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 Amen.

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 And so our text this morning is not going to be Psalm 37.

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 If you read ahead, that's awesome.

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 You'll be very prepared for next week.

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 But this morning, our text is Romans chapter 6, verses 1 through 14.

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 And so please, if you would, take your Bibles.

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 Let's open them up to Romans chapter 6, verses 1 through 14.

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 And when you found that, let's stand in honor of the reading of God's word this morning.

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 Paul writes,

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 Now, if we have died with Christ,

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 we believe that we will also live with Him.

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

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 Death no longer has dominion over Him.

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

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 But the life He lives, He lives to God.

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

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

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

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

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 and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.

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

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 The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord endures forever.

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 Would you pray with me once more?

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 Father, we have a tremendous gospel to unpack and to understand and to rejoice in this morning.

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 And so we pray, Father, would that gospel be clear?

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 And would you empower the preaching of your word by your spirit,

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 for the good of your people, and for the glory of your name?

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Next month, Amanda and I will get to celebrate 14 years of marriage.

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 That doesn't sound like a lot.

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 Maybe to some of you, maybe to others of you, it does sound like a lot.

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 Now, I know for Amanda, that's an incredible achievement.

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 But 14 years is coming up, and so about this time each year,

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 I start to think about this incredible gift of marriage.

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 And I remember the beginning and the walking down the aisle.

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 I remember the pronouncement of man and wife and the presence of many witnesses.

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 I remember that weird feeling of having a ring on my finger for the very first time.

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 And then I remember just kind of getting used to the fact that we are actually married.

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 It's not just my life anymore.

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 It's our life.

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 It's not just my plans.

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 Now we're bound up together.

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 It's our plans.

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 And as I consider all that God has done over 14 years,

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 I just marvel at the fact that I have this incredible union to celebrate with my wife.

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 You know, it's no accident that the Apostle Paul tells us in another book, Ephesians chapter 5,

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 that this marriage idea is actually a picture of the gospel.

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 John Murray says,

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 John Murray says it like this.

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 He says,

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 Union with Christ is the central truth of the whole doctrine of salvation.

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 It is not simply a step in the application of redemption.

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 Rather, it underlies every step.

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 Church, there are few doctrines as beautiful and as vital for us to understand as our union with Christ.

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 And it's to this union that Paul points us here in Romans chapter 6.

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 And it's that union with Christ that the ordinances of baptism and the Lord's Supper so beautifully represent to us.

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 And so this morning, we're going to examine this idea, this doctrine of our union with Christ.

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 And we'll look at it together in three stages this morning.

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 This will be our outline if you're taking notes.

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 First, think with me about entering the union.

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 Entering the union.

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 And Paul takes us back to the beginning of our union with Christ here in verses 1 through 11 as you look at Romans chapter 6.

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 He spent the first five chapters of Romans exalting the grace of God in the gospel of Christ.

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 He delivered first the terribly bad news that all of us have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

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 He delivered the bad news that all of us are by nature under His wrath.

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 And so all of us by nature are deserving of hell.

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 And all of us by nature are enemies of God.

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 Every last one of us, he says, whether Jew or Greek, rich or poor, Democrat or Republican,

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 all in all or Mount Pleasant, Clemson or South Carolina,

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 all of us by nature are under this curse of sin.

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 That's the bad news, Romans 1 through 5.

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 But then he gives us the glorious good news, he tells us,

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 that God has provided the way of salvation for sinners like us

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 in sending Jesus Christ.

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 That He has fulfilled the law by His own perfect life.

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 He has lived the life that we should have lived but failed.

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 He has died the death that we should have died in our place as a substitute for sinners.

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 And now He lives and reigns and rules and resurrection power over all the forces of sin and death and the devil.

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 This is the good news.

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 God has provided the way of salvation for sinners in His Son, Jesus Christ.

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 There is a way for sinners like us to be declared righteous in the sight of God.

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 Simply by putting our faith in Jesus.

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 That's Romans 1 through 5.

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 But now by the time we get to chapter 6, Paul, he senses an objection here.

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 If the gospel is all about magnifying God's grace, and it is.

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 If the gospel is all about the praise of His glorious grace towards sinners, and it is.

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 If you cannot earn your salvation by what you do.

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 If your righteousness matters not at all, and Christ's righteousness is all that matters.

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 Then here's a question, Paul.

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 Why does it matter how we live?

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 Why does it matter what we do?

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 Why not just keep on sinning?

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 Because, Paul, if I understand you rightly,

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 if I just keep on sinning, and then God shows me grace,

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 and then God gets the glory,

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 then we all win, right?

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 Right?

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 Paul says, by no means.

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 Why?

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 Because if you are a Christian,

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 then you are now united to Christ.

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 The moment you put your faith in Jesus,

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 you have now entered into this brand new reality.

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 You are no longer dead in sin.

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 Paul says, you are now alive to God in Christ.

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 To say it another way,

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 you are no longer alive towards sin and dead towards God.

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 You are now dead towards sin and alive towards God.

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 Why?

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 Because Jesus is dead to sin, and you're in Him.

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 And Jesus has risen and is now alive towards God,

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 and you are in Him.

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 And so now you are dead to sin and alive to God in Christ.

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 This is what it means to be a Christian.

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 It means you have now entered into this breathtaking union with King Jesus.

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 I am sure you realize,

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 and if you haven't realized this yet,

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 you will realize it soon enough.

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 It is a recipe for disaster when a married man keeps on living like he is single.

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 That will not last.

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 Not for long.

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 You have entered into a new reality,

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 a new union,

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 a new identity.

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 You're not single anymore,

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 so stop acting like it.

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 Paul says,

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 neither are you, Christian.

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 Keep on sinning?

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 What are you talking about?

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 You have entered into a new union with Christ.

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 Stop thinking,

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 and stop acting,

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 and stop living like you're still single and dead in your sin.

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 Spurgeon says it like this.

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 He says,

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 you are one with Christ.

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 The same blood that flows in His veins now flows in yours.

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 You are part of His body,

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 of His flesh,

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 and of His bones.

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 Here's what this means, church.

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 God has performed a miracle in you, Christian.

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 He has taken what was dead

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 and has now made it alive.

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 He has taken what was His enemy

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 and has now adopted you into His own family

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 as His own son or His own daughter.

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 He's taken what was separated from Him

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 and under His wrath

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 and now has united you to Himself

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 and placed you under infinite grace and blessing in Christ.

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 And that brand new reality, Paul says,

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 is pictured in baptism.

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 Now, I want you to notice just a few things here

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 that Paul shows us about this ordinance,

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 this sign of baptism.

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 For one, notice here,

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 baptism pictures our union with Christ.

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 Baptism portrays visibly our union with Christ.

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 This is what he says in verse 3.

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 Do you not know

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 that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus

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 were baptized into His death?

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 We were therefore buried with Him

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 by baptism into death

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 in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead

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 by the glory of the Father,

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 we too might walk in newness of life.

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 And the question is,

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 well, Paul,

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 what kind of baptism are you talking about here?

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 Are you talking about water baptism

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 like what we're about to do out here?

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 Or are you talking about spirit baptism,

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 meaning conversion?

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 And the answer is both.

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 Not because that water baptism saves you,

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 it doesn't,

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 but because that water baptism

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 is almost shorthand

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 for the entire reality of salvation.

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 Your baptism, water baptism,

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 is like the wedding ring on my finger.

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 This ring does not make me married.

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 A single man can go buy a wedding ring

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 and slip it onto his finger.

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 That does not make him married.

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 But this ring on my finger

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 is shorthand for the entire message of marriage.

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 It is shorthand for all the glorious benefits

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 of this union with my spouse.

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 And so you can say things like,

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 put a ring on it.

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 Beyonce, if you like it,

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 you should have put a ring on it.

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 And we know what you mean.

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 You're not just talking about the ring, are you?

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 Right?

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 You're talking about

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 all the glorious benefits of marriage.

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 Paul uses baptism in the same way.

