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 My name is Dan Rocha. Thanks for being here this morning. It's a pleasure for me to be here.

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 This is my first time at this building that you guys are in, and that was actually one of the

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 things that I've been praying for. As a provisional elder of yours with Paul Buckley, we pray with

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 Sean and just hear about all the things that you guys are doing and working on in Cambridge and

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 really ministering in Cambridge. So we're supporting you as best as we can with our full-time jobs

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 besides, and really, I think one of the most effective ways that we can pray for you, effective

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 ways that we can serve you is to pray for you. And so that's what we do. We pray for this building

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 for you, and we look forward to praying for other things and seeing God's answers to those

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 prayers. As Matt mentioned earlier, I have my wife and four kids today. One extra, we're

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 in the process of trying to adopt through foster care, a little girl, two years old, Shelby is

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 her name, and it's an interesting process and sometimes trying in our patience and faith

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 in some ways too. But looking to God for how he will move and if he will grant us the adoption.

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 So we're praying for that. If you would like to pray for me, that's how you can pray is that

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 this little girl would be in a safe place and that we would get to adopt her.

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 And yeah, so that's a little bit about me. Let's get into the text. People like choices. We like to

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 choose from a variety of things. It's interesting, you go to the grocery store, you can choose all

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 kinds of different toilet paper even. I mean, there's different types, there's different brands,

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 napkins, napkins, all different kinds of napkins. Now if you go into the cereal aisle, there is an

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 entire wall of different cereals. So many choices. Apples, apples, there used to be just like a couple

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 of kinds of apples. And now there are countless apples at the store and at the orchard you can go to.

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 And I'm thankful for many of those choices. But people even like having choices for religion too.

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 You know, you have Buddhism, you have Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Atheism. You know, you have your path

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 and I have my path. And that's kind of how our culture is, that we get to choose our own things

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 and what's good for you is good for you and what's good for me is good for me. But really, the Apostle Paul

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 here is revealing to us that there are really only two choices in life. One of slavery and one of

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 freedom. There's legalism or promise. There's flesh or spirit. Now let me pray and ask God to work in

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 our hearts as we examine this text. Well, Father, we thank you for Galatians. We thank you for

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 this book that you've given to us, Lord, that we can trust what you have written to us, that it is truth.

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 And we ask that you would help us to see in our own lives where we are choosing slavery or

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 or we are choosing freedom and following you. Point out to us, may your Holy Spirit empower us

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 to put off those things that tempt us into sin and tempt us to that path of slavery, but to free our

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 minds and to free our souls through Christ. So we ask that you would do that in us this morning. Amen.

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 As part of the scriptures that we read this morning, before we read this particular passage,

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 what I think was from Romans, and it talked about being adopted as sons into God's family. So we have

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 been adopted and we're not living in a family as like a bond servant or as a slave or a servant,

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 but we are adopted as sons and daughters. So we are no longer slaves to sin. We are slaves. We're no

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 longer slaves to the law. We're no longer slaves to any kind of spiritual or ethical oppression.

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 So we must, what our place is in the family of God is to stand firm in the gospel. If we've been

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 freed by Christ, then why would we submit ourselves again to slavery and slavery to the law?

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 And so how I would summarize this particular text would be this. Stand firm for Christ has set us

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 free and do not submit to slavery again. Stand firm for Christ has set us free and do not submit to

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 slavery again. And Paul begins here by pitting the law against the law. That is, he's pitting the

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 commandments of God or just commandments in general versus the first five books of the Bible. So the

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 books that were written by Moses are often referred to as the Pentateuch today. But in scripture, in the

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 Jews of Paul's day, it was called the law. The law is the first five books of the Bible. Genesis, Exodus,

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 Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. That's the law that, that, that, uh, or one way that, that he's using.

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 So he says in verse 21, tell me you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?

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 He's making a play on words. Really? He's saying, tell me you who desire to be under the commandments,

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 do you not listen to the first five books of Moses? This, this play on words using the law against the

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 law illustrates how ridiculous it is trying to, to return to the Mosaic law in order to be righteous.

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 Because if you read those five first, first five books, you realize that God has not dealt with us

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 according to the law, but according to grace. And so he traces the story of Abraham and his sons as an

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 example, using part of those books that Moses wrote, Genesis.

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 So let's read 22 and 23 of chapter four.

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 For it is written that Abraham, Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman.

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 But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh while the son of the free woman was born through

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 promise. And so you have two sons. This is my first point, two sons, one by slavery, one by freedom.

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 Now, first you might be questioning how Abraham could have slaves.

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 And to our modern ears, that sounds abominable. Or why, you know, why would God permit slavery?

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 So, so first I'm going to address, this isn't the message, but I have to address this.

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 First is not to make excuses or make it any more acceptable, but to help you understand it was a

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 different culture in that they didn't see the huge difference that we see between a servant and a slave.

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 That doesn't make it acceptable, but that goes into my second point about that, is that

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 not everything that the heroes of the Bible did were good things.

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 Note Abraham lying to Pharaoh about Sarah being his, his sister. And, and a number of other examples,

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 you can see, that, that point that, that all of these kind of savior figures, hero figures in the Bible,

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 they're flawed. They're flawed, just like you and me. And flawed in some ways that are even greater than us

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 sometimes. And yet they did greater things as well for God. And so I'm thankful for Abraham,

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 even amidst all his failures. But this sermon isn't about that. But I wanted to make it clear

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 that the Bible does not in any way promote slavery of any kind. In fact, it, it speaks against spiritual

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 slavery. And so we extrapolate that it would also speak against any kind of slavery. So back to the

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 text. When Abraham was told by God, remember in Genesis, the story that Abraham was told by God

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 that he would have a son and he and his wife, Sarah, were very old. They had not been able to conceive for

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 their however many years, 90 more or more years. Then they became impatient. Sarah ended up offering her

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 slave Hagar to Abraham so that he could have a son. And of course, that didn't turn out very well.

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 Of course, he had a son, Ishmael. But whenever you involve more than one woman in a marriage,

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 it doesn't go well. So verse 23, the son of the slave was born according to the flesh.

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 And here, here's, he's opposing the flesh and the spirit. So God made this promise to Abraham,

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 but Abraham took matters into his own hands. That's, that's the fleshly way, taking matters

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 into your own hands. God's way is very different. Instead of striving to fulfill the promise that was

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 given to him, Abraham could have rested in the knowledge that he simply needed to follow God

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 and God would have kept his promise.

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 God fulfills his promise. So if you follow him, he will give those promises. It's not for you to

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 accomplish in a kind of worldly fleshly way, but for God to accomplish. And of course, later on,

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 Abraham did learn to put his trust in God. The end of verse 23. So the son of the slave was born

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 according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through promise. This son of the

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 free woman, Sarah, was born through promise. Isaac, the son, gained all the inheritance and all the

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 promises that were made to Abraham. In Genesis 26, three to four, he says this to Isaac,

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 I will be with you and bless you for to you and to your offspring. I will give you all these lands

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 and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham, your father. I will multiply your offspring

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 as the stars of the heaven and I will give your offspring all these lands and in your offspring,

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 all the nations of the earth shall be blessed. If you're familiar with what God promised to

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 Abraham in chapters 12 and a couple of other chapters, that sounds very familiar. Those are all

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 the promises that God had made to Abraham. Now Isaac gets all of those promises. He gains all that

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 inheritance. So Ishmael, born of the flesh, does not get these. And so then Paul gets into talking about

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 the covenants. So verse 24. Now this may be interpreted allegorically. These women are two covenants. One is

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 from Mount Sinai bearing children for slavery. She is Hagar. So again, I have to address this language of

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 interpreting these women allegorically. Typically we think of allegory as a kind of fiction. Pilgrim's

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 progress where each character in each place and event represents an idea or a deeper spiritual truth.

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 And it's fiction. But we're not talking about fiction here. Abraham and Sarah and Hagar, Ishmael, Isaac,

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 these are all people that really actually lived in history. And these things, these events really did

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 take place. And so what he means here is not our typical imagination of fiction, allegory as fiction, but a deeper

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 spiritual understanding of these events of history. And these are themes that the Bible hits on over and over and

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 over and puts these two women as the point for these two sons. And these two sons as the representations of these two

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 different covenants. And two really two different religions. Two paths to walk down. One son born according

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 to the flesh. One son born according to the promise. The spirit.

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 And so what is a covenant though? A very simple definition is that a covenant is a binding agreement that God makes with his people.

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 They can be as simple as the Ten Commandments.

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 The Ten Commandments that's part of a covenant.

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 Or the commands to Adam and Eve not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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 Or the New Covenant in Christ's blood that we celebrate at the Lord's Supper that we'll do later.

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 So it can be simple.

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 The Ten Commandments.

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 It's very short.

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 Or the New Covenant.

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 The New Covenant is full of promises.

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 It involves the story of Christ in the gospel.

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 That's part of the covenant.

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 How God deals with his people.

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 And so,

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 there are two covenants really.

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 Two overarching covenants.

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 There are lots of kind of sub-covenants in between there.

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 But there are really two big covenants.

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 One of works.

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 And one of grace.

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 And so,

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 these two overarching covenants,

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 which govern all the other covenants God has made with his people.

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 One is law.

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 The other is grace.

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 One is flesh.

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 The other is spirit.

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 And God gave the covenant of works to Adam and Eve.

