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 Our first reading is from Romans chapter 3 and we'll start in the 21st verse.

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 Romans chapter 3 starting in the 21st verse.

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 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the law and the prophets bear witness to it.

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 The righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.

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 For there is no distinction, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and are justified by his grace as a gift through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

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 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood to be received by faith.

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 This was to show God's righteousness because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.

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 It was to show his righteousness at the present time so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

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 Then what becomes of our boasting?

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 It is excluded.

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 By what kind of law?

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 By a law of works?

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 No, but by the law of faith.

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 For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

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 Or is God the God of Jews only?

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 Is he not the God of Gentiles also?

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 Yes, of Gentiles also.

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 Since God is one, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith?

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 Do we then overthrow the law by this faith?

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 By no means.

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 On the contrary, we uphold the law.

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 So in my opinion, one of Tom Hanks' best movies, and if you disagree with me, I'll be at the back waiting.

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 It sounded like I was going to get in a fight.

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 That's not the case at all.

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 I'd argue.

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 Maybe a verbal fight.

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 But I think it's the road to perdition.

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 I love this movie.

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 Early 2000s movie.

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 It takes place during Prohibition, Illinois.

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 It's also, I think it's Paul Newman's last movie he does before he dies.

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 So it's Prohibition, Illinois.

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 And it follows Tom Hanks, who seeks revenge on his boss's son.

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 His boss, who is like a father to him.

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 Because his boss's son killed his wife and his young son.

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 Tried to kill the whole family.

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 But Tom Hanks and his older son live.

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 Anyways, the boss, again, played by Paul Newman.

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 He tries to avert the wrath of Tom Hanks, his character Sullivan.

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 But it can't be appeased.

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 There's nothing he can do.

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 The crimes of Newman's son must be paid for.

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 And it must be paid for in blood.

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 Definitely not a movie to watch with kids.

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 But it's really, it's a great movie.

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 Anyways, justice must be accomplished.

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 Mercy is not an option.

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 There's something in this for us to consider.

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 For often, justice and mercy, they are elusive in this life.

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 And they're elusive for a number of reasons.

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 But a couple are actually quite obvious if you think about it.

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 Justice and mercy are elusive for us because we are both inconsistent and often hypocritical.

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 When we are wronged, we want justice.

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 And we will have justice.

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 And we will have it now.

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 But when we have wronged others, we deserve mercy.

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 Give us mercy.

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 We deserve it.

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 And we find ourselves neither enjoying justice or mercy because we are inconsistent people.

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 We are hypocritical people.

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 And we often have neither.

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 So it's an interesting question to think through.

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 Can mercy and justice be enjoyed?

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 Is this even possible?

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 Are they not exclusive to one another?

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 What do we make sense of it all?

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 Our text this morning will help us to answer this question.

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 In our text, it is so theologically dense and so important to the entire argument of Paul in Romans.

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 In fact, it could be argued that this is the key text in all of the book.

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 And if Romans is, in many ways, the greatest articulation of the gospel that we have in the Bible.

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 I don't want to say it's the best book in the Bible.

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 Because I want to say the Bible is a whole, even though it's comprised of other books.

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 But if we want to say it's the finest, most robust articulation of the gospel.

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 Then what we have this morning is a very, very, very important text to consider.

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 And a text that's going to help us to understand justice and mercy.

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 We're going to look at the text.

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 And this is how I've broken it down.

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 The text, again, we could spend weeks in it.

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 We're going to spend one.

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 And it's going to, we're going to look at three things.

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 We're going to look at one glorious declaration that it makes.

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 We're going to look at two essential truths in this text.

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 And finally, three comforting words.

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 And actually, I mean, I'll touch a bit on verses 27 to 31.

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 But we'll spend the majority of our time in verses 21 to 26.

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 So again, one glorious declaration.

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 Two very essential truths.

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 And three very comforting words as we consider the nature of the gospel in light of justice and mercy.

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 Let's get into it.

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 Point one.

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 One glorious declaration.

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 So it's, I was away last week.

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 I'll just say this.

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 I was away last week.

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 I had the privilege of being at a young adult's retreat.

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 And, you know, whatever you guys read about, whatever I read about in the media about, I guess it's Generation Z or Zed.

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 And, you know, these kids were inspiring.

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 Truly, the faith that these 18 to 25-year-olds had.

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 It was really something.

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 Did they stay up until 4 in the morning?

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 Yes, they did.

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 Did I go to bed at 1130?

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 Yes, I did.

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 So there was some things that made me kind of scratch my head.

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 But overall, incredible.

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 The faith and the love that these guys had.

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 Not just for the Lord, but for one another.

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 It really was something to behold.

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 That's nothing to do with the text.

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 Only to say that I was in here last week.

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 So it was two weeks since we've been in Romans.

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 So a bit of a reminder.

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 Two weeks ago, we wrapped up this pretty significant section that the Apostle Paul was arguing about why we fall short of the righteousness of God.

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 And why there is no moral or religious leg that we can stand on.

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 So back in chapter 1, verse 17, 16 and 17, the Apostle Paul says that he is not ashamed of the gospel.

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 It's the power of God unto salvation.

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 Verse 17, it says that in the gospel, the righteousness of God has been revealed or manifested.

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 And then from chapter 1, 18 to 3, chapter 3, verse 20, he shows us how we can't even hold a candle to God's righteousness.

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 That we are in a very, very sad state.

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 And not just one segment of the population, but all.

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 He talks about the religious, the irreligious.

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 He talks about the completely immoral and the morally upright.

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 He talks about Jews.

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 He talks about Greeks.

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 The idea is we could extend it to every person that's ever lived, regardless of where they are from.

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 Everybody falls short.

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 And I would say that he makes a compelling case.

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 The verdict is in.

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 We are cooked.

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 We are eternally cooked.

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 The human race has no hope.

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 Except that the argument doesn't end in chapter 3, verse 20.

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 Because chapter 3, verse 21 says this and everything changes with these two words.

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 Verse 21, but now.

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 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law.

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 Although the law and the prophets bear witness to it.

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 The apostle says, but now.

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 God has done something.

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 And he returns to chapter 1, verse 17, where he says the righteousness of God has been revealed.

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 He is saying, listen, that righteousness of God, he returns to it.

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 It is coming and breaking in.

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 You aren't cooked anymore.

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 Okay?

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 You are not damned.

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 You are not hopeless people.

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 After feeling the heaviness of sin and the hopelessness of our own situation in life,

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 Paul says that God has revealed himself.

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 He has revealed his righteousness.

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 And it is in his son, Jesus.

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 And it has happened.

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 It's not something he's talking about.

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 It's not something where he's saying, I'm promising to do it one day, somehow, at some place.

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 He's saying, now.

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 It's come.

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 Now.

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 This righteousness, it is from heaven.

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 It is from God.

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 And therefore, it means that it is foreign to us.

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 It is foreign to us.

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 It is also foreign to the law.

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 In that, we cannot keep the law.

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 The law was not designed in such a way that if we keep it, that we would get this righteousness from God.

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 This is a righteousness that emanates from God himself.

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 Paul, he'll talk about that.

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 That does not negate the law.

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 In fact, this is not some new revelation.

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 The law, the prophets, the writings, the entirety of the Old Testament Bible.

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 It points to what Jesus did on the cross.

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 It points that to this anointed one, this Messiah who would come and to die,

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 even though he was perfect for the sins of the world.

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 Everything points to Jesus.

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 So this righteousness was revealed through this moment in history, this historical death and resurrection of the Messiah,

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 the anointed one, Christ Jesus, the Lord of Lords, and the King of Kings.

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 And I am no Greek scholar, okay?

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 So, but I read commentaries of people that are.

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 And what's interesting here is that the Greek grammar that the Apostle Paul uses,

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 it is in a perfect tense, which is to say that when Paul is referring to this revelation,

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 in chapter 3, verse 21, that God's righteousness was revealed,

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 it means that it was fully and perfectly revealed at a very specific time, at a very specific place.

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 And it's referring to the actual crucifixion of Jesus,

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 his literal death, his literal burial,

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 and then three days later, when a body should be decomposing,

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 he literally rises from the grave.

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 That's why for centuries, millennia, we have rightly marked time with Anno Domini,

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 in the year of our Lord.

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 All of history revolves around the birth and life and death and resurrection and ascension of Jesus.

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 Why do we do this?

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 Because in the redemption of Christ, the hopelessness

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 that Paul so perfectly articulates in chapter 1, 18 to 3, 20,

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 has been completely undone.

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 Human beings are no longer hopeless.

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 All of time revolves around what happened

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 in, at Golgotha,

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 some 2,000 plus years ago.

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 But there's something even more to it, okay?

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 Because, again, not a Greek scholar,

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 but if we consider the grammar that Paul uses back in chapter 1, verse 17,

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 again, right, he is,

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 this isn't the first time he's talking about the righteousness of God being revealed.

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 He says it back in chapter 1, 17,

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 and the grammar there

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 lends itself to this idea that

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 it's an ongoing revelation of what God is revealing,

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 his righteousness being revealed,

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 which is to say,

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 every time that the gospel is proclaimed,

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 right now,

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 the righteousness of God is being revealed.

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 It is being proclaimed.

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 Whenever we gather in Christ's name,

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 reminded of the gospel,

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 whenever we hear the words of Scripture proclaimed,

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 where God is lifted high and his Son is glorified,

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 whenever we partake at the Lord's table,

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 whenever we confess our sins

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 and look to Christ for forgiveness

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 and hear those sweet words of absolution and comfort,

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 whenever we read those words of institution where Jesus said,

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 on the night that he was betrayed,

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 he took bread,

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 he broke it,

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 he gave you thanks,

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 same way he took the cup and he gave you thanks,

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 whenever we are proclaiming the gospel,

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 the righteousness of God is being revealed.

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 So it is to say that it happened in a specific time

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 and in a specific place,

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 but that this revelation of God's righteousness,

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 right,

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 that erases our hopelessness,

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 it pours into every single minute

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 of every single second of every single day,

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 wherever Christ's name is lifted high

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 and his gospel is proclaimed.

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 It's this very dynamic reality we live in

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 of the righteousness of God being revealed.

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 So when we go back to verse 21 and Paul,

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 again, remember,

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 he has laid out such an airtight,

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 compelling case

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 that we are hopeless people,

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 right?

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 He gets to verse 21 and he says,

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 but now the righteousness of God

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 is being revealed.

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 It has been revealed

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 in Christ's death and resurrection.

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 It is continuing to be revealed

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 in every time that his name

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 and his gospel is proclaimed.

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 And all of a sudden,

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 we are reminded that we are not hopeless people,

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 but we are people with purpose.

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 We are people that have an eternal place

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 waiting for us.

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 And that's why I think

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 it is a very glorious declaration.

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 God has revealed

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 his righteous character

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 and plan of salvation

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 to us unrighteous people.

