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 Today's scripture's passages are found in the book of Galatians.

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 Please follow along in your bulletin.

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 We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles

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 know that a person is not justified by the works of the law,

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 but by faith in Jesus Christ.

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 So we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus,

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 that we may be justified by faith in Christ,

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 and not by the works of the law,

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 because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

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 Galatians 2, 15-16

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 In Galatians 3, 1-14, it says,

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 You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you?

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 Before your very eyes, Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.

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 I would like to learn just one thing from you.

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 Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law,

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 or by believing what you heard?

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 Are you so foolish?

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 After beginning by means of the Spirit,

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 are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?

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 Have you experienced so much in vain?

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 If it really was in vain?

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 So again I ask,

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 Does God give you His Spirit and work miracles among you

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 by the works of the law,

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 or by believing what you heard?

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 So also Abraham believed God,

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 and it was credited to him as righteousness.

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 Understand then that those who have faith are children of Abraham.

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 Scripture foresaw that God would justify the gentles by faith,

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 and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham.

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 All nations will be blessed through you.

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 So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham,

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 the man of faith.

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 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse.

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 As it is written,

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 Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the book of the law.

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 Clearly, no one who relies on the law is justified before God,

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 because the righteous will live by faith.

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 The law is not based on faith.

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 On the contrary, it says,

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 The person who does these things will live by them.

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 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.

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 For it is written,

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 Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.

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 He redeemed us,

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 and ordered that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus,

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 so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

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 And in Galatians 3, 26-29,

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 So, in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.

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 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourself with Christ.

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 There is neither Jew nor Gentile,

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 neither slave nor free,

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 nor is there male or female.

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 For you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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 If you belong to Christ,

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 then you are Abraham's seed,

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 and heirs according to the promise.

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 This is today's reading from God's Word.

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 Some years ago,

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 a very famous preacher was invited by a large church

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 to hold three nights of meeting on a weekend.

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 So the first night, this preacher asked the question,

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 What is the Gospel?

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 I'd like to see how many of you know what the Gospel is all about.

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 Raise your hands if you know what the Gospel is.

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 And no hand went up.

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 And then he said,

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 Since I'm here in this big church,

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 you don't know what the Gospel is,

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 I'm going to go home.

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 Good night.

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 And he left.

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 Next night,

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 and before that,

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 the church was very concerned.

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 They spent lots of money to get him there.

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 So next night they said,

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 Look, if you ask that same question again,

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 everyone must put up his hand or her hand.

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 So next night,

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 true to form,

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 he asked,

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 How many of you know what the Gospel is all about?

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 If you do,

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 raise your hand.

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 And every hand went up.

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 And he said,

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 Since you all know about the Gospel,

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 what it is,

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 there's no need for me to preach,

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 so good night,

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 goodbye.

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 And he left.

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 So there was much concern,

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 consternation in that congregation.

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 And they said,

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 Look,

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 the third time,

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 if you ask,

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 how many of you know what the Gospel is,

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 half of us,

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 one side would just put their hands up,

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 and the other side would keep their hands down.

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 Alright?

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 So they had this conspiracy.

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 So this man again asked the question,

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 Do you know what the Gospel is?

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 How many of you know what the Gospel is?

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 And half the congregation raised their hands,

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 the other half didn't.

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 He said,

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 That's wonderful.

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 Those of you who know,

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 tell those who don't.

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 Now I'm tempted to repeat that exercise,

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 because our theme for this morning

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 is the basis and the blessings of the Gospel.

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 What is the Gospel?

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 Euangelion,

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 the Greek word,

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 means good news.

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 And this word was usually used for announcing a victory

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 over an enemy,

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 over a hostile force,

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 or it's used when the king ascends a throne,

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 the coronation.

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 It's good news.

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 And the Christian good news is that God,

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 in Christ,

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 has rescued us.

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 He came down to reach us,

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 to pluck us out from the sins of hell and death,

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 and brought us into his family.

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 This is the good news that the early church,

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 and we today,

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 want to announce to the whole world.

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 And the word used by the Apostle Paul,

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 and we are looking at his teaching in Galatians,

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 is found in verse 16 of Galatians 2.

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 So follow with me in the sheet that you were given.

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 Know,

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 know that a man is not justified

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 by observing the law,

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 but by faith in Jesus Christ.

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 So we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus,

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 that we may be justified by faith in Christ.

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 So we have this word,

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 justification.

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 It's a big word.

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 It's a theological word.

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 But let me unpack for you,

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 because this is a tremendous word.

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 This is,

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 if you like,

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 the very basis,

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 the heart of the gospel.

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 We,

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 says Paul,

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 are justified by faith in Christ.

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 justification is a legal term.

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 It's used in the courtroom.

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 It's when a guilty offender,

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 who should be punished for his misdeeds,

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 is declared not guilty by the judge,

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 and then acquitted.

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 So Paul was telling us,

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 God did something like that,

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 when we trusted in Jesus Christ.

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 But you and I can only appreciate good news,

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 when we look at the bad news.

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 You and I can only appreciate brightness,

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 when there are hues of darkness.

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 In Romans 1,

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 verse 18,

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 we have one of the most frightening verses,

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 that the world can ever read.

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 In Romans 1,

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 verse 18,

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 the apostle Paul,

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 declares,

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 for the wrath of God,

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 since most of you are trained in North America,

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 the wrath of God,

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 first time ever,

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 pronounce it that way.

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 For the wrath of God,

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 is being revealed from heaven,

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 against all godliness,

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 and wickedness of men,

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 who suppress the truth,

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 by their wickedness.

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 Here we have,

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 the stark,

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 and awesome,

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 bad news.

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 There is something called,

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 the wrath of God.

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 It's not that God loses his temper,

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 like you and I do.

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 The wrath of God,

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 is his holiness,

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 his justice,

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 in coalition,

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 against sin.

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 And that means judgment.

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 And every one of us,

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 stands under God's judgment,

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 because we rebel against him,

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 we've gone our own ways,

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 we've disregarded him,

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 and his wrath rests on us.

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 The biggest problem of humankind,

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 is not about global warming,

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 or even infighting,

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 in business,

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 the home,

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 or personal relationships.

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 The greatest problem is,

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 how can the wrath of God,

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 be averted?

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 How can we have peace with God?

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 How can we reconcile to God?

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 And here,

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 it's a stark contrast,

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 between the good news,

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 the gospel,

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 and also the bad news,

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 that God's judgment,

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 is on every single,

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 human being.

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 Now of course,

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 the world says,

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 there's a way to get out of it,

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 and to begin to postulate,

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 to imagine that God is like,

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 a cosmic Santa Claus.

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 He's a nice guy really,

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 and if you've done something wrong,

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 if you have committed,

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 some little sin,

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 it's okay.

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 Say you are sorry,

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 and God will accept you,

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 then we begin to make God,

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 in our own image.

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 Think of Him,

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 almost like a cosmic Santa Claus.

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 It's just a small piccadillo,

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 a small sin,

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 everybody sins anyway,

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 and God can forgive.

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 It's His duty,

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 His right to forgive,

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 as some philosophers,

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 even declare.

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 But we are told,

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 that our God is a holy God.

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 Our God is a just God,

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 and sin has to be punished.

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 The wages,

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 the result of sin,

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 is death,

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 eternal separation from Him.

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 But man,

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 has all kinds of devious ways,

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 to get out of this predicament.

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 So human beings would say,

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 look,

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 if we appease God,

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 and make Him want to accept us,

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 we can go to the church,

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 or temple,

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 more often.

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 We can do good deeds,

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 we can be involved,

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 in charitable acts,

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 and kindness,

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 and we can do this,

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 do that.

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 And so the human religion,

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 is trying to appease God,

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 by doing this,

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 doing that,

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 do,

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 do,

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 do.

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 But then when we come,

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 to the Christian faith,

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 we have the fantastic news,

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 it's done.

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 It's not our doing,

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 that God will accept us.

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 It's not human achievement,

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 but resting in what God has done for us,

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 And so,

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 we are introduced,

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 and this is the good news,

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 the gospel,

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 to the cross,

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 to Jesus crucified,

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 on that wicked Roman cross.

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 This is the heart,

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 of the Christian faith,

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 the center,

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 of the gospel.

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 And in Galatians chapter 3,

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 verse 1,

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 Paul says,

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 you know,

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 when we preach to you,

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 what happened?

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 Before your very eyes,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 was clearly portrayed,

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 as crucified.

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 So Paul reminded,

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 the readers,

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 of Jesus,

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 Jesus,

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 on the cross.

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 There,

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 on the cross,

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 Jesus was,

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 as it were,

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 placarded,

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 was openly displayed,

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 for all to see.

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 And,

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 Paul then reminds us,

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 look,

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 it is Jesus Christ,

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 and Him crucified,

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 that really matters.

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 Now,

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 the Galatian people,

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 were having a struggle.

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 They thought,

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 by doing good works,

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 by observing the law,

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 God will accept them,

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 love them,

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 draw them back to Himself.

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 But Paul says,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no.

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 Because,

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 people,

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 have always thought,

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 that the way to come to God,

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 is to do good works,

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 to go to church,

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 to be religious,

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 and so on.

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 But here,

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 the Apostle Paul tells us,

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 that is not the way.

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 And so,

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 here we have this picture.

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 If you look at the text,

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 in verse 10,

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 it says,

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 all who rely on observing the law,

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 are under a curse,

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 for it is written,

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 curse is everyone,

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 who does not do everything,

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 written in the book of the law.

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 Clearly,

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 no one is justified,

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 before God,

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 by the law.

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 And then in verse 13,

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 Christ redeemed us,

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 from the curse of the law,

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 by becoming a curse for us.

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 For it is written,

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 curse is everyone,

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 who is hung on a tree.

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 And Paul goes on to say,

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 he redeemed us,

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 in order,

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 the blessing given to Abraham,

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 might come to the Gentiles,

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 through Jesus Christ.

