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 So this is a reading from Galatians chapter 3 and it says this,

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 O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you?

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 It is before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.

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 So let me ask you a question.

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 Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

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 Are you so foolish?

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 Having begun by the Spirit, are you now trying to perfect yourselves by your own flesh?

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 Did you suffer so many things in vain, if indeed it was in vain?

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 Doesn't He, that's God, who supplies the Holy Spirit to you, works miracles amongst you,

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 does He do so by you obeying works of the law or simply by hearing with faith?

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 Remember, Abraham, he believed God and it was counted to him as righteousness.

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 So then know this, it's those who are of faith who are the children of Abraham.

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 Because for all who rely on the works of the law, they actually find themselves there under a curse.

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 It is written, cursed is everyone who does not obey everything written in the book of the law and do them.

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 Now, it's evident that no one can be justified before God by the law.

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 For rather, the righteous will live by faith.

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 But the law, that's not of faith.

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 No, the one who does them must live by them.

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 But Christ has redeemed us, that means saved us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.

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 Remember how it's written, cursed is anyone who's hung on a tree.

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 So, in Christ Jesus, the blessings that were given to Abraham, that promised to him,

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 might come to us, that we might receive the Holy Spirit through faith.

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 So, the law, is it then contrary to God's promises?

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 No.

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 No.

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 For if a law had been given that could give life, impart life, well then righteousness would indeed come by that law.

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 But friends, remember the scripture imprisoned everything under sin.

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 So that by the promise, by faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe in him.

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 Now, before faith came, we were held captive.

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 We were enslaved under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith was revealed in Jesus.

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 So the law was like a guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.

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 But now that faith has come, now that Christ has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

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 For Christ Jesus, we are children of God.

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 And simply through faith.

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 For as many of you who were baptized into Christ, have put on Christ.

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 This is God's word.

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 A couple of scriptures.

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 I don't know if you recognize any of these.

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 Deuteronomy 14 says this.

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 He shall not boil a young goat in his mother's milk.

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 Or what about Leviticus 19.

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 Don't plant two different types of seed in your field.

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 Or wear clothing made from different types of fabric.

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 Or Numbers 19.

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 Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days.

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 Or Leviticus.

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 Do not turn to mediums and fortune tellers.

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 Do not seek them out.

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 They will make you unclean.

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 I am the Lord your God.

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 Now, the Old Testament has lots of rules and regulations.

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 And some of them are pretty unusual, right?

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 I wonder what you think of them.

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 If you are not a Christian with us today,

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 you may think,

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 that is one reason why I never want to become a Christian.

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 Look at all these rules.

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 Or maybe you think these Christians are crazy.

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 But,

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 if these rules and these instructions are in the Bible,

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 for those of us that are Christians,

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 or those of us that are on the journey towards faith,

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 what are we to do with them?

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 How do we make sense of them?

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 Should we obey them?

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 Should we not obey them?

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 And it gets a bit complicated,

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 because that is the question I want to ask.

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 How do Christians think about and handle these laws,

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 these commandments,

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 they find in the Old Testament?

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 And part of the thing that is confusing,

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 is that the Bible itself seems to not always be clear on that.

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 For instance, Romans 10 says,

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 For Christ is the end of the law for those who believe in Him.

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 It seems like Jesus is saying,

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 Listen, I claim you don't need to worry about any of those rules and laws.

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 But then, in other places,

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 Jesus, Matthew 5 says,

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 Do not think that I have come to do away with the law and the prophets.

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 I have not come to abolish them.

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 I have come to fulfill them.

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 In fact, if anybody teaches that these aren't important,

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 they'll be least in the kingdom.

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 Not one iota, not one dot is going to be taken away.

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 And whoever honors them,

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 that's a great person in God's kingdom.

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 So here you have these two sides.

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 On the one hand, the Bible says,

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 they're going to be done away with.

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 On the other hand, it feels like,

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 Jesus says, no, these are important.

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 So which one is it?

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 How do we handle this?

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 I want us to think about three things.

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 I want us to think about the purpose of the law,

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 the power of the law,

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 and the person's law.

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 So firstly, the purpose.

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 Let's think about this.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 there are many, many laws,

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 about 600 of them.

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 And they kind of broadly fit into three categories.

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 The categories aren't absolutely crystal clear.

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 There's a little bit of overlap.

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 You see a blurry line there.

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 The three categories of this.

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 There's the civil laws.

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 The civil laws helped Israel function as a nation.

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 Right?

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 There were laws such as,

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 when someone gets married,

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 what do you do?

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 If somebody loses their property,

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 what do you do?

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 What do you do if a thief breaks into your house

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 and steals something and you catch it?

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 Laws that are,

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 what happens if somebody unintentionally harms somebody else?

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 What happens if somebody borrows your jacket

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 and they lose it?

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 How do you handle these things?

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 These civil laws helped Israel function as a nation.

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 Right?

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 There's a second category called ceremonial laws.

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 These have to do with the temple,

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 and worship,

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 and sacrifices,

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 and,

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 and bills,

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 and goats,

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 and offerings,

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 and these kinds of things.

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 And there's lots of laws there.

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 How do you,

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 how many goats do you bring?

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 And,

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 what clothing must Aaron wear?

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 And all these kinds of things.

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 And these have to do with the worship and temple,

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 um,

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 in ancient Israel.

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 And there's a whole host of these laws

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 that restrict Israel from any practices

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 that resemble the,

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 the pagan nations around them.