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 And what is that plan of salvation?

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 That God does not merely

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 reveal his righteousness,

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 but that he will also impart

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 that righteousness.

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 So that this foreign righteousness

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 that is something

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 that we could never attain

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 on our own,

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 but we desperately need,

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 it is for us

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 and that we can take it

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 by faith.

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 So thinking through this,

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 we need to consider

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 the next point,

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 these two essential truths.

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 I'll be looking at verses 22 to 23.

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 So we've had one glorious declaration

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 and now we have two essential truths

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 connected to it.

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 The first is that

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 this righteousness is for us

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 when we accept it by faith.

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 Let's look at this first truth

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 and we'll spend

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 just a bit of time

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 in verse 22.

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 And verse 22 says this,

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 the righteousness of God

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 through faith in Jesus Christ

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 for all who believe.

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 This foreign righteousness

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 that is imparted to us

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 is only ours

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 if we receive it

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 by faith.

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 So a very important,

00:16:34.899 --> 00:16:36.559
 crucial follow-up question

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 is

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 what is faith?

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 What is

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 meant by

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 the Apostle Paul

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 when he says

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 it is for all

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 who believe?

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 What is the nature of faith?

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 What happens

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 importantly

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 when we

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 have these feelings of faith

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 and then we find

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 that these feelings of faith

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 begin to wane?

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 Is

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 this righteousness

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 given to us

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 only

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 when we

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 are feeling

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 kind of

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 vibrant

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 in our Christian walk?

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 I often think

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 of

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 how my faith

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 has waned

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 and

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 considering

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 is

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 God's salvation

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 contingent

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 upon my

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 faith?

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 I think of it

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 as like a

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 carnival game

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 or a fair game

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 when you have

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 this little

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 water pistol

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 that you have

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 to shoot

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 in a tiny

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 dollar-sized hole

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 to move

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 like a

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 fake horse

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 down

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 whatever

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 the

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 fake little

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 I don't know

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 what it is

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 okay

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 it's a carnival game

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 I know you guys

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 might have seen it

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 I don't know

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 the name of the

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 carnival game

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 but this idea

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 that okay

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 all of a sudden

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 if our

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 water stream

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 runs out

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 or if we

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 miss the mark

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 or somehow

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 we just give up

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 is that it for us?

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 is salvation over?

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 what is the

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 nature of

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 faith?

