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 Well, good morning. It is my great privilege this morning to open God's holy word with you and be able to preach this morning.

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 You know, we're in a transition week for the last six weeks we've been in Daniel.

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 We're at a good point in Daniel to put a pause on it.

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 We're heading into the Psalms. We will preach out of the book of Psalms during the summer.

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 But this transition week allows me the opportunity to preach from whatever passage I want to preach from.

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 You know how it is. You tend to go where your passions are.

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 And that's exactly what I looked at this week.

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 And I would say this. My passion is this.

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 Is that I deeply desire to live for Christ.

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 I deeply desire to be committed to him, to be surrendered to him, to know him more,

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 to be more intimate in my relationship with him.

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 That is very real for me.

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 And so I look at the scripture.

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 You know, there's a bunch of passages that say that.

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 And so it was a little bit hard to land on a passage.

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 But this morning we will look at Romans 6, the whole chapter of Romans 6.

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 And we'll look at it as an overview of what's said in chapter 6 of Romans.

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 Romans 6.

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 And I just acknowledge before you that God's powerful word is my prayer that it speaks to our hearts this morning.

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 And that it spurs us to live for him.

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 So if you would, if you're able, I would ask that you would stand with me this morning

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 as we read from the book of Romans chapter 6.

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 And we will read again the whole chapter.

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 So read with me.

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 Hopefully you've got the Bible in hand in some form so that you can read along with us.

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 And as we look at it this morning, I will ask you to turn back many times and look at certain verses.

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 So I encourage you to keep it open this morning.

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 Chapter 6, verse 1.

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 And what shall we say then?

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 Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?

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 By no means.

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 How can we who died to sin still live in it?

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 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

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 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death in order that,

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 just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,

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 we too might walk in newness of life.

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 For if we have been united with him in a death like his,

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 we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.

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 We know that our old self was crucified with him

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 in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing

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 so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

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 For one who has died has been set free from sin.

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 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.

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 We know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again.

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 Death no longer has dominion over him.

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 For the death he died, he died to sin once for all.

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 But the life he lives, he lives to God.

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 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body to make you obey its passions.

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 Do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness,

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 but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life

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 and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.

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 For sin will have no dominion over you since you are not under the law but under grace.

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 What then?

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 Are we to sin because we are not under the law but under grace?

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 It's by no means.

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 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves,

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 you are slaves of the one whom you obey,

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 either of sin, which leads to death,

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 or of obedience, which leads to righteousness.

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 But thanks be to God that you were once slaves to sin.

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 I'll say that again.

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 I missed a word.

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 But thanks be to God that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart

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 to the standard of teaching to which you were committed.

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 And having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.

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 I'm speaking in human terms because of your natural limitations.

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 For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness,

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 leading to more lawlessness,

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 so now present your members as slaves to righteousness,

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 leading to sanctification.

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 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

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 But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed?

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 For the end of those things is death.

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 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God,

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 the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.

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 For the wages of sin is death.

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 But the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, how powerful your word is.

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 The truths here are amazing to me, Father,

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 that you've done an amazing work in each of our lives,

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 those of us who are born again who know you as Lord and Savior.

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 God, I pray that whatever words would come from me this morning, Father,

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 they would just fly away and not land anywhere.

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 But Father, I pray that your word would cement itself deep in our hearts this morning.

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 And I pray this in the name of Jesus.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Y'all can have a seat.

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 As Paul speaks to the Roman church,

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 I just want to remind us he's speaking to Christians.

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 And Paul has spent five chapters talking about this thing, this topic,

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 justification by faith alone.

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 And now as we step into chapter 6, it transitions.

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 And he asks a question that I think is needful for us to ask as well.

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 And here's the question that Paul would ask and ask of them.

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 Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?

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 Christian, Roman Christian,

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 are we to continue in sin in order that we would cause the grace to rise?

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 How would you answer that?

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 It doesn't seem right that we would even consider walking in sin, does it?

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 Yes, Christians, as those who have been made aware of our sin,

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 you know, as part of the process of coming to Christ,

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 we became aware of the sinfulness in our life

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 and the need for reconciliation,

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 the need for redemption,

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 the need for forgiveness.

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 How is it that when God showed us how ugly our sin was

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 and how our sin separates us from a holy God,

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 why is it that we would continue in it?

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 Why would we continue to live in sinful ways?

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 Why would we allow it a place in our life?

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 And so Paul here addresses this question.

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 Should we sin more

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 in order that the grace of God would be elevated,

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 his forgiveness would be elevated?

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 And Paul says this,

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 by no means.

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 By no means.

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 You know, I would ask this question of us,

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 do we struggle at times with sin?

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 Are we even drawn to it?

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 Are we even drawn by our culture or by our flesh?

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 Are we drawn to walk in sin?

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 Do we know sins that are in our life that are habitual?

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 Are there things that we've allowed to reside in our lives

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 that we know should not be there as Christians?

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 And Paul shares these truths with him.

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 This morning, I want us to focus on three words

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 out of this text.

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 Here are the three words.

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 Know, consider, and present.

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 These three words.

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 To know, consider, and present.

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 And we see those words here in the text.

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 In this first word, to know,

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 it's interesting how Paul makes his case

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 in answering this question about sin.

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 Should we, Christian, continue in sin?

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 No, no, no, he would say.

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 By no means should we continue in sin.

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 It's not compatible with who we now are.

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 As Christians.

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 It makes no sense that we would walk in sin

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 and allow sin to reside in our lives.

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 And so Paul makes this statement.

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 He actually asks a question,

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 then he makes a statement.

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 How can we who died to sin still live in it?

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 Do you not know, Christian?

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 Do you not know?

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 Know what, Paul?

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 He's about to share with us

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 these five things,

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 these five items,

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 these five truths

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 that he is about to share

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 in reference to this word know.

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 Christian, do you not know

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 that you were baptized into Christ?

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 Do you see it?

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 In verse three,

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 do you not know

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 that all of us

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 who were baptized into Christ

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 were baptized into his death?

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 Christian, do you not know

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 that you were baptized into the Christ?

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 What does that mean

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 to be baptized into Christ?

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 Well, one thing it might mean

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 is that when someone comes to faith

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 in this body of believers,

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 then we'll put a pool,

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 we'll just call it a pool,

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 outside,

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 we'll fill it with water

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 and we will baptize a new believer.

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 And when we baptize them,

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 what we're doing is,

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 in a sense,

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 we're symbolically saying

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 that that person,

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 as he goes under the water,

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 dies.

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 And he's buried under the water

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 and then when we're bringing back

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 out of the water,

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 then he is raised in newness of life.

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 Now, that phraseology

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 would come from this very text.

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 The concept of being baptized into Christ

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 is this concept

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 that we're baptized into communion

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 with Jesus.

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 We're baptized into fellowship

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 with Jesus.

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 We're baptized into relationship

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 with Christ.

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 And so Paul says,

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 do you not realize

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 that you're now in Christ?

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 Do you not realize

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 what has happened,

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 what has transacted in your life?

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 Do you not realize now

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 that you're a part of Christ?

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 That you're in communion with Christ?

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 He goes on to say this,

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 do you not know,

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 and that's number one,

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 do you not know you've been baptized?

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 Number two,

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 do you not know that you died?

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 Now, we would understand

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 that he's not saying,

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 do you not realize

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 that you died physically?

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 That's not what Paul's saying.

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 He's speaking to the church.

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 But he's saying,

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 do you not realize

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 that you have died,

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 past tense,

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 done act?

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 For those of y'all

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 who understand

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 the tenses of the verbs

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 in the original language,

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 the tense of the verb here

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 is an aoris tense,

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 meaning it's not something

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 that continues on,

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 it's something that was done,

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 it's a one-time act

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 that was accomplished

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 and finalized.

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 Do you not realize,

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 Christian,

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 that you died?

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 What is he saying?

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 What is Paul saying?

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 Well, we get a glimpse of it

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 if we look into verse 5.

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 And he says this,

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 we know that our old self

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 was crucified.

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 So in what way,

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 Paul,

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 did we die?

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 Well,

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 it's the guy we were before

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 who has died.

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 What guy?

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 The guy who was enslaved to sin.

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 The guy who couldn't do anything

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 but sin.

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 And we see that truth

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 again at the end of verse 6.

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 We know that our old self

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 was crucified with him

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 in order that the body of sin

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 might be brought to nothing

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 so that we would no longer

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 be enslaved to sin.

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 Do you catch that?

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 We would no longer be.

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 You know what it implies?

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 That there was a time

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 when we were enslaved to sin.

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 You know what it means

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 to be enslaved?

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 That means you can't do anything else.

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 If you're enslaved to something,

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 that's what you do.

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 If we glance ahead at verse 17,

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 Paul makes this statement,

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 you who were once slaves of sin.

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 Verse 20,

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 you were slaves of sin.

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 Do we see ourselves like that?

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 Christian?

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 Christian?

