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 We're in Galatians 3. When Sam first launched us in Galatians, he told us about evangelism

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 explosion and the two diagnostic questions in this training course. And last week, Deb

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 mentioned the same questions, and so I felt like I didn't want to be left out, and so

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 I should mention them too. The first question is, imagine you were to die now. Would you

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 be certain that you would go to heaven? And so what that question does is it raises the

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 issue of whether or not we are assured of our salvation and our eternal future. The second

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 question is, imagine you were to die and ended up in front of God, and he was asked you, why

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 should I let you into heaven? What would you say? And that question highlights the source

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 of our assurance, or lack of it. What is the, where are we putting our hopes in? Where are

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 we pinning our hopes on? And so like Deb and like Sam, I was trained in this course many,

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 many years ago, and I remember an opportunity to use those questions in the very early days

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 of me doing the training. It was one night, and it was about 20-odd years ago. It was the

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 end of a Carols by Candlelight event, and I got into a lengthy discussion with this guy

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 that I knew from high school. It was a lengthy discussion about the gospel of the Christian

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 faith, and let's say this particular guy, academics wasn't his strongest point, and relational, he

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 had relational challenges. In fact, he didn't have a lot of strong points, and I used the

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 questions on him in this evening, and he didn't understand the point of the questions at all,

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 or even how they related to the discussion we were having. Couldn't make the connection

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 at all. Anyway, about a week later, I'm lining up in the supermarket, you know, to buy groceries,

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 that's what you do there, and this is a small country town, right? And over from the other

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 side of the supermarket, I hear this person call out, hey, Fox. Now, that was a nickname

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 for me at school, Fox. I had red hair, and, you know, it's a country thing, and it was just

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 a whole lot better than Bunsen burner, which is what I initially had. But this guy yells out,

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 hey, Fox, I need your help to get to heaven. And it's like, you know, everyone in the supermarket

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 hears it, and everyone now is looking around, who best suits the description of Fox in this

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 room, you know? And he came over to me, and, you know, you're kind of wanting to have a quiet

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 conversation at this point, but it's fairly loud. And he said to me, those two questions

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 that you asked me the other night, what were your answers? I need to know your answers.

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 And so I repeated the questions and repeated the answers. Then he said, can I have your shopping

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 list? Okay, so I gave him a shopping list. And have you got a pen? Yeah, I've got a pen.

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 He said, now, just say it again slowly so I can write it down. Okay, you know, so I'm

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 writing it down. I'm just kind of wondering where this is going to go. At the end of it,

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 hands my pen back and starts to walk away, and I kind of grave, I've got to know, you know,

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 what are you doing? He's folding it up, puts it in his pocket, and he said, this is brilliant.

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 He said, like you say, if I was to die right now, I've got the answers about how to get into

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 question, into heaven. He said, this is brilliant. He said, I could die right now and be guaranteed

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 to go into heaven. He said, I'm going to keep these answers with me always. He said, this

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 is so easy. I'm like, oh, forget it. I didn't know what to do at that moment. He totally, totally

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 missed the point of the questions. And yet, he did have a point. Is it really that easy?

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 You see, whenever you hear the radical claims of the Christian gospel of salvation by grace,

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 we should be prompted in some way to think the same. Is it that easy? That easy to be saved?

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 You know, where does effort, obedience, work, where does that fit in with all this?

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 Or to put it bluntly, if I'm always saved only by Christ's performance and not my own,

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 why would I even bother living a holy life? Who cares about that? Just go on living as I am and just,

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 you know, have salvation attached in some way. See, I think there's no more practical question than

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 that of the relationship between the Christian and the law of God and the commands of God.

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 All of our questions about how to live the Christian life, marriage relationship, sexual ethics,

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 use of money, retirement, church attendance, raising kids, and the plethora of other things

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 that we deal with are all linked to that central, central question. What is the relationship

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 between the gospel, the Christian gospel, and the law of God?

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 Now, let me just do a little bit of announcement over here. This is a very short book, which is

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 attractive to most people. Is forgiveness really free? It's written by Michael Jensen. It's cheap,

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 it's accessible, easy to read, short chapters, big words. So there shouldn't be anyone who wouldn't

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 want to read that. That's a really helpful little book if you want to delve into it a little bit deep

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 and a bit longer than what I'm going to deal with it tonight. Is forgiveness really free?

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 So let's get back to this text. This is the question which is before us. Is forgiveness

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 really free? What's the relationship between the Christian and the law of God? Now, the first thing

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 Paul does in Galatians 3 here is he outlines again for us what the law does not do. And Paul's been

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 working on this right throughout Galatians. He's already established that we are saved,

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 we are justified, we are redeemed only by faith in Jesus Christ, not through any righteousness of

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 our own, not through any effort on our behalf. And he pushes the point again. Let's have a look at

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 verses 15 to 18. Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can

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 set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. The promises

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 were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say, and to seeds, meaning many people,

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 but to your seed, meaning one person who is Christ. What I mean is this, the law introduced 430 years

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 later does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the

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 promise. For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise.

