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 Let me pray before we look at God's word together.

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 Father, we thank you for your word.

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 We thank you for your spirit

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 who inspired these words for the Apostle Paul so long ago.

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 We pray that your spirit might take this word tonight,

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 enabling me to speak your word correctly and powerfully,

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 that your spirit might work in our hearts,

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 for we ask it in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, it's great that you're doing a sermon series on Romans.

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 It's a wonderful book in the New Testament

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 and written by the Apostle Paul to a Christian community.

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 Actually, there was more than one church in Rome.

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 You don't actually find the word church

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 in the opening invitation of the letter,

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 but to the saints at Rome.

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 But there are different churches and different house groups

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 you'll see when you get to the end of the book in chapter 16.

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 He's never been to Rome before.

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 He's writing to them to encourage them

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 in terms of his anticipated arrival.

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 He's writing to them to explain his gospel,

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 to expound it,

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 and to also encourage them

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 with regard to his ongoing mission work.

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 Now, you've been doing a series

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 where you've been jumping from mountaintop to mountaintop, I think.

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 I think last week was chapter 5, verse 1,

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 and we've just picked up the end of chapter 7,

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 and now really looking at 8, verses 1 to 4.

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 And these mountaintop experiences,

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 you've got the valleys filled in in 6 and 7,

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 but chapter 8, verse 1,

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 starts off with that word, therefore.

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 And the therefore is a way of saying,

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 this now follows from what I've said before.

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 You might think at first glance,

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 it follows from what's just happened in chapter 7.

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 But in actual fact,

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 it flows back to chapter 5.

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 So you've done very well in your sermon series

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 to sort of see 6 and 7 has got a,

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 in a sense,

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 it's like a digression.

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 6 and 7 is looking at what,

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 how the law affects

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 God's plan of salvation,

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 and in particular,

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 how Christ has set us free

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 from that law.

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 But the mountaintop of chapter 5,

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 if you'll recall from last week,

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 we've been justified through faith

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 and we have peace with God

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 through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So in chapter 80 says,

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 Therefore,

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 there is now no condemnation

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 for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 There's no condemnation.

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 You see,

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 there were Jews and Gentiles in Rome.

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 And a Jew would know

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 that the law was an oppressive regime

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 which was so demanding.

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 It was impossible

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 to keep the law sinlessly.

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 Lots of people tried,

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 but in actual fact,

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 it was their promising life,

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 but was unable to fulfil that

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 for the Jewish people.

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 It actually brought condemnation upon it.

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 It brought condemnation in a way in which

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 if you break just one aspect of the law,

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 then you've broken the whole law.

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 You know,

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 you can imagine a friend of mine

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 very close to me.

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 It was pulled over for speeding.

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 And I said,

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 sorry,

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 the friend said,

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 and that...

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 I said to the officer,

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 look,

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 I may have been going over the speed limit

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 a teensy,

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 weensy little bit,

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 but you know what?

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 All day,

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 I've been driving under the speed limit.

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 So I reckon you should take

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 all those kilometres per hour

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 I was driving under the speed limit

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 and then you can apply them to this

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 and you'll find that I haven't actually

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 broken the law at all.

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 That went down like a lead balloon,

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 I might add.

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 It's sort of one of those things,

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 if you break the law,

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 you break the law.

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 You can't say,

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 well,

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 look at all the good things I've done,

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 because when you break God's law,

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 judgment comes,

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 condemnation comes.

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 So the law brings condemnation.

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 What happens to Christians

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 with regard to the law?

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 You see,

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 in chapter 7,

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 you'll see that the person in chapter 7

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 is bound by the law,

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 dead to that which held it captive.

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 The man of Romans 7

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 can't keep the law.

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 He's unable to do so.

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 Some people think the man in chapter 7

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 is all about the Christian

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 struggling with sin.

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 I actually don't think

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 that's what it's talking about.

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 I think it's talking about

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 the unbelieving Jew

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 who is under God's condemnation,

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 wants to keep the law,

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 but can't keep the law

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 because he's out of relationship with God.

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 The law is actually good.

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 In chapter 7,

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 the law is spiritual.

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 There's a good thing about law,

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 but law has to be in relationship.

