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 Please take out your copy of God's Word and turn to 1 John chapter 3.

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 1 John chapter 3.

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 Before we settle into it, I want to share with you this morning an emotion that I'm feeling.

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 And I feel a mix of emotions on every Sunday morning.

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 There's always an excitement.

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 We've been preparing for six days and it's here and God's people are together and I'm

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 expecting that God will work.

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 I feel the emotion of just sheer exhaustion because of the six days leading up to and

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 it's here and suddenly the service is rushed along to this point.

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 I always feel a manner of timidity, a weightiness to coming and opening up God's Word and doing

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 by grace my very best to teach it to you with accuracy.

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 This morning, I'm also angry.

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 And I believe that my anger is a righteous anger, which is a rarity for me.

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 Very few times I could say that that would be the case, but I believe that it is a righteous

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 anger and it's not an anger aimed at you.

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 It is an anger aimed at a local prominent pastor that I often speak of in a great deal of ambiguity.

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 I speak in generalizations, hoping for your sake that you'll hear the truth and you'll be

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 discerning as you hear things coming from this particular pastor.

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 I believe that this pastor is a brother.

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 I think he's in the faith.

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 Therefore, I love him.

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 He's part of our family.

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 I am concerned for him.

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 I am praying for him.

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 I hope you'll do the same.

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 But this morning, I'm angry at him.

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 I think he's crossed a line.

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 And as such, I think it's appropriate to begin to call him by name.

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 You need to be aware of what's in our backyard.

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 Some of you may have come out of the ministry of this particular pastor.

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 And I don't mean any offense to you in the process of speaking about him.

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 Most of us, I would presume, know people who are currently part of the ministry of this pastor.

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 I know many people who are many phone calls I need to make in the coming weeks as a result of what's happening in the life of this ministry.

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 The pastor I'm speaking of is Andy Stanley.

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 And the ministry I'm speaking of is North Point Ministries.

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 Six churches, I think.

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 Massive mega church in our backyard.

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 The reason I think it's important to call it by name and to talk about it is because I love you.

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 And I love the people under his leadership.

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 And I think it would be irresponsible to not talk about it by name.

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 Now, most of you who have been around for a while know that I'm not a big fan of their ministry model.

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 The idea of attractional church and building the church for the lost.

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 I believe that the Bible teaches us that the church gathering is primarily for the believer.

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 Certainly, we want to minister to the lost as they come in amongst us.

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 But it's primarily for the believer to be equipped in order to go and to serve the lost.

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 We are gathered to go.

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 This is not the way they've arranged themselves.

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 Not a fan of the ministry model.

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 But I wouldn't want to harp on them by name for that reason.

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 In practice, they have functionally denied the sufficiency of Scripture.

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 But now, Andy Stanley is drawing into question the inerrancy and quite possibly the inspiration of Scripture.

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 In an interview with Russell Moore, who's the president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention,

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 Russell asked him a very strange question, but asked him,

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 If he were the Pope of Evangelicalism, what would he do?

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 What would he change?

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 The first thing that crossed my mind was that first I'd do away with having a Pope of Evangelicalism.

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 Not what he said.

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 But he said instead,

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 I would ask that pastors get the spotlight off the Bible and back on the resurrection of Jesus.

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 A couple of weeks later, in a sermon entitled,

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 The Bible Told Me So,

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 he addresses what he calls deconversion.

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 And just the idea of deconversion,

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 that someone could have been converted at one point,

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 regenerated,

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 and then deregenerated,

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 is in and of itself a dangerous idea,

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 an entirely unbiblical idea.

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 But I think he's referring to those who grow up in the church and then leave the church.

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 There are dramatic statistics,

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 particularly about college students,

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 as high as 85% of college students who profess faith in Jesus Christ through high school,

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 when they leave and go in their freshman year,

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 85% no longer claim to follow Christ.

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 I think that's what he means by deconversion,

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 but it's certainly a scary way to talk about it.

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 He says that it's not ample to say,

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 Jesus loves me,

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 this I know,

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 for the Bible tells me so.

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 And he apologizes to people who were sent to college with a frail,

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 I quote,

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 frail version of our faith.

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 He says,

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 if the Bible is the foundation of our faith,

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 as the Bible goes,

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 so goes our faith.

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 And then he gives examples that he states as fact of scientific evidence that contradicts the Scripture.

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 Things like,

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 there is no scientific evidence for a worldwide flood.

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 Or,

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 what if the ruins of Jericho are excavated and we never see evidence that the walls fell down?

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 This is called evidential apologetics,

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 and I would suggest to you that it's not the way that we approach the Bible.

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 If the Bible is the foundation of our faith,

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 as the Bible goes,

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 so goes our faith.

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 He questions the infallibility,

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 and therefore,

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 the very inspiration of the Scriptures.

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 If God is true,

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 and if God wrote the Bible,

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 then the Bible is true.

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 And I would suggest to you that it is the foundation of our faith,

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 that faith comes from hearing,

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 and hearing from the Word of God.

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 He says that in the first century,

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 believers didn't copy down the Scripture because they believed that it was inspired,

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 but because they believed that it was true,

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 that they took it simply as historical record,

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 and they knew that the apostles penned it,

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 so they took it as simply a true historical account,

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 and it had not yet been canonized,

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 and so they didn't believe that it was a Word from God,

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 but just simply an account of Jesus and His resurrection.

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 He concludes to say,

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 we should rather think,

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 Jesus loves me,

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 this I know because Matthew,

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 Mark,

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 Luke,

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 and John

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 tells me so.

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 which seems like circular logic to me.

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 But I believe what he's saying is that

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 let's not be too concerned about whether or not the Bible is inspired.

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 Let's not be too concerned if it's actually the Word of God,

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 if it actually has authority,

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 but rather,

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 let's look at what men who knew Jesus had to say,

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 which is part of what we do

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 as we look at the Scripture.

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 But he neglects altogether

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 that one of the apostles saw

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 what we now see as our canon as Scripture.

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 2 Peter 3,

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 verses 15 and 16,

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 Peter writes,

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 And count the patience of our Lord as salvation,

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 just as our beloved brother Paul

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 also wrote to you

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 according to the wisdom given him,

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 as he does in all his letters

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 when he speaks in them of these matters.

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 So Paul,

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 in all of his letters,

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 speaks with wisdom

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 about the patience of God toward us

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 and the salvation that's found in Christ.

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 That's me reversing the logic of Peter's writing.

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 Then he says,

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 verse 16,

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 of all Paul's letters,

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 there are some things in them

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 that are hard to understand,

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 which the ignorant

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 and unstable

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 twist to their own destruction

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 as they do,

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 if you're looking at it,

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 the other Scriptures.

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 So apparently the early church,

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 at very least,

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 Peter was already viewing

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 the writing of Paul as Scripture,

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 understood it to be inspired,

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 as Paul says,

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 breathed out by God.

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 I apologize

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 if you were sent to college

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 without an unshakable confidence

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 in the inspiration

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 and therefore the infallibility

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 and authority of our Bible,

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 which is indeed the foundation

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 of our faith.

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 it's my hope,

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 if you're a college student here

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 and you have any misgiving

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 about the value of it,

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 I'm going to assume that

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 because you're here,

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 you probably don't,

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 but if you do,

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 that we so show you Christ

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 in the Scripture

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 that it becomes extremely

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 precious to you,

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 that you would be a person

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 of the Word,

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 that you would put theology

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 above all of your other studies

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 and would have a confidence

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 in who Christ is

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 because God has spoken to us

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 about Him

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 by His Word.

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 Romans 10, 17 again,

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 so faith comes from hearing

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 and hearing

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 through the Word of Christ.

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 Ephesians 2, verse 13,

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 Paul says,

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 but now in Christ Jesus,

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 you who were once far off

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 have been brought near

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 by the blood of Christ.

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 And then he goes down

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 into verse 19 and 20,

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 so then you were no longer

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 strangers and aliens,

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 but you are fellow citizens

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 with the saints

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 and members of the household of God

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 built on the foundation,

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 hang on for it,

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 built on the foundation

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 of the apostles and prophets.

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 He is talking about

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 the revelation of God

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 through the apostles

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 and the prophets.

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 Christ Jesus Himself

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 being the cornerstone.

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 Many attractional churches

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 teach a neutered gospel.

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 Many preachers these days

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 teach a subversive prosperity gospel.

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 Jesus died on a cross

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 that you might glory in Him

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 and He in you forever.

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 Not so that you can pick up

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 weekly life lessons

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 to live a more fulfilled life now.

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 That is not what the Christian faith

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 is about.

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 Not about andeisms.

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 It's about God revealed

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 in the scripture.

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 There is no crown without the cross.

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 There is no glory without suffering.

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 You cannot follow Christ

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 without giving Him your all.

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 He expects nothing less.

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 He expects nothing less.

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 With all that in mind,

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 we ask that you pray for Andy Stanley.

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 Join me in that.

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 Pray for those under his leadership.

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 Pray for those across this nation

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 that look to Him for their cues

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 on how they ought to lead successful ministry.

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 I don't doubt his motivation

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 in what he's trying to do.

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 I believe he's a Christian.

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 I believe he desperately wants people

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 to come to faith in Christ,

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 but he's doing it wrongly.

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 Preach the truth

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 to your friends

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 and your family.

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 Pray that he would come

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 to an understanding of the truth,

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 what an influence he could have

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 if he would open the scripture

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 to his people.

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 And with all that,

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 I'll remind you that, beloved,

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 this is God's word to us.

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 It was written for His glory

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 and our good.