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 But God, in his grace, gave it to Abraham through a promise. So he says, let me just try and help you

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 understand this from an everyday example, everyday life. The example he uses is human contracts and the

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 way that they are binding, the way that they are difficult, if not impossible to avoid. He says,

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 no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that is being duly established. And the word he uses

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 there for covenant is the word that is the term for a legal will, you know, like parents in terms of

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 writing wills for kids and everything else. You see, once a will is made, it is normally considered

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 binding no matter what circumstances happen, no matter changes in circumstances. The only person

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 who can overturn a will is the person who wrote the will in the first place. And so it is with the

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 promises of God. So let me try and capture this for us. Imagine there's a woman, she's got two daughters,

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 one is extremely wealthy, one is extremely wealthy, and one is really poor. And so she decides in her

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 will to leave the really poor daughter, the bulk of her estate, and the really rich daughter,

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 the cat and the dog, you know, and a bit of furniture or something like that. She's trying to help the

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 poor daughter without recognizing the rich one doesn't need it so much. And that will is legally binding

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 legally binding, even if circumstances change. So imagine the day after that woman dies,

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 the really wealthy daughter loses her entire wealth. The will still stands. New circumstances

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 don't change the will. It's still legally binding. And that's what Paul's saying here.

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 Paul knows that some might see that the law was introduced by Moses 450 years after God's promise of

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 salvation to Abraham and conclude, well, this changes everything. New circumstances. If we are to get the

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 blessing of Abraham, we now have to obey the law of Moses. And Paul shows us here that's a false

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 conclusion. He does it in verse 17. The law cannot turn God's promise to Abraham into anything else but

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 what it is, and that's a promise. It's a powerful argument. If the law of Moses came as a way of salvation,

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 it means that God ultimately has changed his mind about us needing a savior, and that he would now

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 give us his blessing on the base of performance and not promise. And if the Old Testament law functioned in that way,

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 notice what verse 17 says, it does away with the promise. And the basic idea is that the very concepts of promise

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 promise and law are mutually exclusive. You don't add law to a promise to make it a better promise. You at that point

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 negate it. You nullify it as a promise once you add law to it. They're two different ideas. Just indulge me for a moment here.

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 For a promise to bring a result, all it needs to be is believed. But for a law to bring a result,

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 it has to be obeyed. So imagine, for example, I say to you, I've got $20 behind this pillar right here,

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 and I'm willing to give it to you. And I'm willing to give it to you. And the only way that you will fail

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 to receive that $20 is by failing to believe the claim, failing to believe the promise.

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 Yes, it does. That's the only way that you would fail to receive it. But imagine I say to you,

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 I've got $20 behind this pillar, and I will give it to you, providing you massage my feet and cut my toenails.

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 You would need to fulfill the requirement in order to receive the $20. You've got to obey the

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 requirement in order to receive $20. And at that point, you've got to go through cost-benefit analysis

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 and go, my goodness, I'm not doing that for $20. You know, no way. You see, a gift promise

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 needs only to be believed. You just need to believe it in order to receive it. But a law wage

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 must be obeyed in order to receive it. They're two very different concepts.

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 And if the law of Moses was intended to be a means of salvation, then the promise to Abraham

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 is not a promise. It's nullified. It's removed. It's gone.

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 But this promise, as Paul says in verse 15,

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 is sealed with a covenant. It's sealed with a legal deal.

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 Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant

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 that has been duly established, so it is in this case.

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 And what Paul's referring to here is he's taking us back to Genesis 15.

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 Back there in Genesis 15, in verse 8, Abraham says to God,

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 how can I be sure that you are going to fulfill this promise of blessing to me?

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 How can I be sure of that?

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 What does God tell him to do?

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 You see how you can be sure?

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 Verse 9, bring me a heifer, a goat, a ram, each three years old,

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 along with a dove and a young pigeon.

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 Notice, God doesn't give Abraham any more instructions

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 than to go and get these animals.

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 Verse 10, Abraham gets them and it says,

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 In other words, Abraham knew exactly what he needed to do

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 when he grabbed these animals and birds.

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 And now this is really strange for us what's going on here,

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 but in Abraham's day, this is how a covenant,

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 this is how a legal agreement was signed.

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 It's fairly grueling, but this is how they did it.

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 That's why God didn't need to give Abraham any more instructions

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 because he knew exactly what's required here.