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 Do you understand

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 that there was a time in your life

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 before you came into the kingdom

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 where you were absolutely enslaved to sin?

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 every act,

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 every thought

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 was self-focused and not righteous.

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 God says when he views sin,

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 anything that's not righteous is sin.

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 And as an unbeliever,

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 we are not able to do one righteous act.

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 Romans 3 declares

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 there's none righteous,

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 no, not one.

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 And so Paul is declaring

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 that that man,

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 that old self,

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 the guy we once were,

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 died.

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 Now it's a beautiful picture

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 in the book of Ezekiel

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 about the changed person that we are.

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 In Ezekiel,

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 and I won't read the whole context,

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 I'm just going to read this verse.

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 Y'all will recognize this verse.

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 God's saying,

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 I will give you a new heart

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 and a new spirit

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 I will put within you.

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 I will give you a new heart

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 and a new spirit

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 I will put within you.

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 When,

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 God,

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 will you do that?

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 Here's when.

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 When we recognize our sin,

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 our separation from a holy God,

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 our need for salvation,

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 our recognition that Jesus died

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 in our place on the cross.

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 When we accept that truth by faith,

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 we embrace it with all of our being

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 that we have no hope

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 apart from the resurrection,

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 the life, death, burial,

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 and resurrection of Jesus.

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 Apart from what Jesus did on the cross,

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 on our behalf,

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 in our place,

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 we would have no hope.

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 And by faith,

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 we embrace that truth.

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 And when we do,

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 the word of God says,

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 you will be changed.

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 That I will put my spirit within you

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 and you will be a different person.

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 The desires you used to have,

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 you will no longer have.

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 Those temptations,

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 you will still be subjected to,

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 but the heart is different.

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 Christian,

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 is that true for you?

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 Do you recognize

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 that there's different desires

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 within your heart?

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 You know,

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 there's a time in my life

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 that I walked in sin

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 in such a way

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 that it didn't bother me.

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 Some of the things I did

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 didn't bother me.

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 You know those same things

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 now bother me?

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 There's conviction that happens.

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 The Holy Spirit whispers in my heart,

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 in my spirit,

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 He says,

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 no, no, no, no, no.

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 Don't walk that way.

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 That's not the way to honor God.

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 That's not the way

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 I want you to live.

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 You'll never experience

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 my joy

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 and my peace

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 and my contentment

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 and my love.

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 You'll never experience that

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 if you walk in those sinful ways

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 because those sinful ways

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 separate you

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 from the joy

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 that I desire

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 to fill you with.

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 I don't want you

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 walking like that anymore.

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 And you know,

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 our heart,

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 our new heart

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 desires different things.

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 Is that true for y'all?

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 Do you acknowledge

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 that you're a different person?

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 Do you see things

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 happen in your life, Frank?

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 I remember you saying

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 in Sunday school

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 how I'm not the same guy I was.

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 There's something amazing

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 that has changed in my life.

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 God has given me a desire.

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 He's changed the way

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 I interact with people.

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 You know why?

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 It's because your old man died.

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 Your old man was crucified.

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 In a sense,

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 your old man,

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 the person you were,

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 was crucified

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 on the cross with Jesus.

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 There's a link

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 between our new life

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 and Jesus

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 that's inseparable.

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 And Paul says here

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 this second truth.

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 We've been baptized

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 into Christ.

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 We have died.

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 The old man has died.

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 And we go on

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 and we look.

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 It says,

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 Do you not know

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 that all of us

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 who've been baptized

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 into Christ

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 were baptized

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 into his death?

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 We were buried

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 therefore with them

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 by baptism

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 into death

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 in order that

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 just as Jesus

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 was raised from the dead

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 by the glory of the Father,

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 we too might walk

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 in newness of life.

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 Do you hear

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 the identification

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 of the believer

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 with Jesus?

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 We know

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 as we've studied

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 scripture

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 that Jesus lived

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 a godly,

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 holy,

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 sinless life.

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 And he willingly

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 went to the cross

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 as a criminal

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 in the eyes of Herod

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 in the Jewish nation.

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 He was elevated

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 on a cross.

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 He was crucified,

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 dead.

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 He was buried

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 in the tomb

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 of Joseph

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 of Arimathea.

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 And on the third day

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 what happened?

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 The stone was rolled away.

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 Jesus was resurrected

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 no longer

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 to fight

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 the flesh.

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 No longer

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 to be tempted

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 by the flesh

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 into this newness

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 of life.

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 Died,

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 he was buried,

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 he was resurrected.

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 Do you know

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 that Paul

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 is saying

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 that we

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 have been

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 identified

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 with Christ

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 in this very way?

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 He's saying

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 that you have died,

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 this old man

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 has died,

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 the old person

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 you were

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 has been buried

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 and the new person

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 you are

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 has been raised

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 to newness

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 of life.

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 Look at it.

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 Verse 4,

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 just as Christ

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 was raised

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 from the dead

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 by the glory

00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:56.360
 of the Father,

00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:57.839
 we too might walk

00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:59.000
 in newness

00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:00.039
 of life.

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 You know

00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:02.259
 we're no longer

00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:03.120
 slaves to sin?

00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:07.839
 do you realize

00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:08.639
 who you are?

00:20:12.239 --> 00:20:13.239
 Do you realize

00:20:13.239 --> 00:20:14.059
 who you were?

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 Let me just

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 flip over

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 to Ephesians,

00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.379
 Paul speaking

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 to the church

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 at Ephesus.

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 I want you

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 to hear

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 who we were

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 and I wonder

00:20:26.639 --> 00:20:27.839
 if you embrace

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 this truth.

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 Do you know

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:31.699
 Christian

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.819
 who you were?

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 Do you know

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 Christian

00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:35.620
 who you are?

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.819
 That's so

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 important

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 in order

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 to live

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 in a godly way.

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 Listen to the words

00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:47.240
 of chapter 2

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 in Ephesians

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 that says this.

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 He's speaking

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.920
 to Christians

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 in Ephesus

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 and he says

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 you Christian

00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:55.680
 were dead

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 in the trespasses

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.100
 and sins

00:20:58.100 --> 00:20:58.600
 in which

00:20:58.600 --> 00:20:59.860
 you once

00:20:59.860 --> 00:21:00.500
 walked.

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 following

00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:02.680
 the course

00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:03.039
 of this

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 world.

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 You hear

00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:04.440
 what he's

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:04.640
 saying?

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 Christian

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.599
 you used

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 to walk

00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:08.740
 just like

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.319
 the worldly

00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:09.720
 ones.

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 You used

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 to walk

00:21:11.380 --> 00:21:11.940
 or live

00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.619
 in a worldly

00:21:12.619 --> 00:21:13.079
 way.

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 You used

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 to live

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.299
 for worldly

00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:15.920
 pleasures.

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 That's who

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 you were

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 and he goes

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 on to say

00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:19.779
 this.

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 Following

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 the prince

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 of the power

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 of the air.

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 Who is that?

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 Satan.

00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:26.759
 Christian

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.460
 you used

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:28.059
 to live

00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:29.000
 like the world

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 in a worldly

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:30.380
 way.

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 You used

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 to honor

00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:32.299
 and follow

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 Satan

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 as your

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 leader.

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.720
 As the

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 one who

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 moved you

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 to chase

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:38.359
 after worldly

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 things.

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 Following

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 the prince

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:43.180
 of the power

00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.579
 of the air

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:44.180
 the spirit

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 that is now

00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:45.259
 at work

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:45.819
 in the sons

00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:46.680
 of disobedience

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.779
 among whom

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.839
 we all once

00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:49.359
 lived

00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:50.519
 in the passions

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.640
 of our flesh.

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:52.859
 Christian

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 do you realize

00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:54.819
 that's who

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.880
 you were?

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 have you

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:59.000
 yet embraced

00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.700
 the depth

00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.140
 of our

00:22:00.140 --> 00:22:00.660
 sinfulness?

00:22:02.320 --> 00:22:03.060
 Have we

00:22:03.060 --> 00:22:03.760
 recognized

00:22:03.760 --> 00:22:04.440
 who we

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:04.940
 were that

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.640
 we were

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.080
 enemies

00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:06.780
 of God?

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:07.500
 We were

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:08.020
 following

00:22:08.020 --> 00:22:08.600
 the ways

00:22:08.600 --> 00:22:09.080
 of Satan.

00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:09.620
 We were

00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:10.100
 walking

00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:11.040
 in worldliness.

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:12.460
 That's who

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.100
 we were.

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:13.940
 That is

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:14.300
 the old

00:22:14.300 --> 00:22:14.660
 man.

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 For every

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 single one

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 of us.

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 He goes

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:20.460
 on to say

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 this.

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 Carrying

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 out the

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.420
 desires

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:22.780
 of the

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 body

00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.660
 and the

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:24.100
 mind

00:22:24.100 --> 00:22:24.760
 and were

00:22:24.760 --> 00:22:25.780
 by nature

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 children

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.420
 of wrath.

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 What do

00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:28.539
 you mean

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:28.839
 children

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.319
 of wrath?