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 Baptism is a visible sign,

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 shorthand,

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 for a believer's union with Christ.

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 You are buried with Him.

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 You are raised with Him.

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 The old is gone.

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 The new has come.

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 It visibly represents

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 what God has done

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 in the heart of a believer.

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 Which is why, notice,

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 this is why baptism is for believers only.

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 Baptism is not an engagement ring.

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 It is a wedding ring.

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 Baptism is not a symbol of promises made

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 that may or may not come true in time.

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 That have not yet come to pass.

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 Baptism is a symbol of promises realized.

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 This is where we take a different path

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 from our Presbyterian friends

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 who we love very much

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 and appreciate deeply.

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 But just think about Paul's argument here

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 in Romans 6 with me.

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 In what sense could any of this be said

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 of a non-believer

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 or an infant?

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 An infant has not yet died to sin.

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 They have not yet received

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 new resurrection life.

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 They are not yet freed from sin's power.

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 Not until by God's grace

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 they put their faith in Jesus

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 and are actually united to Him.

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 And then,

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 in obedience to Christ's command,

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 then,

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 we symbolize that union with Christ

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 in the waters of baptism.

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 In the Great Commission,

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 what does it say?

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 Jesus commands all His disciples,

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 go and make disciples of all nations,

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 baptizing them,

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 the disciples,

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 those who hear the Gospel

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 and respond in faith.

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 And so,

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 when we baptize someone,

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 as we're preparing to do today,

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 we're not saying,

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 gee,

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 I hope that God saves you.

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 we are saying,

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 we believe that He has.

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 And we believe that

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 you are united to Christ by faith.

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 We believe that

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 you have been buried with Him

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 and now you have been raised with Him.

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 And so,

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 we're going to represent that visibly

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 through the waters of baptism.

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 And notice here,

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 final point before we move on.

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 You notice I say we.

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 We.

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 We are doing this.

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 Who is the we?

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 One more key here.

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 Notice that He instinctively connects

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 baptism with the local church.

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 Remember who He's talking to here

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 in this book of Romans?

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 He is not just talking to

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 disconnected,

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 isolated,

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 lone ranger Christian

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 who happens to be passing through Rome

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 at the time.

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 Who is He talking to?

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 He is talking to

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 an organized,

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 recognizable,

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 local church

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 One that has elders

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 and deacons

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 and members

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 and they know

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 who is the church

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 and who is just passing through.

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 Why?

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 Because the normal assumption

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 of the New Testament

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 is that

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 if you have been united

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 to Christ,

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 then you will have

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 that vertical union

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 recognized

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 and affirmed

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 horizontally

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 by Christ's people,

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 the church.

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 This is what we,

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 together,

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 church,

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 do in baptism.

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 In baptism,

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 the individual says,

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 I'm a Christian

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 and the church says,

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 yes you are,

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 we agree.

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 We affirm that.

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 The individual says,

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 I want to walk with Jesus

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 and the church

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 collectively says,

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 yes,

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 we're going to do that with you.

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 We're going to link arms with you.

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 We're going to do that together.

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 To be baptized

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 is to say,

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 I am a part of the body

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 and then for the body

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 to say,

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 yes you are,

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 you're a part of us.

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 And again,

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 church,

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 I am so excited this morning

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 that we get to hear

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 the testimonies

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 from Carl

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 and then from Savannah

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 and then we go outside

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 and we get to symbolize

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 their entrance

00:17:11.860 --> 00:17:13.039
 into this union

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 with Jesus

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 but then we don't just

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 send them off

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 to go figure it out

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 on their own.

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 At the very same time,

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 we get to welcome them

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 formally,

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 officially

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 into membership

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 of this local body

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 of Christ.

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 What a gift that is.

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 Baptism,

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 like a wedding ceremony

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 is the one time

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 initial pronouncement

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 of your union

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 with Christ

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 in the presence

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 of many witnesses.

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 But of course,

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 we also need

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 regular reminders

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 of this union.

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 So the second stage here

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 that we'll consider,

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 second,

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 Paul says,

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 consider the union.

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 Second is,

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 considering the union.

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 And it's just amazing to me

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 how Paul does this.

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 And this is,

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 this is the hardest part

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 of preaching.

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 He lays out

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 all of this

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 glorious,

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 big picture,

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 gospel truth

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 of our union

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 with Christ.

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 He gives the church

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 in Rome

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 all of the gospel doctrine

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 that they could possibly handle.

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 And then,

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 he gives these specific,

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 clear to the point,

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 practical commands.

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 These aren't just ideas.

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 These ideas are meant

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 to shape our lives.

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 Right doctrine

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 ought to produce

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 right living.

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 And so he says,

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 by way of inference,

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 remember the objection,

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 don't keep on sinning

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 that grace may abound.

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 Christian,

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 live as you are

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 in Christ.

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 Consider this union

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 with Him.

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 And he gives us

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 a couple of images

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 to help us

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 understand what that means.

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 The first image here

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 is,

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 it's death to life.

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 He says,

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 we have been baptized,

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 buried with Him

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 in baptism,

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 raised to walk

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 in newness of life.

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 That's a command.

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 He says,

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 walk as someone

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 who has been raised

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 to new life.

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 And so the first image here

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 is death to life.

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 He gives us a second here

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 in verses 5 through 11.

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 And here,

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 the image is

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 slavery to freedom.

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 Look there at verse 5.

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 He says,

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 for if we have been

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 united with Him

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 in a death like His,

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 we shall certainly

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 be united with Him

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 in a resurrection like His.

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 We know that our old self

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 was crucified with Him

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 in order that the body

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 of sin might be brought

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 to nothing

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 so that we would

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 no longer be enslaved

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 to sin.

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 For one who has died

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 has been set free

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 from sin.

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 See,

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 the bad news is

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 you were dead.

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 The good news is

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 Christ has died

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 in your place.

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 And you've died in Him.

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 The bad news is

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 you were enslaved to sin.

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 But the good news is

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 Christ has now shattered

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 those chains of sin

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 for all who are united

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 to Him by faith.

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 If you are in Christ

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 by faith,

00:20:07.580 --> 00:20:08.720
 if you are united

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 to Him,

00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:10.660
 Christian,

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 you are free

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 from slavery to sin.

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 This is almost unbelievable,

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 isn't it?

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 Do you understand

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 non-believer

00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:24.460
 that you are not free?

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 That you are

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 enslaved

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 to the powers of sin?

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 And do you understand,

00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:32.819
 believer,

00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:34.099
 Christian,

00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:36.480
 that you are now

00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:37.160
 free

00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:38.440
 from the power of sin?

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 Yes,

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 of course,

00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:41.859
 you will still wrestle

00:20:41.859 --> 00:20:43.720
 with the presence of sin

00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:45.039
 in and around you.

00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:45.680
 You will wrestle

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:47.379
 with indwelling sin

00:20:47.379 --> 00:20:48.000
 in you.

00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:48.779
 All of us do.

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:50.639
 You will feel the pain

00:20:50.639 --> 00:20:51.879
 that sin causes

00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:52.840
 and brings against you

00:20:52.840 --> 00:20:53.380
 in your life.

00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:54.120
 We all do.

00:20:55.280 --> 00:20:56.400
 But the difference now

00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:58.960
 is you are no longer

00:20:58.960 --> 00:20:59.600
 enslaved

00:20:59.600 --> 00:21:00.880
 to the power

00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:01.780
 of sin

00:21:01.780 --> 00:21:02.720
 over you.

00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.840
 The presence

00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:05.760
 and the pain

00:21:05.760 --> 00:21:06.580
 and the persistence

00:21:06.580 --> 00:21:07.140
 of sin

00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:07.700
 are all there,

00:21:07.800 --> 00:21:08.580
 but His power

00:21:08.580 --> 00:21:09.340
 over you

00:21:09.340 --> 00:21:11.140
 is no more.

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 You are,

00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:12.120
 as He says

00:21:12.120 --> 00:21:13.820
 in 2 Corinthians 5.17,

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 you are a new creation

00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:17.379
 in Christ.