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 They would get the animals, they would cut them in half,

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 they would lay them on either half on either side.

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 You'd kind of find a walkway in between

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 and everyone who's making this agreement,

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 everyone who is signing this legal deal

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 would walk between the two halves of the carcasses

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 and as they walk between it,

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 they are saying as a covenant maker,

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 if I break this agreement,

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 may I turn out like these carcasses.

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 May I die and be cut in two like these carcasses

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 if I break this agreement.

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 You seal it with your life is what you do.

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 And what's astonishing here in this covenant

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 between God and Abraham

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 is that Abraham never walks between the halves.

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 Abraham, it says, falls into a deep sleep

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 and the only thing that passes through, verse 17,

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 is a smoking fire pot with a blazing torch appeared

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 and passed between the pieces.

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 But we are told in verse 18,

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 on that day, the Lord made a covenant with Abraham.

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 The promise to bless Abraham

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 is not reliant upon Abraham.

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 It's got nothing to do with his obedience at all.

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 And what God was saying in this moment in Genesis 15,

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 I would die before I break my promise

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 to bless Abraham and his descendants

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 and through him and through one particular descendant,

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 his seed to offer blessing to the whole world.

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 I will die before I break that covenant promise.

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 And in the end, this seed did die on a cross

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 as the man Jesus Christ in order to fulfill

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 the promise of blessing to all who trust in God

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 as Abraham did.

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 That's what it took for the promise to be fulfilled.

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 So Paul is just simply pointing out here to the Galatians

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 the impossibility of God adding obedience demands

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 to his covenant promise.

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 God had guaranteed that he would keep his promise.

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 And so the first thing that Paul's doing here

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 is he's just reminding us,

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 we need to be really clear about the purpose of the law,

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 what it does.

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 Otherwise, and for us, it's really crucial for this,

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 for the Galatians and for us,

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 we get the whole Christian life totally wrong.

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 Totally wrong if we're not clear on this.

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 Everything God created has a purpose

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 and as such is a good thing.

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 And as you know, even good things can become bad things

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 when we use them for something that they're not intended.

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 I love Charles Spurgeon, the 19th century preacher.

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 He had a really unique way of capturing this

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 as he does with most things.

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 He liked to say,

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 a hand saw is a good thing,

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 but not to shave with.

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 A hand saw is good for cutting wood,

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 but not facial hair.

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 If you put your hand saw to that sort of use,

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 you'll wind up losing more than hair.

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 A good thing is not good when it's out of place.

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 And if we turn to the law as a means of salvation,

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 it's out of place, it's not a good thing.

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 And you lose everything.

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 If the law does not save,

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 then it must have a different purpose.

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 And let's see now what this law does.

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 At last, verse 19, Paul tells us what the point of the law is.

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 What then was the purpose of the law?

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 It was added because of transgression until the seed

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 to whom the promise referred had come.

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 So the law didn't come to tell us about salvation,

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 but about sin.

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 That's the purpose of the law,

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 to tell us about sin.

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 Its main purpose is to show us our problem,

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 not to solve our problem.

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 It shows us that we are law breakers

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 and to prove to us that our obedience as law breakers

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 could not possibly be the solution for salvation

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 because we are not perfect law keepers.

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 Paul picks this idea up again and again and again

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 and again and again.

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 Does it in verse 21?

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 If the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God,

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 is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God?

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 Absolutely not.

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 For if a law had been given that could impart life,

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 then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

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 So God never intended for the law to impart life.

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 In fact, verse 22 says,

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 the scripture declares that the whole world is a prisoner of sin.

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 In fact, the original language is even more vivid than that.

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 It is literally scripture imprisoned all the world to sin.

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 The law shows us that we do not just fall short of God's will,

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 requiring just a little bit more effort on our behalf

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 to do a little bit better,

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 but that in fact we are completely under sin's power

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 and that we require a rescue.

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 The law has the power to show us that we are not righteous,

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 but it cannot give us the power in order to be righteous.

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 Ironically,

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 if we think that we can be righteous by obedience to the law,

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 we've missed the entire point of the law.

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 The law does its work to lead us towards recognition of our need for salvation by grace.

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 That is, the law points to the promise.

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 The law points to the need for the promise.

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 The law does not oppose the promise of salvation by grace through Jesus Christ,

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 but rather it supports it.

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 It points out to us our desperate need of salvation by grace.

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 And Paul uses two metaphors here in the next few verses

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 to characterize the way the law works.

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 The first one is in verse 23.

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 It says,

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 The law is a guard.

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 Before this faith came,

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 we were held prisoners by the law,

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 locked up until faith should be revealed.

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 This verse carries the idea

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 that we are being guarded by military guards.

