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 Well, in 2003, the United States invaded Iraq.

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 In Saddam Hussein, his regime, his tyranny was toppled.

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 He had no more authority in Iraq.

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 But if you're familiar with that time,

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 it was months before Saddam Hussein was actually captured.

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 So for months, he was on the run in Iraq,

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 exerting all sorts of mayhem in that country.

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 Though he was in hiding, he was exerting influence.

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 Despite not having any authority, he was still wreaking havoc.

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 It's a great picture of indwelling sin in the life of a believer.

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 The cross of Jesus Christ has paid the penalty of sin.

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 The cross of Jesus Christ has broken the power of sin.

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 And yet the cross of Jesus Christ has yet to eradicate sin from the life of a believer.

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 We are simultaneously justified in God's eyes, and yet we still sin.

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 And we have this little tyrant called indwelling sin wreaking havoc in our lives.

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 Today we're going to be looking at the second half of Romans 6.

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 And what you need to know going into Romans, the second half,

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 is that the Apostle Paul is assuming that a Christian is experiencing the influence of indwelling sin,

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 and that that sin exerts influence,

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 and it's wanting you to obey its passions, its desires, its cravings.

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 You know what I love about my Bible?

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 It's the best explanation for reality.

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 It explains my experience as a Christian to a T.

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 And so what we have here in Romans chapter 6, especially the latter half here,

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 is a way in which we are to think about our relationship with sin

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 now that Jesus has radically changed us by His grace.

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 Last week I asked you, as the close of the sermon,

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 to be thinking about a particular sin that you,

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 in the vein of Romans 6, 12, and 13,

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 that you regularly offer the instruments of your body to.

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 Where are you tempted to sin?

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 It would be very appropriate to be asking,

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 okay, how am I presenting my body to sexual lust?

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 How am I presenting my body to covetousness,

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 to greed, to the fear of man,

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 to this anxiety that can suffocate me,

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 this pride that thinks I'm better than anybody else,

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 or I'm not as good as anyone else?

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 What is this thing in me that causes these outbursts of anger,

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 and I end up giving myself to it?

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 Brother, sister, God's will for you is your sanctification,

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 for you to become more and more like Jesus in your everyday life.

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 One old timer said it this way.

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 Be killing sin,

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 or sin will be killing you.

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 There's no such thing as indifference with regard to indwelling sin.

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 If you're indifferent to it,

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 you are already serving it.

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 Christians, we no longer serve sin.

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 We slay sin.

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 And sanctification is the process of being ruled less and less by indwelling sin

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 and becoming more and more holy like our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 You see, God's grace isn't an excuse to sin.

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 God's grace compels us, trains us to be holy.

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 So we're going to move forward,

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 as we have been over the next couple of last Sundays.

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 We're going to look at doctrine defined.

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 So we're going to circle back to this thing called sanctification.

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 I'm going to walk you through that chart I showed you last week

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 just to remind those of you who are here,

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 and if you weren't here,

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 so those of you who weren't here

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 see a very important distinction

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 between the doctrine of justification and sanctification.

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 And then we're going to dive into Romans chapter 6, 15 through 23.

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 I'm going to help you see that this doctrine of sanctification is biblical.

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 We just can't agree to it.

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 We must be engaging in it.

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 And then finally, I'm going to apply this doctrine in two ways.

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 A holy mindset, we've got to be thinking a certain way,

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 and a holy skill set

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 in which you are equipped to slay your sin

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 and bring to life godliness.

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 Hey, have you been using grace as an excuse to sin?

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 Let's look at this doctrine defined.

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 Two weeks ago,

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 I preached a sermon on justification,

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 and I think it ministered to many of you.

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 Oh boy.

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 Just, I know, I got it.

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 Okay, this is my sanctification.

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 Yeah, thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Yeah.

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 I'm a graduate of Thompson Junior High School.

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 And yes,

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 I got a massive dry erase marker for this moment.

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 Okay, justification, just to remind you.

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 The doctrine of justification teaches this.

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 We see this in Romans 5, 1.

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 That God, in a one-time legal act,

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 declares an unrighteous sinner righteous in His sight,

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 based upon that sinner's faith

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 in the finished work of Christ.

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 And so, the moment a sinner believes in the gospel,

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 they are now declared righteous legally by God.

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 They're in right standing with Him.

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 They were, at one point,

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 they were without excuse, under God's wrath,

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 unrighteous in every way,

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 whether they were a moralist,

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 or they were a hedonist,

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 and then God changed them.

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 Remember this illustration?

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 Here is you,

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 with your unrighteousness.

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 You had a fat list of that.

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 And God's wrath was over you for that.

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 And then here's Jesus Christ

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 with His 33 years of perfect righteousness.

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 And what God does,

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 the moment a sinner believes,

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 is He thinks differently about this.

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 He considers your righteousness

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 as now being placed on Christ.

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 And He applies Christ's death from 2,000 years ago

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 all the wrath poured out on Christ

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 is now poured out on Christ

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 for all of your sin.

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 So it's completely forgiven.

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 That's how He thinks about you.

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 But that's just half that.

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 Because now, God also thinks of Christ's righteousness

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 as the fancy word is imputed to you.

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 It's legally true of you the moment you believe.

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 All of Christ's righteousness.

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 And so at that moment,

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 He sees you and thinks of you

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 as completely forgiven,

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 all of His wrath poured out on Christ

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 for your sake.

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 And now all of Christ's righteousness

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 imputed to you.

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 It's yours now.

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 And at that moment,

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 you are justified in His sight

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 at peace with God.

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 That's why that verse,

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 2 Corinthians 5, 21,

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 and He, God,

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 made Him, Jesus,

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 who knew no sin

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 to become sin on our behalf,

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 that we might become

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 the righteousness of God.

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 That's what that's talking about.

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 That's double imputation.

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 That's the internal workings of justification.

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 And so,

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 now,

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 a justified sinner

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 has an imputed righteousness

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 in which they stand.

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 This doesn't change.

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 It's a work of God alone.

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 It's immediate

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 at the moment you believe.

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 And it's not just immediate.

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 What was the word

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 I wanted there?

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 Immediate

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 and

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 this 51-year-old brain.

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 It was immediate.

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 And it was complete.

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 Because it's

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 the righteousness of Christ

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 imputed to you,

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 there's no more

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 additional righteousness

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 of Christ

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 that needs to be imputed to you.

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 It's all yours.

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 It's complete.

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 The moment you believed.

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 And therefore,

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 it's unchanging.

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 So now,

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 if I came to Christ

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 as a 19-year-old,

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 for the rest of my days

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 on this planet,

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 I am fully righteous

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 in God's sight

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 because of the finished work

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 of Christ.

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 Imputed to me.

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 Do I have an amen?

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 Okay.

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 This is justification.

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 This happens

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 the moment

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 of your salvation.

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 God alone,

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 we add nothing to it.

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 It's immediate,

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 complete,

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 unchanging.

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 For by grace,

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 you've been saved

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 through faith.

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 It's not your own owning.

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 It's the gift of God.

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 God.

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 Now,

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 when we get to

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 sanctification,

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 where justification

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 is that one-time

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 legal declaration

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 of God,

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 sanctification

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 is a cooperative

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 between God

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 and a justified sinner

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 in which

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 we are working together

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 to work out

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 what God

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 has started in us.

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 It's a process

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 of being less

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 and less ruled by sin

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 and more and more

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 like Christ

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 and His holiness.

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 And so this,

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 we can call it

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 practical

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 or experiential

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 righteousness.

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 It's right living,

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 showing up

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 day by day

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 in your life.

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 It's living for God,

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 obeying Him.

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 It's an outworking

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 of your right standing.

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 This is right

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 walking

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 day by day.

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 This is the basis

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 of it all.

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 You're justified

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 by God's grace,

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 period.

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 This is the outworking

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 of it.

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 You are now

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 walking by God's grace,

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 dot, dot, dot.

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 So this is

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 a cooperative

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 between God

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 and the justified,

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 oh, bad writing,

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 sinner,

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 a.k.a. a saint,

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 where this is immediate,

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 justification is immediate,

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 this is ongoing,

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 where justification

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 is complete,

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 you've been given

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 the full righteousness

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 of Christ.

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 This is incomplete

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 because

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 it's not until

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 you are in the very

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 presence of God,

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 whether you breathe

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 your last

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 or Jesus returns,

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 that you will now

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 no longer

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 need to put sin

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 to death

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 and bring to life

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 what is pleasing

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 to God.

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 So you're not

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 going to be

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 righteously perfect

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 this side of glory.

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 It's incomplete

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 and therefore

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 it's changing.

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 Sanctification is,

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 some theologians

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 call it progressive.

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 It's like the Dow Jones

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 Industrial Average

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 over decades

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 where you're seeing it

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 gradually increase,

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 but if you come into

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 like a three-month period

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 you see that like

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 really sharp dips

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 and rises

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 and stuff like that,

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 but the trajectory

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 over time

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 is gain.

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 And so

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 both are true

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 of a Christian.

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 a Christian

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 the moment they believe

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 is justified,

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 that's never going

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 to change,

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 it's God alone,

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 He doesn't revoke it,

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 and they're being

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 sanctified,

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 which is a progress,

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 progressive,

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 cooperative with God.

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 Last week I told you

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 what happens

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 when people confuse

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 these.

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 Do you know what happens

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 when someone thinks

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 that their justification,

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 your right standing

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 with God,

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 depends upon your

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 sanctification,

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 your right walking

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 with God,

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 do you know what happens?

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 Misery!

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 Because you're living

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 in fear.

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 Because you think

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 that your obedience

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 earns your right standing

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 with God

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 and that is just

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 not biblical.

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 It's a recipe

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 for misery.

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 That's what all

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 the other religions

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 in the world

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 propose.

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 Our faith,

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 the Christian faith,

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 starts with grace

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 that justifies.

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 And then it moves

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 to grace

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 that sanctifies.

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 So when you do

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 get this relationship

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 clear and right,

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 now you're positioned

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 to start putting

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 sin to death

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 and bringing to life

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 godliness,

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 realizing that

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 your salvation

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 doesn't depend on it.

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 It's not working

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 of what God

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 has begun in you.

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 You guys tracking

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 with me?