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 So that by faith,

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 we might receive,

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 the promise,

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 So here we are told,

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 Jesus died on a cruel,

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 Roman cross.

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 It was the basis,

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 the most horrible form,

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 of torture.

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 But on that cross,

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 something wonderful happened.

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 On that cross,

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 Jesus became a curse,

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 because the Bible tells us,

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 curse is everyone,

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 who hangs on a tree.

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 That's a judgment,

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 the punishment,

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 reserved for criminals.

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 And there Jesus hung,

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 on that cruel,

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 Roman cross.

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 And then Paul tells us,

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 something else happened.

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 When he died there,

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 he absorbed,

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 as it were,

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 the curses of humankind.

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 He bore all our sin.

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 And Paul tells us,

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 he who knew no sin,

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 became sin,

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 that we might become,

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 the righteousness of God.

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 Christ died for sins,

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 once for all,

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 the just for the unjust,

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 that he might bring us,

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 to God.

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 So here,

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 we see that on the cross,

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 God's righteousness,

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 and love,

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 is displayed.

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 God wants to remove,

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 the curses of sin,

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 the terrible work,

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 that sin does,

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 to human beings.

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 So,

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 the good news is that,

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 on the cross,

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 Jesus died for us,

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 he took our place,

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 and when we trust him,

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 we,

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 can become,

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 his children,

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 and his beloved followers.

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 So,

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 Paul goes on to say,

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 look,

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 this also happened,

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 to one of,

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 the very famous,

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 patriarchs,

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 forefathers of the faith,

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 Abraham,

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 himself.

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 So,

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 if you look at,

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 Galatians chapter 3,

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 in verse,

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 6,

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 it says,

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 Abraham,

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 he believed God,

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 and it was credited to him,

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 as righteousness.

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 So,

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 here,

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 Paul is saying,

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 look at the example,

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 of our Jewish ancestor,

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 forefather,

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 Abraham.

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 How,

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 did he get right with God?

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 How did he,

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 enjoyed,

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 and received,

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 the blessing,

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 of God?

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 And the answer was,

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 because,

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 he trusted in the Lord Jesus,

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 in God himself,

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 he was justified,

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 and in,

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 verse,

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 6,

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 it tells us,

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 very clearly,

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 that,

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 he believed God,

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 and,

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 it was,

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 credited to him,

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 as righteousness.

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 So,

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 Paul is saying,

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 look at,

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 this famous,

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 ancestor,

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 forefather,

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 of the Jews,

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 and of believers,

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 Abraham himself.

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 How did he get right with God?

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 He,

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 he believed God.

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 Now,

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 we know the story,

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 of Abraham.

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 He had,

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 no,

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 son,

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 from his wife,

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 Sarah,

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 and he thought,

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 someone else,

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 would inherit,

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 all his blessings.

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 And God said,

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 no,

00:14:52.460 --> 00:14:52.980
 one day,

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 you,

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 will have a child.

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 You,

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 will have a son.

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 And so,

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 one day,

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 God said to him,

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 go out,

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 look at the stars.

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 Count them,

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 if you can.

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 One day,

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 your descendants,

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 will be like the stars,

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 in the heaven.

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 And I'm going to give you,

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 a son,

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 a child.

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 At that time,

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 Abraham was way,

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 in his 90s,

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 and Sarah,

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 was very,

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 very old.

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 How could that happen?

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 Then,

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 by a miracle,

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 something happened.

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 Sarah,

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 had a child,

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 called Isaac.

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 And this was what,

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 God was doing.

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 He was going to bring blessing,

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 to this child,

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 of his.

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 He says,

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 count the stars.

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 If you can count them,

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 your blessings,

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 will be like that.

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 Your descendants,

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 will be like the numerous,

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 stars,

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 of the heavens,

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 populating the earth,

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 bringing blessing,

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 to people.

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 So here,

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 we have,

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 if you like,

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 the very basic,

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 of the gospel.

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 Here,

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 we're introduced,

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 to Abraham,

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 who believed God,

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 it was reckoned to him,

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 for righteousness,

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 and God,

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 was going to do something,

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 for him.

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 And this is known,

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 as the gospel,

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 the good news.

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 But then,

00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:04.840
 there was a problem.

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 These Galatian Christians,

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 were hoodwinked,

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 by the Judaizers.

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 People who said,

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 okay,

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 it's wonderful,

00:16:12.019 --> 00:16:12.679
 to be Christians,

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 but,

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 you must observe,

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 the law of Moses.

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 God gave,

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 the law to Moses,

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 on Mount Sinai.

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 That has to be obeyed.

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 So you must have,

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 trust,

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 faith in Jesus,

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 plus,

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 in other words,

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 Jesus plus,

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 the cross plus.

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 And this was,

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 an abomination,

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 to the apostle Paul.

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 So he cries out,

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 in the first verse,

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 you foolish Galatians,

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 who has bewitched you,

00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:41.940
 who cast his spell,

00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:42.480
 over you,

00:16:42.779 --> 00:16:44.019
 before your very eyes,

00:16:44.100 --> 00:16:44.759
 Jesus Christ,

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 was portrayed,

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 as crucified.

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 How come,

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 you are leaving,

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 God's way of salvation,

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 and reverting back,

00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:54.080
 to good works,

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 the Jewish way,

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 the law,

00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:56.639
 trying to,

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 get right with God,

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 by that way.

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 You are hoodwinked,

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 you are deceived,

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 and who has done that to you?

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 Oh you fools,

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 you stupid people.

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 Why,

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 do you ignore,

00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:08.599
 ignore,

00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:09.659
 God's way,

00:17:09.940 --> 00:17:10.920
 of salvation.

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 And here,

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 we are introduced again,

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 to the very heart,

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 of the Christian message.

00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:19.519
 How,

00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:21.119
 are we justified?

00:17:21.619 --> 00:17:21.839
 How,

00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:23.059
 do we get right,

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 with God?

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 Is it,

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 by something we do,

00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:27.460
 by our good works?

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 And,

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 John Calvin,

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 the reformer said,

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 the only contribution,

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 that you,

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 and I make,

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 to him,

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 is our sin.

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 We can't contribute,

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 to our salvation,

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 by any good works,

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 will never,

00:17:41.220 --> 00:17:41.780
 be accepted.

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 Or,

00:17:43.040 --> 00:17:43.700
 as Martin Luther,

00:17:43.800 --> 00:17:44.300
 puts it,

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 to reestablish,

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 the law,

00:17:47.360 --> 00:17:47.960
 in other words,

00:17:48.020 --> 00:17:48.660
 to practice,

00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:49.340
 all the works,

00:17:49.380 --> 00:17:49.880
 of the law,

00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:51.400
 asking God,

00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:52.100
 to accept us,

00:17:52.140 --> 00:17:53.380
 because of our good works,

00:17:53.780 --> 00:17:54.440
 is to,

00:17:54.560 --> 00:17:55.660
 abolish,

00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:56.440
 the gospel.

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 That's why,

00:17:58.160 --> 00:17:58.960
 Paul was so strong.

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 You foolish Galatians,

00:18:00.820 --> 00:18:01.760
 you dum-dums,

00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:02.760
 you idiots,

00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:04.519
 think of all the worst descriptions,

00:18:04.900 --> 00:18:05.980
 that you can call somebody.

00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:07.420
 You are so stupid,

00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:08.519
 you are so dumb.

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.299
 How,

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:10.539
 can you go back,

00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:11.980
 on the very basis,

00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:13.160
 of your salvation?

00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.000
 How,

00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:15.279
 can you make the law,

00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.099
 equal,

00:18:16.420 --> 00:18:17.220
 with the gospel?

00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:18.180
 That is,

00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:19.180
 absolute folly.

00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:20.539
 You will miss out,

00:18:20.900 --> 00:18:22.240
 on your blessings.

00:18:23.180 --> 00:18:23.480
 So,

00:18:23.619 --> 00:18:23.920
 he says,

00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:24.160
 look,

00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:25.660
 think about,

00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:27.099
 your life,

00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:28.180
 the life in the spirit.

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 Was that by works?

00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:31.640
 Was that by the law?

00:18:32.100 --> 00:18:33.280
 You have the Holy Spirit,

00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:34.740
 he's directing you,

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 he's dwelling in you.

00:18:36.140 --> 00:18:37.000
 How did that come?

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 And the answer is,

00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:39.460
 through faith,

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 And,

00:18:41.620 --> 00:18:43.080
 how is your Christian life,

00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:43.620
 lived out?

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 Is it by,

00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:45.840
 obeying,

00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:47.040
 all the legal,

00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:48.340
 precepts,

00:18:48.360 --> 00:18:49.700
 of the Old Testament law?

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 Trying to get justified,

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 by the good acts we do?

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 And Paul's answer was,

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 no,

00:18:56.420 --> 00:18:58.120
 you received the Holy Spirit.

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 The Holy Spirit,

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 was freely,

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 given to you.

00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:02.440
 Your life,

00:19:02.600 --> 00:19:03.060
 is now,

00:19:03.280 --> 00:19:04.280
 life in the spirit.

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 It is a gift from God.

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 You can't earn it.

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 And,

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 you have to accept simply,

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 what God has done for you.

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 Or,

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 as a very famous theologian,

00:19:14.860 --> 00:19:15.759
 called Paul Tillich,

00:19:16.120 --> 00:19:17.380
 and most evangelicals,

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 we're afraid of that name.

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 He says,

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 and I like this quote,

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 he says,

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 what we have to do,

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 is to accept,

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 the acceptance.

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 When we accept,

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 what Jesus Christ,

00:19:27.780 --> 00:19:28.660
 has done for us,

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 God accepts us.

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 Accept the acceptance,

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 and then,

00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.860
 we would have,

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 true faith in Christ.

