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 So, the book of Romans, Paul's great case is the case for justification, right standing before God, the pardon of sin by faith alone.

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 And as a result, he kind of meanders back and forth, talking strictly to the Jews and then talking to the Gentiles.

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 And at times it can be a tad confusing.

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 But speaking in general to the Christians in Rome, he addresses us and says,

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 chapter 8 and talks about how this life will be difficult.

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 Both from internal struggle with sin and from external means it will be difficult.

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 And he goes on to praise God, that God is working all things for our good because he is sovereign and in control.

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 He is working those things for our good that we might praise him and exalt his name.

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 So even when we struggle, we know that God is in control.

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 And he turns in chapter 9 and it seems a little bit random, but we get the following arguments going through 10 and 11 to grieve over the fact that most of Israel,

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 not all his evidence that he himself had believed in Christ, but that most of Israel had rejected Christ.

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 That they were given all of these privileges, these windows into God's heart, and yet they missed the ultimate point.

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 And that was that they desperately needed a Savior.

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 And that Savior is Jesus Christ.

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 They missed that.

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 But that in no way discredited the gospel.

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 And that's what he goes on to tell us in the rest of chapter 9, that in fact, was consistent with God's plan.

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 God's sovereign purpose of salvation to include the Gentiles as well into the fold.

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 That's us, I think, probably all of us, benefit greatly from God's sovereign plan to include us in his people.

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 So then we get to chapter 10.

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 And he turns once again to speak of the Israelites.

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 Let's read together the first 13 verses.

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 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.

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 For I bear the witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

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 For being ignorant of the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.

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 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

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 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.

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 But the righteousness based on faith says, do not say in your heart who will ascend into heaven, that is to bring Christ down.

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 Or who will ascend into the abyss, that is to bring Christ up from the dead.

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 But what does it say?

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 The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.

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 That is the word of faith that we proclaim.

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 Because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

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 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

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 For the scripture says, everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.

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 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek.

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 For the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.

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 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

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 And so he takes us in chapter 9 to this great depth, this unfathomable truth about God's sovereign election, his sovereign purposes for his people.

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 Right?

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 It's this kind of stuff in chapter 9, the weight of it, that causes our minds to kind of rent in two.

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 We can't quite make sense of God's sovereignty and man's responsibility.

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 It's this kind of teaching that leads him to chapter 11, verse 33, where he says,

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 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God.

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 It's that movement.

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 But he seems to pause for us here, doesn't he?

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 As he's talked about how God is completely sovereign over the election of his people,

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 that he's calling his own to himself.

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 We see him cycle back once again to his people, Paul's people, the Israelites.

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 Right?

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 Beginning of chapter 9, he lamented them.

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 He wished that he himself could be cut off from Christ for the sake of his brothers.

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 He desperately wanted them to receive this gospel truth.

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 Then he goes on to tell us that it's God's sovereign control.

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 It's God's power.

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 God works faith in people so that he can show mercy on whom he will show mercy.

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 So that no one can boast in their salvation.

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 And he comes back here in chapter 10, verse 1.

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 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God is for them that they may be saved.

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 And here's the great evidence, the great culmination, the understanding of Paul's love for people.

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 We know that Paul loved the Gentiles.

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 Paul was sent to them and he was actively pursuing them.

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 Actively preaching the gospel to them.

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 But even those whom he had turned from, the Israelites, he still had a desperate desire for them to come to Christ.

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 Because he loved them the way Christ loved them.

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 He grieved the fact that they were rejecting the gospel.

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 So here's Paul as he's presented to us, fully understanding that God is sovereign over these things, yet brokenhearted that these people might come to Christ.

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 And so therefore he prays for them.

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 He's moved to pray for his people.

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 Ought we not to do the same?

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 So then he says, I bear them witness they have a zeal for God.

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 But not according to knowledge.

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 For being ignorant of the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.

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 So here's a people who, with all their effort, was pursuing God.

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 For all that they knew, they were pressing after him.

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 But it was the wrong zeal.

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 It was focused in the wrong place.

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 It was not according to knowledge.

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 Being ignorant of the righteousness of God.

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 These people didn't understand what the righteousness of God looked like.

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 They had missed the fact that God was holy and that they were not.

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 Certainly men can try to do good things.

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 And we may try to define that as righteousness.

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 But it is not the righteousness of God.

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 All of our good works are as what?

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 Filthy rags.

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 Right?

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 It's not the righteousness of God.

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 There are many, many people in this world that with great zeal are pressing toward what they think is going to put them in right standing before God.

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 And yet, it's not according to knowledge.

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 It's according to their own working.

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 And he juxtaposes that way.

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 Their efforts to establish their own righteousness.

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 Their own version of the righteousness.

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 But yet, it's not the righteousness of God.

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 D.G. Barnhouse, John Overton, let me borrow a commentary.

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 He's an influential 20th century preacher, commentator.

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 Tells a neat analogy about this.

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 About little dolls.

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 Have you ever seen little dolls that are weighted at one end so they always stand upright?

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 Our modern day version of that is the weeble.

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 Are you familiar with the weeble?

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 Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down?

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 I have a weeble with me today.

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 This is...

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 Cade doesn't play with this, but it's in his room, just the same.

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 So it's weighted at the bottom.

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 So no matter what you do to it, it stays...

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 This is really bad, because I don't have any place to set it.

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 But no matter what, it's weighted really heavy at the bottom.

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 You put it upside down, it turns back over.

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 Back this way.

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 Right?

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 Weebles makes a clown that stands on its head.

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 Okay?

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 So it would be opposite.

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 It would be upside down.