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 He said,

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 don't eat from this tree.

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 You can eat from every other tree.

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 You can't eat from that tree.

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 And they failed,

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 of course.

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 They ate from the tree.

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 They sinned.

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 But,

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 then right afterwards,

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 God gives them a covenant of grace

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 and promising them that from Eve

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 will come one who would crush the serpent's head.

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 And while God has given us rules to follow,

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 he's been continuing to deal with his people

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 in the way of grace

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 and not of works.

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 God promised Abraham

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 he would become the father of a multitude

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 and bless all nations.

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 God promised Israel

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 that they would receive the promised land.

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 God will keep those promises

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 because God is the one doing these things.

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 God never meant for the Ten Commandments

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 given at Mount Sinai

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 and all the subcommands that followed

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 to be the way to earn salvation.

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 He never intended that.

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 These are commands.

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 These are how you're supposed to live.

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 These aren't how to get in my good graces.

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 And that should have been clear

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 in how God dealt with his people

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 and in reading these five books of Moses.

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 Especially if you read Genesis or Exodus.

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 You see the people of God

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 fail over and over and over.

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 And they sin over and over and over.

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 And God gets angry.

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 Yes.

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 He deals with some of those people.

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 There's punishment.

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 Yes, for some.

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 But still, he was gracious.

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 He could have wiped them all out

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 because that's what they deserved.

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 But he was gracious.

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 He was patient.

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 He was kind.

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 When Abraham sinned in taking Hagar

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 and in being impatient

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 with the whole process of promising an heir,

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 God could have said,

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 Well, you know what?

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 You broke my covenant

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 and so you don't get any heirs.

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 But that's not what God did.

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 God restored Abraham.

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 Brought him to faith again.

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 That's the way of grace.

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 That's the way of the Spirit.

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 The law that God gave to Israel,

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 it's wonderful and beautiful.

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 But the law makes a poor God.

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 And when you make the law your God,

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 you become a slave of the law.

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 And this was true of the Israelites

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 in Moses' day.

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 It was true of Paul,

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 true of the Jews in Paul's day.

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 When faced with promises,

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 they chose the path of the flesh.

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 So let's get into this a little bit more.

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 Verse 25.

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 Now, Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia.

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 She corresponds to the present Jerusalem,

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 for she is in slavery with her children.

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 But the Jerusalem above is free,

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 and she is our mother.

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 For it is written,

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 Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear.

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 Break forth and cry aloud,

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 you who are not in labor.

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 For the children of the desolate one

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 will be more than those of the one

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 who has a husband.

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 So here we have two Jerusalems.

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 This is my second point.

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 Two Jerusalems.

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 One present and one above.

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 Now, remember, present,

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 I'm talking about back in Jesus' day,

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 back in Paul's day.

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 Jerusalem now is a little different.

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 Paul is asking the Galatians,

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 and I'm asking you this.

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 Do you think that God on Mount Sinai,

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 when He gave those Ten Commandments,

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 the God that brought the Israelites

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 out of slavery to Pharaoh,

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 do you think that God meant

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 for these Ten Commandments

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 to then enslave the Israelites

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 so that they would become slaves again?

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 Did God want the Israelites

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 to make the law their God?

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 And serving the law their God?

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 And yet, that was their tendency.

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 They tended to either make the law their God

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 or to shrug that off entirely

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 and complain and do whatever they wanted.

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 But instead, God shows them grace over and over.

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 They failed in many ways,

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 and yet God continued to make them into His people.

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 I don't know about you,

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 but that sounds familiar in my own life.

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 I sin in even the same ways

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 over and over,

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 and yet God continues to bring me

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 into a place of faith,

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 a place of obedience,

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 a place of worship of Him.

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 And the Jews of Paul's day,

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 especially the Pharisees,

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 had made the law their God.

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 And in fact,

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 they had made a hedge around the law

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 so that they had law upon law,

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 and that was the commandments.

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 And if you didn't follow those commandments too,

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 you weren't serving God.

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 That's what they would say.

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 And really,

00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:16.440
 they had made themselves slaves.

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 They couldn't see past that.

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 They couldn't see past that

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 to see that Jesus died for them.

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 They couldn't see that God

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 was dealing with them in a way of grace.

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 He was trying to deal with them

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 in a way of grace,

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 and yet they rejected it.

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 And so they were encouraging others

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 to join them in their slavery

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 by forcing them to keep the trials

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 and keeping the rituals, really,

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 that no longer bound them.

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 And they were even trying to force the Gentiles,

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 if you really want to be a Jew,

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 you really want to follow God,

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 you've got to keep these rituals too.

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 But those rituals never bound them

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 in the first place.

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 And it was as if the Judaizers

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 and the Pharisees

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 and the Jews of Paul's day

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 had isolated Mount Sinai.

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 Here we have Mount Sinai.

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 That's the Ten Commandments

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 is where we get the law of God.

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 And then they forget about

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 the rest of God's dealing with His people.

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 You read the Old Testament

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 and it is God dealing with His people

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 in a gracious way.

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 They are sometimes idiots

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 in how they rebel against God

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 over and over and over.

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 And yet God deals with them with grace.

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 Did the Pharisees not read this?

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 And yet we can do the same thing.

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 So God had already promised them

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 that He would be their God

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 and that they would be His people.

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 He promised that He would deliver them

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 out of the hands of their enemies.

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 These were promises

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 that the Jews of Paul's day still had.

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 And yet they adopted

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 a legalistic observation

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 of the law and of the Old Testament.

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 And that's what Paul's talking about.

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 The present day Jerusalem

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 that Paul speaks about

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 is full of this ritualistic allegiance

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 not to God but to the law.

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 And Jerusalem in Paul's day

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 represented slavery of God's people.

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 Slavery to the law.

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 Slavery to the flesh.

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 And all who are children of Hagar,

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 children of Jerusalem in Jesus' day,

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 they are all slaves.

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 But there is another reality to Jerusalem.

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 There is another Jerusalem.

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 One that is the fulfillment

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 of all things to come.

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 One where Christ reigns on His throne.

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 One where Jesus is the temple.

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 One where the kingdom of God

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 brings freedom, not slavery.

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 One where the law is not a God

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 but a guide.

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 A Jerusalem where instead of being

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 many barriers and hurdles

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 to cross in order to commune with God,

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 the Jerusalem above is one

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 where we commune with God

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 because the dividing wall

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 has been broken down by Christ.

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 This is the Jerusalem

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 that is our mother.

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 If you are a Christian,

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 you believe that Christ

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 has died for you.

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 The Jerusalem above is free.

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 Verse 25.

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 This Jerusalem,

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 it really is,

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 I think it's talking about the church.

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 Not this building

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 or this particular local church

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 but the true universal church of Christ.

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 Belonging to that community.

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 Belonging to the family of God.

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 And if Jerusalem above is free

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 and she's our mother,

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 then we're free as well.

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 And that is true.

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 If you are following God,

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 you're accepting that Christ paid

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 for your sin on the cross.

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 Now, verse 27.

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 You see how it's in a different format

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:17.920
 in your Bible probably?

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 Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear.

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 Break forth and cry aloud,

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 you who are not in labor.

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 For the children of the desolate one

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 will be more than those of the one

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 who has a husband.

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 He's quoting Isaiah 54.1.

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 And it's important to look.

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 When the New Testament quotes

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 in the Old Testament,

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 you are supposed to know

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 the context that that's quoting.

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 So not just the text that's there

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 but also the surrounding chapter

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 in the Old Testament.

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 And if you don't know it,

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 and you're probably like me,

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 I don't know it necessarily offhand,

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 go look at the Old Testament.

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 You can see cross-references in your Bible.

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 And go and look

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 and turn to Isaiah 54 or 53.

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 I'll read from there.

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 You don't have to look,

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 but you can if you want.

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 But it's important to look at that context

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 because Paul's not just picking

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:13.380
 this random verse that proves his point.

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 He's picking a particular context

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 to prove his point

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 and carries with it

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 some amount of magnitude.

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 Let's read.

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 I'll read from Isaiah 53.12.

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 Therefore I will divide him

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 a portion with the many

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 and he shall divide the spoil

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 with the strong.

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 And he poured out his soul to death

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 and he was numbered

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.960
 with the transgressors.

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 Yet he bore the sin of many

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 and makes intercession

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:42.640
 for the transgressors.

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 Clearly that's talking about Jesus

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 dying on the cross.

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 And he continues.

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 54 verse 1.

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 Sing, O barren one who did not bear.

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 Break forth into singing

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 and cry aloud,

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 you who have not been in labor.

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 For the children of the desolate one

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 will be more than the children

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:02.740
 of her who is married,

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 says the Lord.

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 Enlarge the place of your tent

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 and let the curtains

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:08.259
 of your habitations be stretched out.

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 Don't hold back.

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 Lengthen your cords

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 and strengthen your stakes.

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 For you will spread abroad

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 to the right and to the left

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 and your offspring

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:18.119
 will possess the nations.

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 It's Jesus' death on the cross

00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:25.800
 for our sins

00:26:25.800 --> 00:26:27.460
 and for the sins

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:29.000
 of all transgressors

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:32.160
 like us.

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 It's his death

00:26:34.540 --> 00:26:35.500
 that leads us

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:37.640
 to possess the nations,

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:39.440
 to spread throughout

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:40.780
 the world.