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 But these Galatians,

00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:36.759
 were saying,

00:19:36.900 --> 00:19:37.140
 no,

00:19:37.900 --> 00:19:39.279
 we want to go our own way,

00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:40.259
 we need Jesus,

00:19:40.380 --> 00:19:40.900
 the gospel,

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 plus,

00:19:42.320 --> 00:19:43.640
 this is the very dangerous thing,

00:19:43.800 --> 00:19:44.140
 Jesus,

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 the gospel,

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 and,

00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:46.860
 something else.

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 And for the Galatian Christians,

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 because they were,

00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:51.279
 influenced by the Jewish teachers,

00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:51.980
 it was,

00:19:52.460 --> 00:19:52.980
 Jesus,

00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:54.440
 plus,

00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:55.120
 good works,

00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:55.580
 and then,

00:19:55.660 --> 00:19:56.820
 we're accepted by God.

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 Of course,

00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:58.980
 we believe in Jesus,

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 and then,

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 we will do good works,

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 but,

00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:02.940
 the Judaizers,

00:20:03.100 --> 00:20:03.460
 were putting,

00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:04.580
 both together,

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.600
 in order,

00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:07.400
 that we can be received,

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:09.220
 and justified by God.

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 And Paul says,

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:10.720
 no,

00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:11.460
 just think,

00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.600
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:13.460
 How did you receive,

00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:14.080
 the Holy Spirit?

00:20:15.380 --> 00:20:16.559
 Did you psych yourself up?

00:20:17.120 --> 00:20:17.500
 Did you do,

00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:18.860
 all kinds of good works?

00:20:19.320 --> 00:20:20.059
 Refuse that,

00:20:20.180 --> 00:20:20.920
 reject that,

00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:22.080
 so that the Holy Spirit,

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:22.820
 can fill you,

00:20:23.140 --> 00:20:23.900
 empower you,

00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:25.140
 and you see miracles,

00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:26.840
 happening in your church?

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.580
 And Paul's answer was,

00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:28.920
 no,

00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:30.460
 that was not the case.

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 It's like this,

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:32.600
 that many years ago,

00:20:33.600 --> 00:20:34.700
 a good friend of ours,

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:36.120
 loaned us her,

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.440
 holiday bungalow,

00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:38.259
 in the fields,

00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:39.420
 on an island,

00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:40.019
 in the fjord,

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 of Norway.

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 And,

00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:43.660
 we were there,

00:20:43.860 --> 00:20:44.519
 the five of us,

00:20:44.560 --> 00:20:45.120
 in our family,

00:20:45.580 --> 00:20:46.720
 and we were given a boat,

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 a rowing boat.

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 We tried,

00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:49.840
 to row.

00:20:50.340 --> 00:20:51.240
 We didn't realize,

00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:51.960
 that the current,

00:20:52.060 --> 00:20:53.100
 underneath the fjord,

00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:53.899
 was very,

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.519
 very strong.

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.519
 So no matter,

00:20:55.639 --> 00:20:56.419
 how we rowed,

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:56.980
 myself,

00:20:57.119 --> 00:20:58.119
 and three of my sons,

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:59.459
 who were teenagers then,

00:20:59.619 --> 00:21:00.539
 we tried to row,

00:21:00.959 --> 00:21:01.939
 we couldn't go,

00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:02.879
 very,

00:21:03.199 --> 00:21:03.879
 very far.

00:21:04.659 --> 00:21:05.259
 And we were,

00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:05.659
 just,

00:21:05.719 --> 00:21:07.179
 rowing like,

00:21:07.459 --> 00:21:07.879
 mad.

00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:08.699
 But,

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.759
 we had to come back,

00:21:10.179 --> 00:21:10.959
 very disappointed.

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.159
 And then,

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.599
 our host came in,

00:21:13.939 --> 00:21:14.839
 in the middle of our holidays,

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:16.459
 and he introduced us,

00:21:16.459 --> 00:21:16.759
 to,

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:18.480
 an outboat motor.

00:21:18.679 --> 00:21:18.819
 He said,

00:21:18.859 --> 00:21:19.899
 put this on the boat,

00:21:20.399 --> 00:21:21.459
 I'll show you how to use it.

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 And then,

00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:22.799
 you will have,

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.779
 a new experience,

00:21:23.840 --> 00:21:24.340
 all together.

00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.720
 And we did that.

00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:26.860
 So with that,

00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:29.100
 motor,

00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:29.940
 the engine,

00:21:30.100 --> 00:21:31.000
 we were able to,

00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:32.340
 sail around the fjord,

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:33.779
 and really enjoyed ourselves.

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 And all we need to do,

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:35.840
 was to make sure,

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.660
 we don't hit,

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:38.100
 any shows of rocks,

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:39.079
 or the land.

00:21:39.380 --> 00:21:39.940
 Then we would,

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.680
 proceed,

00:21:40.840 --> 00:21:41.400
 and enjoy,

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.279
 our stay,

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.259
 and our cruise,

00:21:43.380 --> 00:21:44.039
 our boat ride.

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.240
 And that's what,

00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:46.240
 the Holy Spirit does.

00:21:46.620 --> 00:21:47.440
 That when we,

00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:48.180
 depend on him,

00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:49.400
 he's going to give us,

00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:50.039
 power,

00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:51.680
 to live a life,

00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:52.720
 that is pleasing,

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:53.680
 to God.

00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.560
 And Paul is saying,

00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:55.779
 look,

00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.560
 you know,

00:21:56.940 --> 00:21:57.620
 you are living,

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.980
 or your life should be,

00:21:59.320 --> 00:21:59.620
 live,

00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:00.880
 in the Holy Spirit.

00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:02.060
 That is a blessing.

00:22:02.380 --> 00:22:03.420
 That is a blessing,

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:03.920
 the blessing,

00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:05.019
 of justification.

00:22:05.600 --> 00:22:06.299
 You're put into,

00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:07.160
 a right relationship,

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:07.799
 with God.

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.700
 The blessing,

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:10.220
 the gift of the Holy Spirit,

00:22:10.580 --> 00:22:11.299
 you have him.

00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:12.779
 And besides,

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.600
 you have many,

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.519
 many other blessings,

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:15.019
 as well.

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:16.240
 The basis,

00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:18.660
 of the gospel,

00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.519
 the good news,

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:20.180
 is that God,

00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:21.619
 has accepted you,

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.700
 in Jesus Christ.

00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:24.279
 Good works,

00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:25.440
 cannot contribute,

00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.460
 towards your salvation.

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.339
 In fact,

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.059
 John Calvin,

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.879
 used to say,

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:30.680
 the only contribution,

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:33.240
 that we bring to Jesus,

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:33.920
 is our sin.

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:38.059
 You think about it,

00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.879
 that's all,

00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:39.559
 that we do.

00:22:39.639 --> 00:22:39.879
 We say,

00:22:39.879 --> 00:22:40.200
 Lord,

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:40.920
 I'm a sinner.

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.240
 Have mercy.

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.119
 Lord,

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.319
 save me.

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.460
 So,

00:22:45.899 --> 00:22:47.000
 we have the blessing,

00:22:47.159 --> 00:22:47.819
 of justification.

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.659
 God says,

00:22:49.139 --> 00:22:50.279
 because you believe,

00:22:50.399 --> 00:22:50.839
 in Jesus,

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:52.480
 he died for your sins,

00:22:52.939 --> 00:22:54.559
 and before me,

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:56.159
 although you are as guilty,

00:22:56.439 --> 00:22:57.220
 as can be,

00:22:57.439 --> 00:22:58.240
 I forgive you,

00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.700
 you are pardoned,

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.359
 you become,

00:23:00.439 --> 00:23:01.500
 no longer my enemy,

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.839
 you become my child.

00:23:03.399 --> 00:23:04.319
 And then the other blessing,

00:23:04.419 --> 00:23:05.019
 is the blessing,

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:06.379
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:08.240
 When we become Christians,

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.439
 the Holy Spirit,

00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:10.720
 indwells in us,

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:12.059
 and he gives us power,

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:13.579
 to live a life,

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.440
 that's pleasing,

00:23:14.919 --> 00:23:15.740
 to God.

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.139
 And then if you,

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:18.399
 glance at your text,

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.379
 to verse 26,

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.119
 he says,

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.339
 look,

00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.579
 there are further blessings.

00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:23.700
 You are all,

00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:24.859
 children of God,

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.259
 through faith,

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.519
 in Christ Jesus.

00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:28.859
 Now,

00:23:28.919 --> 00:23:29.639
 many philosophers,

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:32.339
 in the last century,

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:32.980
 and currently,

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:33.859
 talk about,

00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:34.740
 human beings,

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.559
 as orphans.

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.700
 We live in the,

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.539
 vast universe,

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:39.119
 but we have no,

00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:39.940
 relationship,

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:42.059
 to a father.

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:43.039
 We are lost.

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:44.240
 We are like orphans,

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.279
 wandering around.

00:23:45.659 --> 00:23:46.339
 We are waves,

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.200
 and strays,

00:23:47.399 --> 00:23:48.180
 not being able,

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:49.180
 to find our way.

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.159
 But then,

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.500
 the good news come.

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.960
 The gospel comes.

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.480
 When Christ,

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.659
 died on the cross,

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.399
 for our sin,

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:57.339
 God accepted us,

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:58.379
 as he accepted him,

00:23:58.659 --> 00:23:59.619
 and we become,

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:01.139
 God's children.

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.899
 We are the sons,

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.500
 and daughters,

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.819
 of the living God.

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.139
 And so here,

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.319
 in verse 26,

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.019
 Paul says,

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:08.160
 you are all,

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:09.680
 sons of God,

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:10.940
 through faith,

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:12.019
 in Christ Jesus.

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.279
 No longer,

00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:14.440
 do we fear God,

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.460
 as a judge.

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.079
 No longer,

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:16.980
 do we dread him.