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 And that is us, prior to Christ.

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 That is the Israelites, working, trying to work out their own righteousness.

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 And yet, no matter what, no matter what they do, no matter how hard they try, no matter how zealous they are,

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 they'll always land on their heads.

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 But we, as Christians, are turned around.

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 1 Corinthians 2.14 says,

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 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him,

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 and he is not able to understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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 The natural man, those without Christ, those without the Spirit of God abiding within them,

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 no matter what they do, doesn't matter how hard they try to do it,

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 they cannot gain their own justification before God.

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 And that's what the Israelites were trying to do.

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 They missed the point.

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 Ezekiel 36.26 and 27.

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 Ezekiel writes,

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 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you.

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 And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh.

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 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes,

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 and be careful to obey my rules.

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 2 Corinthians 5.17,

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 Paul writes,

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 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.

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 The old has passed away.

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 Behold, the new has come.

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 The lead that was once in our heads, that always kept us upside down,

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 has been placed in our feet.

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 So that no matter what we do,

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 we always land on our feet.

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 Because we're found in Christ.

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 We could paraphrase this to say,

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 They, being ignorant of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 and going about to establish some other method of acceptance and approach to God,

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 have not submitted themselves to the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 They're standing on their heads.

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 Because man's natural inclination is not to submission.

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 Meaning, literally, the word submit means to hand over oneself,

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 to enslave oneself.

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 That's not kind of our normal mode,

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 our modus operandi,

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 our MO.

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 We don't tend to do that naturally.

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 Look at Adam and Eve in the garden.

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 What was the original sin?

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 They wanted to be like God.

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 The action that was the evidence of their heart was that they took of the fruit.

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 But it was because they wanted to be like God.

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 They wanted to be their own masters.

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 And that is how we naturally are.

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 We have been tainted from there on to serve our own ends.

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 We don't readily submit in this way.

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 And what is it that we're meant to submit to?

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 God's righteousness.

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 God's righteousness.

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 So what is he saying?

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 Are we meant to submit to the law?

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 Is that what he means when he says God's righteousness?

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 Certainly, we can think of righteousness in that way.

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 A right standing.

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 A proper way of living.

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 I don't think so.

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 This obviously is an argument.

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 We're going to argue this.

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 But if you want to later,

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 we can debate this if you'd like.

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 But I don't think so.

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 Because in the very next sentence he says,

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 For Christ is the end of the law.

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 So it's Jesus Christ who is God's righteousness.

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 The perfect holy example.

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 The one without sin.

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 That we're meant to submit ourselves to.

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 Because the text says,

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 He's the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

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 Christ came not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it.

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 Matthew 5.17.

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 It's from the Sermon on the Mount.

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 Came not to abolish it, but to fulfill it.

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 The law has great importance in our life.

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 Prominence as Christians.

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 God's moral law still is meant to be obeyed.

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 We are meant to keep that law.

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 So it's very prominent in our life.

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 However, it's not preeminent.

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 Christ is preeminent.

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 And Christ is the means by which we fulfill the law.

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 He comes to fulfill it.

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 In Him are the promises of God.

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 Yes and amen.

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 It's because we're clothed in His righteousness

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 that God sees that we have upheld the requirements of the law.

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 So our lives, as we're being perfected, as we're being moved,

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 are being perfected and worked out.

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 We're looking more and more like God

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 because we're doing a better job at keeping the law.

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 That is the result of our life in Christ.

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 And ultimately, we have already been perfected

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 because we're found in Christ.

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 Is your head spinning?

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 Mine too.

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 Right?

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 The kingdom has come and is still coming.

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 We have been sanctified and are being sanctified.

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 We've been made perfect and we're being made perfect.

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 It's the language of the Bible.

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 Blow your mind.

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 Right?

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 James 2.10 says,

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 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point

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 has become accountable for all of it.

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 So what is James saying to us?

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 In all of human effort,

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 if somebody could possibly,

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 and this would never happen,

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 but if somebody could possibly keep the entire moral law

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 but only fail at one point,

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 they would be held just as accountable

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 for the person who keeps none of those laws.

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 Right?

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 Whoever keeps the whole law but fails at one point

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 has become accountable for all of it.

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 There is nothing you can do apart from Christ

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 to be found justified before God,

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 to stand before him and not be condemned.

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 Church, this is the metanarrative of humanity.

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 All of us are under the curse of sin.

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 All of us.

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 No one gets to avoid this.

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 Paul's made that point repeatedly to us.

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 Both the Jew and the Gentile,

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 all are under this curse.

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 Galatians 3.10 says,

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 For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse,

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 for it is written,

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 Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things

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 written in the book of the law and do them.

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 So we all need a Savior.

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 Every single one of us.

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 And my prayer has been,

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 throughout this week and this morning,

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 that everyone sitting in this room

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 has a Savior.

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 Jesus Christ.

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 The way.

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 The truth.

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 The life.

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 We don't get options.

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 Oprah's horribly wrong at that point.

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 There's not lots of ways to go.

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 And boy, is somebody zealous for good works.

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 We could say Oprah is.

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 Oprah's going to hell.

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 She has not placed her faith in the one

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 who fulfills the law.

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 Verse 6.

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 But the righteousness based on faith,

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 not on works.

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 On faith.

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 Says,

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 Do not say in your heart,

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 Who will ascend into heaven?

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 That is to bring Christ down.

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 Or who will descend into the abyss?

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 That is to bring Christ up from the dead.

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 What is Paul saying to us?

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 As he quotes from Deuteronomy chapter 30.

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 He's saying there's no great journey you have to go on.