00:21:18.339 --> 00:21:19.419
 The old is gone,

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:19.799
 behold,

00:21:19.899 --> 00:21:21.019
 the new has come.

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:22.619
 Christ is alive,

00:21:22.939 --> 00:21:24.179
 you are alive

00:21:24.179 --> 00:21:24.899
 in Him.

00:21:25.899 --> 00:21:27.279
 Christ is victorious

00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:28.179
 over sin,

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.679
 you are victorious

00:21:29.679 --> 00:21:30.519
 over sin

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.299
 in Him.

00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:32.939
 This is what He says

00:21:32.939 --> 00:21:33.639
 in verse 8.

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 If we have died

00:21:35.439 --> 00:21:36.079
 with Christ,

00:21:36.159 --> 00:21:36.679
 we believe

00:21:36.679 --> 00:21:38.039
 we also will live

00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.599
 with Him.

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.480
 And we know

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.099
 that Christ,

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:41.359
 being raised from the dead,

00:21:41.419 --> 00:21:42.519
 will never die again.

00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.940
 Death no longer

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:45.279
 has dominion over Him.

00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:46.559
 For the death

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.639
 He died to sin

00:21:47.639 --> 00:21:48.500
 once for all,

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:50.240
 but the life He lives,

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:52.339
 He lives to God.

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:52.639
 Friend,

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:54.019
 this is what it means

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:55.000
 to be united

00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.619
 to Jesus.

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:58.599
 When you get married,

00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:00.980
 it's no longer

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:02.579
 just your wife's problems.

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.240
 Guess what?

00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:04.740
 Now they're your problems too.

00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.079
 Amen!

00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:08.619
 It's no longer

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:09.879
 just your debt.

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:12.220
 Now this is our debt.

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:13.440
 This is our balance sheet

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:13.839
 together.

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:15.319
 There's this blending

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:16.539
 of lives

00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:17.200
 that happens

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:18.720
 in a healthy marriage.

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.140
 Paul says

00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:21.059
 this is exactly

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.740
 what happens

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.519
 when you're united

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:23.500
 with Christ

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.360
 by faith.

00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:25.460
 His death,

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:26.019
 guess what?

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.940
 That's yours.

00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:28.500
 His life,

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.019
 guess what?

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:30.059
 That's yours.

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.600
 His freedom,

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.299
 guess what?

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.420
 That's yours,

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:33.900
 Christian.

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.420
 His victory

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:36.160
 over sin,

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.799
 guess what?

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.759
 It is yours.

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:40.720
 apart from Him

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.539
 before you were

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.379
 united to Him,

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.740
 you were a slave

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.319
 to sin,

00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:45.339
 but now,

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.200
 praise God,

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:48.099
 sin has no more power

00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:48.799
 over you,

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.279
 Christian,

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.099
 than it does

00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:50.779
 over Christ,

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.859
 Jesus Himself.

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.259
 So Christian,

00:22:58.099 --> 00:23:00.000
 live as you are

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:01.039
 in Christ.

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.119
 Christ.

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:03.460
 This is what Paul

00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:04.619
 calls us to.

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.740
 Our problem

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.559
 is that we're so quick

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.500
 to forget this

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:10.319
 reality-shaping union

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:11.200
 with King Jesus.

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:12.059
 And we're just saying,

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:12.539
 didn't we,

00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:13.399
 prone to wonder,

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:13.720
 Lord,

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.339
 I feel it,

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:15.159
 prone to leave

00:23:15.159 --> 00:23:16.200
 the God I love.

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.519
 So what do we need

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:17.960
 to do,

00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:18.379
 church?

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.220
 Paul commands us

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.879
 in verse 11.

00:23:21.879 --> 00:23:22.899
 So you also

00:23:22.899 --> 00:23:25.920
 must consider yourselves

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.920
 dead to sin

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:29.000
 and alive to God

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:30.039
 in Christ Jesus.

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.599
 Jesus.

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.980
 Consider yourself

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:35.000
 dead

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:37.799
 and consider yourself

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:39.240
 alive.

00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:42.740
 Consider the union

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:44.659
 and consider

00:23:44.659 --> 00:23:45.440
 what it means.

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.659
 Consider yourself,

00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:48.059
 reckon yourself

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:50.279
 to be who you are

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:51.180
 in Christ.

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 Consider yourself

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.639
 to be dead to sin.

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.700
 Consider yourself

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:57.079
 to be alive in Christ.

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.480
 Consider yourself

00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:00.519
 to be free

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:02.000
 from sin's enslavement

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.279
 and consider yourself

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:04.539
 to be victorious

00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:05.819
 over it in Christ.

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.700
 And this isn't just

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.640
 think about it,

00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:08.700
 although that's part of it.

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.380
 This is,

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.700
 let this truth

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:12.819
 shape your very identity.

00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:15.720
 Drop your maiden name.

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:18.799
 Wear your ring proudly.

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.920
 Consider yourself

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:22.480
 united to King Jesus.

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:24.480
 Stop living as a slave.

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:26.819
 Start living as a free man

00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:27.440
 in Christ.

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.579
 A free woman

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:29.640
 in Christ.

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:30.420
 Christian,

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.160
 do you understand

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:32.180
 if you're in Christ

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.740
 by faith,

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:34.339
 this is objectively

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:35.640
 true of you.

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.200
 It means you are now

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.700
 spirit indwelt,

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:40.759
 reborn,

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:42.000
 made new,

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:43.039
 set free.

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:45.779
 This is good news.

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.380
 Paul says,

00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:49.599
 let this gospel

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:51.640
 shape your very identity.

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:53.240
 Would you consider yourself

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:53.980
 dead to sin

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.820
 and alive to God

00:24:54.820 --> 00:24:55.340
 in Christ?

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:55.780
 In church,

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:57.820
 there is more application

00:24:57.820 --> 00:24:59.240
 here than we have time

00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:00.480
 in the week

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:02.020
 to apply to us,

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:03.320
 but we'll give you a few.

00:25:05.320 --> 00:25:06.200
 Consider yourself

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:07.100
 dead to sin

00:25:07.100 --> 00:25:08.180
 and alive to God.

00:25:08.560 --> 00:25:08.940
 How?

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:11.040
 By saturating your mind

00:25:11.040 --> 00:25:11.840
 with God's word,

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.720
 not with the world.

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:15.579
 Do not be conformed

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.220
 to the patterns

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:17.039
 of this world,

00:25:17.120 --> 00:25:17.620
 he tells us

00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:18.579
 in chapter 12,

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:20.059
 but be transformed

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:21.200
 by the renewal

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:22.200
 of your mind.

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:22.559
 How?

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:24.299
 Saturate your mind

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.440
 with God's word

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.480
 in Holy Scripture.

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.600
 Consider yourself

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:30.500
 dead to sin

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.519
 and alive to God.

00:25:31.600 --> 00:25:31.860
 How?

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.940
 By praying

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:34.039
 without ceasing

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:35.980
 and enjoying

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.700
 this union

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.519
 with your God.

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.640
 Abide in me,

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.160
 he says.

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.019
 He invites you,

00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:40.480
 Christian.

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.220
 Come to him.

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:43.220
 Speak to him.

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:44.960
 Bear your soul to him.

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.240
 You'll be heard

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:47.819
 and received in Christ.

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:50.059
 Consider yourself

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:51.160
 dead to sin

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:52.019
 by killing

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:53.259
 any lingering sin

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.759
 in your heart.

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:55.059
 Put off the old man

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:56.500
 and put on the new man

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.000
 in Christ.

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:58.220
 Be killing sin

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.960
 or sin will be killing you,

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:01.120
 John Owen tells us.

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.880
 Consider yourself

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.880
 alive to God

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:05.500
 by seeking to satisfy

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.779
 your heart in him,

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:08.440
 by treasuring him

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.240
 above all else,

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:10.180
 by feasting

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.860
 on the abundance

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:12.200
 of his steadfast love.

