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 Please take your Bibles and let's open them up to the book of Philippians this morning.

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 Book of Philippians, once again, we're about halfway through chapter 3 this morning.

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 And so, if you would, take your Bibles, open them up to Philippians chapter 3,

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 and we'll be in verse 12, all the way through chapter 4, verse 1.

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 So when you found that in your Bibles, let's stand in honor of the reading of God's Word today.

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 Paul says,

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 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own,

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 but one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

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 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

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 Let those of us who are mature think this way,

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 and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.

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 Only let us hold true to what we have attained.

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 Brothers, join in imitating me,

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 and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.

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 For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears,

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 walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.

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 Their end is destruction,

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 their God is their belly,

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 and they glory in their shame with minds set on earthly things.

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 But our citizenship is in heaven,

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 and from it we await a Savior,

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 the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who will transform our lowly body to be like His glorious body,

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 by the power that enables Him even to subject all things to Himself.

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 Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for,

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 my joy and my crown,

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 stand firm thus in the Lord,

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 my beloved.

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 This is God's holy word.

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 Let's pray once more.

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 Father,

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 we thank you for your word.

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 We thank you for the promises contained here.

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 We thank you for the warnings contained here.

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 We pray now as we study this passage together,

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 Lord, would you help our ears and our minds and our hearts

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 to be attentive to what you would say to us this morning.

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 We pray in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 We just sang one of my favorite Christmas hymns,

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 Joy to the World,

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 The Lord Has Come.

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 Let earth receive her King.

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 Let every heart prepare him room,

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 and heaven and nature sing.

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 This is my, again, annual petition.

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 I do this every year.

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 Annual petition to sing this hymn year round,

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 not just at Christmas time,

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 because in pinning those words,

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 the author of Joy to the World

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 wasn't thinking about the first coming of Christ.

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 He was actually writing about the second coming of Christ.

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 When the Lord, the King, would return and come home

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 and reign as King over all the earth,

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 and the earth would be filled with joy

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 at the arrival of King Jesus.

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 I, once again, request that we sing Joy to the World year round.

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 Whether or not you realize it,

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 you and I, we live in an incredibly unique period of human history.

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 We live in between the two advents of Christ Jesus.

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 Here at Christmas time, we celebrate the first coming of Christ,

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 the first advent of Christ,

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 and his coming as a baby, being born in a manger,

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 but also his perfect life,

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 and then his sacrificial death,

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 and then his victorious resurrection,

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 and then his ascension into heaven.

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 All of that is in the first coming of Christ.

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 That's past.

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 But we also, we look forward to the second coming of Christ.

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 There is an advent yet to come,

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 when we will sing with fullness of joy,

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 joy to the world,

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 the Lord has come.

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 And so my question for us this morning is,

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 what is life meant to look like for Christians

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 in between the two comings of Christ?

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 What is life meant to look like for you and I

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 in the in between?

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 And the Apostle Paul, here in our passage this morning,

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 he speaks to that question,

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 and here's what he says.

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 He says the faithful Christian life in the in between,

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 it looks like working,

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 and it looks like waiting.

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 Faithfully, Christians in between the two comings of Christ

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 are called to work hard,

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 and to wait eagerly.

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 Paul wants to make sure,

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 especially after what he's just said

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 in the first half of chapter three,

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 that we understand that how you live

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 in between the two comings of Christ,

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 it truly, actually, really matters.

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 You may have noticed this,

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 as I read this morning,

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 our passage,

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 that our passage this morning,

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 it picks up in the middle of Paul's train of thought.

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 He's continuing a line of reasoning for us,

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 and so we really need to zoom out

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 and understand the context here

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 of what he's saying.

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 If you were here last week,

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 then you heard Treg explain

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 from verses two through 11,

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 some of these incredible claims

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 that Paul is making here

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 in the first half of chapter three.

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 He has said some pretty shocking things

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 to the Philippians,

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 and these are things that if you're just hearing this

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 for the first time,

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 it may be easy to misunderstand.

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 These are things that you don't want to just skip right by

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 and not really grasp the meat

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 of what Paul has given to us.

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 Maybe you're here,

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 and you wouldn't necessarily even call yourself

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 a Christian,

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 or maybe this is all kind of new information to you.

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 I want to encourage you this morning

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 to pay close attention

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 to what Paul is saying here in these verses,

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 because if we misunderstand the gospel,

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 then we can wind up in some pretty dangerous ditches

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 here on either side of the road.

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 So let's recap what he said last week.

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 Think about this with me.

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 Paul said up in verse three,

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 chapter three, verse three,

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 he said,

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 we put no confidence in the flesh,

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 none,

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 no confidence in the flesh.

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 You take all of your goodness,

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 you take all of your obedience,

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 you take all of your pride,

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 and you toss it out the window.

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 We put no confidence in the flesh.

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 Not only this,

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 he says to this Gentile church here in Philippi,

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 he says,

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 we are the circumcision,

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 not those who are Jewish by birth only.

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 We are the true heirs of the promises of God.

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 We are the circumcision,

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 not those who have kept the law of circumcision,

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 and not those who insist that we keep the law of circumcision.

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 We who know Christ Jesus by faith,

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 we are the circumcision.

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 In fact,

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 he says that all of that,

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 all of my confidence in the flesh,

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 you remember,

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 tribe of Benjamin,

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 circumcised on the eighth day,

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 Hebrew of Hebrews,

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 Pharisee,

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 as to the law,

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 blameless under the law,

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 all of it,

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 Paul says,

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 all of those trophies on my shelf,

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 he calls it rubbish,

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 compared to knowing Christ Jesus,

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 my Lord.

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 Here's the point.

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 Paul says,

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 the only thing that matters is knowing Christ Jesus by faith.

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 The only thing that matters is knowing Christ Jesus by faith.

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 And this is good news for us,

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 church,

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 isn't it?

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 Because what this means for us is that ultimately,

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 it doesn't matter ultimately what family you were born into.

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 It doesn't matter ultimately how sinful you've been up to this point,

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 or even how obedient you've been up to this point.

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 It doesn't matter if you would consider yourself religious,

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 or if you would classify yourself as rebellious.

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 Rebellious,

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 the only thing that matters is knowing the Lord Jesus Christ by faith.

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 Of course,

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 this is at the very heart of the gospel.

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 We need to understand this.

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 By grace,

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 you have been saved by faith,

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 Paul says in Ephesians 2.

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 And this is not your own doing.

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 Read that again,

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 and again,

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 and again,

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 and again,

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 until we get it.

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 That is not your own doing.

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 It's not your own doing.

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 It's a gift of God,

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 not by work,

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 so that no man may boast.

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 You all know how gifts work,

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 right?

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 If not,

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 you got maybe 17 days to figure it out,

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 okay?

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 Gifts,

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 you can't earn a gift.

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 If you earn a gift,

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 it's no longer a gift.

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 What is it?

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 It's a payment.

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 It's a wage for works done.

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 Paul says salvation is given by God

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 to sinners who are bankrupt

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 and couldn't afford it

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 if they tried.

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 It's given as a free gift

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 of God's grace

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 through the gift of faith

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 in a Savior

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 who has lived in your place,

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 died in your place,

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 risen in your place,

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 so that by faith in Him,

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 everything He's earned by right

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 is now given to you by grace.

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 This is the gospel.

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 So Paul says,

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 I want you to understand that

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 because there's two ditches here

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 that we need to avoid.

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 Two ditches.

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 Ditch number one

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 on one side of the road.

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 Paul,

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 if that's true,

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 if you already have

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 Jesus' perfection

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 credited to your account,

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 and Paul,

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 if you already know

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 the power of His resurrection,

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 well,

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 then you can just

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 take it easy.

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 Relax.

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 Coast your way to glory.

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 You're already perfect in Christ.

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 Paul,

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 you said so,

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 so relax.

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 Why are you working so hard?

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 That's ditch number one.

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 Ditch number two

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 on the other side of the road.