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 There's no massive effort that has to be put into play

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 for your salvation to be worked out.

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 Jeffrey Wilson wrote,

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 The sheer perversity of unbelief is shown

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 by the many who choose to undertake an impossible odyssey

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 rather than put their trust in an acceptable Christ.

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 Deuteronomy is saying to us,

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 We don't have to build a tower to the heavens

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 or find a way to dive to the bottom of the sea

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 in order that we might be righteous.

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 So what does it say?

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 What does the righteousness based on faith say?

00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:10.299
 Verse 8.

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 But what does it say?

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 The word is near you,

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 in your mouth and in your heart.

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 That is the word of faith we proclaim.

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 That is the one,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Because,

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 because,

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 if you confess with your mouth

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 that Jesus is Lord

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 and believe in your heart

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 that God raised him from the dead,

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 you will be saved.

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 On the tail end of all of this talk

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 of God's sovereign election of his people,

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 Paul comes back to the simple profundity

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 of the gospel.

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 Simple because it's just that.

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 If you confess with your mouth

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 and believe in your heart

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 that Jesus is Lord,

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 you will be saved.

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 It's factual.

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 It's stated very emphatically here.

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 What does that mean

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 in light of God's sovereign election?

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 You believe in your heart,

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 you confess with your mouth,

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 guess what?

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 Sovereignly elected.

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 Great.

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 Let's live the Christian life together.

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 I think that's what it means.

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 Profound.

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 Because why would God show mercy

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 to anyone

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 who has set themselves up

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 as an enemy,

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 as a hater of him?

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 Why would he do that?

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 Because he's good

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 and he's God.

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 It's profound

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 that God would love us

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 that much

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 that he would call us

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 out of darkness,

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 who willingly put ourselves

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 in darkness,

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 who have said to him,

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 I don't like your light.

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 In fact,

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 I hate it.

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 I'm going to a different place,

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 a dark place.

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 Well,

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 I don't have to be in your light.

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 God grabs us by our ankles

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 and he drags us,

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 kicking and screaming

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 by grace,

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 through faith,

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 into his light.

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 He begins to work in us

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 the things that are dark in us.

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 He begins to work that out

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 that we might be light

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 to this world.

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 It's an absolutely profound,

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 profound word.

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 Verse 10 says,

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 for with the heart

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 one believes

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 and is justified.

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 And heart doesn't mean

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 the beating muscle,

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 pushing blood

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 to your extremities

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 right now, right?

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 When the Bible talks about

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 the heart,

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 it's talking about

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 the center of who we are,

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 our very being itself.

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 It's with that heart

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 that one believes

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 and is justified.

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 And with the mouth

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 one confesses

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 and is saved.

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 And he's not saying

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 that it's a two-step action,

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 but that if you believe,

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 you will confess.

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 I would imagine

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 that as the author

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 of Hebrews,

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 who we don't know

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 who that was,

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 but was writing this,

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 they had this kind

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 of thought in mind

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 in chapter 7,

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 verse 19.

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 He writes,

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 for the law made

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 nothing perfect,

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 but on the other hand,

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 a better hope

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 is introduced,

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 through which

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 we draw near

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 to God.

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 And that is

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 the one,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 If you believe

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 in your heart,

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 the Greek term

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 for believe

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 doesn't quite

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 shape out

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 the same way

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 our term does.

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 When we think

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 of belief

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 as Americans

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 with the English language,

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 it's just simply

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 believing something's true,

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 right?

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 Believe that's true.

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 This is black.

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 Yep,

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 I believe that.

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 My life experience

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 has told me

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 that I'm not colorblind,

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 so when somebody

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 tells me

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 when I order the podium,

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 the podium is black,

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 I expect it to arrive black.

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 I believed him.

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 It's black.

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 There it is.

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 A mental ascent.

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 Yeah,

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 that's right.

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 The Greek term

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 looks differently.

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 It's not only

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 a mental ascent,

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 but it's a belief

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 that connects

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 to your heart.

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 It's a guttural belief,

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 the center of who you are,

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 and it necessarily

00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:06.500
 flows into action.

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 Here,

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 believing in your heart

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 flows into

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 confessing

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 with your mouth.

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 If you believe

00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:16.779
 that Jesus Christ

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.459
 is Lord,

00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:18.879
 that he is

00:21:18.879 --> 00:21:19.679
 the Son of God,

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 that he was sent

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 on the behalf

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 of sinners,

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 lived a sinless life,

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 died a death,

00:21:26.219 --> 00:21:27.399
 bore the wrath of God

00:21:27.399 --> 00:21:28.119
 on our behalf,

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 buried,

00:21:30.739 --> 00:21:31.219
 resurrected,

00:21:31.439 --> 00:21:31.859
 ascended,

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 seated at the right hand

00:21:33.159 --> 00:21:33.579
 of the Father,

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 now interceding for us,

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 that we might be

00:21:35.979 --> 00:21:36.899
 the righteousness of God

00:21:36.899 --> 00:21:37.299
 in him.

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 If you believe that,

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 you're going

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 to talk about it.

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 If you don't talk about it,

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 you may not believe it.

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 And that doesn't necessarily

00:21:47.939 --> 00:21:48.779
 mean you're not a Christian,

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 it just may mean

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 that you don't believe it

00:21:50.219 --> 00:21:50.959
 in that day.

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:52.839
 You've turned your back

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.419
 on the gospel.

00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:54.459
 You've ceased

00:21:54.459 --> 00:21:55.000
 to confess.

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 There are certainly

00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.700
 in all of our lives

00:21:58.700 --> 00:21:59.939
 a time of regeneration.