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:30.339
 We were

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:31.460
 in rebellion

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:32.220
 against a

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:32.819
 holy God.

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:33.579
 In a sense

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:33.839
 we were

00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.420
 saying I

00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.000
 don't care

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.339
 what you

00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:35.619
 think.

00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:35.960
 I don't

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.440
 care who

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:36.819
 you are.

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.299
 I don't

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:37.859
 believe in

00:22:37.859 --> 00:22:38.139
 you at

00:22:38.139 --> 00:22:38.279
 all.

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 I'm

00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:39.399
 living how

00:22:39.399 --> 00:22:39.879
 I want

00:22:39.879 --> 00:22:40.259
 to live

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 and I

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:40.899
 could

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 care

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:41.639
 less

00:22:41.639 --> 00:22:41.799
 who

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:41.960
 you

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.180
 are.

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:44.759
 Now

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.079
 some

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:45.359
 of us

00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:45.759
 went to

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.099
 church

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:47.460
 and some

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:47.899
 of us

00:22:47.899 --> 00:22:49.259
 had a

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.799
 religious

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.339
 bent

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:51.639
 but do

00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:52.099
 you realize

00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:52.680
 they're still

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.099
 in the

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:53.579
 heart of

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:53.899
 hearts

00:22:53.899 --> 00:22:54.399
 the old

00:22:54.399 --> 00:22:54.639
 man

00:22:54.639 --> 00:22:55.220
 desires

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.799
 to

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.539
 satisfy

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 and

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:57.660
 please

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:58.100
 and

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 gratify

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.539
 self.

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.480
 We might

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.079
 put on

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.700
 this image

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.160
 that says

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 yes I'm

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:04.000
 a religious

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.519
 person.

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.799
 I'll just

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.360
 share about

00:23:07.360 --> 00:23:08.019
 me is that

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.839
 I grew up

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.259
 going to

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.660
 church

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.640
 and from

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 the time

00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:11.360
 I was

00:23:11.360 --> 00:23:11.700
 born I

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.140
 don't ever

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:12.680
 remember a

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.220
 time when I

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.579
 wasn't

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.259
 regularly

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.799
 attending

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.180
 church.

00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:16.120
 I go to

00:23:16.120 --> 00:23:16.980
 college and

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.640
 I find a

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:17.839
 church.

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.440
 I regularly

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:18.880
 attend

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.360
 church but

00:23:19.360 --> 00:23:19.720
 it wasn't

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.160
 until I

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.600
 finished

00:23:20.600 --> 00:23:21.519
 college at

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:22.299
 22 years

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:22.619
 old that

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.220
 I realized

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.940
 I was

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.319
 in trouble.

00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:25.680
 That I

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.480
 realized I

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:27.259
 was separated

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.619
 from a

00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:28.079
 holy God.

00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:28.359
 That I

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:29.460
 realized that

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.579
 I still

00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:30.839
 don't know

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.339
 the depth

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:31.639
 of my

00:23:31.639 --> 00:23:32.000
 sin but

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.460
 I saw

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:32.680
 it in

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.059
 a way

00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:33.379
 that I

00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:34.159
 was shocked.

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.539
 I thought

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:36.119
 I was a

00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:37.220
 moral good

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:38.139
 guy and

00:23:38.139 --> 00:23:38.619
 God says

00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:39.440
 your morality

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:39.919
 that you

00:23:39.919 --> 00:23:40.619
 so trust

00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:41.279
 in you

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.619
 look

00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:42.159
 underneath

00:23:42.159 --> 00:23:42.559
 it and

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:42.940
 what you'll

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.720
 find behind

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.419
 it is

00:23:44.419 --> 00:23:45.740
 a motive

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.680
 that is

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.419
 pointed right

00:23:47.419 --> 00:23:47.879
 back to

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.039
 you.

00:23:48.159 --> 00:23:48.339
 You want

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:48.759
 people to

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.259
 clap for

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:49.460
 you.

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:49.680
 You want

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.080
 people to

00:23:50.080 --> 00:23:50.480
 applaud.

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.100
 You want

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.500
 people to

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:51.840
 pat you

00:23:51.840 --> 00:23:52.100
 on the

00:23:52.100 --> 00:23:52.380
 back.

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:52.720
 You want

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.299
 to impress.

00:23:54.140 --> 00:23:54.600
 Do you

00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:55.340
 see Treg

00:23:55.340 --> 00:23:56.100
 how sinful

00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:56.519
 that is?

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.080
 Do you

00:23:57.080 --> 00:23:57.600
 see how

00:23:57.600 --> 00:23:58.220
 ugly that

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:58.500
 is in

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:58.779
 my eyes?

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.320
 Do you

00:23:59.320 --> 00:23:59.779
 see that

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.380
 all your

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:01.080
 motives are

00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:01.380
 underneath

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:02.100
 this umbrella

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:02.640
 of pride?

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.840
 You think

00:24:04.840 --> 00:24:05.560
 you're good.

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.640
 You think

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.060
 that you

00:24:07.060 --> 00:24:07.660
 honor me.

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.259
 You think

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.640
 that you're

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:09.380
 doing spiritual

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:09.740
 righteous

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.160
 things.

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:10.560
 You're

00:24:10.560 --> 00:24:10.900
 not.

00:24:12.100 --> 00:24:12.539
 Because

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.100
 everything

00:24:13.100 --> 00:24:13.500
 you're

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.220
 doing is

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.840
 pride-filled

00:24:14.840 --> 00:24:15.600
 self-filled

00:24:15.600 --> 00:24:16.500
 and it

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.080
 doesn't do

00:24:17.080 --> 00:24:17.799
 anything for

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.240
 my kingdom.

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:21.060
 You know

00:24:21.060 --> 00:24:21.340
 in an

00:24:21.340 --> 00:24:21.640
 interest

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:21.940
 in a

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.220
 moral

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:22.799
 person

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.539
 thinks

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:23.700
 that

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:23.880
 they're

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:23.980
 in

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.160
 right

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.420
 standing

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:24.580
 with

00:24:24.580 --> 00:24:24.820
 God

00:24:24.820 --> 00:24:25.440
 I'm

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:25.840
 good.

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.160
 Some

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:27.340
 would

00:24:27.340 --> 00:24:27.720
 say

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.680
 I'm

00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:28.980
 okay.

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.279
 God

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:29.420
 will

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:29.740
 surely

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:29.960
 let

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.060
 a

00:24:30.060 --> 00:24:30.220
 good

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.539
 person

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:30.740
 into

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:30.860
 his

00:24:30.860 --> 00:24:31.080
 kingdom.

00:24:31.080 --> 00:24:31.560
 We

00:24:31.560 --> 00:24:31.820
 don't

00:24:31.820 --> 00:24:32.140
 have

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.259
 the

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.500
 eyes

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:32.640
 of

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:32.860
 God.

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.019
 He

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.420
 sees

00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:34.100
 through

00:24:34.100 --> 00:24:34.820
 what

00:24:34.820 --> 00:24:35.060
 we

00:24:35.060 --> 00:24:35.380
 think

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:35.519
 is

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:35.779
 goodness

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:35.980
 and

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.100
 he

00:24:36.100 --> 00:24:36.299
 looks

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:36.420
 at

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:36.519
 the

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:36.759
 motive.

00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:36.940
 He

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.140
 looks

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.259
 at

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.340
 the

00:24:37.340 --> 00:24:37.519
 heart

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:37.620
 and

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:37.700
 he

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:37.960
 sees

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.600
 sin,

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.279
 sin,

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.000
 sin,

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.340
 sin,

00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:40.380
 sin,

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.480
 sin.

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:40.580
 You know

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:40.679
 what he

00:24:40.679 --> 00:24:40.899
 sees?

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.339
 This

00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:41.819
 person

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:42.699
 enslaved

00:24:42.699 --> 00:24:43.299
 to sin.

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.119
 Like

00:24:46.119 --> 00:24:46.439
 Paul

00:24:46.439 --> 00:24:46.819
 is sharing

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.119
 with the

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.679
 Ephesians

00:24:47.679 --> 00:24:48.619
 that we

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.460
 in truth

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.019
 were

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.619
 enemies

00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:51.819
 of God.

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.119
 But

00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:54.419
 now I

00:24:54.419 --> 00:24:54.919
 ask you

00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:55.799
 who are

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.599
 you now?

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.519
 Who

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:58.919
 are you

00:24:58.919 --> 00:24:59.259
 now?

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.859
 Have

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.119
 you

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:01.740
 experienced

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.419
 the life

00:25:02.419 --> 00:25:02.859
 change

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.399
 that God

00:25:03.399 --> 00:25:03.779
 gives

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.259
 when we

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:05.019
 bow our

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.220
 knee,

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:05.559
 when we

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:05.980
 accept

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.339
 him by

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:06.759
 faith,

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.359
 when we

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:08.199
 say I

00:25:08.199 --> 00:25:08.879
 see who

00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:09.319
 I am.