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:18.299
 But we come to him,

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:18.799
 and call him,

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:19.440
 Abba,

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.720
 Papa,

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.359
 or Daddy.

00:24:23.139 --> 00:24:23.779
 No longer,

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.599
 is life,

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.339
 meaningless.

00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:26.660
 We find meaning,

00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:27.799
 when we come,

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.639
 to trust,

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:30.099
 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:30.779
 Now,

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:31.319
 some of you,

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:32.359
 like to watch,

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.099
 Mr. Bean,

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.500
 Rowan Atkinson.

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:35.539
 And,

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:36.639
 he,

00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:37.259
 once,

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.820
 used a very meaningful,

00:24:38.820 --> 00:24:40.140
 sentence,

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:41.060
 in that series,

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.460
 called,

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.460
 The Black Adder.

00:24:43.320 --> 00:24:44.140
 And there he said,

00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:45.020
 life,

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:46.759
 is like a broken pencil,

00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:47.940
 pointless.

00:24:49.280 --> 00:24:50.080
 For many people,

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.840
 it's like that.

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:52.300
 We are like orphans,

00:24:52.520 --> 00:24:53.400
 cosmic orphans,

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.660
 no meaning,

00:24:54.840 --> 00:24:55.280
 in life.

00:24:56.060 --> 00:24:56.580
 We search,

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:57.180
 and search,

00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:59.020
 through riches,

00:24:59.280 --> 00:24:59.780
 through wealth,

00:25:00.300 --> 00:25:01.380
 through philosophy,

00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:02.320
 and somehow,

00:25:02.780 --> 00:25:03.420
 we never find,

00:25:03.560 --> 00:25:03.860
 deep,

00:25:04.300 --> 00:25:05.420
 true satisfaction.

00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:06.840
 But when,

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:08.100
 we come to receive,

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.880
 Jesus Christ,

00:25:09.300 --> 00:25:09.860
 we become,

00:25:10.300 --> 00:25:10.900
 children of God.

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.660
 Because as many,

00:25:11.840 --> 00:25:12.640
 as receive him,

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.400
 to them,

00:25:13.520 --> 00:25:14.480
 God gave the right,

00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:15.980
 to become,

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.120
 the children,

00:25:17.800 --> 00:25:18.580
 of God.

00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:19.220
 So,

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:19.900
 Paul is saying,

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:21.140
 the blessing of the gospel,

00:25:21.540 --> 00:25:21.840
 it is,

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.660
 you receive,

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:24.060
 not only the Holy Spirit,

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:25.800
 you also enjoy,

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.700
 sonship.

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.019
 You become,

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.840
 God's,

00:25:29.080 --> 00:25:30.039
 beloved children.

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.019
 No longer,

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.920
 is he hostile,

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.660
 towards you.

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:34.160
 He welcomes you,

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.539
 into his family.

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.220
 And then he goes on,

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.620
 to say,

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.500
 for all of you,

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.559
 who are baptized,

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.340
 into Christ,

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.660
 have clothed,

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.240
 yourselves,

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.080
 with Christ.

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.680
 And here,

00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:45.799
 it does not mean,

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.759
 that if you are baptized,

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.500
 and we'll be seeing,

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.940
 some people being baptized today,

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:50.059
 that automatically,

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.819
 saves you.

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.500
 It doesn't.

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.759
 It has to be faith,

00:25:53.080 --> 00:25:53.420
 trust,

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.720
 in the living Christ,

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.940
 who died for your sin.

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:57.140
 And baptism,

00:25:57.340 --> 00:25:57.779
 is simply,

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:59.680
 an outward confirmation,

00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:00.799
 outward sign,

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:02.620
 of an inward conviction.

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:03.640
 He says here,

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.680
 all of you were baptized,

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.620
 into Christ,

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.360
 joined to him.

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:08.019
 You've clothed yourselves,

00:26:08.100 --> 00:26:08.680
 with Christ.

00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:09.740
 And here,

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.160
 probably,

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:11.259
 he's thinking of,

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.240
 the Roman,

00:26:12.840 --> 00:26:14.700
 kind of ritual,

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:16.299
 when a young boy,

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.640
 suddenly becomes an adult.

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:19.320
 He's given a white toga,

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.460
 a white robe,

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:20.940
 to wear,

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:22.140
 called the toga,

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.779
 vrilis.

00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:24.059
 And he's saying,

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.420
 yes,

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.539
 when you become a Christian,

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.279
 you've been baptized,

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:27.420
 into Christ.

00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:28.200
 And then,

00:26:28.339 --> 00:26:29.339
 you become an adult,

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:30.619
 in terms of your faith.

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.639
 And God,

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:33.000
 wants to relate to you,

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:34.039
 in that way.

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:34.799
 So,

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:36.079
 here is one of the blessings,

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.680
 of gospel.

00:26:37.159 --> 00:26:37.879
 You grow up,

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.379
 and you're accepted,

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.500
 and loved,

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.579
 by God.

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.379
 And not only that,

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.319
 he says,

00:26:44.879 --> 00:26:45.859
 there is neither Jew,

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.559
 nor Greek,

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.460
 slave,

00:26:47.639 --> 00:26:48.119
 nor free,

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:49.039
 male or female,

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.579
 for you're all one,

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.539
 in Christ Jesus.

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:53.299
 And one of the blessings,

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:54.039
 of the gospel,

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.700
 is that,

00:26:54.919 --> 00:26:55.279
 he,

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:57.000
 God the Holy Spirit,

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.819
 brings us,

00:26:57.879 --> 00:26:58.759
 into the community,

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.599
 of faith.

00:27:00.919 --> 00:27:02.079
 We don't have to be,

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.899
 isolated.

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:04.200
 We don't have to live,

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.359
 lives by ourselves.

00:27:05.659 --> 00:27:06.279
 We live it,

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.919
 in interdependence,

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.599
 with our brothers,

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.440
 and sisters.

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.779
 One of the blessings,

00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:11.579
 that God gives,

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.720
 to us today,

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.579
 who believe in God,

00:27:13.639 --> 00:27:14.240
 is the church,

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.599
 the family of God.

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:16.779
 You and I,

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:18.079
 regardless of our backgrounds,

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:20.119
 become one,

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:21.319
 in Christ Jesus,

00:27:21.479 --> 00:27:22.000
 accepted,

00:27:22.459 --> 00:27:22.919
 in him.

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:24.079
 And we are part,

00:27:24.159 --> 00:27:25.219
 of his new community,

00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:26.479
 of his new,

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.439
 society.

00:27:27.659 --> 00:27:28.179
 You're all,

00:27:28.479 --> 00:27:28.959
 one,

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:30.079
 in Christ Jesus.

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:30.919
 This again,

00:27:31.139 --> 00:27:31.779
 is the blessing,

00:27:31.899 --> 00:27:32.399
 of the gospel.

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:34.179
 Now some of you know,

00:27:34.699 --> 00:27:35.419
 that I spend a lot,

00:27:35.439 --> 00:27:35.979
 of my life,

00:27:36.179 --> 00:27:36.500
 traveling,

00:27:36.699 --> 00:27:37.199
 ministering,

00:27:37.399 --> 00:27:38.099
 around the world,

00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:39.599
 engaging with Christians,

00:27:39.899 --> 00:27:40.739
 of different culture.

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.339
 And whether I'm in Africa,

00:27:42.659 --> 00:27:43.259
 or Asia,

00:27:43.639 --> 00:27:44.599
 or Latin America,

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.879
 or North America,

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.459
 or Europe,

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.919
 I find that when I meet,

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.039
 fellow Christians,

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:50.059
 whom I hardly knew,

00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:52.000
 there's that bond,

00:27:52.639 --> 00:27:53.899
 there's that oneness,

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:54.799
 there's a joy,

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.699
 we are part,

00:27:55.959 --> 00:27:57.059
 of one family.

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.000
 That,

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.939
 is a blessing,

00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.639
 of the gospel.

00:28:00.199 --> 00:28:01.119
 That is why here,

00:28:01.439 --> 00:28:02.599
 in Watermark,

00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:03.599
 we stress,

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:05.439
 the community groups.

00:28:05.659 --> 00:28:06.019
 We want people,

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.919
 to come together,

00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:07.879
 to really,

00:28:08.399 --> 00:28:08.919
 encourage,

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:10.319
 build up one another,

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.139
 so that we can,

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.939
 grow together,

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:12.939
 in the Lord.

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.899
 And here is one,

00:28:13.959 --> 00:28:14.759
 of the great blessings,

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.639
 of the gospel.

00:28:16.219 --> 00:28:16.579
 That,

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.539
 not only do we,

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.539
 become his children,

00:28:18.979 --> 00:28:20.099
 we are part of his family,

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:20.240
 family,

00:28:20.639 --> 00:28:21.980
 and there is no distinction,

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:23.480
 no rank,

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.039
 as it were,

00:28:24.459 --> 00:28:25.079
 neither Jew,

00:28:25.179 --> 00:28:25.619
 nor Greek,

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:27.099
 no slave,

00:28:27.219 --> 00:28:27.740
 nor free,

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:28.639
 no male,

00:28:28.719 --> 00:28:29.219
 nor female.

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.359
 Of course,

00:28:30.699 --> 00:28:31.899
 these things are still reality.

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:33.379
 Some of us are rich,

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.819
 some of us are not so rich,

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:36.199
 some of us are Chinese,

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.419
 others are Americans,

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.939
 and some of us,

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:40.720
 some of us are male,

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.880
 some of us are female,

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:44.580
 but those are not distinctions,

00:28:44.580 --> 00:28:45.420
 that divide.

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:47.160
 Because in Christ,

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.460
 we become one.

00:28:48.580 --> 00:28:49.700
 And this is the blessing,

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.680
 of the gospel.