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 Nods?

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 Okay.

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 This,

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 20 years ago,

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 in the life

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 of Mike Salvati,

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 rescued me

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 from a life

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 of just

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 heartache

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 and misery.

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 I actually thought

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 my salvation

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 depended on me.

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 And it's just

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 not true.

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 It's not biblical.

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 And so when I learned

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 this,

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 it was like,

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 what?

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 This is God's grace?

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 It's amazing.

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 So as a result,

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 Christian,

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 you know what you can say?

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 You're as justified

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 as you ever will be.

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 You're as justified

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 as the Apostle Paul

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 because you've both

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 been declared righteous

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 with the imputed

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 righteousness

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 But when it comes

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 to our sanctification,

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 we're working that out.

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 And some of us

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 who've been fighting

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 for a while

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 are going to be

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 down the road

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 a little longer

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 than some of us

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 who are just

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 starting out.

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 But here's what

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 I want you to hear.

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 The grace

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 that justified you

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 is the same grace

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 that is sanctifying you.

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 The grace

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 that justified you,

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 period,

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 done,

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 is the grace

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 that is sanctifying you

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 ongoingly.

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 So,

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 sanctification

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 is the cooperative

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 process between

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 God and a Christian

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 to be ruled

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 less and less

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 by sin

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 and become more

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 and more like Christ

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 in holiness,

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 day-to-day holiness.

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 So,

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 the question now

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 we've got to ask,

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 is this biblical?

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 Do our Bibles

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 actually teach this?

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 And that's where

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 I want you

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 to turn in your Bibles

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 to Romans chapter 6

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 verses 15 through 23.

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 In your pew Bible,

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 I think it's like

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 around 1120.

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 I forgot to check.

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 1121.

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 Thank you, Petey.

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 I'm going to read

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 this for us.

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 Romans 6,

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 15 through 23,

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 Paul makes

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 a really compelling

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 case here

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 and he starts

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 using a language

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 he hasn't used yet

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 in the book of Romans.

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 Not this explicitly.

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 What then?

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 Are we to

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 sin?

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 Because we are not

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 under law

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 but under grace?

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 By no means.

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 Do you not know

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 that if you present

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 yourselves to anyone

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 as obedient slaves,

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 you are slaves

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 of the one whom

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 you obey,

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 either of sin

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 which leads to death

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 or of obedience

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 which leads to righteousness?

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 But thanks be to God,

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 this is the Apostle Paul

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 writing,

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 to a church in Rome,

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 Christians in Rome.

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 Well, thanks be to God

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 that you who were

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 once slaves of sin

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 have become obedient

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 from the heart

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 to the standard of teaching

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 to which you were committed

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 and having been set free

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 from sin

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 have become slaves

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 of righteousness.

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 I'm speaking in human terms

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 because of your

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 natural limitations

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 for just as you once

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 presented your members

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 as slaves to impurity

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 and to lawlessness

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 leading to more lawlessness,

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 so now present your members

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 as slaves to righteousness

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 leading to sanctification.

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 For when you were slaves of sin

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 you were free

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 in regard to righteousness

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 but what fruit

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 were you getting

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 at that time

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 from the things

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 of which you are now ashamed?

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 For the end of those things

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 is death.

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 But now,

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 now,

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 that you have been set

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 free from sin

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 and have become

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 slaves of God

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 the fruit you get

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 leads to sanctification

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 and its end

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 eternal life.

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 For the wages of sin

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 is death

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 but the free gift of God

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 is eternal life

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 in Christ Jesus

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 our Lord.

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 Is sanctification biblical?

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 Well,

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 the word shows up twice

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 in these verses.

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 In verse 19,

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 so now present your members

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 as slaves to righteousness

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 leading to sanctification

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 and then in verse 22,

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 but now

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 that you've been set

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 free from sin

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 and have become

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 slaves of God

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 the fruit you get

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 leads to

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 sanctification.

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 Being less and less

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 ruled by sin

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 and becoming more

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 and more

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 like Jesus.

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 In fact,

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 in 6.4

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 Paul uses

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 a very different phrase

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 to describe sanctification.

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 It's the last phrase,

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 we too might walk

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 in newness of life.

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 Walk,

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 live,

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 carry it out.

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 Sanctification.

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 So,

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 here's what's happening

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 in Romans chapter 6,

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 15 through 23.

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 On one level,

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 it's a simple Q&A.

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 He asks a question

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 in verse 15

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 and 16 through 23

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 he answers that question.

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 Very simple.

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 But what is he addressing?

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 Paul is seeking

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 to correct

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 a possible

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 misunderstanding

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 of grace.

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 Look at verse 14.

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 For sin will have

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 no dominion over you

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 since you are not

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 under law

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 but under grace.

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 And the apostle Paul

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 knows how people

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 like us think

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 under grace.

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 Did God just write me

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 a free check to sin?

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 And so he says,

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 what then?

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 Are we to sin?

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 Go on sinning,

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 continue in sin

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 because we're not

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 under law

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 but under grace.

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 If grace is ruling us,

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 if we're under

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 the dominion of grace now,

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 can we sin all we want?

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 Is being under grace

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 licensed

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 to sin?

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 Well,

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 what we see here is

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 his argument is,

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 no,

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 grace is not

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 licensed to sin.

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 grace trains us

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 in holiness.

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 You know,

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 a lot of evangelicals

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 think about grace

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 in terms of

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 fire extinguisher

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 from the wrath of God.

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 True.

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 They think about grace

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 as God's safety net.

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 He'll never let you go.

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 True.

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 As God's

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 kind of

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 healing balm

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 on our wounds.

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 That's true.

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 But grace is more

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 than that.

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 grace is like

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 the best coach

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 you will ever have

00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:58.859
 in your life

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 who will say,

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 okay, Mike,

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 I want you to push

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 the envelope

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 of holiness.

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 You go now, boy!

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 Grace is muscular.

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 Grace is gritty.

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 Grace rescues

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 and it compels.

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 And we're going to see

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 that now played out

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 with very interesting language.

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 In 15 through 23,

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 Paul makes clear

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 that Christians

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 are not to use grace

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 as a license to sin.

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 Rather,

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 God's grace

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 is an empowerment

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 to obedience.

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 The grace

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 that justified you,

00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:36.920
 Christian,

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 is the same grace

00:20:38.320 --> 00:20:39.900
 that is sanctifying you.

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 So in verse 15,

00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:43.279
 he starts by saying,

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.060
 okay,

00:20:45.320 --> 00:20:46.299
 if we're under grace now,

00:20:46.320 --> 00:20:46.980
 are we free to sin?

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 And he says,

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:48.140
 by no means.

00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.660
 Salvati translation

00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:50.660
 is what are you

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:52.320
 are you kidding me?

00:20:53.600 --> 00:20:54.800
 This grace

00:20:54.800 --> 00:20:55.759
 that you've been

00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.580
 brought under,

00:20:57.080 --> 00:20:58.300
 you're going to use

00:20:58.300 --> 00:20:59.220
 that as an excuse

00:20:59.220 --> 00:20:59.900
 to sin?

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.300
 Behind this,

00:21:03.580 --> 00:21:04.120
 Paul knows

00:21:04.120 --> 00:21:06.220
 that if you think

00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:08.120
 that about grace,

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:10.160
 you've misunderstood grace.

00:21:12.100 --> 00:21:13.060
 So now he's going

00:21:13.060 --> 00:21:13.680
 to make a case.

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.380
 Verse 16,

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 starting,

00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:17.420
 verse 16,

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 he shifts gear.

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:21.220
 He's like,

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:21.500
 okay,

00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:21.859
 okay,

00:21:22.180 --> 00:21:23.339
 I'm guessing

00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:24.180
 you have a hard time

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:24.640
 understanding

00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:25.559
 what I'm talking about,

00:21:25.619 --> 00:21:26.759
 being under grace now,

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 so I'm going to come

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 at this from a different angle

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:31.420
 using kind of language

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 you're going to understand,

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:33.160
 verse 19.

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 Let's talk slavery.

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 And Paul's point

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 in verse 16

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 is that

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 you become a slave

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 to the one

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 you obey.

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 If you're presenting

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 yourself to sin,

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:51.480
 you're doing something

00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.420
 that's no longer

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.519
 true of who you are.

00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:55.180
 He's now going

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:55.960
 to make a case

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 that grace

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 has made us

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 slaves

00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:02.339
 to righteousness,

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 to God.

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 So stop presenting

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:06.360
 your members

00:22:06.360 --> 00:22:07.140
 to slaves

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 to sin.

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 That's the argument.

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 It's like,

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.480
 do you not know?

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 Do you not know

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 that who you present

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 yourself to

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 as slaves

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 you obey?

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.860
 So in verses 17

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 through 22,

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 Paul sets out

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 to remind

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 the Christians

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 in Rome

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 and the Christians

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 in Kenosha

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 of three things.

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 Who we are now,

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 what we're to be doing now,

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 and what is our trajectory

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 now.

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 So let me just

00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:41.160
 draw these out

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 to you.

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 There's a device

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 that he uses

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:45.500
 that will help us.

00:22:46.360 --> 00:22:47.400
 Throughout this passage,

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 not only is he talking

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:48.779
 in slavery,

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 but he's using

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 a kind of

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:53.759
 a literary device

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 that is a before

00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:56.640
 and after technique,

00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:57.860
 a then and now

00:22:57.860 --> 00:22:58.600
 technique.

00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.940
 So let me show you.

00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:02.460
 In verses 17

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.920
 and 18,

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 he says,

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 but thanks be to God

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.380
 that you

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:07.920
 who were once

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:09.039
 slaves of sin

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:09.980
 before,

00:23:11.399 --> 00:23:12.480
 have become

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 now

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:15.700
 obedient from the heart

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 to the standard

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.680
 of teaching

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.319
 to which you were

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.899
 committed.

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.579
 He's talking about

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.819
 the apostolic gospel.

00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:21.659
 Christ,

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.599
 Jesus,

00:23:23.399 --> 00:23:24.680
 died and raised

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:26.180
 God's kingdom.

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:28.899
 And he says,

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.480
 and having been

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.599
 set free from sin,

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.819
 you were a slave

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.299
 once,

00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:34.059
 have now become

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.799
 slaves

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:36.379
 of righteousness.