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 Right?

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 And the point of these is to create a mental picture

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 in the minds of the people

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 that God is holy,

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 He's distinctive,

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 He's other,

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 and that we are,

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 are,

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 are not the same as God.

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 And we've got to find a way to

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 be brought into relationship with God.

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 That's the point of these laws.

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 Then there's a third category,

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 which is moral laws.

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 These really have to do with what's right or wrong.

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 Morality.

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 And think of the Ten Commandments, right?

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 Do not steal,

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 do not lie,

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 honor your mother and father.

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 And these laws have to do with,

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 what does it mean to be a moral agent,

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 a moral being in a moral universe,

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 living under a moral God?

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 So,

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 any,

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 each category has its own purpose.

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 Um,

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 now,

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 what do we do with these?

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 Do we obey them all?

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 Well,

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 the first category largely have fallen away,

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 right?

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 We,

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 we don't need to follow those largely.

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 They had to do with the nation of Israel

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 at that time and that place in Israel.

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 Uh,

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 we don't have a temple.

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 We don't have these nationals.

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 We've got Hong Kong laws.

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 We follow those laws.

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 We don't need to worry about the laws to ancient Israel.

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 The second category,

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 the ceremonial laws,

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 well,

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 those were really pointing towards a,

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 a truer and better fulfillment.

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 In other words,

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 they were meant to be a small scale picture

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 that pointed us towards something better,

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 which was Jesus.

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 So,

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 think about this.

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 Jesus is the true temple,

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 the one who brought heaven to earth,

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 the one that God's presence was on earth.

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 We don't need a temple anymore

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 because we've got Jesus.

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 Jesus is the true high priest

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 who intercedes for people.

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 So,

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 we don't need the high priest.

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 We've got Jesus.

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 Jesus is the true,

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 uh,

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 uh,

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 curtain that was torn in two on the cross.

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 So,

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 now we've open access to God.

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 So,

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 the ceremonial laws,

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 they tell us a lot about God,

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 but we don't need to go to the temple.

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 We don't need to follow all those

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 because we've got Jesus.

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 But what about the moral laws?

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 The laws that are right and wrong?

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 Do we still follow those?

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 Do we still have to obey those?

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 The Bible says that

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 Jesus actually takes

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 all these moral laws,

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 hundreds of them,

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 and brings them down to two things.

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 Do you remember what he says?

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 He says,

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 love God and love others.

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 He sums up all these moral laws.

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 He says,

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 if you can do these two things,

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 love God above all else

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 and love others more than yourself,

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 that's the point of the law.

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 Now,

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 I want us to think about it this way.

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 So,

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 so,

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 so they're,

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 they're the laws

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 and,

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 and they have different purposes.

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 Some of the purposes still remain.

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 Some have fallen away.

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 But what does that mean for us today?

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 How do we live this out?

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 If any of you have read the Old Testament lately,

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 what do you do with these laws?

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 Think about it this way.

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 Think of a mirror,

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 right?

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 What does a mirror do?

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 A mirror helps you see

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 that which you can't naturally see.

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 It helps you see that

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 which is out of your natural line of sight.

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 So,

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 one of the things I said this morning was

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 if you,

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 if you go to the hairdresser

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 and they give you a haircut

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 and they say,

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 do you like it at the back?

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 And you say,

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 oh,

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 I can't see it at the back.

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 So,

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 what do they do?

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 They pull a whole bunch of mirrors up

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 and they help you to see

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 what you can't naturally see,

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 right?

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 Mirrors help you to see

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 what is outside a normal line of sight.

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 The law

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 in the Old Testament,

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 God's rules,

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 God's commands

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 is meant to function like a mirror.

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 And in two ways,

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 it helps us to see

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 God and His heart.

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 Nobody can naturally see God

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 face to face,

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 but when you look into,

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 when you read God's commands

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 and His statutes,

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 it's meant to help us

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 to see something of God

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 that we couldn't see

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 apart from it.

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 So,

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 think about this.

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 Think about a law like

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 do not murder,

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 okay?

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 What's wrong with murder?

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 Why should we not murder?

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 Well,

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 one of the things is

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 it tells us a lot about God.

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 As we look at that

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 and think about that,

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 it tells us

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 it's like looking to mirror

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 that it reflects

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 who God is.

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 How so?

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 Well,

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 it tells us that

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 for God,

00:10:00.940 --> 00:10:02.720
 every single human life

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 is necessary

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 and important

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 and valuable.

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 From a life

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 that's a few weeks old

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 in the womb,

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 maybe even the mom

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 doesn't even know

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 it's there,

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 to someone who's rich,

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 someone who's poor,

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 it doesn't matter

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 your socioeconomic status,

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 your ethnicity,

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 every human life

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 is valuable to God.

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 A law like do not murder

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 tells us something

00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:22.340
 about how God feels

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 about people.

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 Well,

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 think about the law

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 like do not lie.

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 Okay?

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 One of the ten commandments.

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 Do not lie.

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 What's so important about that?

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 Well,

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 think about what it tells us

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 about God.

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 It tells us that

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 in God,

00:10:34.419 --> 00:10:35.519
 there is no duplicity.

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 God is 100% truthful,

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 honest.

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 What you see

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 is what you get.

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 In God,

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 there's no hidden side,

00:10:41.939 --> 00:10:42.639
 no darkness

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 that you'll discover

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 later on on the journey.

