:30.220
 none

00:37:30.220 --> 00:37:30.440
 of us

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:30.559
 were

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:30.800
 looking

00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:31.200
 for

00:37:31.200 --> 00:37:33.420
 it's

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:33.579
 a

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:33.780
 gift

00:37:33.780 --> 00:37:33.960
 that

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.140
 the

00:37:34.140 --> 00:37:35.260
 human

00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:36.340
 heart

00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:36.660
 self

00:37:36.660 --> 00:37:36.800
 said

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:36.900
 the

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:37.099
 human

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:37.420
 heart

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:37.660
 I

00:37:37.660 --> 00:37:37.860
 don't

00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:38.380
 need

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:38.620
 it

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:39.819
 I'm

00:37:39.819 --> 00:37:39.980
 my

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.219
 own

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:40.679
 masterpiece

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:43.380
 and

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:43.579
 it's

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:43.739
 a

00:37:43.739 --> 00:37:44.039
 gift

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:45.319
 and

00:37:45.319 --> 00:37:45.420
 I

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:45.559
 think

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:45.739
 this

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:45.920
 is

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:46.199
 Paul's

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:46.539
 point

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:49.159
 it's

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:49.299
 a

00:37:49.299 --> 00:37:49.559
 gift

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:50.079
 that

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.539
 so

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:50.940
 many

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.159
 of

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:51.319
 us

00:37:51.319 --> 00:37:51.779
 have

00:37:51.779 --> 00:37:52.179
 in

00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:52.679
 Christ

00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:53.699
 and

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:54.079
 frankly

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.480
 we

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:56.559
 don't

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.179
 appreciate

00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:58.139
 enough

00:37:58.139 --> 00:38:05.960
 I

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.359
 think

00:38:06.359 --> 00:38:06.639
 it's

00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:07.400
 amazing

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:09.519
 that

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:09.719
 we

00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:09.900
 are

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.199
 his

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:10.759
 masterpiece

00:38:10.759 --> 00:38:16.719
 we

00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:16.980
 are

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.420
 if you

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:17.839
 like

00:38:17.839 --> 00:38:19.000
 put it

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.219
 another

00:38:19.219 --> 00:38:19.619
 way

00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:22.779
 humanity

00:38:22.779 --> 00:38:23.319
 saved

00:38:23.319 --> 00:38:23.559
 in

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:24.039
 Christ

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:25.239
 is

00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:25.799
 God's

00:38:25.799 --> 00:38:26.179
 boast

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:30.000
 we're

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.219
 his

00:38:30.219 --> 00:38:30.599
 boast

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:36.099
 that's

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:36.239
 meant

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.379
 to

00:38:36.379 --> 00:38:36.619
 break

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:36.779
 our

00:38:36.779 --> 00:38:37.179
 hearts

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:38.460
 that's

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:38.599
 meant

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:38.759
 to

00:38:38.759 --> 00:38:39.199
 grow

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:39.539
 our

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:40.299
 affections

00:38:40.299 --> 00:38:45.259
 it's

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:45.419
 meant

00:38:45.419 --> 00:38:45.579
 to

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:45.980
 change

00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:46.199
 our

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:46.759
 lives

00:38:46.759 --> 00:38:50.099
 order

00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:50.319
 our

00:38:50.319 --> 00:38:51.019
 priorities

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:54.399
 your

00:38:54.399 --> 00:38:54.739
 social

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:55.119
 media

00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:55.719
 life

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:59.859
 which

00:38:59.859 --> 00:39:00.159
 is

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:00.759
 really

00:39:00.759 --> 00:39:00.959
 an

00:39:00.959 --> 00:39:01.339
 indication

00:39:01.339 --> 00:39:01.599
 of

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:01.779
 your

00:39:01.779 --> 00:39:02.259
 boast

00:39:02.259 --> 00:39:04.699
 it's

00:39:04.699 --> 00:39:04.799
 the

00:39:04.799 --> 00:39:05.000
 things

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.159
 that

00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:05.279
 you

00:39:05.279 --> 00:39:05.459
 get

00:39:05.459 --> 00:39:05.699
 angry

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:06.000
 about

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:06.159
 what