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 Paul,

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 if we're done with the law,

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 if we're done with this whole system

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 of works

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 and earning

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 and doing,

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 if we're covered by grace,

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 we're people of grace,

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 we're saved by grace,

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 we live in God's grace,

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 well,

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 then we're free to just live

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 however we want to live,

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 right?

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 We can do whatever

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 we want to do

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 and live however

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 we want to live.

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 Paul wants to keep

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 the Philippian church

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 and us this morning,

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 Siwe Bay,

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 right in the middle

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 of the road.

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 And so he says,

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 again,

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 faithful Christian life

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 here in the in-between,

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 it looks like working

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 and it looks like waiting.

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 Let's see it in our passage

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 here.

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 First,

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 here in the in-between,

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 we are to be working.

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 Look there with me

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 to verse 12

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 in our passage.

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 Verse 12.

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 Paul wants to make sure

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 to avoid ditch number one

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 and so he clarifies

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 here in verse 12.

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 He says,

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 not that I have already

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 obtained this

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 or that I'm already perfect,

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 but I press on

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 to make it my own

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 because Christ Jesus

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 has made me

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 his own.

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 Brothers,

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 I do not consider

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 that I have made it

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 my own,

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 but one thing I do,

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 forgetting what lies behind

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 and straining forward

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 to what lies ahead,

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 I press on

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 toward the goal

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 for the prize

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 of the upward call

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 of God

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 That doesn't sound

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 like Paul is taking it easy,

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 does it?

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 Paul wants to make it

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 abundantly clear,

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 doesn't he,

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 that grace

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 doesn't produce

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 lazy Christians.

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 And not if you understand

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 it correctly.

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 Paul says,

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 yes,

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 we are legally,

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 objectively righteous

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 in the sight of God.

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 We are perfect

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 in the sight of God.

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 We are justified,

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 declared righteous

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 in the sight of God

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 by faith in Christ.

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 Yes,

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 we are spiritually speaking,

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 we are raised up

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 with Christ,

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 raised to walk

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 in newness of life

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 and yet,

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 are you perfect,

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 Christian?

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 Do you still struggle

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 with sin,

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 Christian?

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 Be honest.

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 Do you still wrestle

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 with temptation,

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 Christian?

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 Do you still struggle

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 with anger,

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 Christian?

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 Do you still struggle

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 with the sins

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 of the flesh?

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 Do you still struggle

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 with weakness?

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 I do.

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 And Paul says,

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 I do.

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 And so he says,

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 no, no, no,

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 I don't coast my way

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 to glory,

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 I press on

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 to make this perfection

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 my own.

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 See,

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 the Christian life

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 is one of active pursuit

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 of what is already

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 yours in Christ.

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 You hear that?

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 And so we're called

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 to put off the old man

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 and to put on

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 the new man,

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 as we're told

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 in Ephesians chapter 4.

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 And this is the tension

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 between the already

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 and the not yet,

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 isn't it?

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 In Christ,

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 if you're in Christ,

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 you are already

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 a new creation.

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 The old is gone,

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 behold,

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 the new has come.

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 And yet,

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 not yet,

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 we await the time

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 when we will finally

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 be a new creation.

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 In Christ,

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 if you know Christ Jesus

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 by faith,

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 you are already

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 declared perfect

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 in the sight of God.

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 And yet,

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 who here is perfect?

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 And yet,

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 we await

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 a final perfection.

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 If you are in Christ

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 by faith,

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 your salvation is secure,

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 you are saved

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 by the grace of God,

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 and yet,

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 not yet,

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 we await a final,

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 perfect,

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 complete salvation

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 at the day of Christ

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 when He returns.

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 We're here in the already

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 and the not yet

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 in between the two

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 comings of Christ.

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 We look backwards

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 to see what's already done

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 and we look forwards

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 to see

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 not yet.

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 And here in the in between,

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 Paul says,

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 I press on

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 to make the not yet

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 my own right now.

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 And he gives us

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 two images here,

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 two images here

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 to drive that message home.

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 The first is

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 of a soldier in battle.

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 A soldier in battle.

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 Look to verse 12.

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 The language here

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 in verse 12

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 is military language.

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 He says,

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 I press on

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 to make it my own,

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 verse 12.

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 Another way to say that

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 is I pursue it

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 and I overtake it.

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 This is wartime language.

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 And Paul understands

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 that the view

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 from the air,

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 okay,

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 the view from the air

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 is that the city

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 has been taken,

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 the victory is secured,

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 but he also knows

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 that as a soldier

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 on the ground,

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 it's not time

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 to put away his gun yet.

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 There's still a battle

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 to be fought.

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 There's still dangers

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 out there

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 to be avoided.

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 The soldier on the ground

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 still has to fight

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 even though the view

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 from the air,

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 the battle has been won.

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 So in the same way,

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 Paul can say

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 in the same breath,

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 he says,

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 Christian,

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 the fight's been won already

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 and yet,

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 not yet.

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 Go fight.

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 Go press on.

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 Go make it your own

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 until he comes again.

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 Image number two

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 is of an athlete

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 in competition.

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 Look there

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 to verse 13.

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 He says,

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 one thing I do,

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 forgetting what lies behind

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 and straining forward

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 to what lies ahead,

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 I press on

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 toward the goal

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 for the prize

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 of the upward call

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 of God

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 This straining forward,

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 pressing on

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 toward a goal,

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 pursuing a prize,

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 that's athlete language,

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 isn't it?

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 Paul knows

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 that the Christian life

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 is a little bit

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 like a race.

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 Now,

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 I'm not a runner

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 at all.

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 You won't see me

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 running laps anywhere,

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 anytime soon,

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 but I know this,

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 I know you don't ease up

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 after just a few laps

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 of a race,

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 do you?

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 You don't slow down

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 to look behind you.

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 If you do,

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 you're going to get overtaken.

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 If you slow down

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 and think about

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 the last ten steps,

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 that's not what

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 a good runner does.

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 The good runner

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 doesn't think about

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 the steps he's already taken.

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 He thinks about

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 the next step

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 and the next step

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 and the next step

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 and ultimately

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 he's thinking about

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 the prize

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 of completing the race

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 and running that race

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 as fast

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 and as hard

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 and as diligently

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 as he possibly can.

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 Paul is giving us

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 this image to say,

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 I'm not resting

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 in what I've already done.

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 I press on

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 toward the prize

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 of the goal

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 of the upward call

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 of God

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 Paul also knows

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 he's smart

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 like a good coach.

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 He knows that

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 the only way

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 to really motivate

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 Christians

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 like you and me

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 to get up

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 and to work

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 and to press on

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 and to pursue

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 in this way

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 is not just to yell

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 at them to do better.

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 He gives us

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 both the prize

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 to pursue

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 and the power

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 to pursue it.

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 What's the prize?

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 What's the prize?

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 It's the upward

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 call of God

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 How is that

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 for a goal?

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 New Year's

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 is just around

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 the corner.

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 Some of y'all

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 make some

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 New Year's resolutions.

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 It's a good time

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 to make some goals

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 to evaluate your life

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 and to make a few goals

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 that you might

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 be ambitious towards

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 over the new year.

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 Let's add this one

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 to the list.

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 I want to hear

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 God say to me,

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 well done,

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 good and faithful servant.

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 I want to run

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 the race

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 that's set before me

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 so that at the return

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 of Christ

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 I will hear

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 the voice of the Lord

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 say,

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 this one is mine.

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 Come into the joy

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 of your master.

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 I want to press on

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 towards glory.

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 I want to press on

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 towards perfection.

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 I want to press on

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 towards resurrection.

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 I want to press on

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 towards Christ.

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 I don't want to coast

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 my way to glory.

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 I want to make mine

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 what Christ has already

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 purchased for me.

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 How's that for a goal?

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 How will we do it?

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 What's the power?

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 He says in verse 12.

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 Look there again.

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 I wonder if you caught this.

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 Verse 12.

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 He says,

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 I press on

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 to make it my own

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 because

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 Christ Jesus

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 has made me

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 his own.

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 Do you hear that?

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 The power

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 for your pursuit

00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:06.119
 of Christ

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 lies entirely

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 in the power

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 of Christ's pursuit

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 of you.