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:38.159
 So he's using

00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:39.059
 this device

00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.759
 of before

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.379
 and after,

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.279
 then and now

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:42.480
 to help us

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:43.779
 understand who we are

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:45.419
 in our relationship

00:23:45.419 --> 00:23:45.940
 to sin.

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.819
 And did you notice

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.960
 that little phrase

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:50.680
 in verse 17,

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.359
 have become

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:52.599
 obedient from the heart?

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.059
 Do you know

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:53.879
 what that's getting at?

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:56.099
 Your conversion.

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:59.180
 The moment you got

00:23:59.180 --> 00:24:00.599
 flipped by God's grace.

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.079
 The moment you went

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.680
 from darkness

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.599
 into light.

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:05.259
 The moment you went

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.379
 from following

00:24:06.379 --> 00:24:07.159
 the prince of the power

00:24:07.159 --> 00:24:07.519
 of the air

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.339
 to now living

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.359
 for Jesus

00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:09.959
 because you're

00:24:09.959 --> 00:24:10.719
 in him now.

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.539
 You went from

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.779
 the proxy of Adam

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.559
 to the proxy

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.419
 of Christ.

00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:19.000
 The point he's making

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:20.459
 is you were

00:24:20.459 --> 00:24:21.439
 once slaves

00:24:21.439 --> 00:24:21.980
 to sin,

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:24.379
 but you're slaves

00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:25.659
 to sin no longer.

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:29.019
 You are now

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:30.459
 slaves

00:24:30.459 --> 00:24:31.679
 of righteousness.

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:33.759
 Oh, I hope

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.759
 you are a little

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.279
 uncomfortable

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.920
 right now.

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.100
 Slavery is not

00:24:39.100 --> 00:24:39.600
 the easiest thing

00:24:39.600 --> 00:24:40.100
 to talk about,

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.340
 right?

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:42.259
 But here's what

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.779
 he's getting at.

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.539
 For many of us

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:44.799
 Christians,

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.740
 we think when we've

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.400
 been set free,

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:48.000
 we've been freed men,

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.820
 freed women.

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.860
 Now we can do

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.600
 whatever we want.

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:53.060
 That's not what

00:24:53.060 --> 00:24:53.400
 he's saying.

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.980
 What he's saying

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:57.720
 is God's grace

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:59.740
 transfers you

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.880
 from one kind

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.579
 of slavery

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:03.539
 to another

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.359
 kind of slavery.

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:06.900
 You used to be

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.960
 a slave to sin.

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:09.460
 Now you're a slave

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:10.220
 of righteousness

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.940
 to God.

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.500
 God's grace

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:17.819
 freed you

00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:18.620
 from slavery

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.160
 to sin

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:21.440
 so that you can

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.940
 start obeying God.

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:24.640
 God's grace

00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:26.539
 is not

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.100
 this is slave

00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:27.460
 talk.

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.860
 It's redemption

00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:29.340
 talk.

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.440
 It's slave

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.420
 market talk.

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.740
 This is talking

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.740
 about this

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:35.019
 process back

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.500
 in the first

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.440
 century of

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.840
 when slaves

00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:38.840
 would be sold

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:40.100
 to slave

00:25:40.100 --> 00:25:40.980
 masters and

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.500
 they would go

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.059
 from being

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.960
 property of one

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.500
 to property

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:43.920
 of other

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.779
 to serve.

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.620
 God's grace

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:50.059
 flipped you

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.480
 brother and

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.720
 sister.

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:52.819
 you used to

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.339
 be a slave

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:53.819
 to sin

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.259
 and now

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:54.839
 you're a slave

00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:55.420
 of righteousness.

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.819
 In 1 Corinthians 6

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:58.200
 the apostle Paul

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:58.940
 is writing this

00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:00.019
 church in Corinth

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:01.180
 and they

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:02.480
 were just

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.299
 messed up.

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:05.240
 They had a real

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:06.220
 sexual immorality

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.680
 problem.

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.460
 And so Paul

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.440
 writes to them

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.160
 and he says

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:11.059
 to them

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:12.480
 you are not

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.059
 your own.

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.360
 You were

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:14.980
 bought

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:16.440
 with a price.

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:18.360
 So glorify God

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:18.900
 with your body.

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:20.440
 It's redemption

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:20.920
 language.

00:26:21.060 --> 00:26:21.540
 It's slave

00:26:21.540 --> 00:26:22.000
 language.

00:26:23.340 --> 00:26:23.940
 You're not

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.560
 your own

00:26:24.560 --> 00:26:25.240
 anymore.

00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:25.640
 You never

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.040
 were.

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.259
 But you've

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.640
 been bought

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.180
 by the blood

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.600
 of Jesus

00:26:28.600 --> 00:26:29.440
 and now

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.560
 you belong

00:26:30.560 --> 00:26:31.040
 to him.

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:32.060
 And now

00:26:32.060 --> 00:26:32.640
 you use your

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.480
 body for him

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.620
 for his fame

00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:35.460
 for his glory.

00:26:36.800 --> 00:26:37.220
 And so what

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.940
 Paul is getting

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.400
 at here with

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.060
 all this slave

00:26:39.060 --> 00:26:39.540
 talk this

00:26:39.540 --> 00:26:40.700
 before and

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.220
 after you

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.680
 were this

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:42.180
 now you're

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:42.600
 this.

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.519
 Brother

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:44.960
 sister

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:46.340
 do you know

00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:47.920
 why you don't

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.460
 present your

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.380
 body to sin

00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:49.759
 anymore?

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.880
 You're not

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.779
 owned by sin

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.140
 anymore.

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:55.279
 You're owned

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:56.240
 by Jesus

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.720
 now.

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:59.000
 Property

00:26:59.000 --> 00:27:00.279
 of

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:01.300
 Jesus.

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:04.019
 You belong

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.420
 to him.

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.140
 He didn't

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.940
 save you

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.560
 so that you

00:27:07.560 --> 00:27:07.779
 can do

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.180
 anything you

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:08.539
 wanted.

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.560
 He saved

00:27:09.560 --> 00:27:10.160
 you so that

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.500
 you could

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.140
 now live

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.720
 a life

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.759
 for him.

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.920
 So this

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:16.460
 passage starts

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:16.860
 out with

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.619
 who you

00:27:17.619 --> 00:27:18.539
 are now

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:19.059
 as a

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.559
 slave of

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:19.979
 righteousness.

00:27:20.479 --> 00:27:21.199
 You were

00:27:21.199 --> 00:27:21.740
 a slave

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.279
 of sin

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:23.219
 now you're

00:27:23.219 --> 00:27:23.619
 a slave

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.240
 of righteousness.

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:25.879
 And now

00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:26.579
 we go to

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:27.859
 what are we

00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:28.319
 to be doing

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.619
 now?

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.839
 Verse 19.

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:32.019
 Verse 19

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:33.740
 after he talks

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.219
 about speaking

00:27:34.219 --> 00:27:34.959
 in human terms

00:27:34.959 --> 00:27:35.359
 because of

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:35.719
 their natural

00:27:35.719 --> 00:27:36.259
 limitations

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:37.639
 he says

00:27:37.639 --> 00:27:38.319
 for just as

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:38.679
 you once

00:27:38.679 --> 00:27:39.059
 presented

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.599
 your members

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.179
 as slaves

00:27:40.179 --> 00:27:40.699
 to impurity

00:27:40.699 --> 00:27:40.939
 and to

00:27:40.939 --> 00:27:41.279
 lawlessness

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.819
 leading more

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.240
 lawlessness

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:43.439
 so now

00:27:43.439 --> 00:27:44.179
 present your

00:27:44.179 --> 00:27:44.879
 members as

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.379
 slaves to

00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:46.039
 righteousness.

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.619
 So there's

00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:47.039
 the before

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.519
 and after.

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.700
 Before

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:50.099
 this is what

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:50.559
 Paul's saying

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:52.720
 hey Romans

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.079
 you know

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:55.099
 before you

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.839
 became Christians

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:58.059
 you were

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:59.339
 just excellent

00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:00.240
 slaves to sin.

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:02.700
 You excelled

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.940
 at your slavery

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.319
 to sin.

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:05.700
 You just

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.379
 presented

00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:07.299
 yourself to

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:08.339
 sin and

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:09.059
 impurity

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:10.099
 with just

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.740
 exceptional

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.379
 force

00:28:11.379 --> 00:28:12.359
 and

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:13.159
 consistency.

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:15.040
 and

00:28:15.040 --> 00:28:15.600
 then

00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:16.940
 he says

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.860
 in fact

00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:18.700
 you did

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.019
 it so

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.320
 well

00:28:19.320 --> 00:28:20.420
 you went

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:21.040
 from one

00:28:21.040 --> 00:28:21.500
 kind of

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:21.960
 lawlessness

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:23.420
 to another

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:23.880
 kind of

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.320
 lawlessness.

00:28:25.040 --> 00:28:25.720
 You pushed

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.960
 the envelope

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:28.080
 of lawlessness.

00:28:29.040 --> 00:28:29.300
 You were

00:28:29.300 --> 00:28:30.080
 so good

00:28:30.080 --> 00:28:31.000
 at sinning

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.660
 that you

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.200
 blew through

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.900
 any kind

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.420
 of restriction

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:33.820
 that was

00:28:33.820 --> 00:28:34.480
 put on you

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.279
 and you

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.980
 graduated

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.480
 from one

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:36.900
 degree of

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.300
 lawlessness

00:28:37.300 --> 00:28:37.759
 to the

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:37.940
 next.

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.279
 You were

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:39.080
 really good.

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.500
 And he

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.120
 uses that

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.480
 as an

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:42.779
 argument.

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:44.980
 Just as

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:46.960
 you excelled

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.620
 at presenting

00:28:47.620 --> 00:28:48.279
 yourself as

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:49.580
 slaves to

00:28:49.580 --> 00:28:50.000
 sin,

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:52.240
 so now

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:53.540
 present

00:28:53.540 --> 00:28:54.279
 yourself

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:56.100
 all in

00:28:56.100 --> 00:28:57.259
 as a

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:58.060
 slave

00:28:58.060 --> 00:28:58.740
 of

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.320
 righteousness.