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 We're in prison.

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 We're locked.

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 We need freedom.

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 And we can't get freedom

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 because the law is keeping us imprisoned to our sin.

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 And the second metaphor he uses

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 to show us how the law points to the promise

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 is the tutor-student relationship.

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 Verse 24.

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 So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ

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 that we might be justified by faith.

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 Now that faith has come,

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 we are no longer under the supervision of the law.

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 So the law is a supervisor.

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 It's a tutor.

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 It's a babysitter under whose instruction we live.

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 The law was put in charge over us to lead us to Christ.

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 See, in the homes of Paul's day,

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 1st century Palestine,

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 the tutor or the guardian

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 was usually a slave

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 who supervised the children on the parents' behalf.

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 And the interesting thing is

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 when you look at both of these metaphors,

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 the guard and the tutor,

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 we see that what the law does

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 is it removes our freedom.

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 Both metaphors reveal

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 that our relationship with the law

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 is not an intimate one or a personal one.

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 Both metaphors reveal

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 that our relationship with the law

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 is based on rewards and punishments.

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 Both metaphors reveal

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 that our relationship with the law

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 means that we are treated like kids.

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 There is, however, a difference between the two.

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 The guard metaphor

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 represents human effort religion.

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 And it's characterized by bondage,

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 an impersonal relationship with the divine,

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 and motivated by a desire for reward

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 and a fear of punishment.

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 That's the guard metaphor.

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 The tutor metaphor, on the other hand,

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 shows us that the law's true purpose

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 is in fact instructive.

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 In the same way, a tutor's role

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 is to prepare children for lives

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 as adults,

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 as free persons,

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 as grown-up, matured persons.

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 And in that sense,

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 the law points to a life of freedom,

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 not confinement.

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 The law points to a personal relationship

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 with God rather than impersonal.

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 The law points to maturity of character

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 rather than immaturity.

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 That's what the law does.

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 It points to the promise.

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 Now, I think it's worth quoting here

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 at some length the great John Stott.

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 This is from his commentary in Galatians.

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 I think it just sort of sums up

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 this second point so well.

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 After God gave the promise to Abraham,

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 he gave the law to Moses.

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 Why?

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 He had to make things worse

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 before he could make them better.

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 The law exposed sin.

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 It provokes sin.

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 It condemns sin.

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 And the purpose of the law

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 was to lift the lid

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 of humanity's respectability

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 and disclose

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 what they really are underneath.

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 Sinful, rebellious,

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 guilty,

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 under the judgment of God,

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 and helpless to save themselves.

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 And the law must be allowed

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 to do its God-given duty today.

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 One of the great faults

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 of the contemporary church

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 is the tendency

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 to soft-pedal sin and judgment.

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 We must never bypass the law

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 and come straight to the gospel.

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 To do so is to contradict

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 the plan of God

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 in biblical history.

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 No person has ever

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 appreciated the gospel

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 until the law

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 has first revealed

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.579
 to them

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 themselves.

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 It is only against

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 the inky blackness

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 of the night sky

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 that the stars

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 begin to appear.

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 It is only against

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 the dark background

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 of sin and judgment

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 that the gospel

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 shines forth.

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 That's what the gospel does.

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 It locks us up

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 until the gospel reveals

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:44.619
 justification by faith

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 in the Lord Jesus

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 for salvation.

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 not until the law

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 has bruised us

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 and broken us

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 will we admit

00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:56.379
 our need for the gospel

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 in order to heal our wounds.

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 Not until the law

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 has arrested

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.900
 and imprisoned us

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 will we long

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.240
 for Christ

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.099
 to set us free.

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 Not until the law

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:07.140
 has condemned us

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:07.740
 and killed us

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 we will call out to Christ

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:10.000
 for justification

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 and life.

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 Not until the law

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.960
 has driven us

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:15.599
 to despair

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.539
 of ourselves

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.660
 and our effort

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:20.640
 will we ever believe

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:23.480
 in the grace

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.600
 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:26.540
 Not until the law

00:26:26.540 --> 00:26:27.360
 has humbled us

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 even to hell

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:29.600
 will we turn

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 to the gospel

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 to raise us to heaven.

00:26:32.860 --> 00:26:34.080
 That's how

00:26:34.080 --> 00:26:35.340
 the law

00:26:35.340 --> 00:26:36.000
 and the promise

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 work together.

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 So,

00:26:39.100 --> 00:26:39.900
 verse 25

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:41.180
 how the law

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 and the gospel

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.200
 life

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.500
 how this works

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.500
 together for us.

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:45.900
 Verse 25

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:47.019
 says that once faith

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.680
 comes

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 we are no longer

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:50.740
 under the supervision

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.280
 of the law.