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 This is the only power

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 that we have

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 to run the race

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 that's set before us.

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 You and I have

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 zero power

00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:22.059
 to pursue Christ

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 apart from

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 Christ's pursuit

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 of us.

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 We got to get this

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 order correct

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 because we don't

00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:29.460
 pursue Christ

00:18:29.460 --> 00:18:30.740
 in order for Christ

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 to make us his own.

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 No, no, no.

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 Paul says,

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 we press on

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 because

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 Christ Jesus

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 has made me

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 his own.

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 We put on

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 what belongs

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 to us

00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:42.000
 in Christ.

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 We pursue

00:18:43.639 --> 00:18:44.740
 Christ with our lives

00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.419
 because Christ

00:18:45.419 --> 00:18:46.039
 has already

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 pursued us

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 with his.

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 And so,

00:18:48.379 --> 00:18:48.720
 Christian,

00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:50.480
 are you pursuing?

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 Are you

00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:55.299
 pressing forward?

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 Are you

00:18:57.159 --> 00:18:58.000
 straining

00:18:58.000 --> 00:18:58.879
 forward?

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 Are you

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 striving to know

00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:02.099
 more and more

00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:02.879
 and more

00:19:02.879 --> 00:19:03.379
 of the Lord?

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 Not to earn

00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:04.919
 his favor

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 but because

00:19:05.399 --> 00:19:06.319
 he has come

00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:06.960
 and he has

00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:07.659
 pursued you

00:19:07.659 --> 00:19:08.159
 by the grace

00:19:08.159 --> 00:19:08.619
 of God.

00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:11.279
 The Christian

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:12.119
 life is to be

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 characterized

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 by working.

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 Paul says

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 in verse 15,

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 let those of us

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 who are mature

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 think this way.

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 And if

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 in anything

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 you think

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 otherwise,

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 God will

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 reveal that

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 also to you.

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 Do you

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 think this

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 way?

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 It's

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 interesting

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 how he

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 says,

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 let those

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 of us

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 who are

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 mature

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 think this

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 way.

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 Literally,

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 you know

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 what it

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 says,

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 literally,

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 the word

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 there for

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 mature?

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 It's

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 perfect.

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 Let

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 those of

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 us

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:42.299
 who are

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 perfect

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 think this

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 way.

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 It's a

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 wordplay.

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 It's the

00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:47.940
 same wording

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 as in

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 Matthew 5

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 48,

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 where Jesus

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 says,

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 you therefore

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 must be

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 perfect,

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 as your

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 heavenly

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 father is

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 perfect.

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 Let those

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:55.720
 of us

00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:56.019
 who are

00:19:56.019 --> 00:19:56.519
 mature,

00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.320
 perfect,

00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:58.620
 think this

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 way.

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 So let

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 me sum

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 up

00:19:59.600 --> 00:20:01.559
 point one

00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:03.140
 like this.

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 Paul says,

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 if you

00:20:05.340 --> 00:20:06.160
 are perfect,

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 you will

00:20:07.360 --> 00:20:07.720
 know that

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:08.019
 you're not

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:08.500
 perfect.

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:10.259
 So because

00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:10.779
 Christ has

00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:11.240
 made you

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:11.740
 perfect,

00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:13.140
 you press

00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:13.640
 on until

00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:14.000
 you are

00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:14.240
 made

00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:15.420
 perfect at

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:15.680
 the day

00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:16.259
 of Christ.

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 That's the

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 Christian

00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:17.460
 life here

00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:17.660
 in the

00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:18.000
 in-between.

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 Not only

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.259
 this,

00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:20.619
 second,

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 second,

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:22.379
 here in

00:20:22.379 --> 00:20:22.859
 the in-between

00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:23.420
 the Christian

00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:24.119
 life is

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 one of

00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:26.000
 waiting.

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 One of

00:20:27.700 --> 00:20:28.700
 waiting.

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 You remember

00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:29.579
 ditch number

00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:29.859
 two,

00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.259
 don't you?

00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:31.599
 Ditch number

00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:31.900
 two,

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 I am

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.500
 righteous,

00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.379
 objectively

00:20:34.379 --> 00:20:34.960
 righteous,

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:35.460
 and so I

00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:35.740
 can live

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 however I

00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:36.440
 want.

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:37.940
 I am

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 covered by

00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:39.140
 the grace

00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:39.700
 of God.

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.019
 We are

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:41.039
 grace people.

00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:41.599
 We live

00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:42.240
 in grace,

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 not by

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.160
 works,

00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:43.960
 and so it

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.460
 doesn't really

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.200
 ultimately matter

00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:45.660
 how I

00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.000
 live,

00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:46.220
 right?

00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:46.559
 Paul?

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 Paul says,

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 no,

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:48.599
 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no.

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 Here in

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:51.960
 the in-between,

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:53.059
 you are

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:54.019
 called to

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.740
 live a life

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:56.220
 of holy

00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:57.099
 waiting.

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:58.839
 Holy

00:20:58.839 --> 00:20:59.779
 waiting.

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 You are a

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.240
 servant

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:02.579
 waiting on

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.180
 your master

00:21:03.180 --> 00:21:04.000
 to return.

00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.379
 As you

00:21:06.379 --> 00:21:06.660
 wait,

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.099
 you are,

00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:07.559
 we've already

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:08.160
 seen this,

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:08.960
 you're called

00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:10.180
 to work out

00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:10.879
 your salvation

00:21:10.879 --> 00:21:11.720
 with fear

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.519
 and trembling

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.220
 because it's

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:13.700
 God who

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.259
 works in

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:14.640
 you to

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.160
 will and

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:15.480
 to work

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:15.759
 for his

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:15.940
 good

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.339
 pleasure.

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.420
 We're

00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:17.720
 to live

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.099
 lives

00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:18.599
 worthy

00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:19.019
 of the

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.420
 gospel

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:19.759
 of

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.180
 Christ.

00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:20.440
 Again,

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:20.940
 not to

00:21:20.940 --> 00:21:21.420
 earn

00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:21.680
 his

00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.000
 favor,

00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:22.740
 but because

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.099
 he's

00:21:23.099 --> 00:21:23.720
 come and

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.079
 purchased

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:24.680
 this for

00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:25.039
 you in

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.480
 Christ.

00:21:26.779 --> 00:21:27.180
 Look there

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:27.460
 with me

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:27.900
 starting in

00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:28.500
 verse 17

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:28.940
 because

00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:30.940
 Paul contrasts

00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:31.480
 two groups

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.920
 of people

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.259
 here in

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:32.940
 verses 17

00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:33.599
 through 21.

00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:34.159
 There's

00:21:34.159 --> 00:21:35.459
 one group

00:21:35.459 --> 00:21:36.079
 here that

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:37.039
 walk as

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.740
 enemies of

00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:38.139
 the cross

00:21:38.139 --> 00:21:38.699
 of Christ

00:21:38.699 --> 00:21:39.039
 he says

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.639
 verse 18.

00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:40.859
 And then

00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:41.099
 there's

00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:42.019
 those who

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:42.659
 walk according

00:21:42.659 --> 00:21:43.019
 to the

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.619
 example of

00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:43.939
 Paul

00:21:43.939 --> 00:21:44.439
 and

00:21:44.439 --> 00:21:44.819
 Timothy

00:21:44.819 --> 00:21:46.099
 verse 17.

00:21:46.919 --> 00:21:47.299
 You see the

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:47.939
 contrast there.

00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:48.319
 He says,

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:49.579
 brothers join

00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:50.279
 in imitating

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:51.039
 me and keep

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.559
 your eyes

00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:52.059
 on those

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:53.000
 who walk

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.480
 according

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:53.919
 to the

00:21:53.919 --> 00:21:54.319
 example

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:54.679
 that you

00:21:54.679 --> 00:21:55.299
 have in

00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:55.639
 us.

00:21:55.699 --> 00:21:56.039
 That's one

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.500
 way of

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:56.980
 walking

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.419
 here in

00:21:57.419 --> 00:21:57.639
 the in

00:21:57.639 --> 00:21:57.980
 between.