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:13.259
 for you in Christ,

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:15.160
 by fixing your mind's eye

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.980
 on his return

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:17.039
 and the promise

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:18.000
 of eternal joy

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.600
 with him

00:26:18.600 --> 00:26:19.539
 in that time,

00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:20.079
 in that day

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:21.279
 when sin's presence,

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.100
 sin's pain,

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:23.039
 sin's persistence

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:24.160
 and sin's power

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:24.640
 are gone.

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:28.140
 Consider yourself

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:29.180
 dead to sin

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:30.519
 and alive to God

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.900
 by joining yourself

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.839
 meaningfully

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:34.039
 with your local church

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.559
 community

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.660
 in pursuit of Christ

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.400
 together.

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:38.440
 but you know

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:38.820
 one way

00:26:38.820 --> 00:26:39.240
 that we

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:40.900
 consider

00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:41.840
 this glorious

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:43.220
 union together

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:44.220
 as a church?

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.680
 We consider

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.220
 ourselves

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:48.160
 dead to sin

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:48.860
 and alive

00:26:48.860 --> 00:26:49.860
 to God

00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:51.259
 by partaking

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:52.300
 of communion

00:26:52.300 --> 00:26:53.160
 together.

00:26:53.580 --> 00:26:53.940
 Have you ever

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.420
 thought about it

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:54.759
 this way?

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.900
 What is communion?

00:26:59.580 --> 00:27:00.220
 Communion

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.860
 is a

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.780
 visible,

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.360
 tangible

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:04.919
 reminder

00:27:04.919 --> 00:27:06.000
 of the gospel

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.979
 of Christ.

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:08.039
 It shows us

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:09.639
 visibly before our eyes.

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.299
 We hold it

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.299
 in our very hands

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:12.799
 what Christ has done

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.579
 in shedding

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:14.199
 his blood

00:27:14.199 --> 00:27:15.059
 and breaking

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.919
 of his flesh.

00:27:16.939 --> 00:27:17.819
 And it's a sign

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.579
 of our unity

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:20.000
 both to Christ

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.579
 vertically

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.699
 and also

00:27:21.699 --> 00:27:22.479
 horizontally

00:27:22.479 --> 00:27:24.219
 to Christ's people.

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:26.400
 Paul says

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:27.539
 in 1 Corinthians 10

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.339
 because there is

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:28.980
 one bread

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:30.120
 we who are many

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:31.240
 are one body

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:32.039
 for we all

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.799
 partake of the

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.759
 one bread.

00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:34.500
 Church this is

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.700
 a family meal

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.700
 for those

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.160
 who have been

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:38.200
 united to Christ

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:39.319
 and to one

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.779
 another.

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.860
 Baptism

00:27:41.860 --> 00:27:42.440
 is the one

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:43.640
 time entrance

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:45.220
 and communion

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:46.400
 is the ongoing

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:47.220
 reminder

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.059
 of our union

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.759
 with Christ.

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.600
 Baptism

00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:51.400
 is putting

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:51.980
 on the

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.860
 team jersey

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:54.399
 and communion

00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:55.419
 is the regular

00:27:55.419 --> 00:27:56.500
 team practice.

00:27:58.199 --> 00:27:58.699
 Baptism

00:27:58.699 --> 00:27:59.339
 is the wedding

00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:00.039
 ceremony

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:01.599
 and communion

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.639
 is the anniversary

00:28:02.639 --> 00:28:03.279
 getaway

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:04.559
 or the weekend

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.500
 date night.

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.319
 It is a

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:07.279
 regular

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:08.479
 ongoing

00:28:08.479 --> 00:28:09.259
 reminder

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:10.399
 of our union

00:28:10.399 --> 00:28:11.139
 with Christ

00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:12.419
 and our unity

00:28:12.419 --> 00:28:12.959
 together

00:28:12.959 --> 00:28:13.899
 as a body

00:28:13.899 --> 00:28:14.479
 which is why

00:28:14.479 --> 00:28:14.899
 again

00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:16.379
 these two signs

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:16.779
 are so

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:17.799
 interconnected.

00:28:20.139 --> 00:28:20.859
 Baptism

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.559
 looks back

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:23.019
 at the beginning

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.819
 of our union

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.539
 but communion

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.740
 feeds us

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.759
 along the way.

00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:27.460
 It's a family

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:27.859
 meal

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:29.259
 where every

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.379
 baptized believer

00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:31.279
 gets to come

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:32.359
 and remember

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:33.539
 and feast

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.319
 on what God

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:34.819
 has done

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.419
 for us

00:28:35.419 --> 00:28:36.379
 in Christ.