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 This is a promise.

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:44.259
 This is a promise

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:46.720
 that the Galatians

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:49.680
 would be most encouraged by.

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.700
 At the time

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:52.320
 when Christianity

00:26:52.320 --> 00:26:53.840
 was new,

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:56.620
 it may have felt

00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:57.580
 like it was going to be

00:26:57.580 --> 00:26:58.240
 snuffed out

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.019
 at any moment.

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:01.920
 So now we see

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.380
 Christianity

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:03.680
 has kind of exploded.

00:27:03.840 --> 00:27:04.640
 It's worldwide.

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:06.920
 There's not that many countries

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.740
 out there

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:09.460
 that don't know the gospel,

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.799
 that haven't heard the gospel,

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:12.480
 that there aren't Bibles towards.

00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:13.600
 There's not missionaries.

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.460
 There's not churches.

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:16.080
 There's a few.

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:18.720
 And there's certainly persecution.

00:27:20.439 --> 00:27:21.179
 But Christianity

00:27:21.179 --> 00:27:22.319
 isn't going anywhere

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:23.159
 anytime soon.

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:24.279
 It's not about to be

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.899
 snuffed out.

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:26.119
 And it's not something

00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:26.939
 that you can kill

00:27:26.939 --> 00:27:28.119
 with intellectualism

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:29.720
 or disprove with science

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.419
 because Christianity

00:27:30.419 --> 00:27:31.720
 doesn't oppose those things.

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.619
 But when Paul

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.779
 was addressing the Galatians,

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.699
 they had experienced

00:27:36.699 --> 00:27:37.859
 persecution.

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:40.199
 Not many had heard

00:27:40.199 --> 00:27:40.859
 about Jesus.

00:27:41.699 --> 00:27:42.639
 And those who had

00:27:42.639 --> 00:27:43.099
 thought it was

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:45.059
 some weird Jewish cult thing.

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:47.440
 they didn't understand.

00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:49.220
 And those who had

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:54.039
 thought it would just,

00:27:54.179 --> 00:27:55.039
 oh, it's a new thing,

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.539
 new trend,

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.339
 and it's going to go away

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.879
 pretty soon.

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.559
 And many thought

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:59.539
 it wasn't going to go anywhere.

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:01.379
 And the Galatians

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:02.599
 were being pressured

00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:04.220
 into becoming true Jews

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:05.799
 because the Jewish communities

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:07.519
 were recognized by Rome.

00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:09.419
 They knew who the Jews were.

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.200
 They didn't know

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.259
 who the Christians were.

00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:14.139
 That was some weird group.

00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:15.380
 Yeah, they follow

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:16.120
 the Jewish law,

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:17.660
 but they do other things too.

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:20.380
 And so the Galatians

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:21.560
 were being pressured

00:28:21.560 --> 00:28:23.660
 into becoming true Jews.

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:26.120
 You have to be circumcised

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:27.040
 and you have to do this

00:28:27.040 --> 00:28:27.940
 and you have to do that.

00:28:28.300 --> 00:28:29.620
 Follow all the rituals

00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:32.759
 in order to follow Christ.

00:28:34.520 --> 00:28:36.720
 Or rather than following Christ.

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:41.160
 And the Christians of Paul's day

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:43.860
 felt barren.

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:45.220
 They were desolate

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:46.160
 and desperate.

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:47.920
 Lonely in a world

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.740
 that seemed like

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.579
 it could stuff out

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.960
 Christianity any moment.

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:55.299
 And today can feel like that,

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:56.279
 especially in here

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:57.680
 in New England sometimes,

00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:59.940
 where maybe none

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.940
 of your coworkers

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:01.940
 are Christian.

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:04.320
 or maybe a couple

00:29:04.320 --> 00:29:05.080
 say they are

00:29:05.080 --> 00:29:06.539
 but don't really seem

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:08.380
 to ever go to church.

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:10.299
 Or maybe they do

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:13.620
 but they don't seem

00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:14.960
 to talk about it at all.

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.380
 Or they're Christian

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:17.680
 in maybe name only.

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:20.600
 Or maybe you can't even

00:29:20.600 --> 00:29:21.680
 mention Jesus

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:23.180
 at your particular job

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:24.680
 or risk losing your job.

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:27.539
 And it seems like

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.279
 maybe there are

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:29.240
 less and less

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:30.360
 faithful churches

00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:32.200
 every year,

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:33.039
 every decade.

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.539
 And so,

00:29:37.060 --> 00:29:39.640
 though maybe the South

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.539
 and the U.S.

00:29:40.580 --> 00:29:41.440
 is booming

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:42.060
 with churches

00:29:42.060 --> 00:29:42.799
 left and right

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:44.220
 here in New England,

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:46.299
 that used to be the case.

00:29:46.600 --> 00:29:47.160
 And there are certainly

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:48.019
 church buildings

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:49.880
 but there aren't

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:52.019
 a lot of churches

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:53.860
 that are growing fast.

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:55.940
 churches are growing

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.900
 very slowly

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.900
 and new converts

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:59.120
 are very slow.

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.759
 And so,

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:03.360
 it can feel lonely

00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:06.259
 but we have a hope.

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:09.539
 We are not in slavery.

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:13.560
 It is those

00:30:13.560 --> 00:30:15.720
 who are around us

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:17.140
 and do not see

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:18.779
 their need for Christ.

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:21.680
 They are slaves.

00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:23.299
 They are slaves to sin.

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.259
 They are slaves

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:25.799
 slaves to false religions.

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:27.879
 Slaves to atheism

00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:28.839
 or agnosticism.

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:30.759
 Slaves to legalism even.

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.900
 Trying to win

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.859
 their salvation

00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:34.400
 whether they believe

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:35.240
 in God or not.

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:37.279
 This is the common thing

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:39.119
 of man

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:40.900
 is to try to win.

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:42.119
 Do more good

00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:43.460
 than bad

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:45.579
 and whoever is out there

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.900
 will judge me well.

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:49.960
 But that is not

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.880
 how it works.

00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:53.220
 When we sin

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:54.259
 if we sin

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:55.780
 and every

00:30:55.780 --> 00:30:57.540
 person has

00:30:57.540 --> 00:30:58.180
 sinned.

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.800
 Every person

00:30:58.800 --> 00:30:59.700
 who has ever lived

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.880
 has sinned

00:31:01.800 --> 00:31:02.780
 except for Jesus.

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.600
 And that

00:31:07.600 --> 00:31:08.519
 one sin

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.840
 although

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:11.019
 you have committed

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.360
 many

00:31:11.360 --> 00:31:12.200
 let's be honest.

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:13.880
 I have too.

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:16.040
 that one sin

00:31:16.040 --> 00:31:16.760
 one sin

00:31:16.760 --> 00:31:17.440
 is enough

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:18.800
 to send you

00:31:18.800 --> 00:31:19.360
 to death

00:31:19.360 --> 00:31:21.620
 and to eternal

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:22.320
 death.

00:31:23.540 --> 00:31:24.740
 To not reach heaven

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.940
 to not be with God.

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:28.560
 Because you're declaring

00:31:28.560 --> 00:31:29.360
 by your sin

00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:29.840
 you're declaring

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.920
 I want to be my own boss.

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.840
 I want to be my own king.

00:31:32.040 --> 00:31:33.160
 I want to be my own God.

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:34.440
 And so

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:36.019
 what God gives you

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:38.900
 is just that.

00:31:39.300 --> 00:31:40.340
 You want to be your own God

00:31:40.340 --> 00:31:41.160
 you will see what

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:43.160
 it is really like

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.580
 without

00:31:43.580 --> 00:31:44.660
 Him.

00:31:46.860 --> 00:31:47.340
 And yet

00:31:47.340 --> 00:31:48.019
 God has

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:49.240
 rescued us

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:52.120
 out of that.

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.480
 Out of making

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.140
 our

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:55.320
 our own selves

00:31:55.320 --> 00:31:56.180
 our God.

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.120
 It's making

00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:58.660
 our idols

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.480
 our God.

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.240
 God has

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:01.460
 rescued us

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:02.400
 and given us faith.

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:04.200
 And He has

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:05.400
 paid for

00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:06.960
 all of our sin

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.920
 upon the cross.

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:09.960
 And so

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:11.519
 we're now part

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.180
 of this promise

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:13.420
 and we know

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.360
 that God's kingdom

00:32:14.360 --> 00:32:15.279
 will ever

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:16.460
 increase here

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:17.100
 on earth.

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:18.440
 Jesus will

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:18.860
 possess

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.820
 the nations

00:32:19.820 --> 00:32:20.840
 and the church

00:32:20.840 --> 00:32:21.480
 will spread

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.740
 to all nations

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:24.080
 every tribe

00:32:24.080 --> 00:32:24.759
 and tongue

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:26.220
 and nation.

00:32:26.820 --> 00:32:28.080
 We have hope.

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.620
 We're children

00:32:28.620 --> 00:32:29.240
 of promise

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:30.440
 so we should

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:30.840
 expect

00:32:30.840 --> 00:32:32.320
 opposition

00:32:32.320 --> 00:32:33.100
 from the world

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.719
 we should

00:32:33.719 --> 00:32:34.099
 expect

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.599
 the enemy

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:35.099
 to tempt

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:35.419
 us

00:32:35.419 --> 00:32:35.959
 with

00:32:35.959 --> 00:32:36.819
 legalism

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.439
 and tempt

00:32:37.439 --> 00:32:37.639
 us

00:32:37.639 --> 00:32:37.819
 with

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.459
 falling

00:32:38.459 --> 00:32:38.799
 back

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.039
 into

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.639
 slavery.