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 God himself

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 is 100% honest,

00:10:48.340 --> 00:10:48.740
 truthful,

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 transparent,

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 and so his law

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 reflects that.

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 Or think of a law

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 like do not harvest

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 your fields up

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 into the margins,

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 but leave some

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 for the sojourner,

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 the foreigner.

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 What does that tell us?

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 It tells us about

00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:03.139
 God's care and compassion

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 for the suffering,

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 those that are vulnerable

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 in our city.

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 Or think of a law

00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:08.019
 like do not turn

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 to mediums

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 and fortune tellers.

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 Do not seek them out.

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 I am the Lord your God.

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 What does that tell us

00:11:12.519 --> 00:11:12.960
 about God?

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 Well, it reflects that

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 God is the one

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 who holds our future.

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 We don't need to

00:11:16.860 --> 00:11:17.600
 control our future.

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 I don't need to go

00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:19.480
 to Guna here

00:11:19.480 --> 00:11:20.039
 and find out,

00:11:20.299 --> 00:11:20.879
 Guna, sorry,

00:11:21.779 --> 00:11:22.379
 Guna.

00:11:22.779 --> 00:11:23.519
 I've got another friend

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 called Guna

00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:24.879
 that I was talking to

00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:25.240
 this week.

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 I don't need to go

00:11:26.779 --> 00:11:27.419
 to Guna and say,

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 Guna, tell me the future,

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 tell me the future.

00:11:29.860 --> 00:11:30.960
 Actually, my future

00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:32.000
 is held in God's hands,

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 not in his hands.

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 So when you look

00:11:34.460 --> 00:11:34.799
 at the law,

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 it's like a mirror

00:11:35.779 --> 00:11:36.639
 that reflects something

00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:37.399
 of who God is.

00:11:38.179 --> 00:11:38.620
 But the law

00:11:38.620 --> 00:11:39.379
 is also meant to be

00:11:39.379 --> 00:11:39.939
 a mirror that

00:11:39.939 --> 00:11:40.240
 reflects what God

00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:41.340
 reflects something

00:11:41.340 --> 00:11:42.000
 about us.

00:11:43.840 --> 00:11:44.680
 Think about this,

00:11:44.740 --> 00:11:45.500
 right, when you're

00:11:45.500 --> 00:11:46.060
 having lunch with

00:11:46.060 --> 00:11:46.659
 somebody and someone

00:11:46.659 --> 00:11:48.680
 says, hey, Jeremy,

00:11:48.740 --> 00:11:49.379
 let me pick on Jeremy.

00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:50.139
 Jeremy, you've got

00:11:50.139 --> 00:11:50.840
 something in your teeth,

00:11:50.879 --> 00:11:51.120
 right?

00:11:51.539 --> 00:11:53.000
 And you pull out a mirror

00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:53.980
 to see that which

00:11:53.980 --> 00:11:55.159
 you can't see yourself.

00:11:55.580 --> 00:11:56.240
 And you look and say,

00:11:56.259 --> 00:11:56.940
 oh, okay, I better

00:11:56.940 --> 00:11:57.740
 go sort that out,

00:11:57.779 --> 00:11:57.960
 right?

00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:00.480
 A mirror tells us

00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:01.180
 something about us

00:12:01.180 --> 00:12:02.120
 that we can't see

00:12:02.120 --> 00:12:02.940
 about ourselves.

00:12:04.379 --> 00:12:05.659
 When we read

00:12:05.659 --> 00:12:06.460
 God's law and

00:12:06.460 --> 00:12:06.919
 commandments,

00:12:07.080 --> 00:12:07.759
 His statutes,

00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:09.120
 sometimes they can

00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:09.799
 feel arbitrary,

00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:10.419
 but they're meant

00:12:10.419 --> 00:12:11.240
 to be a mirror

00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:11.859
 that shows us

00:12:11.859 --> 00:12:12.240
 what's going

00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:13.079
 in our own hearts.

00:12:13.719 --> 00:12:14.599
 So let's again

00:12:14.599 --> 00:12:15.199
 think about those

00:12:15.199 --> 00:12:15.759
 two laws.

00:12:16.539 --> 00:12:17.299
 God's law says,

00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:18.199
 do not murder.

00:12:18.859 --> 00:12:19.240
 What does that

00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:19.979
 tell me about me?

00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:20.919
 I'm not sure

00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:21.500
 about any of you.

00:12:21.579 --> 00:12:22.099
 I haven't murdered

00:12:22.099 --> 00:12:23.079
 anybody lately.

00:12:23.199 --> 00:12:23.719
 You'll be pleased

00:12:23.719 --> 00:12:24.039
 to know.

00:12:24.659 --> 00:12:25.759
 But what is that

00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:26.979
 law really saying?

00:12:27.019 --> 00:12:27.659
 What's it speaking

00:12:27.659 --> 00:12:27.879
 to?

00:12:28.439 --> 00:12:29.120
 It's saying,

00:12:29.699 --> 00:12:30.279
 don't harbor

00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:31.659
 bitterness or anger

00:12:31.659 --> 00:12:32.399
 or resentment

00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:33.159
 in your heart.

00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:35.479
 Sometimes when I

00:12:35.479 --> 00:12:36.139
 read that and I

00:12:36.139 --> 00:12:36.839
 think about it,

00:12:36.959 --> 00:12:37.259
 I think,

00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:37.740
 actually,

00:12:37.740 --> 00:12:39.100
 that's not me.

