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 It's great to be back.

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 It is, this is a great place.

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 We had heard good things about it, but now we know they're true.

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 I think it was Yeats that said, there's no strangers here,

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 there's just friends you hadn't met.

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 And I think the truth of that really is in the body of Christ,

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 that it really is true, that the body of Christ,

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 that Christ breaks down the barriers between us.

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 So last week we were talking about, thank you very much, Ralph.

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 Last week we were talking about this good news about the gospel,

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 what Jesus has done for us, and how that impacts our view of ourselves.

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 We looked at how it really gives us perspective,

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 that it shows us who we are in relation to God,

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 that we are very small and sinful,

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 and yes, we are extremely loved by God and secure in Him.

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 But also how the gospel shows us that our guilt is removed,

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 it frees us from the power of sin,

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 that it removes our guilt,

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 and also that it fills us with the fullness of God.

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 And that gives us the strength to,

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 that even the desires for sin start to wither,

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 because we have full satisfaction in Christ.

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 And finally, we also saw that the confidence that we have in the future,

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 that we can trust God because He's proven Himself.

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 He's proven that His promises are good.

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 He's proven that He really does want what's best for us,

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 and is really willing to do what is best for us,

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 whatever the cost.

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 So because of the gospel, we have hope for the future.

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 We're just going to start with the same verse that we,

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 a few verses that we read at the beginning of last week,

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 2 Corinthians, chapter 5.

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 In the Church Bible, it's page 1161.

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 So 2 Corinthians 5, starting in verse 14.

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 He says,

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 For Christ's love compels us,

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 because we are convinced that one died for all,

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 and therefore all died.

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 And He died for all,

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 that those who live should no longer live for themselves,

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 but for Him who died and was raised again.

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 From now on, we know,

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 from now on, we regard no one from a worldly point of view.

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 Though we once regarded Christ in this way,

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 we do so no longer.

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 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,

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 he is a new creation.

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 The old has gone.

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 The new has come.

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 We talked last week how the gospel changes everything.

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 It really literally changes everything.

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 And if you look particularly at verse 16,

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 it says,

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 From now on, we regard no one from a worldly point of view.

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 What we want to focus on this week

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 is how the gospel changes our view of others,

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 how the gospel changes our relationships with others.

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 How does it impact the way that we relate to the people around us?

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 So,

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 what we'll start with,

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 maybe recognize some common themes.

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 What we'll start with is,

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 what we saw last week is that the gospel gives us a new perspective on ourselves.

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 It shows us who we are in comparison to God.

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 And we talked about how the gospel kills our pride.

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 That there's really just no room for pride in the gospel.

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 It shows us that we're not the center of the universe,

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 as much as we like to pretend to be.

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 That we really are not the ones that are most worthy of even our own love and devotion.

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 That God is the one that is worthy of that.

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 That God really is the center of everything.

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 It shows us that other people, then,

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 are not rivals to our pretended throne.

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 Instead of other people being competition,

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 like,

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 you know,

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 if we're all trying to be the center of the universe,

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 then that's not going to work very well, is it?

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 We're all going to be bumping up against each other,

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 all trying to pull everybody else into orbit around us.

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 And,

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 we're always going to be pulling and fighting against each other,

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 if we're all trying to be the center of the universe.

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 But,

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 the gospel frees us from that,

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 because it shows us that instead of other people being rivals,

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 other people being a threat to us,

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 it shows us that they are fellow creatures,

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 made in the image of God,

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 just like we are.

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 That he is the center,

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 and that we all should be relating to him.

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 Paul says this.

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 Well,

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 let me just say,

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 it affects all kinds of things in our relationships with others.

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 And,

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 let me just take a couple of specific examples,

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 but it's not going to be exhaustive by any means.

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 But,

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 maybe the first one we'll look at is,

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 how does it affect our relationship with people

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 when they think well of us?

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 When they admire us?

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 When they see something that's good?

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 When they compliment us?

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 Paul says,

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 by the grace of God,

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 I am what I am.

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 And,

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 his grace to me was not without effect.

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 No,

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 I worked harder than all of them,

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 yet not I,

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 but the grace of God that was in me.

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 So,

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 basically,

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 if people notice anything good in us,

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 it's not like we can really even claim the credit.

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 Paul says,

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 by the grace of God,

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 I am what I am.