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:52.420
 One of the greatest thrills,

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.299
 that I've experienced,

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:55.080
 when I travel around the world,

00:28:55.340 --> 00:28:55.860
 and minister,

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:57.200
 is to be able to say,

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.759
 to people,

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:59.000
 of a different color,

00:28:59.420 --> 00:28:59.880
 culture,

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:00.620
 background,

00:29:01.120 --> 00:29:01.559
 you,

00:29:02.320 --> 00:29:02.960
 are my brother.

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.680
 You are my sister.

00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:05.500
 We are part,

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:07.720
 of God's wonderful family.

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:09.299
 And then the other blessing,

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.980
 is that if you belong to Christ,

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:13.420
 then you are Abraham's seed,

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.680
 and heirs,

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:16.519
 according to the promise.

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.480
 Now,

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:20.180
 Abraham is a very important person,

00:29:20.620 --> 00:29:21.400
 in the history,

00:29:21.580 --> 00:29:22.519
 of the Jewish people.

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.900
 He's the father,

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.640
 of faith.

00:29:25.060 --> 00:29:26.180
 And many faiths claim him,

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.039
 the Jews,

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.840
 the Muslims,

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:29.120
 and also the Christians.

00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:30.320
 And here,

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.799
 Paul is saying,

00:29:32.320 --> 00:29:33.259
 the important thing is,

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:33.820
 that God,

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:35.179
 chose Abraham,

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:37.599
 for a very particular purpose,

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.299
 in you,

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.639
 God told Abraham,

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.319
 in you,

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:40.919
 through you,

00:29:41.139 --> 00:29:41.879
 and your seed,

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.839
 all the families of the earth,

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.919
 will be blessed.

00:29:45.439 --> 00:29:46.179
 God's purpose,

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:47.200
 of choosing this man,

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.399
 was that his blessing,

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.200
 will flow,

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.299
 and overflow,

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:52.259
 to masses of people.

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.619
 Now,

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.799
 most of the readers,

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.599
 were not Jews.

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.079
 They said,

00:29:57.879 --> 00:29:58.619
 how can I relate,

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.480
 to Abraham then,

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:01.319
 in terms of flesh,

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:03.039
 and physical,

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.980
 descent,

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:05.299
 I'm not part of Abraham,

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:06.299
 I'm not a Jew.

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.559
 But Paul says,

00:30:07.639 --> 00:30:07.740
 look,

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.480
 in Christ,

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:10.440
 something wonderful has done,

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.279
 has come.

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:12.799
 All the blessings,

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:14.859
 that Abraham inherited,

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:16.500
 and are passing on,

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:17.819
 to his natural heirs,

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.359
 the Jews,

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:19.619
 are now passed on,

00:30:19.659 --> 00:30:20.480
 to you Gentiles,

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.599
 you non-Jews.

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.619
 You can inherit,

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:23.359
 God's blessing.

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.899
 You become an heir.

00:30:24.899 --> 00:30:26.000
 You can inherit,

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:28.379
 all the glorious blessing,

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:30.200
 of God Almighty.

00:30:30.899 --> 00:30:31.599
 I want to close,

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.480
 with just a story.

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.940
 Some years ago,

00:30:34.159 --> 00:30:34.599
 in Britain,

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.720
 there was a very famous,

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.839
 Baron,

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.299
 a Lord,

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:38.740
 called Lord Fitzgerald.

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.480
 He had a wife,

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.659
 and,

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:43.539
 this wife died,

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.639
 and then they had,

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.740
 but,

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.039
 he was left,

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.619
 with a baby,

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:48.920
 and he cared,

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:50.099
 cared for this baby,

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:51.240
 and the boy,

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.839
 grew up,

00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:53.059
 to a teenager.

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:53.920
 Then sadly,

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:54.460
 one day,

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:56.079
 this teenage son,

00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:56.940
 died.

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.240
 And finally,

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.579
 Baron Fitzgerald,

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.879
 also died.

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.819
 But he left,

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:04.740
 a huge collection,

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.720
 of art,

00:31:05.919 --> 00:31:06.519
 precious art,

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:07.539
 masterpieces.

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.679
 He also,

00:31:09.679 --> 00:31:10.480
 drew up a will,

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:12.059
 and he wanted,

00:31:12.399 --> 00:31:13.559
 all his paintings,

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.279
 masterpieces,

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:15.279
 to be sold,

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.319
 after,

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.539
 he died.

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.039
 And then,

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.939
 the day of the sale,

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.319
 came.

00:31:21.419 --> 00:31:22.059
 It was a huge,

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.779
 crowd of people.

00:31:23.139 --> 00:31:23.899
 There were the museum,

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.799
 curators,

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:25.720
 and there were,

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.679
 the private collectors,

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.720
 all wanting to buy up,

00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:28.859
 these very precious,

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.859
 masterpieces.

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:32.000
 The first lot,

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:33.419
 was a painting.

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.819
 It was a painting,

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:36.719
 of the teenage son.

00:31:37.179 --> 00:31:38.000
 And it was entitled,

00:31:38.419 --> 00:31:39.579
 My Beloved Son.

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:41.539
 It was a very poor picture.

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.500
 A poor oil.

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:45.019
 It was not painted,

00:31:45.199 --> 00:31:45.979
 by a famous artist,

00:31:46.439 --> 00:31:47.259
 but the title was,

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:48.159
 My Beloved Son.

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.719
 And so,

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.819
 the auction began,

00:31:51.419 --> 00:31:52.319
 and the auctioneer said,

00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:53.179
 who would,

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:56.439
 start,

00:31:56.939 --> 00:31:57.559
 with a bid,

00:31:57.899 --> 00:31:58.679
 for this picture?

00:31:58.859 --> 00:32:01.299
 For a long time,

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.939
 there was no bidding.

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:04.159
 And then finally,

00:32:04.659 --> 00:32:05.099
 somebody,

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:06.579
 put up his hand,

00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:06.939
 and says,

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:08.479
 for 15 shillings,

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.679
 it was less than a pound.

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.719
 Very little money.

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.519
 And he says,

00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:13.599
 anybody wants to buy it?

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:14.839
 No?

00:32:15.639 --> 00:32:16.119
 Going,

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.559
 going,

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:16.979
 going,

00:32:17.139 --> 00:32:17.539
 gone.

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.679
 So,

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:19.659
 the picture,

00:32:19.959 --> 00:32:21.019
 went to that man,

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.879
 the portrait,

00:32:22.179 --> 00:32:23.059
 of the son.

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.559
 And then the auctioneer,

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.359
 stopped and said,

00:32:25.479 --> 00:32:26.099
 excuse me,

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:26.719
 sir,

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:29.279
 why are you buying this painting?

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:29.740
 Because,

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.599
 artistically,

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:32.659
 it wasn't great at all.

00:32:32.899 --> 00:32:34.139
 It wasn't worth very much.

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:37.439
 And then the man said,

00:32:38.439 --> 00:32:40.079
 I used to be the servant,

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:41.980
 of Lord Fitzgerald,

00:32:42.379 --> 00:32:43.559
 and I used to care,

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.439
 for that child.

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.519
 I want it.

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.719
 And then,

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:48.599
 the auctioneer says,

00:32:49.139 --> 00:32:50.980
 the entire sale is over,

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:52.459
 and everyone is horrified.

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.259
 He says,

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:54.039
 here is the will.

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:57.799
 Anyone who buys that picture,

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.799
 my beloved son,

00:32:59.379 --> 00:33:01.420
 inherits all the masterpieces.

00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:05.940
 That's the same way

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.720
 with Jesus Christ.

00:33:06.879 --> 00:33:07.480
 God is saying,

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:09.619
 anyone who trusts in Jesus,

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:10.779
 in Jesus alone,

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:12.680
 for his or her salvation,

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.960
 inherits everything.

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:15.920
 All the blessings of Abraham,

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:18.559
 both spiritual as well as material.

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:20.799
 And let's not be saying,

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:23.659
 only spiritual blessings will be ours.

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.019
 No.

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:25.480
 God wants to bless us,

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:27.259
 prosper us as well.

00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:28.099
 And so,

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:29.279
 I want to close by saying,

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.519
 to each one of us,

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:31.680
 as we look at Galatians,

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:33.619
 God wants to pour out

00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:35.259
 his blessing on us.

00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:36.180
 The gospel,

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:36.859
 yes,

00:33:36.899 --> 00:33:37.779
 is very exclusive.

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:39.700
 There's only one way to God,

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.680
 it's through Jesus,

00:33:40.919 --> 00:33:41.940
 and Jesus alone.

00:33:42.419 --> 00:33:43.940
 And the basis of our salvation,

00:33:44.159 --> 00:33:46.019
 the very basis of our gospel,

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.539
 is the cross.

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:50.200
 And the way that we can be accepted

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:51.599
 by the Lord,

00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:53.420
 is through faith in the Lord Jesus.

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:54.799
 There's no other way.

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:56.359
 Good works will not do.

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:58.039
 Being religious will not do.

00:33:58.940 --> 00:34:00.180
 But the moment we say,

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:00.899
 yes, God,

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:02.859
 I trust in Jesus.

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:04.639
 As in a few moments,

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:06.399
 the people who are getting baptized

00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:07.339
 will be declaring,

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.739
 we trust in Jesus.

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:10.139
 But when we do that,

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:13.099
 we become beloved sons and daughters

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:14.320
 of the living God.

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:15.900
 And all the blessings

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:17.340
 that God wants to pour out

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:18.240
 on his people

00:34:18.240 --> 00:34:19.740
 will be ours as well.

00:34:20.080 --> 00:34:22.360
 So we don't want to be like the Galatians

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:24.740
 because Paul had to castigate them,

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.280
 scold them.

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.180
 You're so stupid.

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:27.240
 You're dumb-dumb.

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:28.220
 You're nincompoops.

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:30.600
 Why do you want to go back

00:34:30.600 --> 00:34:31.660
 to the law

00:34:31.660 --> 00:34:33.380
 when everything is free?