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 Unless law is in relationship,

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 you will always want to break it.

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 You know those signs

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 that you've seen on billboards,

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 you know,

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 don't look through this peephole here,

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 and you think,

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 hmm,

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 let me think.

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 Let me think.

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 Might as well just fix up this thing.

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 Yes.

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 And then by a sign like that,

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 you're automatically enticed

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 to look through the hole,

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 aren't you?

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 Or when it says,

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 bill posters,

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 we prosecute it.

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 Poor old bill posters,

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 he's always going to get prosecuted.

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 Anyhow,

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 so people put up posters there.

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 Now,

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 you look through,

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 when you get a law like that,

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 you actually want to break it.

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 But if you're in relationship

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 with a lawgiver,

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 it's very different.

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 We had a house we lived in,

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 had a very broken kind of concrete pathway

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 coming up the driveway.

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 And my wife has been saying to me,

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 look,

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 you know,

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 why can't you just fix this?

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 You know,

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 can't you fix it?

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 And,

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 you know,

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 I say,

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 well,

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 I'm not really,

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 I didn't do concreting 101

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 at Theological College,

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 so I'm not really,

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 I'm not really good at that.

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 And,

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 but then one day,

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 while she was out,

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 I hired a concrete man

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 to come and lay the path for me.

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 And,

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 because it would be all wet cement,

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 I put up a sign saying,

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 don't step in the wet cement.

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 Okay?

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 My wife comes home,

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 and she says,

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 goodness,

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 he's finally listened.

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 He's got the pathway.

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 And he's warned me by saying,

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 don't step in the cement.

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 Because I could easily have stepped in there,

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 not thinking it was actually newly laid.

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 The warning,

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 the law,

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 don't step on the cement,

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 wet cement,

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 is actually for her good.

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 Because she's in relationship with me,

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 she wants to abide by that law.

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 She wants to keep that law.

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 We've got an 11-year-old boy

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 who lives next door.

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 He's not really in relationship with me

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 like my wife is.

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 When he sees the sign,

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 don't step in the wet cement,

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 whoa,

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 let's go.

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 Let's do those little doggy marks.

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 Anyhow.

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 Or, you know,

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 so-and-so loves so-and-so,

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 or something like that.

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 Because he sees that law

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 as an invitation to break it,

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 because he's not in relationship

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 with a lawgiver.

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 That's how the law works for Christians,

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 you see.

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 We're in relationship with God,

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 therefore the law is not oppressive

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 for us as Christians,

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 we actually want to keep it.

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 I actually asked the candidates tonight

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 about the Ten Commandments.

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 And you passed.

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 Lucky Sam.

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 And then I asked,

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 how many of you actually keep

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 the commandments perfectly?

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 And of course,

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 no one can.

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 Except one man,

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 Jesus.

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 You know,

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 because Jesus has kept

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 the commandments perfectly,

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 prevents us

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 from being condemned

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 by the law.

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 I don't know if you've heard

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 in your classical education,

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 probably the older people

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 would have heard the phrase

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 Damocles sword.

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 For younger ones,

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 probably don't know it,

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 but it's a,

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 it goes back to a story,

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 the Mediterranean king.

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 And this king

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 had a courtier,

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 a courtier

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 by the name of Damocles.

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 And Damocles would have,

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 you know,

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 meals with the king

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 and he's one of those

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 sort of chatterboxes

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 that just talks,

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 talks, talks.

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 You have people like that

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 in your church?

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 Anyhow,

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 so people you might invite

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 for dinner

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 and they just chat,

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 chat, chat.

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 And he was just sick

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 of Damocles.

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 So he actually said to Damocles,

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 give me your sword

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 and I'm going to hang

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 your sword

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 over your head

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 and I'm going to hold it up,

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 I'm going to tie it up

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 by a horse's hair.

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 And then I want you

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 to come and have dinner

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 with me

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 sitting under your own sword.

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 Well,

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 Damocles of course

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 had to do what the king said.

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 So,

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 he came in fear

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 and trembling.

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 He could hardly

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 eat his dinner.

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 He had no appetite

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 and what's more,

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 he couldn't even start

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 a conversation up.

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 So the king was delighted.