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 Even though he says,

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 I worked harder than anyone,

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 and yet not I,

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 but the grace of God

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 that was working in me.

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 So,

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 that frees us from the burden of trying to impress people.

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 It frees us from the burden of trying to bring people into our orbit

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 and make them recognize us

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 as the center of the universe.

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 It frees us

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 not to have to point to ourselves anymore.

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 Not to have to try to build ourselves up anymore.

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 It frees us from this charade of trying to convince everyone that we are the main thing,

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 that we are the greatest.

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 And that's a huge freedom.

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 But what about when we make mistakes?

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 What about when those things that are not pretty about us,

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 those things that are not nice about us,

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 come out,

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 and people see them,

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 and they criticize us?

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 I mean, we can't do the same thing then.

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 We can't say,

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 deflect the credit to God then.

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 We have to own that.

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 But once again,

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 what we see is that the gospel,

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 it kills our pride.

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 The gospel proclaims to everyone,

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 from the rooftops,

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 quite loudly,

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 if we claim the gospel

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 in our own lives,

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 what we're claiming is

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 that we are so sinful,

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 that we are so,

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 we were so wrong,

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 that what it took to forgive us

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 was the death of Jesus Christ.

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 This is what we're claiming as Christians.

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 We're claiming that

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 our sin was so bad

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 and so serious

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 that Jesus had to die

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 in order to forgive us.

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 And once we've admitted that,

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 then it shouldn't be,

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 we shouldn't be surprised

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 by the sin in our lives.

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 We shouldn't be surprised

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 when it shows up.

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 We've already admitted

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 that we're sinners.

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 We've already admitted

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 that it took the death of Christ

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 to forgive us.

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 So that means that

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 if anyone is criticizing us,

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 that means that if anyone tells us

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 how bad we are,

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 we don't have to disagree.

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 We don't have to defend ourselves.

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 In fact,

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 we can agree wholeheartedly.

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 We can even,

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 I mean,

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 if somebody wants to tell us

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 how rotten we are,

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 we can tell them,

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 look,

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 you don't even know

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 the half of it.

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 I'm much, much, much worse

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 than you think I am.

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 I'm much worse

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 than I think I am.

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 But that's a freeing thing

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 because it frees us

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 from having to actually

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 defend ourselves

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 or from having to pretend

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 to be something

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 that we're not.

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 Paul said to Timothy,

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 he said,

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 this is a trustworthy saying

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 that deserves full acceptance.

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 Christ Jesus came into the world

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 to save sinners

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 of whom I am the worst.

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 He didn't beat around the bush.

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 He just said,

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 I'm the worst.

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 My sin is terrible.

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 He puts it plainly out there.

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 And it sounds,

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 it sounds awful

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 to say something like that,

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 but it's actually

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 wonderfully freeing.

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 And it gives glory to God

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 because he's the one

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 that's forgiving us.

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 He's the one

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 that's changing us.

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 Now I have lots of practice

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 defending myself

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 when people come at me

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 with criticisms.

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 I've told my wife

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 many, many times

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 why she was so wrong

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 about the things

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 that she was saying

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 that I had done wrong.

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 But I tell you,

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 we need to realize

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 that the gospel

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 means that my sin

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 is already on display.

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 And that when my sin

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 is on display,

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 God's grace and mercy

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 is on display as well.

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 We don't have to try to hide.

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 We don't have to try

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 to cover it up.

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 We need to rest

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 in the forgiveness

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 that we've received

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 from Christ.

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 So we don't have to pretend.

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 We don't have to defend.

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 Now I realize

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 that if we're wrongly accused

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 of something

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 that's slightly different.

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 But still,

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 even when people

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 are wrongly accusing us

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 of things,

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 well now oftentimes

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 there's more truth

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 in their accusations

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 than we like to admit.

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 But even if it's wrong,

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 even if the accusation

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 isn't even true at all,

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 we can still say

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 that no matter what

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 people could bring against us,

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 no matter what the accusation

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 they could come at us with,

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 the truth of our rebellion

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 against God

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 and the seriousness of that

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 and what it caused Christ

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 to forgive us

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 is actually worse

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 than anything

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 people could accuse us of.

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 And yes,

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 his forgiveness

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 is bigger.

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 Now it's not that

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 we resign ourselves

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 and we just say to people,

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 well, yeah,

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 I'm a sinner,

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 that's it,

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 you're going to have to deal with it.