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.460
 I see

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.019
 now my

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.500
 sinfulness

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.019
 away I

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.460
 never

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:12.720
 knew

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.160
 before.

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:13.759
 God

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.279
 thank you

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.500
 that you

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:14.600
 would

00:25:14.600 --> 00:25:14.960
 open my

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.299
 eyes,

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.019
 but now

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.319
 I see

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:16.600
 I'm in

00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:16.860
 trouble.

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:17.660
 I

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.640
 entrust

00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:19.039
 myself

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.819
 to you.

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:21.620
 I

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.120
 entrust

00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:22.519
 myself

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:22.860
 to the

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.279
 work of

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.579
 Jesus

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.059
 in my

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.500
 place,

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:24.740
 his

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.600
 substitutionary

00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:25.940
 death

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:26.860
 for me.

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.460
 I see

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:28.100
 the gift

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:28.460
 that you

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:28.980
 offer,

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:29.720
 and I

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:31.100
 reach out

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:31.299
 to you

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.500
 and say,

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:31.660
 God,

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.000
 I'm not

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.380
 worthy,

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:32.940
 I don't

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.259
 deserve

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.819
 any of

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:33.960
 it,

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:34.440
 but by

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:34.660
 your

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:35.120
 grace

00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:35.579
 would you

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.860
 love me,

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.400
 would you

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:37.980
 forgive

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.460
 me,

00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:39.539
 would you

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.120
 change

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.439
 me,

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.099
 would you

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:41.539
 be my

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:41.959
 God,

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.599
 would you

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.000
 be my

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.319
 king?

00:25:47.199 --> 00:25:48.019
 Who were

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.319
 we?

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:49.859
 Sinners

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.679
 separated from

00:25:50.679 --> 00:25:51.000
 the holy

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.359
 God.

00:25:51.659 --> 00:25:52.099
 Who are

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:52.379
 we?

00:25:52.699 --> 00:25:53.279
 Those

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.339
 whose lives

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:55.000
 have been

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.719
 transformed.

00:25:56.439 --> 00:25:57.279
 We actually

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:58.779
 have died,

00:25:59.219 --> 00:25:59.639
 we've been

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:00.159
 buried,

00:26:00.399 --> 00:26:00.839
 and we've

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.559
 been raised

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.159
 to walk

00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:02.919
 in newness

00:26:02.919 --> 00:26:03.439
 of life.

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:03.819
 What does

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.299
 that look

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.579
 like?

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.899
 we go

00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:06.419
 back to

00:26:06.419 --> 00:26:06.740
 Paul's

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.199
 question.

00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:09.139
 Are we

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.879
 to continue

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.379
 in sin

00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:10.859
 that grace

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:11.460
 may abound?

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.480
 What?

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.179
 What are

00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:15.740
 you talking

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.099
 about?

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.059
 Who would

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:18.159
 even think

00:26:18.159 --> 00:26:19.000
 that it

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.299
 would be

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.980
 okay to

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.480
 walk in

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.019
 a sinful

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.699
 way before

00:26:21.699 --> 00:26:22.099
 a holy

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.859
 God who's

00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:23.579
 forgiven us

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:23.899
 a debt

00:26:23.899 --> 00:26:24.220
 that we

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.480
 couldn't

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:24.839
 repay?

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:26.099
 Who's

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:26.559
 given us

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:26.980
 life,

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.259
 who's

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.879
 made us

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.399
 a son,

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.039
 who's

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.740
 caused us

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.019
 to be

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.519
 an heir

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:30.920
 of his

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.339
 kingdom?

00:26:33.639 --> 00:26:33.879
 Who's

00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:35.920
 listen,

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.500
 church,

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.420
 do you

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.039
 understand,

00:26:38.139 --> 00:26:38.460
 do we

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.099
 understand

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:40.039
 that we're

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.619
 children of

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:40.940
 light?

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:41.639
 We're

00:26:41.639 --> 00:26:42.240
 children of

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.720
 the king.

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.180
 We've

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.779
 been adopted

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.240
 into the

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.759
 family of

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.039
 God.

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.539
 We've

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.379
 been forgiven

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:47.200
 completely.

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:47.980
 We've

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.500
 been given

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.259
 a hope

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.779
 of heaven.

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.019
 There's a

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:52.099
 place for

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.519
 us in

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:52.799
 heaven.

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.180
 Christ

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.619
 is going

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:54.180
 to prepare.

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:54.779
 He will

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.220
 return,

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.440
 and when

00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:55.940
 he returns,

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.200
 he will

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.700
 take us

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.019
 to that

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:59.660
 place as

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.359
 the bride.

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:02.279
 he's

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:03.000
 purifying.

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.480
 We're

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:08.940
 now this

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.680
 person that's

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:10.700
 no longer

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.480
 enslaved.

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.720
 The old

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.160
 man was

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:13.700
 enslaved,

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.160
 but when

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:15.000
 the Holy

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.619
 Spirit came

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.099
 to live in

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.599
 our life,

00:27:16.879 --> 00:27:17.160
 you know

00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:17.720
 what happened

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.099
 is he

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:19.079
 transformed

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.660
 who we

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:19.859
 are.

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:20.680
 He put

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.279
 a new

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.799
 spirit

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.119
 within

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:22.559
 us.

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.720
 And that

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.400
 new spirit

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:26.900
 doesn't

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:28.139
 desire to

00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:28.879
 pursue sin

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:29.279
 anymore.

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.599
 the new

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:30.899
 spirit

00:27:30.899 --> 00:27:31.660
 desires to

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.160
 honor and

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.980
 worship God.

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.859
 We see

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.779
 him in a

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.559
 growing way,

00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:36.299
 his holiness.

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.079
 I love

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.599
 what Moses

00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:39.039
 said.

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.200
 Show me

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.920
 your glory.

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:42.559
 Show me

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.000
 your glory,

00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:43.259
 God.

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.039
 You know

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.460
 what he

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:44.759
 said?

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.099
 He said,

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.619
 you can't

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.019
 see all

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.519
 my glory.

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:48.879
 I'm glad

00:27:48.879 --> 00:27:49.420
 that you

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:50.180
 desire to

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.579
 see my

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:50.879
 glory,

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:51.839
 but you

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.039
 don't

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.920
 understand the

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.460
 greatness of

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:53.980
 my glory.

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:54.899
 But I

00:27:54.899 --> 00:27:55.359
 will allow

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:56.059
 just a

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.559
 remnant of

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.180
 my glory to

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:58.160
 pass by and

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:58.700
 allow you to

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.200
 see it.

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.039
 And the

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.700
 effect on

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.220
 his life

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.019
 was dramatic.

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.840
 So we

00:28:09.840 --> 00:28:10.580
 follow the

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:11.220
 train of

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.799
 thinking that

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.259
 Paul is

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.700
 sharing here.

00:28:12.840 --> 00:28:15.700
 He says,

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.480
 don't you

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.819
 know,

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.460
 don't you

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.259
 recognize who

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.700
 you now

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.059
 are?

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.580
 And he

00:28:21.580 --> 00:28:22.299
 says this,

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:23.019
 if we look

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.480
 down in

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.180
 verse 11,

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.680
 verse 10.

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:27.680
 You know,

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.160
 I can't do

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.320
 that.

00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:28.480
 I'm going to

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:28.759
 have to go

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.039
 back to

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.220
 nine.

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:30.080
 We know

00:28:30.080 --> 00:28:30.700
 that Christ

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.340
 being raised

00:28:31.340 --> 00:28:31.860
 from the dead

00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:32.360
 will never

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:33.019
 die again.

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.019
 Death no

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.779
 longer has

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.539
 dominion over

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:35.720
 him.

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:35.900
 Do you

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.259
 know that,

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.720
 Christian?

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.200
 It's done.

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:39.340
 He conquered

00:28:39.340 --> 00:28:39.920
 the grave.

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.519
 He conquered

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.019
 the devil.

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.860
 He conquered

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:42.220
 sin.

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:42.799
 He conquered

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.279
 death.

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.060
 It's done.

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:44.600
 He is a

00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:45.560
 conquering king.

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:46.920
 It says,

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:47.900
 for the death

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.380
 he died,

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:49.039
 he died to

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.400
 sin.

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.600
 He died,

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:51.840
 why?

00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:53.000
 Because he

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.559
 took on our

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:53.799
 sin.

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.039
 And he

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.399
 carried it

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:55.659
 to the

00:28:55.659 --> 00:28:55.879
 cross,

00:28:55.959 --> 00:28:56.159
 and he

00:28:56.159 --> 00:28:57.199
 died in

00:28:57.199 --> 00:28:58.039
 our place.

00:28:58.959 --> 00:28:59.399
 That that

00:28:59.399 --> 00:28:59.919
 sin would

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.399
 not be

00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:01.399
 counted on

00:29:01.399 --> 00:29:02.059
 our account.