00:21:57.980 --> 00:22:00.539
 for many

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:01.380
 verse 18

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:02.680
 of whom

00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:03.120
 I've often

00:22:03.120 --> 00:22:03.680
 told you

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.039
 and now

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:04.480
 tell you

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:04.920
 even with

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.319
 tears

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:06.120
 walk

00:22:06.120 --> 00:22:07.299
 as enemies

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.920
 of the

00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:08.380
 cross

00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:09.299
 of Christ.

00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:09.740
 That's another

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.299
 way of

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:11.220
 walking

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.920
 here in

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.160
 the in

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:12.380
 between.

00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:12.740
 And he

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:12.980
 says,

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:13.819
 be like

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.519
 this group

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:15.200
 not like

00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:15.680
 this group.

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:15.940
 You see

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.539
 the contrast.

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:17.900
 Be like

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.360
 those who

00:22:18.360 --> 00:22:19.160
 are waiting

00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:19.599
 for the

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:20.059
 return of

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.519
 Christ

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.620
 not like

00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:22.160
 those who

00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:23.259
 are rebelling.

00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:24.720
 Don't

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.579
 walk like

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.120
 them.

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.799
 Don't use

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.919
 grace as

00:22:28.919 --> 00:22:29.460
 an excuse

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.220
 to walk

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.799
 in sin.

00:22:30.879 --> 00:22:31.339
 Don't walk

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:31.759
 like them.

00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:32.099
 Why?

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:32.319
 Well,

00:22:32.659 --> 00:22:33.240
 look at how

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.859
 he describes

00:22:33.859 --> 00:22:34.279
 this first

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:34.599
 group of

00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:35.299
 people here.

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:35.919
 And I

00:22:35.919 --> 00:22:36.159
 want you

00:22:36.159 --> 00:22:36.519
 to ask

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:36.859
 yourself

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.180
 as we

00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:37.399
 walk

00:22:37.399 --> 00:22:37.579
 through

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:37.980
 this,

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:38.779
 ask

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.180
 yourself,

00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:39.899
 does

00:22:39.899 --> 00:22:40.659
 any of

00:22:40.659 --> 00:22:40.899
 this

00:22:40.899 --> 00:22:41.539
 describe

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:41.940
 me?

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.399
 He

00:22:44.399 --> 00:22:44.579
 says,

00:22:44.659 --> 00:22:44.980
 they are

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.639
 enemies

00:22:45.639 --> 00:22:46.279
 of the

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:46.740
 cross

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.539
 of Christ.

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:50.899
 This

00:22:50.899 --> 00:22:52.619
 is the

00:22:52.619 --> 00:22:53.059
 dividing

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:53.579
 line

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.440
 between

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:54.759
 all

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.139
 people.

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:56.960
 Which

00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:57.500
 side

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:57.960
 of the

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.359
 cross

00:22:58.359 --> 00:22:58.619
 of

00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:59.079
 Christ

00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.440
 are

00:22:59.440 --> 00:22:59.640
 you

00:22:59.640 --> 00:22:59.940
 on?

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:01.960
 Do you

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.599
 look at

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:02.720
 the

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.039
 cross

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.220
 of

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.559
 Christ

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:03.819
 where

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.579
 Jesus

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:04.980
 paid

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.160
 for

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:05.339
 the

00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:05.579
 sins

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:05.720
 of

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:05.859
 his

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.200
 people?

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:06.440
 Where

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:07.059
 Jesus

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.500
 bore

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.039
 the wrath

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.500
 of God

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.799
 against

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.259
 our

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.740
 sin?

00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:09.960
 Where

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.660
 the

00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:10.980
 perfect

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.279
 son

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:11.400
 of

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:11.640
 God

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:11.799
 was

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.140
 made

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:12.519
 sin

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:12.740
 for

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.079
 us

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.240
 so

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.380
 that

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:13.559
 in

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:13.839
 him

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.279
 we

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.539
 might

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:14.920
 become

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.160
 the

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.599
 righteousness

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:15.980
 of

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.339
 God?

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:16.720
 Do

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:16.880
 you

00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:17.279
 look

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.500
 at

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:17.660
 the

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:17.980
 cross

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.140
 of

00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:18.420
 Christ

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:18.579
 and

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:18.779
 say,

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:19.380
 yes,

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:19.640
 that's

00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:19.819
 my

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.119
 only

00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:20.519
 hope.

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.519
 That's

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:22.680
 my

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.019
 only

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.320
 hope

00:23:23.320 --> 00:23:23.500
 for

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:24.299
 good

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:24.860
 standing

00:23:24.860 --> 00:23:25.100
 and

00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:25.640
 salvation

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:25.920
 and

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.420
 righteousness.

00:23:26.600 --> 00:23:26.700
 That's

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:26.840
 my

00:23:26.840 --> 00:23:27.039
 only

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.240
 hope

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.380
 to

00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:27.680
 know

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.060
 God.

00:23:28.120 --> 00:23:28.240
 That's

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.380
 my

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:28.620
 only

00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:28.940
 hope

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.060
 to

00:23:29.060 --> 00:23:29.200
 be

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.519
 washed

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:29.799
 clean

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:29.940
 of

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.140
 my

00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:30.480
 sin.

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:30.820
 Do

00:23:30.820 --> 00:23:30.940
 you

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.160
 look

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:31.259
 at

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.380
 that

00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:31.500
 and

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:31.740
 cling

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:31.900
 to

00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:32.039
 the

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.320
 cross

00:23:32.320 --> 00:23:32.500
 and

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:32.640
 say,

00:23:32.840 --> 00:23:33.320
 that's

00:23:33.320 --> 00:23:34.140
 life

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.400
 for

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:34.680
 me?

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:36.960
 Or

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.080
 do

00:23:37.080 --> 00:23:37.200
 you

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.420
 look

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:37.500
 at

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:37.620
 the

00:23:37.620 --> 00:23:37.860
 cross

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:38.039
 of

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.380
 Christ

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:38.600
 and

00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:38.920
 say,

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:41.080
 it's

00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:41.240
 not

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:41.400
 for

00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:41.620
 me.

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.600
 I

00:23:43.600 --> 00:23:43.740
 could

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:43.920
 take

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.039
 it

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.160
 or

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.380
 leave

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:44.539
 it.

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:44.900
 It's

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:46.140
 nothing

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.600
 special

00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:46.779
 to

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:46.960
 me.

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.259
 It's

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.639
 just

00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:47.839
 some

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.180
 religious

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:48.720
 stuff.

00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:49.119
 I've

00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:49.299
 heard

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.399
 it

00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:49.779
 before.

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.039
 I'm

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.700
 not

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.200
 impressed.

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.119
 You

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.319
 need to

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:55.519
 know

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:55.839
 that if

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.259
 that's

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:57.279
 how you

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:57.579
 feel,

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:57.920
 you are

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.139
 not

00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.700
 neutral.

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.000
 Paul

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.259
 says,

00:23:59.339 --> 00:23:59.579
 you are

00:23:59.579 --> 00:23:59.779
 an

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.099
 enemy

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:00.799
 of

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:00.940
 the

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.240
 cross

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.420
 of

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:01.819
 Christ.

00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:02.440
 And

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:02.559
 as

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:02.700
 an

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:02.920
 enemy

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.119
 of

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.220
 the

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.480
 cross

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:03.660
 of

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:03.920
 Christ,

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.099
 you

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.259
 are

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:04.460
 an

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:04.759
 enemy

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.279
 of

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.440
 the

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:05.740
 living

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.440
 God.

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.379
 Paul

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:07.559
 says,

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:07.799
 many

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:07.980
 are

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.279
 walking

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:08.559
 this

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:08.779
 way.

00:24:08.879 --> 00:24:08.920
 And

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.039
 he

00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:09.240
 says

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.339
 it

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:09.500
 with

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.000
 tears.

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:11.920
 Don't

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.559
 walk

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.039
 this

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.359
 way.

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:15.879
 Don't

00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:16.599
 walk

00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:17.139
 this

00:24:17.139 --> 00:24:17.339
 way.