00:26:52.320 --> 00:26:53.240
 Our effort

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.440
 to gain

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:55.820
 God's approval

00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:57.500
 by obedience

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.200
 to the law

00:26:58.200 --> 00:27:00.000
 shows us

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:01.120
 that we need

00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:01.519
 to go

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.680
 beyond the law

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:04.100
 to find that approval.

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:06.259
 and when we see

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.639
 that

00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:08.279
 and we allow

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.819
 Christ

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.980
 to be our saviour

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:11.419
 we learn

00:27:11.419 --> 00:27:12.000
 the lesson

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.519
 that the law

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.439
 sought to teach us

00:27:13.439 --> 00:27:14.159
 as our tutor.

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.500
 Okay?

00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:18.519
 So what now

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.059
 for the Christian?

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:21.179
 Does this mean

00:27:21.179 --> 00:27:22.299
 we now forget

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.899
 about the law?

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.159
 Don't need any more?

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:25.959
 Don't need these commands

00:27:25.959 --> 00:27:26.500
 from Jesus

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:26.819
 and

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:28.759
 don't need that

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.139
 anymore?

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:30.619
 Don't need standards

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:31.779
 values?

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:33.980
 Paul would say

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:35.500
 don't be ridiculous.

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.639
 Don't be ridiculous

00:27:40.639 --> 00:27:41.139
 because you don't

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:41.859
 forget the law.

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:44.339
 Let me just draw out

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:44.960
 just for a little bit

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.599
 the analogy

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.519
 of the

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:48.019
 tutor over the child

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.819
 or maybe

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.579
 you know

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.779
 parent-child relationship

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.639
 might be better for us.

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:54.180
 I don't do this

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:55.000
 so I can't imagine

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.819
 any parent

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:57.019
 designs their

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:58.019
 child rearing.

00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.559
 I don't think

00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:00.220
 I can't imagine

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.940
 any parent

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:02.180
 that designs

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:03.259
 their child rearing

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:04.380
 in such a way

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:05.980
 that when that child

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:07.440
 grows to maturity

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:09.779
 that they cast off

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:11.039
 all of their values

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:12.420
 that have been instilled

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:12.960
 in them

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:14.059
 and live

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:15.160
 a totally different life.

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.960
 I can't imagine

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:17.140
 there's a single parent

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:18.200
 who thinks

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.840
 that that is

00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:19.759
 ultimately the goal

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.840
 of child rearing.

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:27.139
 that is

00:28:27.139 --> 00:28:27.879
 I'm assuming

00:28:27.879 --> 00:28:29.019
 that every parent

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:30.039
 when they're instilling

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:31.179
 values in their children

00:28:31.179 --> 00:28:32.619
 they're instilling values

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:33.339
 that they think

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:34.000
 that their child

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:35.019
 needs in order

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.579
 to flourish

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.480
 in all of life

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.279
 not just while

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.740
 they're a child.

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.279
 Is that correct?

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.939
 Am I stupid here?

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.000
 Well I mean

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.779
 don't answer that one.

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:46.339
 If all goes well

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.919
 and I'm assuming

00:28:46.919 --> 00:28:47.659
 this for my own children

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.700
 if all goes well

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.900
 the adult child

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:51.340
 is no longer

00:28:51.340 --> 00:28:53.560
 coerced into obedience

00:28:53.560 --> 00:28:54.519
 as before

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:56.400
 but over the course of time

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:58.040
 they have internalized

00:28:58.040 --> 00:28:59.500
 the basic values

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.440
 which have been instilled

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.860
 in them

00:29:00.860 --> 00:29:01.840
 and they live

00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:02.680
 in a similar manner

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.220
 not necessarily

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:04.060
 a total same manner

00:29:04.060 --> 00:29:04.400
 but they live

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:05.400
 in a similar manner

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:06.500
 because that's what

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.320
 they actually want to do

00:29:07.320 --> 00:29:08.640
 the values have been instilled

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.700
 they've been internalized

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.200
 within them.

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:16.120
 Paul isn't saying here

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:16.740
 that the Christian

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.059
 can

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:19.860
 no longer

00:29:19.860 --> 00:29:21.420
 has any relationship

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.460
 you know

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.740
 the law's there

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.539
 the word of God's there

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.420
 the command of God's there

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.319
 you found salvation

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:26.740
 and grace

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.740
 and now you don't need

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.240
 any relationship

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:29.279
 with that stuff at all

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:30.620
 I don't think that's

00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:31.340
 what Paul's saying here

00:29:31.340 --> 00:29:31.720
 at all

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:37.819
 what he's saying is