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 I think it's

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 important for us

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 to consider

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 that

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 what matters

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 when it comes

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 to faith

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 isn't the

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 amount of

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 faith that we

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 have

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 we all know

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 people that

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 have unbelievable

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 faith

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 that it

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 seems like

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 all hell

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 rages against

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 them

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 and yet

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 they have

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 this

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 resolve

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 that they're

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 going to

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 trust in

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 the Lord

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 and then

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 we have

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 other people

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 in our

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 lives

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 maybe

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 ourselves

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 at times

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 where

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 it's

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 like I

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 stub my

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 toe

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 literally

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 metaphorically

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 and that's

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 it

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 I'm kind

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 of done

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 right

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 I can't

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 believe

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 anymore

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 it's like

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 the straw

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 that broke

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 the camel's

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 back

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 and we

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 have

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 minuscule

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 faith

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 I think

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 that's not

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 the way

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 that the

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 Bible

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 wants to

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 commend us

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 to think

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 about faith

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 but instead

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 to think

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 about the

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 object that

00:19:00.159 --> 00:19:00.599
 our faith

00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:01.000
 is in

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 classic

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 example

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 the person

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 who

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 is deathly

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 afraid of

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 flying

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 deathly

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 afraid of

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 flying

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 they get

00:19:16.399 --> 00:19:17.000
 in the

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 plane

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 and maybe

00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:18.960
 their faith

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 and the

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 integrity

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 of the

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 hull

00:19:21.360 --> 00:19:21.799
 or

00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:22.880
 the

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 sobriety

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 and focus

00:19:24.700 --> 00:19:25.720
 and skill

00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:26.120
 of the

00:19:26.120 --> 00:19:26.480
 pilot

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 it's

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 like this

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 okay

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 they're

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 constantly

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 thinking

00:19:30.220 --> 00:19:30.500
 this

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 five hour

00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:31.779
 flight

00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:32.539
 to the

00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:33.000
 west coast

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 they're

00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:33.460
 thinking

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 what if

00:19:34.380 --> 00:19:34.960
 there is

00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:35.180
 the

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 tiniest

00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:36.240
 of cracks

00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:36.559
 in the

00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:36.840
 hull

00:19:36.840 --> 00:19:38.279
 what if

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 I don't

00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:39.000
 know

00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:39.440
 maybe

00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:39.759
 the

00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.079
 pilot

00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:40.420
 had a

00:19:40.420 --> 00:19:40.680
 couple

00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:41.039
 to

00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:41.299
 drink

00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:41.819
 beforehand

00:19:41.819 --> 00:19:42.539
 they're

00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:42.700
 just

00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:43.299
 constantly

00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:43.740
 in

00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.600
 doubt

00:19:44.600 --> 00:19:44.920
 mode

00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:45.860
 well

00:19:45.860 --> 00:19:46.660
 whether

00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:47.100
 or not

00:19:47.100 --> 00:19:47.400
 they

00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:48.299
 believe

00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:49.000
 in

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.700
 the

00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:50.059
 integrity

00:19:50.059 --> 00:19:50.299
 of the

00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:50.639
 plane

00:19:50.639 --> 00:19:51.359
 the

00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:52.079
 skill

00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:52.399
 of the

00:19:52.399 --> 00:19:52.799
 pilot

00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:54.200
 matters

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:54.819
 in a

00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:55.059
 sense

00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:55.480
 matters

00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:55.919
 not

00:19:55.919 --> 00:19:56.899
 what matters

00:19:56.899 --> 00:19:57.440
 is the

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:58.019
 object

00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:59.019
 that they

00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.659
 have got

00:19:59.659 --> 00:19:59.919
 into

00:19:59.919 --> 00:20:00.519
 this plane

00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:00.919
 and that

00:20:00.919 --> 00:20:01.299
 this plane

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:01.619
 is going to

00:20:01.619 --> 00:20:02.079
 take them

00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:02.879
 from point A

00:20:02.879 --> 00:20:03.639
 to point B

00:20:03.639 --> 00:20:04.399
 now compare

00:20:04.399 --> 00:20:04.940
 that then

00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.440
 to the

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:05.779
 person

00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:06.480
 who is

00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:07.000
 delusional

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.779
 who has

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.579
 an incredible

00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:08.960
 amount

00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:09.519
 of

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:11.259
 faith

00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:11.619
 that

00:20:11.619 --> 00:20:13.440
 you know

00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:13.779
 they can

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.200
 fly

00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:15.319
 and they're

00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:15.500
 going to

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:15.799
 put it

00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:16.240
 to the

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:16.620
 test

00:20:16.620 --> 00:20:17.340
 they have

00:20:17.340 --> 00:20:17.840
 on their

00:20:17.840 --> 00:20:19.100
 kind of

00:20:19.100 --> 00:20:20.160
 fake wings

00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:21.160
 and they

00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:22.100
 leap from

00:20:22.100 --> 00:20:22.860
 a four story

00:20:22.860 --> 00:20:23.240
 building

00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:24.559
 doesn't matter

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.039
 their faith

00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:25.420
 the degree

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:25.779
 of faith

00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:26.019
 that they

00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:26.360
 have

00:20:26.360 --> 00:20:27.220
 they're so

00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:27.819
 convinced

00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:28.779
 that they

00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:29.480
 have solved

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.059
 the problem

00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.500
 of human

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:30.900
 flight

00:20:30.900 --> 00:20:32.519
 it doesn't

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:32.819
 matter

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.980
 the object

00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:34.380
 of their

00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:34.700
 faith

00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:35.640
 is waning

00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:36.000
 it's

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.580
 nothing

00:20:36.580 --> 00:20:38.039
 they fall

00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:39.240
 they die

00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:39.980
 or they get

00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:41.160
 horribly hurt

00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:44.120
 the object

00:20:44.120 --> 00:20:44.560
 of our

00:20:44.560 --> 00:20:44.880
 faith

00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.180
 is the

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.320
 thing

00:20:45.320 --> 00:20:45.500
 that

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:45.920
 matters

00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:47.740
 the

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.220
 object

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.560
 of the

00:20:48.560 --> 00:20:48.840
 faith

00:20:48.840 --> 00:20:49.200
 is

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:50.240
 the

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.420
 thing

00:20:50.420 --> 00:20:50.580
 that

00:20:50.580 --> 00:20:50.860
 matters

00:20:50.860 --> 00:20:51.180
 because

00:20:51.180 --> 00:20:51.380
 the

00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:51.720
 reality

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:52.180
 is

00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:53.000
 that

00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.440
 whether

00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:53.759
 you are

00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.240
 feeling

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.540
 this

00:20:54.540 --> 00:20:55.300
 warmth

00:20:55.300 --> 00:20:55.740
 towards

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:55.880
 the

00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:56.060
 Lord

00:20:56.060 --> 00:20:56.380
 now

00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:56.640
 that

00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.340
 by

00:20:57.340 --> 00:20:57.740
 God's

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.220
 grace

00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:58.880
 you have

00:20:58.880 --> 00:20:59.200
 faith

00:20:59.200 --> 00:20:59.519
 in him

00:20:59.519 --> 00:20:59.779
 that he

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.060
 will get

00:21:00.060 --> 00:21:00.160
 you

00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:00.380
 through

00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:00.740
 any

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.300
 issue

00:21:01.300 --> 00:21:02.700
 eventually

00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:04.019
 it

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.200
 will

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.480
 wane

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:05.820
 your

00:21:05.820 --> 00:21:06.120
 faith

00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:06.259
 will

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:06.420
 get

00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:06.779
 shaky

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.940
 you will

00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:08.220
 see

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:08.580
 something

00:21:08.580 --> 00:21:08.820
 you will

00:21:08.820 --> 00:21:09.320
 experience

00:21:09.320 --> 00:21:09.640
 something

00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:09.880
 you will

00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:10.000
 get

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:10.580
 tired

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:12.500
 your

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 faith

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 will

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 hold

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 on

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 by

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 the

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 slightest

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 of

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 threads

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 but

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 even

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 still

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 if

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 your

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 faith

00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:19.299
 is

00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:19.679
 in

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 Christ

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 if

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 it's

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 in

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 the

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 right

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 object

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 then

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 you

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 can

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 trust

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 that

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 although

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 you

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 don't

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 understand

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 how

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 it

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 will

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 work

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 that

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 Christ

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 will

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 hold

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 you

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 fast

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 so

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 what

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 about

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 doubt

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 because

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 James

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 chapter

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 1

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 talks

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 about

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 how

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 the

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 doubting

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 person

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 this

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 is a

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 very

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 terrible

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 thing

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 doubt

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 is

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 something

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 that

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 is

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 wrong

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 and

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 actually

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 contrary

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 to

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 the

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 Christian

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 life

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 and

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 I

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 won't

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 go

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 into

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 it

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 in

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 depth

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 only

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 to

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 say

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 that

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 the

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 doubt

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 that

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.579
 James

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 talks

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 about

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 is a

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 functionally

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 dead

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 faith

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 a

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 faith

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 that

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 claims

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 that

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 all

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 that

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 claims

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 all

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 of

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 Christianity

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 without

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 any

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 of

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 Christ

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 who

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 goes

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 through

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 the

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 motions

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 of

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 what

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 it

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 is

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 to

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 be

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 a

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 Christian

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 but

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 really

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 truly

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 does

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 not

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 have

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 a

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 faith

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 that

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 is

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 indicative

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 of

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 the

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 work

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 of

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 the

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 in

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 somebody's

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 heart

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 no

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 what

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 we have

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 here

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 when

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 our

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 faith

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 wanes

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 and yet

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 it's

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 still in

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 Christ

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 it's

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 like

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 that

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 father

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 who

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 comes

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 to

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 Jesus

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 who

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 asks

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 him

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 to

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 heal

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 his

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 son

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 and

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 Jesus

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 he

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 says

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 to

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 him

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 listen

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 you

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 have

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 to

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 have

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 faith

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 and

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 the

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 guy

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 says

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 I

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 believe

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 help

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 my

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 unbelief