00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:40.419
 I am somebody

00:12:40.419 --> 00:12:40.960
 that sometimes

00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:41.720
 harbors bitterness,

00:12:41.980 --> 00:12:42.279
 resentment.

00:12:42.460 --> 00:12:42.960
 Sometimes I get

00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:43.759
 highly frustrated.

00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:44.879
 I don't really

00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:45.299
 want to forgive

00:12:45.299 --> 00:12:45.720
 people.

00:12:46.419 --> 00:12:46.779
 Actually,

00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:47.399
 it reveals

00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:48.460
 there's something

00:12:48.460 --> 00:12:49.039
 wrong in my

00:12:49.039 --> 00:12:49.419
 heart.

00:12:50.080 --> 00:12:50.200
 Well,

00:12:50.220 --> 00:12:50.600
 think of another

00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:51.000
 law like,

00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:52.060
 do not lie.

00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:52.539
 What does that

00:12:52.539 --> 00:12:52.799
 mean?

00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:53.399
 It doesn't just

00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:54.200
 mean blatant lie.

00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:54.560
 It means,

00:12:54.980 --> 00:12:55.600
 let my life be

00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:57.240
 100% transparent

00:12:57.240 --> 00:12:58.259
 before other

00:12:58.259 --> 00:12:58.580
 people.

00:12:58.639 --> 00:12:59.620
 In every situation,

00:12:59.960 --> 00:13:00.700
 every circumstance

00:13:00.700 --> 00:13:01.440
 I'm in,

00:13:01.860 --> 00:13:03.360
 to project what's

00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:04.080
 absolutely true.

00:13:04.180 --> 00:13:04.860
 No facade,

00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:05.580
 no projecting

00:13:05.580 --> 00:13:06.039
 an image,

00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:06.960
 not trying to be

00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:07.540
 something I'm

00:13:07.540 --> 00:13:07.780
 not,

00:13:07.980 --> 00:13:08.820
 in social media,

00:13:08.940 --> 00:13:09.400
 in front of my

00:13:09.400 --> 00:13:09.740
 boss,

00:13:09.860 --> 00:13:10.259
 clients,

00:13:10.340 --> 00:13:10.840
 my family,

00:13:11.139 --> 00:13:11.820
 this is who I

00:13:11.820 --> 00:13:12.060
 am.

00:13:13.040 --> 00:13:13.759
 When I read

00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:15.139
 that commandment,

00:13:15.160 --> 00:13:15.280
 it says,

00:13:15.340 --> 00:13:15.820
 do not lie,

00:13:15.860 --> 00:13:16.540
 and I think about

00:13:16.540 --> 00:13:16.740
 that,

00:13:16.800 --> 00:13:17.120
 I think,

00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:17.900
 gee,

00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:18.480
 does that really

00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:19.320
 reflect my life?

00:13:20.160 --> 00:13:20.720
 Is that really

00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:21.259
 who I am?

00:13:22.460 --> 00:13:22.860
 Actually,

00:13:23.040 --> 00:13:23.480
 maybe I'm not

00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:24.000
 the most honest

00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:24.340
 person.

00:13:25.500 --> 00:13:26.220
 It's like a

00:13:26.220 --> 00:13:26.700
 mirror that's

00:13:26.700 --> 00:13:27.440
 shining a light

00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:28.040
 into part of

00:13:28.040 --> 00:13:28.780
 my life and

00:13:28.780 --> 00:13:29.200
 my soul.

00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:30.560
 So,

00:13:30.820 --> 00:13:31.460
 God's law is

00:13:31.460 --> 00:13:32.100
 meant to be like

00:13:32.100 --> 00:13:32.440
 a mirror,

00:13:33.160 --> 00:13:33.800
 the purpose.

00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:34.780
 Second,

00:13:34.900 --> 00:13:35.400
 think about the

00:13:35.400 --> 00:13:36.320
 power of the

00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:36.500
 law.

00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:37.240
 Now,

00:13:37.340 --> 00:13:37.680
 there's a

00:13:37.680 --> 00:13:38.460
 problem here,

00:13:38.700 --> 00:13:39.280
 and that is,

00:13:39.860 --> 00:13:40.240
 the law,

00:13:40.580 --> 00:13:41.460
 let's go back

00:13:41.460 --> 00:13:41.879
 to the analogy

00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:42.300
 of a mirror.

00:13:42.820 --> 00:13:43.440
 What can a

00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:43.860
 mirror do?

00:13:44.019 --> 00:13:44.600
 A mirror can

00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:45.280
 point something

00:13:45.280 --> 00:13:45.620
 else,

00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:46.300
 but it has no

00:13:46.300 --> 00:13:46.820
 power to

00:13:46.820 --> 00:13:47.280
 change it,

00:13:47.300 --> 00:13:47.480
 right?

00:13:48.040 --> 00:13:48.280
 So,

00:13:48.340 --> 00:13:48.820
 let's say,

00:13:48.940 --> 00:13:51.040
 let's say I'm

00:13:51.040 --> 00:13:51.600
 having lunch

00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:52.019
 with Bernard,

00:13:52.259 --> 00:13:52.720
 and Bernard

00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:53.580
 looks,

00:13:54.100 --> 00:13:54.800
 I take a big

00:13:54.800 --> 00:13:55.800
 bite of my

00:13:55.800 --> 00:13:56.040
 burger,

00:13:56.139 --> 00:13:56.400
 and Bernard

00:13:56.400 --> 00:13:56.700
 says,

00:13:57.240 --> 00:13:57.420
 hey,

00:13:57.460 --> 00:13:57.639
 kid,

00:13:57.780 --> 00:13:57.980
 have you

00:13:57.980 --> 00:13:58.220
 looked at

00:13:58.220 --> 00:13:58.600
 your teeth

00:13:58.600 --> 00:13:58.920
 lately?