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:18.119
 I'm

00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:18.440
 begging

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:18.720
 you,

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:18.980
 if you

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.119
 are

00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:19.379
 here

00:24:19.379 --> 00:24:19.539
 as

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:19.680
 an

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:19.879
 enemy

00:24:19.879 --> 00:24:20.079
 of

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.180
 the

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.460
 cross

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:20.639
 of

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:20.980
 Christ,

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.460
 do

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:21.740
 not

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.159
 leave

00:24:22.159 --> 00:24:22.420
 here

00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:22.779
 thinking

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:22.980
 that

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.119
 you

00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:23.259
 are

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.839
 neutral

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.039
 and

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.240
 all

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.399
 is

00:24:24.399 --> 00:24:24.659
 well.

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:25.299
 Do

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:25.680
 not

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.240
 walk

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.579
 this

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:26.859
 way.

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:30.659
 He

00:24:30.659 --> 00:24:30.980
 says

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.779
 this

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.000
 first

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.200
 group

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.319
 of

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.559
 people

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:32.839
 has

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.059
 their

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.519
 minds

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.200
 set

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:34.399
 on

00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:34.799
 earthly

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.500
 things.

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.359
 They're

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:37.799
 consumed

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.220
 with

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.779
 earthly

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.339
 things.

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:39.559
 And

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.039
 you

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.259
 and I

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.440
 know

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.759
 this

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.500
 as

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:41.659
 well

00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:41.779
 as

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:41.940
 I

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.099
 do.

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:43.139
 It's

00:24:43.139 --> 00:24:43.500
 far

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:43.819
 too

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.259
 easy

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.459
 as

00:24:44.459 --> 00:24:44.599
 we

00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:44.919
 wait

00:24:44.919 --> 00:24:45.099
 on

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.199
 the

00:24:45.199 --> 00:24:45.519
 return

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:45.699
 of

00:24:45.699 --> 00:24:45.980
 Christ

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.159
 that

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:46.299
 we

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:46.919
 can't

00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:47.299
 see,

00:24:47.419 --> 00:24:47.500
 that

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:47.639
 we

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:48.159
 don't

00:24:48.159 --> 00:24:48.399
 know

00:24:48.399 --> 00:24:48.579
 when

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:48.719
 it's

00:24:48.719 --> 00:24:49.059
 coming,

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:49.859
 it's

00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:50.459
 mysterious,

00:24:50.679 --> 00:24:50.779
 it's

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.159
 invisible

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.719
 to us,

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.139
 it's

00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:52.419
 far

00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:52.639
 too

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:52.939
 easy

00:24:52.939 --> 00:24:53.219
 for us

00:24:53.219 --> 00:24:53.459
 to be

00:24:53.459 --> 00:24:54.059
 distracted

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.339
 by

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.619
 things

00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:54.759
 that

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:54.919
 we

00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:55.319
 can

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:55.740
 see,

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:56.740
 that

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:56.859
 we

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:57.179
 can

00:24:57.179 --> 00:24:57.740
 taste,

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:57.899
 and

00:24:57.899 --> 00:24:58.000
 that

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.119
 we

00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:58.379
 can

00:24:58.379 --> 00:24:59.299
 touch

00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.519
 with

00:24:59.519 --> 00:24:59.659
 our

00:24:59.659 --> 00:24:59.980
 hands,

00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:00.919
 that's

00:25:00.919 --> 00:25:01.480
 visible

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:01.859
 and

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.319
 tangible

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:02.719
 here.

00:25:03.939 --> 00:25:04.399
 Waiting

00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:05.079
 on

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.279
 his

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.819
 return,

00:25:06.379 --> 00:25:06.639
 it

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:06.859
 means

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.379
 fixing

00:25:07.379 --> 00:25:07.740
 your

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.219
 eyes

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:09.019
 there

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.620
 on

00:25:09.620 --> 00:25:09.960
 him,

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:10.259
 not

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.440
 on

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:10.680
 things

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:10.880
 here

00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:11.019
 on

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.120
 the

00:25:11.120 --> 00:25:11.440
 earth.

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.539
 Set

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:12.700
 your

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:12.960
 mind

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.160
 on

00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:14.079
 Christ,

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.620
 where

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.079
 Christ

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.360
 is,

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:15.640
 seated

00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:15.920
 at the

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.120
 right

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.360
 hand

00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:16.519
 of

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:16.819
 God.

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.360
 Take

00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:17.500
 your

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:17.700
 eyes

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:17.980
 off

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.160
 of

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:18.640
 earthly

00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:19.100
 things

00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:19.279
 and

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.600
 fix

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:19.880
 your

00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:20.339
 eyes

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:20.799
 on

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.360
 Christ.

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:21.759
 Don't

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.799
 consume

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.339
 yourself

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:23.539
 with

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:24.059
 stress

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.319
 and

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.740
 with

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.120
 worry

00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:25.360
 about

00:25:25.360 --> 00:25:25.640
 things

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:25.759
 that

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:25.860
 are

00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:25.980
 just

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.079
 going

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:26.220
 to be

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.519
 burned

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.759
 up

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:26.960
 like

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.299
 chaff

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.420
 on

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:27.519
 the

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:27.740
 last

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 day.

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 This

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:30.500
 is

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.620
 why

00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:30.860
 Paul

00:25:30.860 --> 00:25:31.259
 calls

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.480
 us

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:31.640
 in

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:31.980
 chapter

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.339
 4

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:32.579
 verse

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:32.960
 8.

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:34.779
 Whatever

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.220
 is

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:35.799
 true,

00:25:36.679 --> 00:25:36.980
 whatever

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.339
 is

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:37.980
 honorable,

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.119
 whatever

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.399
 is

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:40.019
 just,

00:25:40.159 --> 00:25:40.299
 whatever

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:40.619
 is

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 pure,

00:25:41.199 --> 00:25:41.359
 whatever

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:41.639
 is

00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:42.299
 lovely,

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:42.619
 whatever

00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:42.899
 is

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.619
 commendable,

00:25:43.699 --> 00:25:44.000
 if there's

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.259
 any

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.899
 excellence,

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.259
 if there's

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.539
 anything

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:45.899
 worthy

00:25:45.899 --> 00:25:46.139
 of

00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:46.500
 praise,

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.379
 think

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:47.960
 about

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.799
 these

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.619
 things.

00:25:51.639 --> 00:25:52.220
 Don't

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.699
 think so

00:25:52.699 --> 00:25:52.939
 much

00:25:52.939 --> 00:25:53.240
 about

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.859
 money.

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.119
 Don't

00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:56.379
 think so

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:56.519
 much

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:56.740
 about

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.299
 sex.

00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:58.980
 Don't

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.220
 think so

00:25:59.220 --> 00:25:59.379
 much

00:25:59.379 --> 00:25:59.679
 about

00:25:59.679 --> 00:26:00.579
 pleasure.

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:00.859
 Don't

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.159
 think so

00:26:01.159 --> 00:26:01.339
 much

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:01.639
 about

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.780
 entertainment.

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:03.240
 Don't

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.580
 think so

00:26:03.580 --> 00:26:03.780
 much

00:26:03.780 --> 00:26:04.160
 about

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:04.960
 earthly

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.800
 things.

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.120
 Fix

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:06.280
 your

00:26:06.280 --> 00:26:06.620
 mind

00:26:06.620 --> 00:26:06.840
 on

00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.420
 Christ.

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:09.860
 Not

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.400
 only this,

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.140
 Paul says

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:11.520
 also,

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.020
 that they

00:26:12.020 --> 00:26:13.540
 glory in

00:26:13.540 --> 00:26:14.300
 their shame.

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.480
 The things

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:16.740
 that they

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.140
 ought to be

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:17.960
 ashamed of,

00:26:18.060 --> 00:26:19.020
 they celebrate.

00:26:20.600 --> 00:26:21.240
 How many

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.860
 beers can I

00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.320
 drink?

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.200
 How many

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.820
 women can I

00:26:24.820 --> 00:26:25.480
 sleep with?

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.340
 How much

00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:28.000
 money can I

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.420
 hide from

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:28.840
 the tax

00:26:28.840 --> 00:26:29.160
 man?