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.680
 we no longer

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:42.039
 view that system

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:43.620
 of the law

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:45.039
 for salvation

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:46.980
 the law

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:48.220
 no longer

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:49.620
 forces obedience

00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:50.700
 through coercion

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.579
 and fear

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:53.519
 that's what he's saying

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:55.019
 the gospel means

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.740
 we no longer

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.680
 obey the law

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.259
 out of fear

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.779
 rejection

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.880
 or the hope of salvation

00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.519
 by performance

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:01.000
 when we grab hold

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:02.640
 of salvation

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:03.519
 by promise

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.619
 salvation by grace

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.539
 in Christ alone

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:07.099
 our hearts are filled

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.779
 with gratitude

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:10.160
 and a desire

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:11.180
 to please

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:11.599
 and

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:13.500
 to be like

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.460
 our saviour

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:17.220
 and the way

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:18.500
 that we live

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.819
 like our saviour

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.740
 the way we be like

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.119
 our saviour

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.779
 the way we seek

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:23.000
 to please our saviour

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:26.019
 is through the way

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.960
 he's described

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:28.480
 as life should be lived

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:30.799
 through the law

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:33.779
 when you come

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.399
 to the law

00:30:34.399 --> 00:30:35.240
 and it's totally

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.960
 different for the

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.899
 Christian

00:30:36.899 --> 00:30:37.680
 for the person

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.319
 who's been saved

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:38.659
 by grace

00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:39.299
 totally different

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:40.019
 approach to the law

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:42.599
 when you come

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.019
 to the law

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:44.359
 motivated by gratitude

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:46.279
 because of grace

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:48.559
 we are better

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.159
 in our obedience

00:30:49.159 --> 00:30:49.759
 to the law

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.940
 much better

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.500
 why is that

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.139
 firstly

00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:54.159
 it's because

00:30:54.159 --> 00:30:54.919
 when we think

00:30:54.919 --> 00:30:55.480
 that the law

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.139
 obedience

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:57.079
 will save us

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.980
 we tend to

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.859
 by nature

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.519
 lower

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.839
 the standards

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.299
 of the law

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:02.459
 that's what the Pharisees

00:31:02.459 --> 00:31:03.719
 did in Jesus' time

00:31:03.719 --> 00:31:04.279
 it's like

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:05.939
 it's almost like

00:31:05.939 --> 00:31:06.259
 we become

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:07.179
 emotionally

00:31:07.179 --> 00:31:08.819
 incapable

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:10.379
 of admitting

00:31:10.379 --> 00:31:11.319
 just how

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:11.899
 searching

00:31:11.899 --> 00:31:12.699
 and demanding

00:31:12.699 --> 00:31:13.819
 and penetrating

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.599
 the law

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.240
 actually is

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:16.019
 in our life

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:18.959
 it's almost become

00:31:18.959 --> 00:31:19.539
 we just

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.639
 by nature

00:31:20.639 --> 00:31:21.019
 give me

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.879
 ten simple rules

00:31:21.879 --> 00:31:22.359
 to live by

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:22.919
 and that'll do

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:25.820
 and the law

00:31:25.820 --> 00:31:26.600
 is so

00:31:26.600 --> 00:31:27.220
 penetrating

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:28.279
 in every aspect

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:29.180
 of our life

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:30.880
 for instance

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:31.759
 Matthew 5

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.680
 21-22

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.720
 Jesus says

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:35.259
 that to resent

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.720
 someone

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.460
 is a form

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:36.940
 of murder

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:38.180
 and we sit

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.600
 in a culture

00:31:38.600 --> 00:31:38.820
 and say

00:31:38.820 --> 00:31:39.259
 murder

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:40.140
 nothing worse

00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:40.580
 ta ta

00:31:40.580 --> 00:31:41.060
 murder

00:31:41.060 --> 00:31:42.080
 and Jesus said

00:31:42.080 --> 00:31:42.640
 you resent

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.180
 someone

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:44.560
 that's a form

00:31:44.560 --> 00:31:44.980
 of murder

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:46.440
 you've broken

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.080
 the command

00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:47.680
 do not

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.380
 commit murder

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:50.240
 and frankly

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.780
 it's quite

00:31:50.780 --> 00:31:51.260
 possible

00:31:51.260 --> 00:31:52.960
 that

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:54.540
 a good majority

00:31:54.540 --> 00:31:54.820
 of us

00:31:54.820 --> 00:31:55.140
 sitting here

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:55.660
 right now

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.160
 has resented

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:57.060
 someone in our hearts