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 That's the way it is, buddy.

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 It's not that we resign ourselves

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 to just live in sin.

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 The Bible doesn't present that at all.

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 In fact,

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 what the Bible says

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 is that if we confess our sins,

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 he is faithful to forgive us,

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 but it doesn't stop there.

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 It says,

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 and cleanse us

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 from all unrighteousness.

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 So we can come to people,

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 when they come to us

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 and say,

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 you're wrong,

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 you've done this wrong,

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 you've failed here

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 and here and here,

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 we can say yes,

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 we can own that,

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 we can say,

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 yes,

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 that's a problem,

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 but I have hope,

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 not because I'm going to try harder,

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 I have hope

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 because the blood of Jesus

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 forgives me

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 and the power of Jesus

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 cleanses me

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 from all unrighteousness.

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 My hope is not

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 in turning over a new leaf

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 and trying again

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 and trying to do it better.

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 My hope is the power of Christ

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 to change me

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 and to cleanse me

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 from all unrighteousness.

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 And we need to share that

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 with other people

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 when they come to us

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 with criticism.

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 We can own

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 the things that we've done

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 and yet we can own them

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 with hope

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 because the gospel

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 does something

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 that nothing else can do.

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 The gospel

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 kills our pride

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 and yet at the same time

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 gives us

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 supreme confidence.

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 Now usually

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 we put those two things together.

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 Usually if somebody

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 is very confident

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 that's because

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 they're very proud

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 of their own abilities.

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 But the gospel

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 separates those things

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 in a way

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 nothing else can.

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 The gospel

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 completely kills,

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 destroys

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 any hope

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 of our having pride

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 in ourselves

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 because it shows us

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 who we really are.

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 And yet at the same time

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 the gospel

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 gives us

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 the supreme confidence

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 that is greater

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 than any confidence

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 we could have

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 in anything else

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 because it's in Christ.

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 we have a secure

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 hope in Christ

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 that's better

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 than anything

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 we could have

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 in ourselves.

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 There's no condemnation

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 from God

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 so why would we need

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 to fear

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 condemnation from people?

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 Our security

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 as God's children

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 gives us confidence

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 to live

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 without needing

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 to seek the approval

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 of other people.

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 I mean,

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 everybody wants approval.

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 Most of us seek it

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 from other people.

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 But when we have

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 the approval

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 of our creator

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 secure

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 in Christ

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 we're free

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 from that

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 never-ending treadmill

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 of trying to win

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 people's approval

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 trying to keep

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 people's approval

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 which just

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 just goes on

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 and on and on.

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 But when we have

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 our creator's approval

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 secure

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 then that

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 puts an end to that.

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 We don't need

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 people's approval

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 so much anymore.

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 So the gospel

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 gives us

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 perspective.

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 It shows us

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 that the praises

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 and criticisms

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 it shows us

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 that the approval

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 or disapproval

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 of other people

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 are not ultimate.

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 It shows us

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 that we don't have

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 to pretend

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 to be something

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 that we're not.

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 We don't have

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 to defend ourselves.

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 We can own our sin

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 and yet we don't

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 have to try

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 to hide it

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 or anything

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 because it's

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 covered in Christ.

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 And we have

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 the power

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 to change

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 because we have

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 of him as well.

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 So the gospel

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 shows us

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 that God's

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 perspective

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 really is what

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 matters

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 and that God's

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 perspective on us

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 is that he's

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 loved us so much

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 that he's been

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 willing to die

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 for us

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 to give us

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 life

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 to give us

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 new life

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 in him.

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 He's loved us

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 beyond anything

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 that we can imagine.

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 So really

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 it's not just

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 perspective

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 that the gospel

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 gives us now

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 it's this huge

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 amount of freedom

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 as well

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 because all of a sudden

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 we don't need

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 people the way

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 that we used to.

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 We talked about

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 we don't need

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 their approval

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 so much.

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 We've looked to

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 people to fill

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 our need

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 for approval

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 that we crave

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 but God's approval

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 makes the approval

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 of people

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 seem pretty small.

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 We've looked to

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 people

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 to fill us

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 with the love

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 that we long

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 for

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 and yet God

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 gives us this

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 showers us

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 just dumps

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 this huge

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 amount of love

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 that is just

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 unimaginable

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 unconditional

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 amazing love

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 and he pours

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 it on us

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 freely.