00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:01.340
 All of

00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:01.660
 who you

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.000
 are

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:03.640
 for all

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:03.900
 of who

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.700
 Christ is

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:06.180
 all of

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.640
 the time.

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:08.779
 And so

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.140
 what are we

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:09.519
 to be doing

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:09.779
 now?

00:29:11.040 --> 00:29:12.000
 So now

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.740
 present your

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.359
 members as

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:13.859
 slaves to

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.319
 righteousness

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:15.019
 leading to

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.620
 sanctification.

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:17.279
 Because you're

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:18.140
 now, by

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.720
 God's grace,

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:20.099
 a slave to

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:20.720
 God and

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.140
 righteousness,

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.579
 now what you

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.480
 do is present

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.099
 your members

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.740
 to him,

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:28.019
 leading to

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.700
 sanctification.

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:30.120
 Less and

00:29:30.120 --> 00:29:30.759
 less ruled by

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.960
 sin, more

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.480
 and more

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.799
 like Christ.

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.759
 And so now,

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.039
 do you know

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:36.640
 what envelope

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.200
 we push,

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:37.940
 Christian?

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:39.840
 we push

00:29:39.840 --> 00:29:40.620
 the envelope

00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:41.380
 of holiness.

00:29:42.860 --> 00:29:44.380
 We press

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:45.420
 into becoming

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:45.920
 more like

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.700
 Christ in

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.019
 what we

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.620
 crave, in

00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:48.200
 our character,

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:48.580
 in our

00:29:48.580 --> 00:29:48.920
 conduct.

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:50.360
 We seek

00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:51.460
 to, by

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:51.920
 God's grace,

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:53.019
 push into

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:54.200
 greater degrees

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:54.759
 of holiness,

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.640
 to excel

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.360
 at that,

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:59.779
 to prioritize

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.500
 that.

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.860
 That's what we

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.259
 do now.

00:30:06.659 --> 00:30:08.639
 Grace is

00:30:08.639 --> 00:30:08.979
 not an

00:30:08.979 --> 00:30:09.619
 excuse to

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:09.879
 sin.

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.039
 Grace

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:13.399
 compels us

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:14.500
 to holiness

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:16.019
 because you

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:17.799
 now are a

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:19.539
 slave of

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:19.839
 God.

00:30:21.439 --> 00:30:22.179
 The last

00:30:22.179 --> 00:30:23.759
 piece, he's

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.419
 told us who

00:30:24.419 --> 00:30:25.059
 we are now

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.519
 and what we're

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:25.959
 to be doing

00:30:25.959 --> 00:30:26.240
 now,

00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:26.859
 sanctification,

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.479
 presenting our

00:30:27.479 --> 00:30:27.879
 bodies to

00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:28.619
 God, to

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.000
 righteousness.

00:30:29.699 --> 00:30:30.299
 And finally,

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.379
 in verses 20

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:32.019
 and 22,

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.839
 he reminds

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.759
 us of our

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.899
 trajectory now.

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.319
 And again,

00:30:36.399 --> 00:30:36.659
 there's the

00:30:36.659 --> 00:30:37.099
 before and

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.299
 after.

00:30:37.399 --> 00:30:37.619
 Look at

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:38.059
 verse 20.

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.279
 Before, when

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.599
 you were

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.279
 slaves of

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.679
 God, you

00:30:40.679 --> 00:30:41.240
 were free

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.659
 in regard

00:30:41.659 --> 00:30:42.179
 to righteousness.

00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:42.599
 In other

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.819
 words, you

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:44.359
 were not a

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:44.699
 slave of

00:30:44.699 --> 00:30:45.079
 righteousness,

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:45.720
 you were

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.119
 not a

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.480
 slave of

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.579
 God, you

00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:48.339
 were dead

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:48.799
 to God

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.539
 and alive

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.099
 to sin

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:51.119
 outside of

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:51.699
 Christ Jesus.

00:30:53.199 --> 00:30:54.019
 But now,

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:54.959
 that has

00:30:54.959 --> 00:30:55.379
 changed.

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.339
 Look at

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:57.919
 verse 21.

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:58.639
 He uses

00:30:58.639 --> 00:30:59.000
 the word

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.579
 fruit.

00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:01.859
 When you

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:03.079
 were a

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.480
 slave to

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:03.819
 sin,

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.599
 what fruit

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:04.939
 were you

00:31:04.939 --> 00:31:05.459
 getting at

00:31:05.459 --> 00:31:06.099
 that time

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.919
 from the

00:31:06.919 --> 00:31:07.259
 things of

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:07.559
 which you

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:07.899
 are now

00:31:07.899 --> 00:31:08.359
 ashamed?

00:31:10.199 --> 00:31:10.799
 Fruit is

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.279
 talking about

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.079
 the produce

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:13.659
 of your

00:31:13.659 --> 00:31:14.139
 sinning.

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.639
 When you

00:31:16.639 --> 00:31:17.439
 were sowing

00:31:17.439 --> 00:31:18.279
 to sin,

00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:19.059
 you were

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:20.399
 reaping things

00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:21.480
 that you're

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:22.159
 now ashamed

00:31:22.159 --> 00:31:22.519
 of.

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:24.879
 He's like

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.240
 saying, hey,

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.679
 do you remember

00:31:25.679 --> 00:31:26.139
 back in the

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.980
 day, in the

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.879
 years, the

00:31:27.879 --> 00:31:29.159
 slave to sin

00:31:29.159 --> 00:31:29.659
 years?

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:30.819
 Do you

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:31.199
 remember what

00:31:31.199 --> 00:31:31.500
 you were

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:31.919
 doing?

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.000
 And you

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.420
 remember how

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.060
 ashamed of

00:31:34.060 --> 00:31:34.420
 that you're

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:34.560
 now?

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.320
 It's not

00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:35.900
 like back

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.160
 in the

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.580
 slave to

00:31:36.580 --> 00:31:37.200
 sin years,

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:37.740
 you were

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.779
 now eager

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.120
 to tell

00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:39.519
 your kids

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.000
 about that

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:41.300
 time, eager

00:31:41.300 --> 00:31:41.860
 to post on

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:42.500
 Facebook for

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.019
 everybody to

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.240
 see.

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.019
 It's kind

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.740
 of like that

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.600
 phrase you

00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:45.920
 hear about

00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:46.440
 Las Vegas,

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.779
 what happens

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.400
 in Las Vegas

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:48.880
 stays in

00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:49.300
 Las Vegas.

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:50.960
 It's kind

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.400
 of like, hey,

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:51.900
 what happened

00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:52.480
 back in the

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.060
 slave to sin

00:31:53.060 --> 00:31:53.900
 years, it's

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:54.539
 going to, I

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:54.920
 don't want to

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.480
 talk about

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.259
 those years

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:57.420
 because I'm

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:57.879
 ashamed of

00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:58.319
 those now.

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.779
 And that

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:04.440
 fruit that

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.720
 you were

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:07.680
 bearing, you

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.379
 were sowing to

00:32:08.379 --> 00:32:08.879
 sin and you

00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.500
 were reaping

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:11.039
 things that

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:11.980
 look at the

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.440
 end of verse

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:12.900
 21.

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:13.940
 For the

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:15.220
 end, the

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:16.599
 telos of

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.140
 those things

00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:17.640
 is death,

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.700
 spiritual death,

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:19.900
 without excuse,

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:20.640
 under God's

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:21.599
 wrath, judgment,

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:22.420
 condemnation.

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.180
 That's what that

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.559
 was waiting.

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:25.559
 that's who

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:26.159
 you were

00:32:26.159 --> 00:32:28.220
 doing those

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.619
 kinds of

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:29.000
 things.

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.779
 You're not

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.179
 proud of

00:32:32.179 --> 00:32:32.740
 those now.

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.319
 You know, if

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:37.139
 you open up

00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:37.639
 your Bible, I'll

00:32:37.639 --> 00:32:38.119
 just read this

00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:38.480
 to you.

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.839
 Back in the

00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:41.440
 slave to sin

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:44.319
 years, you

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:44.779
 were just

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:46.059
 reaping all

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.500
 sorts of

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:47.079
 works of the

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.399
 flesh.

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.419
 Now, the

00:32:50.419 --> 00:32:50.879
 works of the

00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.759
 flesh, Galatians

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.579
 5, 19,

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.079
 are evident.

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.519
 Sexual

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.079
 immorality,

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.299
 that was

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:56.519
 me.

00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:01.619
 Impurity,

00:33:01.899 --> 00:33:02.519
 sensuality,

00:33:02.659 --> 00:33:03.179
 idolatry,

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:03.579
 check,

00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:04.339
 sorcery,

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:06.059
 enmity,

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:06.679
 strife,

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.200
 definitely,

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.059
 jealousy, for

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.759
 sure, fits of

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.839
 anger, a lot,

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.740
 rivalries, yes,

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.740
 dissensions,

00:33:12.899 --> 00:33:13.279
 divisions,

00:33:14.179 --> 00:33:14.899
 envy, uh-huh,

00:33:15.159 --> 00:33:15.779
 drunkenness, not

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.139
 so much,

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:18.619
 orgies, and

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:19.619
 things like

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:20.179
 these.

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:24.299
 you want to

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:24.740
 go post those

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.960
 on Facebook?

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.380
 You're ashamed

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:29.900
 of those things

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.140
 now.

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:33.200
 Why would you

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:34.080
 ever go back

00:33:34.080 --> 00:33:35.560
 to giving

00:33:35.560 --> 00:33:36.380
 yourself to

00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:36.880
 those things?

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:40.380
 That's who you

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:40.640
 were.

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.080
 Look at verse

00:33:41.080 --> 00:33:41.640
 22.

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:43.360
 but now

00:33:43.360 --> 00:33:45.900
 that you've

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:46.660
 been set free

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.380
 from sin and

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:47.800
 have become

00:33:47.800 --> 00:33:48.860
 slaves of God.

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:49.680
 There's this

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:50.759
 great redemptive

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.780
 work of grace

00:33:51.780 --> 00:33:52.580
 in which he

00:33:52.580 --> 00:33:53.340
 flipped you.

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:53.399
 fruit.