00:13:59.400 --> 00:13:59.560
 There's

00:13:59.560 --> 00:13:59.840
 something

00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:01.480
 really strange.

00:14:01.860 --> 00:14:02.100
 Your one

00:14:02.100 --> 00:14:02.360
 teeth is

00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:03.040
 going really

00:14:03.040 --> 00:14:03.360
 skew,

00:14:03.420 --> 00:14:03.560
 right?

00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:03.879
 Is that

00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:04.320
 normal?

00:14:04.680 --> 00:14:04.960
 I haven't

00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:05.360
 noticed that

00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:05.639
 before.

00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:06.519
 And I

00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:07.000
 pull up my

00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:07.199
 mirror,

00:14:07.299 --> 00:14:07.460
 and I

00:14:07.460 --> 00:14:07.740
 look and

00:14:07.740 --> 00:14:07.840
 say,

00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:08.340
 oh,

00:14:09.299 --> 00:14:09.960
 my tooth

00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:10.379
 is chipped,

00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:11.699
 or something

00:14:11.699 --> 00:14:12.000
 wrong,

00:14:12.059 --> 00:14:12.259
 right?

00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:13.399
 The mirror

00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:13.939
 can tell me

00:14:13.939 --> 00:14:14.480
 what's wrong,

00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:15.379
 but it has

00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:16.080
 no power to

00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:16.539
 fix me,

00:14:17.059 --> 00:14:17.899
 no power to

00:14:17.899 --> 00:14:18.360
 heal me.

00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:19.439
 It has no

00:14:19.439 --> 00:14:19.860
 power to

00:14:19.860 --> 00:14:20.379
 change our

00:14:20.379 --> 00:14:20.879
 circumstances.

00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:21.500
 All it does

00:14:21.500 --> 00:14:21.879
 is it tells

00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:22.220
 me what's

00:14:22.220 --> 00:14:22.460
 wrong.

00:14:23.419 --> 00:14:23.860
 But what

00:14:23.860 --> 00:14:24.340
 does the

00:14:24.340 --> 00:14:24.679
 mirror do?

00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:25.860
 It tells me

00:14:25.860 --> 00:14:26.159
 I need to

00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:26.559
 go get it

00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:26.779
 fixed,

00:14:26.899 --> 00:14:27.100
 I need to

00:14:27.100 --> 00:14:27.460
 go get it

00:14:27.460 --> 00:14:28.019
 sorted out.

00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:28.960
 In other

00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:29.100
 words,

00:14:29.139 --> 00:14:29.360
 it's going

00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:29.860
 to drive me

00:14:29.860 --> 00:14:30.139
 to the

00:14:30.139 --> 00:14:30.399
 dentist,

00:14:30.580 --> 00:14:30.819
 right?

00:14:31.419 --> 00:14:31.980
 Or somebody

00:14:31.980 --> 00:14:32.919
 looks and

00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:33.279
 says,

00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:34.299
 hey kid,

00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:34.679
 you've got a

00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:35.240
 big gash on

00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:35.519
 your face,

00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:36.059
 what happens?

00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:36.539
 Oh,

00:14:36.620 --> 00:14:36.839
 I don't

00:14:36.839 --> 00:14:37.019
 know.

00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:37.519
 I look in

00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:37.740
 the mirror

00:14:37.740 --> 00:14:37.919
 and I

00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:38.019
 see,

00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:38.279
 oh,

00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:38.839
 I'm

00:14:38.839 --> 00:14:39.100
 bleeding.

00:14:39.659 --> 00:14:39.959
 What's

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 it going

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 to do?

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 It's got

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 no power

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 to heal

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 me,

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 but it

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 does have

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 the power

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 to go

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 and drive

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 me to

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 the one

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 that can

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 heal me.

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 When we

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 read the

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 commands in

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 the Bible,

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 sometimes it

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 feels like

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 it's so

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 condemning.

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 Don't do

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 this,

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 don't do

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 this,

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 this is

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 right,

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 this is

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 wrong.

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 But what's

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 the power?

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 The power is

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 not meant

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 to fix

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 you,

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 it's meant

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 to drive

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 you to

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 the one

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 who can

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 fix you.

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 And that

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 leads us

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 to the

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 third thing,

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 the purpose,

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 the power,

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 and the

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 person.

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 What is

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 the law?

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 What are

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 God's commands

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 meant to

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 do?

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 They're

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 meant to

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 bring us

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 to Jesus.

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 Jesus is

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 the person

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 that can

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 heal us,

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 that can

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 fix us,

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 that can

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 make things

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 right again.

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 If you've

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 got a

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 bulletin in

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 front of you,

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 I want you

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 to just look

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 at some

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 scripture.

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 There's a

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 couple of

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 verses I want

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 to point out.

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 The commands,

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 the law,

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 are never

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 meant to

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 solve our

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 problems.