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:31.700
 what are

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.440
 you glorying

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.019
 in now

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.440
 that you

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:33.680
 will be

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.100
 ashamed

00:26:34.100 --> 00:26:34.480
 of at

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:34.720
 the day

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:34.860
 of

00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:35.320
 Christ?

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.900
 And he

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.860
 says here,

00:26:39.100 --> 00:26:39.720
 their God

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.360
 is their

00:26:40.360 --> 00:26:40.740
 belly.

00:26:40.840 --> 00:26:41.080
 Now he

00:26:41.080 --> 00:26:41.420
 didn't have

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.620
 to do

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:41.960
 this right

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.160
 at the

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:42.400
 holiday

00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:42.820
 season.

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.460
 I

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:44.620
 didn't

00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:45.259
 plan this.

00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:46.900
 But in

00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.160
 God's

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.560
 providence,

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:47.880
 here we

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.140
 are,

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.440
 right?

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:48.700
 Here's

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.140
 the idea.

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.120
 They

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:50.680
 give their

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.100
 appetite

00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:51.759
 whatever it

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.120
 wants.

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.040
 They

00:26:54.040 --> 00:26:54.960
 serve their

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.820
 appetite and

00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.300
 feed it

00:26:56.300 --> 00:26:57.180
 whatever it

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.580
 wants.

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.379
 That belly

00:26:58.379 --> 00:26:59.599
 rules their

00:26:59.599 --> 00:26:59.960
 life.

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.699
 They are

00:27:00.699 --> 00:27:01.639
 slaves to

00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:02.199
 their physical

00:27:02.199 --> 00:27:03.299
 cravings.

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:04.759
 It makes

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.379
 it a God.

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.419
 The end

00:27:07.419 --> 00:27:07.899
 of all of

00:27:07.899 --> 00:27:08.139
 this,

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.659
 Paul says

00:27:08.659 --> 00:27:09.240
 again with

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.819
 tears,

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.599
 with tears,

00:27:10.699 --> 00:27:11.059
 he says the

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.740
 end of all

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.619
 of this is

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:13.799
 destruction.

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:14.779
 Friend,

00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:15.319
 I'll ask you

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:15.659
 again.

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.419
 Are you

00:27:17.419 --> 00:27:17.939
 headed for

00:27:17.939 --> 00:27:18.500
 destruction?

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.279
 Don't

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.819
 leave this

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:24.319
 place headed

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:25.099
 for destruction.

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.179
 temptation.

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.199
 Here in

00:27:27.199 --> 00:27:28.159
 between we

00:27:28.159 --> 00:27:28.559
 live in a

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.000
 time of

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.619
 God's

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.779
 mercy and

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.619
 grace towards

00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:31.939
 sinners.

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.699
 This invitation

00:27:32.699 --> 00:27:33.299
 of the cross

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.980
 of Christ is

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.579
 for you.

00:27:34.919 --> 00:27:35.480
 Praise God

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:35.759
 that you're

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.259
 here to hear

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.559
 it this

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:36.859
 morning.

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.719
 God says

00:27:37.719 --> 00:27:38.419
 turn from

00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:38.939
 your sin,

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.799
 repent and

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.119
 put your

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:40.719
 faith in

00:27:40.719 --> 00:27:41.539
 Christ and

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:41.980
 you too

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.500
 will live.

00:27:44.179 --> 00:27:44.619
 Don't

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:45.799
 walk this

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.159
 way.

00:27:47.459 --> 00:27:47.980
 Don't

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:49.019
 walk this

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.259
 way.

00:27:49.379 --> 00:27:49.839
 Instead,

00:27:50.159 --> 00:27:50.759
 Paul says,

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:51.699
 instead walk

00:27:51.699 --> 00:27:52.639
 like this.

00:27:52.939 --> 00:27:53.459
 Walk like

00:27:53.459 --> 00:27:54.240
 those who are

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.859
 waiting.

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.619
 for his

00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:56.000
 return.

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.279
 Walk like

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.679
 those who

00:27:58.679 --> 00:27:59.279
 know the

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.779
 king is

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.559
 coming soon.

00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:02.299
 Walk like

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.659
 those who

00:28:02.659 --> 00:28:03.139
 know that

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:04.039
 the Lord is

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.579
 coming and

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.039
 with him.

00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:05.279
 He's

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:06.519
 wrath for

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.099
 his enemies

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.719
 and life

00:28:07.719 --> 00:28:08.159
 for his

00:28:08.159 --> 00:28:08.559
 people.

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.719
 He says

00:28:10.719 --> 00:28:11.019
 in verse

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.480
 17,

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:11.839
 he says,

00:28:11.939 --> 00:28:12.939
 walk like

00:28:12.939 --> 00:28:13.559
 me.

00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:13.919
 Now that's

00:28:13.919 --> 00:28:14.339
 a bold

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:14.759
 thing to

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.079
 say.

00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:15.939
 For

00:28:15.939 --> 00:28:16.359
 somebody who

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:16.799
 just says,

00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:16.939
 no,

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.240
 I'm not

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.679
 perfect.

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.439
 He's not

00:28:19.439 --> 00:28:19.859
 saying I'm

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.199
 perfect,

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:20.659
 so imitate

00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:21.419
 me completely.

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:21.859
 He says,

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.480
 I am

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.219
 trying my

00:28:23.219 --> 00:28:24.159
 darndest to

00:28:24.159 --> 00:28:25.039
 follow Christ.

00:28:25.659 --> 00:28:26.059
 I'm

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:27.079
 pursuing it

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.539
 with everything

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.079
 I have.

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:28.500
 Don't look

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.879
 at me as

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.439
 a savior,

00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:29.899
 but look

00:28:29.899 --> 00:28:30.299
 at me as

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.879
 an example.

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:32.059
 Walk like

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.719
 me and keep

00:28:32.719 --> 00:28:33.259
 your eyes on

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.679
 those who

00:28:33.679 --> 00:28:34.399
 walk according

00:28:34.399 --> 00:28:34.939
 to our

00:28:34.939 --> 00:28:35.519
 example.

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.459
 Look how

00:28:36.459 --> 00:28:36.939
 I'm living.

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.539
 I believe

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.219
 in grace.

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:38.579
 Don't you

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:38.980
 think Paul

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.339
 knows a

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.699
 thing or two

00:28:39.699 --> 00:28:40.379
 about grace?

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:41.759
 He says,

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.279
 I believe

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.779
 that I am

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.480
 totally

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.139
 justified.

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.219
 I believe

00:28:45.219 --> 00:28:45.859
 that I have

00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:46.399
 Christ's

00:28:46.399 --> 00:28:46.799
 righteousness

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.699
 in full

00:28:47.699 --> 00:28:48.259
 right now,

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.740
 that I am

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.439
 objectively

00:28:49.439 --> 00:28:50.179
 perfect,

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.980
 and yet

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.660
 look at

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:51.880
 me.

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.220
 I am

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.960
 straining

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.660
 forwards

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.279
 towards this

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.700
 perfection

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:55.120
 ahead of

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.299
 me.

00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:56.299
 I am

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:56.600
 pressing

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:57.180
 on to

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:57.500
 know the

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:57.799
 Lord.

00:28:58.080 --> 00:28:58.400
 Look at

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:58.820
 me and

00:28:58.820 --> 00:29:00.019
 imitate my

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.539
 example.

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.500
 Live

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.420
 waiting on

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:04.080
 the return

00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:05.100
 of Christ.

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:06.060
 This first

00:29:06.060 --> 00:29:06.460
 group of

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.100
 people belongs

00:29:07.100 --> 00:29:07.700
 to the world.

00:29:07.820 --> 00:29:08.100
 They're headed

00:29:08.100 --> 00:29:08.820
 for destruction,

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.400
 but he says,

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:09.740
 here's the

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.340
 contrast.

00:29:10.820 --> 00:29:11.100
 You,

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.620
 Christian,

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:11.960
 look there

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.200
 to verse

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.480
 20.

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:13.420
 Here's the

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:13.920
 contrast.