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 We would all do well

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 to listen to it

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 in order to believe its promises

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 and obey its commands.

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 1 John 3,

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 verses 1-10

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 is our text for today.

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 See what kind of love

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 the Father has given to us

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 that we should be called

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 children of God.

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 And so we are.

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 The reason why the world

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 does not know us

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 is that it did not know Him.

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 Beloved,

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 we are God's children now.

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 And what will be

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 has not yet appeared,

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 but we know

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 that when He appears,

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 we shall be like Him

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 because we shall see Him

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 as He is.

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 And everyone who thus hopes in Him

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 purifies himself

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 as He is pure.

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 Everyone who makes

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 a practice of sinning

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 also practices lawlessness.

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 Sin is lawlessness.

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 You know that He appeared

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 in order to take away sins,

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 and in Him

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 there is no sin.

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 No one who abides in Him

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 keeps on sinning.

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 No one who keeps on sinning

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 has either seen Him

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 or known Him.

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 Little children,

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 let no one deceive you.

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 Whoever practices righteousness

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 is righteous

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 as He is righteous.

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 Whoever makes a practice

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 of sinning

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 is of the devil,

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 for the devil has been sinning

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 from the beginning.

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 The reason the Son of God

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 appeared

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 was to destroy

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 the works of the devil.

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 No one born of God

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 makes a practice of sinning,

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 for God's seed

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 abides in Him,

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 and He cannot keep on sinning

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 because He has been born

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 of God.

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 By this it is evident,

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 who are the children of God

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 and who are the children

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 of the devil?

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 Whoever does not practice

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 righteousness

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 is not of God,

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 nor is the one

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 who does not love

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 his brother.

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 Now, over the past three weeks,

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 we've been considering

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 the Christian life,

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 and we've been framing it up

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 beginning with

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 our gospel identity,

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 and you're seeing that

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 as the new logo

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 for our church,

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 the single tree

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 in a circle.

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 And the summary statement

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 that we've been using

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 for gospel identity

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 is simply this,

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 by grace alone

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 through faith alone,

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 and the personal work

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 of Jesus Christ alone,

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 we are justified before God,

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 forgiven and adopted by Him.

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 So that's who we are

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 in Christ.

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 And then we said

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 this gospel identity

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 is our great motivation

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 for worship.

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 So we're accepted by God

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 in Christ,

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 so we live how He wants us to

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 in all things.

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 This is worship.

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 Have experienced the mercies

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 of God to us

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 in Christ.

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 We live for Him,

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 and we're using

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 the biblical metaphor.

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 Being good trees,

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 we bear good fruit.

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 And I've been suggesting

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 to you all along the way

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 that the bearing

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 of good fruit

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 requires activity

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 on our part.

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 It requires effort

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 on our part.

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 And so we're talking

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 about four areas

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 of Christian living,

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 and they are as follows.

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 First,

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 our gospel conviction.

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 Right?

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 Knowing God

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 through His word

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 and prayer.

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 Two weeks ago,

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 we talked about that.

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 Last week,

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 we talked about gospel community.

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 Loving the church

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 in varying means

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 of fellowship

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 and service.

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 This week,

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 we'll talk about

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 gospel character.

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 And then finally,

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 next week,

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 gospel commission.

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 And Lord willing,

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 we'll be back

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 in our verse-by-verse

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 exposition of Acts

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 following that.

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 The summary statement

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 for this morning is

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 being justified

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 before God,

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 forgiven and adopted

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 by Him.

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 We worship Him

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 through gospel character,

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 conforming to Christ

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 both in private

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 and in public.

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 Now,

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 John starts out

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 chapter 3

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 making the point

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 we've been making

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 all along

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 that who we are

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 is a work of God.

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 God has established it.

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 So being justified

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 before God,

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 we're forgiven

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 and adopted

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 by Him.

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 And you can see that

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 running through

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 the first three verses

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 of 1 John chapter 3.

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 But draw your attention

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 specifically to

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 verse 3.

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 Everyone who thus

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 hopes in Him.

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 And he's referring back

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 to what he has said

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 that as God's children,

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 we do not yet look

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 like Christ

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 being perfect,

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 but we will one day

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 look like Christ

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 because we shall see Him

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 as He is.

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 When He returns,

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 we'll be glorified

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 and perfected

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 at that time.

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 But,

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 he says in verse 3,

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 and everyone

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 who thus hopes

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 in Him,

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 so in the future

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 perfection,

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 which we call

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 glorification,

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 purifies himself

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 as He,

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 Christ,

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 is pure.

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 So by faith

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 that we're justified

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 before God

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 and the debt

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 of our sin

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 is canceled

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 before Him.

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 And we are granted

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 the righteousness

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 of Christ.

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 We are both forgiven

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 and adopted.

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 Paul writes in Romans 8.1,

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 there is therefore

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 now no condemnation

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 for those

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 who are in

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 Christ

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 Jesus.

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 So,

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 because we're

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 beloved,

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 because we're

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 children of God,

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 we're going to live

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 a certain way.

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 So don't mistake me

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 saying that we live

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 a certain way

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 and therefore

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 we're children of God.

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 We're children of God,

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 therefore,

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 we live a certain way.

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 We give evidence

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 to who we are

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 by the way

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 we live.

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 And John goes on

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 to say this

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 in no uncertain terms.

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 I hope that it was

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 a little scathing

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 for you, right,

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 to read

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 from the authoritative

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 Word

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 of God.

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 How it is

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 that the person

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 who claims

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 to be a follower

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 of Christ

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 looks.

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 Verse 4

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 and down through

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 verse 10.

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 If we are

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 justified before God,

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 forgiven and adopted

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 by Him,

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 we worship Him

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 through our

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 character.

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 We are being

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 conformed

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 to Christ.

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 We have not

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 arrived there yet

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 perfectly,

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 which I will

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 show you in a moment,

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 but we are

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 pressing on

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 in holiness

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 toward

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 Christ's

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 likeness.

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 If you are

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 of God,

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 it's the point

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 that John is making,

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 you will

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 not

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 make a

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 practice

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 of sinning.

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 If you are

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 a child

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 of God,

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 you will

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 practice

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 righteousness.

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 You will be

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 on

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 God's

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 highway.

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 The Greek

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 word for

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 practice

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 simply means

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 to do

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 or make.

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 You hope

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 it would be

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 kind of complex

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 and we could

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 unravel it

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 and go,

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 oh,

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 now we

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 understand

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 what

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 practicing

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 means.

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 John's

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 not pulling

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 any punches

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 here.

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 He's simply

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 saying that

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 you will

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 not be

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 characterized

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 by sin.

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 You will

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 rather be

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 characterized

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 by

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 righteousness.

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 And beloved,

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 the beautiful

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 precious

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 doctrine

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 of regeneration

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 is so

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 being lost

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 in the life

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 of our

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 churches.

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 If you

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 are in

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 Christ,

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 you have

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 been

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 made

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 new.

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 You are

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 no longer

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 your old

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 self.

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 You carry

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 that baggage

00:20:46.419 --> 00:20:47.000
 of yourself

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.379
 around,

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 but you

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 have been

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 made

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 new.

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 And so

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 many of

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 us act

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 as if

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 we've

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 not been

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 set free

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 from the

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 bondage

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 of sin.

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 We are

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 free from

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 it.

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 We've

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 been given

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 power to

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 live to

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 God.

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 And not

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 to

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 ourselves.

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 You can

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 think of

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 gospel

00:21:06.679 --> 00:21:07.179
 character

00:21:07.179 --> 00:21:07.619
 as

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 obedience

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 in all

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 things.

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 And we

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.139
 talk about

00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:12.559
 these areas

00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:12.959
 of Christian

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 living.

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 I get

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:14.579
 that this

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 one kind

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.379
 of becomes

00:21:15.379 --> 00:21:15.779
 a catch

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.039
 all.

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 We intend

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:17.980
 for it to

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 be a catch

00:21:18.439 --> 00:21:18.679
 all,

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 but I

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.419
 think so

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 often,

00:21:21.159 --> 00:21:21.899
 I'm seeing

00:21:21.899 --> 00:21:22.379
 particularly

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:22.919
 with young

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 people who

00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:24.319
 have a

00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:25.059
 high view

00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:25.579
 of God

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:25.879
 and of

00:21:25.879 --> 00:21:26.259
 God's

00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:26.659
 sovereignty.

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 Praise the

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:28.119
 Lord for

00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:28.480
 that.

00:21:29.099 --> 00:21:29.639
 Recognizing

00:21:29.639 --> 00:21:30.220
 that God

00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:31.079
 works in

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 us to

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.399
 accomplish

00:21:32.399 --> 00:21:32.859
 His

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 goodwill.

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 Also

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.939
 being lazy.

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 Just

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 expecting that

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 at some

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 point that

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 there will

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.579
 be enough

00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:41.359
 compulsion

00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:41.859
 in you

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 that you're

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 going to

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:42.960
 begin to

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 do the

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:43.960
 things that

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 God wants

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 you to

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 do.

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 And it's

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 so often

00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:47.439
 framed up

00:21:47.439 --> 00:21:48.279
 as feeling.

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 You don't

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 feel like

00:21:50.659 --> 00:21:51.240
 doing certain

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 things.

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 I teach

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 my kids

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 to be

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:56.639
 obedient.

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 I train

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 them.

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 I show

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 them how

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 it is

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 they're

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 to be

00:22:00.619 --> 00:22:01.359
 obedient.