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 It worked.

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 And so the phrase being,

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 having,

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 sitting under Damocles' sword,

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 Damocles' sword

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 hanging over your head

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 means the threat

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 of judgment.

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 When Jesus says,

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 people will come

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 from the east and west

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 and sit down

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 and feast with Abraham

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 in the kingdom of God.

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 Jesus is saying

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 that the feasting table

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 for the people of God

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 includes Old Testament saints

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 like Abraham

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 as well as New Covenant saints

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 like us.

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 Under the Old Covenant,

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 the law

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 was hanging

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 as a judgment

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 over the people of God.

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 It's like Abraham

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 and Moses

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 and the rest of the

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 Old Testament saints

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 were sitting at the

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 banquet table of God

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 but the sword

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 of God's law

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 was hanging over them.

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 Not by a horse's hair

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 but something

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 much more secure,

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 the thread

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 of God's promise.

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 They could feast

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 at God's table

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 because they trusted

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 that God

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 would not bring

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 the judgment on them.

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 When Jesus arrives,

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 he comes and sits

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 at the same

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 banqueting table

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 but the sword

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 of God's judgment

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 falls upon Jesus.

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 He actually satisfies

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 all that the law

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 requires and demands.

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 He keeps the

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 Ten Commandments.

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 He's perfectly

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 obedient to his

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 Heavenly Father

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 and what's more

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 than that,

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 he dies the death

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 that you and I

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 deserve.

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 So that as New

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 Covenant saints,

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 when we come to

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 the feasting,

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 banqueting table

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 of God,

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 we no longer

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 have the threat

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 of God's law

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 over us

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 with its condemnation.

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 That's what Paul

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 means when he says

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 we are not under

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 law but under

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 grace.

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 In Romans 8.1,

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 there is now

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 no condemnation

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 for those who

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 are in Christ

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 Jesus.

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 Why?

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 Because through

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 Christ Jesus,

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 the law of the

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 spirit of life

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 has set me free

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 from the law

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 of sin and death.

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 You see,

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 sin and death

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 hang over us.

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 Paul says

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 elsewhere in

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 1 Corinthians,

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 he says,

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 the sting of

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 death is sin

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 but the power

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 of sin is the

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 law.

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 It's a fascinating

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 thought,

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 isn't it?

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 The sting of

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 death is sin

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 but the power

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 of sin is the

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 law.

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 It's the law

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 that condemns.

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 It's the law

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 that judges us.

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 It's the law

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 that sends us

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 to our death.

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 And what Jesus

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 has done

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 has taken

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 that penalty

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 away,

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 has taken

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 the condemnation

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 that belongs

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 to us

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 as people

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 who sin.

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 You see,

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 our God

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 is a righteous

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 God.

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 He's a perfect

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 God.

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 He loathes sin

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 even in his

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 people.

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 And he can't

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 just turn a blind

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 eye to sin.

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 In order to

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 save us,

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 he has to deal

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 with our sins.

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 And the

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 only way

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 he could do

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 it was to

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 sin Jesus.

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 If there was

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 another way,

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 he'd have done

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 so.

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 Such as the

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 depths of

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 God's love

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 is that the

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 most excruciating

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 way,

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 the only way

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 in which we

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 could be freed

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 from the

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 condemnation of

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 the law,

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 is if Jesus

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 stands in

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 our place.

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 Imagine you

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 four

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 confidants

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 at the

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 day of

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 judgment.

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 Scary

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 thought.

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 Here is

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 God's

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 throne.

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 And God

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 has a line

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 of people

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 coming up.

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 And as each

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 person stands

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 before the

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 throne of

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 God,

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 Gabriel goes

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 off and gets

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 their DVD

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 of their

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 life.

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 You've just

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 seen Pol Pot.

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 Idi Amin,

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 a few other

00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:44.819
 awful chaps,

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 and you see

00:13:46.539 --> 00:13:47.039
 a video of

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 their life,

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 you don't

00:13:48.419 --> 00:13:48.720
 have to play

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 for very long,

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 and God

00:13:50.059 --> 00:13:50.439
 says,

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 judgment,

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 death.

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 Then

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 James,

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 you're next.