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 It makes

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 any kind

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 of human

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 love

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 seem pretty

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 pale in comparison.

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 We've looked

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 to people

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 to give us

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 an identity.

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 We've looked

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 to people

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 to recognize

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 that we're

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 something great.

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 We've looked

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 to people

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 to recognize

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 that our

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 accomplishments

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 are something

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 significant

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 but when

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 the God

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 of the universe

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 is willing

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 to give

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 his life

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 to save

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 us

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 then our

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 significance

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 is not

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 in question

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 anymore.

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 And our

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 identity

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 as his

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 children

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 is secure

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 and people

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 can't change

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 that.

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 So we

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 don't need

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 people

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 the way

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 that we

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 used to

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 need people.

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 And once

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 again I think

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 here's the

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 unique ability

00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:42.259
 of the gospel

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 to separate

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 things that

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 the world

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 can't separate.

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 Because

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 we already

00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:47.980
 saw how the

00:15:47.980 --> 00:15:48.500
 gospel can

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 kill pride

00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:50.080
 on the one

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 hand while

00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:50.960
 at the same

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 time giving

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 us the

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 supreme

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 confidence

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 which usually

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 you couldn't

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 separate.

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 But the

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 gospel also

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 does this.

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 It frees

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 us from

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 needing

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 people

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 while at

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 the same

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 time giving

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 us the

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 new ability

00:16:05.160 --> 00:16:05.700
 to love

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 them like

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 we've never

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 loved them

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 before.

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 Now in

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 the world

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 those things

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 usually go

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 together.

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 If you listen

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 to love songs

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 and things

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 a lot of

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 times it's

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 you know

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 I need you

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 so much

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 I can't

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 live without

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 you.

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 A lot

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 of love

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 is love

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 of necessity.

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 Basically

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 I feel like

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 I really

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 need you

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 so you

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 fill that

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 need so

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 I love

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 you.

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 But the

00:16:31.740 --> 00:16:32.100
 gospel

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 completely

00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:33.319
 changes that.

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 That kind

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 of love

00:16:35.899 --> 00:16:36.539
 when it

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 comes down

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 to it

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 if you

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 love somebody

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 because they're

00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:41.439
 filling the

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 empty places

00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:42.659
 in you

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 then that

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 kind of

00:16:44.220 --> 00:16:44.559
 love is

00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:45.100
 ultimately

00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:45.879
 selfish.

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 Because it's

00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:47.819
 really about

00:16:47.819 --> 00:16:48.139
 the empty

00:16:48.139 --> 00:16:48.659
 places in

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 me.

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 It's not

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 about you.

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 And if

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 you're not

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 filling the

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 empty places

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 in me like

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 I expected

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 you to

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 well there's

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 a whole lot

00:16:57.079 --> 00:16:57.379
 of love

00:16:57.379 --> 00:16:57.860
 songs about

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 that too.

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 Those are

00:16:59.139 --> 00:16:59.480
 the sad

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 kind.

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 The breakup

00:17:02.539 --> 00:17:02.919
 ones.

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 But the

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 gospel transforms

00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:06.940
 that whole

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 dynamic.

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 Because what

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 it does is

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 it fills

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 our emptiness

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 with God's

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 love.

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 It fills

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 us so

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 much that

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 David can

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 say you

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 anoint my

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 head with

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 oil my

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 cup

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 overflows.

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 It fills

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 us so

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 much that

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 it fills

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 us to

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 overflowing.

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 So this

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 security that

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 we have in

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 God means

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 that we

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 don't have

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 to seek

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 our security

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 in other

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 people.

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 We don't

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 have to

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 seek,

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 try to get

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 from other

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 people the

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 things to

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 fill us.

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 But that

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 doesn't mean

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 that we

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 don't love

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 them.

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 In fact

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 what it

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 means is

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 quite the

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 opposite.

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 Because it

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 actually gives

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 us the

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 freedom to

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 love others

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 without needing

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 to put a

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 list of

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 conditions on

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 what they

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 need to

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 do for

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 us.

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 We're free

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 to love

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 others without

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 needing them

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 to fill us

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 up at the

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 same time.

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 In other

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 words,

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 basically,

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 we are free

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 to love

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 others the

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 way Christ

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 loved us.