00:33:56.899 --> 00:33:57.939
 And he says,

00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:00.919
 the fruit you

00:34:00.919 --> 00:34:02.159
 get, same

00:34:02.159 --> 00:34:02.799
 word, fruit,

00:34:02.899 --> 00:34:03.359
 that you get

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:05.379
 now, it's

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:08.360
 not the stay

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:08.819
 in Vegas

00:34:08.819 --> 00:34:09.259
 stuff.

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.679
 It's the stuff

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.759
 that you don't

00:34:12.759 --> 00:34:13.440
 need to be ashamed

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:13.659
 of.

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.199
 It's the stuff

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.739
 that pleases

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:15.099
 God.

00:34:17.259 --> 00:34:18.059
 For the fruit of

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.619
 the Spirit is

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:20.960
 love, joy,

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.360
 peace,

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:23.740
 patience,

00:34:24.700 --> 00:34:25.160
 kindness,

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.400
 goodness,

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.980
 gentleness,

00:34:28.720 --> 00:34:29.480
 faithfulness,

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.820
 self-control.

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.599
 Against such

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.360
 things there is

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:32.880
 no law.

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:34.160
 God delights

00:34:34.160 --> 00:34:35.340
 in these things.

00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:36.240
 You don't have

00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:36.840
 to be ashamed

00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:37.440
 of these things

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:37.599
 now.

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.559
 This is the

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:38.960
 fruit of

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.720
 sanctification.

00:34:40.140 --> 00:34:40.780
 You're being

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.320
 less and less

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:41.980
 ruled by sin

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.300
 and becoming

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:42.700
 more and more

00:34:42.700 --> 00:34:43.120
 like Christ

00:34:43.120 --> 00:34:44.180
 because that

00:34:44.180 --> 00:34:44.820
 fruit of the

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:45.579
 Spirit forms

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:46.559
 a profile of

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.039
 Jesus.

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.440
 You want to

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.000
 be like him.

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:52.200
 And the end

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:52.619
 of that,

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.599
 the telos of

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.899
 that is

00:34:54.899 --> 00:34:55.579
 eternal life.

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:56.719
 That's the

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.539
 trajectory we're

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:57.719
 on,

00:34:57.759 --> 00:34:58.199
 brothers and

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:58.480
 sisters.

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.639
 We're on the

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:02.139
 grace trajectory

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:03.739
 of becoming

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:04.579
 more and more

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.679
 holy which

00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:06.399
 results in

00:35:06.399 --> 00:35:07.039
 eternal life

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.519
 because we've

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.019
 been justified

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.739
 by his grace.

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.339
 We've been

00:35:09.339 --> 00:35:09.859
 united with

00:35:09.859 --> 00:35:10.379
 Christ in his

00:35:10.379 --> 00:35:10.679
 death and

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.059
 resurrection.

00:35:11.319 --> 00:35:11.559
 We've been

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:12.539
 redeemed.

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.879
 So we don't

00:35:14.879 --> 00:35:15.739
 go back to

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:16.399
 that stuff.

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:16.460
 life.

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.579
 You're no

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.019
 longer a

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.360
 slave to

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:24.200
 sin but a

00:35:24.200 --> 00:35:24.619
 slave to

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:26.539
 God on a

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.380
 grace trajectory.

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.920
 The fruit is

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.940
 sanctification and

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.500
 the end is

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.099
 eternal life.

00:35:32.180 --> 00:35:32.720
 That's who you

00:35:32.720 --> 00:35:33.500
 are now.

00:35:34.200 --> 00:35:34.720
 Period.

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.480
 So Paul's

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:37.900
 making this

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.800
 argument in

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.300
 Romans 6,

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:39.760
 15 through

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:40.220
 23.

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:40.740
 It's like,

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.460
 hey, you

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:41.780
 know what?

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.660
 We're not,

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:44.920
 we don't come

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.800
 under grace so

00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:46.160
 that we can

00:35:46.160 --> 00:35:46.820
 keep sinning.

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.480
 No, it's not

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:48.380
 who we are

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:48.880
 anymore.

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:51.140
 We're slaves of

00:35:51.140 --> 00:35:53.000
 God, slaves of

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.560
 righteousness.

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:55.480
 What we do now

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:56.620
 is offer our

00:35:56.620 --> 00:35:57.519
 bodies to him

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:59.160
 unto sanctification,

00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:00.160
 holiness, and

00:36:00.160 --> 00:36:01.060
 we are on a

00:36:01.060 --> 00:36:01.400
 whole new

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:01.860
 trajectory.

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:03.240
 We're going to

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:03.780
 glory.

00:36:05.680 --> 00:36:06.539
 And so we live

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:07.240
 like that now.

00:36:08.680 --> 00:36:09.820
 The point is,

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.600
 is that we don't

00:36:10.600 --> 00:36:11.640
 offer ourselves

00:36:11.640 --> 00:36:13.620
 to sin anymore

00:36:13.620 --> 00:36:14.600
 because we're now

00:36:14.600 --> 00:36:15.300
 slaves of God.

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.360
 It's all by his

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:16.640
 grace.

00:36:19.220 --> 00:36:19.960
 And at the

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.700
 heart of this,

00:36:21.700 --> 00:36:22.440
 what flipped

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:23.300
 the script

00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:25.380
 is the

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:26.220
 redemptive work

00:36:26.220 --> 00:36:26.760
 of God

00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:28.260
 in Christ Jesus

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:28.720
 for you.

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:31.000
 He bought you

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.860
 with his blood.

00:36:32.140 --> 00:36:33.160
 You are not

00:36:33.160 --> 00:36:34.560
 your own.

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.280
 You've been

00:36:36.280 --> 00:36:37.360
 purchased by the

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:38.140
 blood of Christ.

00:36:38.600 --> 00:36:39.539
 So present

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:40.300
 yourself

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:41.900
 to God

00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:43.539
 as slaves

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:45.300
 of righteousness.

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:46.800
 Anybody

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.259
 asking,

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.159
 how do I do

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:48.440
 that?

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.739
 What does that

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:51.360
 look like?

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:53.980
 How can I

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.779
 present myself

00:36:54.779 --> 00:36:55.360
 to God

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:55.980
 day in,

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:56.500
 day out

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:57.059
 as a slave

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:57.599
 of righteousness?

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:00.779
 Well,

00:37:00.779 --> 00:37:01.360
 let me tell you.

00:37:03.239 --> 00:37:03.719
 Doctrine

00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:04.079
 applied.

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:07.039
 Would you

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:08.139
 quickly look

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:09.279
 at Titus

00:37:09.279 --> 00:37:10.039
 chapter 2

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:14.279
 verses 11

00:37:14.279 --> 00:37:15.599
 through 14?

00:37:18.279 --> 00:37:18.879
 Listen to

00:37:18.879 --> 00:37:19.179
 this.

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.259
 As my friend

00:37:20.259 --> 00:37:20.559
 says,

00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:21.199
 peep this.

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:21.980
 Look at that.

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:23.960
 for the grace

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:24.320
 of God

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:24.920
 has appeared,

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:26.960
 bringing salvation

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.840
 for all people,

00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:29.280
 training us.

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:29.780
 The grace

00:37:29.780 --> 00:37:30.179
 of God

00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:31.019
 is training

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.820
 us

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:34.740
 to renounce

00:37:34.740 --> 00:37:35.820
 ungodliness

00:37:35.820 --> 00:37:36.280
 and worldly

00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:36.699
 passions

00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:37.740
 and to live

00:37:37.740 --> 00:37:38.519
 self-controlled,

00:37:38.740 --> 00:37:39.019
 upright,

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:40.059
 and godly lives

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.599
 in the present

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:41.500
 age now,

00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:42.980
 waiting for our

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.500
 blessed hope,

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:44.039
 the appearing of

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.500
 the glory of

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.960
 our great God

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.280
 and Savior,

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:45.940
 Jesus Christ,

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:46.659
 who gave

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.579
 himself for us

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:48.599
 to redeem us

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:49.360
 from all

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:49.900
 lawlessness

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:51.360
 and to purify

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:52.519
 for himself

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.180
 a people

00:37:53.180 --> 00:37:54.059
 for his own

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.500
 possessions

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:55.240
 who are zealous

00:37:55.240 --> 00:37:56.180
 for good works.

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.220
 You're in

00:37:59.220 --> 00:38:00.099
 grace training,

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:01.280
 brother and

00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:02.000
 sister in Christ.

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.880
 When you

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:04.780
 were flipped

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:05.800
 by God's grace,

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:07.039
 you went into

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:08.579
 grace training.

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.400
 The grace

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:10.340
 that justified

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:10.940
 you, period,

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:12.559
 is the same grace

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.519
 that is making

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:14.180
 you holy,

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:15.099
 dot, dot, dot.

00:38:15.240 --> 00:38:16.139
 It's training

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:16.680
 you.

00:38:18.300 --> 00:38:19.099
 It's going to

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:19.579
 train you in

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:20.159
 two ways,

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.639
 a holy mindset

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:23.179
 and a holy

00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:24.039
 skill set.

00:38:24.799 --> 00:38:25.400
 Here's the

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:25.940
 holy mindset.

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:28.940
 The holy

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:30.019
 mindset is a

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.920
 way of

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:31.920
 thinking about

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:33.219
 yourself through

00:38:33.219 --> 00:38:34.099
 the lens of

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:34.500
 the Bible.

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.539
 This morning's

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:39.119
 passage calls

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.779
 you Christian

00:38:39.779 --> 00:38:41.079
 to believe

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:41.739
 something about

00:38:41.739 --> 00:38:42.159
 yourself.

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:44.360
 It calls you

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:46.059
 to trust in

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.920
 God's word,

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:47.920
 what God's word

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.639
 is saying about

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:49.480
 you more

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:50.179
 than how you

00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:50.799
 feel about

00:38:50.799 --> 00:38:51.279
 yourself.

00:38:52.319 --> 00:38:53.359
 You are a

00:38:53.359 --> 00:38:54.199
 slave of God

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:55.960
 now, a slave

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:56.659
 to righteousness.

00:38:57.179 --> 00:38:57.879
 That's what

00:38:57.879 --> 00:38:58.559
 God's word

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:59.099
 says.