00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:06.339
 other

00:39:06.339 --> 00:39:06.559
 people

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:06.659
 are

00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:06.899
 boasting

00:39:06.899 --> 00:39:07.159
 about

00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:07.299
 on

00:39:07.299 --> 00:39:07.599
 social

00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:07.879
 media

00:39:07.879 --> 00:39:08.059
 it's

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:08.139
 the

00:39:08.139 --> 00:39:08.299
 things

00:39:08.299 --> 00:39:08.439
 that

00:39:08.439 --> 00:39:08.519
 you

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:08.719
 put

00:39:08.719 --> 00:39:08.839
 on

00:39:08.839 --> 00:39:09.139
 social

00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:09.399
 media

00:39:09.399 --> 00:39:09.939
 yourself

00:39:09.939 --> 00:39:12.279
 that'll

00:39:12.279 --> 00:39:12.439
 give

00:39:12.439 --> 00:39:12.519
 you

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:12.599
 an

00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:12.959
 indication

00:39:12.959 --> 00:39:13.159
 to

00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:13.319
 your

00:39:13.319 --> 00:39:13.679
 boast

00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:13.939
 and

00:39:13.939 --> 00:39:14.119
 it

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:14.319
 is

00:39:14.319 --> 00:39:14.959
 nothing

00:39:14.959 --> 00:39:16.199
 to

00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:16.559
 this

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:18.319
 which

00:39:18.319 --> 00:39:18.559
 gets

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:18.739
 me

00:39:18.739 --> 00:39:18.980
 to

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.219
 the

00:39:19.219 --> 00:39:19.500
 final

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:19.879
 point

00:39:19.879 --> 00:39:20.079
 and

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:20.219
 I'm

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:20.299
 going

00:39:20.299 --> 00:39:20.539
 to be

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:20.980
 so

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.439
 fast

00:39:21.439 --> 00:39:21.679
 here

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:21.939
 let me

00:39:21.939 --> 00:39:22.219
 tell you

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:22.439
 going

00:39:22.439 --> 00:39:22.619
 to be

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:22.939
 so

00:39:22.939 --> 00:39:23.379
 fast

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:26.420
 verse

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:26.860
 10

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:27.700
 this is

00:39:27.700 --> 00:39:27.860
 what it

00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:28.260
 means to

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:29.119
 live by

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:29.619
 grace

00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:33.960
 this is

00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:34.220
 God's

00:39:34.220 --> 00:39:34.460
 great

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:34.800
 purpose

00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:35.360
 we are

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:35.900
 God's

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:36.700
 handiwork

00:39:36.700 --> 00:39:38.340
 created in

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:38.980
 Christ Jesus

00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:39.360
 to do

00:39:39.360 --> 00:39:39.880
 good works

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:40.340
 which God

00:39:40.340 --> 00:39:41.059
 prepared in

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.500
 advance for

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:42.000
 us to do

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:44.360
 prepared

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:45.139
 and

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:45.719
 advanced

00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:46.199
 by

00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:46.639
 God

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:47.119
 the

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:47.280
 good

00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:47.699
 works

00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:48.840
 even

00:39:48.840 --> 00:39:49.699
 the

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:49.920
 good

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:50.460
 works

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:50.719
 are

00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:50.880
 a

00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:51.219
 gift

00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:51.940
 even

00:39:51.940 --> 00:39:52.139
 the

00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:52.340
 good

00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:52.820
 works

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.079
 are

00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:53.320
 by

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:53.579
 his

00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:53.880
 sovereign

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:54.300
 grace

00:39:54.300 --> 00:39:54.460
 and

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:54.940
 empowered

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:55.239
 by

00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:55.500
 his

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:55.920
 grace

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:57.099
 and

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:58.340
 what

00:39:58.340 --> 00:39:58.920
 would

00:39:58.920 --> 00:39:59.119
 be

00:39:59.119 --> 00:39:59.719
 really

00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:00.579
 nice

00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:01.619
 is

00:40:01.619 --> 00:40:01.860
 if

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.619
 Paul

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:04.019
 elaborated

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.699
 on what

00:40:04.699 --> 00:40:05.000
 those

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.219
 good

00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:05.539
 works

00:40:05.539 --> 00:40:05.960
 were

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:06.760
 that

00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:06.860
 would