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:15.920
 But our

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:17.019
 citizenship is

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.920
 in heaven,

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.620
 and from

00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.700
 it we

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.779
 await a

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.259
 Savior,

00:29:22.580 --> 00:29:23.420
 Jesus Christ,

00:29:24.060 --> 00:29:24.480
 who will

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:25.560
 transform our

00:29:25.560 --> 00:29:26.480
 lowly body

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:27.600
 to be like

00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:28.740
 his glorious

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:30.300
 body by the

00:29:30.300 --> 00:29:30.900
 power that

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:31.519
 enables him

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.039
 even to

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.980
 subject all

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:34.300
 things to

00:29:34.300 --> 00:29:34.800
 himself.

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.180
 Church,

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.440
 would you

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.019
 just do one

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.920
 thing for me

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.620
 this week?

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.240
 Would you

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:39.620
 memorize that

00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:39.960
 verse?

00:29:41.340 --> 00:29:42.019
 Would you

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:43.039
 commit this

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.620
 verse to

00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:43.939
 memory?

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.279
 Would you

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:45.419
 meditate on

00:29:45.419 --> 00:29:45.739
 it and

00:29:45.739 --> 00:29:46.819
 think on

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:46.939
 it?

00:29:46.979 --> 00:29:47.679
 Because in

00:29:47.679 --> 00:29:48.339
 this verse,

00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:49.000
 Paul,

00:29:49.199 --> 00:29:50.119
 he gives us

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.959
 a picture of

00:29:50.959 --> 00:29:51.779
 what we are

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:53.299
 waiting for.

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.879
 He says,

00:29:55.939 --> 00:29:56.279
 here in the

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.719
 in-between,

00:29:57.179 --> 00:29:57.519
 we are

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:59.159
 waiting for

00:29:59.159 --> 00:29:59.819
 home.

00:30:03.239 --> 00:30:04.159
 However good

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:05.059
 your earthly

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.799
 home is on

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.279
 this side of

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:06.659
 eternity,

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.000
 listen,

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.599
 there is a

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:09.139
 much better,

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:10.259
 more permanent,

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:11.379
 more lasting,

00:30:11.739 --> 00:30:12.399
 more glorious

00:30:12.399 --> 00:30:13.039
 home ahead of

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.199
 you.

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:14.959
 However

00:30:14.959 --> 00:30:15.859
 difficult your

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.699
 home life is,

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.359
 maybe your

00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:17.899
 family is

00:30:17.899 --> 00:30:18.279
 difficult,

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:18.919
 maybe there's

00:30:18.919 --> 00:30:19.599
 tensions in

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:19.959
 the home,

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.500
 maybe you

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.259
 grew up in

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.719
 a broken

00:30:21.719 --> 00:30:22.159
 home,

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.500
 put your

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:23.919
 faith and

00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:24.279
 your hope

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:24.519
 in a

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:24.899
 coming,

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.559
 permanent

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.299
 home for

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.679
 all those

00:30:26.679 --> 00:30:26.919
 who know

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:27.339
 the Lord.

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.379
 Paul says

00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:30.359
 your citizenship

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:32.039
 in Philippi,

00:30:32.959 --> 00:30:33.719
 your citizenship

00:30:33.719 --> 00:30:35.059
 in America,

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:35.719
 all of that

00:30:35.719 --> 00:30:36.500
 is very,

00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:37.279
 very temporary,

00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:38.079
 it's fading

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.459
 away,

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.879
 it's momentary,

00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:40.280
 you are

00:30:40.280 --> 00:30:41.220
 citizens and

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:42.100
 saints of

00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:42.780
 an eternal

00:30:42.780 --> 00:30:43.600
 kingdom of

00:30:43.600 --> 00:30:44.280
 glory to

00:30:44.280 --> 00:30:44.720
 come.

00:30:46.820 --> 00:30:48.360
 It's hard

00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:48.940
 to imagine

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:51.300
 anything like

00:30:51.300 --> 00:30:51.560
 this,

00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:51.960
 isn't it?

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:53.900
 A home

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:55.300
 that's

00:30:55.300 --> 00:30:56.300
 imperishable,

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.220
 undefiled,

00:30:57.760 --> 00:30:58.400
 unfading,

00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:59.000
 kept in

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.400
 heaven for

00:30:59.400 --> 00:30:59.700
 you,

00:31:00.100 --> 00:31:00.740
 Peter says.

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:01.980
 A home

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.660
 that's free

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.080
 from the

00:31:03.080 --> 00:31:03.600
 shackles of

00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:04.280
 sin and

00:31:04.280 --> 00:31:04.700
 death,

00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:05.560
 but Paul

00:31:05.560 --> 00:31:06.120
 says it's

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.820
 ahead of you

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.439
 and in

00:31:07.439 --> 00:31:07.919
 order for

00:31:07.919 --> 00:31:08.299
 you to

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:08.879
 receive it,

00:31:08.939 --> 00:31:09.359
 guess what?

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.359
 You too

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:10.879
 must be

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.220
 made

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.059
 imperishable,

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.519
 undefiled,

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.639
 unfading,

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.259
 and you too

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.759
 must be

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.319
 freed from

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.939
 the shackles

00:31:16.939 --> 00:31:17.339
 of sin

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.819
 and death.

00:31:17.899 --> 00:31:18.119
 And so

00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:18.839
 Paul says

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.460
 ahead of you

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.899
 Christian,

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.439
 guess what?

00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:21.279
 We're waiting

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.759
 for the

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.500
 transformation

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.779
 of our

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.439
 bodies.

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.319
 We're waiting

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:26.700
 for

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.759
 transformation.

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.899
 I heard

00:31:29.899 --> 00:31:30.539
 a conversation,

00:31:30.679 --> 00:31:31.099
 overheard a

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:31.659
 conversation the

00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:31.960
 other day

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.639
 between two

00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:33.259
 children,

00:31:33.399 --> 00:31:33.799
 I won't tell

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.159
 you again

00:31:34.159 --> 00:31:35.240
 which children

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.759
 they were,

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:37.339
 and one

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:38.000
 asked the

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.259
 other,

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:38.519
 if you

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:38.920
 could only

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.640
 have one

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.319
 thing for

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:40.819
 Christmas,

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:42.019
 for the rest

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.379
 of your

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:42.920
 life,

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:43.940
 what would

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.259
 it be?

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.200
 And the

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:47.039
 kid thought

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.579
 about it and

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:47.819
 then he

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.119
 said,

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.039
 I want to

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.680
 be able to

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:50.279
 drive,

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:52.480
 and then I

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:52.819
 want a

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.519
 cyber truck.

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.339
 He understood

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:57.940
 something very

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.559
 important that

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:58.980
 we need to

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.440
 understand,

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.000
 church,

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:00.799
 which is this,

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.980
 just a

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.559
 cyber truck,

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:02.960
 that's no

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.579
 good for a

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:03.759
 kid,

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.079
 is it?

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:05.619
 He has to

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:06.319
 be made

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:07.159
 fit,

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:07.759
 has to be

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.619
 made capable

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:09.679
 of enjoying

00:32:09.679 --> 00:32:10.419
 the gift.

00:32:11.439 --> 00:32:11.899
 He has to

00:32:11.899 --> 00:32:12.699
 be qualified

00:32:12.699 --> 00:32:13.740
 and transformed

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.579
 in some way

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:14.980
 so that he

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.399
 can actually

00:32:15.399 --> 00:32:16.099
 receive it

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:17.199
 and enjoy it

00:32:17.199 --> 00:32:17.559
 and not just

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.460
 look at it.

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.859
 In the same

00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:20.480
 way,

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.199
 Paul is telling

00:32:21.199 --> 00:32:21.859
 us that

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:23.199
 eternity with

00:32:23.199 --> 00:32:23.720
 God,

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.579
 this promise

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:25.240
 of a forever

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.019
 home free

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.720
 from sin,

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.539
 this promise

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:28.599
 of eternity

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:29.259
 with the Lord

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.119
 Jesus Christ,

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:31.619
 we can't enjoy

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.339
 it in this

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:33.819
 physical fleshly

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.339
 body that we

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.819
 have right

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.159
 now.