00:29:02.419 --> 00:29:02.579
 And it

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:02.879
 goes on,

00:29:02.919 --> 00:29:03.480
 the death

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:03.879
 he died,

00:29:03.919 --> 00:29:04.459
 he died to

00:29:04.459 --> 00:29:05.119
 sin once for

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.259
 all,

00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:05.839
 but the

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.379
 life he

00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:06.779
 lives,

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.240
 he lives

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.659
 to God.

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.459
 So you

00:29:08.459 --> 00:29:09.240
 also must

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:10.079
 consider,

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:13.459
 Christian,

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:14.119
 you must

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:15.039
 consider

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:17.699
 yourselves

00:29:17.699 --> 00:29:19.939
 dead to

00:29:19.939 --> 00:29:20.240
 sin.

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.639
 and alive

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:23.339
 to God

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:24.299
 in Christ

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.899
 Jesus.

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.399
 So the

00:29:26.399 --> 00:29:27.039
 first word

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.519
 we talked

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:27.959
 about is

00:29:27.959 --> 00:29:28.579
 to know.

00:29:28.939 --> 00:29:29.359
 Do you

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:29.980
 know who

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.480
 you were?

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:30.759
 Do you

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.299
 know who

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:31.699
 you are?

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:32.459
 The second

00:29:32.459 --> 00:29:32.919
 word to

00:29:32.919 --> 00:29:33.699
 consider this

00:29:33.699 --> 00:29:34.539
 morning is

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.199
 this word

00:29:35.199 --> 00:29:35.679
 consider.

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.299
 Consider.

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:38.679
 What does

00:29:38.679 --> 00:29:39.220
 it mean to

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.740
 consider?

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.000
 Paul says,

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.220
 do you

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:41.579
 know who

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.159
 you are?

00:29:43.199 --> 00:29:43.539
 And then

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:43.939
 he's saying,

00:29:44.419 --> 00:29:45.019
 consider

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:46.519
 these things.

00:29:47.659 --> 00:29:48.240
 Let me

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.019
 just share

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.480
 an illustration

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.319
 if I can.

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:51.639
 Some of

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:52.060
 y'all might

00:29:52.060 --> 00:29:52.520
 know that

00:29:52.520 --> 00:29:53.160
 I used

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:53.500
 to play

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:53.900
 golf.

00:29:54.080 --> 00:29:54.340
 I don't

00:29:54.340 --> 00:29:54.620
 know if

00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:54.860
 he would

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.300
 call it

00:29:55.300 --> 00:29:55.860
 golf anymore,

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.360
 but I'll

00:29:56.360 --> 00:29:57.740
 try to

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.340
 still play.

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:58.720
 But in

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.900
 the earlier

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.540
 days when

00:30:00.540 --> 00:30:00.800
 I was

00:30:00.800 --> 00:30:01.180
 young and

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.420
 I was

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:01.800
 chasing

00:30:01.800 --> 00:30:02.480
 that dream

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.520
 of playing

00:30:03.520 --> 00:30:03.840
 golf

00:30:03.840 --> 00:30:04.360
 professionally

00:30:04.360 --> 00:30:04.960
 one day,

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:07.040
 that I

00:30:07.040 --> 00:30:07.620
 would spend

00:30:07.620 --> 00:30:08.520
 hours upon

00:30:08.520 --> 00:30:09.360
 hours upon

00:30:09.360 --> 00:30:10.580
 hours practicing

00:30:10.580 --> 00:30:11.220
 chipping,

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:11.700
 practicing

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.160
 putting,

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.160
 getting on

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.700
 the range

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:13.980
 and just

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.500
 hitting ball

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.140
 after ball,

00:30:15.280 --> 00:30:15.780
 playing as

00:30:15.780 --> 00:30:16.320
 often as

00:30:16.320 --> 00:30:16.860
 much as I

00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.840
 could in

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:18.400
 order to

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:18.900
 get to the

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.340
 place where

00:30:19.340 --> 00:30:19.820
 I'd be good

00:30:19.820 --> 00:30:20.080
 enough.

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:21.659
 On occasion,

00:30:21.879 --> 00:30:22.500
 I would

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.079
 often go to

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.379
 tournaments,

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:23.679
 but on

00:30:23.679 --> 00:30:24.299
 occasion I

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.679
 would be in

00:30:24.679 --> 00:30:25.159
 a tournament

00:30:25.159 --> 00:30:26.759
 and I would

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:28.000
 play horribly.

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.519
 And I'm like,

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.299
 what is going

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.699
 on?

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.139
 That's something.

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.240
 I ought to be

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.879
 able to show

00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:34.399
 up and just

00:30:34.399 --> 00:30:36.339
 play consistently

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:37.199
 every time I'm

00:30:37.199 --> 00:30:37.539
 out, but

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.439
 sometimes I would

00:30:38.439 --> 00:30:39.000
 show up and I

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.879
 would play and

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.559
 the ball's just

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.480
 flying left and

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.279
 it's flying right.

00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:42.819
 I'm hitting the

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.319
 ground when I'm

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:43.859
 trying to chip.

00:30:43.919 --> 00:30:44.939
 I'm like, what in

00:30:44.939 --> 00:30:45.799
 the world is going

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.119
 on?

00:30:46.719 --> 00:30:47.379
 And I get

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:47.959
 home and you

00:30:47.959 --> 00:30:48.579
 know if you're

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.159
 like me and

00:30:49.159 --> 00:30:49.919
 you play tournament

00:30:49.919 --> 00:30:51.099
 golf, these

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.819
 things just spin

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:52.319
 around in your

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:52.599
 head.

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.039
 And so I get

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.339
 home and I'm

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:54.939
 like, what in

00:30:54.939 --> 00:30:55.419
 the world?

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.119
 Good grief.

00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:57.199
 I'm going over

00:30:57.199 --> 00:30:57.839
 my swing.

00:30:57.919 --> 00:30:58.319
 I'm saying, how

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:58.979
 did it happen?

00:31:00.159 --> 00:31:01.299
 And I'm thinking

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.679
 about, wait a

00:31:01.679 --> 00:31:02.819
 minute, okay, my

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:03.299
 arm's got to be

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:03.519
 straight.

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:03.879
 I've got to go

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.179
 back.

00:31:04.659 --> 00:31:05.579
 I've got to put

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.399
 my weight here.

00:31:06.659 --> 00:31:07.459
 And I'm thinking

00:31:07.459 --> 00:31:08.539
 about all these

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:10.239
 little factors in

00:31:10.239 --> 00:31:11.059
 the golf game are

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.519
 important.

00:31:11.899 --> 00:31:12.299
 I'm saying, okay,

00:31:12.419 --> 00:31:12.979
 here, I've got to

00:31:12.979 --> 00:31:13.079
 go.

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:15.919
 Oh, that's

00:31:15.919 --> 00:31:16.519
 what I wasn't

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:16.839
 doing.

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:18.279
 I was letting

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:19.359
 that knee move.

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.599
 Well, of course I

00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:21.000
 was going

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.399
 everywhere.

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:23.639
 I knew how to

00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:24.059
 do it.

00:31:24.679 --> 00:31:25.720
 I had trained my

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.579
 body how to play

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:26.960
 golf.

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:28.119
 I played at a

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:28.939
 high level of

00:31:28.939 --> 00:31:29.240
 golf.

00:31:29.399 --> 00:31:31.119
 But that day, I

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:31.720
 wasn't playing

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.099
 well.

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:32.859
 There was a

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.199
 reason.

00:31:33.399 --> 00:31:34.460
 I had to bring

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:35.439
 all of that up to

00:31:35.439 --> 00:31:36.159
 the forefront of

00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:36.779
 my mind and say,

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:40.379
 oh, yeah, that's

00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:41.159
 why I didn't play

00:31:41.159 --> 00:31:41.480
 good.

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:42.539
 I had to

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:44.160
 consider what it

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.759
 might have been.

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.740
 I had to bring

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.360
 the truths.

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:48.259
 To me, they were

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:50.360
 so seeded in my

00:31:50.360 --> 00:31:51.279
 life and my golf

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.940
 game that I didn't

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.839
 think about a lot of

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.860
 these basics anymore.

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.799
 I just went out and

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.319
 just played.

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:57.299
 But every now and

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:58.120
 I have to bring the

00:31:58.120 --> 00:31:59.120
 basics back and

00:31:59.120 --> 00:32:00.140
 remind myself what

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:01.180
 the basics are.

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.220
 Christian, you know

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:04.120
 that that's important

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:06.259
 as we live for

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:08.220
 Christ, that we

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:09.680
 have to take every

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.980
 thought captive to

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.640
 the obedience of

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:11.980
 Christ?

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:13.620
 Do you know that

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:15.440
 we have to remind

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:16.539
 ourselves who we

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:17.039
 are?

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:18.480
 When temptation

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:20.200
 flies at us and

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:22.079
 we are tempted to

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.980
 think, oh, man,

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:24.220
 that would be great.

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.839
 You know, if I go

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:27.339
 do that, oh, man,

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:28.400
 it's going to be so

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:28.980
 fun.