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 that's

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 the

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 faith

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 that

00:22:36.659 --> 00:22:37.059
 is

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.480
 waning

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 that

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 it

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 is

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 this

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 big

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 that

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 is

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 the

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 size

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 of

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 a

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 mustard

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 seed

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 but

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 it's

00:22:41.639 --> 00:22:41.859
 in

00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:42.019
 the

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.200
 right

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.539
 thing

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:42.759
 it's

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 in

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 the

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.119
 right

00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:43.539
 object

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:43.799
 it's

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 in

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 the

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.139
 right

00:22:44.139 --> 00:22:44.599
 person

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:47.679
 friends

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 faith

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 cannot

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 be

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 a

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.319
 feeling

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 now

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 it

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 at

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 times

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 will

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.460
 feel

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 as

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 though

00:22:54.379 --> 00:22:54.679
 we

00:22:54.679 --> 00:22:55.119
 have

00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:55.500
 faith

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:55.679
 but

00:22:55.679 --> 00:22:55.819
 it

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.139
 can't

00:22:56.139 --> 00:22:56.379
 be

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 predominantly

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 a

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 feeling

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 because

00:22:58.879 --> 00:22:59.379
 we

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 can

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 be

00:22:59.639 --> 00:22:59.839
 so

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.279
 easily

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 swayed

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 and

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:01.779
 then

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:01.960
 whether

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 we

00:23:02.179 --> 00:23:02.559
 keep

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 faith

00:23:03.139 --> 00:23:03.359
 or

00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:03.619
 not

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 becomes

00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:04.759
 the

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.240
 functional

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.799
 barometer

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.240
 of our

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 salvation

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:09.700
 but

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 is

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:10.240
 that

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.599
 not

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:12.359
 another

00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:12.940
 form

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.359
 of

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 self

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 righteousness

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.539
 that

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:15.720
 then

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.279
 our

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:17.419
 salvation

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 rises

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 and falls

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 on how

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 we

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 feel

00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:20.419
 on how

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 we

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:20.940
 judge

00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.119
 the

00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:21.359
 faith

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:21.500
 that

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:21.639
 we

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 have

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:25.079
 John

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.500
 Stott

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 has been

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 very

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.579
 helpful

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 to me

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 he was

00:23:27.399 --> 00:23:27.720
 an

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.200
 Anglican

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.559
 minister

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.500
 in

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 England

00:23:30.419 --> 00:23:31.059
 he

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.399
 passed

00:23:31.399 --> 00:23:31.799
 away

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.779
 in

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:32.899
 the

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 2010s

00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:33.680
 but

00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:33.819
 he

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.039
 says

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:34.379
 this

00:23:34.379 --> 00:23:34.720
 of

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.019
 faith

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.159
 he

00:23:35.159 --> 00:23:35.339
 says

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:35.759
 faith

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.119
 is

00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:36.399
 the

00:23:36.399 --> 00:23:36.759
 eye

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.019
 that

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.240
 looks

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.399
 to

00:23:37.399 --> 00:23:37.680
 him

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.440
 the

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:38.720
 hand

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:38.899
 that

00:23:38.899 --> 00:23:39.419
 receives

00:23:39.419 --> 00:23:39.639
 his

00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:39.859
 free

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 gift

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:40.279
 the

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.559
 mouth

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:40.759
 that

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.099
 drinks

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:41.399
 the

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 living

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:41.980
 water

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.599
 which

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:42.839
 is

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.019
 to

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.220
 say

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.440
 that

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:43.899
 faith

00:23:43.899 --> 00:23:44.680
 merely

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:45.379
 receives

00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:46.700
 it

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.039
 merely

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.680
 receives

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.759
 I can't

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:48.879
 do

00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:49.240
 anything

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.700
 on my

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:49.839
 own

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:49.960
 in

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.180
 fact

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:51.099
 I

00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:51.519
 can't

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:51.659
 even

00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:52.079
 receive

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.099
!

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:52.359
 very

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:52.619
 well

00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:53.399
 I

00:23:53.399 --> 00:23:53.799
 believe

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.019
 but

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.220
 God

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.440
 help

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:54.579
 my

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.119
 unbelief

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:56.799
 this

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:56.939
 is

00:23:56.939 --> 00:23:57.179
 true

00:23:57.179 --> 00:23:57.479
 faith

00:23:57.479 --> 00:23:57.719
 this

00:23:57.719 --> 00:23:57.839
 is

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.000
 the

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.239
 faith

00:23:58.239 --> 00:23:58.419
 of

00:23:58.419 --> 00:23:58.759
 scripture

00:23:58.759 --> 00:24:01.739
 true

00:24:01.739 --> 00:24:02.019
 faith

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.479
 can only

00:24:02.479 --> 00:24:03.000
 receive

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.479
 righteousness

00:24:03.479 --> 00:24:03.759
 it

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.359
 can't

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:04.939
 manufacture

00:24:04.939 --> 00:24:05.299
 it

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:06.579
 and

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:06.959
 it

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 can't

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 manufacture

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 it

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 because

00:24:08.479 --> 00:24:08.759
 of

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:08.939
 the

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 second

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:09.899
 essential

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 truth

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:11.519
 the

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:11.819
 second

00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:12.219
 essential

00:24:12.219 --> 00:24:12.679
 truth

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 is

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 this

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 is

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 that

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 the

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 righteousness

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.039
 that God

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 gives

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 it's

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 a gift

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.319
 of

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:17.679
 grace

00:24:17.679 --> 00:24:18.559
 and

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:18.779
 it's

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.099
 far

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.559
 greater

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:19.859
 this

00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:20.239
 gift

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:21.940
 and

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.059
 it

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.319
 far

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:23.120
 surpasses

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 the

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.620
 unrighteousness

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 of the

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 entire

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 human

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 race

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 and

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 everybody

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 here

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 today

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 read

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 with me

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 the

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 second

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 part

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 of

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 verse

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 22

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 and

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 then

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 all

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 of

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 verse

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 23

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 so

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 22

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 the

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 second

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 half

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 of it

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 and

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 then

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:36.720
 verse

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 23

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 for

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 there

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.500
 is

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 no

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 distinction

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.980
 for

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.200
 all

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.359
 have

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:42.700
 sinned

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:42.839
 and

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.019
 fall

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.380
 short

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:43.539
 of

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 the

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:43.880
 glory

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.039
 of

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 God

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:44.519
 and

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:44.660
 are

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 justified

00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:45.460
 by

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:45.740
 his

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.240
 grace

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.539
 as

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 a

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:46.940
 gift

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.759
 through

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:47.920
 the

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.299
 redemption

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:48.660
 that

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:48.960
 is

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.339
 in

00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:49.779
 Christ

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.500
 Jesus

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:53.099
 for

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.299
 there

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:53.579
 is

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:53.819
 no

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.279
 distinction

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:54.599
 all

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:54.799
 have

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.180
 sinned

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 and

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:55.539
 fallen

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:55.899
 short

00:24:55.899 --> 00:24:56.059
 of

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.160
 the

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:56.379
 glory

00:24:56.379 --> 00:24:56.539
 of

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:56.779
 God

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.160
 how

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.279
 do

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.399
 we

00:24:57.399 --> 00:24:57.579
 fall

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:57.859
 short

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:57.980
 of

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.079
 the

00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:58.279
 glory

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.440
 of

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:58.619
 God

00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:58.799
 now

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.200
 the

00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.519
 apostle

00:24:59.519 --> 00:24:59.799
 Paul

00:24:59.799 --> 00:24:59.980
 has

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 made

00:25:00.139 --> 00:25:00.299
 that

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 clear

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 in

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:00.920
 verses

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.680
 again

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.039
 chapter

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.339
 1

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.599
 verse

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 18

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 to

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 320

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.859
 but

00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:04.960
 I

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 think

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 it's

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 very

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:05.859
 important

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.019
 that

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.139
 we

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 consider

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:08.099
 what

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:08.279
 it

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.559
 says

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:08.940
 here

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.200
 in

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.619
 our

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:11.359
 section

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:11.539
 of

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:11.819
 scripture

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.059
 how

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.160
 do

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:12.299
 we

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.500
 fall

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:12.779
 short

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:12.779


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 of

00:25:12.899 --> 00:25:12.980
 the

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.180
 glory

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.319
 of

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:13.519
 God

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:14.599
 two

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.200
 massive

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 ways

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 one

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 following

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.180
 from

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 the

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 other

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:17.619
 the

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:17.940
 first

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:18.379
 is

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:18.920
 we

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.139
 fall

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:19.420
 short

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:19.559
 of

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:19.680
 the

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.839
 glory

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.000
 of

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.259
 God

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.480
 in

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 our

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 being

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:22.779
 of

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.099
 who

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.299
 we

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 are

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 the

00:25:24.800 --> 00:25:25.360
 fancy

00:25:25.360 --> 00:25:25.980
 pants

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.400
 word

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:26.700
 would

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:26.960
 be

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.340
 we

00:25:27.340 --> 00:25:27.540
 fall

00:25:27.540 --> 00:25:27.840
 short

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:28.080
 of

00:25:28.080 --> 00:25:29.120
 the

00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:29.320
 glory

00:25:29.320 --> 00:25:29.440
 of

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:29.580
 God

00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:29.759
 in

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:29.920
 our

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.700
 ontology

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.640
 on

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.200
 how

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.440
 we

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.800
 are

00:25:32.800 --> 00:25:32.980
 our

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.519
 being

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:36.140
 fall

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.440
 short

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:36.580
 of

00:25:36.580 --> 00:25:36.680
 the

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:36.900
 glory

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.060
 of

00:25:37.060 --> 00:25:37.340
 God

00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:37.620
 in

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:37.820
 that

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:37.980
 we

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.140
 were

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:38.480
 made

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:38.820
 to

00:25:38.820 --> 00:25:40.720
 reflect

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.080
 his

00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:41.540
 image

00:25:41.540 --> 00:25:42.680
 we

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:42.840
 were

00:25:42.840 --> 00:25:43.060
 made

00:25:43.060 --> 00:25:43.160
 in

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.300
 his

00:25:43.300 --> 00:25:43.500
 image

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:43.680
 to

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.019
 reflect

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:44.220
 his

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.560
 image

00:25:44.560 --> 00:25:45.300
 but

00:25:45.300 --> 00:25:45.759
 in

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:45.960
 a

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.120
 way

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.360
 that

00:25:46.360 --> 00:25:46.720
 is

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.040
 free

00:25:47.040 --> 00:25:47.180
 of

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:47.380
 all

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:47.700
 sin

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:47.860
 and

00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:48.279
 blemish

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:49.980
 but

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.160
 this

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:50.279
 is

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.440
 no

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:50.720
 longer

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:50.900
 the

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.180
 case

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.340
 you

00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:51.460
 see

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:51.480
!