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:34.500
 God's grace is free.

00:34:35.100 --> 00:34:35.780
 Accept it.

00:34:36.080 --> 00:34:36.780
 Accept it.

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:39.440
 And accept the acceptance.

00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:41.080
 The famous words of Paul Tillich.

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:41.860
 Do it.

00:34:42.120 --> 00:34:43.519
 God has done everything for you.

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.659
 And so today,

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:45.860
 God is saying to us,

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:47.500
 will we respond?

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:49.300
 And if you have never,

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.400
 never accepted Jesus

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:51.599
 into your life,

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:53.599
 you're not a child of God,

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:56.320
 the answer is

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:58.519
 not try.

00:34:58.679 --> 00:35:00.039
 Try to work your way to heaven.

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.880
 It's like trying to lift yourself up

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:03.219
 with your bootstraps

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:04.380
 or shoelaces.

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:05.659
 That will not work

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:07.759
 because the Christian faith is done.

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:09.659
 Christ has done everything

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.699
 on the cross for you

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:12.480
 and all you have to do is say,

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.460
 I trust you.

00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:14.460
 All you have to say,

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.239
 like the hymn writer,

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:17.500
 nothing in my hands I bring,

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:20.000
 simply to thy cross I cling.

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:22.000
 Naked come to thee for dress.

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:24.980
 Helpless look to thee for grace.

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:25.739
 That's it.

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.800
 To look to God,

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.079
 to say,

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:27.420
 Lord,

00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:28.440
 save me.

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:30.599
 Bring me into your family.

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:31.960
 And when you do that,

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:33.039
 he will love you,

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:34.179
 he will accept you.

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:35.280
 So make today

00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:37.059
 a very special day,

00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:38.400
 a day where you can say,

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:39.079
 Lord,

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:42.579
 I want you ready to come into my life.

00:35:42.799 --> 00:35:44.119
 You've done everything for me.

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:45.860
 Out of gratitude to you,

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:47.279
 I place,

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:48.219
 I give myself

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:49.579
 wholly to you.

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:51.000
 And when you say that,

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:52.539
 you will enjoy

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.819
 the blessings of Abraham,

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:55.619
 you become a child of faith,

00:35:55.759 --> 00:35:56.719
 and you will know

00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:57.840
 God's kindness

00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:58.900
 and generosity

00:35:58.900 --> 00:36:00.039
 and blessings

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.860
 on you.

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:02.380
 Let's pray together.

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:07.720
 Lord,

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.280
 we marvel

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:10.019
 at your love,

00:36:10.120 --> 00:36:10.840
 at your grace.

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:11.880
 You should

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:13.200
 reach out to us

00:36:13.200 --> 00:36:13.920
 who are sinners,

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.559
 who sinned against you,

00:36:15.620 --> 00:36:16.500
 who offended you,

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:17.680
 who've hurt so many,

00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:18.300
 many people.

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:19.960
 And yet,

00:36:20.240 --> 00:36:21.200
 through the cross of Jesus,

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:22.079
 through his death,

00:36:23.140 --> 00:36:23.680
 through his dying

00:36:23.680 --> 00:36:24.340
 for our sin,

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:26.300
 you have accepted us

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:27.480
 and made us

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.579
 members of your family.

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:30.340
 And we are truly,

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:31.519
 truly grateful.

00:36:32.100 --> 00:36:32.720
 So thank you,

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:33.019
 Lord.

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:33.840
 Thank you,

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.100
 Lord.

00:36:34.180 --> 00:36:35.039
 And give us faith

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:36.400
 to respond to you,

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:37.180
 to love you.

00:36:37.640 --> 00:36:38.440
 We may become

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:40.380
 children of the living God.

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:41.920
 In Jesus' name.

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:42.780
 Amen.

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:44.680
 Hey,

00:36:44.720 --> 00:36:45.780
 just a couple quick announcements

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:46.760
 I just want to share with you.

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.920
 I have two slides.

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:49.100
 Last Friday,

00:36:49.240 --> 00:36:49.559
 my,

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.960
 our community group,

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:52.820
 if you're not in a community group,

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:54.079
 you've got to be in a community group.

00:36:54.140 --> 00:36:54.720
 Our community group

00:36:54.720 --> 00:36:55.860
 did our first outreach.

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:57.240
 And so we invited

00:36:57.240 --> 00:36:58.559
 50 of our friends

00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:59.780
 who aren't part of Watermark

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.900
 or any part of relationship

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.519
 or churches.

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:03.200
 And we took them to this place

00:37:03.200 --> 00:37:03.960
 in Appalachau,

00:37:04.040 --> 00:37:04.560
 a winery.

00:37:05.160 --> 00:37:06.400
 And it was amazing

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:08.060
 just to see them make wines

00:37:08.060 --> 00:37:09.060
 and to drink wine

00:37:09.060 --> 00:37:10.580
 and people kind of loosen up

00:37:10.580 --> 00:37:11.960
 after a couple glasses of wine.

00:37:12.160 --> 00:37:13.980
 And you didn't hear me say that,

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:14.280
 okay?

00:37:15.560 --> 00:37:16.260
 But anyway,

00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:17.660
 so it was a great experience.

00:37:17.740 --> 00:37:19.000
 I think we got two pictures of there.

00:37:19.540 --> 00:37:20.500
 And so if you're not

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.340
 in a community group,

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:22.500
 you see what you're missing out on?

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.820
 Free wine.

00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:26.060
 Cheese and chocolate.

00:37:26.120 --> 00:37:27.240
 I tried to get the Diet Coke in there,

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:28.859
 but they said it didn't work

00:37:28.859 --> 00:37:30.379
 with the wine and cheese thing

00:37:30.379 --> 00:37:31.039
 and anything like that.

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:32.359
 Also,

00:37:32.459 --> 00:37:33.699
 we're about to go out

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:34.379
 to the community,

00:37:34.859 --> 00:37:37.000
 to the baptism right out here.

00:37:37.979 --> 00:37:39.159
 And so we just ask for you

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:39.919
 not to run away

00:37:39.919 --> 00:37:40.719
 because we want everybody

00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:41.799
 to partake in this.

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:43.639
 We're going to have

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.579
 the baptism candidates

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:45.339
 come up front.

00:37:46.339 --> 00:37:48.019
 And then we will afterwards

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.739
 go eat.

00:37:48.799 --> 00:37:49.759
 We have a lot of food

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:50.539
 in a buffet over there,

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:51.479
 so we'd love for you to do that.

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.519
 In the middle of that time,

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:52.879
 there's going to be

00:37:52.879 --> 00:37:53.719
 some university students

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:54.959
 walking around with baked goods.

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:56.119
 They have been baking

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:57.780
 for like four days straight.

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:59.900
 And all of these goods

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:00.960
 are going to be sold

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.619
 or donated,

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:02.800
 donations from you,

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:03.860
 and they're all going

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:05.099
 towards their mission outreach

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:05.740
 that they're going to be doing

00:38:05.740 --> 00:38:06.420
 in the Philippines

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:07.579
 coming up very soon.

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:09.159
 So we want to encourage you

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:10.820
 to buy some baked goods

00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:12.559
 and be a part of sending

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:14.019
 a university student

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:16.260
 to a mission trip

00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:17.039
 in the Philippines.

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:18.599
 Also,

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:20.460
 the last Sunday of May,

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:21.539
 May 27th,

00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:22.380
 write it out on your calendar.

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.720
 We're going to have

00:38:22.720 --> 00:38:23.360
 a beach trip,

00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:24.380
 beach party.

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.480
 So immediately

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:26.320
 after the service,

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:27.680
 there'll be buses outside.

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:29.000
 We'll just get on the buses.

00:38:29.320 --> 00:38:30.480
 We have a beach.

00:38:31.220 --> 00:38:32.200
 It's our private beach.

00:38:33.460 --> 00:38:35.140
 St. Stephen's Beach is great.

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:36.340
 And we'll go there

00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:37.140
 as a church family

00:38:37.140 --> 00:38:38.220
 and just kind of hang out

00:38:38.220 --> 00:38:39.039
 and have fun.

00:38:39.200 --> 00:38:40.240
 Aussies will have plenty

00:38:40.240 --> 00:38:43.079
 of sunscreen lotion

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:44.539
 so you can soap yourself up.

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:44.960
 Americans,

00:38:45.160 --> 00:38:45.880
 don't worry about it.

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:46.640
 You'll just get dark.

00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:48.400
 But we want you

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:49.360
 to be a part of that.

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:50.320
 Okay.

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:51.220
 And also,

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:51.980
 I'm going to ask

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:53.559
 the baptism candidates

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.099
 to come forward.

00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:56.039
 So the baptism candidates.

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:57.160
 So in your booklet,

00:38:58.300 --> 00:39:01.440
 you've got a booklet here

00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:02.119
 and it's a story

00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:03.340
 of all these people

00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:04.579
 who are getting baptized today.

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:06.400
 So Judy

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:08.160
 and Victoria

00:39:08.160 --> 00:39:09.900
 and Henrika

00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:10.640
 and Ivy,

00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:11.900
 you want to come up here

00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:12.320
 real quickly?

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:14.619
 Okay.

00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:16.460
 Come on.

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:23.280
 And so to me,

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:23.920
 this is like one

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:24.860
 of the amazing things

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.500
 of being a pastor

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:26.300
 is you get to see God

00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:27.780
 just change people's lives.

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:29.780
 And so I'm going to put

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:30.760
 Victoria on the spot

00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:31.619
 because I asked her

00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:33.860
 and we see your testimony

00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:34.260
 in here,

00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:34.760
 Victoria,

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:36.099
 and just it's amazing

00:39:36.099 --> 00:39:36.920
 what God's done

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.920
 and brought you to this place.

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:39.039
 And I thought maybe

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:40.019
 you could just share

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:40.820
 for like,

00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:42.260
 this is unrehearsed altogether.