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.860
 I think if I could

00:32:30.860 --> 00:32:31.700
 just do that, it's

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:34.599
 oh, we're enticed

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:35.480
 by sin.

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.579
 And sometimes we

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.980
 forget who we are.

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:40.880
 Why would we, who

00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:42.980
 have died to sin,

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:44.400
 why would we go out

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:45.420
 and participate in

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:45.559
 it?

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:49.200
 It makes no sense.

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.579
 And in those

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:51.460
 moments when the

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.960
 temptation comes, or

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.880
 in those moments when

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:55.000
 our flesh is stirring

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.940
 and wanting to do

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:57.019
 something for self,

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:58.480
 we have to remind

00:32:58.480 --> 00:33:00.380
 ourselves, no, no,

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:01.039
 that doesn't make

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.740
 any sense.

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:05.740
 the old man died.

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.700
 The guy who wanted

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.539
 to sin died.

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:09.140
 God, forgive me for

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:10.519
 even contemplating

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:10.819
 that.

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.680
 You've called me to

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.460
 live for your

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:17.140
 kingdom and to seek

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.920
 your righteousness.

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.319
 God, forgive me.

00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:20.680
 Give me strength to

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.120
 say no.

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:22.240
 You know there's no

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:23.740
 sin such as common

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:27.299
 to man, according to

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:29.420
 Corinthians, where God

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:30.720
 has not given us a

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.339
 way of escape.

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:32.079
 Do you know that God

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:33.319
 always gives us a way

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:34.519
 of escape, even in the

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.860
 most difficult of

00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:36.420
 temptations?

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.920
 Sometimes we just have

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.759
 to remember who we

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.019
 are.

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:44.360
 We have to consider the

00:33:44.360 --> 00:33:44.960
 basics.

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.779
 No, that's not me.

00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:47.539
 That's not who I am.

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:49.500
 I'm a son of God.

00:33:49.600 --> 00:33:51.360
 I'm an ambassador of

00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:51.860
 his kingdom.

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:54.319
 I'm a saint.

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.460
 Let me ask this,

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:55.920
 church.

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:58.440
 Do you see

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.360
 yourselves as saints or

00:33:59.360 --> 00:34:00.300
 do you see yourselves as

00:34:00.300 --> 00:34:00.600
 a sinner?

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.920
 You know, I ask that

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:05.200
 question to many people

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:06.660
 and they say, I'm a

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:06.880
 sinner.

00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:08.619
 I've got sin that

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.420
 happens on a regular

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.820
 basis.

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.760
 I mean, I just find

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:11.820
 myself failing and

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.880
 failing and failing and

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.519
 failing again.

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:15.940
 They say, I know the

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.920
 Bible says I'm a saint,

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.900
 but I don't feel like a

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.079
 saint.

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:20.440
 Because I trip up all

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:20.820
 the time.

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:22.700
 These things that I do,

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:25.500
 let me just clarify for

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.059
 us, church.

00:34:26.899 --> 00:34:28.199
 You're not a sinner.

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:31.399
 The essence of who you

00:34:31.399 --> 00:34:32.699
 were was a sinner.

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:34.819
 The old man was a

00:34:34.819 --> 00:34:35.059
 sinner.

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:36.119
 The old man was

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:37.279
 enslaved to sin.

00:34:37.439 --> 00:34:38.519
 That guy died.

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:41.119
 You're not a sinner

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:41.460
 anymore.

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.000
 You know what?

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:43.259
 You're a saint.

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:45.559
 You're in Christ.

00:34:46.379 --> 00:34:47.579
 You're born again.

00:34:47.699 --> 00:34:48.480
 You bought with his

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:48.699
 blood.

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.759
 You're changed.

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:51.599
 Inside of you is a

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:53.000
 desire to honor and

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.739
 worship God.

00:34:53.819 --> 00:34:54.420
 Do you know it?

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:56.619
 Do you experience it?

00:34:57.279 --> 00:34:58.460
 Does it move you?

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:02.299
 Does God give you this

00:35:02.299 --> 00:35:03.480
 desire to live for him?

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:06.719
 Christian, I sure hope

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.159
 that's true.

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:10.519
 Doctrinally speaking,

00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:12.380
 it's absolutely true

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:13.679
 because you've been

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:15.880
 raised in union with

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.360
 Christ.

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:18.880
 You've been united with

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.259
 Christ.

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:20.579
 You've been baptized.

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.559
 You've died.

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:22.179
 You've been buried.

00:35:22.279 --> 00:35:23.400
 You've been resurrected

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:24.500
 in Christ.

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.980
 You've been given a new

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:28.179
 heart by God.

00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:29.599
 And that new heart

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:31.039
 genuinely desires to

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:32.519
 honor him and serve him

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:34.039
 and worship him and

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:35.000
 enjoy him.

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:36.440
 You're not a sinner.

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.819
 You're a saint.

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.639
 Now let me just say

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:38.900
 this.

00:35:39.319 --> 00:35:40.840
 Saints sometimes sin.

00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:46.480
 Is that true for you?

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:48.139
 Yeah.

00:35:48.759 --> 00:35:49.579
 Well how do we deal

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:50.179
 with this thing?

00:35:50.259 --> 00:35:50.940
 How do we deal

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:52.000
 with this plague?

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:55.139
 This constant barrage

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:57.400
 from Satan and the

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:58.079
 dark kingdom,

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:59.699
 from the worldly

00:35:59.699 --> 00:36:01.360
 ways, the ways of our

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:03.079
 world, from the fleshly

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:04.279
 cravings of our body.

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:05.299
 How do we deal with

00:36:05.299 --> 00:36:05.759
 those things?

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.619
 Here's how you deal

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.000
 with it.

00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:09.199
 Look with me in verse

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:09.500
 12.

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.420
 Starting in verse 12.

00:36:10.779 --> 00:36:12.159
 This is our third word.

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:14.159
 Present.

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:16.000
 Verse 12.

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:17.400
 Let not sin therefore

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:18.900
 reign in your mortal

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.280
 body.

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:20.079
 I'll talk about that

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:21.019
 word reign in just a

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.179
 minute.

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:23.619
 Let not sin reign in

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:25.159
 your mortal body to

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:26.699
 make you obey its

00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:27.320
 passions.

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.639
 Do you hear that?

00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:31.199
 There's an influence

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:32.820
 that's pressing itself

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:35.699
 in your life that wants

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:37.000
 you to obey that

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.619
 influence.

00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:42.239
 let it not happen.

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:44.880
 Let not sin reign in

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:45.980
 your mortal body that

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:47.139
 you would obey its

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.719
 passion.

00:36:49.319 --> 00:36:50.539
 Rather do this.

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:53.039
 Do not present your

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:55.239
 members to sin as

00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:55.940
 instruments of

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:57.039
 unrighteousness but

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:58.519
 present yourselves to

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.579
 God as those who have

00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:01.400
 been brought from death

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:02.219
 to life and your

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:03.460
 members to God.

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:04.819
 Present yourselves to

00:37:04.819 --> 00:37:05.099
 God.

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:06.500
 Present your members to

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:06.699
 God.

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:07.099
 Christian.

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:10.119
 Know who you are.

00:37:11.299 --> 00:37:12.439
 Know what has changed

00:37:12.439 --> 00:37:13.059
 in your life.

00:37:13.279 --> 00:37:14.279
 Know that you walk in

00:37:14.279 --> 00:37:14.879
 newness of life.

00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:16.419
 And consider it in the

00:37:16.419 --> 00:37:17.859
 moment when these

00:37:17.859 --> 00:37:20.419
 passions, these urges,

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:22.159
 these outward forces

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:25.079
 come at you to entice

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.939
 you into sin.

00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:27.359
 To entice you to walk

00:37:27.359 --> 00:37:28.219
 after the world and

00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:28.859
 after the enemy.

00:37:29.339 --> 00:37:30.639
 Consider in those

00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:31.819
 moments who you are

00:37:31.819 --> 00:37:33.460
 and resist it.

00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:35.899
 Don't present yourselves

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:37.760
 to sin to live that

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:38.220
 way.

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.900
 The word of God says

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:41.480
 present yourselves to

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:41.960
 God.

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:44.380
 Present your members to

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:44.639
 God.

00:37:44.700 --> 00:37:45.720
 What does that look like?

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:46.860
 Church?

00:37:47.660 --> 00:37:48.920
 How do you present your

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.880
 members to God?

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:50.920
 Here's my hand, God.

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:52.380
 I don't want to do

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:54.099
 anything that's going to

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:55.680
 offend you or that's

00:37:55.680 --> 00:37:57.160
 going to be self-motivated,

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:57.900
 that's going to be

00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:58.619
 self-seeking.

00:37:58.800 --> 00:37:59.920
 I don't want to do any

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:00.260
 of that.

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:01.200
 God, I don't want to

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:03.039
 look at anything that

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:04.719
 would bring dishonor to

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:05.219
 your kingdom.