00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:02.839
 I discipline

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.579
 them when

00:22:03.579 --> 00:22:04.379
 they're not

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:05.319
 obedient.

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 If all

00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:06.279
 you caught

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.799
 Judah down

00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.200
 here talking

00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:07.500
 about the

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:07.759
 rod,

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:08.119
 it's like

00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:08.579
 a spanking.

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.819
 A lot

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.099
 like a

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:10.399
 spanking.

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.179
 Showing

00:22:12.179 --> 00:22:12.500
 them the

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:12.879
 way that

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 they should

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.500
 go.

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 And it

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.799
 is never

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.940
 an excuse

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.519
 for one

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:16.759
 of my

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.220
 sons to

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:17.519
 say to

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:17.679
 me,

00:22:17.919 --> 00:22:18.139
 I don't

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:18.559
 really feel

00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:18.919
 like being

00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:19.279
 obedient.

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.480
 There's not

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.240
 a compulsion

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:23.019
 in me

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:24.400
 to be

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:24.859
 obedient.

00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.339
 How do

00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:27.079
 I help

00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:27.420
 my children

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:27.880
 to walk

00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:28.059
 in the

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:28.339
 ways they

00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:28.680
 should go?

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.460
 I tell

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:29.680
 them what

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:29.980
 they should

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.599
 do or

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:30.940
 shouldn't

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.240
 do,

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.000
 and I

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.160
 bring

00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:32.599
 correction

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:32.920
 when they

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.339
 need it.

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:34.539
 The Lord

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:34.940
 deals with

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.259
 us in

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:36.000
 the exact

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.759
 same

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.720
 way.

00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:38.559
 You've

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:38.900
 been given

00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:40.000
 command,

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:40.960
 right and

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.799
 good for

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.120
 you,

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:42.799
 command.

00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:43.779
 You have

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.700
 a heavenly

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:46.160
 Father that's

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:47.019
 perfect in

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.440
 all of His

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:47.920
 command,

00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:48.880
 who loves

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:50.079
 you immensely

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.759
 and wants

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.400
 the very

00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:52.140
 best

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:53.020
 for you.

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:53.960
 You should

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.340
 listen,

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.400
 and you

00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:56.040
 should do

00:22:56.040 --> 00:22:56.860
 the things

00:22:56.860 --> 00:22:57.900
 that He's

00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:58.320
 asked you

00:22:58.320 --> 00:22:58.900
 to do or

00:22:58.900 --> 00:23:00.820
 not asked

00:23:00.820 --> 00:23:01.060
 you to

00:23:01.060 --> 00:23:01.300
 do.

00:23:02.340 --> 00:23:02.860
 Many people

00:23:02.860 --> 00:23:03.320
 misunderstand

00:23:03.320 --> 00:23:05.940
 that sin

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.380
 has two

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:06.920
 sides to

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.160
 it,

00:23:07.360 --> 00:23:07.880
 both sins

00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:09.120
 of omission

00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:09.880
 and sins

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.920
 of commission.

00:23:11.080 --> 00:23:11.560
 Omission are

00:23:11.560 --> 00:23:11.900
 the things

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:12.160
 that we're

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:12.900
 not doing

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.240
 what God

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.720
 has commanded

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.280
 us to do.

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:14.860
 We're sinning

00:23:14.860 --> 00:23:15.180
 because we're

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:15.700
 not doing

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.100
 what God

00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:16.940
 has commanded

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.400
 us to do,

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:18.000
 and sins

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.400
 of commission

00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:18.720
 are doing

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.060
 what God

00:23:19.060 --> 00:23:19.620
 has commanded

00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:21.140
 us not

00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:21.500
 to do.

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.960
 Many of

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.560
 you probably

00:23:23.560 --> 00:23:24.360
 grew up

00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:25.259
 in churches

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:26.320
 where the

00:23:26.320 --> 00:23:26.780
 pastor liked

00:23:26.780 --> 00:23:27.140
 to rattle

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:27.620
 off the

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.420
 top three

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:29.500
 drinking,

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.320
 smoking,

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.280
 cursing,

00:23:31.800 --> 00:23:33.259
 which in

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:33.580
 their proper

00:23:33.580 --> 00:23:34.160
 context may

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.560
 or may not

00:23:34.560 --> 00:23:35.600
 be sinful.

00:23:36.100 --> 00:23:36.860
 All three

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.200
 of those,

00:23:37.280 --> 00:23:38.340
 let's lift

00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:38.720
 off some of

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:38.960
 the other

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.259
 ones that

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.800
 are almost

00:23:39.800 --> 00:23:40.160
 definitely

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:41.160
 sinful in

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:42.560
 every case.

00:23:43.560 --> 00:23:43.800
 We feel

00:23:43.800 --> 00:23:44.040
 like if we

00:23:44.040 --> 00:23:44.500
 just had the

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.240
 list and

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.720
 we're avoiding

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.700
 certain activity,

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.320
 then we're

00:23:47.320 --> 00:23:47.920
 living to God.

00:23:48.800 --> 00:23:49.440
 Not so,

00:23:49.540 --> 00:23:49.780
 beloved,

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:50.200
 sins of

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.519
 omission

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.240
 and sins

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:53.279
 of commission.

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:54.940
 God's

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.139
 children

00:23:55.139 --> 00:23:55.720
 recognize

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.279
 we have

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.319
 a loving

00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:57.700
 Father,

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:58.879
 and we

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.319
 obey

00:23:59.319 --> 00:24:00.500
 because

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.779
 He loves

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.099
 us.

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:03.839
 Now,

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.579
 is John

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.119
 suggesting

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:07.599
 that we

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.359
 must be

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.480
 perfectly

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:09.839
 righteous?

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.960
 No.

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.500
 He is

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:13.720
 not.

00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:15.259
 Back up

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.740
 a couple

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.240
 of chapters

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.920
 to 1 John

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.680
 chapter 1.

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.200
 Once again,

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:21.259
 strong language,

00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:21.880
 verses 5

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.339
 through 10.

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.500
 Beginning

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:34.980
 of verse 5,

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.420
 this is the

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:35.980
 message that

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.240
 we have

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.620
 heard from

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:36.920
 Him and

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.420
 proclaimed to

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:37.700
 you that

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.680
 God is

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:40.160
 light and

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.680
 in Him is

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.500
 no darkness

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:41.900
 at all.

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.400
 God is

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:42.779
 perfect,

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.339
 God is

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:43.799
 holy.

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.559
 If we say

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:44.839
 we have

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.160
 fellowship

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:45.640
 with Him

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:46.080
 while we

00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:46.640
 walk in

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.100
 darkness,

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.460
 practice

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:49.200
 sin,

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:50.279
 we lie

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.620
 and do

00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:50.820
 not

00:24:50.820 --> 00:24:51.300
 practice

00:24:51.300 --> 00:24:51.759
 the

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.120
 truth.

00:24:52.840 --> 00:24:53.300
 But if

00:24:53.300 --> 00:24:53.740
 we walk

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:53.980
 in the

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.320
 light as

00:24:54.320 --> 00:24:54.540
 He is

00:24:54.540 --> 00:24:54.680
 in the

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:54.800
 light,

00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:55.080
 we have

00:24:55.080 --> 00:24:55.500
 fellowship

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:55.860
 with one

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.140
 another,

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.460
 and the

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:56.779
 blood of

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:56.980
 Jesus'

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.980
 Son cleanses

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:59.080
 us from

00:24:59.080 --> 00:24:59.580
 all sin.

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:02.300
 Verse 8.

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.259
 Here we go.

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.180
 If we say

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.720
 we have

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.279
 no sin,

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.700
 if we say

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:06.900
 we're

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.380
 perfect,

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.400
 if we say

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:08.660
 we've

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.320
 arrived,

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.779
 we deceive

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.420
 ourselves,

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.200
 and the

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.500
 truth is

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:12.840
 not in

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.160
 us.

00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:14.840
 If we

00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:15.200
 confess

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.880
 our sins,

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.220
 He is

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.779
 faithful and

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.180
 just to

00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:17.640
 forgive us

00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:18.080
 our sins

00:25:18.080 --> 00:25:18.400
 and to

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.100
 cleanse us

00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:19.660
 from all

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:21.040
 unrighteousness.

00:25:22.040 --> 00:25:22.660
 If we

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.120
 say we

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.500
 have not

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.000
 sinned,

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.740
 we make

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.100
 Him a

00:25:25.100 --> 00:25:25.360
 liar,

00:25:26.040 --> 00:25:26.360
 and His

00:25:26.360 --> 00:25:27.519
 word is

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:27.840
 not in

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:28.040
 us.

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.460
 So very

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.040
 clearly John

00:25:29.040 --> 00:25:29.440
 is saying

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:29.860
 that there

00:25:29.860 --> 00:25:30.360
 should be

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:30.900
 a practice,

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.200
 there should

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.460
 be a

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:32.040
 trend,

00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:33.120
 a trajectory

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:34.140
 of our

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:34.740
 lives.

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:35.960
 Not

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.480
 perfect,

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:37.420
 but pressing

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.160
 toward

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:39.540
 perfection.

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.400
 Verse 3,

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:41.880
 once again,

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.580
 of chapter 3,

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:43.059
 and everyone

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.599
 who thus

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.379
 hopes in

00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:44.699
 Him,

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.079
 in the

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.519
 future

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.159
 glory,

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.559
 in the

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:46.960
 future

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.740
 perfection,

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:48.679
 purifies

00:25:48.679 --> 00:25:49.099
 Himself

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:51.059
 as He

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.639
 is pure.