00:31:57.060 --> 00:31:58.160
 you've committed

00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:59.240
 that sin

00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:02.320
 Jesus made

00:32:02.320 --> 00:32:02.640
 the law

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:04.160
 so penetrating

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:05.360
 and only

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:06.460
 if we know

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:07.700
 that we cannot

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.240
 keep it

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.880
 completely

00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:12.360
 but that we

00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:13.160
 don't need

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.860
 to keep it

00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:14.400
 completely

00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:16.040
 to be saved

00:32:16.040 --> 00:32:17.120
 at all

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:17.560
 in fact

00:32:17.560 --> 00:32:18.340
 to be saved

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:19.519
 because Jesus

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.139
 did it

00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:21.039
 for us

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:22.259
 will we

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.839
 be able

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.359
 to admit

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:24.220
 just how

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.859
 broad

00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.259
 and how

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.619
 deep

00:32:25.619 --> 00:32:26.220
 this command

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.839
 is

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:28.839
 how deep

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.259
 the law

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.419
 is

00:32:29.419 --> 00:32:30.379
 how deep

00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:32.879
 the commands

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.259
 of God

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.720
 are

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:35.379
 if we think

00:32:35.379 --> 00:32:36.000
 we are saved

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:37.139
 by obedience

00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:38.119
 then we

00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:39.399
 just by nature

00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:40.179
 have to limit

00:32:40.179 --> 00:32:41.059
 the scope

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.799
 of the law

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:43.919
 in order

00:32:43.919 --> 00:32:44.519
 for us

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:45.359
 to be able

00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:46.079
 to manage

00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:46.319
 it

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:48.119
 and what

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:48.700
 flows on

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.179
 from that

00:32:49.179 --> 00:32:50.599
 is a position

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:51.059
 of self

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:51.500
 righteousness

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:54.039
 you ever

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.859
 find yourself

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:55.980
 looking down

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.339
 on another

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:56.939
 human being

00:32:56.939 --> 00:32:57.399
 because they

00:32:57.399 --> 00:32:57.720
 don't live

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.220
 by the standards

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.579
 you live

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:58.899
 by

00:32:58.899 --> 00:33:01.319
 that's because

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:01.559
 you're living

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.179
 by the law

00:33:02.179 --> 00:33:05.700
 that's because

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:05.939
 you're living

00:33:05.939 --> 00:33:06.539
 by the law

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:08.299
 not living

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.960
 by grace

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:10.980
 and you've

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.720
 made the law

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.860
 manageable

00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:14.299
 and Jesus

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.880
 condemned the

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.319
 Pharisees

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.579
 for that

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:16.039
 secondly

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:17.819
 grateful joy

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.680
 is a motive

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.620
 that will lead

00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:20.759
 us to much

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.640
 more endurance

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:22.319
 in obedience

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:22.900
 than fearful

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.579
 compliance

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:25.980
 fearful compliance

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:27.500
 makes obedience

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:28.460
 a drudgery

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:30.500
 and it's a drudgery

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.480
 that cannot cope

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:32.019
 with the tough

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.340
 times

00:33:32.340 --> 00:33:32.819
 the difficult

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.380
 times

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:36.180
 without the

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.580
 gospel

00:33:36.580 --> 00:33:38.000
 we may

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.680
 obey the

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.020
 law

00:33:39.020 --> 00:33:40.260
 but we

00:33:40.260 --> 00:33:40.980
 will hate

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.520
 the law

00:33:41.520 --> 00:33:42.800
 we will

00:33:42.800 --> 00:33:43.520
 use it

00:33:43.520 --> 00:33:44.760
 but we

00:33:44.760 --> 00:33:45.100
 will not

00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:45.860
 truly love

00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:46.120
 it

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:48.740
 so if you

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.120
 look at the

00:33:49.120 --> 00:33:49.680
 commands of

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:49.960
 Jesus

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.700
 and you go

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:53.220
 oh well I've

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.800
 got to do it

00:33:53.800 --> 00:33:54.440
 I better do it

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:54.820
 it's kind of like

00:33:54.820 --> 00:33:55.460
 my kids when I

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:55.900
 say you need to

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.360
 clean your room

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:57.500
 stamp stamp stamp

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.380
 you know try it

00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:59.200
 with a smile on

00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.780
 your face this

00:33:59.780 --> 00:34:00.320
 time you know

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:01.879
 it's it's I'm

00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:02.439
 gonna do it

00:34:02.439 --> 00:34:02.819
 but I'm

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:04.039
 oh I don't

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.619
 love it

00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:06.359
 don't see it

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:06.659
 as a good

00:34:06.659 --> 00:34:07.619
 thing at all

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:12.400
 once we

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:13.400
 understand salvation