00:32:41.159 --> 00:32:41.779
 And Paul

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:42.439
 addresses this

00:32:42.439 --> 00:32:42.899
 in the next

00:32:42.899 --> 00:32:43.399
 section

00:32:43.399 --> 00:32:44.459
 in verse

00:32:44.459 --> 00:32:45.519
 28

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:45.919
 beginning.

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.339
 Verse 28

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:47.919
 Now you

00:32:47.919 --> 00:32:48.240
 brothers

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.980
 like Isaac

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.699
 are children

00:32:49.699 --> 00:32:50.480
 of promise

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.240
 but just

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.500
 as

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:53.019
 at that

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.399
 time

00:32:53.399 --> 00:32:53.799
 he who

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.159
 was born

00:32:54.159 --> 00:32:54.480
 according

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.799
 to the

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.019
 flesh

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.659
 persecuted

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:56.839
 him who

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.279
 was born

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.579
 according

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:57.879
 to the

00:32:57.879 --> 00:32:58.159
 spirit

00:32:58.159 --> 00:32:58.980
 so also

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.299
 it is

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.659
 now.

00:32:59.659 --> 00:33:00.539
 But what

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:01.059
 does the

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.759
 scripture say?

00:33:02.419 --> 00:33:02.859
 Cast out the

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.399
 slave woman

00:33:03.399 --> 00:33:04.059
 and her son

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.679
 for the son

00:33:04.679 --> 00:33:05.500
 of the slave

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:05.959
 woman shall

00:33:05.959 --> 00:33:06.599
 not inherit

00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:07.459
 with the son

00:33:07.459 --> 00:33:07.859
 of the free

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:08.159
 woman.

00:33:08.679 --> 00:33:09.279
 So brothers

00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:10.000
 we are not

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.839
 children of the

00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:11.500
 slave but of

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:12.000
 the free

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.779
 woman.

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:15.099
 So there's

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.759
 two paths

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.119
 really.

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:16.879
 That's my

00:33:16.879 --> 00:33:17.299
 third and

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:17.839
 final point.

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:18.980
 There's two

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.299
 paths.

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:19.940
 One of

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:21.180
 flesh and

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:21.879
 one of

00:33:21.879 --> 00:33:22.579
 promise.

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:23.879
 Two paths.

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.220
 One of

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.839
 flesh and

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.059
 one of

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.440
 promise.

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.119
 There's no

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:28.319
 middle road.

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.700
 There's no

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:30.119
 path out

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:30.359
 here.

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:30.720
 There's no

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.799
 third choice.

00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:32.960
 You're either

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.720
 on a path

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.399
 of flesh

00:33:34.399 --> 00:33:35.279
 or a

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:36.039
 path of

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.619
 promise.

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.339
 But being

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:39.399
 a child

00:33:39.399 --> 00:33:40.180
 of promise

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:40.899
 as you are

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.500
 if you believe

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:42.000
 in Christ

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.539
 you believe

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.819
 that he

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.440
 died and

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:44.299
 rose again

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.859
 for your

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:45.180
 sin.

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:47.859
 If you're

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.119
 part of

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:48.539
 that it's

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.200
 not all

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:50.059
 sunshine and

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.359
 roses.

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.539
 You know

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.819
 that.

00:33:53.899 --> 00:33:54.799
 Verse 29

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.460
 those born

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:55.720
 of the

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.680
 flesh persecute

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.299
 those born

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:57.680
 of the

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:57.980
 spirit.

00:33:58.619 --> 00:33:59.460
 We will

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.079
 encounter

00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:00.879
 opposition.

00:34:02.159 --> 00:34:02.899
 We will

00:34:02.899 --> 00:34:03.379
 encounter

00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:04.519
 persecution.

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:05.799
 We will

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.220
 experience

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:07.019
 pressure not

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.799
 only from

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.559
 those outside

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:08.940
 the church

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.420
 but even

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.340
 from within

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.779
 the church

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:11.619
 like Paul

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.119
 is addressing

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.380
 in the

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:12.900
 church of

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.420
 Galatians

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:13.759
 that it's

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:14.179
 a mix

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:15.119
 of people

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.480
 who are

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:16.239
 pressuring

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:17.199
 in the

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:18.139
 wrong ways

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:20.739
 into temptation

00:34:20.739 --> 00:34:21.920
 with legalism

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.960
 and slavery.

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:24.259
 There are

00:34:24.259 --> 00:34:24.940
 those who

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.539
 wish to

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:26.179
 add rules

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.579
 for how

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.219
 to live

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:27.659
 the Christian

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:27.980
 life.

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.519
 Let's say

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:29.279
 you can't

00:34:29.279 --> 00:34:29.880
 do this

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.380
 or can't

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:31.000
 do that

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:33.000
 that aren't

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.940
 clearly laid

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.400
 out in

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:34.759
 scripture.

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:38.120
 and the

00:34:38.120 --> 00:34:38.380
 world

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:38.740
 doesn't

00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:39.380
 understand

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:40.020
 Christianity.

00:34:40.600 --> 00:34:40.780
 Every

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.440
 other

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:42.000
 religion

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.480
 in the

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.760
 world

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:43.740
 is about

00:34:43.740 --> 00:34:44.220
 doing

00:34:44.220 --> 00:34:44.800
 enough

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:45.140
 good

00:34:45.140 --> 00:34:45.400
 to

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:45.940
 outweigh

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.160
 the

00:34:46.160 --> 00:34:46.500
 bad.

00:34:47.020 --> 00:34:47.460
 Even

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:47.760
 those

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:47.920
 who

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.220
 don't

00:34:48.220 --> 00:34:48.480
 believe

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:48.620
 in

00:34:48.620 --> 00:34:49.020
 God

00:34:49.020 --> 00:34:50.200
 believe

00:34:50.200 --> 00:34:50.500
 that we

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:50.660
 should

00:34:50.660 --> 00:34:50.860
 leave

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:50.980
 the

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.120
 world

00:34:51.120 --> 00:34:51.340
 having

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.560
 done

00:34:51.560 --> 00:34:51.780
 more

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.080
 good

00:34:52.080 --> 00:34:52.300
 than

00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:52.640
 bad.

00:34:53.700 --> 00:34:53.880
 And

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.020
 they're

00:34:54.020 --> 00:34:54.280
 trying

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:54.460
 to

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.000
 achieve

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.260
 whether

00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:55.480
 they

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:55.660
 know

00:34:55.660 --> 00:34:55.780
 it

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:55.880
 or

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.020
 not

00:34:56.020 --> 00:34:56.200
 they're

00:34:56.200 --> 00:34:56.460
 trying

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:56.600
 to

00:34:56.600 --> 00:34:56.860
 achieve

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.120
 something

00:34:57.120 --> 00:34:57.340
 they

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:57.640
 cannot

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.500
 possibly

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.599
 achieve

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.719
 is to

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:01.319
 outweigh

00:35:01.319 --> 00:35:01.659
 your

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:02.500
 good

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:05.019
 to

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.500
 outweigh

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:05.779
 the

00:35:05.779 --> 00:35:06.059
 bad

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.319
 with

00:35:06.319 --> 00:35:06.480
 the

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:06.739
 good.

00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:07.739
 You

00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:08.079
 can't

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.279
 do

00:35:08.279 --> 00:35:08.500
 that.

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:08.699
 The

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.000
 scale

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.139
 is

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:09.539
 already

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:09.679
 at

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:09.799
 the

00:35:09.799 --> 00:35:10.099
 bottom.

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:10.699
 If

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:10.759
 you

00:35:10.759 --> 00:35:10.940
 have

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.339
 sinned

00:35:11.339 --> 00:35:12.379
 you

00:35:12.379 --> 00:35:13.059
 cannot

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:14.400
 reach

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:14.859
 God.

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:15.719
 There

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:16.179
 is a

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:17.179
 you know

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:17.900
 from

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:19.739
 if

00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:19.980
 you're

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.139
 the

00:35:20.139 --> 00:35:20.579
 worst

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:20.799
 of

00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:21.079
 sinners

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.799
 it's

00:35:21.799 --> 00:35:21.980
 like

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.159
 you're

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:22.519
 down

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:22.839
 in

00:35:22.839 --> 00:35:23.519
 the

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:24.059
 depths

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.239
 of

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:24.359
 a

00:35:24.359 --> 00:35:24.679
 mind

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.480
 and

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:25.799
 the

00:35:25.799 --> 00:35:26.339
 best

00:35:26.339 --> 00:35:26.859
 of

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:28.240
 sinners

00:35:28.240 --> 00:35:29.079
 is

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.200
 at

00:35:29.200 --> 00:35:29.320
 the

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:29.920
 mountaintop

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:31.059
 but

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.380
 neither

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:31.660
 can

00:35:31.660 --> 00:35:31.900
 reach

00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:32.320
 God.