00:40:06.860 --> 00:40:06.960
 be

00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:07.320
 really

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:07.699
 lovely

00:40:07.699 --> 00:40:09.019
 because

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:09.659
 normally

00:40:09.659 --> 00:40:10.239
 and

00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:10.799
 I'm

00:40:10.799 --> 00:40:11.199
 at

00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:11.599
 fault

00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:12.079
 here

00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:12.440
 in

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:12.659
 the

00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:13.179
 past

00:40:13.179 --> 00:40:13.420
 what

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:13.599
 I

00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:13.799
 would

00:40:13.799 --> 00:40:13.920
 have

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.339
 done

00:40:14.339 --> 00:40:15.039
 is

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.299
 I

00:40:15.299 --> 00:40:15.519
 would

00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:15.659
 have

00:40:15.659 --> 00:40:15.940
 said

00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:16.579
 therefore

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:17.639
 here's

00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:17.819
 some

00:40:17.819 --> 00:40:18.139
 stuff

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:18.339
 you

00:40:18.339 --> 00:40:18.579
 should

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:19.079
 do

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:23.199
 these

00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:23.339
 are

00:40:23.339 --> 00:40:23.420
 the

00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:23.579
 good

00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:24.099
 works

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:25.480
 but

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:25.619
 he

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:25.940
 doesn't

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:26.199
 do

00:40:26.199 --> 00:40:26.500
 that

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:26.879
 here

00:40:26.879 --> 00:40:27.559
 he

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:27.759
 doesn't

00:40:27.759 --> 00:40:28.119
 elaborate

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:28.500
 on

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:28.779
 it

00:40:28.779 --> 00:40:30.500
 the

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:31.199
 tendency

00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:31.799
 is

00:40:31.799 --> 00:40:31.980
 to

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.480
 import

00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:32.739
 here

00:40:32.739 --> 00:40:32.899
 a

00:40:32.899 --> 00:40:33.119
 bunch

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:33.239
 of

00:40:33.239 --> 00:40:33.839
 activities

00:40:33.839 --> 00:40:34.899
 that

00:40:34.899 --> 00:40:35.519
 will

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:36.139
 really

00:40:36.139 --> 00:40:36.920
 a list

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:37.079
 of

00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:37.359
 things

00:40:37.359 --> 00:40:37.579
 that

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:38.079
 I'm

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.420
 happy

00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:38.659
 to

00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:39.079
 do

00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:41.739
 that

00:40:41.739 --> 00:40:41.920
 I

00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:42.119
 can

00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:42.599
 comfortably

00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:43.259
 manage

00:40:43.259 --> 00:40:44.440
 I

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:44.759
 am

00:40:44.759 --> 00:40:45.159
 God's

00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:45.480
 great

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:46.179
 masterpiece

00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:46.900
 and

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.239
 here's

00:40:47.239 --> 00:40:47.440
 the

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:48.019
 scraps

00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:48.199
 that

00:40:48.199 --> 00:40:48.360
 I'm

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:48.659
 prepared

00:40:48.659 --> 00:40:48.880
 to

00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:49.199
 do

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:49.659
 to

00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:49.960
 show

00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:50.219
 that

00:40:50.219 --> 00:40:50.599
 well

00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:51.139
 I

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:51.699
 agree

00:40:51.699 --> 00:40:51.880
 with

00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:52.019
 that

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:52.539
 masterpiece

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:55.159
 and

00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:55.340
 I

00:40:55.340 --> 00:40:55.659
 think

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:55.840
 what

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:56.019
 we

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:56.199
 should

00:40:56.199 --> 00:40:56.420
 do

00:40:56.420 --> 00:40:56.860
 instead

00:40:56.860 --> 00:40:57.139
 is

00:40:57.139 --> 00:40:57.299
 to

00:40:57.299 --> 00:40:57.539
 step

00:40:57.539 --> 00:40:58.039
 back

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.299
 and

00:40:58.299 --> 00:40:58.480
 what

00:40:58.480 --> 00:40:58.639
 I've

00:40:58.639 --> 00:40:58.759
 been

00:40:58.759 --> 00:40:58.980
 trying

00:40:58.980 --> 00:40:59.079
 to

00:40:59.079 --> 00:40:59.179
 do

00:40:59.179 --> 00:40:59.400
 this

00:40:59.400 --> 00:40:59.739
 week

00:40:59.739 --> 00:41:00.239
 is

00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:00.400
 to

00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:00.659
 step

00:41:00.659 --> 00:41:01.119
 back

00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:01.440
 on

00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:01.699
 here

00:41:01.699 --> 00:41:01.900
 and

00:41:01.900 --> 00:41:02.059
 look

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.159
 at

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:02.279