00:38:59.779 --> 00:39:00.519
 He bought

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.119
 me, he

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:01.759
 bought you

00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:02.299
 with his

00:39:02.299 --> 00:39:02.699
 blood.

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:03.719
 It's done.

00:39:04.799 --> 00:39:05.619
 I'm his.

00:39:06.319 --> 00:39:07.039
 You're his.

00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:09.000
 And so now

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:10.079
 call to mind

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:12.119
 the sin that

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:12.599
 you're tempted

00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:13.219
 to present

00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:13.940
 yourself to.

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.259
 What did I

00:39:14.259 --> 00:39:14.719
 just get hooked

00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:14.900
 on?

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:17.619
 Call to

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:18.099
 mind that

00:39:18.099 --> 00:39:18.780
 sin that you

00:39:18.780 --> 00:39:19.599
 regularly offer

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:20.619
 your body to,

00:39:20.780 --> 00:39:21.740
 your mind to,

00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:25.019
 and bring it

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:25.860
 against that

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:26.800
 mindset.

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:29.800
 So when you're

00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:30.240
 tempted to

00:39:30.240 --> 00:39:32.079
 obey the

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:32.619
 passions of

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:33.380
 lust and greed

00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:34.099
 and pride and

00:39:34.099 --> 00:39:34.539
 anger and

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:35.180
 anxiety and

00:39:35.180 --> 00:39:36.900
 fear, you say

00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:37.200
 to yourself,

00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:37.720
 but that's not

00:39:37.720 --> 00:39:38.500
 who I am.

00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:39.360
 These things do

00:39:39.360 --> 00:39:40.099
 not rule me

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:41.019
 based upon the

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.559
 authority of

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:42.079
 God's word.

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:43.799
 this is not

00:39:43.799 --> 00:39:44.460
 me anymore.

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:45.699
 This is that

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:47.179
 tyrant kind

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:47.940
 of making

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.900
 things messy

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:49.639
 in me.

00:39:51.319 --> 00:39:52.059
 And so now

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:53.219
 Titus 2.11,

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:53.840
 I renounce

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:54.299
 these things.

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:55.039
 I say no to

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.599
 these things.

00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:58.480
 I say to my

00:39:58.480 --> 00:40:00.059
 sin, you don't

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:01.539
 own me anymore.

00:40:02.819 --> 00:40:03.539
 Jesus does.

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:06.299
 You know how

00:40:06.299 --> 00:40:06.739
 to do that?

00:40:08.420 --> 00:40:09.159
 You get your

00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:09.559
 nose in your

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:09.980
 Bible every

00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:10.159
 day.

00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:14.420
 So if you

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:14.860
 think, you

00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:15.199
 know what, I

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:15.619
 should be

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:16.059
 reading my

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:16.579
 Bible because

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:17.139
 other Christians

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:17.500
 read their

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:18.579
 Bible, that's

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:19.019
 going to last

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.880
 like two days.

00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:21.679
 When you start

00:40:21.679 --> 00:40:22.299
 seeing it this

00:40:22.299 --> 00:40:23.099
 way, I've got

00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:24.039
 to read my

00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:25.340
 Bible, otherwise

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:26.739
 I am going to

00:40:26.739 --> 00:40:28.559
 drift back into

00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:29.039
 some kind of

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:29.860
 slavery to sin.

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.299
 Do you know

00:40:31.299 --> 00:40:31.819
 why I read my

00:40:31.819 --> 00:40:32.059
 Bible?

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:33.980
 I miss two

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:34.699
 days and all of

00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:35.420
 a sudden I'm

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:36.960
 walking by sight,

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:37.960
 not by faith.

00:40:38.139 --> 00:40:39.259
 I forget who

00:40:39.259 --> 00:40:39.980
 I am.

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:40.539
 I forget who

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:43.059
 so I read a

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:43.559
 passage like

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:44.460
 Romans 6 and

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:45.719
 I say, yes, this

00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:46.699
 is God's grace.

00:40:47.199 --> 00:40:47.719
 This is who I

00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:48.059
 am now.

00:40:50.219 --> 00:40:51.219
 So brother and

00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:51.840
 sister, one of

00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:52.299
 the things that

00:40:52.299 --> 00:40:53.519
 you can do to

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:54.179
 develop this

00:40:54.179 --> 00:40:55.259
 mindset is to

00:40:55.259 --> 00:40:56.259
 renew your mind

00:40:56.259 --> 00:40:58.860
 on truth of who

00:40:58.860 --> 00:41:00.159
 God says you are

00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:01.159
 by His grace.

00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:03.599
 You stand on it.

00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:06.199
 That will help

00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:06.579
 you fight.

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:06.639
 God.

00:41:08.219 --> 00:41:09.179
 That's grace

00:41:09.179 --> 00:41:09.599
 training.

00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:11.440
 Training your

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:13.079
 mind to

00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:14.340
 believe what

00:41:14.340 --> 00:41:16.139
 is true of

00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:16.420
 you.

00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:19.460
 The second

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:19.900
 type of

00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:21.739
 training is a

00:41:21.739 --> 00:41:22.900
 grace, a

00:41:22.900 --> 00:41:23.819
 holy skill set.

00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:25.179
 I alluded to

00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:26.059
 this last week.

00:41:28.719 --> 00:41:30.119
 It is the two

00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:31.460
 aspects of

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:32.199
 sanctification.

00:41:32.799 --> 00:41:33.199
 It's putting

00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:33.860
 sin to death

00:41:33.860 --> 00:41:34.719
 and bringing to

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:35.420
 life godliness.

00:41:35.420 --> 00:41:35.579
 Godliness.

00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:36.780
 The old

00:41:36.780 --> 00:41:37.260
 timers would

00:41:37.260 --> 00:41:37.980
 call it the

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:38.840
 mortification of

00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:40.019
 sin, mortify,

00:41:41.659 --> 00:41:43.159
 mortician, death,

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:44.760
 and bringing to

00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:46.059
 life, vivifying

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.860
 godliness.

00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:49.300
 So let me help

00:41:49.300 --> 00:41:50.320
 you take a step

00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:52.079
 in each of

00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:53.059
 mortifying your

00:41:53.059 --> 00:41:54.400
 sin because you're

00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:55.079
 a slave of

00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:55.960
 righteousness now.

00:41:56.220 --> 00:41:56.740
 It doesn't

00:41:56.740 --> 00:41:57.059
 rule.

00:41:57.180 --> 00:41:57.760
 You've got to

00:41:57.760 --> 00:41:59.159
 slay that tyrant

00:41:59.159 --> 00:42:00.119
 wreaking havoc in

00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:00.619
 your life.

00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:03.059
 The old

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:04.380
 timers, here's

00:42:04.380 --> 00:42:04.900
 where to start.

00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:06.940
 How to mortify

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.360
 your sin.

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:07.920
 This is where it

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:08.360
 begins.

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.780
 Pick that thing

00:42:09.780 --> 00:42:10.240
 that you're

00:42:10.240 --> 00:42:10.820
 tempted to give

00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:12.240
 yourself to and

00:42:12.240 --> 00:42:13.119
 start here.

00:42:14.740 --> 00:42:15.380
 The old timers

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:16.200
 called it loading

00:42:16.200 --> 00:42:16.860
 your sin.

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:20.539
 You're loading

00:42:20.539 --> 00:42:22.139
 your sin with

00:42:22.139 --> 00:42:23.000
 the way that God

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:24.900
 sees your sin and

00:42:24.900 --> 00:42:26.180
 feels about your

00:42:26.180 --> 00:42:26.460
 sin.

00:42:26.820 --> 00:42:27.740
 I am going to

00:42:27.740 --> 00:42:29.460
 seed my lust the

00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:30.260
 way that God

00:42:30.260 --> 00:42:31.079
 through his word

00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:32.300
 tells me he sees

00:42:32.300 --> 00:42:33.880
 my lust and how

00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:34.800
 he feels about my

00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:35.080
 lust.

00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:38.039
 I'm going to

00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:39.160
 load my sin

00:42:39.160 --> 00:42:39.700
 that way.

00:42:39.820 --> 00:42:40.600
 I'm going to

00:42:40.600 --> 00:42:41.960
 talk about lust in

00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:42.600
 terms of Matthew

00:42:42.600 --> 00:42:43.360
 5, 28.

00:42:43.500 --> 00:42:44.120
 I'm going to talk

00:42:44.120 --> 00:42:45.140
 about greed in

00:42:45.140 --> 00:42:45.860
 terms of Colossians

00:42:45.860 --> 00:42:46.480
 3, 5.

00:42:46.640 --> 00:42:47.320
 I'm going to talk

00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:48.360
 about anxiety in

00:42:48.360 --> 00:42:49.080
 terms of Philippians

00:42:49.080 --> 00:42:49.700
 4, 6.

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.440
 I'm going to talk

00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:51.519
 about fear of man

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.060
 in terms of

00:42:52.060 --> 00:42:53.280
 Proverbs 29, 25.

00:42:53.660 --> 00:42:54.820
 The anger of man

00:42:54.820 --> 00:42:55.600
 in terms of James

00:42:55.600 --> 00:42:56.800
 1, 19 through 20.

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:57.660
 I'm going to talk

00:42:57.660 --> 00:42:58.820
 about the sins of

00:42:58.820 --> 00:43:01.240
 my mouth in terms

00:43:01.240 --> 00:43:02.320
 of James 3, 1

00:43:02.320 --> 00:43:02.920
 through 12.

00:43:03.720 --> 00:43:05.019
 I am going to see

00:43:05.019 --> 00:43:06.140
 these things the

00:43:06.140 --> 00:43:07.240
 way that God sees

00:43:07.240 --> 00:43:07.559
 them.

00:43:08.300 --> 00:43:09.360
 That's loading your

00:43:09.360 --> 00:43:09.600
 sin.

00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:11.340
 And you know what

00:43:11.340 --> 00:43:11.760
 happens?

00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:14.220
 You start to hate

00:43:14.220 --> 00:43:14.420
 it.

00:43:16.900 --> 00:43:17.140
 You're like,

00:43:17.220 --> 00:43:19.539
 this does not

00:43:19.539 --> 00:43:20.080
 belong here.