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 Because when

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 he loved us,

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 it certainly

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 wasn't because

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 we could give

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 something back

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 to him.

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 Ephesians 5

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 says,

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 follow God's

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 example,

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 therefore,

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 as dearly

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 loved children.

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 Walk in the

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 way of love,

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 just as Christ

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 loved us and

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 gave himself up

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 for us as a

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 fragrant offering

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 and sacrifice

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 to God.

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 He gave out

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 of his

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 fullness to

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 people that

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 were completely

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 empty,

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 who had

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 nothing to

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 give in

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 return.

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 And now,

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 if we are

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 filled with

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 his fullness,

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 we can give

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 to others out

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 of his

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 fullness,

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 not out of

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 our own,

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 but out of

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 his fullness

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 as well.

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 I mean,

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 Jesus told us

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 to love our

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 enemies.

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 Now,

00:18:43.460 --> 00:18:43.799
 that command

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 doesn't even

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 make sense

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 unless you

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 see it in

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 this context.

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 Because the

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 way Christ

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 loved us

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 was that he

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 loved even

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 when we were

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 his enemies.

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 Enemies don't

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 have anything

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 to give us

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 except pain

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 and heartache,

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 really.

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 I mean,

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 that's what we

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 expect from

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 enemies.

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 And yet,

00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:07.160
 God gave

00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:07.720
 out of his

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 fullness even

00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:09.180
 while we were

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:09.720
 his enemies.

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 So,

00:19:12.620 --> 00:19:13.400
 now we are

00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:14.019
 free to

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 love others

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 as well

00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:16.299
 without needing

00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:16.960
 a return

00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:17.259
 on our

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 investment.

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 So,

00:19:21.539 --> 00:19:22.279
 the gospel

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:22.740
 gives us

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:23.259
 perspective.

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 It shows us

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 who we are

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 and it shows

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 us that we

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 don't have to

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 hide,

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 that we

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 don't have

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 to pretend,

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 we don't have

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 to pretend

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 to be something

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 that we're not,

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 we don't have

00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:35.220
 to defend

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 ourselves even.

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 we don't have

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 to try to

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 win people's

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 approval

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 because God

00:19:41.100 --> 00:19:41.700
 already loves

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 us.

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 He's already

00:19:43.120 --> 00:19:43.740
 paid the price

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 for our sin

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 and he's

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 given us

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 the strength

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 to follow

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 him.

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 And the

00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.259
 gospel frees

00:19:49.259 --> 00:19:49.960
 us to love

00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:50.579
 other people

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 freely out of

00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:52.640
 the overflow

00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:53.579
 of what God

00:19:53.579 --> 00:19:53.900
 has given

00:19:53.900 --> 00:19:54.220
 us.

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 But I think

00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:56.539
 there's a bit

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:56.740
 more.

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 Last week we

00:19:57.340 --> 00:19:58.079
 talked about

00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.559
 the hope

00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:59.160
 that we have

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 in what

00:20:02.120 --> 00:20:02.480
 God has

00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:02.940
 done that

00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:04.720
 it gives us

00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:05.200
 hope for the

00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:05.900
 future as well.

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:08.340
 and that

00:20:08.340 --> 00:20:09.660
 hope affects

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:10.079
 the way

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.759
 that we

00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:11.740
 relate to

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.259
 others as

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:12.460
 well.

00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:14.240
 If you read

00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:14.860
 through Romans

00:20:14.860 --> 00:20:17.220
 you see

00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:18.059
 Paul spend

00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:18.940
 chapter after

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 chapter after

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 chapter developing

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 the gospel.

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 And what

00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:23.380
 exactly is the

00:20:23.380 --> 00:20:23.740
 gospel?

00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:24.480
 That we're all

00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:25.220
 guilty before

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:26.079
 God but

00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:27.519
 that God

00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:28.019
 has given

00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:29.759
 Christ and

00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.259
 that he's

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:31.500
 paid for

00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:32.819
 our sin and

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.579
 that he's

00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:34.779
 provided a way

00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:35.420
 to come back

00:20:35.420 --> 00:20:35.820
 and to be

00:20:35.820 --> 00:20:36.300
 his children.

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:36.720
 And Romans

00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:37.340
 chapter 8 is

00:20:37.340 --> 00:20:37.640
 kind of the

00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:38.380
 climax of all

00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:38.680
 of this.