 the

00:41:02.279 --> 00:41:02.480
 big

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:02.920
 picture

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:03.420
 so

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:03.559
 we

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:03.759
 don't

00:41:03.759 --> 00:41:04.319
 miss

00:41:04.319 --> 00:41:04.819
 what

00:41:04.819 --> 00:41:05.079
 Paul

00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:05.480
 saying

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:05.880
 here

00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:06.639
 about

00:41:06.639 --> 00:41:06.940
 these

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:07.179
 good

00:41:07.179 --> 00:41:07.759
 works

00:41:07.759 --> 00:41:09.259
 what

00:41:09.259 --> 00:41:09.440
 we

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:09.739
 should

00:41:09.739 --> 00:41:10.000
 not

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.500
 miss

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:11.679
 is

00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:11.819
 that

00:41:11.819 --> 00:41:11.940
 he

00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:12.319
 doesn't

00:41:12.319 --> 00:41:12.799
 elaborate

00:41:12.799 --> 00:41:14.379
 but

00:41:14.379 --> 00:41:14.519
 he

00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:14.879
 starts

00:41:14.879 --> 00:41:15.179
 verse

00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:15.500
 11

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:15.739
 with

00:41:15.739 --> 00:41:15.879
 the

00:41:15.879 --> 00:41:16.139
 word

00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:16.659
 therefore

00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:19.319
 therefore

00:41:19.319 --> 00:41:22.460
 and

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:22.679
 the

00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:23.639
 application

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:25.039
 of

00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:25.379
 what

00:41:25.379 --> 00:41:25.779
 we

00:41:25.779 --> 00:41:26.279
 have

00:41:26.279 --> 00:41:27.339
 been

00:41:27.339 --> 00:41:27.940
 saved

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:28.779
 from

00:41:28.779 --> 00:41:30.519
 and

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:30.759
 what

00:41:30.759 --> 00:41:30.980
 we

00:41:30.980 --> 00:41:31.199
 are

00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:31.679
 saved

00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:32.500
 for

00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:34.440
 the

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:34.619
 good

00:41:34.619 --> 00:41:34.859
 works

00:41:34.859 --> 00:41:35.000
 we

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:35.159
 are

00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:35.539
 saved

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:36.359
 for

00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:37.680
 starts

00:41:37.680 --> 00:41:37.840
 in

00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:38.019
 verse

00:41:38.019 --> 00:41:38.320
 11

00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:40.840
 and

00:41:40.840 --> 00:41:40.960
 it

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:41.120
 will

00:41:41.120 --> 00:41:41.420
 take

00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:41.640
 us

00:41:41.640 --> 00:41:42.180
 basically

00:41:42.180 --> 00:41:42.539
 right

00:41:42.539 --> 00:41:42.720
 through

00:41:42.720 --> 00:41:42.880
 to

00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:43.700
 chapter

00:41:43.700 --> 00:41:44.260
 6

00:41:44.260 --> 00:41:50.940
 and

00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:51.140
 what

00:41:51.140 --> 00:41:51.320
 we

00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:51.519
 will

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:52.240
 constantly

00:41:52.240 --> 00:41:52.900
 see

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:55.240
 underneath

00:41:55.240 --> 00:41:55.620
 it

00:41:55.620 --> 00:41:56.079
 all

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:56.599
 what

00:41:56.599 --> 00:41:56.780
 we

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:56.980
 will

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:57.680
 constantly

00:41:57.680 --> 00:41:58.380
 see

00:41:58.380 --> 00:41:59.260
 the

00:41:59.260 --> 00:41:59.680
 good

00:41:59.680 --> 00:42:00.160
 work

00:42:00.160 --> 00:42:00.460
 that

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:00.740
 God

00:42:00.740 --> 00:42:00.920
 has

00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:01.240
 called

00:42:01.240 --> 00:42:01.440
 us

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:01.940
 into

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:03.400
 in

00:42:03.400 --> 00:42:04.079
 everything

00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:06.480
 is a

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:06.819
 life

00:42:06.819 --> 00:42:07.059
 of

00:42:07.059 --> 00:42:08.039
 selflessness

00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:12.039
 a

00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:12.679
 life

00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:12.980
 of

00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:13.380
 other

00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:14.179
 person

00:42:14.179 --> 00:42:15.239
 centeredness

00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:18.539
 God's

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:18.920
 great

00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:19.719
 masterpiece

00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:23.159
 begins

00:42:23.159 --> 00:42:24.199
 in

00:42:24.199 --> 00:42:24.899
 verse 11

00:42:24.899 --> 00:42:25.679
 as he

00:42:25.679 --> 00:42:26.639
 unpacks

00:42:26.639 --> 00:42:28.419
 Jew

00:42:28.419 --> 00:42:28.859
 and

00:42:28.859 --> 00:42:29.799
 Gentiles

00:42:29.799 --> 00:42:31.519
 natural

00:42:31.519 --> 00:42:32.419
 enemies

00:42:32.419 --> 00:42:33.659
 coming

00:42:33.659 --> 00:42:34.079
 together

00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:34.959
 in God's

00:42:34.959 --> 00:42:35.399
 new

00:42:35.399 --> 00:42:36.079
 humanity

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:37.539
 and

00:42:37.539 --> 00:42:38.199
 serving

00:42:38.199 --> 00:42:38.539
 each

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:38.839
 other

00:42:38.839 --> 00:42:39.939
 selflessly

00:42:39.939 --> 00:42:44.279
 surrendering

00:42:44.279 --> 00:42:45.159
 themselves