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:51.840
 Genesis

00:25:51.840 --> 00:25:52.360
 3

00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:53.940
 Man

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.340
 Original

00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:54.640
 Sin

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:54.900
 it

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:56.120
 looms

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:56.900
 large

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.279
 over

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.480
 the

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.000
 entirety

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.360
 of

00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:58.840
 Romans

00:25:58.840 --> 00:26:00.000
 and

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.580
 especially

00:26:00.580 --> 00:26:01.060
 in

00:26:01.060 --> 00:26:01.240
 the

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.580
 section

00:26:01.580 --> 00:26:02.300
 that

00:26:02.300 --> 00:26:02.460
 we

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:02.759
 read

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:02.980
 in

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.120
 the

00:26:03.120 --> 00:26:03.440
 previous

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:03.940
 past

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.420
 weeks

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.759
 how

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:05.960
 could

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.100
 we

00:26:06.100 --> 00:26:06.519
 properly

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:08.360
 reflect

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:08.600
 the

00:26:08.600 --> 00:26:08.960
 almighty

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.320
 most

00:26:09.320 --> 00:26:09.720
 perfect

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.120
 God

00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:10.279
 who

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:10.420
 is

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:10.560
 the

00:26:10.560 --> 00:26:10.860
 author

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:11.060
 of

00:26:11.060 --> 00:26:11.340
 all

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:11.720
 things

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.000
 good

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.380
 true

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:12.680
 and

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.180
 beautiful

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:14.140
 if

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:14.440
 we

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.000
 ourselves

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.519
 are

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.220
 compromised

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:17.140
 with

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:17.460
 sin

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:18.840
 we

00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.060
 fall

00:26:19.060 --> 00:26:19.340
 short

00:26:19.340 --> 00:26:19.519
 of

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.320
 reflecting

00:26:20.320 --> 00:26:20.580
 the

00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:20.920
 glory

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.560
 of

00:26:21.560 --> 00:26:21.820
 God

00:26:21.820 --> 00:26:22.300
 because

00:26:22.300 --> 00:26:23.160
 we

00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:23.500
 fall

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:23.800
 short

00:26:23.800 --> 00:26:23.960
 of

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.080
 as

00:26:24.080 --> 00:26:24.420
 perfect

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:24.920
 standard

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.880
 it's

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.120
 as

00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.480
 if

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:26.740
 we

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.259
 were

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.920
 a

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.320
 clean

00:26:28.320 --> 00:26:28.580
 and

00:26:28.580 --> 00:26:28.940
 streak

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.320
 free

00:26:29.320 --> 00:26:29.880
 mirror

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:31.660
 that

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:31.980
 was

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:33.060
 designed

00:26:33.060 --> 00:26:34.000
 and made

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.840
 to perfectly

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:35.580
 reflect

00:26:35.580 --> 00:26:38.040
 the glory

00:26:38.040 --> 00:26:38.540
 of God

00:26:38.540 --> 00:26:40.100
 and

00:26:40.100 --> 00:26:40.759
 very

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.240
 quickly

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:42.900
 a bunch

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.160
 of

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:44.160
 fingerprint

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.940
 smudges

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:47.060
 were all

00:26:47.060 --> 00:26:47.600
 over this

00:26:47.600 --> 00:26:47.860
 mirror

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.700
 maybe

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.940
 the mirror

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:51.320
 was smeared

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.980
 with streaks

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.480
 of mud

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:52.879
 or maybe

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:53.279
 it became

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.659
 chipped

00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:54.240
 and cracked

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.859
 all over

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.759
 you see

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.339
 the mirror

00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:57.579
 is still

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.079
 a mirror

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.579
 but it

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.259
 has lost

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.779
 its

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.460
 integrity

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.000
 it has

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.220
 been

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.859
 compromised

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:03.939
 and this

00:27:03.939 --> 00:27:04.339
 leads to

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:04.720
 the second

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.099
 way we

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:05.599
 fall short

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:05.799
 of the

00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.000
 glory

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.399
 of God

00:27:06.399 --> 00:27:07.139
 it's

00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:07.299
 not

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.480
 just

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:07.659
 in

00:27:07.659 --> 00:27:07.799
 our

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.259
 being

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.439
 but

00:27:09.439 --> 00:27:09.960
 because

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.220
 we

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:10.379
 are

00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:10.740
 compromised

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.059
 in

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.179
 our

00:27:11.179 --> 00:27:11.439
 being

00:27:11.439 --> 00:27:11.619
 that

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:11.839
 means

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.079
 our

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:12.679
 purpose

00:27:12.679 --> 00:27:13.019
 of

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.579
 which

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:13.720
 is

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:13.859
 to

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.259
 glorify

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.559
 God

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:14.799
 that

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:14.939
 is

00:27:14.939 --> 00:27:15.379
 compromised

00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:15.740
 as

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.000
 well

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:17.119
 so we

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:17.500
 no longer

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.019
 seek to

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.200
 bring

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.460
 God

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:18.880
 glory

00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:20.059
 because

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:21.299
 we

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.740
 instead

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.180
 bring

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.680
 ourselves

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.140
 glory

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:24.059
 our

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.480
 purpose

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:24.859
 has

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.380
 shifted

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:26.720
 it is

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.099
 not about

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.700
 God

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.839
 and lifting

00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:29.200
 up his

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.519
 name

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:29.859
 it is

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.099
 about

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.920
 Daniel

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.359
 and lifting

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:31.900
 up his

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.319
 name

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:33.680
 it's about

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.380
 platforming

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:35.079
 ourselves

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:38.720
 if we're

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.200
 to continue

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.660
 the mirror

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.220
 metaphor

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:42.299
 a mirror

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:42.859
 should not

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.819
 necessarily

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.460
 be a focal

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:44.880
 point

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:46.400
 as if

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:46.740
 it were

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.580
 an art

00:27:47.580 --> 00:27:47.780
 piece

00:27:47.780 --> 00:27:48.000
 and I

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.300
 know

00:27:48.300 --> 00:27:48.640
 some

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:48.820
 mirrors

00:27:48.820 --> 00:27:48.980
 are

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.280
 beautiful

00:27:49.280 --> 00:27:49.640
 and they

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.320
 work

00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:50.800
 as good

00:27:50.800 --> 00:27:50.960
 art

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.260
 pieces

00:27:51.260 --> 00:27:53.340
 the

00:27:53.340 --> 00:27:53.840
 metaphor

00:27:53.840 --> 00:27:54.200
 isn't

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:54.600
 perfect

00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:55.260
 but

00:27:55.260 --> 00:27:56.640
 predominantly

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.380
 a mirror

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:57.740
 what is

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.020
 it supposed

00:27:58.020 --> 00:27:58.380
 to do

00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:59.660
 to reflect

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.420
 the object

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:00.900
 facing

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.280
 it

00:28:01.280 --> 00:28:03.920
 however

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:06.120
 if the

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:06.840
 mirror

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:07.380
 becomes

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:08.100
 itself

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:08.620
 the focal

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:08.900
 point

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.260
 then the

00:28:09.260 --> 00:28:09.480
 mirror

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:09.980
 ceases

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.420
 to have

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:10.880
 the purpose

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.440
 of a

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:11.620
 mirror

00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:13.940
 the purpose

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.340
 of the

00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:14.520
 mirror

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.319
 is compromised

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:17.519
 you see

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:17.839
 the great

00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:18.420
 tragedy

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.139
 is that

00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:20.019
 we have

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:21.279
 redefined

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.879
 what glory

00:28:21.879 --> 00:28:22.339
 is

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:23.319
 we've

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:24.000
 redefined

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.319
 what it

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:24.700
 means to

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.319
 be human

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:26.420
 in that

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:27.099
 we were

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:27.740
 designed

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:29.920
 to be

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.859
 image bearers

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:31.119
 and to

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.680
 bring glory

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.299
 to God

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:34.099
 and we

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.599
 forget

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:35.519
 who God

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:35.900
 is

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:37.339
 and instead

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:38.619
 we

00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:40.440
 no longer

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:41.299
 see what

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.099
 God has

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:43.079
 declared as

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.919
 being the

00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:44.740
 high point

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.019
 of what

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.559
 is righteous

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:46.179
 and good

00:28:46.179 --> 00:28:46.839
 true and

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.179
 beautiful

00:28:47.179 --> 00:28:47.699
 glorious

00:28:47.699 --> 00:28:48.099
 which is

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:48.519
 himself

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:50.079
 instead

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:51.259
 we see

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:51.899
 the standard

00:28:51.899 --> 00:28:53.240
 as

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:54.179
 you

00:28:54.179 --> 00:28:55.740
 and you

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.740
 and you

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.199
 and what we

00:28:57.199 --> 00:28:57.779
 do is we

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.639
 compare ourselves

00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:58.939
 to other

00:28:58.939 --> 00:28:59.259
 people

00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:00.359
 okay

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:03.779
 I make

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:05.319
 enough money

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:06.059
 and therefore

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.639
 I am

00:29:06.639 --> 00:29:07.219
 satisfied

00:29:07.219 --> 00:29:08.359
 because I

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:09.219
 make more

00:29:09.219 --> 00:29:09.899
 than the

00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:11.059
 average person

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.399
 in my

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:12.119
 position in

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:12.659
 my neighborhood

00:29:12.659 --> 00:29:13.199
 or

00:29:13.199 --> 00:29:14.879
 I am

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.799
 satisfied

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:17.319
 with the

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:17.919
 life I

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:18.399
 live

00:29:18.399 --> 00:29:19.599
 in terms

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:20.019
 of my

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.439
 morality

00:29:20.439 --> 00:29:21.199
 because I'm

00:29:21.199 --> 00:29:21.479
 not a

00:29:21.479 --> 00:29:21.959
 train wreck

00:29:21.959 --> 00:29:22.419
 like her

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:24.680
 or like

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:24.960
 them

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:28.900
 again

00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:29.320
 with a

00:29:29.320 --> 00:29:29.640
 mirror

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.840
 metaphor

00:29:30.840 --> 00:29:32.200
 our mirror

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.620
 is less

00:29:32.620 --> 00:29:33.140
 smudged

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:33.980
 it's only

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.440
 chipped in

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:34.900
 the corner

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:36.000
 there's no

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.740
 mud on it

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.380
 maybe there's

00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:37.680
 a bit of

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.000
 dust

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.519
 okay

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.039
 we can

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.960
 clean that

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.240
 up

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:41.160
 but

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:42.720
 overall

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.220
 relatively

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.759
 speaking

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:45.080
 my life

00:29:45.080 --> 00:29:45.539
 is

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.519
 pretty

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.920
 clear

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.300
 pretty

00:29:47.300 --> 00:29:47.759
 clean

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.200
 pretty

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.080
 okay

00:29:49.080 --> 00:29:49.460
 pretty

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.160
 intact

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:53.060
 but the

00:29:53.060 --> 00:29:54.540
 point is

00:29:54.540 --> 00:29:55.180
 how

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:56.980
 how

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.640
 much

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:57.880
 better

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:58.340
 your

00:29:58.340 --> 00:29:58.740
 life

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.019
 is

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.180
 in

00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.560
 comparison

00:29:59.560 --> 00:30:00.060
 to

00:30:00.060 --> 00:30:00.380
 others

00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:00.680
 it's

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.040
 actually

00:30:01.040 --> 00:30:01.880
 how

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.180
 does

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.480
 your

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:02.940
 life

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.519
 reflect

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:03.820
 in

00:30:03.820 --> 00:30:04.320
 comparison

00:30:04.320 --> 00:30:04.640
 with

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:04.800
 the

00:30:04.800 --> 00:30:05.220
 perfect

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:05.640
 holy

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:05.860
 and

00:30:05.860 --> 00:30:06.240
 glorious

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.660
 righteous

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.019
 God

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:08.400
 that's

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:08.860
 what the

00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:09.140
 scriptures

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.560
 are really

00:30:09.560 --> 00:30:09.920
 talking

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.220
 about

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:13.240
 there

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.700
 was a

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.019
 bishop

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.519
 in the

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.000
 19th

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.340
 century

00:30:15.340 --> 00:30:15.840
 his name

00:30:15.840 --> 00:30:16.120
 was

00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:16.960
 Bishop

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.220
 Wool

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.660
 he was

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.279
 the

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.140
 bishop

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.400
 of

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:19.720
 Durham

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:21.519
 and this

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:21.759
 is what

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.100
 he said

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.400
 about

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:22.779
 this

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.279
 text

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.799
 he says

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:24.420
 quote

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:25.039
 the harlot

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:26.220
 the liar

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.880
 the murderer

00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:27.920
 are

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.720
 short

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:30.180
 of

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.819
 God's

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.140
 glory

00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:31.960
 but so

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.360
 are you

00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:33.039
 perhaps

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.579
 they stand

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:33.860
 at the

00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:34.160
 bottom

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.559
 of a

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:34.900
 mine

00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:35.680
 and you

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.039
 on the

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.420
 crest

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:36.779
 of an

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.140
 alp

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:38.140
 but you

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:38.500
 are as

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:38.819
 little

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.339
 able to

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:39.559
 touch

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.059
 the stars

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.519
 as they

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.779
 he's a

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.720
 brilliant

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.480
 brilliant

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.380
 articulation

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:45.860
 of the

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.259
 difference

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.640
 between

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:47.160
 us

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:48.160
 and

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:48.519
 God

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:48.960
 in terms

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.079
 of

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.460
 righteousness

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:51.340
 so if

00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:51.559
 we are

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:52.000
 constantly

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.380
 falling

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:52.740
 short

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.120
 of our

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.600
 purpose

00:30:53.600 --> 00:30:54.539
 because

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:55.079
 of our

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.319
 very

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.900
 being

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.200
 being

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.640
 compromised

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:58.680
 then how

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.360
 are we

00:30:59.360 --> 00:31:00.100
 to be

00:31:00.100 --> 00:31:00.640
 sure that

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:00.940
 the very

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.500
 righteousness

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.140
 of God

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:02.480
 that is

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:02.960
 given for

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.299
 us

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:04.340
 is

00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:05.019
 truly

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.319
 going to

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:05.700
 last

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.740
 that it

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.000
 won't

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.220
 be

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.779
 compromised

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.920
 and this

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.160
 will lead

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.440
 to our

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:09.819
 third and

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.440
 final point

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:11.579
 the three

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.160
 comforting

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:12.759
 words

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.720
 of

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:13.900
 verses

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:14.559
 24

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.340
 and

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:15.960
 26

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:17.799
 read

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:17.960
 with

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.240
 me

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.700
 verses

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.299
 24

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:19.579
 and

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.100
 26

00:31:20.100 --> 00:31:23.840
 we'll

00:31:23.840 --> 00:31:24.299
 actually

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.840
 back up

00:31:24.840 --> 00:31:25.079
 into

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.380
 verse

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:25.819
 22

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.140
 for

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:26.480
 there is

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:26.680
 no

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.200
 distinction

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.880
 for

00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:28.120
 all

00:31:28.120 --> 00:31:28.259
 have

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.519
 sinned

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:28.640
 and

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:28.799
 fallen

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.019
 short

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.120
 of

00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:29.200
 the

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.440
 glory

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:29.559
 of

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:29.740
 God

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:29.900
 verse

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.240
 24

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.640
 and

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:30.880
 are

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:31.460
 justified

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.860
 by

00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.100
 his

00:31:32.100 --> 00:31:32.460
 grace

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:32.799
 as a

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.059
 gift

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.880
 through

00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:34.000
 the

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.380
 redemption

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:34.860
 that is

00:31:34.860 --> 00:31:35.160
 in

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.480
 Christ

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.900
 Jesus

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.640
 whom

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:36.920
 God

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.120
 put

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:37.440
 forward

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:37.819
 as a

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.539
 propitiation

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:38.940
 by

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.180
 his

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.539
 blood

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.539
 to be

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.100
 received

00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:41.380
 by

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:41.700
 faith

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:43.840
 if

00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:44.759
 this

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:49.140
 was to

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:49.340
 show

00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:49.580
 his

00:31:49.580 --> 00:31:50.059
 righteousness

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.620
 at the

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:50.940
 present

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.319
 time

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:51.799
 so that

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.460
 he

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:52.940
 might

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.220
 be

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.620
 just

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:53.880
 and

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:54.019
 the

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.620
 justifier

00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:54.840
 of

00:31:54.840 --> 00:31:54.960
 the

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.240
 one

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.819
 who

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:55.960
 has

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.279
 faith

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:56.519
 in

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:56.900
 Jesus

00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:57.799
 I'll

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.080
 pause

00:31:58.080 --> 00:31:58.279
 really

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.580
 quickly

00:31:58.580 --> 00:31:58.740
 and

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:58.900
 just

00:31:58.900 --> 00:31:59.059
 to

00:31:59.059 --> 00:31:59.299
 say

00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:00.340
 there's

00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:00.460
 a

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.680
 lot

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.059
 happening

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.319
 there

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:01.660
 I was

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:01.900
 talking

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.039
 to

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.299
 somebody

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.559
 this

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:02.840
 week

00:32:02.840 --> 00:32:03.740
 and

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.600
 a

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:04.799
 very

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.240
 committed

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.740
 Christian

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.380
 that

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.660
 said

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:07.059
 this

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.200
 is

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.340
 a

00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:07.539
 word

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:07.940
 salad

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.759
 and

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.140
 it's

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:09.340
 hard

00:32:09.340 --> 00:32:09.539
 to

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:09.960
 disagree

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.259
 there's

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.539
 a lot

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:10.539


00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:10.740
 going

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:10.900
 on

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.019
 there

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.120
 and

00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:11.319
 it might

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:11.439
 be

00:32:11.439 --> 00:32:11.539
 an

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:11.700
 issue

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:11.839
 of

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.319
 translation

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:12.980
 but

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.179
 what

00:32:13.179 --> 00:32:13.359
 we're

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:13.539
 going

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:13.659
 to

00:32:13.659 --> 00:32:13.819
 do

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.019
 to

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.379
 try

00:32:14.379 --> 00:32:14.500
 to

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:14.639
 make

00:32:14.639 --> 00:32:15.039
 sense

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.159
 of

00:32:15.159 --> 00:32:15.339
 it

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:15.960
 is

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.259
 to

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.519
 look

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:16.700
 at

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.000
 these

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.179
 what

00:32:17.179 --> 00:32:17.299
 I

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.439
 call

00:32:17.439 --> 00:32:17.639
 these

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:17.939
 three

00:32:17.939 --> 00:32:18.500
 comforting

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:18.960
 words

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:20.799
 the

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.039
 first

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.359
 word

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.480
 is

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.240
 justification

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:26.700
 verse 24

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.099
 and

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:27.399
 are

00:32:27.399 --> 00:32:28.119
 justified

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:28.799
 by

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.419
 his

00:32:29.419 --> 00:32:30.000
 grace

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.559
 as

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:30.939
 a

00:32:30.939 --> 00:32:31.240
 gift

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.599
 through

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:31.740
 the

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.119
 redemption

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.960
 that

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.220
 is

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.579
 in

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:34.179
 Christ

00:32:34.179 --> 00:32:34.879
 Jesus

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:37.339
 justification

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:37.859
 it's

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.379
 a big

00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:38.659
 word

00:32:38.659 --> 00:32:38.899
 it's

00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.119
 actually

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.240
 a

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:39.359
 very

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:39.799
 important

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.019
 word

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.159
 when

00:32:40.159 --> 00:32:40.279
 it

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.299
!