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:36.960
 Christian

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.399
 when you

00:28:37.399 --> 00:28:38.000
 come to

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.679
 the table

00:28:38.679 --> 00:28:40.960
 you feed

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.720
 on Christ

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.740
 by faith

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:44.299
 and you

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.980
 remember

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:46.819
 you remember

00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.639
 his body

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.639
 broken for you

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:49.059
 and his

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:50.359
 blood shed

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:51.279
 for you

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.679
 the blood

00:28:51.679 --> 00:28:52.159
 of the new

00:28:52.159 --> 00:28:52.599
 covenant

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.259
 shed for the

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:53.659
 forgiveness

00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:54.759
 of your sins

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.719
 you eat

00:28:55.719 --> 00:28:56.319
 and you

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:56.679
 drink

00:28:56.679 --> 00:28:57.339
 in faith

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:57.959
 and you

00:28:57.959 --> 00:28:58.599
 consider

00:28:58.599 --> 00:28:59.500
 yourself

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.339
 in him

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.979
 dead

00:29:00.979 --> 00:29:01.819
 to sin

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.799
 and alive

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.659
 to God

00:29:03.659 --> 00:29:04.119
 and again

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:04.779
 what a gift

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.219
 church

00:29:05.219 --> 00:29:07.740
 and we get

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.219
 to celebrate

00:29:08.219 --> 00:29:08.879
 this together

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.500
 this morning

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:11.699
 if you're a

00:29:11.699 --> 00:29:12.459
 baptized believer

00:29:12.459 --> 00:29:13.779
 you're welcome

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.279
 to come

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.799
 and remember

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.379
 what God

00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:15.919
 has done

00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:16.359
 in bringing

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.919
 you from

00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:17.799
 death to life

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:19.159
 and freeing

00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:19.579
 you from

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.339
 slavery to

00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:20.599
 sin

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:20.919
 would you

00:29:20.919 --> 00:29:21.319
 come

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:22.159
 this morning

00:29:22.159 --> 00:29:23.119
 and consider

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:23.799
 yourself

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.619
 dead to

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:24.960
 sin

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.700
 and alive

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.139
 to God

00:29:26.139 --> 00:29:26.720
 in Christ

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.700
 praise God

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:30.480
 but then

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.200
 church

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:33.419
 we see

00:29:33.419 --> 00:29:33.879
 third

00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:36.119
 Paul directs

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.460
 us

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:38.079
 to living

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:39.119
 in the

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:39.460
 union

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:40.680
 living

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:42.139
 in the

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:42.460
 union

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:42.859
 the big

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.259
 moment

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.579
 of the

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:43.799
 wedding

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.299
 ceremony

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:45.799
 and the

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.139
 honeymoon

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:46.800
 is over

00:29:46.800 --> 00:29:47.240
 and then

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.800
 what happens

00:29:47.800 --> 00:29:49.880
 you come

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.520
 back home

00:29:50.520 --> 00:29:52.740
 and what

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.080
 then

00:29:53.080 --> 00:29:54.940
 the

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.340
 anniversary

00:29:55.340 --> 00:29:55.820
 celebration

00:29:55.820 --> 00:29:56.520
 is great

00:29:56.520 --> 00:29:56.840
 you get

00:29:56.840 --> 00:29:57.280
 to reflect

00:29:57.280 --> 00:29:57.759
 on your

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.620
 love for

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:59.100
 one another

00:29:59.100 --> 00:29:59.500
 express

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.120
 your love

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.440
 to one

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:00.740
 another

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.720
 but what's

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.100
 next

00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:02.560
 what's

00:30:02.560 --> 00:30:03.759
 after that

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:05.400
 what's

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:05.800
 next

00:30:05.800 --> 00:30:06.920
 is daily

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:08.280
 faithfulness

00:30:08.280 --> 00:30:09.720
 daily

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.620
 enjoyment

00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:11.800
 of living

00:30:11.800 --> 00:30:12.600
 faithfully

00:30:12.600 --> 00:30:13.360
 in the

00:30:13.360 --> 00:30:13.800
 union

00:30:13.800 --> 00:30:14.280
 God

00:30:14.280 --> 00:30:14.780
 has given

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.359
 you

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:16.720
 and this

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:16.940
 is what

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.519
 Paul shows

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:17.779
 us in

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.339
 verses 12

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:19.139
 through 14

00:30:19.139 --> 00:30:21.059
 now we're

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.519
 about to

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:21.920
 go and

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.740
 eat and

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.079
 drink

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:24.059
 symbolically

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:25.119
 the body

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:25.399
 and the

00:30:25.399 --> 00:30:25.759
 blood of

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.259
 Christ

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:27.579
 we're about

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:27.920
 to go

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.480
 and feast

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:28.779
 on the

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.379
 promises

00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:29.740
 of the

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.079
 gospel

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.740
 by faith

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.319
 but then

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.299
 we're

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:32.559
 going to

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.019
 leave

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:34.859
 and we're

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.039
 going to

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.579
 start a

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.180
 new week

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:37.379
 we're

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:37.500
 going to

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:37.619
 go

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:38.180
 baptize

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.559
 Carl

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.059
 and Savannah

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.460
 but then

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:39.619
 they're

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:40.160
 going to

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:41.680
 dry off

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.019
 and they're

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.180
 going to

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.619
 change their

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:42.980
 clothes

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.240
 they're going

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.619
 to drive

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:44.240
 back home

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.539
 and then

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.259
 normal life

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:46.000
 starts again

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.620
 Monday is

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:47.079
 right around

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.599
 the corner

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.559
 what does

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.180
 all of this

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.819
 mean when you

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.279
 get up and

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:50.740
 go to work

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.140
 tomorrow

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:52.519
 everything has

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.279
 changed but at

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.980
 the same time

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.539
 it all just

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:54.920
 looks the

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.319
 same

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:57.160
 what does

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.440
 it look

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.799
 like

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:59.200
 to live

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.880
 every day

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:00.880
 in this

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.299
 union

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:02.359
 with Christ

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:02.839
 Paul tells

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:03.099
 us in

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:03.579
 verse 12

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:06.259
 let not

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.779
 sin

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.420
 therefore

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:08.180
 reign

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:08.839
 in your

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.500
 mortal body

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.599
 to make

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.079
 you obey

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.720
 its passions

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:13.920
 let not

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.380
 sin

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:14.960
 therefore

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.500
 reign

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.620
 in your

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.319
 mortal body

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:18.539
 to make

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.279
 you obey

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.559
 its passions

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.019
 what does it

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.460
 look like

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:21.839
 tomorrow

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.299
 church

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.920
 it looks

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.579
 like

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.360
 war

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:27.980
 Paul says

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:29.900
 refuse it

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:32.259
 do not

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.740
 let it

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.220
 reign

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.740
 it wants

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.059
 to

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:36.059
 there is

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.740
 now and

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.220
 will be

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.819
 until the

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.259
 day you

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.839
 die or

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.199
 Christ

00:31:39.199 --> 00:31:39.699
 returns

00:31:39.699 --> 00:31:40.720
 a battle

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.399
 for your

00:31:41.399 --> 00:31:41.859
 heart

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:43.439
 a battle

00:31:43.439 --> 00:31:43.939
 for the

00:31:43.939 --> 00:31:44.519
 throne

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:46.259
 sin has

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.659
 been

00:31:46.659 --> 00:31:47.419
 effectively

00:31:47.419 --> 00:31:48.579
 dethroned

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:48.899
 but it

00:31:48.899 --> 00:31:49.359
 constantly

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:49.819
 is trying

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:50.279
 to sneak

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.720
 its way

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.139
 back

00:31:51.139 --> 00:31:51.639
 on

00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:52.419
 Paul says

00:31:52.419 --> 00:31:53.039
 don't

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.699
 let it

00:31:53.699 --> 00:31:54.299
 reign

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.819
 Christian

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.579
 don't

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:56.099
 let it

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.500
 make you

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:56.759
 obey

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:56.980
 its

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.439
 passions

00:31:57.439 --> 00:31:57.939
 Christian

00:31:57.939 --> 00:31:59.259
 don't

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.879
 go eat

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:00.519
 this bread

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:00.980
 and drink

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.599
 this cup

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.259
 and go

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.740
 into the

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.099
 water

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.740
 and come

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.119
 up out

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:04.339
 of the

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:04.639
 water

00:32:04.639 --> 00:32:05.159
 and then

00:32:05.159 --> 00:32:05.759
 go out

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.099
 of here

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:06.819
 and live

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.359
 like you're

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:08.159
 still enslaved

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:08.740
 to sin

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:11.740
 don't

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.240
 present your

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.640
 members

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:13.039
 he says

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.359
 in verse

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:13.859
 13

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:15.759
 to sin

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.640
 as instruments

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:18.019
 for unrighteousness