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 They're never

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 going to

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 make us

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 righteous

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 people,

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 but they

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 can point

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 in a

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 direction.

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 What is

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 the direction?

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 It's not

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 moral perfection,

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 it's not

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 religious duty,

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 it's to

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 Jesus,

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 to Christ.

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 Look at

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 what verse

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 24 says,

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 24 is near

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 the bottom.

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 It says,

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 so then the

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 law was like

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 a guardian,

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 a guardian

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 means somebody

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 who shows

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 you the way,

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 somebody who

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 helps you

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 along the way,

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 until Jesus

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 came.

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 And now

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 that faith

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 in Christ

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 has come,

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 we don't

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 need that

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 guardian

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 anymore.

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 In Christ

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 Jesus,

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 we are all

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 children of

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 God.

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 Friends,

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 these commands

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 are meant to

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 show us,

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 we need

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 Jesus.

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 Think about

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 that verse

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 I quoted

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 earlier,

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 Matthew 5,

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 where Jesus

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 says,

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 I have come

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 to fulfill

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 the law.

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 How did

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 Jesus fulfill

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 the law?

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 Well,

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 think about

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 three ways.

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 One way

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 Jesus came

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 to fulfill

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 the law

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 was,

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 he perfectly

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 obeyed it.

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 every single

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 thing that

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 the rules

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 and the

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 commands

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 and the

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 statutes

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 and the

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 commandments,

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 every single

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 thing it

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 asked for,

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 Jesus perfectly

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 fit the bill.

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 Did Jesus

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 love God

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 above all

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 else?

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 Absolutely.

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 Did Jesus

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 love people

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 more than

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 himself?

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 Absolutely.

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 Did Jesus

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 even love

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 his enemies

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 more than

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 himself?

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 He went to

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 the cross

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 for us.

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 Jesus

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 perfectly

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 obeyed

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 every aspect

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 of the

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 law.

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 But think

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 about another

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 way that

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 Jesus

00:16:51.680 --> 00:16:52.220
 fulfilled the

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 law.

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 The law

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 had two

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 things.

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 It promised

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 blessings for

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 those who

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 followed it,

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 but it also

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 said those

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 who didn't

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 are going to

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 be under

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 a curse,

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 under judgment,

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 under punishment.

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 Look at our

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 verse,

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 look at verse

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 10 in the

00:17:04.940 --> 00:17:05.700
 reading.

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 It says,

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 For it is

00:17:07.819 --> 00:17:08.099
 written,

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 cursed is

00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:09.900
 everyone who

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 doesn't abide

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 by the things

00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:11.839
 written in the

00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:12.299
 law and do

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 them.

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 That's what

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 the law

00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:13.960
 said.

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 The law

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 said,

00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:15.039
 this is

00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:15.640
 God's

00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:16.180
 statute,

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 but if

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 you don't

00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:17.480
 keep it,

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 there's

00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:18.740
 trouble for

00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:18.920
 you.

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 Verse

00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:20.120
 13,

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 but Jesus

00:17:21.180 --> 00:17:21.880
 has redeemed

00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:22.260
 us from

00:17:22.260 --> 00:17:22.680
 the curse

00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:22.840
 of the

00:17:22.840 --> 00:17:23.540
 law by

00:17:23.540 --> 00:17:24.000
 becoming

00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:24.580
 a curse

00:17:24.580 --> 00:17:25.480
 for us

00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:25.840
 in our

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 place.

00:17:26.780 --> 00:17:27.200
 So in

00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:27.440
 Jesus,

00:17:27.560 --> 00:17:28.140
 the blessings

00:17:28.140 --> 00:17:28.460
 that were

00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:29.360
 promised to

00:17:29.360 --> 00:17:30.320
 Abraham might

00:17:30.320 --> 00:17:30.780
 come to

00:17:30.780 --> 00:17:32.040
 all of us.

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 Friends,

00:17:33.380 --> 00:17:34.080
 Jesus was

00:17:34.080 --> 00:17:34.900
 judged as

00:17:34.900 --> 00:17:36.340
 a sinner so

00:17:36.340 --> 00:17:36.840
 that we can

00:17:36.840 --> 00:17:37.360
 be accepted

00:17:37.360 --> 00:17:37.840
 as holy

00:17:37.840 --> 00:17:38.280
 and righteous.

00:17:39.560 --> 00:17:40.340
 Jesus was

00:17:40.340 --> 00:17:40.860
 judged as

00:17:40.860 --> 00:17:41.280
 someone who

00:17:41.280 --> 00:17:42.060
 broke all

00:17:42.060 --> 00:17:42.640
 God's laws,

00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.000
 even though

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.520
 he hadn't,

00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:44.580
 so that we

00:17:44.580 --> 00:17:45.180
 can be judged

00:17:45.180 --> 00:17:45.620
 as those who

00:17:45.620 --> 00:17:46.080
 have kept

00:17:46.080 --> 00:17:46.600
 all God's

00:17:46.600 --> 00:17:46.860
 laws,

00:17:47.300 --> 00:17:47.740
 even though

00:17:47.740 --> 00:17:48.340
 we haven't.

00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:49.899
 Jesus went

00:17:49.899 --> 00:17:50.179
 to the

00:17:50.179 --> 00:17:51.079
 cross and

00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:51.579
 was punished

00:17:51.579 --> 00:17:51.959
 in our

00:17:51.959 --> 00:17:52.220
 place.