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.640
 You

00:35:33.640 --> 00:35:33.940
 can't

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.140
 reach

00:35:34.140 --> 00:35:34.340
 the

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:34.720
 heavens

00:35:34.720 --> 00:35:36.079
 still

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:36.559
 stuck

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:36.920
 on

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.039
 the

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.400
 ground.

00:35:38.200 --> 00:35:38.740
 We

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.000
 need

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.420
 Christ

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:39.760
 to

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:39.900
 do

00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:40.180
 that.

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.039
 The

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.280
 point

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:42.440
 here

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:42.700
 is not

00:35:42.700 --> 00:35:42.900
 about

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.460
 persecution

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:43.800
 but

00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:43.980
 that

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.099
 you

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.300
 should

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:44.579
 know

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:44.760
 that

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:44.900
 the

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.180
 path

00:35:45.180 --> 00:35:45.320
 of

00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:45.720
 promise

00:35:45.720 --> 00:35:46.579
 is

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.460
 opposed

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:48.539
 on

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:48.860
 every

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.300
 side

00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:50.300
 and

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:50.460
 so

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:50.760
 we

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:51.200
 must

00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:51.700
 oppose

00:35:51.700 --> 00:35:51.900
 the

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.260
 path

00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:52.519
 of

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:52.680
 the

00:35:52.680 --> 00:35:52.980
 flesh

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:53.260
 of

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:53.820
 legalism

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:53.940
 and

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:54.059
 of

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:54.440
 slavery.

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.099
 Don't

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.460
 allow

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:55.620
 it

00:35:55.620 --> 00:35:55.820
 to

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.079
 linger

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.300
 in

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:56.440
 your

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:56.620
 own

00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:57.000
 life.

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:57.519
 When

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:57.640
 you

00:35:57.640 --> 00:35:57.860
 see

00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.280
 it

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.660
 creeping

00:35:58.660 --> 00:35:58.980
 into

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.140
 your

00:35:59.140 --> 00:35:59.300
 own

00:35:59.300 --> 00:35:59.559
 life

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.059
 put

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.200
 it

00:36:00.200 --> 00:36:00.360
 to

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:00.720
 death

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.300
 and

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:01.680
 return

00:36:01.680 --> 00:36:02.380
 to

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:02.800
 the

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:03.059
 freedom

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.380
 that's

00:36:03.380 --> 00:36:03.519
 in

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:03.900
 Christ.

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:04.500
 Return

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:04.660
 to

00:36:04.660 --> 00:36:05.059
 trusting

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.480
 in

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:05.860
 Christ.

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:06.480
 That

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:06.680
 his

00:36:06.680 --> 00:36:07.099
 sacrifice

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:07.320
 is

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:07.620
 enough

00:36:07.620 --> 00:36:07.840
 to

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:08.260
 cover

00:36:08.260 --> 00:36:09.160
 not

00:36:09.160 --> 00:36:09.380
 only

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:09.579
 all

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:09.760
 your

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:10.039
 sin

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.200
 but

00:36:10.200 --> 00:36:10.660
 sufficient

00:36:10.660 --> 00:36:11.000
 for

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.300
 all

00:36:11.300 --> 00:36:11.480
 your

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:11.920
 righteousness.

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.360
 All

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:12.820
 that

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:12.980
 you

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.140
 would

00:36:13.140 --> 00:36:13.360
 need

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:13.480
 to

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:13.920
 appear

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.559
 good

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:14.960
 before

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.400
 God.

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:16.019
 God

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.900
 and

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.360
 this

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:17.820
 also

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:18.780
 hits

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:19.000
 us

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.119
 a

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:19.220
 little

00:36:19.220 --> 00:36:19.360
 bit

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:19.539
 more

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:20.000
 subtly

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:21.340
 sometimes.

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:23.160
 I don't

00:36:23.160 --> 00:36:23.480
 know about

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:23.660
 you,

00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:24.059
 but I

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.260
 am

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:24.639
 not

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.079
 particularly

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.539
 tempted

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:26.160
 to

00:36:26.160 --> 00:36:27.099
 engage

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.400
 in all

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:27.539
 the

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.079
 ritualistic

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:28.639
 practices

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.440
 of

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:29.880
 Judaism.

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:32.139
 That's

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.780
 not

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.139
 the

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.720
 thing

00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.000
 that

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.260
 really

00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:34.900
 assaults

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.139
 this

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:35.460
 church,

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:35.860
 I don't

00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:36.220
 think.

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:39.219
 not

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:39.480
 in our

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:39.759
 modern

00:36:39.759 --> 00:36:40.059
 day,

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:40.339
 but

00:36:40.339 --> 00:36:40.699
 people

00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:40.939
 can

00:36:40.939 --> 00:36:41.299
 often

00:36:41.299 --> 00:36:42.299
 face

00:36:42.299 --> 00:36:43.899
 choices

00:36:43.899 --> 00:36:44.719
 that

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.319
 also

00:36:45.319 --> 00:36:45.799
 become

00:36:45.799 --> 00:36:46.019
 a

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.219
 kind

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:46.339
 of

00:36:46.339 --> 00:36:46.659
 slavery.

00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:47.019
 There's

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:48.319
 one,

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:49.099
 there's

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.659
 legalism,

00:36:49.759 --> 00:36:50.000
 yes.

00:36:50.779 --> 00:36:51.079
 We can

00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:51.439
 be tempted

00:36:51.439 --> 00:36:51.939
 by a

00:36:51.939 --> 00:36:52.339
 legalism

00:36:52.339 --> 00:36:52.659
 of our

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.059
 own

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.439
 making.

00:36:54.459 --> 00:36:54.779
 When

00:36:54.779 --> 00:36:55.079
 we

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:55.500
 think

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:56.439
 or act

00:36:56.439 --> 00:36:56.839
 like

00:36:56.839 --> 00:36:57.419
 God

00:36:57.419 --> 00:36:57.799
 loves

00:36:57.799 --> 00:36:58.059
 us

00:36:58.059 --> 00:36:58.519
 less

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:58.939
 when

00:36:58.939 --> 00:36:59.199
 we

00:36:59.199 --> 00:36:59.599
 sin,

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.299
 or

00:37:00.299 --> 00:37:00.539
 that

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:00.839
 he

00:37:00.839 --> 00:37:01.259
 will

00:37:01.259 --> 00:37:02.099
 vindictively

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.599
 punish

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:03.199
 us,

00:37:03.339 --> 00:37:03.719
 or

00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:04.019
 because

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.439
 we

00:37:04.439 --> 00:37:04.739
 didn't

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:05.059
 do

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:05.539
 this

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:05.779
 or

00:37:05.779 --> 00:37:06.199
 that,

00:37:06.219 --> 00:37:06.639
 or

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:06.939
 because

00:37:06.939 --> 00:37:07.159
 we

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:07.539
 sinned

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:07.659
 in

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:07.879
 this

00:37:07.879 --> 00:37:08.079
 way

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.199
 or

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:08.459
 that

00:37:08.459 --> 00:37:08.699
 way,

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.719
 God's

00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:09.939
 not

00:37:09.939 --> 00:37:10.119
 going

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.219
 to

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:10.399
 do

00:37:10.399 --> 00:37:10.699
 good

00:37:10.699 --> 00:37:10.899
 to

00:37:10.899 --> 00:37:11.299
 us.

00:37:11.919 --> 00:37:12.219
 That's

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:12.319
 a

00:37:12.319 --> 00:37:12.539
 kind

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:12.659
 of

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:13.159
 legalism,

00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:13.379
 that's

00:37:13.379 --> 00:37:13.459
 a

00:37:13.459 --> 00:37:13.639
 kind

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:13.719
 of

00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:14.319
 slavery

00:37:14.319 --> 00:37:15.259
 that I'm

00:37:15.259 --> 00:37:15.579
 talking

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:15.899
 about.

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.379
 We

00:37:16.379 --> 00:37:16.539
 need

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:16.679
 to

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:17.119
 reject

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.500
 that.

00:37:19.879 --> 00:37:20.079
 And

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.339
 as well,

00:37:20.439 --> 00:37:20.699
 you can

00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:21.000
 have

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:22.019
 stress

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.259
 and

00:37:22.259 --> 00:37:22.579
 pressure

00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:22.839
 and

00:37:22.839 --> 00:37:23.259
 worry

00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:23.899
 because

00:37:23.899 --> 00:37:24.239
 of

00:37:24.239 --> 00:37:25.679
 a

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.239
 legalistic

00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:26.859
 view

00:37:26.859 --> 00:37:27.099
 of the

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.439
 world,

00:37:27.819 --> 00:37:28.079
 whether

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.459
 at your

00:37:28.459 --> 00:37:28.879
 job

00:37:28.879 --> 00:37:29.119
 or

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.259
 in

00:37:29.259 --> 00:37:29.359
 your

00:37:29.359 --> 00:37:29.799
 relationship,

00:37:29.939 --> 00:37:30.019
 that

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:30.299
 you feel

00:37:30.299 --> 00:37:30.459
 like

00:37:30.459 --> 00:37:30.599
 you're

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:30.980
 not

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:34.099
 up to

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.279
 what

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:34.440
 you

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:34.760
 should

00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:35.080
 be.

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:38.120
 And

00:37:38.120 --> 00:37:38.660
 the fact

00:37:38.660 --> 00:37:39.200
 is that

00:37:39.200 --> 00:37:39.580
 no,

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:40.640
 you're

00:37:40.640 --> 00:37:40.960
 probably

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.440
 not.