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.720
 John's not

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.000
 saying we

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.279
 must be

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.519
 perfect,

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.059
 he's saying

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:56.879
 pay careful

00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:58.379
 attention to

00:25:58.379 --> 00:25:59.000
 the pattern

00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:00.139
 of your

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:00.539
 life.

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:02.199
 A biblical

00:26:02.199 --> 00:26:03.179
 view of

00:26:03.179 --> 00:26:04.220
 sanctification is

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:05.379
 called progressive

00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:07.000
 sanctification.

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.319
 It means that

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:09.079
 as we're

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.559
 working,

00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:10.699
 God is

00:26:10.699 --> 00:26:11.439
 working in

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:11.920
 us and

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.080
 He's

00:26:12.080 --> 00:26:12.660
 moving us

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.180
 bit by

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.500
 bit,

00:26:13.820 --> 00:26:14.559
 degree by

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.039
 degree,

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.900
 one degree

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:17.400
 of glory

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:17.940
 to another

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.420
 degree of

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.820
 glory,

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:20.960
 further up.

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.080
 And that

00:26:22.080 --> 00:26:22.539
 doesn't mean

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:22.900
 that if you

00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:23.519
 zoom in on

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.240
 any moment

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.519
 of your

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.019
 life that

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.400
 you're moving

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.299
 upward at

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.940
 that moment.

00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:28.200
 You could

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.700
 zoom in on

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.440
 a single day

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.160
 of my life

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.460
 and it

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:30.820
 would look

00:26:30.820 --> 00:26:31.460
 like my

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:31.799
 heartbeat.

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.759
 But as we

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.779
 back away,

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:36.360
 I can say to

00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:37.039
 you that I

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.460
 sin.

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.440
 I sin

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.079
 grievously

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.740
 still before

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.140
 God.

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.279
 But if I

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:42.120
 step back

00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:42.680
 and I look

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.279
 at the way

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:43.559
 in which

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:44.059
 God is

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.559
 working in

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:44.779
 me,

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.819
 I can see

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.160
 that I

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.860
 hate sin

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.700
 more than

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:47.960
 I did

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.440
 yesterday.

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.120
 And I

00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:49.620
 love

00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:50.140
 righteousness

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:51.140
 more than

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:51.420
 I did

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:51.880
 yesterday.

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.259
 I desire

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:54.279
 to please

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:55.100
 my Father.

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:55.860
 I am

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:56.579
 moved by

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.240
 His great

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.680
 love for

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:57.900
 me.

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:59.000
 I recognize

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.940
 who I am

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:00.660
 in Him

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.160
 and I

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:02.740
 press on.

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.840
 Grieved

00:27:03.840 --> 00:27:04.519
 by my sin,

00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:05.559
 I repent

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:06.420
 and I turn

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:06.860
 back to

00:27:06.860 --> 00:27:07.220
 the Lord.

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.319
 I press

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:08.700
 to know

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.700
 Him in

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.100
 obedience.

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.200
 So our

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:12.960
 sanctification

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:14.140
 is

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:15.380
 progressive.

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.039
 I do

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.759
 not expect

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.340
 perfect

00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:18.759
 obedience

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.840
 from my

00:27:19.840 --> 00:27:20.180
 sons.

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:20.819
 I hope

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.259
 for it.

00:27:21.620 --> 00:27:22.059
 I really

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.460
 hope for

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:22.660
 it.

00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:23.720
 But I

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.259
 don't expect

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.460
 it.

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.400
 In fact,

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.019
 I expect

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.539
 the opposite

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:26.980
 to be

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.600
 true and

00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:27.960
 I bring

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.420
 correction

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:29.940
 when that

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.360
 happens.

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.019
 But never

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.519
 is it

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.140
 okay.

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.259
 I say,

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:33.660
 son,

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.460
 why did

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.860
 you not

00:27:34.860 --> 00:27:35.380
 do the

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:35.880
 thing I

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.380
 asked you

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:36.720
 to do?

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.079
 And they

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:37.299
 go,

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:37.960
 you're

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:37.840
 going to

00:27:37.840 --> 00:27:38.220
 feel like

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.340
 it.

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.240
 The

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.700
 retribution

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:40.940
 is

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.299
 swift.

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:46.180
 So John

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.480
 is saying

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.519
 pay careful

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.059
 attention

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:49.180
 to the

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.579
 pattern

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.340
 of your

00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:50.700
 life.

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.019
 Jesus

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.420
 tells us

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:51.600
 how to

00:27:51.600 --> 00:27:51.980
 recognize

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.100
 the

00:27:52.100 --> 00:27:52.500
 regenerate

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:52.819
 in Matthew

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.140
 7,

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.640
 17 and

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:53.900
 18.

00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:54.480
 So every

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.100
 healthy tree

00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:56.000
 bears good

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.360
 fruit,

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:56.960
 but the

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.220
 diseased

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.680
 tree bears

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:59.059
 bad fruit.

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.380
 Apples

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:00.740
 don't grow

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.120
 on pear

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:01.519
 trees.

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:02.539
 A healthy

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.120
 tree cannot

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:04.220
 bear bad

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.539
 fruit,

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.079
 nor can

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:05.559
 a diseased

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:06.220
 tree bear

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:07.779
 good fruit.

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.279
 He's talking

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:09.019
 about pattern

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:10.619
 of our

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.059
 life.

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:12.399
 Peter

00:28:12.399 --> 00:28:13.019
 exhorts us

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.240
 to the

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.859
 activity of

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:14.720
 self-examination

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.579
 in 2 Peter

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.379
 chapter 1

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:17.500
 verse 10.

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.399
 He says,

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:18.720
 therefore,

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:19.279
 brothers,

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.859
 be all the

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:22.000
 more diligent

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:23.559
 to confirm

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:25.019
 your calling

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:26.000
 and election.

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:27.019
 For if you

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.579
 practice these

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:27.960
 qualities,

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.299
 you will

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:28.779
 never fail.

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.039
 And these

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.639
 qualities he's

00:28:29.639 --> 00:28:30.119
 referred to

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:31.119
 previously in

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.619
 chapter 1,

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:32.199
 faith,

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:32.579
 virtue,

00:28:32.739 --> 00:28:33.000
 knowledge,

00:28:33.159 --> 00:28:33.739
 self-control,

00:28:33.939 --> 00:28:34.719
 steadfastness,

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.459
 godliness,

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.759
 brotherly affection,

00:28:37.719 --> 00:28:38.379
 and love.

00:28:39.199 --> 00:28:39.519
 So he's

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.139
 given us a

00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:40.799
 list of

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.219
 qualities,

00:28:41.439 --> 00:28:41.699
 and he's

00:28:41.699 --> 00:28:41.979
 saying,

00:28:42.459 --> 00:28:43.199
 pick these

00:28:43.199 --> 00:28:43.899
 qualities up

00:28:43.899 --> 00:28:45.000
 and roll

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.419
 them around,

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.259
 meditate on

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.500
 them.

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.459
 Are these

00:28:47.459 --> 00:28:48.279
 characteristic

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.939
 of your

00:28:48.939 --> 00:28:49.379
 life?

00:28:49.939 --> 00:28:50.239
 Faith,

00:28:50.419 --> 00:28:50.699
 virtue,

00:28:50.919 --> 00:28:51.299
 knowledge,

00:28:51.719 --> 00:28:52.379
 self-control,

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.319
 steadfastness,

00:28:53.479 --> 00:28:53.939
 godliness,

00:28:54.739 --> 00:28:55.419
 brotherly affection,

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.459
 love.

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.879
 Peter says to

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.319
 us,

00:28:58.939 --> 00:28:59.500
 don't flip to

00:28:59.500 --> 00:28:59.839
 the front of

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:00.419
 your Bible and

00:29:00.419 --> 00:29:00.899
 write down the

00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:01.199
 date you

00:29:01.199 --> 00:29:01.599
 walked down

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.000
 an aisle.

00:29:03.939 --> 00:29:04.559
 He says be

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:06.299
 diligent to

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:07.740
 confirm your

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.519
 calling and

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.619
 election by

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.259
 these qualities.

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.799
 Verse 10,

00:29:15.219 --> 00:29:16.000
 1 John 3,

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:17.699
 by this it

00:29:17.699 --> 00:29:18.659
 is evident.

00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:20.859
 By what?

00:29:23.139 --> 00:29:24.059
 A date?

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:26.079
 A particular

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.759
 activity?

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.819
 The characteristic

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:29.740
 of your life?

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:30.959
 By this it is

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.700
 evident who

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.500
 are the

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:32.880
 children of

00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.600
 God and

00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:34.000
 who are

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.380
 the children

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:35.640
 of the

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:35.860
 devil.

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.400
 Whoever does

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:37.920
 not practice

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.700
 righteousness is

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.039
 not from

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.380
 God,

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:40.500
 nor is the

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.600
 one who

00:29:41.600 --> 00:29:41.940
 does not

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:43.559
 love his

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:43.840
 brother.

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.059
 And I love

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:46.440
 as John is

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:46.920
 about to launch

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.259
 into a

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:47.779
 wonderful chapter

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.299
 on love,

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:51.000
 he mentions it,

00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:52.160
 Peter mentions it,

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.840
 in chapter 1,

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:56.379
 love is the

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:57.619
 most defining

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:59.639
 characteristic of

00:29:59.639 --> 00:30:00.019
 the Christian

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.439
 person.