00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:47.920
 so that

00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:49.500
 their

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:50.019
 natural

00:42:50.019 --> 00:42:50.619
 enemy

00:42:50.619 --> 00:42:52.000
 becomes

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:52.239
 a

00:42:52.239 --> 00:42:52.739
 masterpiece

00:42:52.739 --> 00:42:54.019
 of

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:54.359
 God

00:42:54.359 --> 00:42:54.619
 in

00:42:54.619 --> 00:42:54.759
 the

00:42:54.759 --> 00:42:55.059
 end

00:42:55.059 --> 00:42:57.500
 in

00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:57.719
 other

00:42:57.719 --> 00:42:58.219
 words

00:42:58.219 --> 00:42:59.779
 the

00:42:59.779 --> 00:43:00.559
 good

00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:01.199
 works

00:43:01.199 --> 00:43:02.399
 is

00:43:02.399 --> 00:43:02.980
 not

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:03.639
 first and

00:43:03.639 --> 00:43:04.179
 foremost

00:43:04.179 --> 00:43:04.599
 an

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:05.279
 activity

00:43:05.279 --> 00:43:08.359
 it

00:43:08.359 --> 00:43:10.619
 is a

00:43:10.619 --> 00:43:11.440
 transformed

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:12.159
 heart

00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:16.759
 it's

00:43:16.759 --> 00:43:16.980
 about

00:43:16.980 --> 00:43:17.219
 who

00:43:17.219 --> 00:43:17.440
 we

00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:17.799
 are

00:43:17.799 --> 00:43:18.839
 not

00:43:18.839 --> 00:43:19.079
 what

00:43:19.079 --> 00:43:19.279
 we

00:43:19.279 --> 00:43:19.599
 do

00:43:19.599 --> 00:43:21.399
 and

00:43:21.399 --> 00:43:21.639
 this

00:43:21.639 --> 00:43:21.819
 will

00:43:21.819 --> 00:43:22.039
 go

00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:22.399
 right

00:43:22.399 --> 00:43:22.819
 through

00:43:22.819 --> 00:43:23.179
 this

00:43:23.179 --> 00:43:23.779
 principle

00:43:23.779 --> 00:43:24.199
 right

00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:24.619
 through

00:43:24.619 --> 00:43:25.259
 in

00:43:25.259 --> 00:43:25.619
 every

00:43:25.619 --> 00:43:26.000
 sphere

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:26.179
 of

00:43:26.179 --> 00:43:26.579
 life

00:43:26.579 --> 00:43:28.039
 you

00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:28.559
 probably

00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:29.099
 can't

00:43:29.099 --> 00:43:29.420
 wait

00:43:29.420 --> 00:43:29.779
 till I

00:43:29.779 --> 00:43:30.099
 get to

00:43:30.099 --> 00:43:30.319
 talk

00:43:30.319 --> 00:43:30.579
 about

00:43:30.579 --> 00:43:31.179
 marriage

00:43:31.179 --> 00:43:33.119
 and

00:43:33.119 --> 00:43:33.579
 parenting

00:43:33.579 --> 00:43:34.420
 and

00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:34.940
 work

00:43:34.940 --> 00:43:40.480
 and

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:40.619
 the

00:43:40.619 --> 00:43:40.859
 same

00:43:40.859 --> 00:43:41.359
 principle

00:43:41.359 --> 00:43:41.579
 of

00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:41.739
 good

00:43:41.739 --> 00:43:42.119
 work

00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:43.420
 underlies

00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:43.940
 all of

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:44.239
 it

00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:47.519
 selflessness

00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:49.319
 in

00:43:49.319 --> 00:43:49.960
 every

00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:50.679
 sphere

00:43:50.679 --> 00:43:51.079
 of

00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:51.519
 life

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:51.960
 that's

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 what

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 we're

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 going

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 to

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 unpack

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 in

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 coming

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 weeks

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 and

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 none

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 of

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 that

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 life

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 is

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 possible

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 unless

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 we

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 are

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 broken

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 unless

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 we are

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 broken

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 by how

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 sinful

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 how

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 undeserving

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 how

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 weak

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 how

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 evil

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 we

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 truly

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 are

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 in the

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 depths

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 of our

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 hearts

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 without

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 Christ

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 and at

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 the same

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 time

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 we are

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 filled

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 with joy

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 by how

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 forgiven

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 and how

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 loved

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 and how