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.599
 comes

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:40.879
 to

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:42.960
 Romans

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.559
 when

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:43.680
 it

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:43.839
 comes

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:43.980
 to

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.139
 our

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:44.659
 salvation

00:32:44.659 --> 00:32:46.200
 justification

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:46.899
 is a

00:32:46.899 --> 00:32:47.460
 declaration

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:49.000
 of God

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.859
 to us

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:50.180
 that we

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.680
 are no

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:50.960
 longer

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.500
 condemned

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:53.500
 we

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:53.839
 are no

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.279
 longer

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:54.759
 condemned

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.220
 as

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:56.039
 guilty

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:56.940
 because

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.539
 of our

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:57.900
 sin

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.140
 but

00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:58.559
 now

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:58.799
 we

00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.059
 are

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.539
 free

00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:01.039
 we

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.180
 have

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:01.339
 been

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:01.839
 liberated

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.900
 we

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.160
 are no

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:03.440
 longer

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:03.680
 under

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:03.900
 the

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.200
 just

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.619
 judgment

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:04.839
 of

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:05.180
 God

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.920
 we

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.039
 are

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.220
 no

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:06.539
 longer

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.079
 condemned

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.559
 as

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.339
 unrighteous

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:09.160
 for

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:09.380
 we

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:09.539
 have

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:09.680
 been

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:09.920
 given

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.299
 the

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:10.819
 righteousness

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.240
 of

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.720
 Christ

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.359
 and

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:12.480
 it

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:12.779
 says

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.180
 that

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.339
 it

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:13.480
 is

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.640
 a

00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:13.880
 gift

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.099
 of

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.480
 grace

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:16.440
 it

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:16.559
 is

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:16.819
 God

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.339
 restoring

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:17.559
 our

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.039
 fallenness

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.420
 so that

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:19.120
 at the

00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:19.480
 end

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.240
 of the

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.579
 age

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:20.860
 when we

00:33:20.860 --> 00:33:21.059
 meet

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:21.440
 Christ

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.660
 we

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:21.819
 will

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.000
 be

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.420
 like

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:22.759
 him

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.500
 in

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:23.740
 that

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:23.900
 we

00:33:23.900 --> 00:33:24.059
 will

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.420
 reflect

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:24.640
 the

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:25.000
 glory

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.960
 of

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.380
 God

00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:26.740
 as

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.059
 he

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:28.259
 already

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:29.420
 intended

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:29.759
 it

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:31.339
 so

00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:31.599
 what

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:31.740
 is

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:31.860
 it

00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:32.140
 saying

00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:32.460
 it's

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.640
 saying

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:32.920
 that

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:34.039
 one

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.380
 day

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:34.839
 we

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:35.000
 will

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.440
 stand

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:35.740
 before

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:35.980
 God

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.099
 at

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.240
 the

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.400
 end

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.500
 of

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:36.620
 the

00:33:36.620 --> 00:33:36.940
 age

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.140
 and

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.400
 he

00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:37.740
 will

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.140
 judge

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:38.559
 us

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:39.839
 perfect

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:41.319
 righteous

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:41.940
 holy

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:43.640
 but

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:44.400
 what's

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:44.780
 interesting

00:33:44.780 --> 00:33:45.040
 here

00:33:45.040 --> 00:33:45.200
 is

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.440
 Paul

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.720
 isn't

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:45.960
 saying

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.160
 listen

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.340
 we

00:33:46.340 --> 00:33:46.500
 need

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:46.680
 to

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.500
 just

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.000
 trudge

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.300
 through

00:33:48.300 --> 00:33:48.700
 until

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:48.880
 the

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.080
 end

00:33:49.080 --> 00:33:49.200
 of

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:49.300
 the

00:33:49.300 --> 00:33:49.500
 age

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:49.740
 he's

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:49.880
 saying

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:50.100
 that

00:33:50.100 --> 00:33:50.720
 reality

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.720
 at

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:51.860
 the

00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:52.019
 end

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.140
 of

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.280
 the

00:33:52.280 --> 00:33:52.680
 age

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:53.380
 when

00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:53.780
 every

00:33:53.780 --> 00:33:54.300
 tear

00:33:54.300 --> 00:33:54.620
 is

00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:55.019
 wiped

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.600
 every

00:33:55.600 --> 00:33:56.060
 bad

00:33:56.060 --> 00:33:56.340
 thing

00:33:56.340 --> 00:33:56.560
 is

00:33:56.560 --> 00:33:57.060
 reversed

00:33:57.060 --> 00:33:57.720
 that

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:57.900
 is

00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:58.160
 our

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.540
 reality

00:33:58.540 --> 00:33:58.980
 now

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.220
 in

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.360
 the

00:33:59.360 --> 00:33:59.740
 present

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:01.380
 because

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:01.580
 of

00:34:01.580 --> 00:34:01.920
 Christ

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.380
 because

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:02.720
 God

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.120
 deems

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:03.259
 it

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.560
 so

00:34:03.560 --> 00:34:04.500
 and

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:04.680
 this

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:04.800
 is

00:34:04.800 --> 00:34:04.920
 what

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.040
 it

00:34:05.040 --> 00:34:05.300
 means

00:34:05.300 --> 00:34:05.500
 to

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.759
 be

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.780
 justified

00:34:06.780 --> 00:34:08.660
 but

00:34:08.660 --> 00:34:08.800
 how

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:08.960
 does

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.119
 this

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.420
 happen

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.820
 because

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:11.039
 as

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.500
 reasonable

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:11.880
 as it

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.019
 may

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.460
 seem

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.920
 a

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.239
 valid

00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:13.800
 pushback

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.019
 could

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.300
 be

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:14.900
 that

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.260
 such

00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:15.539
 a

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.019
 justification

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.579
 either

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.340
 undermines

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.739
 God's

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.179
 righteousness

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:19.300
 or

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:19.840
 permits

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:20.260
 our

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:21.360
 unrighteousness

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.880
 this is

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.880
 the stuff

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.239
 of a

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:23.559
 corrupt

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:24.380
 or

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:25.400
 incompetent

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:25.659
 judge

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.260
 I mean

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:26.519
 could you

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:27.019
 imagine

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.679
 we go

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:28.219
 before a

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:28.539
 judge

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.920
 we are

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.320
 guilty

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:30.139
 he says

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:31.820
 I want

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:31.960
 you to

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.219
 walk

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:32.760
 okay

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:33.599
 I'm

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:33.760
 just

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.320
 erasing

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:34.659
 this

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:34.940
 I'm

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.119
 taking

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:35.300
 the

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:35.760
 charges

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.500
 rip

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:36.760
 rip

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.139
 rip

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:38.460
 and by

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:38.539
 the

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:38.659
 way

00:34:38.659 --> 00:34:38.800
 I'm

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:38.880
 going

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:38.940
 to

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.119
 put

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:39.239
 a

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:39.460
 word

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:39.719
 in

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:39.920
 because

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.139
 of

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:40.619
 course

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:41.900
 there's

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:42.019
 going

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.119
 to

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:42.400
 be

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:42.519
 an

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:42.900
 appeal

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.420
 to

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:43.539
 a

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:43.779
 higher

00:34:43.779 --> 00:34:44.259
 court

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:45.059
 listen

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.319
 that

00:34:45.319 --> 00:34:45.539
 guy's

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:45.679
 my

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:45.920
 friend

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.239
 too

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:46.799
 I'll

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:46.980
 take

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.179
 care

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.319
 of

00:34:47.319 --> 00:34:47.559
 it

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.519
 we would

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:48.659
 say

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:48.819
 that's

00:34:48.819 --> 00:34:48.960
 a

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.539
 dereliction

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.359
 of

00:34:50.359 --> 00:34:50.920
 justice

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.900
 is that

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.139
 what's

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:52.480
 happening

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:52.880
 here

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:56.039
 you know

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.519
 even more

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:56.859
 than that

00:34:56.859 --> 00:34:57.079
 throughout

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.420
 the old

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.739
 testament

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:58.000
 God

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.539
 repeatedly

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:59.159
 states

00:34:59.159 --> 00:34:59.980
 that he

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.199
 will

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:00.839
 justify

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:01.739
 the

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.079
 righteous

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:02.480
 and

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:02.920
 condemn

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.219
 the

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:03.559
 wicked

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:06.339
 proverbs

00:35:06.339 --> 00:35:06.859
 17

00:35:06.859 --> 00:35:07.119
 verse

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.500
 15

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:07.759
 says

00:35:07.759 --> 00:35:08.699
 actually

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.099
 even

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.699
 even worse

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:10.000
 than that

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.619
 he who

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.400
 justifies

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:11.639
 the

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:11.840
 wicked

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.400
 and

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:12.719
 he who

00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:13.320
 condemns

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:13.500
 the

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.780
 righteous

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.679
 are both

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.079
 alike

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:15.260
 an

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.780
 abomination

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:16.500
 of the