00:38:05.919 --> 00:38:06.919
 I don't want to look at

00:38:06.919 --> 00:38:07.659
 anything that's going to

00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:08.599
 cause me to lust.

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:10.539
 God, I don't want to

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:11.480
 walk in places I

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:12.059
 shouldn't walk.

00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:12.819
 I don't want to say

00:38:12.819 --> 00:38:14.199
 words I shouldn't say.

00:38:14.379 --> 00:38:15.219
 I don't want to listen

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:16.099
 to things I shouldn't

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.679
 listen to.

00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:18.599
 I want to present every

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:20.439
 bit of who I am to you

00:38:20.439 --> 00:38:21.119
 for your kingdom.

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:22.439
 You know, he talks about

00:38:22.439 --> 00:38:23.399
 that in the Sermon on the

00:38:23.399 --> 00:38:23.579
 Mount.

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:26.899
 One of the verses that

00:38:26.899 --> 00:38:29.159
 has meant much to me

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:30.579
 through the years is

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:31.799
 Matthew 6.33.

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:34.420
 Seek ye first the

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:35.319
 kingdom of God and

00:38:35.319 --> 00:38:36.019
 his righteousness.

00:38:36.819 --> 00:38:39.079
 Seek ye first his

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:40.500
 kingdom and his

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:41.000
 righteousness.

00:38:41.359 --> 00:38:42.079
 You know that's where

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.879
 our heart should be.

00:38:44.879 --> 00:38:46.460
 We should present our

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:48.219
 members as instruments

00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:50.000
 for his kingdom, for

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:51.179
 his glory, for his

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.579
 honor.

00:38:52.739 --> 00:38:54.319
 That's the call, the

00:38:54.319 --> 00:38:55.599
 high call of God in

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:57.239
 Christ Jesus is to not

00:38:57.239 --> 00:38:58.219
 live like the world.

00:38:58.219 --> 00:38:59.959
 God is to live like

00:38:59.959 --> 00:39:01.579
 Christ, empowered by

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:02.059
 Christ.

00:39:03.899 --> 00:39:05.219
 You know, Paul says in

00:39:05.219 --> 00:39:07.019
 Galatians, it's no longer

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:08.259
 I who live, but Christ

00:39:08.259 --> 00:39:09.599
 Jesus who lives in me.

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:10.959
 And the life I live, I

00:39:10.959 --> 00:39:12.159
 don't live by my own

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:13.259
 strength, but I live by

00:39:13.259 --> 00:39:13.799
 his power.

00:39:17.339 --> 00:39:18.039
 Do you know he's given

00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:19.379
 us everything we need for

00:39:19.379 --> 00:39:20.259
 life and godliness?

00:39:21.279 --> 00:39:22.419
 Everything we need for

00:39:22.419 --> 00:39:23.059
 life and godliness.

00:39:23.099 --> 00:39:24.379
 He's already given it to

00:39:24.379 --> 00:39:24.619
 us.

00:39:25.259 --> 00:39:26.480
 There's no temptation

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:27.559
 that's going to overtake

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:27.799
 you.

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:29.139
 He's provided a way of

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.519
 escape.

00:39:29.779 --> 00:39:30.599
 You know we need each

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:31.299
 other to be faithful?

00:39:33.799 --> 00:39:34.880
 Have you ever been

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:36.360
 inspired by someone who's

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:37.759
 in the kingdom to walk

00:39:37.759 --> 00:39:38.420
 more faithfully?

00:39:39.239 --> 00:39:40.159
 Have you ever been

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:41.420
 blessed by somebody in

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:42.559
 times of pain that comes

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:43.320
 up and wraps their arm

00:39:43.320 --> 00:39:44.019
 around, doesn't say a

00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:44.860
 word, they just care for

00:39:44.860 --> 00:39:45.019
 you.

00:39:45.299 --> 00:39:46.019
 They just love you.

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:48.139
 You know, the

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:49.380
 accountability that comes

00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:50.559
 would be in communion

00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:52.679
 together, to be in

00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:53.980
 fellowship together, to be

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:55.460
 in a church body

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:57.240
 together, to be involved

00:39:57.240 --> 00:39:58.199
 in each other's lives.

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:59.460
 You know that's an

00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:00.659
 accountability for us, it's

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:01.760
 a blessing for us, it's a

00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:02.079
 benefit.

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:04.519
 We need the strength of

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:06.119
 this body to be faithful.

00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:07.920
 Left on our own on an

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:09.619
 island, Satan's gate, it

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:10.699
 just takes one gun, doesn't

00:40:10.699 --> 00:40:10.820
 it?

00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:12.579
 Boom, I'll get him this

00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:12.820
 time.

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:14.900
 You put us all together

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.780
 and we're doing life

00:40:15.780 --> 00:40:18.320
 together, and somebody that

00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:19.480
 knows me well knows that

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:20.360
 that's a weak area of my

00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:21.720
 life, and Brother Bill

00:40:21.720 --> 00:40:22.800
 says, hey man, don't do

00:40:22.800 --> 00:40:22.960
 that.

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:23.900
 What do you mean?

00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:25.400
 Dog, yeah, okay, thanks.

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:25.840
 Come on.

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:28.119
 And you help me in the

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:29.240
 blind spots and the weak

00:40:29.240 --> 00:40:30.260
 spots in my life to be

00:40:30.260 --> 00:40:31.320
 faithful in my walk to

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:31.500
 God.

00:40:31.579 --> 00:40:32.460
 You know we need each

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:32.679
 other.

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:35.320
 That we might be faithful

00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:36.000
 to do what?

00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:37.519
 To do this, to present our

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:39.599
 members as instruments to

00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:39.940
 God.

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:46.240
 Christian, know who you

00:40:46.240 --> 00:40:46.480
 are.

00:40:48.740 --> 00:40:51.579
 Consider it at the moment

00:40:51.579 --> 00:40:52.880
 of temptation, the moment

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:54.500
 of struggle, and then

00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:57.259
 make a choice to present

00:40:57.259 --> 00:41:00.599
 your life to God as a

00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:01.400
 living sacrifice.

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:05.480
 You know what Romans 12,

00:41:05.639 --> 00:41:06.480
 1 and 2 says?

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:07.679
 Listen to it.

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:10.699
 And this is the same

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:11.000
 book.

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:12.239
 This is Paul, after he's

00:41:12.239 --> 00:41:13.460
 talking about all these

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:15.159
 truths, he gets to chapter

00:41:15.159 --> 00:41:15.980
 12 and he says,

00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:18.460
 therefore, in light of

00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:19.799
 everything I've just shared

00:41:19.800 --> 00:41:21.480
 with you, in light of this

00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:22.200
 truth that you've been

00:41:22.200 --> 00:41:24.100
 justified by faith, in

00:41:24.100 --> 00:41:25.060
 light of this truth that

00:41:25.060 --> 00:41:26.280
 you've been united with

00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:27.720
 Jesus in a way that is

00:41:27.720 --> 00:41:30.060
 amazing, to even consider

00:41:30.060 --> 00:41:31.460
 that we're in Christ,

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:34.060
 united with him, in

00:41:34.060 --> 00:41:36.780
 relationship with him, we've

00:41:36.780 --> 00:41:38.039
 received everything that

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:39.039
 was accomplished by his

00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:40.039
 death, we've received.

00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:41.460
 We've been imputed as

00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:41.800
 righteous.

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:42.960
 He said, in light of all

00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:45.660
 this, church, listen to

00:41:45.660 --> 00:41:46.160
 verse 12.

00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:47.579
 I appeal to you,

00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:49.059
 therefore, brothers, by

00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:50.839
 the mercies of God, to

00:41:50.839 --> 00:41:52.719
 present your bodies as a

00:41:52.719 --> 00:41:52.960
 what?

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:56.319
 As a living sacrifice.

00:41:57.440 --> 00:41:59.299
 If you ever in your mind

00:41:59.299 --> 00:42:00.920
 seen yourself climbing up

00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:02.920
 on the altar that Isaac

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:04.079
 was placed on, you know,

00:42:04.139 --> 00:42:07.239
 Abraham took Isaac and God

00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:08.159
 said, you need to give

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:09.199
 away your son, you need to

00:42:09.199 --> 00:42:10.079
 sacrifice him to me.

00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:11.019
 So he goes way out in the

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:15.059
 wilderness and God says,

00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:15.820
 I want you to sacrifice

00:42:15.820 --> 00:42:16.360
 your son.

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:19.320
 Why?

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:22.460
 His son potentially was an

00:42:22.460 --> 00:42:23.199
 idol in his life.

00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:24.480
 And he said, I want you

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:24.739
 to sacrifice him.

00:42:24.759 --> 00:42:25.799
 And Isaac did what?

00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:26.799
 He willingly laid on a

00:42:26.799 --> 00:42:28.400
 cross and said, if that's

00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:29.179
 what it takes, I'm

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:29.340
 willing.