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 And it's full

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:40.539
 of amazing

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.080
 things.

00:20:41.580 --> 00:20:41.960
 That we're

00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:42.700
 adopted into

00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.700
 God's family

00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:44.180
 that there's

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:45.160
 no condemnation

00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:45.720
 for those who

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.259
 are in Christ.

00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:48.180
 He talks

00:20:48.180 --> 00:20:48.840
 about, you

00:20:48.840 --> 00:20:48.960
 know,

00:20:50.100 --> 00:20:50.380
 just,

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.279
 he just,

00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:52.680
 it's full,

00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:53.720
 that there's

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.480
 nothing that can

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:55.120
 separate us

00:20:55.120 --> 00:20:55.880
 from the love

00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:56.240
 of God.

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:56.680
 Do you know

00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.340
 this chapter,

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:57.840
 Romans 8,

00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:58.200
 is one of the

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:58.680
 most popular

00:20:58.680 --> 00:20:59.279
 because it's

00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:00.180
 so full of

00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:00.580
 just these

00:21:00.580 --> 00:21:01.580
 amazing things

00:21:01.580 --> 00:21:02.240
 that the

00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:02.600
 gospel,

00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:03.599
 the promise

00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:03.879
 that the

00:21:03.879 --> 00:21:04.399
 gospel holds

00:21:04.399 --> 00:21:04.759
 for us.

00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:06.559
 So then,

00:21:06.659 --> 00:21:06.980
 what does

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.480
 Paul say

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:08.240
 directly after

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:08.819
 Romans chapter

00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:09.119
 8?

00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:11.719
 The first

00:21:11.719 --> 00:21:12.119
 verse of

00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:12.619
 Romans chapter

00:21:12.619 --> 00:21:12.919
 9,

00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:13.339
 the first

00:21:13.339 --> 00:21:13.779
 two verses,

00:21:13.939 --> 00:21:14.299
 he says,

00:21:14.699 --> 00:21:15.240
 I speak the

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.659
 truth in

00:21:15.659 --> 00:21:15.919
 Christ,

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.319
 I am not

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:16.639
 lying,

00:21:16.959 --> 00:21:17.619
 my conscience

00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:18.319
 confirms it

00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:18.599
 through the

00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:19.139
 Holy Spirit,

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:20.119
 I have great

00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:20.959
 sorrow and

00:21:20.959 --> 00:21:21.439
 unceasing

00:21:21.439 --> 00:21:22.000
 anguish in

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.379
 my heart.

00:21:23.219 --> 00:21:23.579
 What?

00:21:24.379 --> 00:21:25.019
 I mean,

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:26.579
 he's just

00:21:26.579 --> 00:21:27.119
 said,

00:21:27.199 --> 00:21:27.599
 like some of

00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:27.939
 the most

00:21:27.939 --> 00:21:28.679
 amazing

00:21:28.679 --> 00:21:29.500
 truth,

00:21:30.439 --> 00:21:31.059
 that there's

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.959
 no condemnation

00:21:31.959 --> 00:21:32.539
 in Christ,

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.679
 that we're

00:21:33.679 --> 00:21:34.379
 adopted into

00:21:34.379 --> 00:21:34.659
 Christ,

00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:35.579
 into God's

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:35.939
 family,

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:36.839
 that nothing

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.439
 can separate

00:21:37.439 --> 00:21:37.839
 us from

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.179
 the love

00:21:38.179 --> 00:21:38.639
 of Christ.

00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:39.119
 And now

00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:39.539
 he's saying

00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.039
 there's great

00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:41.000
 sorrow and

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.379
 unceasing

00:21:41.379 --> 00:21:42.299
 anguish in

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:42.619
 my heart,

00:21:42.699 --> 00:21:43.199
 like how

00:21:43.199 --> 00:21:43.699
 does this

00:21:43.699 --> 00:21:44.079
 follow?

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:46.859
 But he

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.679
 explains why.

00:21:48.899 --> 00:21:49.719
 He explains

00:21:49.719 --> 00:21:50.059
 why in

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:50.559
 verse 3.

00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:51.339
 He says,

00:21:51.459 --> 00:21:52.119
 for I wish

00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:52.779
 that I

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.419
 myself were

00:21:53.419 --> 00:21:53.939
 cursed and

00:21:53.939 --> 00:21:54.459
 cut off from

00:21:54.459 --> 00:21:55.379
 Christ for

00:21:55.379 --> 00:21:55.959
 the sake of

00:21:55.959 --> 00:21:56.599
 my people,

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:57.500
 those of

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:57.779
 my own

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.059
 race.