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.480
 That heart of stone

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.579
 is taken out

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.319
 and the heart of flesh.

00:22:03.399 --> 00:22:04.259
 The Spirit of God

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.899
 comes and abides in us.

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.980
 Repentance and belief,

00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:08.839
 but yet,

00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:10.759
 the life of a Christian

00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:11.500
 is a life

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.179
 of repentance

00:22:12.179 --> 00:22:13.000
 and belief.

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:14.039
 Turning from sin,

00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:15.119
 turning to God.

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:16.139
 Turning from sin,

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.159
 turning to God.

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:20.539
 That's the evidence

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.659
 of what's happening

00:22:21.659 --> 00:22:22.579
 inside of us.

00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:25.039
 I've used this example

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.839
 before,

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.779
 so I apologize

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.240
 if you're getting

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:27.879
 tired of it,

00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:29.899
 but it's such a perfect one.

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.980
 My son,

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:32.379
 Cademan,

00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.159
 who is two,

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:33.919
 a little over two,

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:35.439
 really likes trains

00:22:35.439 --> 00:22:35.899
 right now.

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 I kind of hope

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.019
 he loves trains

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.879
 the rest of his life

00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:39.439
 for how much

00:22:39.439 --> 00:22:40.019
 he likes trains

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.359
 right now.

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 It's probably a phase,

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.879
 but the kid

00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:45.299
 loves trains,

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:46.539
 and he talks

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:46.960
 about them

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:48.439
 all the time.

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:49.399
 I understand

00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:50.159
 almost nothing

00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:50.980
 he says right now

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.720
 except train.

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:52.480
 I get them.

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:54.079
 Train and caboose,

00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:56.099
 I get those words.

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.240
 We were at,

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.960
 our community group

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.640
 met at a park

00:22:58.640 --> 00:22:59.779
 a couple of weeks ago.

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 Those of you who are there

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.920
 will remember this,

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:02.839
 and we were interrupted

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.420
 by a train

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.299
 not far from

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:05.279
 downtown Gainesville

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:06.480
 blowing its horn

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:07.120
 and going by,

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.059
 and then Cade

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.920
 standing up on the hill

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:09.380
 behind us

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:11.059
 yelling about the train,

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.480
 telling us

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.259
 everything he could

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:14.120
 think to tell us

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:14.579
 about the train,

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.420
 which we understood

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:16.579
 only the word train,

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:18.980
 and he's so excited.

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 And I don't believe

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:22.120
 that his joy

00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:23.319
 is actually complete

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:24.059
 until he begins

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:24.759
 to tell people

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.360
 about it.

00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:27.500
 He doesn't just like

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.579
 stand quietly

00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:29.019
 on the hill

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.319
 thinking,

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.360
 I love trains.

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:32.019
 Trains are the greatest.

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:34.500
 But he involves us

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.579
 in that joy.

00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:37.579
 We're taking Cade

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.099
 today,

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:38.799
 this afternoon,

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.319
 actually,

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.140
 we're going to hop

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.880
 in the car

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.860
 right after the service

00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:42.660
 and take him

00:23:42.660 --> 00:23:42.980
 all the way

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.640
 to Chattanooga

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.259
 because they have

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:45.519
 an amazing train ride

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:47.160
 just tailored for a boy

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.720
 like him

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.920
 that goes over bridges

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.600
 and through tunnels

00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:51.220
 and turns around

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:52.000
 on a turntable.

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.700
 It's going to be awesome.

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.839
 And I'm so looking forward

00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:55.240
 to it.

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.799
 Hopefully he'll survive

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.460
 the afternoon.

00:23:58.740 --> 00:24:01.539
 The kid loves trains.

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.360
 And I'm afraid

00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:04.279
 that sometimes

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:05.960
 Cade loves trains

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.960
 more than I love Jesus

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:09.579
 because I don't talk

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:10.079
 about him the way

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.920
 he talks about trains.

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:14.500
 How often

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.259
 do I miss

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:16.140
 the opportunity

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:18.060
 to praise my Lord

00:24:18.060 --> 00:24:19.240
 with my mouth?

00:24:19.320 --> 00:24:20.100
 And I miss it.

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.940
 With you guys even,

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.080
 how quickly does our

00:24:23.080 --> 00:24:24.440
 conversation after the service,

00:24:24.860 --> 00:24:25.820
 the service is all about

00:24:25.820 --> 00:24:26.480
 Jesus Christ,

00:24:26.580 --> 00:24:27.060
 Jesus Christ,

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:27.300
 yeah,

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:28.060
 and right after the service,

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:29.080
 what do you talk about?

00:24:31.020 --> 00:24:32.160
 Just a little place

00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:32.900
 for that in your life,

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:34.240
 a little place for Jesus.

00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:35.340
 We relegate him off

00:24:35.340 --> 00:24:36.340
 to the 10.30

00:24:36.340 --> 00:24:37.240
 to 12 o'clock hour

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.440
 and then we're done

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.380
 beyond that.

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.020
 Is this not

00:24:41.020 --> 00:24:42.280
 the greatest thing

00:24:42.280 --> 00:24:43.220
 that has ever

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:44.160
 happened to you?

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:47.480
 You may not have

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.300
 ever really felt

00:24:48.300 --> 00:24:49.140
 the weight of your sin

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.340
 and the,

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:49.580
 gosh,

00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:50.240
 I hope you do.

00:24:51.580 --> 00:24:52.480
 I hope it doesn't mean

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.500
 that you sin great

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:55.340
 in the coming weeks.