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:19.160
 but present

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.960
 yourselves to

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.880
 God as

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:21.339
 those who

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:21.759
 have been

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.339
 brought from

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.019
 death to

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.440
 life

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.180
 and your

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.819
 members to

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.279
 God as

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:25.779
 instruments

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:27.000
 for righteousness

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:28.079
 for sin

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.519
 will have

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.420
 no dominion

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:30.099
 over you

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.599
 since you

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:31.120
 are not

00:32:31.120 --> 00:32:31.960
 under law

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:33.059
 but under

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.900
 grace

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:34.299
 here we go

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:34.779
 back to this

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.420
 grace again

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:37.920
 this grace

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.800
 remember the

00:32:38.800 --> 00:32:39.900
 keep on

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.440
 sinning

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.120
 objection

00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:42.019
 Paul says

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:43.320
 this grace

00:32:43.320 --> 00:32:44.380
 being under

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:44.920
 grace

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.539
 if you truly

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:46.560
 understand it

00:32:46.560 --> 00:32:47.900
 it should not

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.820
 lead you to

00:32:48.820 --> 00:32:49.539
 give yourself

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.700
 over to sin

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:52.400
 but rather to

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:53.120
 freely

00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:54.360
 and fully

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:55.380
 give yourself

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:56.259
 to God

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.900
 and there is

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.700
 no in between

00:32:58.700 --> 00:33:01.600
 how do I live

00:33:01.600 --> 00:33:02.200
 in this union

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:02.800
 with Christ

00:33:02.800 --> 00:33:03.220
 what does it

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.660
 look like

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.620
 it looks like

00:33:04.620 --> 00:33:05.660
 love the Lord

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.240
 your God

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.980
 with all

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.600
 your heart

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:08.460
 and all

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:09.200
 your soul

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:10.060
 and all

00:33:10.060 --> 00:33:10.680
 your mind

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.440
 and all

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:12.100
 your strength

00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:12.779
 and love

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.220
 your neighbor

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:14.000
 as yourself

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.519
 as Jesus

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:14.880
 did

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:16.220
 it looks like

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:17.320
 all the

00:33:17.320 --> 00:33:18.040
 members of

00:33:18.040 --> 00:33:18.600
 your body

00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:19.259
 your mind

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.080
 your eyes

00:33:20.080 --> 00:33:20.779
 your ears

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:22.220
 your mouth

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:23.279
 your hands

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.860
 and your feet

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.360
 your heart

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:25.100
 and your soul

00:33:25.100 --> 00:33:26.300
 all of it

00:33:26.300 --> 00:33:27.100
 has now been

00:33:27.100 --> 00:33:27.700
 set free

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.360
 from sin

00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:29.019
 and made

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.820
 alive by the

00:33:29.820 --> 00:33:30.160
 spirit

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:30.600
 so Paul

00:33:30.600 --> 00:33:31.340
 says don't

00:33:31.340 --> 00:33:31.980
 offer any

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.519
 of them up

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.360
 as instruments

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:34.000
 to sin

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:36.319
 rather give

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:37.059
 yourself

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:37.979
 wholly

00:33:37.979 --> 00:33:39.419
 to God

00:33:39.419 --> 00:33:41.419
 this

00:33:41.419 --> 00:33:42.219
 is the

00:33:42.219 --> 00:33:42.659
 daily

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:43.479
 life

00:33:43.479 --> 00:33:44.259
 in union

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:45.059
 with Christ

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.759
 as you abide

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.299
 in him

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:47.639
 and bear much

00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:48.479
 fruit each

00:33:48.479 --> 00:33:49.219
 and every day

00:33:49.219 --> 00:33:49.740
 you're asking

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.139
 God

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:51.179
 God how can I

00:33:51.179 --> 00:33:51.879
 use my lips

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.759
 to glorify you

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.079
 today

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:55.359
 God how can I

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:55.919
 let what comes

00:33:55.919 --> 00:33:56.740
 into my ears

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.319
 be honoring

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:58.119
 to you today

00:33:58.119 --> 00:34:00.379
 God would you

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:01.419
 guide my thoughts

00:34:01.419 --> 00:34:02.619
 and lead them

00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:03.179
 to be honoring

00:34:03.179 --> 00:34:03.779
 to you today

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.299
 I don't want

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:05.000
 to set my mind

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.419
 on anything

00:34:05.419 --> 00:34:06.000
 that's false

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.599
 I want to set

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:07.099
 my mind

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.879
 above where

00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:08.619
 Christ is

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.259
 seated at the

00:34:09.259 --> 00:34:09.679
 right hand

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.159
 of God

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:11.099
 God would you

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:12.079
 allow me to

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.880
 set my hands

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.519
 and my feet

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:14.719
 today in ways

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.400
 that are honoring

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.000
 and pleasing

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.460
 to you

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.079
 not to tear

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.739
 down but to

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.420
 build up

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:20.119
 God would you

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.819
 would you allow

00:34:20.819 --> 00:34:21.440
 me to treasure

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:22.239
 you above all

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:22.739
 else in my

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:23.339
 heart today

00:34:23.339 --> 00:34:24.059
 would you remove

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:25.219
 any false joy

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:26.099
 any false

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:26.579
 treasure

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.400
 any false

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:28.199
 delight far

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:28.880
 from me

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.859
 and satisfy

00:34:29.859 --> 00:34:30.380
 my heart

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:30.900
 this morning

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.420
 in your

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:32.380
 unfailing love

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.860
 God would you

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.340
 do that

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:34.280
 this is what

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:35.079
 it looks like

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:36.260
 to live

00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:37.059
 daily in your

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.559
 union with

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.039
 Christ

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:41.900
 the ordinances

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:42.720
 of baptism

00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:43.960
 and the

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.559
 Lord's Supper

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:44.860
 church

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:45.260
 they are

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:46.720
 beautiful

00:34:46.720 --> 00:34:47.420
 pictures

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:47.940
 of our

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.340
 union

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:49.240
 with Christ

00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:49.900
 but I want

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.260
 to make it

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:50.800
 clear to you

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.500
 as we close

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:53.860
 they are not

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:55.200
 just empty

00:34:55.200 --> 00:34:56.059
 religious

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.800
 rituals

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:59.680
 they both

00:34:59.680 --> 00:35:00.440
 demonstrate

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:02.960
 and demand

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:04.700
 new life

00:35:04.700 --> 00:35:05.260
 in Christ

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:08.340
 do not

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:09.019
 partake

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.740
 of these

00:35:09.740 --> 00:35:10.280
 elements

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:12.519
 if you have

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.260
 no intention

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:14.039
 of living out

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.760
 what they

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.300
 represent

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:19.019
 if you have

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.560
 been baptized

00:35:19.560 --> 00:35:20.420
 and if you

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:21.660
 take communion

00:35:21.660 --> 00:35:22.100
 what you're

00:35:22.100 --> 00:35:22.560
 saying

00:35:22.560 --> 00:35:23.280
 church

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:24.019
 is I

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.540
 am in

00:35:24.540 --> 00:35:25.160
 Christ

00:35:25.160 --> 00:35:25.980
 sin has

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.740
 no dominion

00:35:26.740 --> 00:35:27.440
 over me

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:29.300
 how can

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.680
 we who

00:35:29.680 --> 00:35:30.040
 have died

00:35:30.040 --> 00:35:30.519
 to sin

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.460
 still live

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.300
 in it

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:34.920
 Paul gives

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.460
 this exact

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.820
 warning

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.480
 clearly in

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:36.720
 Romans

00:35:36.720 --> 00:35:37.400
 in 1st

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:37.840
 Corinthians

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.860
 chapter 10

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:41.240
 he warns

00:35:41.240 --> 00:35:41.820
 the Corinthians

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:43.220
 that simply

00:35:43.220 --> 00:35:43.820
 partaking

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:44.519
 of these

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:45.019
 signs

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.920
 apart from

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.420
 genuine

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:46.940
 faith

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.540
 and genuine

00:35:47.540 --> 00:35:48.040
 repentance

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.820
 it means

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.500
 absolutely

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.340
 nothing

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:51.119
 for you

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:51.500
 in fact

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:51.880
 it may

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.139
 be

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.860
 it may

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:53.039
 mean

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.440
 trouble

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:54.219
 for you

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:56.259
 listen to

00:35:56.259 --> 00:35:56.699
 this warning

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:57.320
 from 1st

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:57.659
 Corinthians

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:58.000
 10

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.500
 he says

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.719
 for I do

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:00.179
 not want

00:36:00.179 --> 00:36:00.559
 you to be

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:00.900
 unaware

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.519
 brothers

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:01.920
 that our

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.460
 fathers

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.559
 were all

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.059
 under the

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.480
 cloud

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.579
 and all

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.099
 passed

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.739
 through the

00:36:06.739 --> 00:36:07.079
 sea

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:07.759
 all were

00:36:07.759 --> 00:36:08.199
 baptized

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.739
 into

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.199
 Moses

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:09.699
 in the

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:10.119
 cloud

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.539
 and in

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.739
 the

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:11.019
 sea

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.440
 do you

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:11.579
 hear

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:11.739
 there

00:36:11.739 --> 00:36:11.880
 a

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.079
 picture

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.219
 of

00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:12.639
 baptism

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:14.779
 all

00:36:14.779 --> 00:36:15.199
 of them

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:15.400
 were

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:16.019
 baptized

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.840
 as it

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.159
 were

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:17.699
 rescued

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:18.339
 out of

00:36:18.339 --> 00:36:18.879
 slavery

00:36:18.879 --> 00:36:19.199
 in

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:19.619
 Egypt

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.219
 brought

00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:20.779
 into

00:36:20.779 --> 00:36:21.399
 freedom

00:36:21.399 --> 00:36:21.980
 through

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.259
 the

00:36:22.259 --> 00:36:22.659
 waters

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:22.879
 of

00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:23.000
 the

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.179
 red

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:23.480
 sea

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:23.739
 do you

00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:23.899
 see

00:36:23.899 --> 00:36:24.179
 an

00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:24.419
 image

00:36:24.419 --> 00:36:24.559
 of

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:25.000
 baptism

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:26.859
 he

00:36:26.859 --> 00:36:27.119
 goes

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.460
 on

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:28.239
 and all

00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:28.719
 ate

00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:29.000
 the

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.299
 same

00:36:29.299 --> 00:36:29.879
 spiritual

00:36:29.879 --> 00:36:30.359
 food

00:36:30.359 --> 00:36:30.939
 and all

00:36:30.939 --> 00:36:31.519
 drank

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:31.759
 the

00:36:31.759 --> 00:36:32.019
 same

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.599
 spiritual

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:33.079
 drink

00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:33.419
 for

00:36:33.419 --> 00:36:33.599
 they

00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:33.980
 drank

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.159
 from

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:34.339
 the

00:36:34.339 --> 00:36:34.739
 spiritual

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.139
 rock

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:35.319
 that

00:36:35.319 --> 00:36:35.659
 followed

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:36.019
 them

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.299
 and the

00:36:36.299 --> 00:36:36.559
 rock

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:36.739
 was

00:36:36.739 --> 00:36:37.159
 Christ

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:37.439
 there's

00:36:37.439 --> 00:36:37.579
 a

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:37.779
 sermon

00:36:37.779 --> 00:36:38.039
 for

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.359
 another

00:36:38.359 --> 00:36:38.719
 day

00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:39.419
 do you

00:36:39.419 --> 00:36:39.559
 hear

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:39.739
 there

00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:39.879
 a

00:36:39.879 --> 00:36:40.079
 picture

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.239
 of

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:40.599
 communion

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:43.159
 this

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:43.659
 redeemed

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:43.679
!

00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:44.259
 community

00:36:44.259 --> 00:36:44.559
 who

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.279
 all

00:36:45.279 --> 00:36:45.460
 of

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:45.679
 them

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.500
 brought

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:46.800
 out of

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.239
 slavery

00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:47.599
 all

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.760
 of

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:47.900
 them

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.559
 baptized

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:49.059
 as it

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.260
 were

00:36:49.260 --> 00:36:49.440
 through

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:49.619
 the

00:36:49.619 --> 00:36:49.980
 waters

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.199
 all

00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:50.320
 of

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:50.420
 them

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:50.639
 now

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.219
 called

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:51.579
 to be

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:51.900
 God's

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:52.260
 people

00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:52.780
 God

00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:53.559
 sustained

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.059
 them

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.420
 with

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:54.639
 this

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:55.159
 spiritual

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:55.679
 food

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:56.139
 on

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.340
 their

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:56.599
 way

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:56.760
 to

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:56.940
 the

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.280
 promised

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:57.559
 land

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:57.800
 does that

00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.039
 sound

00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:58.280
 like

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:58.599
 us?