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:42.340
 You're

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:42.500
 probably

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:42.740
 not

00:37:42.740 --> 00:37:43.040
 making

00:37:43.040 --> 00:37:43.260
 it

00:37:43.260 --> 00:37:43.580
 well

00:37:43.580 --> 00:37:43.880
 as

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:44.360
 a

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:45.500
 parent

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:45.860
 or

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.260
 husband

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:46.580
 or

00:37:46.580 --> 00:37:46.960
 wife

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.240
 or

00:37:47.240 --> 00:37:48.500
 a

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:48.840
 worker.

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:49.840
 You're

00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:50.019
 not

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:50.380
 perfect.

00:37:50.560 --> 00:37:50.620
 You

00:37:50.620 --> 00:37:50.800
 make

00:37:50.800 --> 00:37:51.280
 mistakes,

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.580
 right?

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:53.120
 You

00:37:53.120 --> 00:37:54.400
 shirk

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:55.040
 responsibility

00:37:55.040 --> 00:37:55.640
 here and

00:37:55.640 --> 00:37:55.900
 there.

00:37:58.120 --> 00:37:58.720
 You

00:37:58.720 --> 00:37:59.180
 sin

00:37:59.180 --> 00:37:59.700
 in

00:37:59.700 --> 00:38:00.720
 ways.

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:01.000
 You're

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.740
 not the

00:38:01.740 --> 00:38:02.260
 best

00:38:02.260 --> 00:38:02.700
 father.

00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:02.940
 You're

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.280
 not the

00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:03.600
 best

00:38:03.600 --> 00:38:04.019
 parent.

00:38:04.580 --> 00:38:05.060
 Not

00:38:05.060 --> 00:38:05.240
 the

00:38:05.240 --> 00:38:05.519
 best

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:05.980
 husband.

00:38:07.580 --> 00:38:08.060
 And

00:38:08.060 --> 00:38:08.740
 that

00:38:08.740 --> 00:38:08.920
 can

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.140
 weigh

00:38:09.140 --> 00:38:09.360
 on

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:09.580
 you.

00:38:10.220 --> 00:38:10.300
 And

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:10.620
 instead

00:38:10.620 --> 00:38:11.120
 of

00:38:11.120 --> 00:38:11.780
 confessing

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:11.960
 that

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.160
 sin

00:38:12.160 --> 00:38:12.400
 and going

00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:12.540
 to

00:38:12.540 --> 00:38:12.720
 God

00:38:12.720 --> 00:38:12.840
 and

00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:13.140
 receiving

00:38:13.140 --> 00:38:13.560
 forgiveness,

00:38:14.120 --> 00:38:14.640
 you can

00:38:14.640 --> 00:38:15.180
 just carry

00:38:15.180 --> 00:38:15.620
 that guilt

00:38:15.620 --> 00:38:16.120
 with you.

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:17.540
 A little

00:38:17.540 --> 00:38:18.220
 low-lying

00:38:18.220 --> 00:38:18.400
 guilt.

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:18.800
 Just feel

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:19.140
 like you're

00:38:19.140 --> 00:38:20.120
 not up

00:38:20.120 --> 00:38:21.300
 to the

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:21.640
 task.

00:38:21.740 --> 00:38:21.880
 You're

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.760
 not doing

00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:23.320
 well in

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:23.500
 that.

00:38:23.660 --> 00:38:23.800
 And you

00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:24.160
 can carry

00:38:24.160 --> 00:38:24.380
 that

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:24.760
 around.

00:38:26.120 --> 00:38:26.640
 And it

00:38:26.640 --> 00:38:27.400
 can become

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:27.940
 a kind

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:28.640
 of legalistic

00:38:28.640 --> 00:38:29.420
 slavery.

00:38:30.640 --> 00:38:30.880
 But you

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.420
 feel this

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:32.320
 little bit

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:32.740
 of guilt.

00:38:32.739 --> 00:38:32.799
 guilt.

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:33.819
 Not

00:38:33.819 --> 00:38:34.179
 enough to

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:34.719
 actually go

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:35.279
 to Christ

00:38:35.279 --> 00:38:36.219
 and to

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:36.519
 ask for

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:36.859
 forgiveness

00:38:36.859 --> 00:38:37.579
 to help

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:37.839
 him to

00:38:37.839 --> 00:38:38.359
 change you.

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:39.099
 But enough

00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:39.839
 so that it

00:38:39.839 --> 00:38:40.299
 weighs on

00:38:40.299 --> 00:38:40.479
 you.

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:41.559
 But that's

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:41.919
 not what

00:38:41.919 --> 00:38:43.639
 Christianity is

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:44.139
 supposed to be

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:44.419
 like.

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:44.979
 That's not what

00:38:44.979 --> 00:38:45.559
 Jesus wants

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:45.899
 for you.

00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:46.479
 He doesn't

00:38:46.479 --> 00:38:46.939
 want you to

00:38:46.939 --> 00:38:47.599
 have really

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.519
 any guilt.

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:48.599
 guilt.

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:51.019
 Because that's

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.380
 all been

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:51.980
 paid for

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:52.320
 on the

00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:52.739
 cross.

00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:55.199
 And so

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:55.619
 if you're

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:56.440
 aware of

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:57.000
 your guilt,

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.360
 you are

00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:57.840
 aware of

00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:58.480
 your sin,

00:38:58.780 --> 00:38:59.300
 confess it

00:38:59.300 --> 00:38:59.980
 before God.

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:00.780
 Receive that

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:01.079
 forgiveness.

00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:01.739
 Receive the

00:39:01.739 --> 00:39:02.960
 freedom that

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.599
 he brings.

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:06.079
 And as

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:06.400
 well, we

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:07.119
 can encounter

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:09.119
 licentiousness,

00:39:09.259 --> 00:39:09.780
 license,

00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:10.519
 kind of the

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:11.159
 opposite of

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:11.659
 legalism.

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:12.619
 That there

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:13.400
 are plenty

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:13.719
 of things

00:39:13.719 --> 00:39:13.940
 that we

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:14.280
 know that

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:15.000
 are dangerous

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.679
 and addicting.

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:16.279
 There's drugs

00:39:16.279 --> 00:39:16.799
 and alcohol,

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:17.399
 pornography.

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:18.719
 There's addiction

00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:19.679
 to smartphones.

00:39:19.799 --> 00:39:20.079
 That's a

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:20.559
 common one

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:20.879
 now.

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:25.339
 And I

00:39:25.339 --> 00:39:26.219
 see it in

00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:26.919
 the younger

00:39:26.919 --> 00:39:27.980
 generations as

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.919
 well.

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.719
 That instead

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:31.319
 of talking

00:39:31.319 --> 00:39:32.099
 with people,

00:39:32.279 --> 00:39:33.099
 they'll just

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:33.739
 look on their

00:39:33.739 --> 00:39:34.719
 smartphones.

00:39:34.899 --> 00:39:35.159
 They don't

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:35.719
 talk to each

00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:36.379
 other anymore.

00:39:37.419 --> 00:39:38.199
 And that can

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:38.859
 become a kind

00:39:38.859 --> 00:39:39.319
 of slavery.

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:41.319
 I've heard

00:39:41.319 --> 00:39:42.619
 in popular

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:43.839
 media that

00:39:43.839 --> 00:39:44.319
 they've

00:39:44.319 --> 00:39:45.440
 categorized that

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:45.880
 as an

00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:46.860
 addiction,

00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:47.920
 a smartphone

00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:48.500
 addiction.

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:50.099
 Maybe that's

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:50.420
 not your

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:50.720
 thing.

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:52.639
 But those

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:53.380
 are things

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:53.679
 that can

00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:53.920
 really,

00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:54.579
 anything that

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:55.519
 can control

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:56.700
 you, that

00:39:56.700 --> 00:39:57.139
 you don't

00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:57.780
 have control

00:39:57.780 --> 00:39:59.960
 over, becomes

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:02.260
 slavery to

00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:02.480
 you.

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:03.980
 So whether

00:40:03.980 --> 00:40:05.380
 it's anger

00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:06.679
 to overeating

00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:07.800
 to materialism,

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:11.280
 it's not

00:40:11.280 --> 00:40:11.960
 just the

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.700
 drugs and

00:40:12.700 --> 00:40:13.159
 alcohol,

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:13.960
 things that

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.360
 we need to

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:14.880
 worry about

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.440
 as addicting

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:16.220
 behaviors and

00:40:16.220 --> 00:40:16.640
 controlling

00:40:16.640 --> 00:40:17.260
 behaviors.

00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:19.039
 But anything

00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:19.860
 that you

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:21.039
 are controlled

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.660
 by, you

00:40:21.660 --> 00:40:22.320
 cannot control

00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:22.760
 your anger.

00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:23.559
 Well, if you

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:24.059
 can't control

00:40:24.059 --> 00:40:24.680
 your anger,

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.400
 you are

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:25.920
 controlled by

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:26.119
 it.

00:40:26.220 --> 00:40:26.800
 You are a

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:27.480
 slave of

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:27.720
 that.

00:40:29.720 --> 00:40:30.380
 But the

00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:31.000
 reality of

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.599
 Christ is

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:32.820
 this, that

00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:33.200
 the Holy

00:40:33.200 --> 00:40:34.119
 Spirit gives

00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:34.920
 you power

00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:36.200
 over those

00:40:36.200 --> 00:40:36.700
 sins.