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 You're

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 alphabetically

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 ahead of your

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 sister,

00:14:01.980 --> 00:14:02.259
 you see.

00:14:04.860 --> 00:14:05.500
 And you

00:14:05.500 --> 00:14:06.200
 stand before

00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:06.679
 the throne

00:14:06.679 --> 00:14:07.120
 of God.

00:14:09.179 --> 00:14:09.980
 And Gabriel

00:14:09.980 --> 00:14:10.639
 goes off to

00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:12.340
 get James's

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 DVD.

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 You're

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 shaking in

00:14:16.199 --> 00:14:16.639
 your boots.

00:14:18.379 --> 00:14:19.340
 Every thought

00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:20.039
 that you've

00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:20.539
 ever had

00:14:20.539 --> 00:14:21.519
 is captured

00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:21.860
 in this

00:14:21.860 --> 00:14:22.220
 DVD.

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 Every

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 wrongdoing,

00:14:27.340 --> 00:14:28.179
 every act,

00:14:29.580 --> 00:14:29.980
 every

00:14:29.980 --> 00:14:30.919
 transgression

00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:31.659
 of the Ten

00:14:31.659 --> 00:14:32.240
 Commandments

00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:32.779
 is there,

00:14:33.199 --> 00:14:33.740
 even the

00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:34.179
 ones your

00:14:34.179 --> 00:14:34.919
 parents didn't

00:14:34.919 --> 00:14:35.500
 know about,

00:14:35.819 --> 00:14:37.600
 nor your

00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:37.980
 minister,

00:14:37.980 --> 00:14:38.039
 father.

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 But you

00:14:39.620 --> 00:14:40.039
 know about

00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:40.220
 it,

00:14:40.539 --> 00:14:41.639
 and God

00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:42.139
 knows about

00:14:42.139 --> 00:14:42.320
 it.

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 And then

00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:47.100
 up on the

00:14:47.100 --> 00:14:47.420
 screen,

00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:47.980
 the DVD,

00:14:48.220 --> 00:14:48.379
 sorry,

00:14:48.460 --> 00:14:48.639
 it's over

00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:48.779
 there,

00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:49.080
 isn't it?

00:14:49.460 --> 00:14:49.860
 Wow,

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 it's hot,

00:14:50.259 --> 00:14:50.500
 isn't it?

00:14:51.300 --> 00:14:51.879
 Up on the

00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:52.259
 screen,

00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:54.259
 comes the

00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:55.000
 Jesus video,

00:14:56.659 --> 00:14:57.779
 a DVD of

00:14:57.779 --> 00:14:58.159
 Jesus'

00:14:58.399 --> 00:14:58.779
 life,

00:14:59.539 --> 00:15:00.000
 and his

00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:00.399
 death.

00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:00.459
 faith.

00:15:02.459 --> 00:15:02.959
 And God

00:15:02.959 --> 00:15:03.439
 says to

00:15:03.439 --> 00:15:03.959
 James,

00:15:04.959 --> 00:15:05.399
 enter into

00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:05.939
 my kingdom.

00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:08.439
 Jesus has

00:15:08.439 --> 00:15:08.860
 done it

00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:09.559
 for you.

00:15:11.059 --> 00:15:11.600
 He's lived

00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:12.220
 the life you

00:15:12.220 --> 00:15:12.539
 could not

00:15:12.539 --> 00:15:12.939
 live,

00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:14.679
 and died

00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:15.159
 the death

00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:15.379
 that you

00:15:15.379 --> 00:15:15.720
 deserve.

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 That's

00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:19.079
 fabulous,

00:15:19.220 --> 00:15:19.439
 isn't it?

00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:21.679
 If you've

00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:22.039
 put your

00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:22.519
 faith in

00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:22.840
 Jesus,

00:15:24.199 --> 00:15:24.579
 then you

00:15:24.579 --> 00:15:25.000
 can stand

00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:25.539
 where James

00:15:25.539 --> 00:15:26.159
 stands.

00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:27.879
 You can

00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:28.819
 stand where

00:15:28.819 --> 00:15:29.319
 Jesus

00:15:29.319 --> 00:15:30.120
 stands.

00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:32.319
 and Jesus

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 has done

00:15:33.699 --> 00:15:34.379
 it all.