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:00.900
 He

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.420
 reminded

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:01.679
 them

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:02.320
 constantly

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:02.639
 of

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:02.780
 his

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:03.360
 care

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:03.519
 and

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:03.659
 his

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:04.059
 provision

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:04.440
 for

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:04.619
 them

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:04.780
 he

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.360
 reminded

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:05.579
 them

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.179
 constantly

00:37:06.179 --> 00:37:06.380
 of

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:06.519
 his

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.119
 faithfulness

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.320
 to

00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:07.539
 them

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:07.679
 that

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:07.860
 they

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.039
 were

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:08.260
 his

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:08.659
 people

00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:08.860
 and

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:08.980
 he

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.179
 was

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:09.380
 his

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:09.800
 God

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:10.320
 and

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:10.739
 yet

00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:11.659
 he

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:11.960
 goes

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.359
 on

00:37:12.359 --> 00:37:14.679
 nevertheless

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:15.119
 with

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.519
 most

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:15.799
 of

00:37:15.799 --> 00:37:16.019
 them

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.279
 God

00:37:16.279 --> 00:37:16.500
 was

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:16.739
 not

00:37:16.739 --> 00:37:17.299
 pleased

00:37:17.299 --> 00:37:18.759
 for

00:37:18.759 --> 00:37:18.899
 they

00:37:18.899 --> 00:37:19.039
 were

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.619
 overthrown

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:19.779
 in

00:37:19.779 --> 00:37:19.879
 the

00:37:19.879 --> 00:37:20.219
 wilderness

00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:21.879
 here's

00:37:21.879 --> 00:37:22.000
 the

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.279
 point

00:37:22.279 --> 00:37:24.059
 these

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.779
 ordinances

00:37:24.779 --> 00:37:26.519
 are

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:27.059
 incredible

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:28.399
 signs of

00:37:28.399 --> 00:37:28.699
 God's

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:29.179
 gift of

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:29.599
 grace

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:30.019
 in the

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:30.420
 gospel

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:30.699
 of

00:37:30.699 --> 00:37:31.019
 Christ

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.239
 they

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:31.399
 are

00:37:31.399 --> 00:37:31.940
 visible

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.299
 and

00:37:32.299 --> 00:37:32.759
 tangible

00:37:32.759 --> 00:37:33.519
 expressions

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.440
 of our

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:34.819
 union

00:37:34.819 --> 00:37:35.099
 with

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:35.519
 Jesus

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:36.019
 but

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.440
 again

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:37.039
 church

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.579
 apart

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:37.920
 from

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.299
 real

00:37:38.299 --> 00:37:38.879
 repentance

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.539
 and

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:39.820
 apart

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:40.079
 from

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:40.539
 real

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:41.059
 faith

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:41.519
 they

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:42.000
 are

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.800
 empty

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:45.320
 so

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:45.559
 Paul

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:45.880
 says

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:46.200
 these

00:37:46.200 --> 00:37:46.640
 things

00:37:46.640 --> 00:37:46.900
 took

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:47.260
 place

00:37:47.260 --> 00:37:47.519
 as

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:48.099
 examples

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:49.019
 for

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.460
 us

00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:50.780
 that

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:50.960
 we

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.220
 might

00:37:51.220 --> 00:37:51.460
 not

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:51.900
 desire

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.360
 evil

00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:52.579
 as

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:52.760
 they

00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:53.099
 did

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:54.400
 do

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:54.700
 not

00:37:54.700 --> 00:37:55.000
 be

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.780
 idolaters

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:56.320
 as

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:56.539
 some

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:56.700
 of

00:37:56.700 --> 00:37:56.920
 them

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.200
 were

00:37:57.200 --> 00:37:57.440
 as

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:57.539
 it

00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:57.680
 is

00:37:57.680 --> 00:37:57.920
 written

00:37:57.920 --> 00:37:58.099
 the

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.400
 people

00:37:58.400 --> 00:37:59.039
 sat

00:37:59.039 --> 00:37:59.320
 down

00:37:59.320 --> 00:37:59.500
 to

00:37:59.500 --> 00:37:59.780
 eat

00:37:59.780 --> 00:38:00.000
 and

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:00.619
 drink

00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:00.820
 and

00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:01.119
 rose

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:01.380
 up

00:38:01.380 --> 00:38:01.559
 to

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:01.920
 play

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:03.660
 so

00:38:03.660 --> 00:38:03.840
 we

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:04.039
 must

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.260
 not

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:04.760
 indulge

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:04.920
 in

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.320
 sexual

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:06.019
 immorality

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.260
 as

00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:06.420
 some

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:06.579
 of

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:06.760
 them

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:07.119
 did

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:07.960
 and

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.980
 23,000

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.360
 fell

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:09.639
 in a

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:09.860
 single

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:10.220
 day

00:38:10.220 --> 00:38:11.059
 we

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:11.280
 must

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:11.559
 not

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:11.820
 put

00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:12.220
 Christ

00:38:12.220 --> 00:38:12.480
 to

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:12.639
 the

00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:13.039
 test

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.280
 as

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.440
 some

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:13.579
 of

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:13.780
 them

00:38:13.780 --> 00:38:14.099
 did

00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:14.880
 and

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.000
 were

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.460
 destroyed

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:15.679
 by

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:16.340
 serpents

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:16.559
 nor

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:17.099
 grumble

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:17.599
 as

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:17.820
 some

00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:17.980
 of

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.199
 them

00:38:18.199 --> 00:38:18.480
 did

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:18.599
 and

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:18.720
 were

00:38:18.720 --> 00:38:19.320
 destroyed

00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:19.539
 by

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:19.720
 the

00:38:19.720 --> 00:38:20.420
 destroyer

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:20.800
 now

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:21.059
 these

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.340
 things

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:21.679
 happened

00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:22.059
 to

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.480
 them

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:22.740
 as

00:38:22.740 --> 00:38:22.880
 an

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:23.460
 example

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:23.980
 but

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.099
 they

00:38:24.099 --> 00:38:24.260
 were

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:24.559
 written

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:24.920
 down

00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:25.179
 for

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:25.639
 our

00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:26.440
 instruction

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:27.340
 on

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:27.500
 whom

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:27.659
 the

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:27.860
 end

00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:27.960
 of

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.099
 the

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:28.420
 ages

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:28.639
 has

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.099
 come

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.800
 church

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:30.019
 they

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 are

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:30.519
 written

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 down

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 for

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 us

00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:35.559
 for

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 us

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 as we

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:37.860
 come

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:38.000
 to

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 the

00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:38.500
 table