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:16.699
 Lord

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.320
 so what

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:17.800
 on earth

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:18.320
 is happening

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:19.199
 okay

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:19.960
 Paul

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.400
 is he

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.099
 contradicting

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:21.420
 the old

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:21.699
 testament

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.159
 because it

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:22.579
 seems

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.420
 that what

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:23.760
 God

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:24.219
 is doing

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:24.599
 here

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.340
 at least

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:25.599
 by

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.639
 Paul's

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.199
 explanation

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:28.119
 is that

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:29.400
 he is

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:30.699
 making

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:31.380
 righteous

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:32.139
 the wicked

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:33.780
 he is

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:34.820
 justifying

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:35.900
 those

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:36.519
 that should

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.039
 be rightly

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.639
 condemned

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.940
 and

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.379
 previously

00:35:39.379 --> 00:35:39.859
 it says

00:35:39.859 --> 00:35:40.199
 that this

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:40.460
 is

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:41.019
 a

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.420
 problem

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:43.940
 so

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:45.579
 what

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.119
 on earth

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:47.179
 is

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:47.659
 justification

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.339
 and how

00:35:48.339 --> 00:35:48.739
 is it

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:48.940
 held

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.339
 together

00:35:49.339 --> 00:35:50.619
 I would

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:51.099
 say this

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:51.420
 it would

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.639
 be a

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.079
 fantastic

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.599
 objection

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:53.420
 and it

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:53.659
 would be

00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:54.159
 very clear

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:54.460
 that the

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:54.759
 apostle

00:35:54.759 --> 00:35:55.079
 Paul

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.319
 is

00:35:55.319 --> 00:35:55.900
 contradicting

00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:56.179
 what the

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.319
 old

00:35:56.319 --> 00:35:56.599
 testament

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:56.900
 says

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.699
 if it

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:57.960
 wasn't

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.279
 for our

00:35:58.279 --> 00:35:58.579
 second

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:58.980
 comfortable

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.359
 word

00:35:59.359 --> 00:36:02.839
 we'll read

00:36:02.839 --> 00:36:03.059
 verses

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.940
 24 and

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.519
 25

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.179
 and are

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:06.000
 justified

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.920
 by his

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.259
 grace

00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:07.639
 as a

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:07.900
 gift

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.840
 through

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:08.980
 the

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.360
 redemption

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:09.800
 that is

00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:10.059
 in

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.340
 Christ

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.699
 Jesus

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:11.159
 whom

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:11.599
 God

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.119
 put

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.480
 forward

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:12.860
 as

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:13.800
 a

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:14.659
 propitiation

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:15.360
 by his

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.759
 blood

00:36:15.759 --> 00:36:16.739
 to be

00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:17.259
 received

00:36:17.259 --> 00:36:17.920
 by faith

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:19.519
 this is

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:19.940
 the key

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.280
 word

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:20.800
 in this

00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:21.440
 context

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:22.199
 upon

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:22.460
 which

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:22.639
 the

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:22.980
 entire

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.360
 verse

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:23.639
 in this

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:23.800
 whole

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.280
 section

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:25.059
 rises

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.400
 and

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:25.840
 falls

00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:26.780
 and

00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:27.259
 therefore

00:36:27.259 --> 00:36:28.559
 justification

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:30.179
 is

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:30.940
 a

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.739
 massive

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:32.259
 massive

00:36:32.259 --> 00:36:33.259
 contradiction

00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:34.160
 in God's

00:36:34.160 --> 00:36:34.640
 justice

00:36:34.640 --> 00:36:35.160
 and mercy

00:36:35.160 --> 00:36:35.720
 if it

00:36:35.720 --> 00:36:36.120
 was not

00:36:36.120 --> 00:36:36.640
 for this

00:36:36.640 --> 00:36:36.860
 word

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.600
 propitiation

00:36:37.600 --> 00:36:39.660
 so what

00:36:39.660 --> 00:36:40.040
 is it

00:36:40.040 --> 00:36:41.440
 I think

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:41.600
 it's

00:36:41.600 --> 00:36:41.920
 really

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.220
 helpful

00:36:42.220 --> 00:36:42.600
 to

00:36:42.600 --> 00:36:43.340
 understand

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:43.560
 what

00:36:43.560 --> 00:36:43.680
 it

00:36:43.680 --> 00:36:43.840
 is

00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.200
 not

00:36:44.200 --> 00:36:45.420
 there

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:45.780
 are

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:46.220
 so

00:36:46.220 --> 00:36:46.400
 many

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:46.780
 different

00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:47.240
 and good

00:36:47.240 --> 00:36:47.660
 Bible

00:36:47.660 --> 00:36:48.240
 translations

00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:48.880
 out there

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.180
 into

00:36:49.180 --> 00:36:49.560
 English

00:36:49.560 --> 00:36:50.680
 some

00:36:50.680 --> 00:36:50.960
 of

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.200
 maybe

00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:51.400
 the

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:51.680
 not

00:36:51.680 --> 00:36:51.920
 so

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.200
 great

00:36:52.200 --> 00:36:52.840
 translations

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.420
 for this

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:53.760
 section

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:54.540
 will talk

00:36:54.540 --> 00:36:54.700
 about

00:36:54.700 --> 00:36:55.740
 God

00:36:55.740 --> 00:36:56.220
 wiping

00:36:56.220 --> 00:36:56.680
 away

00:36:56.680 --> 00:36:57.220
 sin

00:36:57.220 --> 00:36:57.540
 or

00:36:57.540 --> 00:36:58.400
 the

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.740
 fancy

00:36:58.740 --> 00:36:59.060
 pants

00:36:59.060 --> 00:36:59.360
 word

00:36:59.360 --> 00:36:59.560
 is

00:36:59.560 --> 00:37:00.340
 expiate

00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:00.720
 sin

00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:01.080
 this

00:37:01.080 --> 00:37:01.360
 idea

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:01.620
 that

00:37:01.620 --> 00:37:02.260
 all he

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:02.400
 is

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.660
 doing

00:37:02.660 --> 00:37:02.820
 he

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:02.940
 is

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.220
 seeing

00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:03.779
 our

00:37:03.779 --> 00:37:04.159
 ledger

00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:04.399
 it

00:37:04.399 --> 00:37:04.539
 is

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:04.719
 full

00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:04.879
 of

00:37:04.879 --> 00:37:05.119
 red

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:05.319
 he

00:37:05.319 --> 00:37:05.459
 is

00:37:05.459 --> 00:37:05.919
 taking

00:37:05.919 --> 00:37:06.219
 out

00:37:06.219 --> 00:37:06.419
 the

00:37:06.419 --> 00:37:06.699
 red

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:07.399
 okay

00:37:07.399 --> 00:37:07.519
 he

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:07.619
 is

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:07.739
 just

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:08.179
 wiping

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:09.279
 away

00:37:09.279 --> 00:37:10.000
 he

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.359
 is

00:37:10.359 --> 00:37:12.039
 dry

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.719
 erase

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:14.319
 erasing

00:37:14.319 --> 00:37:14.739
 our

00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:14.959
 white

00:37:14.959 --> 00:37:15.259
 board

00:37:15.259 --> 00:37:15.819
 okay

00:37:15.819 --> 00:37:16.159
 and that's

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:16.379
 it

00:37:16.379 --> 00:37:17.559
 but it

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:17.819
 can't

00:37:17.819 --> 00:37:17.939
 be

00:37:17.939 --> 00:37:18.139
 just

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:18.539
 that

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:20.500
 propitiation

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.159
 isn't

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:21.519
 simply

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:21.759
 just

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:22.119
 wiping

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:22.439
 away

00:37:22.439 --> 00:37:22.659
 the

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:23.199
 red

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:23.539
 ink

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:23.699
 or

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:24.279
 overlooking

00:37:24.279 --> 00:37:24.519
 our

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:24.739
 wrong

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:25.259
 doings

00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:26.119
 I

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:26.299
 think

00:37:26.299 --> 00:37:26.879
 it's

00:37:26.879 --> 00:37:27.139
 important

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:27.519
 to consider

00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:27.759
 this

00:37:27.759 --> 00:37:28.099
 because

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.859
 if it

00:37:28.859 --> 00:37:29.119
 were

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.559
 merely

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:29.980
 that

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.419
 God

00:37:30.419 --> 00:37:30.599
 would

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:30.759
 not

00:37:30.759 --> 00:37:30.939
 be

00:37:30.939 --> 00:37:31.339
 just

00:37:31.339 --> 00:37:32.419
 why

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:32.760
 because

00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:33.139
 sin

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:33.360
 would

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:33.659
 go

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:34.500
 unpunished

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:36.619
 that

00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:36.720
 would

00:37:36.720 --> 00:37:36.960
 also

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:37.360
 suggest

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:37.559
 that

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:37.800
 God

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:37.960
 is

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.900
 at

00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:39.320
 most

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:39.599
 just

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.099
 irritated

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.400
 with

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:40.720
 sin

00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:41.500
 but that

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:41.639
 he

00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:41.900
 wouldn't

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.159
 have

00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:42.579
 a

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:43.539
 wrathful

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:44.360
 hatred

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:45.019
 against

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.500
 sin

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:46.440
 and yet

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:46.780
 throughout

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:47.260
 scripture

00:37:47.260 --> 00:37:47.700
 God

00:37:47.700 --> 00:37:48.519
 his anger

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:49.240
 burns

00:37:49.240 --> 00:37:50.860
 against

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:51.260
 sin

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:52.059
 his wrath

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:52.259
 is

00:37:52.259 --> 00:37:52.779
 kindled

00:37:52.779 --> 00:37:52.259
 is

00:37:52.259 --> 00:37:52.779
 kindled

00:37:52.779 --> 00:37:53.299
 against

00:37:53.299 --> 00:37:53.639
 sin

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.799
 he

00:37:54.799 --> 00:37:55.380
 must

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:56.139
 justly

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:56.539
 punish

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.000
 evil

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:58.099
 because

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.239
 he

00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:58.380
 is

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:58.820
 righteous

00:37:58.820 --> 00:37:59.079
 and

00:37:59.079 --> 00:37:59.179
 to

00:37:59.179 --> 00:37:59.320
 do

00:37:59.320 --> 00:37:59.860
 otherwise

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:00.619
 isn't

00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:00.940
 just

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.380
 God

00:38:01.380 --> 00:38:01.619
 being

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.099
 unjust

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.299
 it

00:38:02.299 --> 00:38:02.440
 is

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:02.619
 to

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:03.159
 deny

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:03.860
 himself

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:04.719
 and

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:04.900
 God

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:05.259
 can't

00:38:05.259 --> 00:38:05.500
 deny

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:05.960
 himself

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:07.679
 so

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:07.900
 to

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.539
 propitiate

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:08.820
 means

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:09.039
 to

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.679
 avert

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:10.159
 God's

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:10.539
 just

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:10.960
 anger

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:12.000
 against

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.320
 sin

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:12.559
 by

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.340
 satisfying

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:13.659
 his

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.039
 perfect

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.639
 justice

00:38:14.639 --> 00:38:15.279
 through

00:38:15.279 --> 00:38:15.759
 paying

00:38:15.759 --> 00:38:16.179
 the full

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:16.599
 penalty

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.059
 the full

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:17.420
 cost

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:17.719
 of our

00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:17.940
 sin

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.639
 that

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:18.820
 is

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:18.960
 what

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:19.099
 it

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:19.420
 is

00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:19.420


00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.619
 except

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:23.039
 that

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:24.840
 if

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:24.980
 we

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:25.099
 were

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:25.239
 to

00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:25.400
 pay

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:25.619
 this

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:25.920
 penalty

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:26.440
 ourselves

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:26.960
 we