00:21:59.699 --> 00:22:00.779
 The reason

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:02.919
 he's upset,

00:22:03.419 --> 00:22:04.059
 the reason

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.659
 that he has

00:22:04.659 --> 00:22:05.599
 sorrow,

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 is because he

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 sees the

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 people around

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 him.

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 He sees that

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 they don't

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 have the

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 same hope

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 that he

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 has.

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 He's just

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 been dwelling

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 on how

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 amazing,

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.819
 how wonderful

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 the gospel

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 is in his

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 life,

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 in those who

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 believe,

00:22:21.939 --> 00:22:22.559
 and the great

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 promise that

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 it has for

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 us,

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 and this

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 awesome

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 security that

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 it gives

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 us.

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 And what

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 it leads

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 him to

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 is to

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 say,

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 I have

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 sorrow and

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 unceasing

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 anguish.

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 Yes,

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 there's great

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 joy in

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 the gospel,

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 and yet at

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 the same

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 time,

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 he has this

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 sorrow in

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 his heart

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 that not

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 everyone is

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 experiencing

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 these same

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 benefits that

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 he is.

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 So,

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 it caused

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 him constant

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 grief,

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 and the

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 more he

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 dwelt on

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 the gospel

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 in his

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 own life,

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 the greatness

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 of it,

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 the more

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 he wanted

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 other people

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 to experience

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 it as well.

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 In other

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 words,

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 really,

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 the hope

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:01.980
 that we

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 have in

00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:02.840
 the gospel

00:23:02.840 --> 00:23:03.200
 is the

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:03.720
 foundation

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:05.400
 of evangelism,

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 that we

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 want other

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 people to

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 experience that,

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 whether they

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 are here,

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 whether they're

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 in Kosovo,

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 whether they're

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 in Derby,

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 or wherever

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 they are,

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 we want

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 other people

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 to see

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 Christ for

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 who he really

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 is,

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 and to

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 experience the

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.560
 hope that we

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 have in

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 him.

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 And it

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 also,

00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:25.599
 you know,

00:23:25.659 --> 00:23:26.039
 the gospel

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:27.159
 gives us

00:23:27.159 --> 00:23:29.019
 hope that

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.359
 no matter

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 who we're

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 talking to,

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 that no

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 matter where

00:23:31.879 --> 00:23:32.379
 we go,

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.240
 the gospel

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.519
 can reach

00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:36.339
 those people.

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 And no

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 one is

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 beyond the

00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:39.740
 reach of

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 God's mercy

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:40.779
 because of

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 the greatness

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.759
 of what

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.299
 Christ has

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:42.559
 done.

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 No one

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 is actually

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 beyond the

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 reach,

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 and that we

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 can never

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 give up on

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 anyone,

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 but we can

00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:48.659
 rest in the

00:23:48.659 --> 00:23:49.019
 fact that

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 the gospel

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:50.099
 is not just

00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:50.639
 words that

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 we say,

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 but the

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.659
 Bible says

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 it's the

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.639
 power of

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 God for

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.740
 salvation to

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.039
 all who

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 believe.

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 And I

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 think Paul

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 himself is

00:23:58.419 --> 00:23:59.099
 a great

00:23:59.099 --> 00:23:59.960
 example that

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 the gospel

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:01.379
 has no limits

00:24:01.379 --> 00:24:02.500
 on who,

00:24:02.659 --> 00:24:03.200
 there's no

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.720
 limits on who

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.259
 can be saved.

00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:04.859
 Paul himself

00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:05.200
 had done

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.960
 horrible things

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.679
 persecuting

00:24:06.679 --> 00:24:07.159
 Christians,

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.319
 and yet God

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:10.000
 saved him.

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 We never

00:24:11.419 --> 00:24:12.599
 give up hope

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:13.099
 on anyone

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 because the

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.460
 gospel is the

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.039
 power of God

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.659
 for salvation.

00:24:17.179 --> 00:24:17.700
 It's not just

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.220
 the power of

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.000
 God for salvation

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 for others.