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:40.500
 for

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:40.920
 us

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.940
 as we

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.079
 go

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.400
 down

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:42.579
 into

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 the

00:38:42.740 --> 00:38:43.079
 waters

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:43.280
 of

00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:43.760
 baptism

00:38:43.760 --> 00:38:45.500
 for

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:45.800
 us

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.079
 as we

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.659
 reflect

00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:47.599
 on

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:47.740
 our

00:38:47.740 --> 00:38:48.099
 precious

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.539
 union

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:49.340
 with

00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:49.679
 Jesus

00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:50.200
 Christ

00:38:50.200 --> 00:38:50.579
 friend

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:52.199
 have

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:52.519
 you

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:52.880
 been

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:53.340
 united

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:53.559
 to

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:53.920
 Christ

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.159
 by

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:54.539
 faith

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:57.340
 have

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:57.539
 you

00:38:57.539 --> 00:38:57.920
 been

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.779
 united

00:38:58.779 --> 00:38:59.259
 with

00:38:59.259 --> 00:38:59.599
 him

00:38:59.599 --> 00:38:59.819
 in

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 his

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.460
 death

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:00.719
 to

00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:01.119
 sin

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:01.599
 and

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:01.819
 his

00:39:01.819 --> 00:39:02.159
 life

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:02.380
 to

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:02.779
 God

00:39:02.779 --> 00:39:03.219
 do

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:03.360
 you

00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:03.819
 live

00:39:03.819 --> 00:39:04.199
 now

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:04.400
 in

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:04.900
 resurrection

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:05.599
 victory

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:05.900
 over

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:06.259
 sin

00:39:06.259 --> 00:39:06.699
 have

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:06.860
 you

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:07.279
 entered

00:39:07.279 --> 00:39:07.719
 into

00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:08.039
 that

00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:08.420
 union

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:08.639
 if

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:08.960
 not

00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:09.159
 then

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:09.460
 friend

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:10.079
 what

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.299
 would

00:39:10.299 --> 00:39:10.579
 keep

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:10.739
 you

00:39:10.739 --> 00:39:10.900
 from

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:11.199
 coming

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:11.380
 to

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:11.699
 Christ

00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:11.940
 this

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:12.199
 very

00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:12.579
 morning

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:13.679
 and

00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:13.960
 calling

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.199
 out

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:14.299
 to

00:39:14.299 --> 00:39:14.460
 him

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:14.639
 in

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:14.920
 faith

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:17.519
 and

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:17.659
 if

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:18.000
 so

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 Christian

00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:20.420
 consider

00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:21.200
 yourself

00:39:21.200 --> 00:39:21.820
 dead

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:22.180
 to

00:39:22.180 --> 00:39:22.519
 sin

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:23.320
 and

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:23.760
 alive

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:23.960
 to

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.200
 God

00:39:24.200 --> 00:39:24.360
 in

00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:24.840
 Christ

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:26.880
 live

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.500
 in

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:27.880
 the

00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:28.300
 union

00:39:28.300 --> 00:39:28.800
 God

00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:28.980
 has

00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:29.320
 purchased

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:29.599
 for

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:29.860
 you

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:30.559
 in

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:30.700
 the

00:39:30.700 --> 00:39:31.019
 gospel

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.220
 of

00:39:31.220 --> 00:39:31.619
 Christ

00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:32.340
 let's

00:39:32.340 --> 00:39:32.619
 pray

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:35.619
 father

00:39:35.619 --> 00:39:35.880
 God

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:36.079
 we

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:36.780
 praise

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:37.000
 you

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.200
 for

00:39:37.200 --> 00:39:37.519
 this

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:40.119
 unfathomable

00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:40.559
 grace

00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:40.960
 that you've

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.159
 given

00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:41.420
 us

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:41.579
 in

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:41.980
 Christ

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:44.639
 that

00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:44.960
 all

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:45.139
 who

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:45.440
 come

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:45.720
 to

00:39:45.720 --> 00:39:46.400
 King

00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:46.800
 Jesus

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:47.079
 by

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.579
 faith

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:47.980
 you

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.320
 have

00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:48.900
 removed

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:49.139
 our

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:49.460
 sins

00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:49.760
 from

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:49.960
 us

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:50.360
 as far

00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:50.519
 as

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:50.659
 the

00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:50.920
 east

00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:51.139
 is

00:39:51.139 --> 00:39:51.380
 from

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:51.559
 the

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:51.900
 west

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:52.079
 you

00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:52.320
 have

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:53.019
 made

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:53.240
 us

00:39:53.240 --> 00:39:53.880
 new

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:54.199
 in

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:54.579
 Christ

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:54.840
 you've

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:55.000
 given

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:55.139
 us

00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:55.599
 a very

00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:56.940
 new

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.679
 identity

00:39:57.679 --> 00:39:58.260
 Lord

00:39:58.260 --> 00:39:58.460
 we're

00:39:58.460 --> 00:39:58.659
 no

00:39:58.659 --> 00:39:59.019
 longer

00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.400
 dead

00:39:59.400 --> 00:39:59.639
 we're

00:39:59.639 --> 00:40:00.099
 alive

00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:00.300
 we're

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:00.420
 no

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:00.699
 longer

00:40:00.699 --> 00:40:01.280
 slaves

00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:01.500
 we're

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:01.880
 free

00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:02.780
 we pray

00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:03.139
 father

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:03.579
 that we

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:03.780
 would

00:40:03.780 --> 00:40:04.360
 live

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:04.820
 in

00:40:04.820 --> 00:40:05.199
 this

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:05.619
 union

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:05.860
 that

00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:06.039
 you've

00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:06.199
 given

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:06.420
 us

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:06.579
 in

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:06.920
 Christ

00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:08.559
 we

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:08.800
 praise

00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:08.940
 you

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.119
 now

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:09.260
 that

00:40:09.260 --> 00:40:09.360
 we

00:40:09.360 --> 00:40:09.460
 get

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:09.579
 to

00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:09.740
 see

00:40:09.740 --> 00:40:09.860
 it

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.420
 represented

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:10.639
 in

00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:10.740
 the

00:40:10.740 --> 00:40:11.000
 waters

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.179
 of

00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:11.699
 baptism

00:40:11.699 --> 00:40:12.079
 and

00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:12.880
 in

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:13.019
 the

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:13.380
 Lord's

00:40:13.380 --> 00:40:13.599
 supper

00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:14.139
 would

00:40:14.139 --> 00:40:14.319
 you

00:40:14.319 --> 00:40:15.000
 feed

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.199
 us

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:15.400
 by

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:15.779
 faith

00:40:15.779 --> 00:40:16.299
 as

00:40:16.299 --> 00:40:16.400
 we

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:16.759
 partake

00:40:16.759 --> 00:40:16.859
 of

00:40:16.859 --> 00:40:17.000
 these

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.299
 elements

00:40:17.299 --> 00:40:17.699
 we pray

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:17.839
 in

00:40:17.839 --> 00:40:18.019
 Jesus

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.420
 name

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:19.900
 amen