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.680
 But I hope you

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:58.540
 recognize how holy

00:24:58.540 --> 00:24:59.160
 God is,

00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:00.519
 how perfect he is,

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.640
 and how really

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:02.400
 wretched you are.

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.279
 This

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:09.220
 just epiphany

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.680
 hit me

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.860
 when I was in college

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:12.959
 and I was driving

00:25:12.959 --> 00:25:13.599
 to pray

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:14.519
 with a group

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:14.939
 of students

00:25:14.939 --> 00:25:15.599
 from the BSU

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:17.219
 and I honestly

00:25:17.219 --> 00:25:17.939
 don't remember

00:25:17.939 --> 00:25:19.000
 what I was praying about.

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.659
 I don't remember

00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.719
 what was going on

00:25:20.719 --> 00:25:21.240
 in my head

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:23.279
 and I was struck

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:24.379
 with how incredibly

00:25:24.379 --> 00:25:25.279
 holy God was

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:26.279
 in comparison

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.959
 to myself

00:25:26.959 --> 00:25:28.740
 because I realized

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.599
 that I was

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.279
 worshiping

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:32.159
 my own idea

00:25:32.159 --> 00:25:33.339
 of who I was

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:34.199
 in Christ.

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.039
 Is that,

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:36.000
 can your head

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.740
 wrap around that?

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:37.679
 I had set up

00:25:37.679 --> 00:25:38.359
 in my mind

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:39.079
 Nathan

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:40.779
 who serves

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.539
 Jesus Christ

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.779
 and that's

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.119
 who I was

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:43.559
 worshiping,

00:25:43.639 --> 00:25:44.979
 not Jesus.

00:25:45.479 --> 00:25:46.279
 I think the layers

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:47.139
 of our sin

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:48.759
 and how absolutely

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.919
 sinful I am.

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:53.059
 And in that moment,

00:25:53.219 --> 00:25:53.859
 I had to pull over.

00:25:53.899 --> 00:25:54.500
 I was crying.

00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:55.159
 I had to pull over

00:25:55.159 --> 00:25:55.599
 because I just

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:56.519
 couldn't believe

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.859
 how deluded

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.500
 I had been

00:25:58.500 --> 00:26:00.240
 for so many years

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:01.279
 and had missed

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:01.899
 the fact

00:26:01.899 --> 00:26:02.959
 that God

00:26:02.959 --> 00:26:03.539
 is perfect

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.199
 and even when

00:26:04.199 --> 00:26:04.839
 I think I'm

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.419
 really on a good

00:26:05.419 --> 00:26:05.899
 path,

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.759
 when I'm the most

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.559
 zealous I can be

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.299
 in my Christianity,

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:10.479
 that yet still

00:26:10.479 --> 00:26:11.859
 I fall so

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.879
 desperately short

00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:13.479
 of his

00:26:13.479 --> 00:26:14.619
 righteousness.

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.699
 And then I

00:26:16.699 --> 00:26:17.619
 praised him

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:19.000
 because in Christ

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.740
 I'm perfect.

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:20.679
 Right?

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:22.099
 Praise God

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.799
 it doesn't depend

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.500
 on us.

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.559
 Praise God

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:26.399
 it depends all

00:26:26.399 --> 00:26:27.439
 on him.

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.819
 So if you

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.679
 believe in your heart,

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.279
 you will

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:32.539
 necessarily

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:33.879
 confess

00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:35.459
 with your mouth.

00:26:35.959 --> 00:26:36.639
 And that's

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.620
 what Paul

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:38.280
 is saying

00:26:38.280 --> 00:26:38.840
 to us.

00:26:40.300 --> 00:26:40.620
 For the

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:41.300
 scripture says,

00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:41.580
 and he's

00:26:41.580 --> 00:26:42.080
 quoting Isaiah

00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:42.680
 49,

00:26:43.040 --> 00:26:43.580
 23,

00:26:43.800 --> 00:26:44.759
 everyone who

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.360
 believes in

00:26:45.360 --> 00:26:45.720
 him

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.940
 will not

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.540
 be put to

00:26:47.540 --> 00:26:47.880
 shame.

00:26:48.020 --> 00:26:48.740
 He's drawing

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.259
 us back to

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.940
 the Old Testament

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.900
 constantly in the

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.480
 book of Romans.

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.440
 Everyone who

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.140
 believes in him

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:54.220
 will not be put

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:54.640
 to shame,

00:26:54.800 --> 00:26:55.580
 for there is no

00:26:55.580 --> 00:26:56.180
 distinction between

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.780
 Jew and Greek,

00:26:57.020 --> 00:26:57.700
 for the same

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.680
 Lord is Lord of

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:58.880
 all,

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.500
 bestowing his

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.080
 riches on

00:27:00.080 --> 00:27:01.500
 all who call

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.220
 on him.

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:03.880
 for everyone

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.819
 who calls

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.319
 on the name

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:05.819
 of the Lord

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:07.039
 will be

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.860
 saved.

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.299
 There we have

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:08.660
 it again.

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.279
 That's Joel

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.940
 2,

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:11.500
 32 that he's

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.079
 quoting from.

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:14.420
 As a church,

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.539
 and I hope

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.039
 as a Christian

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.519
 who believes

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.000
 in the scriptures,

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:19.039
 you hold up

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.920
 high the

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.779
 sovereign election

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.279
 of God.

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:21.880
 You see that

00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:22.579
 he is ultimately

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.259
 in control.

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.240
 He is all

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.940
 powerful over

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.740
 all things,

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.259
 including the

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.940
 salvation of his

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.200
 people.

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:28.079
 I hope that

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.640
 you believe in

00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:28.860
 that.