00:30:00.939 --> 00:30:01.459
 Jesus says in

00:30:01.459 --> 00:30:01.899
 John 13,

00:30:01.959 --> 00:30:02.319
 35,

00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:02.759
 by this all

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.119
 people will

00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:03.480
 know that you

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:03.699
 are my

00:30:03.699 --> 00:30:04.339
 disciples if

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.779
 you have

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:07.319
 love for

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:07.799
 one another.

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:09.899
 God,

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:10.720
 I never want

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.259
 to stand up

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.819
 here and

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:13.480
 cause you to

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.339
 doubt your

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:16.240
 salvation unless

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:17.059
 that's the

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:17.659
 very thing you

00:30:17.659 --> 00:30:17.940
 need.

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.319
 I care about

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.899
 your souls

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.500
 deeply.

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.680
 I know many

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:22.960
 of you this

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.599
 room very well,

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.099
 some of you I

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:24.539
 don't know at

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:24.919
 all, I'm seeing

00:30:24.919 --> 00:30:25.700
 faces I've never

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.559
 seen before,

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:29.220
 but I see you

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:30.659
 as eternal and I

00:30:30.659 --> 00:30:31.539
 care about you

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.399
 immensely.

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:35.100
 Be diligent to

00:30:35.100 --> 00:30:36.019
 examine yourself,

00:30:36.120 --> 00:30:36.820
 make sure that

00:30:36.820 --> 00:30:37.680
 you are in the

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.880
 faith, and if

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.500
 you will not

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.840
 repent and

00:30:40.840 --> 00:30:42.620
 believe, place

00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:43.540
 your hope in the

00:30:43.540 --> 00:30:44.340
 righteousness of

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:45.140
 Christ that he

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:45.860
 would grant it

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:47.160
 to you.

00:30:48.780 --> 00:30:49.980
 So we are to

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:52.560
 measure out

00:30:52.560 --> 00:30:54.460
 our lives.

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.380
 Jesus is our

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:57.400
 great example.

00:30:57.560 --> 00:30:57.920
 We are to

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:59.880
 conform to

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:00.220
 him.

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.400
 And certainly

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:02.140
 as we see love

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:02.540
 as the most

00:31:02.540 --> 00:31:03.580
 defining characteristic

00:31:03.580 --> 00:31:04.180
 of the Christian

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.900
 persons, he is

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:06.000
 the high example

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:07.340
 of love.

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.860
 As Jesus'

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.160
 hands and his

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:11.160
 feet were pounded

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.920
 onto a cross,

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:13.200
 and as he hung

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:14.560
 for our sins,

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:16.460
 experiencing so

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:16.940
 much more than

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.540
 we could possibly

00:31:17.540 --> 00:31:18.440
 imagine the

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:19.780
 physical anguish

00:31:19.780 --> 00:31:20.280
 of hanging on

00:31:20.280 --> 00:31:21.280
 that cross, he

00:31:21.280 --> 00:31:22.520
 bore God's

00:31:22.520 --> 00:31:23.759
 wrath on our

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.960
 behalf.

00:31:26.560 --> 00:31:27.080
 Wes and Liz

00:31:27.080 --> 00:31:27.520
 sang for us

00:31:27.520 --> 00:31:28.080
 this morning how

00:31:28.080 --> 00:31:28.560
 deep the

00:31:28.560 --> 00:31:29.380
 Father's love

00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:29.920
 for us.

00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:31.700
 And I love

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:31.940
 that they

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.500
 worked so

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.059
 hard at

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.559
 being so

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.740
 precise, even

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:36.380
 at the expense

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:36.960
 of changing

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.559
 lyrics.

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.740
 There's a line,

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.340
 I think it's in

00:31:41.340 --> 00:31:41.700
 the second

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.860
 verse, it

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.180
 says, it

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:44.100
 was my

00:31:44.100 --> 00:31:45.120
 sin that

00:31:45.120 --> 00:31:45.580
 held him

00:31:45.580 --> 00:31:46.799
 there, Jesus

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.519
 on the cross.

00:31:47.580 --> 00:31:47.960
 And I don't

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.420
 think that's

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:49.380
 entirely inaccurate

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:50.120
 to say that,

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:51.620
 but I like that

00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:52.640
 they changed the

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.240
 lyric to it.

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:54.640
 It was his

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:56.700
 love that

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:57.000
 held him

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.279
 there.

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:58.559
 Jesus

00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:00.000
 restrained

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.819
 all the

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.599
 power of

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.940
 heaven to

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.500
 come and

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.379
 pluck him

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:05.539
 off that

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:06.019
 cross.

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:06.859
 He set

00:32:06.859 --> 00:32:07.279
 them at

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:08.319
 bay that

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:08.700
 he might

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:10.160
 die for

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:10.539
 us.

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:13.039
 Two quotes

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.440
 from Charles

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:13.899
 Spurgeon for

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.099
 you, I

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.359
 think they're

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:14.899
 both on

00:32:14.899 --> 00:32:15.619
 your bulletin.

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.119
 The Christian

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:17.039
 should take

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:18.579
 nothing short

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:20.079
 of Christ

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:21.039
 for his

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.359
 model.

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.500
 Beloved, do

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.019
 not compare

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:25.359
 yourself to

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:25.740
 one of your

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.480
 Christian friends

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.960
 that you look

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.220
 up to.

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.599
 Do not

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:27.839
 compare

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.440
 yourself to

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:29.360
 a Christian

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:29.920
 celebrity.

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.480
 Please don't

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.200
 compare yourself

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:33.140
 to me.

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.519
 Hold up

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:36.059
 Christ as

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.539
 your example

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.059
 and let's

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:38.360
 press together

00:32:38.360 --> 00:32:39.740
 towards him.

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:42.019
 Aim at the

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:43.279
 highest conceivable

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:44.700
 degree of

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.039
 holiness.

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.160
 And though you

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.819
 will not be

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:48.079
 perfect, never

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:49.220
 excuse yourselves

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:51.180
 because you

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:51.620
 are not.

00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:53.640
 So as those

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:53.940
 who have been

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.620
 redeemed by

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:55.279
 Christ, we

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.900
 worship him

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.880
 through gospel

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:58.280
 character, conforming

00:32:58.280 --> 00:33:00.800
 to him, both

00:33:00.800 --> 00:33:03.400
 in private and

00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:03.920
 in public.

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:06.340
 If you are in

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:08.000
 Christ, you

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.800
 will desire to

00:33:08.800 --> 00:33:09.900
 worship him in

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:11.940
 all matters of

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.360
 your life.

00:33:13.040 --> 00:33:14.019
 Your concern is

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:15.040
 not the approval

00:33:15.040 --> 00:33:16.560
 of man, but the

00:33:16.560 --> 00:33:18.640
 approval of God.

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:18.700
 God.

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:24.860
 He wants all of

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:26.180
 you because he

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:27.660
 loves you and

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.360
 because he knows

00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:29.740
 what is good for

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:29.940
 you.

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:31.840
 That includes the

00:33:31.840 --> 00:33:32.360
 thoughts in your

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:33.680
 mind and the

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:34.299
 feelings that you

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:35.640
 feel and the

00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:37.140
 motivations behind

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:38.200
 your activity.

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:40.180
 Don't merely dress

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:41.140
 yourself up and

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:42.220
 look righteous on

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.100
 the outside.

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.960
 The Pharisees

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:45.440
 were condemned

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:46.100
 for that, for

00:33:46.100 --> 00:33:47.100
 being whitewashed

00:33:47.100 --> 00:33:47.779
 tombs, but

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:49.180
 inside dead.

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:52.059
 Be introspective.

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:53.259
 Know yourself.

00:33:54.120 --> 00:33:54.940
 Know why you

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.680
 do what you

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.000
 do.

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.740
 Why you think

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.420
 what you think.

00:33:58.820 --> 00:33:59.860
 Why you feel

00:33:59.860 --> 00:34:01.539
 what you feel and

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:02.660
 bring all of

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:03.860
 that into

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:05.500
 conformity with

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.880
 Christ.

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:07.259
 Matthew

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:08.099
 chapter 22.

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:11.900
 A lawyer, in

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.420
 order to trick

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:13.339
 Jesus, asks him

00:34:13.339 --> 00:34:14.139
 in verse 36,

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:14.759
 Teacher, which

00:34:14.759 --> 00:34:15.299
 is the greatest

00:34:15.299 --> 00:34:16.319
 commandment in

00:34:16.319 --> 00:34:16.699
 the law?

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.319
 And Jesus

00:34:18.319 --> 00:34:19.039
 replies, you

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.539
 shall love the

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:20.159
 Lord your God

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:21.339
 with all your

00:34:21.339 --> 00:34:23.079
 heart and with

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:24.819
 all your soul and

00:34:24.819 --> 00:34:25.279
 with all your

00:34:25.279 --> 00:34:25.699
 mind.

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:27.179
 All of you.

00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:28.900
 Every bit of

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.079
 you.

00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:30.360
 Verse 38, this

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:30.940
 is the great and

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.619
 first commandment

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.299
 and a second is

00:34:32.299 --> 00:34:32.659
 like it.

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.380
 You shall love

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:35.659
 your neighbor as

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.179
 yourself.

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.860
 On these two

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.440
 commandments

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:39.760
 depend or

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:41.640
 hang all the

00:34:41.640 --> 00:34:42.820
 law and the

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.180
 prophets.

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:43.960
 They're all

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:45.380
 fulfilled in

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.700
 these two

00:34:46.700 --> 00:34:47.900
 commandments.

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:49.720
 Give all of

00:34:49.720 --> 00:34:50.440
 yourself to God

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:52.539
 and give all of

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:53.980
 yourself to your

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.260
 neighbors.