00:24:20.179 --> 00:24:20.500
 It's the

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.000
 power of God

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.380
 that is at

00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:22.099
 work in us,

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.519
 in our

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.000
 salvation,

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:23.900
 constantly

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.819
 making us

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.779
 more and

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.220
 more in

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.819
 our day-to-day

00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:27.759
 life like

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.140
 Christ.

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.220
 Every attitude,

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.900
 every decision,

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.700
 every interaction

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.460
 with others,

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:35.940
 everything that

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.319
 we are,

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:36.920
 everything that

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.440
 we do,

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.700
 everything is

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.819
 impacted by

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.319
 the gospel.

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:42.980
 Everything

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.799
 should be

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:45.519
 founded on

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.000
 the gospel.

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.039
 people.

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.140
 And so

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:47.440
 what I'd

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:47.859
 really like

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.319
 to encourage

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:48.619
 you,

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.720
 like there's

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.099
 a lot of

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:51.640
 other areas

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:51.920
 that we

00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:52.160
 could have

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:52.640
 gone into

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.339
 and how

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:53.920
 the gospel

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:55.500
 impacts our

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.160
 relationship with

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:56.480
 others.

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.039
 I mean,

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:57.400
 we could have

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:57.900
 talked about

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:58.539
 how the gospel

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.140
 breaks down

00:24:59.140 --> 00:24:59.799
 barriers within

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.319
 the body of

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.660
 Christ,

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.720
 that all the

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.480
 things that

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.140
 used to divide

00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:03.380
 us,

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:03.680
 you know,

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.779
 Paul talks

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.240
 about there's

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.759
 neither Jew

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.440
 nor Gentile,

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.279
 slave nor free,

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:08.599
 male nor female,

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.480
 they're all one

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:09.960
 in Christ,

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:11.039
 how the gospel

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.859
 brings us

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.380
 together and

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:12.980
 unites us.

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.819
 Or we could

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.180
 have talked

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.640
 about how

00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:15.140
 the gospel

00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.660
 gives us

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:18.579
 the ability

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.160
 to forgive

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.599
 others.

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:21.839
 The gospel

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:23.019
 has implications

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.819
 for everything.

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.579
 But what I

00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.420
 really encourage

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.599
 you to do

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:28.339
 is just to

00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:29.519
 constantly,

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.400
 daily,

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.620
 remind yourself

00:25:31.620 --> 00:25:32.940
 of what

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.920
 Christ has

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.559
 done for us

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.660
 and whatever

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.259
 we're doing

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:37.019
 and whoever

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.839
 we're relating

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.180
 to,

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.460
 that we should

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.259
 relate to them

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:41.380
 on the foundation

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:42.759
 of the gospel

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.420
 and when we

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:43.819
 think about

00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.220
 ourselves,

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:44.559
 we should

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:44.920
 think about

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.319
 ourselves

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.960
 on the

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.440
 foundation

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.460
 of the gospel

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:47.960
 and when we

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.619
 do things

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:49.420
 and when we

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:50.079
 think things,

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:51.160
 whatever it is,

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.299
 everything should

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:53.819
 be built

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.940
 on the foundation

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.720
 of what Christ

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.519
 has done for us,

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.720
 of who he is

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.480
 and what he's

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.200
 done on the cross

00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:00.619
 and what the

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.359
 gospel means

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:02.259
 in our lives.

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.579
 So I would just

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.299
 encourage you,

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.500
 please,

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.259
 you know,

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:07.119
 take time

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:08.980
 and not just,

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.519
 I'm not going to

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.200
 just say this week,

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:11.379
 but every day

00:26:11.379 --> 00:26:12.440
 we constantly need

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.160
 to be reminded

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.600
 of what Jesus

00:26:14.600 --> 00:26:15.299
 has done for us

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.460
 and we need

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.460
 to build our lives

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:18.620
 on that foundation

00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:19.360
 and that will

00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:19.960
 impact how we

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.680
 view ourselves

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.279
 but it will

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.059
 also impact

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.840
 how we relate

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:23.380
 to others

00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:24.059
 and how we

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.559
 do everything.

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:27.120
 So that's

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:27.980
 what I want

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.259
 to leave you

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.640
 with today.

00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:28.900
 Thank you.

00:26:33.100 --> 00:26:33.259
 Thank you.

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:41.100
 Thank you.

00:26:41.100 --> 00:26:41.960
 Thank you.