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.180
 And we've

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.640
 talked about

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.100
 all the great

00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:30.860
 reasons that

00:27:30.860 --> 00:27:31.440
 you should.

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:31.740
 It's an

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.220
 encouragement to

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:32.700
 your soul.

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.840
 It's a movement

00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:35.220
 to evangelism.

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:36.080
 You ought to

00:27:36.080 --> 00:27:37.519
 believe in

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:37.920
 that.

00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:39.380
 But what does

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:40.299
 Paul talk about

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:41.620
 next, right after

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.140
 he got done

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.660
 talking about

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:42.860
 that?

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.559
 He doesn't

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:43.920
 say,

00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:44.559
 therefore,

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.080
 brothers,

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.400
 build large

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:47.960
 buildings,

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:50.080
 wear nice

00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:50.559
 suits,

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.680
 drive fancy

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.259
 cars,

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.620
 come together

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:54.420
 and say to

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:54.940
 each other,

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:55.820
 good morning,

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.120
 brother,

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:56.779
 I've been

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.240
 praying for

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.480
 you.

00:27:58.980 --> 00:28:00.059
 He doesn't

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.519
 say,

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:02.180
 form holy

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:04.700
 clubs so

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.059
 that you can

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.539
 come together

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:05.980
 and pat

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.500
 yourselves on

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:06.900
 the back

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.480
 because you're

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.400
 God's people.

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.599
 He doesn't

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:11.099
 say that at

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:11.339
 all,

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:11.839
 does he?

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.980
 He says

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.379
 instead,

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:14.539
 I have a

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.000
 desperate

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:16.460
 heart to

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:16.740
 see the

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.059
 Israelites

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.500
 come to

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:17.839
 Christ.

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:18.759
 I pray

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.240
 for them

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:21.619
 because anyone

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.599
 who calls

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:23.180
 on the name

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.619
 of the

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.379
 Lord will

00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:25.819
 be saved.

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:27.000
 Charles Spurgeon,

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.819
 a great champion

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.679
 of the

00:28:28.679 --> 00:28:29.099
 doctrine of

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:29.439
 election,

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:29.919
 was asked

00:28:29.919 --> 00:28:30.419
 one time,

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.079
 why do you

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.460
 even preach

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:32.059
 the gospel?

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.039
 And he

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.179
 said,

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.619
 because the

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.039
 elect don't

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.339
 have a

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:34.839
 yellow stripe

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.299
 painted up

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.519
 and down

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.059
 their back.

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.039
 If they

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.220
 did,

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.460
 I would

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:37.839
 go around

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.339
 lifting up

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:38.859
 shirt tails.

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.339
 God has

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:42.859
 called us

00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:43.519
 to be the

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.359
 means to

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:45.139
 his ends

00:28:45.139 --> 00:28:46.539
 and we

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:46.939
 ought to

00:28:46.939 --> 00:28:47.460
 be about

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:48.679
 that work.

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:49.899
 Next week

00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:50.339
 we'll talk

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:51.200
 at length

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:52.279
 about the

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.599
 following

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.000
 verses.

00:28:53.000 --> 00:29:04.859
 The gospel

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.400
 comes to

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:06.160
 us through

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.880
 words.

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.140
 How are

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:09.000
 people going

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.680
 to believe

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.000
 if they

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.819
 don't hear

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.799
 the good

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.960
 news of

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.640
 Jesus Christ?

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.619
 This is on

00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:16.539
 the tail of

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.140
 one of the

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.740
 great chapters

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.579
 on God's

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:18.880
 sovereign

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.259
 election.

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:19.859
 Why?

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:21.880
 Because it

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:22.440
 has to be put

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:22.779
 in proper

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.240
 balance.

00:29:24.580 --> 00:29:25.580
 So many

00:29:25.580 --> 00:29:25.840
 of the

00:29:25.840 --> 00:29:26.360
 doctrines of

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:26.660
 scripture

00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:29.039
 are like

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.640
 walking a

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.059
 tightrope

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:30.440
 to get it

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:30.860
 right.

00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:32.559
 I used this

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.360
 analogy before.

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:35.059
 We need to

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.480
 be on the

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.940
 tightrope

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.640
 between God's

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:36.940
 sovereign

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.440
 election,

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.240
 man's

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.779
 responsibility.

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.640
 What part

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.519
 do we play

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.100
 in carrying

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.620
 the gospel

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:41.960
 to the

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.279
 world?

00:29:43.080 --> 00:29:43.779
 Both things

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.299
 are fully

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:44.720
 true.

00:29:45.120 --> 00:29:45.259
 They're

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.980
 apparent

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:47.660
 paradoxes.

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.880
 In our

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:49.720
 little minds

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.120
 the two

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:50.620
 don't quite

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.259
 match up.

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.080
 However,

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:53.380
 in God's

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:54.440
 magnificent

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:54.900
 mind it

00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:55.380
 makes perfect

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:55.840
 sense and

00:29:55.840 --> 00:29:56.200
 we just

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.740
 can't

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.120
 completely

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:57.559
 understand

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:57.920
 it.

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.620
 So we're

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:58.880
 meant to

00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.259
 walk the

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.799
 tightrope

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.259
 in between

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:00.759
 and that's

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.620
 why Paul

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:02.740
 does this

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.080
 for us

00:30:03.080 --> 00:30:03.320
 here.

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.840
 This is

00:30:04.840 --> 00:30:06.480
 why we

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:06.960
 believe in

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.700
 verse-by-verse

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.900
 exposition

00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:09.240
 of the

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.600
 text.

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.880
 We could

00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:12.320
 skip over

00:30:12.320 --> 00:30:12.940
 chapter 10,

00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:13.740
 couldn't we?