00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:31.920
 Have you ever seen

00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:34.000
 yourself as stepping up

00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:35.219
 onto an altar and laying

00:42:35.219 --> 00:42:36.159
 yourself on the altar and

00:42:36.159 --> 00:42:36.940
 say, here I am, God.

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:38.259
 I'm all yours.

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:42.139
 I sacrifice myself to your

00:42:42.139 --> 00:42:42.500
 kingdom.

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:46.139
 I present myself to you,

00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:47.420
 God, in heart.

00:42:47.960 --> 00:42:49.679
 I present myself to you as

00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:51.139
 a living sacrifice.

00:42:51.719 --> 00:42:53.000
 Today, I'm going to be

00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:53.679
 lived for your kingdom.

00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:54.960
 Tomorrow, I'm going to

00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:55.599
 live for your kingdom.

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:56.780
 Next week, I'm going to

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:57.420
 live for your kingdom.

00:42:57.719 --> 00:42:59.039
 God, by your strength and

00:42:59.039 --> 00:43:00.199
 your grace and your power,

00:43:00.380 --> 00:43:01.719
 I can't do it myself.

00:43:02.800 --> 00:43:03.900
 But I know you've given me

00:43:03.900 --> 00:43:05.239
 everything I need for life

00:43:05.239 --> 00:43:05.639
 and guidance.

00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:08.539
 And God, I cling to you to

00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:10.320
 help me be faithful because I

00:43:10.320 --> 00:43:11.679
 can't be faithful on my own.

00:43:11.679 --> 00:43:13.299
 I see my weakness.

00:43:13.399 --> 00:43:14.159
 And what did Paul say?

00:43:14.819 --> 00:43:16.399
 He said, when I'm weak, then

00:43:16.399 --> 00:43:17.379
 am I strong.

00:43:17.480 --> 00:43:17.679
 Why?

00:43:17.879 --> 00:43:19.179
 Because I recognize that in

00:43:19.179 --> 00:43:20.559
 my own strength, I can't

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:22.059
 accomplish anything that

00:43:22.059 --> 00:43:23.559
 honors God, anything that's

00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:23.879
 faithful.

00:43:24.719 --> 00:43:25.879
 When I'm weak, then I'm

00:43:25.879 --> 00:43:26.219
 strong.

00:43:26.299 --> 00:43:26.480
 Why?

00:43:26.539 --> 00:43:27.779
 It's because then I turned to

00:43:27.779 --> 00:43:28.559
 God and said, help.

00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:30.319
 Help me, Lord.

00:43:30.699 --> 00:43:31.859
 Help me to be faithful.

00:43:32.199 --> 00:43:33.440
 Help me to say no to sin.

00:43:33.659 --> 00:43:34.960
 Help me to present my life

00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:35.179
 to you.

00:43:35.440 --> 00:43:36.839
 Help me not to turn away.

00:43:37.319 --> 00:43:38.679
 Help me not to walk after

00:43:38.679 --> 00:43:39.299
 the ways of the world.

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:41.119
 God, I need your help.

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:42.119
 I'm weak.

00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:45.420
 And it's not until we see

00:43:45.420 --> 00:43:47.739
 ourselves as weak that we'll

00:43:47.739 --> 00:43:49.699
 understand John 15 that says

00:43:49.699 --> 00:43:50.079
 this.

00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:52.039
 It's apart from me, Jesus

00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:53.500
 speaking, apart from me, you

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:54.079
 can do nothing.

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:57.799
 Apart from me, you can't add

00:43:57.799 --> 00:43:59.139
 anything to my kingdom.

00:43:59.400 --> 00:44:01.119
 You can't benefit my kingdom.

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:04.400
 You can't do anything that is

00:44:04.400 --> 00:44:05.239
 righteous.

00:44:05.239 --> 00:44:10.619
 Even as a Christian, I can't do

00:44:10.619 --> 00:44:13.019
 anything apart from the indwelling

00:44:13.019 --> 00:44:15.000
 power of God in my life.

00:44:16.139 --> 00:44:18.719
 We need to quit living for self,

00:44:19.399 --> 00:44:20.919
 and we need to present our lives

00:44:20.919 --> 00:44:25.399
 as a living sacrifice, which is

00:44:25.399 --> 00:44:27.819
 spiritual worship.

00:44:27.820 --> 00:44:27.960
 worship.

00:44:29.880 --> 00:44:31.480
 You know, we come on Sunday

00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:34.620
 mornings to sing, and it's my

00:44:34.620 --> 00:44:36.120
 hope that we're singing from the

00:44:36.120 --> 00:44:37.000
 heart and just not from the

00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:37.300
 mouth.

00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:39.940
 When we sing these words, and we

00:44:39.940 --> 00:44:41.559
 are very careful to pick out

00:44:41.559 --> 00:44:43.740
 songs that are doctrinally sound,

00:44:43.820 --> 00:44:45.080
 when we sing those, are we singing

00:44:45.080 --> 00:44:45.620
 from the heart?

00:44:46.500 --> 00:44:47.740
 Are we worshiping?

00:44:48.160 --> 00:44:49.940
 Are we recognizing the truths of

00:44:49.940 --> 00:44:50.400
 those songs?

00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:53.579
 What is real worship?

00:44:54.240 --> 00:44:55.079
 You know what worship is?

00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:57.559
 Say, God, I so worship you that I

00:44:57.559 --> 00:44:58.840
 desire to do your will and your

00:44:58.840 --> 00:44:59.260
 will alone.

00:44:59.380 --> 00:44:59.960
 Here I am.

00:45:00.099 --> 00:45:01.820
 Use me in any way you choose.

00:45:02.300 --> 00:45:03.920
 You empower me to be faithful to

00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:04.579
 live for your kingdom.

00:45:04.720 --> 00:45:06.920
 Church, that's what he's called us

00:45:06.920 --> 00:45:07.160
 to.

00:45:08.579 --> 00:45:09.519
 Is it a high call?

00:45:10.599 --> 00:45:11.900
 Does that make you nervous?

00:45:14.019 --> 00:45:15.380
 Do you feel like you're going to be

00:45:15.380 --> 00:45:16.980
 successful tomorrow living for him

00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:17.400
 in that way?

00:45:20.400 --> 00:45:24.840
 Know, consider, and present.

00:45:25.019 --> 00:45:26.680
 By his power, present yourself to

00:45:26.680 --> 00:45:29.160
 him that he might be glorified, that

00:45:29.160 --> 00:45:30.700
 he might be exalted, that he might

00:45:30.700 --> 00:45:31.300
 be worshiped.

00:45:31.320 --> 00:45:31.660
 Let's pray.

00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:43.340
 Father, as I share these truths this

00:45:43.340 --> 00:45:47.380
 morning, the thing that strikes me at

00:45:47.380 --> 00:45:48.920
 this moment is my weakness, God.

00:45:48.920 --> 00:45:53.579
 I just confess to you that I often

00:45:53.579 --> 00:45:55.460
 run after, and I'm sure it's true for

00:45:55.460 --> 00:45:57.079
 us this morning, many of us, is that we

00:45:57.079 --> 00:45:59.980
 often run after selfish things.

00:46:00.099 --> 00:46:03.200
 We often try to live this Christian life

00:46:03.200 --> 00:46:06.579
 in our own strength, by our own ability.

00:46:06.740 --> 00:46:09.360
 And God, I just confess to you that I

00:46:09.360 --> 00:46:11.519
 recognize the weakness more now than

00:46:11.519 --> 00:46:12.220
 ever before.

00:46:13.760 --> 00:46:15.800
 And I hope that's true for all of us.

00:46:15.800 --> 00:46:17.500
 God, I pray that you would show us our

00:46:17.500 --> 00:46:17.900
 weakness.

00:46:20.960 --> 00:46:23.460
 And God, we desire to cling to you.

00:46:23.539 --> 00:46:26.460
 We desire to latch our hands on to you,

00:46:26.560 --> 00:46:29.180
 knowing that, God, if you don't do it in

00:46:29.180 --> 00:46:31.039
 and through us, we'll never honor you.

00:46:31.100 --> 00:46:32.400
 We'll never live for you.

00:46:32.400 --> 00:46:37.220
 So, God, do a work in our life that would be

00:46:37.220 --> 00:46:39.940
 powerful.

00:46:40.460 --> 00:46:43.099
 God, help us to live for you, to present

00:46:43.099 --> 00:46:45.680
 our members as instruments of righteousness,

00:46:45.960 --> 00:46:48.880
 to offer ourselves as living sacrifices,

00:46:48.880 --> 00:46:52.059
 that we might live fully for you.

00:46:52.180 --> 00:46:54.300
 Do that work in our life, I pray in Christ's name.

00:46:54.660 --> 00:46:54.920
 Amen.

00:46:54.920 --> 00:46:55.039
 Amen.

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:55.099
 Amen.

00:46:55.099 --> 00:46:55.119
 Amen.

00:46:55.119 --> 00:46:55.160
 Amen.

00:46:55.160 --> 00:46:55.220
 Amen.