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:56.320
 Our identity

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:58.500
 permeates all

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.820
 that we are and

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:01.720
 therefore all

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:03.260
 that we do.

00:35:04.200 --> 00:35:04.900
 Beloved, I am

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:07.220
 not Nathan who

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:08.019
 is a husband

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.659
 and a father.

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.339
 I used to

00:35:10.339 --> 00:35:10.899
 use things like

00:35:10.899 --> 00:35:11.619
 rock climber and

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.339
 whitewater paddler

00:35:12.339 --> 00:35:13.219
 but I don't do

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:13.819
 those things anymore

00:35:13.819 --> 00:35:14.139
 because I'm

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.779
 getting old.

00:35:17.779 --> 00:35:18.599
 A hunter.

00:35:18.839 --> 00:35:19.139
 I do some

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:20.379
 hunting now.

00:35:20.859 --> 00:35:21.539
 Oh, and a

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:21.879
 Christian.

00:35:22.899 --> 00:35:24.259
 Oh, and on

00:35:24.259 --> 00:35:25.059
 Sundays I like to

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.819
 participate with

00:35:25.819 --> 00:35:26.879
 the church.

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:26.920
 church.

00:35:29.140 --> 00:35:30.360
 I am a Christian

00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:32.340
 who is named

00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:32.660
 Nathan.

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:34.360
 Who is a

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:36.320
 husband and a

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:37.599
 father and a

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:37.980
 pastor.

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.880
 The list goes

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.119
 on.

00:35:39.240 --> 00:35:39.500
 And it

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.700
 permeates every

00:35:40.700 --> 00:35:43.380
 bit of who I

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:43.680
 am.

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.880
 Includes all of

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.039
 it.

00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:45.840
 Thoughts,

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.160
 feelings,

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:46.660
 desires,

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.220
 motivations,

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:48.059
 concerns,

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:49.539
 as well as

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:51.519
 our activity.

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:53.340
 Paul writes a

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:53.800
 very curious

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:54.280
 thing in 1

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:55.200
 Corinthians 10

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:55.960
 verse 31.

00:35:56.140 --> 00:35:56.480
 So whether you

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:57.300
 eat or drink

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:59.060
 or whatever

00:35:59.060 --> 00:35:59.600
 you do,

00:36:00.680 --> 00:36:01.460
 do all to the

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.060
 glory of God.

00:36:03.100 --> 00:36:03.680
 Paul here

00:36:03.680 --> 00:36:04.440
 suggests that we

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.440
 can work and

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:06.680
 recreate and

00:36:06.680 --> 00:36:08.100
 rest to the

00:36:08.100 --> 00:36:08.620
 glory of God.

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.580
 That you can

00:36:09.580 --> 00:36:10.320
 drive your car,

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:11.100
 mow your lawn,

00:36:11.220 --> 00:36:11.880
 do the dishes,

00:36:12.100 --> 00:36:12.740
 fold the laundry,

00:36:12.740 --> 00:36:14.560
 and change diapers

00:36:14.560 --> 00:36:15.820
 to the glory of

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.019
 God.

00:36:16.080 --> 00:36:16.519
 I'm still working

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:17.140
 on the last.

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.540
 How?

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:22.300
 How is all of

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:23.780
 life aimed at

00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:24.060
 Him?

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.220
 I think we

00:36:25.220 --> 00:36:25.660
 could talk at

00:36:25.660 --> 00:36:26.300
 length about

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:26.900
 this, but in

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.360
 brief this

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:27.600
 morning,

00:36:27.720 --> 00:36:28.580
 Colossians 3.17,

00:36:28.700 --> 00:36:29.180
 Paul says,

00:36:29.720 --> 00:36:30.060
 and whatever

00:36:30.060 --> 00:36:30.560
 you do,

00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:31.260
 in word or

00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:31.600
 deed,

00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:32.960
 do everything

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.519
 in the name

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.300
 of the Lord

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:34.940
 Jesus,

00:36:35.080 --> 00:36:35.800
 giving thanks

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:36.660
 to God the

00:36:36.660 --> 00:36:37.680
 Father through

00:36:37.680 --> 00:36:38.019
 Him.

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:39.400
 So I think in

00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:39.980
 the simplest

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.760
 way, as we

00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:41.620
 consider how

00:36:41.620 --> 00:36:42.260
 is it that we

00:36:42.260 --> 00:36:44.160
 can bring all

00:36:44.160 --> 00:36:44.760
 of our life

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:45.420
 into conformity

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:45.960
 with Christ,

00:36:46.060 --> 00:36:46.760
 we can worship

00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:47.640
 God with all

00:36:47.640 --> 00:36:48.500
 that we do,

00:36:48.620 --> 00:36:49.300
 even in the

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:50.380
 mundane things

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:51.060
 of life,

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.380
 that we have

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:53.000
 the proper

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.740
 attitude.

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.559
 We have the

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:55.759
 right motivation,

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.459
 and that is

00:36:56.459 --> 00:36:56.959
 that we are

00:36:56.959 --> 00:36:58.899
 thankful for

00:36:58.899 --> 00:36:59.479
 the redemptive

00:36:59.479 --> 00:37:00.159
 work of

00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:00.579
 Christ.

00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:01.979
 We recognize

00:37:01.979 --> 00:37:02.500
 that we have

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.799
 our very being

00:37:03.799 --> 00:37:04.739
 because of

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:05.059
 Him,

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:06.579
 and it is for

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:08.239
 Him that we

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:08.979
 exist,

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:11.119
 even doing the

00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:12.039
 mundane things

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.919
 of life.

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:14.139
 When we're called

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:15.139
 to follow Christ,

00:37:15.379 --> 00:37:16.279
 we are not called

00:37:16.279 --> 00:37:17.879
 to stop brushing

00:37:17.879 --> 00:37:18.459
 our teeth.

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:19.460
 God's

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:20.460
 God's

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:20.980
 God's

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:22.099
 God's

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:22.900
 God's

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:22.980
 God's

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:24.099
 God's

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.500
 glory.

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:26.139
 We've talked

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:26.579
 the last couple

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:27.159
 of weeks about

00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:27.500
 the member

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:28.079
 health survey

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.559
 that we sent

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.139
 out at the

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:30.900
 end of the

00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:31.179
 summer.

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.800
 I may have

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.440
 been misreporting

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:33.740
 how many

00:37:33.740 --> 00:37:34.400
 responses we

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:34.780
 had of all

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:35.240
 the members

00:37:35.240 --> 00:37:35.579
 of our

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:36.139
 church.

00:37:36.240 --> 00:37:36.940
 We had 64

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.539
 responses

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:38.840
 total.

00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:40.159
 And there

00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:40.400
 were two

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:41.079
 questions that I

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:41.820
 want to share

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:42.639
 the responses

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.539
 to with you.

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:45.179
 I keep calling

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:45.619
 them questions,

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:46.480
 their statements

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:48.500
 with agreeance

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.339
 or disagreeance

00:37:49.339 --> 00:37:49.940
 answers.

00:37:51.219 --> 00:37:51.559
 So the first

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:51.880
 statement,

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.440
 number 17,

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.739
 I have grown

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:55.579
 in holiness

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.579
 over the past

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:56.859
 year.

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.880
 You get the

00:37:58.880 --> 00:37:59.299
 drive of that

00:37:59.299 --> 00:37:59.659
 question,

00:37:59.739 --> 00:37:59.940
 what we're

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.440
 trying to get

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:00.679
 at.

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.719
 Do you

00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:02.380
 perceive that

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:03.319
 you have

00:38:03.319 --> 00:38:03.880
 grown in

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:04.599
 holiness over

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.000
 the past

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.199
 year?

00:38:05.279 --> 00:38:05.659
 Are you,

00:38:05.859 --> 00:38:06.199
 in fact,

00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:07.719
 being

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:08.759
 sanctified?

00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:10.139
 And by

00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:10.900
 and large,

00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:12.319
 most people

00:38:12.319 --> 00:38:12.519
 in our

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:12.880
 congregation

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:13.639
 said they

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:15.259
 agree or

00:38:15.260 --> 00:38:15.680
 strongly

00:38:15.680 --> 00:38:16.080
 agree.

00:38:16.600 --> 00:38:17.280
 Praise the

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.520
 Lord.

00:38:18.220 --> 00:38:18.540
 I can

00:38:18.540 --> 00:38:18.860
 understand

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:19.300
 being in

00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:19.640
 the agree

00:38:19.640 --> 00:38:20.240
 category.

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:21.800
 Strongly

00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:22.060
 agree is

00:38:22.060 --> 00:38:22.540
 pretty strong,

00:38:22.620 --> 00:38:22.760
 right?

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.160
 Some of you

00:38:23.160 --> 00:38:23.520
 would never

00:38:23.520 --> 00:38:24.200
 answer strongly

00:38:24.200 --> 00:38:24.580
 agree.

00:38:25.580 --> 00:38:26.100
 But a

00:38:26.100 --> 00:38:26.820
 good high

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:27.240
 percentage

00:38:27.240 --> 00:38:28.580
 agree or

00:38:28.580 --> 00:38:28.940
 strongly

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.300
 agree.

00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:31.040
 Four members

00:38:31.040 --> 00:38:31.340
 of our

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:32.760
 church said

00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:33.180
 disagree.

00:38:34.080 --> 00:38:34.360
 They have

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:35.260
 not grown in

00:38:35.260 --> 00:38:36.540
 holiness over

00:38:36.540 --> 00:38:36.920
 the past

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:37.180
 year.