00:43:22.160 --> 00:43:23.100
 This is grievous

00:43:23.100 --> 00:43:23.760
 to my God.

00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:25.000
 What fruit will this

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:25.300
 produce?

00:43:25.600 --> 00:43:26.440
 What end does this

00:43:26.440 --> 00:43:26.980
 result in?

00:43:27.420 --> 00:43:29.200
 Would Jesus do this?

00:43:29.799 --> 00:43:30.439
 How does this

00:43:30.439 --> 00:43:31.159
 affect others?

00:43:31.619 --> 00:43:32.299
 Does this advance

00:43:32.299 --> 00:43:32.759
 the gospel?

00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:33.699
 Will I be ashamed

00:43:33.699 --> 00:43:34.139
 of this?

00:43:35.159 --> 00:43:35.859
 These are the things

00:43:35.859 --> 00:43:36.739
 that we ask to

00:43:36.739 --> 00:43:37.519
 load our sin.

00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:39.179
 And we're praying

00:43:39.179 --> 00:43:39.980
 all along,

00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:40.480
 oh God,

00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:42.239
 would you help me

00:43:42.239 --> 00:43:43.219
 to see this thing

00:43:43.219 --> 00:43:43.759
 in me the way

00:43:43.759 --> 00:43:44.279
 that you do?

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:45.319
 And would you make

00:43:45.319 --> 00:43:46.759
 me feel about this

00:43:46.759 --> 00:43:47.279
 thing the way

00:43:47.279 --> 00:43:47.839
 that you do?

00:43:50.939 --> 00:43:51.419
 You're going to

00:43:51.419 --> 00:43:52.919
 have some compelling

00:43:52.919 --> 00:43:53.779
 reasons at that

00:43:53.779 --> 00:43:54.779
 point to renounce

00:43:54.779 --> 00:43:54.980
 it.

00:43:55.899 --> 00:43:56.819
 To say no.

00:43:56.820 --> 00:44:00.360
 If there was a

00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:01.120
 mic in my car

00:44:01.120 --> 00:44:01.740
 while I'm driving,

00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:02.539
 you'd hear me say

00:44:02.539 --> 00:44:03.140
 no a lot.

00:44:04.280 --> 00:44:05.200
 No, I'm not

00:44:05.200 --> 00:44:05.640
 going to think

00:44:05.640 --> 00:44:05.980
 that.

00:44:07.180 --> 00:44:07.920
 No, I'm not

00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:08.360
 going to go

00:44:08.360 --> 00:44:08.700
 there.

00:44:09.820 --> 00:44:11.039
 No, that's

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:12.059
 not who I am.

00:44:13.380 --> 00:44:14.059
 That's how we

00:44:14.059 --> 00:44:14.340
 fight.

00:44:15.780 --> 00:44:16.700
 It's part of

00:44:16.700 --> 00:44:17.420
 the Christian

00:44:17.420 --> 00:44:18.260
 walk now.

00:44:19.180 --> 00:44:20.140
 We fight

00:44:20.140 --> 00:44:20.900
 sin,

00:44:21.320 --> 00:44:21.860
 not give

00:44:21.860 --> 00:44:22.620
 ourselves to it.

00:44:24.039 --> 00:44:24.740
 The other

00:44:24.740 --> 00:44:25.340
 side of this

00:44:25.340 --> 00:44:26.019
 is called

00:44:26.019 --> 00:44:28.079
 vivification,

00:44:28.539 --> 00:44:28.960
 bringing to

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:29.280
 life.

00:44:30.640 --> 00:44:31.320
 Putting off

00:44:31.320 --> 00:44:31.960
 mortification,

00:44:32.340 --> 00:44:33.160
 putting on

00:44:33.160 --> 00:44:33.860
 vivification.

00:44:34.820 --> 00:44:35.460
 And so here's

00:44:35.460 --> 00:44:36.059
 how that works.

00:44:37.120 --> 00:44:37.820
 So if you

00:44:37.820 --> 00:44:38.480
 lust,

00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:39.539
 you're putting

00:44:39.539 --> 00:44:40.280
 that to death

00:44:40.280 --> 00:44:41.000
 and now you've

00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:41.320
 got to bring

00:44:41.320 --> 00:44:42.079
 something to life

00:44:42.079 --> 00:44:42.720
 in its place.

00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:43.579
 Something that

00:44:43.579 --> 00:44:44.360
 pleases God.

00:44:44.720 --> 00:44:45.480
 Oftentimes if

00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:46.019
 you're a brother

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:46.860
 who is looking

00:44:46.860 --> 00:44:47.640
 lustfully at

00:44:47.640 --> 00:44:47.900
 women,

00:44:48.120 --> 00:44:48.700
 what you need

00:44:48.700 --> 00:44:49.559
 to do is

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:50.920
 put on image

00:44:50.920 --> 00:44:51.400
 bearing,

00:44:52.120 --> 00:44:53.059
 dignifying,

00:44:53.059 --> 00:44:56.119
 seeing a

00:44:56.119 --> 00:44:56.599
 woman as

00:44:56.599 --> 00:44:57.139
 God sees

00:44:57.139 --> 00:44:57.360
 her.

00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:00.900
 You're asking

00:45:00.900 --> 00:45:01.380
 the question,

00:45:01.559 --> 00:45:01.960
 what would

00:45:01.960 --> 00:45:02.719
 God want to

00:45:02.719 --> 00:45:03.579
 grow in the

00:45:03.579 --> 00:45:04.659
 place of

00:45:04.659 --> 00:45:05.360
 this sin

00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:06.079
 that I'm

00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:06.480
 putting to

00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:06.699
 death?

00:45:07.799 --> 00:45:08.639
 What fruit

00:45:08.639 --> 00:45:08.940
 of the

00:45:08.940 --> 00:45:09.239
 spirit?

00:45:10.539 --> 00:45:12.199
 What craving

00:45:12.199 --> 00:45:12.840
 and desire

00:45:12.840 --> 00:45:13.259
 that would be

00:45:13.259 --> 00:45:13.779
 pleasing to

00:45:13.779 --> 00:45:13.980
 God?

00:45:14.079 --> 00:45:14.920
 What character

00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:15.299
 trait,

00:45:15.519 --> 00:45:16.539
 what conduct

00:45:16.539 --> 00:45:18.059
 needs to be

00:45:18.059 --> 00:45:19.239
 now grown

00:45:19.239 --> 00:45:19.920
 in me?

00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:20.599
 God help

00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:23.059
 me become

00:45:23.059 --> 00:45:23.860
 like Jesus.

00:45:25.800 --> 00:45:26.559
 Kill these

00:45:26.559 --> 00:45:28.320
 things and

00:45:28.320 --> 00:45:28.720
 bring to

00:45:28.720 --> 00:45:29.360
 life Christ

00:45:29.360 --> 00:45:29.900
 likeness.

00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:33.400
 Okay,

00:45:33.700 --> 00:45:33.980
 I'm going to

00:45:33.980 --> 00:45:34.360
 give you two

00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:34.800
 strategies.

00:45:35.059 --> 00:45:35.280
 You've been

00:45:35.280 --> 00:45:35.599
 great.

00:45:39.099 --> 00:45:40.039
 Two strategies

00:45:40.039 --> 00:45:41.119
 that apply to

00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:41.440
 both.

00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:43.920
 You're going to

00:45:43.920 --> 00:45:44.320
 want, if you're

00:45:44.320 --> 00:45:44.760
 taking notes,

00:45:44.880 --> 00:45:45.460
 put down 2

00:45:45.460 --> 00:45:46.260
 Corinthians 3

00:45:46.260 --> 00:45:46.579
 18.

00:45:48.579 --> 00:45:49.019
 Beholding

00:45:49.019 --> 00:45:51.300
 the Lord

00:45:51.300 --> 00:45:51.960
 Jesus Christ.

00:45:52.340 --> 00:45:52.980
 Beholding the

00:45:52.980 --> 00:45:53.619
 glory of God,

00:45:53.719 --> 00:45:54.179
 we are being

00:45:54.179 --> 00:45:55.079
 transformed from

00:45:55.079 --> 00:45:55.659
 one degree of

00:45:55.659 --> 00:45:56.139
 glory to the

00:45:56.139 --> 00:45:56.259
 next.

00:45:56.579 --> 00:45:56.820
 You know one of

00:45:56.820 --> 00:45:57.579
 the best things

00:45:57.579 --> 00:45:58.159
 that you can

00:45:58.159 --> 00:46:00.139
 do to slay

00:46:00.139 --> 00:46:00.719
 your sin and

00:46:00.719 --> 00:46:01.139
 to bring to

00:46:01.139 --> 00:46:01.679
 life Christ

00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:02.179
 likeness?

00:46:03.079 --> 00:46:04.019
 Set your

00:46:04.019 --> 00:46:04.920
 gaze on

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:05.340
 Jesus.

00:46:06.719 --> 00:46:07.619
 Be awed

00:46:07.619 --> 00:46:08.239
 by Him.

00:46:08.519 --> 00:46:09.480
 Be amazed

00:46:09.480 --> 00:46:10.159
 by Him.

00:46:10.719 --> 00:46:11.739
 Just savor,

00:46:11.900 --> 00:46:12.559
 behold His

00:46:12.559 --> 00:46:12.900
 glory.

00:46:13.099 --> 00:46:13.440
 And you know

00:46:13.440 --> 00:46:13.699
 what?

00:46:14.059 --> 00:46:15.739
 That godly

00:46:15.739 --> 00:46:17.539
 desire starts

00:46:17.539 --> 00:46:18.340
 to crowd

00:46:18.340 --> 00:46:20.400
 out sinful

00:46:20.400 --> 00:46:21.100
 desires.

00:46:22.940 --> 00:46:23.700
 The second

00:46:23.700 --> 00:46:24.740
 thing I would

00:46:24.740 --> 00:46:25.200
 recommend,

00:46:26.900 --> 00:46:27.400
 bring in

00:46:27.400 --> 00:46:27.980
 like-minded

00:46:27.980 --> 00:46:28.519
 brothers and

00:46:28.519 --> 00:46:28.780
 sisters.