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.939
 This body

00:32:36.939 --> 00:32:37.679
 is prone

00:32:37.679 --> 00:32:38.379
 to decay

00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:39.419
 and corruption,

00:32:39.659 --> 00:32:40.259
 it's weak,

00:32:40.399 --> 00:32:41.659
 it's perishable,

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:43.019
 but good news,

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:44.079
 Jesus Christ

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:44.759
 has risen

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.740
 from the dead,

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.879
 he has been

00:32:46.879 --> 00:32:47.839
 raised with

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:48.699
 an imperishable

00:32:48.699 --> 00:32:49.759
 glorious body,

00:32:49.959 --> 00:32:50.639
 and he says

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:51.359
 if you are

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:52.299
 united to me

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:52.959
 by faith,

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.439
 guess what?

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.279
 You get one

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:54.559
 too.

00:32:56.679 --> 00:32:57.720
 You will be

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.559
 transformed

00:32:58.559 --> 00:33:01.039
 to be made

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.980
 like him.

00:33:03.399 --> 00:33:03.960
 You will be

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.619
 made fit

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:05.759
 to enjoy

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.700
 eternity

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.799
 with him.

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.679
 Just as we

00:33:09.679 --> 00:33:10.179
 have borne the

00:33:10.179 --> 00:33:10.599
 image of the

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.259
 man of dust,

00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:12.200
 so also we

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.799
 will bear the

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.379
 image of the

00:33:13.379 --> 00:33:14.559
 man of heaven.

00:33:14.639 --> 00:33:14.859
 But friend,

00:33:14.919 --> 00:33:15.339
 that's not even

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:16.000
 the best part.

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.319
 What are we

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.839
 waiting for?

00:33:18.179 --> 00:33:18.619
 Ultimately,

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.319
 church,

00:33:19.419 --> 00:33:20.339
 we are waiting

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:21.519
 for King

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.159
 Jesus.

00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:24.899
 We are waiting

00:33:24.899 --> 00:33:25.759
 for Christ

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:27.259
 Jesus himself.

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.419
 Our citizenship,

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.500
 is in heaven,

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:31.220
 and from it

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.940
 we await

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.720
 a Savior,

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.220
 the Lord

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:35.220
 Jesus Christ,

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.819
 more precious

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.359
 than a forever

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:36.720
 home,

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:39.059
 more valuable

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:40.259
 than an undying

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:41.359
 glorified body.

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:43.000
 Christ himself

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.819
 is the greatest

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.579
 treasure of heaven.

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.879
 We are waiting

00:33:46.879 --> 00:33:47.679
 for the return

00:33:47.679 --> 00:33:48.519
 of Christ

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:49.179
 that we might

00:33:49.179 --> 00:33:50.539
 see him

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.119
 and we might

00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:52.159
 know him

00:33:52.159 --> 00:33:52.700
 in full,

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.200
 that we might

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:54.240
 be with him

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.639
 forever.

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:55.440
 That's what

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:56.019
 we're waiting

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.440
 for,

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:56.960
 and so here

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:57.759
 in between,

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.920
 that's what

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.859
 we are to

00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:00.519
 pursue

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:02.099
 right now.

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.359
 Are you

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.900
 waiting for

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.160
 him?

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:08.820
 Are you

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:10.039
 pressing on

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.559
 to know

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:10.920
 him,

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.300
 the power

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.719
 of his

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.280
 resurrection

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:15.119
 right now?

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.420
 Church,

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.360
 this Christmas

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:17.139
 season as we

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:18.460
 sing and as we

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.320
 think about the

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:20.019
 first coming

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.599
 of Christ,

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.760
 all the years

00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:22.340
 of waiting

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:23.719
 and longing

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:24.659
 and anticipating

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:26.059
 this fulfillment

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.659
 of God's

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:27.179
 promises

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:27.559
 and the

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:28.019
 coming of

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.379
 Christ,

00:34:28.799 --> 00:34:29.439
 please don't

00:34:29.439 --> 00:34:30.039
 just leave

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.439
 it there.

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.159
 I want you

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:32.799
 to sing

00:34:32.799 --> 00:34:34.019
 and to worship

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:35.259
 and to long

00:34:35.259 --> 00:34:35.980
 for and to

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:37.239
 wait on the

00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:37.879
 time when he

00:34:37.879 --> 00:34:38.439
 will come

00:34:38.439 --> 00:34:38.980
 again,

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.739
 when in

00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:41.079
 fullness

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.839
 together

00:34:41.839 --> 00:34:42.799
 we'll sing

00:34:42.799 --> 00:34:43.419
 joy to the

00:34:43.419 --> 00:34:43.659
 world,

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.039
 the Lord

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.519
 has come.

00:34:45.319 --> 00:34:46.139
 Let earth

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:47.039
 receive her

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.359
 king.

00:34:48.359 --> 00:34:49.099
 Let every

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.879
 heart prepare

00:34:49.879 --> 00:34:50.559
 him room

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.039
 in heaven

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.739
 and nature

00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:52.739
 sing.

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.539
 O come,

00:34:53.799 --> 00:34:54.320
 O come,

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:55.000
 Emmanuel,

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.980
 and ransom

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.960
 captive Israel

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:59.039
 that mourns

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.659
 in lonely

00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:00.739
 exile here

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:01.659
 until the

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:02.699
 Son of God

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:03.679
 appear.

00:35:04.799 --> 00:35:05.460
 Come thou

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:06.320
 long-expected

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:06.860
 Jesus,

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.759
 born to set

00:35:08.759 --> 00:35:09.299
 thy people

00:35:09.299 --> 00:35:09.779
 free.

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.320
 From our

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:11.980
 fears and

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.460
 sins,

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:13.400
 release us.

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:14.279
 Let us find

00:35:14.279 --> 00:35:15.119
 our rest

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:16.299
 in thee.

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:18.059
 Father,

00:35:18.799 --> 00:35:19.880
 we praise

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.460
 you for what

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:20.900
 you've done

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.400
 in the first

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:21.940
 coming of

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.380
 Christ.

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.320
 We praise

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:24.720
 you for the

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:25.659
 cross of

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:26.139
 Christ.

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 And we

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.480
 praise you for

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:28.880
 the certain

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.960
 return of

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:30.500
 Christ and

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:30.760
 for the

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:31.340
 kingdom to

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:31.699
 come,

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.980
 of which we

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.740
 are citizens

00:35:33.740 --> 00:35:34.980
 and saints

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.980
 if we know

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:37.019
 him by faith

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:38.079
 right now.

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:38.539
 And so we

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.099
 pray, Lord,

00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:39.599
 for those of

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.519
 us that have

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.380
 been saved by

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:41.960
 grace through

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.519
 faith, would

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:43.260
 you lead us

00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:43.980
 to press on,

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:45.920
 lead us to

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.500
 persevere,

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:48.340
 lead us to

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:49.400
 press on to

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:49.960
 make that

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.860
 perfection and

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.280
 righteousness

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:52.240
 ours that

00:35:52.240 --> 00:35:52.960
 already belongs

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.500
 to us in

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:53.900
 Christ.

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 And for

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:54.940
 those of

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.320
 us who

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:56.119
 are walking

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:56.699
 now as

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:57.340
 enemies of

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.780
 the cross

00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:58.380
 of Christ,

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:58.780
 would you

00:35:58.780 --> 00:35:59.820
 cause us

00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:00.519
 this moment

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:00.980
 to repent

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.500
 and put our

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.139
 faith in a

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:03.019
 holy savior

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.860
 who loves us

00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:04.240
 and loves

00:36:04.240 --> 00:36:04.780
 sinners like

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:05.440
 us, came

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:06.000
 for sinners

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.579
 like us.

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:07.920
 We love

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.039
 you,

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:08.400
 Father, we

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:08.800
 pray this in

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.320
 Jesus' name.

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.340
 Amen.

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.480
 Amen.

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:10.500
 Amen.

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:10.519
 Amen.

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:10.539
 Amen.

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.579
 Amen.

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:12.579
 Amen.