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.159
 by promise

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:15.039
 we do not

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:16.059
 obey God

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:17.460
 any longer

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.199
 for our

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.699
 sake

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:20.319
 we obey God

00:34:20.319 --> 00:34:20.980
 for his

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.380
 sake

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:22.799
 we use the

00:34:22.799 --> 00:34:23.239
 law to

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:24.319
 please him

00:34:24.319 --> 00:34:25.460
 and to

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.319
 delight in

00:34:26.319 --> 00:34:26.880
 our gracious

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.679
 father because

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:28.539
 the way he

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.440
 has defined

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:30.059
 life

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:31.519
 is for our

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.279
 flourishing

00:34:32.279 --> 00:34:33.239
 for our

00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:33.679
 good

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:37.799
 so the

00:34:37.799 --> 00:34:38.299
 point of all

00:34:38.299 --> 00:34:39.159
 this this text

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:39.659
 in front of us

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:41.159
 today is

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:42.159
 that the law

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:42.820
 and grace

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.900
 work together

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:45.099
 for Christian

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:45.659
 salvation

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:48.139
 many people

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:49.299
 want a sense

00:34:49.299 --> 00:34:50.139
 of joy and

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:51.139
 acceptance but

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:51.779
 they will not

00:34:51.779 --> 00:34:52.360
 admit the

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.920
 seriousness of

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.360
 their sin

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:53.820
 just give me

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.659
 the good news

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.820
 about Jesus

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:56.420
 without this

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.159
 sin stuff

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:58.380
 they will not

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:59.159
 listen to the

00:34:59.159 --> 00:34:59.500
 laws

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:00.639
 searching and

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.719
 painful analysis

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.119
 of their

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.699
 hearts and

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:03.300
 their lives

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:04.920
 but unless

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.719
 we see how

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:07.019
 hopeless and

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.840
 how profoundly

00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:08.780
 sinful we

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:09.739
 are the

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.500
 message of

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.420
 salvation will

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:12.199
 never be

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:13.159
 exhilarating

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:14.699
 it will never

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.840
 be liberating

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:17.500
 never be

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.079
 exhilarating

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:18.679
 or liberating

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:20.139
 unless we

00:35:20.139 --> 00:35:21.000
 know how

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:22.239
 huge our

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:23.139
 debt is we

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.639
 cannot have

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.559
 any idea

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:25.659
 how great

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:26.400
 Christ's

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:27.019
 payment of

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.639
 it was

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:28.500
 if we

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.039
 think we're

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.380
 not all

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:30.019
 that bad

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.679
 the idea

00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:31.420
 of grace

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:32.139
 will never

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.980
 ever change

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.380
 us

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:37.920
 the law

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.559
 shows us

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:38.940
 who we

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.719
 really are

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:41.799
 and points

00:35:41.799 --> 00:35:42.420
 us to see

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:43.380
 Jesus as

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:44.320
 he really

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:45.039
 is

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:46.759
 a saviour

00:35:46.759 --> 00:35:47.039
 that we

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.460
 need

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:49.099
 a saviour

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.699
 who obeyed

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.119
 the law

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.799
 on our

00:35:50.799 --> 00:35:51.319
 behalf

00:35:51.319 --> 00:35:53.099
 died

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:54.059
 in our

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:54.619
 place

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:55.659
 that we

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:56.359
 might receive

00:35:56.359 --> 00:35:56.879
 the promised

00:35:56.879 --> 00:35:57.819
 blessing to

00:35:57.819 --> 00:35:58.500
 Abraham

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.980
 see friends

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.559
 salvation is

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.119
 so much more

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:01.439
 than just

00:36:01.439 --> 00:36:01.799
 forgiveness

00:36:01.799 --> 00:36:03.839
 it is so much

00:36:03.839 --> 00:36:04.339
 more than being

00:36:04.339 --> 00:36:05.039
 able to answer

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.539
 a couple of

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.059
 questions

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:07.379
 you know in

00:36:07.379 --> 00:36:07.819
 the right

00:36:07.819 --> 00:36:08.859
 kind of way

00:36:08.859 --> 00:36:11.079
 grace and

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:11.799
 law work

00:36:11.799 --> 00:36:12.299
 together

00:36:12.299 --> 00:36:13.679
 to allow

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:14.480
 us to love

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:14.919
 Jesus

00:36:14.919 --> 00:36:16.379
 and enable

00:36:16.379 --> 00:36:17.279
 us to show

00:36:17.279 --> 00:36:18.299
 true love

00:36:18.299 --> 00:36:19.299
 in grateful

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:20.140
 obedience to

00:36:20.140 --> 00:36:20.460
 him

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:22.680
 they work

00:36:22.680 --> 00:36:23.200
 together for

00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:23.740
 salvation

00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:25.480
 law

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 needs to be

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 obeyed

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 in order to

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 get a result

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 promise

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 just needs to

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 be believed

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 in order

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 to get a

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 result