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:38.980
 So don't

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:39.680
 deny that.

00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:41.340
 Receive that

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:41.579
 power.

00:40:41.720 --> 00:40:42.340
 Ask for that

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:43.559
 power to put

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:44.139
 off that

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:44.579
 sin and

00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:46.000
 to follow

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:47.500
 God without

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:48.279
 being controlled

00:40:48.279 --> 00:40:48.799
 by that.

00:40:49.779 --> 00:40:50.039
 And another,

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:50.519
 one more,

00:40:50.900 --> 00:40:51.739
 culture.

00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:52.539
 I think culture

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:53.320
 can shape our

00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:53.920
 minds in

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:54.440
 certain ways.

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:54.659
 And we

00:40:54.659 --> 00:40:56.179
 become a

00:40:56.179 --> 00:40:56.840
 slave of

00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:57.759
 the culture's

00:40:57.759 --> 00:40:58.139
 way of

00:40:58.139 --> 00:40:58.980
 thinking things.

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:00.679
 And it

00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:01.139
 holds up

00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:01.460
 captives.

00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:01.960
 So rather

00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:02.980
 than God's

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:03.840
 word being

00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:05.340
 our key to

00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:05.880
 freedom in

00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:06.500
 our thinking,

00:41:07.500 --> 00:41:08.840
 we can kind

00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:09.340
 of think of

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:10.900
 this as a

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:11.480
 backwards,

00:41:12.740 --> 00:41:13.600
 regressive

00:41:13.600 --> 00:41:14.840
 book.

00:41:15.780 --> 00:41:16.380
 Oh, that's

00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:17.100
 so old.

00:41:17.200 --> 00:41:17.500
 What is it?

00:41:17.740 --> 00:41:18.880
 2,000 years

00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:19.320
 old.

00:41:19.579 --> 00:41:19.840
 What does

00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:20.200
 that have to

00:41:20.200 --> 00:41:20.680
 say about

00:41:20.680 --> 00:41:21.100
 today?

00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:23.480
 And then we

00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:23.880
 can think

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:24.840
 culture's way

00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:25.059
 of thinking.

00:41:25.140 --> 00:41:25.820
 That's so

00:41:25.820 --> 00:41:26.340
 much better.

00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:26.740
 It's so

00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:27.160
 enlightened.

00:41:28.640 --> 00:41:28.880
 I mean,

00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:29.360
 it's been

00:41:29.360 --> 00:41:30.280
 informed by

00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:30.780
 many, many

00:41:30.780 --> 00:41:31.380
 years of

00:41:31.380 --> 00:41:31.780
 study.

00:41:35.780 --> 00:41:36.579
 And it

00:41:36.579 --> 00:41:37.120
 goes from

00:41:37.120 --> 00:41:38.220
 a wide range

00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:38.480
 of things.

00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:38.799
 What you

00:41:38.799 --> 00:41:39.619
 think about

00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:40.139
 immigration

00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:41.059
 policy to

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:42.099
 abortion or

00:41:42.099 --> 00:41:42.899
 to roles in

00:41:42.899 --> 00:41:43.719
 marriage or

00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:43.959
 in the

00:41:43.959 --> 00:41:44.339
 church.

00:41:45.799 --> 00:41:46.439
 There are a

00:41:46.439 --> 00:41:46.939
 number of

00:41:46.939 --> 00:41:47.419
 ways that

00:41:47.419 --> 00:41:47.859
 there are

00:41:47.859 --> 00:41:48.839
 assaults on

00:41:48.839 --> 00:41:49.659
 scripture.

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.439
 And scripture

00:41:50.439 --> 00:41:51.819
 is good,

00:41:52.379 --> 00:41:52.859
 although

00:41:52.859 --> 00:41:54.079
 sometimes

00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:55.019
 counterintuitive

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:55.539
 way of

00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:56.119
 thinking about

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:56.639
 things.

00:41:59.519 --> 00:42:00.179
 And I

00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:00.559
 would just

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:01.799
 offer this,

00:42:01.959 --> 00:42:03.539
 that if you

00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:04.279
 follow the

00:42:04.279 --> 00:42:04.839
 Bible, you

00:42:04.839 --> 00:42:05.439
 follow what

00:42:05.439 --> 00:42:06.159
 God says in

00:42:06.159 --> 00:42:06.699
 his word,

00:42:07.259 --> 00:42:07.819
 it will grant

00:42:07.820 --> 00:42:08.400
 you freedom.

00:42:09.080 --> 00:42:09.320
 It will

00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:09.640
 grant you

00:42:09.640 --> 00:42:11.000
 freedom not

00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:11.420
 only in

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:12.000
 living but

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:12.780
 in thinking.

00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:14.420
 Far from

00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:15.640
 being this

00:42:15.640 --> 00:42:17.059
 being slavery.

00:42:17.300 --> 00:42:18.100
 No, this

00:42:18.100 --> 00:42:19.539
 is our path

00:42:19.539 --> 00:42:20.100
 to freedom.

00:42:20.640 --> 00:42:21.120
 There are

00:42:21.120 --> 00:42:21.880
 really two

00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:22.320
 paths.

00:42:22.460 --> 00:42:23.320
 One of

00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:24.400
 flesh and

00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:25.539
 legalism and

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:27.280
 slavery and

00:42:27.280 --> 00:42:27.760
 one of

00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:29.100
 spirit and

00:42:29.100 --> 00:42:29.600
 of freedom

00:42:29.600 --> 00:42:29.940
 and of

00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:30.380
 promise.

00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:31.160
 And so

00:42:31.160 --> 00:42:31.700
 let's remember

00:42:31.700 --> 00:42:32.440
 that Christ

00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:33.380
 came to

00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:33.880
 bring us

00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:34.519
 freedom, to

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:35.480
 forgive us, to

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:36.360
 lift our

00:42:36.360 --> 00:42:36.940
 burdens by

00:42:36.940 --> 00:42:37.460
 dying on

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:37.740
 the cross.

00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:38.260
 He gave

00:42:38.260 --> 00:42:39.059
 us life.

00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:40.619
 In

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:41.220
 concluding

00:42:41.220 --> 00:42:43.880
 chapter 5,

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.480
 verse 1, I

00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:45.079
 included this

00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:45.980
 because it

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:46.539
 is a good

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:47.220
 capstone.

00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:48.139
 It summarizes

00:42:48.139 --> 00:42:48.900
 this passage.

00:42:49.579 --> 00:42:50.700
 For freedom,

00:42:51.139 --> 00:42:52.000
 Christ has set

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:52.539
 us free.

00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:53.659
 Stand firm

00:42:53.659 --> 00:42:54.340
 therefore and

00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:55.019
 do not submit

00:42:55.019 --> 00:42:55.720
 again to a

00:42:55.720 --> 00:42:56.659
 yoke of

00:42:56.659 --> 00:42:57.179
 slavery.

00:42:59.059 --> 00:42:59.880
 If you

00:42:59.880 --> 00:43:00.780
 don't know

00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:01.420
 Christ this

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:01.780
 morning or

00:43:01.780 --> 00:43:03.039
 you haven't

00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:03.960
 experienced that

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:04.760
 freedom in

00:43:04.760 --> 00:43:06.320
 Christ, haven't

00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:07.560
 trusted him

00:43:07.560 --> 00:43:09.920
 for your

00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:13.060
 salvation, you

00:43:13.060 --> 00:43:13.540
 can do that

00:43:13.540 --> 00:43:13.880
 now.

00:43:15.120 --> 00:43:15.940
 Believe that

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:16.560
 he died on

00:43:16.560 --> 00:43:17.200
 the cross for

00:43:17.200 --> 00:43:19.240
 your sins and

00:43:19.240 --> 00:43:20.400
 you will start

00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:21.160
 to have that

00:43:21.160 --> 00:43:22.840
 freedom, freedom

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:24.200
 in your life,

00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:24.880
 freedom in your

00:43:24.880 --> 00:43:25.840
 thinking, freedom

00:43:25.840 --> 00:43:27.400
 in the way of

00:43:27.400 --> 00:43:28.340
 not feeling

00:43:28.340 --> 00:43:29.500
 guilty anymore.

00:43:29.780 --> 00:43:30.400
 You can stand

00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:31.400
 before God

00:43:31.400 --> 00:43:33.940
 clean, holy,

00:43:33.940 --> 00:43:34.579
 and pure.

00:43:37.300 --> 00:43:38.119
 And that's a

00:43:38.119 --> 00:43:38.579
 good reminder

00:43:38.579 --> 00:43:39.119
 for us too

00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:39.760
 that if you

00:43:39.760 --> 00:43:40.340
 have already

00:43:40.340 --> 00:43:40.760
 believed, you've

00:43:40.760 --> 00:43:41.240
 been a Christian

00:43:41.240 --> 00:43:43.019
 for 20 years,

00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:43.840
 30 years,

00:43:44.460 --> 00:43:45.519
 that's a good

00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:47.780
 reminder that we

00:43:47.780 --> 00:43:48.860
 do not have to

00:43:48.860 --> 00:43:49.500
 feel guilty

00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:50.400
 before God.