00:30:14.080 --> 00:30:14.400
 We could

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:14.779
 skip over

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.420
 chapter 9

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:16.000
 and just

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.500
 focus on

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:16.759
 10.

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.120
 There's a

00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:19.100
 perfect balance

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.639
 for us

00:30:19.639 --> 00:30:20.619
 in the

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:20.919
 scriptures.

00:30:22.439 --> 00:30:22.699
 And so

00:30:22.699 --> 00:30:23.039
 what is the

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.819
 charge today

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:25.159
 as Paul

00:30:25.159 --> 00:30:25.480
 kind of

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.379
 steps back

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.579
 from this

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:28.319
 kind of

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:29.599
 deep look

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.839
 at the

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:32.119
 doctrine of

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.740
 election and

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.159
 salvation?

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:34.039
 He kind of

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.719
 takes a step

00:30:34.719 --> 00:30:35.379
 back from

00:30:35.379 --> 00:30:35.579
 that.

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:37.000
 What is the

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:38.279
 charge to

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.819
 us today?

00:30:39.939 --> 00:30:40.500
 I think you're

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:40.859
 going to be in

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.299
 one of two

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:41.759
 positions.

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.339
 You either

00:30:43.339 --> 00:30:43.759
 have,

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.199
 with all your

00:30:45.199 --> 00:30:45.539
 effort,

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.539
 with all

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.220
 your zeal,

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.259
 you've been

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.220
 pressing to

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.639
 be righteous

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:50.259
 before God.

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.339
 Christianity

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:52.539
 for you has

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:53.119
 been a list

00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:53.599
 of rules,

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:54.980
 new laws.

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:55.700
 You've just

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.220
 jotting them

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.740
 down and

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.159
 you have

00:30:57.159 --> 00:30:58.019
 the do's

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.240
 and you

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.619
 have the

00:30:58.619 --> 00:30:59.119
 don'ts,

00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.859
 the sins

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.480
 of commission

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.920
 and the sins

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.379
 of omission.

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:01.879
 You're really,

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.659
 really working

00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:02.980
 at it.

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.279
 You're really

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.659
 trying the

00:31:03.659 --> 00:31:04.119
 best you

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:04.460
 can to

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:04.940
 be a good

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:05.920
 person because

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.519
 you think

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.240
 that's going

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.659
 to accomplish

00:31:07.659 --> 00:31:08.079
 something

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.920
 ultimately

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.460
 for you.

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.460
 You're

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:12.899
 lost.

00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:15.079
 You haven't

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.480
 placed your

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:15.859
 faith in

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.240
 Christ.

00:31:16.439 --> 00:31:16.939
 If you

00:31:16.939 --> 00:31:17.379
 haven't come

00:31:17.379 --> 00:31:17.659
 to the

00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:18.019
 end of

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.439
 yourself

00:31:18.439 --> 00:31:18.980
 and realized

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.319
 that there's

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:19.960
 nothing good

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.399
 in you

00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:21.220
 and that

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.899
 all your

00:31:21.899 --> 00:31:22.439
 goodness is

00:31:22.439 --> 00:31:22.899
 found in

00:31:22.899 --> 00:31:23.240
 him,

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.419
 you're lost.

00:31:25.439 --> 00:31:26.039
 Destruction

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.439
 is your

00:31:26.439 --> 00:31:26.799
 end.

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.039
 Today,

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.240
 believe in

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.919
 your heart

00:31:31.919 --> 00:31:33.439
 and confess

00:31:33.439 --> 00:31:34.059
 with your

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.379
 mouth.

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.579
 Turn from

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.079
 your sin

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:38.159
 and turn

00:31:38.159 --> 00:31:39.439
 to Christ.

00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:40.579
 You may

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.960
 have deluded

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.879
 yourself all

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.299
 this time.

00:31:43.379 --> 00:31:43.720
 You may have

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.659
 bought lies

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:46.960
 set your

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.800
 life right

00:31:47.800 --> 00:31:48.480
 this morning.

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.300
 Nothing

00:31:50.300 --> 00:31:51.160
 special has

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.640
 to happen

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.140
 for that.

00:31:52.800 --> 00:31:53.120
 You know

00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:53.340
 that,

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:53.620
 right?

00:31:54.340 --> 00:31:54.680
 I don't

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.120
 have to,

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.580
 I'm not

00:31:55.580 --> 00:31:56.140
 a special

00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:56.800
 purveyor of

00:31:56.800 --> 00:31:57.320
 God's grace

00:31:57.320 --> 00:31:57.740
 to you.

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.759
 This is not

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.160
 an altar.

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.200
 You don't

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:01.560
 need to come

00:32:01.560 --> 00:32:01.980
 up here and

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.519
 sacrifice.

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.000
 Christ has

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.660
 already fulfilled

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:05.060
 that.

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.200
 It is

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:07.000
 finished

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:08.220
 in him.

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:08.840
 Yes and

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:09.100
 amen.

00:32:09.840 --> 00:32:10.220
 I hope that

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.740
 phrase is

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.160
 getting stuck

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:11.540
 in your head

00:32:11.540 --> 00:32:11.880
 from the last

00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:12.240
 couple of

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.519
 weeks.

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:14.579
 all you

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:14.920
 have to

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.879
 do is

00:32:15.879 --> 00:32:16.460
 repent,

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.279
 believe,

00:32:17.660 --> 00:32:18.180
 confess with

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.559
 your mouth,

00:32:18.639 --> 00:32:19.240
 come talk to

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.599
 somebody,

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.200
 it's going to

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.960
 flow out of

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.139
 you.