00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:52.679
 He was

00:17:52.679 --> 00:17:53.299
 cursed so

00:17:53.299 --> 00:17:53.579
 that we

00:17:53.579 --> 00:17:53.959
 can be

00:17:53.959 --> 00:17:54.859
 set free.

00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:55.899
 That's

00:17:55.899 --> 00:17:56.279
 amazing.

00:17:57.220 --> 00:17:57.459
 Jesus

00:17:57.459 --> 00:17:58.039
 perfectly

00:17:58.039 --> 00:17:58.759
 fulfilled the

00:17:58.759 --> 00:17:58.939
 law.

00:17:59.579 --> 00:17:59.879
 But there's

00:17:59.879 --> 00:18:00.339
 one last

00:18:00.339 --> 00:18:00.619
 way that

00:18:00.619 --> 00:18:00.839
 Jesus

00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:01.359
 fulfills the

00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:01.539
 law,

00:18:01.899 --> 00:18:02.339
 and it's

00:18:02.339 --> 00:18:02.599
 this.

00:18:03.259 --> 00:18:03.679
 He says

00:18:03.679 --> 00:18:04.099
 that if

00:18:04.099 --> 00:18:04.439
 you will

00:18:04.439 --> 00:18:05.079
 trust in

00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:05.240
 him,

00:18:05.859 --> 00:18:06.459
 if you

00:18:06.459 --> 00:18:06.939
 will come

00:18:06.939 --> 00:18:07.379
 to him,

00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:08.519
 if you

00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:09.859
 will put

00:18:09.859 --> 00:18:10.359
 your hope

00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:11.019
 in him

00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:11.779
 rather than

00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:12.199
 yourself,

00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:13.500
 he will

00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:14.000
 actually give

00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:14.359
 you his

00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:14.959
 spirit that

00:18:14.959 --> 00:18:15.579
 will help

00:18:15.579 --> 00:18:16.500
 you to

00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:16.960
 live a

00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.339
 life that

00:18:17.339 --> 00:18:17.960
 looks like

00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:18.140
 you're

00:18:18.140 --> 00:18:18.359
 obeying

00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:18.640
 all the

00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:19.059
 commands

00:18:19.059 --> 00:18:19.480
 and the

00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:19.920
 regulations.

00:18:21.420 --> 00:18:22.019
 Jesus will

00:18:22.019 --> 00:18:22.400
 give you

00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:23.019
 his Holy

00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:24.140
 Spirit to

00:18:24.140 --> 00:18:24.940
 actually change

00:18:24.940 --> 00:18:25.279
 us from

00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:25.660
 the inside.

00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:26.339
 Rather than

00:18:26.339 --> 00:18:26.640
 just giving

00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:27.099
 you a mirror

00:18:27.099 --> 00:18:27.720
 saying,

00:18:28.180 --> 00:18:28.279
 hey,

00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:28.599
 this is

00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:28.819
 what's

00:18:28.819 --> 00:18:29.079
 wrong,

00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:29.859
 fix it,

00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:30.759
 Jesus will

00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:31.140
 take you

00:18:31.140 --> 00:18:31.359
 by the

00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:31.740
 hand and

00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:31.940
 say,

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 come,

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 come with

00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:33.880
 me,

00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:34.160
 I'm going

00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:34.420
 to help

00:18:34.420 --> 00:18:34.839
 you change,

00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:35.160
 I'm going

00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:35.460
 to fix

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 that for

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 you.

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 Jesus

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 will

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 actually

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 change

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 our

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 hearts

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 so that

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 we become

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 the kind

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 of people

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 who do

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 love God

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 and love

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 others.

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 But the

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 point that

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 Paul makes

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 here is

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 that there's

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 two requirements.

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 It's coming

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 to Jesus,

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 not ourselves.

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 It's trusting

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 in the

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 Spirit,

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 not our

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 own efforts.

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 You see

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 what Paul's

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 saying?

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 See,

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 the temptation

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 when you

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 read the

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 law is to

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 say,

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 okay,

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 I guess I've

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 got a lot

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 of work to

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 do,

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 I guess I

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 better get

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 busy and

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 get going.

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 But the

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 Bible says

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 actually don't

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 do that.

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 Friends,

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 take the

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 law and

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 get rid of

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 it.

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 rather come

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 to Jesus

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 and say,

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 Jesus,

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 I need

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 you.

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 I can't

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 do this

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 on my

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 own.

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 I can't

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 fix my

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 heart.

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 God,

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 I'm bitter.

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 I'm angry.

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 I find it

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 hard to

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 forgive others.

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 Jesus,

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 won't you

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 come and

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 change my

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 heart?

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 Well,

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 God,

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 I'm not

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 honest.

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 I'm not

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 transparent.

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 I project

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 an image

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 before people.

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 I want

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 people to

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 see me

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 a certain

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 way.

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 Jesus,

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 come and

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 change my

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 heart.

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 And Jesus

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 says that if

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 you come to

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 him honestly

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 and surrender

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 and trust to

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 him,

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 and ask him

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 to do what

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 you can't

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 do on your

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 own,

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 he will

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 give you

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 his spirit

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 and he

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 will change

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 you from

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 the inside

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 out.

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 Friends,

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 do you want

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 your life to

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 look something

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 like Jesus?

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 Man,

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 I know I

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 do.

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 I want to

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 love God

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 like Jesus

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 did.

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 I want to

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 love people

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 like Jesus

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 did.

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 I really

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 need that.