00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:51.679
 We confess our

00:43:51.679 --> 00:43:52.980
 sin and we

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:53.840
 receive that

00:43:53.840 --> 00:43:55.099
 forgiveness, that

00:43:55.099 --> 00:43:56.099
 full pardon, that

00:43:56.099 --> 00:43:56.840
 full righteousness

00:43:56.840 --> 00:43:57.500
 from him.

00:43:58.760 --> 00:43:59.400
 And we ask

00:43:59.400 --> 00:43:59.980
 him, we ask

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:00.639
 him for help

00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:01.599
 in those areas

00:44:01.599 --> 00:44:02.220
 that we're tempted,

00:44:02.320 --> 00:44:02.920
 we ask him for

00:44:02.920 --> 00:44:03.220
 help.

00:44:03.940 --> 00:44:04.900
 Because there

00:44:04.900 --> 00:44:05.619
 are really two

00:44:05.619 --> 00:44:06.000
 paths.

00:44:06.079 --> 00:44:07.000
 Which path are

00:44:07.000 --> 00:44:07.460
 you on?

00:44:08.820 --> 00:44:10.119
 And two

00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:11.079
 questions for you

00:44:11.079 --> 00:44:11.800
 that I'll leave

00:44:11.800 --> 00:44:13.559
 you with.

00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:15.900
 What area of

00:44:15.900 --> 00:44:16.420
 your life are

00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:17.019
 you tempted to

00:44:17.019 --> 00:44:18.059
 walk the path of

00:44:18.059 --> 00:44:19.460
 legalism and of

00:44:19.460 --> 00:44:20.300
 slavery and of

00:44:20.300 --> 00:44:20.740
 flesh?

00:44:22.099 --> 00:44:22.539
 Maybe it's

00:44:22.539 --> 00:44:23.380
 legalism, maybe

00:44:23.380 --> 00:44:24.440
 it's license,

00:44:25.079 --> 00:44:26.260
 maybe it's you're

00:44:26.260 --> 00:44:27.119
 captive in the way

00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:28.519
 of thinking to the

00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:29.300
 culture or to

00:44:29.300 --> 00:44:30.079
 something else.

00:44:31.579 --> 00:44:32.200
 So that's

00:44:32.200 --> 00:44:32.760
 question one.

00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:33.740
 What area in

00:44:33.740 --> 00:44:34.140
 your life are

00:44:34.140 --> 00:44:34.700
 you tempted to

00:44:34.700 --> 00:44:35.000
 do that?

00:44:35.560 --> 00:44:35.800
 I'm not

00:44:35.800 --> 00:44:37.380
 saying are you

00:44:37.380 --> 00:44:38.200
 walking down the

00:44:38.200 --> 00:44:38.880
 whole path and

00:44:38.880 --> 00:44:39.260
 that's going to

00:44:39.260 --> 00:44:41.400
 lead you away

00:44:41.400 --> 00:44:41.820
 from God?

00:44:41.900 --> 00:44:43.140
 Well, it can.

00:44:43.720 --> 00:44:44.400
 I've seen it

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:44.780
 happen.

00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:47.660
 It doesn't mean

00:44:47.660 --> 00:44:49.080
 that if you're a

00:44:49.080 --> 00:44:49.740
 child, a promise

00:44:49.740 --> 00:44:51.120
 that anyone can

00:44:51.120 --> 00:44:51.960
 snatch you away.

00:44:53.900 --> 00:44:54.560
 But I've seen

00:44:54.560 --> 00:44:55.360
 people that thought

00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:56.000
 they were Christian

00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:58.500
 and then are led

00:44:58.500 --> 00:44:59.900
 towards a path of

00:44:59.900 --> 00:45:00.400
 destruction.

00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:00.519
 destruction.

00:45:01.240 --> 00:45:01.820
 I don't want

00:45:01.820 --> 00:45:02.760
 that for you.

00:45:04.160 --> 00:45:05.519
 And it is a

00:45:05.519 --> 00:45:05.960
 danger.

00:45:07.200 --> 00:45:08.420
 And so we want

00:45:08.420 --> 00:45:08.840
 to put that

00:45:08.840 --> 00:45:09.200
 off.

00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:10.700
 And I'll ask

00:45:10.700 --> 00:45:12.000
 you this second

00:45:12.000 --> 00:45:12.480
 question.

00:45:13.260 --> 00:45:13.720
 How can you

00:45:13.720 --> 00:45:14.579
 better walk in

00:45:14.579 --> 00:45:14.940
 the freedom

00:45:14.940 --> 00:45:15.740
 Christ has given

00:45:15.740 --> 00:45:16.059
 you?

00:45:16.500 --> 00:45:16.960
 How can you

00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:18.039
 remember to walk

00:45:18.039 --> 00:45:18.500
 in freedom?

00:45:19.900 --> 00:45:20.500
 Maybe it's as

00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:21.920
 simple as reading

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:22.980
 your scripture,

00:45:24.360 --> 00:45:25.539
 praying every day.

00:45:25.539 --> 00:45:28.639
 Maybe it's really

00:45:28.639 --> 00:45:30.480
 putting off that

00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:31.380
 particular addicting

00:45:31.380 --> 00:45:33.980
 sin and following

00:45:33.980 --> 00:45:35.500
 God, replacing it

00:45:35.500 --> 00:45:37.059
 with something good,

00:45:37.679 --> 00:45:38.380
 something that God

00:45:38.380 --> 00:45:39.119
 has called us to.

00:45:40.179 --> 00:45:40.980
 Well, let me pray

00:45:40.980 --> 00:45:42.360
 for you and pray

00:45:42.360 --> 00:45:46.360
 for us as we think

00:45:46.360 --> 00:45:47.420
 about these things

00:45:47.420 --> 00:45:49.860
 and ask God for

00:45:49.860 --> 00:45:50.279
 strength.

00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:51.920
 Father, we thank

00:45:51.920 --> 00:45:53.420
 you for today.

00:45:53.880 --> 00:45:54.440
 Thank you for your

00:45:54.440 --> 00:45:56.840
 scripture that you

00:45:56.840 --> 00:45:57.780
 have given us

00:45:57.780 --> 00:45:59.720
 clear picture of

00:45:59.720 --> 00:46:01.360
 the path that

00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:02.179
 leads to death

00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:03.179
 and the path that

00:46:03.179 --> 00:46:04.119
 leads to life.

00:46:04.500 --> 00:46:05.740
 We want to be on

00:46:05.740 --> 00:46:06.760
 that path that

00:46:06.760 --> 00:46:07.639
 leads to life.

00:46:08.539 --> 00:46:09.099
 And Lord, you have

00:46:09.099 --> 00:46:10.039
 set us on that

00:46:10.039 --> 00:46:10.340
 path.

00:46:10.619 --> 00:46:11.320
 Help us not to

00:46:11.320 --> 00:46:12.119
 turn back.

00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:13.960
 Help us not to be

00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:15.200
 tempted, Lord.

00:46:15.260 --> 00:46:15.920
 And where we are

00:46:15.920 --> 00:46:17.260
 tempted, help us to

00:46:17.260 --> 00:46:18.220
 conquer that sin.

00:46:18.420 --> 00:46:19.159
 Give us your Holy

00:46:19.159 --> 00:46:19.380
 Spirit.

00:46:19.380 --> 00:46:21.160
 Give us your power to

00:46:21.160 --> 00:46:22.500
 conquer that sin and

00:46:22.500 --> 00:46:24.320
 to follow you into

00:46:24.320 --> 00:46:24.820
 freedom.

00:46:25.820 --> 00:46:27.240
 Help our minds.

00:46:29.380 --> 00:46:30.740
 Help our spirit.

00:46:32.500 --> 00:46:34.000
 That we would not

00:46:34.000 --> 00:46:35.200
 give into sin.

00:46:35.300 --> 00:46:36.059
 We would not give

00:46:36.059 --> 00:46:37.960
 into legalism or sin

00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:39.140
 or slavery.

00:46:39.139 --> 00:46:41.859
 but that we would

00:46:41.859 --> 00:46:43.980
 follow you and

00:46:43.980 --> 00:46:45.279
 desire to follow you

00:46:45.279 --> 00:46:47.539
 and to rejoice in the

00:46:47.539 --> 00:46:48.699
 freedom that we have

00:46:48.699 --> 00:46:49.460
 in Christ.

00:46:50.219 --> 00:46:51.719
 We pray this in

00:46:51.719 --> 00:46:53.019
 Jesus' name.

00:46:53.739 --> 00:46:54.019
 Amen.

00:46:54.019 --> 00:46:54.199
 Amen.

00:46:54.199 --> 00:46:54.239
 Amen.

00:46:54.239 --> 00:46:54.259
 Amen.

00:46:54.259 --> 00:46:54.279
 Amen.

00:46:54.279 --> 00:46:54.299
 Amen.

00:46:54.299 --> 00:46:54.319
 Amen.

00:46:54.319 --> 00:46:56.199
 Amen.

00:46:56.199 --> 00:46:56.259
 Amen.

00:46:56.259 --> 00:46:56.319
 Amen.

00:46:56.319 --> 00:46:56.359
 Amen.

00:46:56.359 --> 00:46:56.379
 Amen.

00:46:56.379 --> 00:46:56.420
 Amen.

00:46:56.420 --> 00:46:56.440
 Amen.

00:46:56.440 --> 00:46:56.460
 Amen.