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 loved

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 and how

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 honored

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 we are

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 that is

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 the growth

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 trajectory

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 that Paul

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 calls us

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 to at the

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 end of

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 chapter one

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 a growth

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 in both

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 of those

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 things

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 a growth

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 in understanding

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 our sinfulness

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 and a growth

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 in understanding

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 of who we are

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 in Christ

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 as God's

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 masterpiece

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 I want to ask

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 you

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 are you

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 in your

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 life

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 pursuing

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 that

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 growth

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 most of

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 us are

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 not

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 with any

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 intentionality

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 and I

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 saw this

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 a quote

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 from the

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 late

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 J.I.

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 Packer

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 and it's

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 connected to

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 I think

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 our seven

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 rhythms

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 of life

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 which are

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 meant to

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 put this

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 truth

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 so that

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 we be

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 shaped

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 into

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 God's

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 masterpiece

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 in the

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 center of

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 our lives

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 the reason

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 why most

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 of us

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 are not

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 doing it

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 and not

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 growing with

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 intentionality

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 is because

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 the computer

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 in our

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 life is

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 still there

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 and it

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 won't

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 die

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 it's

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 still in

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 overdrive

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 happily

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 in

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 overdrive

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 our

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 lives

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 are so

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 busy

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 and so

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 here

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 J.I.

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 Packer

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 live

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 life

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 slow

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 enough

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 to

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 think

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 deeply

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 about

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 God

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 and

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 his

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 grace

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 to

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 you

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 in

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 God

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