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 Do you

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 want to

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 love people

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 like Jesus

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 did?

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 The answer

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 is don't

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 look to

00:20:05.059 --> 00:20:05.460
 yourself.

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 Don't beat

00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:07.480
 yourself up and

00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:07.980
 say, I'm

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 going to try

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 to do better

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 this week.

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 I'm going to

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 try harder.

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 The answer

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 is come to

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 him and

00:20:13.399 --> 00:20:13.899
 say, Christ,

00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.460
 I need you.

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.759
 Come and

00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.299
 have your way

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 in my life.

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 And he will

00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.399
 change you from

00:20:18.399 --> 00:20:18.740
 the inside

00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:19.200
 out and he

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 will make

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 you the

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 person that

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 you want

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 to be.

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 So friends,

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 here's the

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 point.

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 As you read

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 the Bible,

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 there's going

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 to be lots

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 of things

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 that are

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 going to

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 sound strange

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 and obscure

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 and you're

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 going to

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 wonder, what

00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.519
 on earth is

00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:30.899
 that law

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 about?

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 Don't think

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 this is some

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 old archaic

00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:34.420
 law, don't

00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:34.759
 even think

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 about it.

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 Don't think,

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 oh, this is

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.440
 some standard

00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:38.000
 of righteousness,

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 I better

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.019
 obey this

00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:40.099
 to be pleasing

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 to God.

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:42.640
 Let it, like a

00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:43.660
 mirror, drive

00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:44.359
 you to Jesus

00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:45.920
 to say, God,

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.140
 what I see

00:20:47.140 --> 00:20:47.819
 here tells me

00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.440
 something about

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:49.099
 myself.

00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:50.720
 I need you.

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:51.700
 Come and have

00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:52.180
 your way in my

00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:52.440
 life.

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:52.940
 And if you

00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.599
 surrender to him,

00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:54.539
 if you trust

00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:55.640
 him, he'll

00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.259
 change you and

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:56.640
 he'll give you

00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.240
 the Holy Spirit

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.859
 so that you can

00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.279
 live a holy

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:59.500
 life, pleasing

00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.640
 to him and

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.319
 pleasing to you.

00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:03.599
 Let's close

00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:03.859
 there.

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.679
 Lord Jesus, the

00:21:05.679 --> 00:21:06.099
 Bible is

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.759
 sometimes hard,

00:21:06.899 --> 00:21:07.759
 sometimes confusing.

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.439
 There are things

00:21:08.439 --> 00:21:08.839
 in there that we

00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:09.179
 don't always

00:21:09.179 --> 00:21:09.740
 understand.

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.079
 But Jesus, we

00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:11.700
 want to trust

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:11.919
 you.

00:21:13.379 --> 00:21:14.139
 God, every one

00:21:14.139 --> 00:21:14.679
 of us in this

00:21:14.679 --> 00:21:15.359
 room are in a

00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:16.240
 different place.

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:17.919
 Some of us are

00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:18.500
 anxious and

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:18.859
 worried.

00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:20.700
 Some of us are

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:21.299
 fearful for the

00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:21.639
 future.

00:21:22.879 --> 00:21:23.439
 God, some of us

00:21:23.439 --> 00:21:24.379
 feel like life is

00:21:24.379 --> 00:21:26.200
 out of control and

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:26.819
 we're just trying to

00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:27.439
 hold on for dear

00:21:27.439 --> 00:21:27.859
 life.

00:21:29.939 --> 00:21:30.599
 God, if we're

00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:30.960
 honest,

00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:32.480
 we don't always

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:33.039
 love you and we

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.539
 don't always love

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:33.919
 others.

00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:36.119
 But God, we need

00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:36.339
 you.

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:37.639
 And so we come to

00:21:37.639 --> 00:21:38.039
 you now.

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:40.700
 Jesus, won't you

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.279
 come and have your

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:41.480
 way?

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.259
 Won't you send us

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:45.039
 your spirit to work

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.980
 in our lives, to

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:47.220
 write your will and

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:48.099
 your ways on our

00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:49.519
 heart so that we

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:50.439
 become the kind of

00:21:50.439 --> 00:21:52.200
 people that you

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:52.839
 want us to be?

00:21:53.679 --> 00:21:54.879
 Not by external

00:21:54.879 --> 00:21:56.079
 influence, but

00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:57.119
 internal change of

00:21:57.119 --> 00:21:57.379
 heart.

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:58.859
 Jesus, I pray,

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.439
 come and have your

00:21:59.439 --> 00:21:59.659
 way.

00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:00.859
 Amen.

00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:02.319
 Amen.

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.399
 Amen.

00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:04.220
 Amen.

00:22:04.399 --> 00:22:04.460
 Amen.

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:05.220
 Amen.

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:05.879
 Amen.

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:06.619
 Amen.

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:08.379
 Amen.

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.399
 Amen.

00:22:09.399 --> 00:22:10.279
 Amen.

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:11.179
 Amen.

00:22:11.179 --> 00:22:11.220
 Amen.

00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:23.220
 Amen.

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:23.720
 Amen.

00:22:24.159 --> 00:22:24.980
 Amen.

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.079
 Amen.

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:26.019
 Amen.

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:27.079
 Amen.

00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:27.179
 Amen.

00:22:27.179 --> 00:22:27.460
 Amen.

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.839
 Amen.

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.379
 Amen.

00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:29.919
 Amen.