00:38:37.740 --> 00:38:38.320
 Fourteen

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:38.720
 said,

00:38:39.100 --> 00:38:39.360
 I'm not

00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:39.640
 sure.

00:38:40.520 --> 00:38:40.840
 I don't

00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:41.260
 know if I

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:42.460
 have or

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:42.840
 haven't.

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.360
 So 18

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:44.160
 people of

00:38:44.160 --> 00:38:44.800
 these 64

00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:45.240
 members of

00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:45.899
 our church

00:38:45.899 --> 00:38:47.299
 see no

00:38:47.299 --> 00:38:47.559
 upper

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:48.059
 trajectory.

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:48.899
 Does that

00:38:48.899 --> 00:38:49.139
 mean they're

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:49.539
 outside the

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:49.759
 faith?

00:38:49.819 --> 00:38:50.000
 Not

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:50.459
 necessarily.

00:38:51.359 --> 00:38:51.819
 They very

00:38:51.819 --> 00:38:52.199
 well could

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:52.539
 be and

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:52.959
 they're just

00:38:52.959 --> 00:38:53.459
 having a

00:38:53.459 --> 00:38:54.559
 bad year.

00:38:55.459 --> 00:38:55.979
 We've got to

00:38:55.979 --> 00:38:56.379
 zoom to the

00:38:56.379 --> 00:38:57.019
 right spot

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.799
 in that

00:38:57.799 --> 00:38:59.179
 diagram of

00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.959
 their trajectory

00:38:59.959 --> 00:39:00.459
 toward

00:39:00.459 --> 00:39:01.379
 holiness.

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:03.359
 But they

00:39:03.359 --> 00:39:03.859
 may also

00:39:03.859 --> 00:39:04.239
 need to

00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:04.500
 really

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:04.959
 consider,

00:39:05.859 --> 00:39:06.339
 do they

00:39:06.339 --> 00:39:07.359
 practice

00:39:07.359 --> 00:39:07.959
 sin?

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:08.279
 Are they

00:39:08.279 --> 00:39:08.919
 characterized

00:39:08.919 --> 00:39:09.459
 by

00:39:09.459 --> 00:39:10.039
 sinfulness?

00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:11.199
 Or are

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:11.319
 they

00:39:11.319 --> 00:39:11.939
 characterized

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:13.000
 by

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.400
 righteousness?

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:15.579
 Maybe a

00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:15.840
 bit more

00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:16.159
 telling.

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.179
 Statement

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:17.579
 18,

00:39:17.700 --> 00:39:18.000
 I do

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.320
 not

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:18.820
 commit

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:20.119
 any

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.599
 particular

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:21.179
 sin

00:39:21.179 --> 00:39:22.300
 habitually.

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.179
 Let's

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:23.720
 cycle back

00:39:23.720 --> 00:39:24.320
 through the

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:24.940
 same thing.

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.240
 Which I

00:39:26.240 --> 00:39:26.720
 would suggest

00:39:26.720 --> 00:39:27.220
 to you is a

00:39:27.220 --> 00:39:27.860
 sign that

00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:28.240
 there's no

00:39:28.240 --> 00:39:28.980
 real repentance

00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:30.179
 for that

00:39:30.179 --> 00:39:30.860
 sin at

00:39:30.860 --> 00:39:31.280
 least.

00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:32.700
 A little

00:39:32.700 --> 00:39:33.320
 more

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:34.260
 telling.

00:39:34.720 --> 00:39:35.159
 Five

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:35.659
 people

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:37.200
 strongly

00:39:37.200 --> 00:39:37.940
 disagreed

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:38.480
 with that

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:38.760
 statement.

00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:40.280
 18,

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.579
 disagreed.

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:42.059
 12,

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:43.179
 weren't

00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:43.440
 sure.

00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:44.920
 35 total

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.440
 people that

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:45.900
 responded to

00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:46.200
 the survey

00:39:46.200 --> 00:39:46.440
 that are

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:46.760
 members of

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:47.220
 our church,

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:50.800
 54.7%

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:53.280
 seem to

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:54.500
 be a

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:54.820
 particular

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:55.139
 sin.

00:39:55.260 --> 00:39:55.579
 The same

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:56.179
 thing over

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:56.920
 and over

00:39:56.920 --> 00:39:58.039
 and over

00:39:58.039 --> 00:39:58.800
 and over.

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:00.440
 If you

00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:00.840
 find yourself

00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:01.059
 in that

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.780
 number as

00:40:01.780 --> 00:40:02.099
 members of

00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:02.519
 our church

00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:02.960
 or if you're

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:03.500
 a non-member

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:03.820
 and you

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:04.380
 find yourself

00:40:04.380 --> 00:40:05.039
 relating to

00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:05.300
 that,

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:05.960
 you need

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:06.599
 to consider

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:08.179
 carefully

00:40:08.179 --> 00:40:09.319
 weigh the

00:40:09.319 --> 00:40:10.440
 position of

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:10.900
 your soul.

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:11.980
 If you do

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:12.480
 not have a

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:13.059
 confidence that

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:13.460
 you are in

00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:13.900
 Christ,

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:16.239
 repent and

00:40:16.239 --> 00:40:16.619
 believe.

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:20.719
 In closing,

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:21.460
 I want to

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:23.880
 read to you

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:24.460
 from Colossians

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:25.000
 chapter 3,

00:40:25.139 --> 00:40:25.599
 verse 5 and

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:25.900
 14.

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:26.480
 And I want

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:26.639
 you,

00:40:26.719 --> 00:40:27.159
 you can turn

00:40:27.159 --> 00:40:27.739
 there if you

00:40:27.739 --> 00:40:28.059
 would like,

00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:28.539
 you can just

00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:29.360
 close your eyes

00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:29.980
 and listen to

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:31.159
 me as I

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:31.519
 read it.

00:40:32.279 --> 00:40:33.119
 I want you

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:33.779
 to consider

00:40:33.779 --> 00:40:36.319
 what characterizes

00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:37.220
 your life.

00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:39.539
 This list by

00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:40.000
 Paul of

00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:40.440
 things to

00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:40.860
 put to

00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:41.539
 death or

00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:41.840
 to put

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:43.039
 off and

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:43.700
 things to

00:40:43.700 --> 00:40:44.180
 put on.

00:40:44.420 --> 00:40:44.680
 Where do

00:40:44.680 --> 00:40:45.160
 you find

00:40:45.160 --> 00:40:46.700
 yourself moving

00:40:46.700 --> 00:40:47.120
 toward?

00:40:48.280 --> 00:40:48.840
 Some of you

00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:49.120
 might be

00:40:49.120 --> 00:40:49.720
 brand new

00:40:49.720 --> 00:40:50.080
 believers.

00:40:50.220 --> 00:40:50.580
 No one's

00:40:50.580 --> 00:40:50.920
 expecting

00:40:50.920 --> 00:40:51.580
 perfection of

00:40:51.580 --> 00:40:51.760
 you.

00:40:52.600 --> 00:40:53.080
 We're just

00:40:53.080 --> 00:40:54.059
 expecting

00:40:54.059 --> 00:40:56.220
 motion toward

00:40:56.220 --> 00:40:56.780
 God, away

00:40:56.780 --> 00:40:57.260
 from sin.

00:40:59.140 --> 00:40:59.620
 Beginning

00:40:59.620 --> 00:41:00.320
 in verse 5,

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:01.019
 Paul writes,

00:41:01.160 --> 00:41:01.880
 put to death

00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:03.220
 therefore what

00:41:03.220 --> 00:41:03.980
 is earthly

00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:04.440
 in you.

00:41:04.440 --> 00:41:05.800
 sexual

00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:06.440
 immorality,

00:41:07.220 --> 00:41:07.780
 impurity,

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:09.019
 passion,

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:10.619
 evil desire,

00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:11.800
 and covetousness

00:41:11.800 --> 00:41:12.539
 which is

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:13.260
 idolatry.

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:14.460
 On account

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:14.760
 of these,

00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:15.260
 the wrath of

00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:15.579
 God is

00:41:15.579 --> 00:41:15.960
 coming.

00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:17.179
 In these,

00:41:17.360 --> 00:41:17.840
 you too

00:41:17.840 --> 00:41:19.119
 once walked

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:19.820
 when you

00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:20.200
 were living

00:41:20.200 --> 00:41:20.840
 in them.

00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:21.860
 But now

00:41:21.860 --> 00:41:22.200
 you must

00:41:22.200 --> 00:41:22.599
 put them

00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:23.400
 all away.

00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:24.320
 Anger,

00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:25.440
 wrath,

00:41:25.780 --> 00:41:26.300
 malice,

00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:27.179
 slander,

00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:28.119
 and obscene

00:41:28.119 --> 00:41:29.480
 talk from

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:30.019
 your mouth.

00:41:30.820 --> 00:41:31.220
 Do not

00:41:31.220 --> 00:41:31.860
 lie to one

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:32.159
 another,

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.700
 seeing that

00:41:32.700 --> 00:41:33.139
 you have put

00:41:33.139 --> 00:41:33.599
 off the

00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:34.319
 old self

00:41:34.319 --> 00:41:35.359
 with its

00:41:35.359 --> 00:41:35.879
 practices

00:41:35.879 --> 00:41:37.000
 and have

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.480
 put on

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:37.960
 the new

00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:38.239
 self

00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:38.539
 which is

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:39.139
 being renewed

00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:39.739
 in knowledge

00:41:39.739 --> 00:41:40.179
 after the

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:41.019
 image of

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:41.619
 its creator.