00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:43.960
 So maybe just share

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:44.740
 for a minute or two

00:39:44.740 --> 00:39:46.020
 of just the journey

00:39:46.020 --> 00:39:46.660
 you've been on

00:39:46.660 --> 00:39:47.940
 and how God brought you

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.740
 to this point.

00:39:49.540 --> 00:39:51.360
 So I was born

00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:52.520
 into a Christian family

00:39:52.520 --> 00:39:53.600
 so I went to

00:39:53.600 --> 00:39:54.840
 a Christian elementary school,

00:39:55.220 --> 00:39:55.360
 you know,

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:56.280
 sang all the songs,

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:56.940
 did the prayers,

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:58.480
 but I never really

00:39:58.480 --> 00:39:59.360
 took it to heart.

00:39:59.880 --> 00:40:00.920
 And then in middle school,

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.780
 my family moved

00:40:01.780 --> 00:40:02.420
 because of work

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:03.880
 and the community

00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:04.639
 was during Sunday

00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:05.760
 so my parents told me

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:07.079
 that not going to church

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:07.700
 was just temporary.

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.619
 So I thought,

00:40:08.740 --> 00:40:08.860
 okay,

00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:09.720
 when I start to drive,

00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:10.800
 I can start going to church.

00:40:11.220 --> 00:40:12.659
 But once I started driving,

00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:13.519
 I didn't go back.

00:40:14.099 --> 00:40:14.980
 I started drifting

00:40:14.980 --> 00:40:16.420
 really far from God

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:17.019
 and I ended up

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:17.860
 making excuses

00:40:17.860 --> 00:40:19.519
 to not to go to church,

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:19.659
 you know,

00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:20.300
 too tired,

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:21.240
 I didn't feel like it.

00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:22.440
 And then when I came

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:23.159
 to university,

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:25.679
 actually my priorities

00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:26.260
 in life

00:40:26.260 --> 00:40:27.980
 weren't about Jesus anymore.

00:40:28.120 --> 00:40:28.480
 They were,

00:40:28.780 --> 00:40:29.540
 I had bigger idols

00:40:29.540 --> 00:40:30.100
 in my life,

00:40:30.220 --> 00:40:30.400
 you know,

00:40:30.540 --> 00:40:31.940
 fame, money, school,

00:40:32.140 --> 00:40:32.540
 all that.

00:40:33.020 --> 00:40:33.780
 And my mom had

00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:35.780
 two criterias for me,

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.740
 one, do well in school

00:40:36.740 --> 00:40:38.080
 and two, join a church.

00:40:38.520 --> 00:40:39.700
 So I actually found

00:40:39.700 --> 00:40:40.900
 a flyer of Watermark

00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:41.620
 ICF,

00:40:41.720 --> 00:40:43.460
 International Christian Fellowship

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:45.440
 on the ground at HKU.

00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:47.220
 And then I thought,

00:40:47.300 --> 00:40:48.200
 oh, that's really cool.

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:49.440
 So I went to it

00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:51.220
 and then I remember

00:40:51.220 --> 00:40:51.920
 the environment

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:53.520
 was so friendly

00:40:53.520 --> 00:40:53.980
 that I thought

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:54.500
 it was too good

00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:55.140
 to be true.

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:56.619
 So I was really

00:40:56.619 --> 00:40:57.819
 intimidated at first.

00:40:58.299 --> 00:40:59.420
 So I wasn't very

00:40:59.420 --> 00:41:00.420
 into it for a semester

00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:01.359
 because I was feeling

00:41:01.359 --> 00:41:02.739
 guilty that I drifted

00:41:02.739 --> 00:41:03.539
 so away from God.

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:05.259
 And then second semester,

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:06.500
 I went on my first retreat

00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:07.480
 and that's when

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:08.319
 I fully gave

00:41:08.319 --> 00:41:09.259
 my life to Jesus.

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:11.119
 And I remember

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:12.319
 the day after

00:41:12.319 --> 00:41:12.699
 I came back

00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:13.279
 from the retreat,

00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:14.639
 I was just walking

00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:15.219
 through the streets

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:15.980
 of Hong Kong

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:17.759
 just with my head

00:41:17.759 --> 00:41:18.420
 lifted higher

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:19.659
 and just a slight

00:41:19.659 --> 00:41:20.579
 smile on my face.

00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:21.359
 And like coming

00:41:21.359 --> 00:41:22.019
 to a new country

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:23.420
 is really scary.

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:24.099
 I mean, of course,

00:41:24.200 --> 00:41:24.559
 Hong Kong.

00:41:24.659 --> 00:41:25.280
 I walked around

00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:25.900
 the streets

00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:26.700
 very impatient

00:41:26.700 --> 00:41:27.680
 and very guarded.

00:41:28.200 --> 00:41:29.420
 And I just remember

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:31.099
 just feeling so much happier

00:41:31.099 --> 00:41:31.920
 after the retreat.

00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:33.380
 And it doesn't seem

00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:34.019
 like a big deal,

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:34.980
 but it was a major change

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.780
 for me because it wasn't

00:41:35.780 --> 00:41:36.500
 until then that

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:37.860
 I realized how angry

00:41:37.860 --> 00:41:38.440
 at myself

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:39.519
 and others around me

00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:40.159
 that I was.

00:41:40.860 --> 00:41:43.500
 And I just wake up

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:44.460
 every day

00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:45.500
 just so much happier

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:47.039
 because back in high school,

00:41:47.139 --> 00:41:47.599
 I would go,

00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:48.820
 like months at a time,

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:49.480
 go to bed

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:50.460
 and wish that

00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:51.280
 I wouldn't wake up.

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:52.720
 So it was a really

00:41:52.720 --> 00:41:54.240
 depressed time for me.

00:41:55.220 --> 00:41:55.539
 And...

00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:56.119
 Sorry.

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:56.880
 That's okay.

00:41:57.720 --> 00:41:58.900
 I never cry up here,

00:41:58.960 --> 00:41:59.800
 so don't worry about it.

00:42:00.740 --> 00:42:01.380
 Oh my God.

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:03.740
 And...

00:42:03.740 --> 00:42:06.720
 That's okay.

00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:08.519
 I remember

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:11.240
 after the retreat,

00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:13.079
 sorry.

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:13.840
 Like,

00:42:16.119 --> 00:42:17.599
 I didn't feel that anymore.

00:42:17.819 --> 00:42:18.960
 And that was a big change

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:19.360
 for me,

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.039
 accepting

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:21.779
 presence into my life.

00:42:26.639 --> 00:42:27.319
 That's okay.

00:42:28.279 --> 00:42:28.759
 That's okay.

00:42:29.139 --> 00:42:29.679
 Just relax.

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:30.159
 Yeah.

00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:30.840
 So...

00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:33.219
 Thank you.

00:42:34.619 --> 00:42:35.500
 It's a thank you.

00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:36.460
 Wow.

00:42:36.619 --> 00:42:37.319
 You are so good.

00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:37.779
 Thank you.

00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:41.179
 So I realized

00:42:41.179 --> 00:42:41.920
 that looking back

00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:42.360
 at my life,

00:42:42.360 --> 00:42:43.480
 I had so much...

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:44.200
 I had no peace

00:42:44.200 --> 00:42:44.960
 within my life,

00:42:45.120 --> 00:42:46.980
 so accepting Jesus

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:48.160
 completely changed

00:42:48.160 --> 00:42:49.460
 my life and my behavior.

00:42:49.579 --> 00:42:49.680
 I mean,

00:42:49.700 --> 00:42:50.220
 I woke up

00:42:50.220 --> 00:42:51.960
 thanking God so much

00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:52.840
 for every single day

00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:53.620
 he has given me,

00:42:53.760 --> 00:42:53.960
 you know,

00:42:54.200 --> 00:42:55.860
 days that I wish

00:42:55.860 --> 00:42:56.440
 I could forever

00:42:56.440 --> 00:42:57.420
 escape from before.

00:42:58.059 --> 00:42:58.280
 So,

00:42:58.980 --> 00:42:59.240
 yeah.

00:42:59.599 --> 00:43:00.640
 That's my story.

00:43:00.820 --> 00:43:01.039
 Good.

00:43:01.120 --> 00:43:01.559
 That's good.

00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:07.960
 If...

00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:09.000
 If there's someone

00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:09.640
 in here maybe

00:43:09.640 --> 00:43:11.559
 who is where you were,

00:43:11.559 --> 00:43:13.360
 a year or two ago

00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:14.239
 and feeling that

00:43:14.239 --> 00:43:15.279
 tension

00:43:15.279 --> 00:43:16.599
 and that lack

00:43:16.599 --> 00:43:17.079
 of peace

00:43:17.079 --> 00:43:17.619
 or that

00:43:17.619 --> 00:43:19.179
 rowing against

00:43:19.179 --> 00:43:19.619
 the stream,

00:43:19.699 --> 00:43:20.119
 I think like what

00:43:20.119 --> 00:43:20.960
 Pastor Charles said

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.299
 and like,

00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:22.259
 where am I going?

00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:24.079
 Would you share any...

00:43:24.079 --> 00:43:24.460
 What would you want

00:43:24.460 --> 00:43:25.219
 them to know?

00:43:25.279 --> 00:43:25.860
 What would you share

00:43:25.860 --> 00:43:26.239
 with them?

00:43:27.400 --> 00:43:28.460
 For so many years

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:28.960
 of my life,

00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:30.299
 I tried to find happiness

00:43:30.299 --> 00:43:31.559
 in a fulfilled life

00:43:31.559 --> 00:43:32.400
 by myself,

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:34.000
 but it wasn't until

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:35.119
 I accepted Jesus

00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:36.200
 or when I came here

00:43:36.200 --> 00:43:36.780
 that I realized

00:43:36.780 --> 00:43:37.800
 that I couldn't do

00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:38.519
 that by myself.