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.119
 would

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:27.320
 be

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:27.759
 utterly

00:38:27.759 --> 00:38:28.320
 undone

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:30.000
 we

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.159
 would

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:30.400
 still

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:30.579
 be

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:30.759
 in a

00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:31.039
 hopeless

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.480
 state

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:31.699
 but

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:32.059
 because

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.579
 God

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:33.039
 isn't

00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:33.259
 just

00:38:33.259 --> 00:38:33.719
 perfectly

00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:34.159
 just

00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:34.579
 he

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:34.699
 is

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:35.019
 also

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:35.699
 perfectly

00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:36.639
 merciful

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:38.099
 it

00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:38.320
 means

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:38.480
 we

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:38.639
 have

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:38.960
 hope

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.380
 and

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.539
 this

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:39.900
 ties

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:40.400
 into

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:40.799
 the

00:38:40.799 --> 00:38:42.320
 intro

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:42.639
 when I

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:42.920
 talked

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:43.320
 about

00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:44.279
 the

00:38:44.279 --> 00:38:45.559
 inability

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:46.159
 to

00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:47.199
 embrace

00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:47.480
 and

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:47.960
 enjoy

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:48.500
 mercy

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:48.960
 and

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:49.340
 justice

00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:49.659
 in

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:49.860
 this

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.179
 life

00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:50.679
 because

00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:50.880
 it

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.000
 is

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.000


00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.239
 something

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:51.440
 that

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:51.679
 only

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:52.000
 God

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.219
 can

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:52.460
 truly

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:52.820
 do

00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:55.300
 propitiation

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:56.260
 what it

00:38:56.260 --> 00:38:56.480
 does

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:56.619
 is

00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:56.780
 it

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:57.360
 recognizes

00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:57.639
 that

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:57.820
 we

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:58.019
 are

00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:58.420
 sinful

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:58.900
 people

00:38:58.900 --> 00:38:59.619
 under

00:38:59.619 --> 00:38:59.840
 the

00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:00.179
 righteous

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:00.599
 anger

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:00.780
 of

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:01.019
 God

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.159
 and

00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:01.659
 therefore

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:02.880
 it

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:03.440
 encompasses

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:03.880
 both

00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:04.380
 God's

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:04.820
 forgiveness

00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:05.579
 of sins

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:06.119
 and

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:06.860
 reconciliation

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:07.380
 with

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:07.760
 God

00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:09.079
 this

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:09.239
 is

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:09.400
 where

00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:09.559
 the

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:09.900
 cross

00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:10.300
 becomes

00:39:10.300 --> 00:39:10.820
 central

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:12.880
 only

00:39:12.880 --> 00:39:13.039
 at

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.159
 the

00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:13.579
 cross

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:13.780
 of

00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:14.139
 Christ

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:15.179
 where

00:39:15.179 --> 00:39:15.340
 the

00:39:15.340 --> 00:39:15.659
 perfect

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:16.059
 savior

00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:16.400
 shed

00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:16.599
 his

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:16.840
 blood

00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:17.059
 for

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:17.260
 us

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:17.440
 can

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:17.780
 God's

00:39:17.780 --> 00:39:18.300
 mercy

00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:19.300
 and

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:19.539
 his

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:19.980
 justice

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:20.320
 be

00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:20.679
 fulfilled

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:21.019
 at the

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.219
 same

00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:21.619
 time

00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:22.639
 this is

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:22.759
 what

00:39:22.759 --> 00:39:23.000
 Paul

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.179
 is

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:23.420
 saying

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:23.579
 when

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:23.679
 he

00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:23.859
 says

00:39:23.859 --> 00:39:24.019
 that

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:24.219
 God

00:39:24.219 --> 00:39:24.339
 is

00:39:24.339 --> 00:39:24.539
 both

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:24.699
 the

00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:24.980
 just

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:25.139
 and

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:25.259
 the

00:39:25.259 --> 00:39:25.799
 justifier

00:39:25.799 --> 00:39:26.039
 in

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:26.380
 verse

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:26.960
 26

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:28.739
 God has

00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:29.079
 not set

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.559
 aside

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:29.839
 his

00:39:29.839 --> 00:39:30.259
 righteous

00:39:30.259 --> 00:39:30.659
 wrath

00:39:30.659 --> 00:39:30.980
 instead

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:31.460
 he has

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:31.880
 directed

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:32.219
 it

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:33.099
 towards

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:33.839
 himself

00:39:33.839 --> 00:39:34.179
 in

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:34.579
 Christ

00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:36.000
 the

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:36.380
 judge

00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:38.299
 not

00:39:38.299 --> 00:39:39.279
 skipping

00:39:39.279 --> 00:39:39.859
 over

00:39:39.859 --> 00:39:40.380
 justice

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:41.039
 he says

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.779
 you are

00:39:41.779 --> 00:39:42.099
 rightly

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:42.639
 condemned

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:44.619
 but

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:48.699
 but

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:48.699


00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:49.440
 even

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:49.659
 more

00:39:49.659 --> 00:39:49.819
 than

00:39:49.819 --> 00:39:49.980
 that

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:50.119
 what

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:50.239
 does

00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:50.359
 it

00:39:50.359 --> 00:39:51.219
 mean

00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:51.739
 it

00:39:51.739 --> 00:39:51.960
 means

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:52.440
 I'm

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:52.500
 going

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:52.599
 to

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:52.799
 take

00:39:52.799 --> 00:39:52.940
 on

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.079
 the

00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:53.480
 punishment

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:53.980
 I'm

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.079
 going

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:54.420
 to

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:55.079
 wipe

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.279
 away

00:39:55.279 --> 00:39:55.440
 the

00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:55.639
 sins

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:55.839
 but

00:39:55.839 --> 00:39:56.119
 I'm

00:39:56.119 --> 00:39:56.339
 also

00:39:56.339 --> 00:39:56.460
 going

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:56.559
 to

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:56.980
 reconcile

00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:57.299
 you

00:39:57.299 --> 00:39:57.460
 to

00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:57.819
 myself

00:39:57.819 --> 00:39:58.119
 how

00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:58.960
 because

00:39:58.960 --> 00:39:59.259
 now

00:39:59.259 --> 00:39:59.500
 you

00:39:59.500 --> 00:39:59.799
 have

00:39:59.799 --> 00:40:00.019
 the

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:00.519
 righteousness

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:00.960
 of

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:01.420
 Christ

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:02.079
 that

00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:02.219
 is

00:40:02.219 --> 00:40:02.440
 given

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:02.679
 to

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:02.900
 you

00:40:02.900 --> 00:40:04.739
 the

00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:05.000
 cross

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.179
 is

00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:05.500
 central

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:06.699
 it

00:40:06.699 --> 00:40:06.859
 is

00:40:06.859 --> 00:40:07.279
 central

00:40:07.279 --> 00:40:07.480
 to

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:07.599
 what

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:07.739
 it

00:40:07.739 --> 00:40:08.099
 means

00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:08.460
 to

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:08.599
 be

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:08.659
!

00:40:08.659 --> 00:40:15.739
 reconciled to God, to have our sins dealt with. So in the cross we have justice, perfect justice,

00:40:16.299 --> 00:40:23.359
 and perfect mercy meeting. Only God is truly righteous, only he is perfect, only he is consistent

00:40:23.359 --> 00:40:30.219
 in everything he does, only he is true and without fault or lie, so therefore only God can satisfy

00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:37.519
 the righteousness that he demands, and yet here we have Christ who is also fully man, he is our head,

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:44.400
 he is our representative, and he dies upon the cross in our place as our representative, so then, and we're

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:49.400
 not even going to touch this, but this is why again the incarnation of Christ is key to all of it.

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:57.579
 But why not do this work of salvation at the very moment sin enters the world? I think it's a good

00:40:57.579 --> 00:41:04.039
 question because we read Genesis 3, sin enters the world, and then it's centuries and millennia that

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:10.800
 continue and sin grows and festers and seems to be undealt with and unpunished.

00:41:12.579 --> 00:41:21.800
 Why does God wait so long? And is his waiting not dealing with that sin? Is it not proof that God,

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:29.179
 he's actually not as just as he says he is? That he condemns some and let others go unpunished?

00:41:29.179 --> 00:41:33.239
 And this, friends, leads to our third and final word of comfort.

00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:38.419
 Look at verses 24 and 25 with me.

00:41:38.919 --> 00:41:41.039
 We won't read 26, just 24 and 25.

00:41:41.039 --> 00:41:48.779
 And are justified by his grace as a gift through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put

00:41:48.779 --> 00:41:56.559
 forward as a propitiation by his blood to be received by faith. This was to show, and that's our word, but

00:41:56.559 --> 00:42:03.619
 show maybe not, might not be the best translation. Maybe better to say demonstrated, okay?

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:12.019
 This was to demonstrate God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:19.339
 sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and justifier of the

00:42:19.339 --> 00:42:28.960
 one who has faith in Jesus. God's righteousness is demonstrated in his patience. That's what Paul is

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:36.760
 referring to in his divine forbearance. You see, God is vindicated. He is merciful. In fact, he is so

00:42:36.760 --> 00:42:43.440
 merciful that the penalty for all the sins and the wickedness, it was delayed. And he is so perfectly

00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:52.159
 just that, and that his justice was so perfectly realized that all the sins that had ever been

00:42:52.159 --> 00:43:02.980
 committed, they were placed and laid upon Christ. So it's not just that the righteousness of Christ

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:12.379
 was where justice and mercy met. It's where God displayed how merciful and how just he was.

00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:21.059
 Nothing went unpunished. Justice and mercy perfectly demonstrated. So as a summary, to put it all together,

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:30.259
 and it is thick and it is dense, but it is so important to our faith. So to put it all together,

00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:37.980
 God demonstrates his perfect mercy and justice by delaying the penalty of all sins of all time

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:46.880
 until Christ came. And then when Christ came, he laid upon him the just judgment so that God's holy

00:43:46.880 --> 00:43:53.720
 wrath is satisfied and we are justified, clothed in a righteousness that is foreign to us, and it is all

00:43:53.720 --> 00:43:59.140
 a gift of God's grace. And friends, this is what the gospel is. This is what redemption is.

00:44:01.720 --> 00:44:07.860
 This is what makes Christianity so unique. Because number one, it's honest about who we are,

00:44:07.860 --> 00:44:16.039
 and it proclaims a God that we could not even fathom how good and grand and glorious he truly is.

00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:22.260
 This is the only way mercy and justice can exist harmoniously.

00:44:22.260 --> 00:44:31.200
 The late Tim Keller, he says it this way, God gave himself, God himself gave himself to save us from himself.

00:44:32.540 --> 00:44:39.200
 Let's end with this. Throughout this section and in the section that follows, starting in verse 27,

00:44:40.080 --> 00:44:45.740
 we see constantly faith. If you go through it and just look how many times faith is mentioned.

00:44:45.739 --> 00:44:54.319
 By faith, those who believe, by faith, faith, faith in, constantly. Faith is recognized, faith is proclaimed.

00:44:55.919 --> 00:45:01.379
 Verse 28, for we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

00:45:02.619 --> 00:45:09.039
 And I think it's said so many times because we are so prone to have misplaced faith.

00:45:09.039 --> 00:45:17.420
 This can't be as good as it seems. I have to do something. I have to take credit for something.

00:45:18.059 --> 00:45:22.719
 I have to be shown to be worthy of something. And how do we do that?

00:45:23.699 --> 00:45:30.199
 With our own strength, by our own merit, by our own ingenuity, by our own beauty, by our own goodness.

00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:38.139
 Or we throw up our hands in hopelessness and we say, I'm not worthy.

00:45:38.139 --> 00:45:42.500
 I can't do it. And instead of looking to Christ, we fall into despair.

00:45:43.779 --> 00:45:49.039
 This text instead is saying, put your faith in Christ.

00:45:49.199 --> 00:45:55.299
 It doesn't have to be like 100% perfect, redlining faith all your days.

00:45:55.879 --> 00:45:57.839
 But put it in the right object, friends.

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 Every other object will crumble.

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 It will not support the weight of your hopes and your desires.

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 And the reality is, even if you found something that seemed to be a comparable object, as Christ is,

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 which doesn't exist, but say you did.

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 You would only boast in it and be proud.

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 And you yourself would not be a source of blessing.

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 But you would be somebody who is like a black hole, where life revolves around you.

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 People exist for your purpose.

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 No, put your faith in Christ.

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 For we hold that one is justified by faith, apart from works of the law.

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 Find your comfort in the doctrines of God, of justification, of propitiation.

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 Trusting that God has demonstrated his righteousness and he gives it to you by faith as a gift.

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