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.019
 Grab somebody,

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.319
 look at the

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:22.740
 person next

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:22.879
 to you,

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:23.359
 grab them

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:23.680
 and tell

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:23.920
 them,

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.720
 I believe

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:24.980
 that Jesus

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.319
 Christ is

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:25.539
 the Son

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:25.879
 of God

00:32:25.879 --> 00:32:26.359
 and I

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:26.599
 believe that

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:26.879
 he died

00:32:26.879 --> 00:32:27.180
 for my

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.359
 sins.

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:27.539
 There's

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:28.000
 nothing I

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.200
 could have

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:28.400
 done to

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:28.579
 be in

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:28.960
 right standing

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.339
 with him.

00:32:30.139 --> 00:32:30.559
 I've placed

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:30.879
 my faith

00:32:30.879 --> 00:32:31.220
 in him.

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.359
 That's it.

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.859
 Simple.

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:35.460
 Profundity.

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:35.940
 That's it.

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.180
 Believe this

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.480
 morning.

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.359
 I plead with

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:39.539
 you.

00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.220
 Believe.

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:42.420
 If you're

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:42.900
 a Christian

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:46.120
 and you're

00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.920
 not confessing

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.220
 with your

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.579
 mouth,

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.279
 believe today.

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.180
 It's the same

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.559
 call.

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.100
 Repent.

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.700
 Believe.

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.160
 Have the

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:55.519
 simple

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.400
 profundity of

00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:56.860
 the gospel

00:32:56.860 --> 00:32:57.839
 work into

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.559
 you so

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.000
 that it'll

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.500
 work out

00:32:59.500 --> 00:32:59.759
 of you.

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:01.940
 Have a

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.500
 heart for

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:03.039
 your people.

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.059
 Who are

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.500
 your people?

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.559
 Gentiles?

00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:08.220
 Gentiles.

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:09.360
 They're all

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:09.880
 around you.

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.019
 It's the

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.319
 people that

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.620
 you go to

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.200
 school with,

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:12.940
 who live on

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.420
 your hall.

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.019
 It's the

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.319
 people that

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.759
 you work

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.079
 with.

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:15.779
 It's the

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.120
 people that

00:33:16.120 --> 00:33:16.480
 you live

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.660
 in a

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:16.860
 neighborhood

00:33:16.860 --> 00:33:17.240
 with and

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.799
 probably

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.299
 don't know

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.940
 their names.

00:33:19.860 --> 00:33:20.559
 I can be

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.000
 guilty of

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.240
 that.

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.380
 Those are

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:23.920
 your people.

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.319
 Do you

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:25.120
 break for

00:33:25.120 --> 00:33:25.360
 them?

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.460
 Do you

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.059
 desire to

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.360
 be the

00:33:27.360 --> 00:33:28.420
 means to

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:29.100
 the end?

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.360
 Knowing that

00:33:30.360 --> 00:33:30.880
 anyone who

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:31.480
 confesses,

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.000
 anyone who

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.279
 believes in

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.559
 their heart

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.100
 and confesses

00:33:34.100 --> 00:33:34.420
 with their

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:34.720
 mouth,

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:36.039
 will be

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:37.180
 saved?

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:37.259
 saved.

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.000
 Great

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:41.340
 motivation to

00:33:41.340 --> 00:33:41.680
 share.

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.720
 I hope that

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.299
 some of you

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:46.100
 who are found

00:33:46.100 --> 00:33:46.519
 in Christ

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.019
 this morning

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:48.960
 can just

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.600
 say amen

00:33:49.600 --> 00:33:50.460
 to everything

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.140
 that I've

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:51.380
 said.

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.440
 Say,

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.100
 man,

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:53.440
 Nathan's

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:53.820
 bringing it

00:33:53.820 --> 00:33:54.140
 today.

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.720
 I am so

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.640
 glad that

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:56.900
 I'm not

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.460
 under fire

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.000
 this morning

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.960
 for this.

00:33:59.420 --> 00:33:59.720
 But I

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.299
 don't think

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.900
 that's really

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.440
 the case.

00:34:02.860 --> 00:34:03.380
 I know

00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:04.000
 many of you

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.480
 well,

00:34:04.560 --> 00:34:05.220
 and I love

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.360
 you,

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:06.039
 and I love

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.580
 your devotion

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.359
 to Christ.

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.139
 I'm

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.539
 encouraged,

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.559
 I'm spurred

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:10.400
 on by

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.179
 you to

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.860
 serve him

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.159
 more,

00:34:12.259 --> 00:34:12.799
 but none

00:34:12.799 --> 00:34:13.319
 of us

00:34:13.319 --> 00:34:14.360
 have arrived.

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.460
 It can't

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.039
 not be said

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.599
 of any

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.079
 of us,

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:19.159
 that's the

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.579
 example.

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.539
 Run,

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:22.259
 run after

00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:22.719
 that one.

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.440
 He's got

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:23.980
 it down,

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.420
 or she

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:24.900
 has it

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.539
 perfect.

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.639
 Right?

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:29.259
 So examine

00:34:29.259 --> 00:34:29.699
 your hearts

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:30.179
 this morning.

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:33.119
 do you

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:34.159
 believe

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:35.259
 the gospel?

00:34:36.259 --> 00:34:36.899
 If you

00:34:36.899 --> 00:34:37.139
 do,

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:37.419
 it's going

00:34:37.419 --> 00:34:38.000
 to change

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:39.000
 the way

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.619
 you live

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:40.159
 your life.

00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:41.279
 Let's pray

00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:41.559
 together.

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 Let's pray

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