00:46:30.460 --> 00:46:30.980
 There's

00:46:30.980 --> 00:46:32.600
 little to

00:46:32.600 --> 00:46:34.200
 compare to

00:46:34.200 --> 00:46:35.039
 fight sin by

00:46:35.039 --> 00:46:35.760
 bringing brothers

00:46:35.760 --> 00:46:36.400
 and sisters whom

00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:37.840
 you trust in in

00:46:37.840 --> 00:46:38.280
 the process.

00:46:39.280 --> 00:46:40.160
 I called a

00:46:40.160 --> 00:46:40.700
 couple brothers,

00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:41.660
 had conversations

00:46:41.660 --> 00:46:42.200
 a couple weeks

00:46:42.200 --> 00:46:42.440
 ago.

00:46:42.680 --> 00:46:43.180
 I was being

00:46:43.180 --> 00:46:43.900
 tempted to lust.

00:46:44.019 --> 00:46:44.260
 I'm like,

00:46:44.340 --> 00:46:44.620
 here's the

00:46:44.620 --> 00:46:45.160
 situation.

00:46:46.019 --> 00:46:46.300
 And man,

00:46:46.380 --> 00:46:47.519
 they helped me

00:46:47.519 --> 00:46:48.019
 so much.

00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:48.360
 It was just

00:46:48.360 --> 00:46:48.880
 so helpful

00:46:48.880 --> 00:46:49.440
 talking to

00:46:49.440 --> 00:46:49.759
 Him about

00:46:49.759 --> 00:46:50.000
 it.

00:46:50.940 --> 00:46:51.400
 Bringing it

00:46:51.400 --> 00:46:51.699
 into the

00:46:51.699 --> 00:46:51.920
 light.

00:46:52.440 --> 00:46:52.780
 Walk in

00:46:52.780 --> 00:46:53.099
 the light.

00:46:54.400 --> 00:46:55.079
 Who can

00:46:55.079 --> 00:46:56.800
 you confide

00:46:56.800 --> 00:46:57.599
 your fight

00:46:57.599 --> 00:46:58.199
 to sin

00:46:58.199 --> 00:46:58.599
 with?

00:47:01.219 --> 00:47:01.860
 Not only

00:47:01.860 --> 00:47:02.239
 will you

00:47:02.239 --> 00:47:02.559
 grow in

00:47:02.559 --> 00:47:02.679
 your

00:47:02.679 --> 00:47:03.300
 sanctification,

00:47:03.480 --> 00:47:03.719
 it will

00:47:03.719 --> 00:47:04.139
 raise the

00:47:04.139 --> 00:47:04.340
 bar.

00:47:05.739 --> 00:47:06.079
 Okay.

00:47:07.259 --> 00:47:07.880
 I even

00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:08.460
 cut down

00:47:08.460 --> 00:47:08.900
 this sermon.

00:47:09.019 --> 00:47:09.159
 Man,

00:47:09.259 --> 00:47:10.059
 I started

00:47:10.059 --> 00:47:10.340
 to go

00:47:10.340 --> 00:47:10.719
 long.

00:47:11.659 --> 00:47:11.900
 Let me

00:47:11.900 --> 00:47:12.199
 wrap it

00:47:12.199 --> 00:47:12.360
 up.

00:47:12.360 --> 00:47:14.160
 Justification.

00:47:14.680 --> 00:47:15.039
 God's

00:47:15.039 --> 00:47:16.320
 legal one-time

00:47:16.320 --> 00:47:17.059
 declaration of

00:47:17.059 --> 00:47:17.680
 you that you

00:47:17.680 --> 00:47:18.460
 are in

00:47:18.460 --> 00:47:19.039
 right standing

00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:19.380
 with Him

00:47:19.380 --> 00:47:19.900
 based on the

00:47:19.900 --> 00:47:20.340
 finished work

00:47:20.340 --> 00:47:20.740
 of Christ,

00:47:20.860 --> 00:47:21.400
 that doesn't

00:47:21.400 --> 00:47:21.760
 change.

00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:23.000
 You are in

00:47:23.000 --> 00:47:23.539
 right standing

00:47:23.539 --> 00:47:24.099
 Christian with

00:47:24.099 --> 00:47:24.360
 God.

00:47:24.840 --> 00:47:25.460
 If you're not

00:47:25.460 --> 00:47:25.900
 a Christian,

00:47:26.260 --> 00:47:26.760
 that's the

00:47:26.760 --> 00:47:27.280
 next step.

00:47:27.740 --> 00:47:28.760
 Believe in

00:47:28.760 --> 00:47:29.320
 what God has

00:47:29.320 --> 00:47:29.660
 done through

00:47:29.660 --> 00:47:30.559
 Jesus and be

00:47:30.559 --> 00:47:30.940
 saved.

00:47:32.640 --> 00:47:33.140
 Sanctification

00:47:33.140 --> 00:47:34.599
 is the

00:47:34.599 --> 00:47:35.579
 cooperative between

00:47:35.579 --> 00:47:36.380
 God and a

00:47:36.380 --> 00:47:36.940
 Christian to

00:47:36.940 --> 00:47:37.440
 become more

00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:37.920
 and more like

00:47:37.920 --> 00:47:38.539
 Christ, to be

00:47:38.539 --> 00:47:39.079
 less and less

00:47:39.079 --> 00:47:39.780
 ruled by sin.

00:47:40.059 --> 00:47:40.780
 And we all

00:47:40.780 --> 00:47:41.200
 know there's

00:47:41.199 --> 00:47:43.219
 this gap between

00:47:43.219 --> 00:47:44.279
 our imputed

00:47:44.279 --> 00:47:45.659
 righteousness and

00:47:45.659 --> 00:47:46.859
 our experiential

00:47:46.859 --> 00:47:47.359
 righteousness.

00:47:47.719 --> 00:47:47.919
 Amen?

00:47:49.279 --> 00:47:50.199
 Let me close

00:47:50.199 --> 00:47:50.699
 with some good

00:47:50.699 --> 00:47:51.059
 news.

00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:53.439
 We're one day

00:47:53.439 --> 00:47:53.839
 closer.

00:47:55.599 --> 00:47:56.419
 When Jesus

00:47:56.419 --> 00:47:58.739
 comes back and

00:47:58.739 --> 00:47:59.219
 all the dead

00:47:59.219 --> 00:48:00.960
 are raised and

00:48:00.960 --> 00:48:02.000
 He distributes

00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:02.679
 our resurrection

00:48:02.679 --> 00:48:03.539
 bodies back,

00:48:04.599 --> 00:48:05.159
 and yes,

00:48:06.079 --> 00:48:07.419
 the penalty of

00:48:07.419 --> 00:48:07.919
 sin is paid

00:48:07.919 --> 00:48:09.019
 for, and yes,

00:48:09.219 --> 00:48:09.799
 the power of

00:48:09.799 --> 00:48:10.359
 sin is broken,

00:48:10.360 --> 00:48:11.400
 but you know

00:48:11.400 --> 00:48:11.980
 what's going

00:48:11.980 --> 00:48:12.780
 to be amazing?

00:48:13.780 --> 00:48:14.820
 The presence

00:48:14.820 --> 00:48:16.059
 of sin will

00:48:16.059 --> 00:48:16.960
 be eradicated.

00:48:18.280 --> 00:48:19.079
 And now,

00:48:19.360 --> 00:48:20.660
 our experience

00:48:20.660 --> 00:48:22.519
 is going to

00:48:22.519 --> 00:48:24.900
 match our

00:48:24.900 --> 00:48:25.820
 legal standing.

00:48:27.820 --> 00:48:28.720
 Is that good

00:48:28.720 --> 00:48:28.980
 news?

00:48:30.440 --> 00:48:31.340
 It's one day

00:48:31.340 --> 00:48:31.740
 closer.

00:48:33.440 --> 00:48:34.440
 So now,

00:48:35.160 --> 00:48:36.160
 we fight.

00:48:37.360 --> 00:48:38.120
 Let's pray.

00:48:38.119 --> 00:48:40.500
 God in heaven,

00:48:40.500 --> 00:48:43.339
 would you take

00:48:43.339 --> 00:48:44.259
 my fish and

00:48:44.259 --> 00:48:45.440
 loaves of

00:48:45.440 --> 00:48:45.920
 your word,

00:48:46.719 --> 00:48:47.639
 and would you

00:48:47.639 --> 00:48:48.179
 multiply,

00:48:49.339 --> 00:48:50.699
 and would you

00:48:50.699 --> 00:48:51.960
 attend to my

00:48:51.960 --> 00:48:52.559
 brothers and

00:48:52.559 --> 00:48:52.940
 sisters,

00:48:54.219 --> 00:48:54.799
 and that,

00:48:54.960 --> 00:48:55.539
 God, you would

00:48:55.539 --> 00:48:57.119
 stir in them

00:48:57.119 --> 00:48:58.159
 a hunger and

00:48:58.159 --> 00:48:58.739
 thirst for your

00:48:58.739 --> 00:48:59.259
 righteousness,

00:49:00.079 --> 00:49:01.319
 a boldness

00:49:01.319 --> 00:49:02.440
 and a courage

00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:03.679
 to fight and

00:49:03.679 --> 00:49:04.599
 slay sin,

00:49:04.819 --> 00:49:05.539
 and to become

00:49:05.539 --> 00:49:06.000
 more and more

00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:06.659
 like Christ.

00:49:06.659 --> 00:49:06.699
 Christ.

00:49:06.980 --> 00:49:07.460
 Thank you,

00:49:07.539 --> 00:49:08.179
 God, for your

00:49:08.179 --> 00:49:09.219
 justifying work

00:49:09.219 --> 00:49:09.899
 with which you've

00:49:09.899 --> 00:49:11.099
 done by your

00:49:11.099 --> 00:49:12.179
 grace for us,

00:49:12.379 --> 00:49:13.539
 and now pour out

00:49:13.539 --> 00:49:14.219
 your grace more

00:49:14.219 --> 00:49:14.599
 and more,

00:49:15.139 --> 00:49:15.619
 that we would

00:49:15.619 --> 00:49:16.599
 become more and

00:49:16.599 --> 00:49:17.399
 more like Christ

00:49:17.399 --> 00:49:17.960
 in all that we

00:49:17.960 --> 00:49:18.179
 do.

00:49:18.179 --> 00:49:19.339
 Amen.