00:41:42.539 --> 00:41:42.960
 Here there

00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:43.259
 is not

00:41:43.259 --> 00:41:43.719
 Greek or

00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:43.920
 Jew,

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:44.779
 circumcised

00:41:44.779 --> 00:41:45.779
 and uncircumcised,

00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:46.460
 barbarian,

00:41:46.579 --> 00:41:46.900
 Scythian,

00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:47.420
 slave,

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.259
 free,

00:41:48.500 --> 00:41:49.339
 but Christ

00:41:49.339 --> 00:41:50.039
 is all

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:51.639
 and in

00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:51.900
 all.

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.480
 Put on

00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:53.819
 then,

00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:54.659
 as God's

00:41:54.659 --> 00:41:55.699
 chosen ones,

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:56.980
 holy and

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:57.400
 beloved,

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:59.019
 compassionate

00:41:59.019 --> 00:41:59.639
 hearts,

00:42:00.279 --> 00:42:00.699
 kindness,

00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:01.920
 humility,

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:03.159
 meekness,

00:42:03.240 --> 00:42:04.000
 and patience,

00:42:04.720 --> 00:42:05.200
 bearing with

00:42:05.200 --> 00:42:05.700
 one another,

00:42:05.800 --> 00:42:06.320
 and if one

00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:06.880
 has a complaint

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:07.500
 against another,

00:42:07.659 --> 00:42:08.400
 forgiving each

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:09.039
 other as the

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:09.960
 Lord has

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:10.619
 forgiven you,

00:42:10.740 --> 00:42:11.559
 so you also

00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:12.820
 must forgive.

00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:14.220
 And above all

00:42:14.220 --> 00:42:14.519
 these,

00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:15.220
 put on

00:42:15.220 --> 00:42:16.400
 love,

00:42:16.740 --> 00:42:17.300
 which binds

00:42:17.300 --> 00:42:18.420
 everything together

00:42:18.420 --> 00:42:19.940
 in perfect

00:42:19.940 --> 00:42:20.280
 harmony.

00:42:21.539 --> 00:42:22.159
 So how do we

00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:23.320
 put off

00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:25.039
 and put on?

00:42:26.380 --> 00:42:27.280
 Start with the

00:42:27.280 --> 00:42:27.579
 Scripture.

00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:29.019
 Start with

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:30.619
 knowing God's

00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:32.320
 good commands

00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:33.659
 for us.

00:42:34.199 --> 00:42:34.759
 We're not

00:42:34.759 --> 00:42:35.840
 antinomians,

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:36.179
 which means

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:36.659
 without the

00:42:36.659 --> 00:42:36.940
 law.

00:42:37.139 --> 00:42:37.739
 We recognize

00:42:37.739 --> 00:42:38.219
 that God's

00:42:38.219 --> 00:42:38.579
 given us

00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:39.380
 instruction

00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:40.440
 and that we

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:41.219
 should obey

00:42:41.219 --> 00:42:42.480
 God's good

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:43.079
 instruction.

00:42:43.739 --> 00:42:44.539
 And we pray.

00:42:44.860 --> 00:42:45.699
 We turn that

00:42:45.699 --> 00:42:46.280
 to prayer

00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:47.259
 in desperation

00:42:47.259 --> 00:42:47.800
 that God

00:42:47.800 --> 00:42:48.199
 would move

00:42:48.199 --> 00:42:48.599
 and work

00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:48.940
 in us

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:50.079
 as we

00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:51.360
 work.

00:42:51.539 --> 00:42:52.119
 This is our

00:42:52.119 --> 00:42:53.759
 gospel conviction.

00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:55.480
 We're in

00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:56.139
 fellowship with

00:42:56.139 --> 00:42:56.780
 other Christians

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:57.519
 and accountable

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:58.559
 to one another.

00:42:59.019 --> 00:42:59.619
 Gathering in

00:42:59.619 --> 00:43:00.139
 settings like

00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:00.320
 this,

00:43:00.380 --> 00:43:01.139
 but not just

00:43:01.139 --> 00:43:01.639
 this.

00:43:02.280 --> 00:43:03.059
 Sunday morning

00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:04.000
 sermons are

00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:04.420
 important,

00:43:04.539 --> 00:43:04.739
 but they're

00:43:04.739 --> 00:43:05.460
 not enough.

00:43:06.179 --> 00:43:06.800
 Gathering with

00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:07.599
 community groups

00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:08.019
 that you might

00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:08.659
 know people

00:43:08.659 --> 00:43:09.699
 and be known

00:43:09.699 --> 00:43:10.360
 and even

00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:11.719
 more centered

00:43:11.719 --> 00:43:12.079
 to that,

00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:12.360
 what we're

00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:12.619
 going to start

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:13.259
 calling core

00:43:13.259 --> 00:43:13.500
 groups.

00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:13.759
 If you're

00:43:13.759 --> 00:43:14.300
 meeting with

00:43:14.300 --> 00:43:14.659
 a couple

00:43:14.659 --> 00:43:15.320
 of individuals

00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:16.079
 and you're

00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:16.420
 getting it

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:16.679
 in,

00:43:16.900 --> 00:43:17.340
 you're

00:43:17.340 --> 00:43:18.000
 confessing

00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:18.440
 sin to

00:43:18.440 --> 00:43:18.780
 one another.

00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:19.079
 You're

00:43:19.079 --> 00:43:19.579
 really,

00:43:19.699 --> 00:43:21.280
 really known

00:43:21.280 --> 00:43:22.300
 by a couple

00:43:22.300 --> 00:43:22.739
 of guys

00:43:22.739 --> 00:43:23.599
 or a couple

00:43:23.599 --> 00:43:24.759
 of girls.

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:25.880
 Fellowship,

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:26.460
 gospel,

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:27.880
 community.

00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:29.599
 Obedience.

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:31.019
 You just

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:32.099
 begin to do

00:43:32.099 --> 00:43:32.699
 the things

00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:33.199
 that God

00:43:33.199 --> 00:43:33.760
 has commanded

00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:34.679
 you to do.

00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:35.240
 If you are

00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:35.699
 His,

00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:36.659
 I can promise

00:43:36.659 --> 00:43:36.920
 you,

00:43:37.179 --> 00:43:37.599
 you will be

00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:38.420
 empowered for

00:43:38.420 --> 00:43:38.980
 that activity.

00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:40.500
 Get up

00:43:40.500 --> 00:43:41.199
 and start

00:43:41.199 --> 00:43:42.380
 doing it.

00:43:42.920 --> 00:43:43.380
 This is your

00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:44.740
 gospel character.

00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:45.460
 Next week we'll

00:43:45.460 --> 00:43:45.920
 talk about

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:46.699
 gospel proclamation

00:43:46.699 --> 00:43:47.300
 which I would

00:43:47.300 --> 00:43:47.860
 suggest to you

00:43:47.860 --> 00:43:48.559
 is also a

00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:49.519
 defining characteristic

00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:51.019
 of who we

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:52.720
 are in Christ

00:43:52.720 --> 00:43:53.220
 and that is

00:43:53.220 --> 00:43:54.420
 our gospel

00:43:54.420 --> 00:43:56.039
 commission.

00:43:57.420 --> 00:43:58.099
 I hope

00:43:58.099 --> 00:43:58.659
 this morning

00:43:58.659 --> 00:44:00.119
 my prayer

00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:00.679
 and as I'm

00:44:00.679 --> 00:44:01.179
 about to

00:44:01.179 --> 00:44:01.500
 pray

00:44:01.500 --> 00:44:03.920
 is that you

00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:04.639
 will recognize

00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:05.480
 that God

00:44:05.480 --> 00:44:05.920
 has given

00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:06.500
 to you

00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:07.420
 as His

00:44:07.420 --> 00:44:08.099
 child

00:44:08.099 --> 00:44:08.840
 a path

00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:09.380
 to walk.

00:44:10.659 --> 00:44:11.320
 And if you

00:44:11.320 --> 00:44:11.760
 are not

00:44:11.760 --> 00:44:12.280
 on that

00:44:12.280 --> 00:44:12.880
 path,

00:44:13.659 --> 00:44:14.500
 the answer

00:44:14.500 --> 00:44:15.039
 is to repent

00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:15.519
 and believe.

00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:15.940
 Whether you're

00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:16.539
 in the faith

00:44:16.539 --> 00:44:17.039
 or not,

00:44:17.199 --> 00:44:18.260
 if you are

00:44:18.260 --> 00:44:18.820
 righteous in

00:44:18.820 --> 00:44:19.059
 Christ,

00:44:19.139 --> 00:44:19.519
 you still

00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:19.820
 need to

00:44:19.820 --> 00:44:20.139
 repent

00:44:20.139 --> 00:44:21.099
 of that

00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:21.480
 sin

00:44:21.480 --> 00:44:22.079
 and get

00:44:22.079 --> 00:44:22.480
 back on

00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:23.019
 that path.

00:44:23.460 --> 00:44:23.699
 You may

00:44:23.699 --> 00:44:24.000
 find that

00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:24.280
 you're going

00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:24.480
 in the

00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:24.880
 opposite

00:44:24.880 --> 00:44:25.440
 direction

00:44:25.440 --> 00:44:26.260
 altogether.

00:44:26.260 --> 00:44:27.040
 Repent

00:44:27.040 --> 00:44:28.620
 and believe

00:44:28.620 --> 00:44:29.860
 in Christ.

00:44:30.200 --> 00:44:30.880
 Let's pray.

00:44:30.880 --> 00:45:00.860
 Thank you.