00:43:38.680 --> 00:43:39.400
 I really...

00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:40.740
 I desperately needed

00:43:40.740 --> 00:43:43.039
 Jesus to trust him.

00:43:44.119 --> 00:43:45.039
 You were so sweet.

00:43:45.059 --> 00:43:45.200
 Yeah,

00:43:45.260 --> 00:43:46.240
 so I desperately needed

00:43:46.240 --> 00:43:47.099
 him to save me

00:43:47.099 --> 00:43:47.820
 from my depressed

00:43:47.820 --> 00:43:48.280
 lifestyle.

00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:49.139
 So,

00:43:49.200 --> 00:43:50.220
 I would just say that,

00:43:50.380 --> 00:43:50.960
 just acknowledge

00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:51.760
 that you need

00:43:51.760 --> 00:43:52.320
 Jesus Christ

00:43:52.320 --> 00:43:52.960
 in your life

00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:54.240
 in order to change.

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:54.880
 Amen.

00:43:55.300 --> 00:43:55.519
 Amen.

00:43:55.700 --> 00:43:56.099
 Thank you.

00:43:56.720 --> 00:43:56.920
 Okay,

00:43:57.079 --> 00:43:58.480
 so baptism

00:43:58.480 --> 00:44:00.320
 is not about...

00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:01.700
 Now they get baptized,

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:02.700
 they are Christians,

00:44:02.820 --> 00:44:03.059
 right?

00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:04.440
 So baptism is an outward

00:44:04.440 --> 00:44:06.400
 symbol of something

00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:07.200
 that's already happened

00:44:07.200 --> 00:44:08.340
 inwardly within all

00:44:08.340 --> 00:44:09.079
 of their hearts

00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:10.159
 as they cry.

00:44:10.740 --> 00:44:11.599
 I have some more

00:44:11.599 --> 00:44:12.559
 tissue there.

00:44:14.240 --> 00:44:15.200
 I don't normally

00:44:15.200 --> 00:44:15.920
 have this effect

00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:16.500
 on people,

00:44:16.860 --> 00:44:19.440
 but God does.

00:44:20.240 --> 00:44:20.680
 And so,

00:44:20.760 --> 00:44:21.599
 as they come before,

00:44:21.720 --> 00:44:22.880
 they're not becoming

00:44:22.880 --> 00:44:23.760
 Christians right now.

00:44:23.840 --> 00:44:25.579
 They've become believers.

00:44:25.740 --> 00:44:26.360
 They put their faith

00:44:26.360 --> 00:44:26.760
 in Christ,

00:44:26.760 --> 00:44:27.460
 and so they want

00:44:27.460 --> 00:44:28.580
 to demonstrate

00:44:28.580 --> 00:44:29.500
 what God has done

00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:30.280
 in their life

00:44:30.280 --> 00:44:31.540
 openly to the

00:44:31.540 --> 00:44:32.360
 Watermark family

00:44:32.360 --> 00:44:33.320
 and for everyone here

00:44:33.320 --> 00:44:34.960
 to celebrate God's

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:36.280
 amazing goodness

00:44:36.280 --> 00:44:37.340
 in their life.

00:44:37.380 --> 00:44:37.980
 And so that's why

00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:38.740
 we're going to do that.

00:44:39.200 --> 00:44:40.120
 And so I'm going to pray

00:44:40.120 --> 00:44:41.620
 for you guys right now

00:44:41.620 --> 00:44:42.680
 and then we're all

00:44:42.680 --> 00:44:43.460
 going to make our way

00:44:43.460 --> 00:44:44.400
 out to...

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:44.920
 We spent...

00:44:44.920 --> 00:44:46.240
 We spared no expense

00:44:46.240 --> 00:44:47.300
 in getting an amazing

00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:48.100
 pool out here.

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:49.340
 You're going to laugh

00:44:49.340 --> 00:44:49.900
 when you see it.

00:44:50.120 --> 00:44:50.720
 And we're going to do

00:44:50.720 --> 00:44:51.780
 the baptisms out here.

00:44:51.840 --> 00:44:52.580
 So don't leave,

00:44:52.680 --> 00:44:52.940
 please,

00:44:53.000 --> 00:44:53.540
 because you're going

00:44:53.540 --> 00:44:54.180
 to want to be

00:44:54.180 --> 00:44:55.360
 a part of this

00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:56.260
 is what God's doing

00:44:56.260 --> 00:44:57.160
 in our family.

00:44:57.240 --> 00:44:58.000
 This is why

00:44:58.000 --> 00:44:59.140
 you serve.

00:44:59.260 --> 00:45:00.460
 This is why you tithe.

00:45:00.740 --> 00:45:01.600
 This is why you do

00:45:01.600 --> 00:45:02.560
 what you do

00:45:02.560 --> 00:45:04.640
 to allow this church

00:45:04.640 --> 00:45:05.440
 to exist.

00:45:05.760 --> 00:45:06.480
 And so we're going

00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:07.000
 to make our way

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:07.380
 out there

00:45:07.380 --> 00:45:08.200
 and change our clothes,

00:45:08.280 --> 00:45:08.540
 right?

00:45:08.980 --> 00:45:10.960
 And then you'll be able

00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:11.720
 to see...

00:45:11.720 --> 00:45:12.100
 And we'll sing

00:45:12.100 --> 00:45:13.100
 little songs out there

00:45:13.100 --> 00:45:13.800
 afterwards too

00:45:13.800 --> 00:45:14.580
 as a family affair.

00:45:14.820 --> 00:45:15.720
 So let me pray for us.

00:45:16.240 --> 00:45:16.980
 Father, I just thank you

00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:17.920
 for my dear sisters.

00:45:18.340 --> 00:45:19.020
 I just thank you

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:21.119
 for Ivy and Judy

00:45:21.119 --> 00:45:21.820
 and Henrica

00:45:21.820 --> 00:45:23.380
 and Victoria

00:45:23.380 --> 00:45:24.500
 and just what you've

00:45:24.500 --> 00:45:25.440
 done in their life.

00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:27.199
 And I know there are

00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:27.960
 people here right now

00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:28.960
 who've come to know you

00:45:28.960 --> 00:45:29.639
 this year

00:45:29.639 --> 00:45:31.639
 and they still don't know

00:45:31.639 --> 00:45:33.079
 if they have the courage

00:45:33.079 --> 00:45:33.599
 to come up

00:45:33.599 --> 00:45:34.179
 and be baptized.

00:45:34.539 --> 00:45:34.719
 And Lord,

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 I just pray that you

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 would fill them

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 with your peace.

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 And I thank you

00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:38.739
 for this journey

00:45:38.739 --> 00:45:39.480
 that you have

00:45:39.480 --> 00:45:40.940
 these four women on.

00:45:41.659 --> 00:45:42.679
 And just as they can

00:45:42.679 --> 00:45:43.219
 look back

00:45:43.219 --> 00:45:44.400
 at your amazingness

00:45:44.400 --> 00:45:45.059
 and that you've

00:45:45.059 --> 00:45:45.739
 brought them here.

00:45:45.739 --> 00:45:47.139
 I pray that they

00:45:47.139 --> 00:45:47.759
 would never forget

00:45:47.759 --> 00:45:48.419
 this day,

00:45:49.119 --> 00:45:49.859
 that they would have

00:45:49.859 --> 00:45:53.839
 this put on their heart

00:45:53.839 --> 00:45:56.000
 as a reminder

00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:57.119
 of just how faithful

00:45:57.119 --> 00:45:57.659
 you are.

00:45:58.339 --> 00:45:59.299
 And we pray for those

00:45:59.299 --> 00:46:00.559
 in Hong Kong

00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:01.339
 and this side of the island

00:46:01.339 --> 00:46:02.259
 who don't know you yet.

00:46:02.379 --> 00:46:02.539
 Father,

00:46:02.599 --> 00:46:03.339
 we just pray for many,

00:46:03.419 --> 00:46:04.739
 many, many more baptisms

00:46:04.739 --> 00:46:06.319
 in the years to come

00:46:06.319 --> 00:46:07.459
 as you allow us

00:46:07.459 --> 00:46:07.939
 as a church

00:46:07.939 --> 00:46:08.719
 to reach out

00:46:08.719 --> 00:46:09.799
 and to share

00:46:09.799 --> 00:46:10.879
 the most important thing

00:46:10.879 --> 00:46:11.459
 in our life.

00:46:12.219 --> 00:46:12.519
 So Lord,

00:46:12.579 --> 00:46:13.199
 we love you

00:46:13.199 --> 00:46:14.299
 and we worship you

00:46:14.299 --> 00:46:15.239
 and we praise you

00:46:15.239 --> 00:46:17.079
 for these stories

00:46:17.079 --> 00:46:18.019
 in this booklet.

00:46:18.659 --> 00:46:19.599
 We know that you are

00:46:19.599 --> 00:46:20.679
 the God of stories.

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 And so we pray

00:46:22.159 --> 00:46:22.559
 these things

00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:23.579
 in your son Jesus' name.

00:46:23.819 --> 00:46:24.119
 Amen.

00:46:24.899 --> 00:46:25.179
 Okay,

00:46:25.319 --> 00:46:26.759
 so we're going to change

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 and we're going to meet

00:46:27.199 --> 00:46:28.079
 everybody out there.

00:46:28.379 --> 00:46:28.979
 And then again,

00:46:29.059 --> 00:46:30.079
 we have a lot of food

00:46:30.079 --> 00:46:31.299
 so we're going to kind of,

00:46:31.659 --> 00:46:32.359
 I think we're locking

00:46:32.359 --> 00:46:32.899
 that door,

00:46:32.979 --> 00:46:33.279
 I don't know,

00:46:33.339 --> 00:46:34.299
 but try to go out this way

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 and we'll kind of go around

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 and we'll meet you out there.