00:15:37.100 --> 00:15:38.100
 The law

00:15:38.100 --> 00:15:39.959
 that was

00:15:39.959 --> 00:15:40.539
 powerless

00:15:40.539 --> 00:15:41.379
 to do,

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 in that it

00:15:43.079 --> 00:15:43.539
 was weakened

00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:43.919
 by the

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 sinful

00:15:44.139 --> 00:15:44.579
 nature,

00:15:44.939 --> 00:15:46.980
 what the

00:15:46.980 --> 00:15:47.360
 law was

00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:47.879
 powerless

00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:48.360
 to do,

00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:50.199
 God did

00:15:50.199 --> 00:15:51.919
 by sending

00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:52.620
 his own

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 son in

00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:54.720
 the likeness

00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:55.799
 of sinful

00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:56.939
 flesh to

00:15:56.939 --> 00:15:57.399
 be a sin

00:15:57.399 --> 00:15:57.740
 offering.

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 That's what

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 Jesus did.

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 That's why

00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:01.700
 the law

00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:02.299
 is spiritual,

00:16:02.419 --> 00:16:02.679
 you see.

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 In actual

00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:03.700
 fact,

00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:04.059
 the law

00:16:04.059 --> 00:16:04.720
 does save

00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:05.120
 us,

00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:07.179
 because Jesus

00:16:07.179 --> 00:16:07.679
 has kept

00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:08.059
 the law

00:16:08.059 --> 00:16:08.860
 for us.

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 I was

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 talking to

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 the

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 Confirmese

00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:12.019
 beforehand,

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 I was

00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:12.580
 talking about

00:16:12.580 --> 00:16:13.259
 the Lord's

00:16:13.259 --> 00:16:13.440
 Supper,

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 when you

00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:14.720
 take Holy

00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:15.159
 Communion.

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 You

00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:17.399
 experienced

00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:18.120
 saints who've

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 taken the

00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:18.740
 Lord's

00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:19.019
 Supper for

00:16:19.019 --> 00:16:19.759
 many years

00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:21.000
 would know

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 why you've

00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:21.860
 got two

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 elements in

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 Holy

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 Communion,

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 the bread

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 and the

00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:25.460
 wine.

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 But why

00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:28.819
 do we

00:16:28.819 --> 00:16:29.279
 take the

00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:29.600
 wine?

00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:30.779
 Jesus said

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 I'm the

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 bread of

00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:31.620
 life,

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 he didn't

00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:32.179
 say I'm

00:16:32.179 --> 00:16:32.559
 the wine

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 of life.

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 So why

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 is there

00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:36.000
 bread and

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.360
 wine?

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 And we

00:16:37.620 --> 00:16:37.939
 don't have

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 soap and

00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:38.980
 water in

00:16:38.980 --> 00:16:39.340
 baptism,

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 as you'll

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 see when I

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 baptise Ali

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 tonight,

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 it's just

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 water.

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 So why

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 bread and

00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:44.679
 wine?

00:16:45.740 --> 00:16:46.100
 Well the

00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:46.620
 bread is

00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:46.960
 Jesus'

00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:47.659
 life.

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 I'm the

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 bread of

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 life,

00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.740
 his life,

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 his perfect

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 obedience in

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 place of

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 my frail,

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 flawed,

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 sinful life.

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 But it's

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 not just

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 that, it's

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 also his

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 death.

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 The death

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 that I

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 deserve is

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 what Jesus

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 has undergone

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 for me.

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 So when

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 you take

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 Holy

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 Communion or

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 the Lord's

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 Supper,

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 think of

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 Jesus'

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 life and

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 Jesus'

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 death.

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 it will

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 help you

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 focus on

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 the truths

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 that Paul

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 is preaching

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 when he

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 says there

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 is no

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 condemnation

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:28.559
 for those

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 who are

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 in Christ

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 Jesus.

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 For he

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 condemned

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 sin in

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 sinful man

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 in order

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 to the

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 righteous

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 requirement

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 of the

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 law.

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 I don't

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 know why

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 the NIV

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 has

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 requirements,

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 it shouldn't

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 be plural,

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 it's actually

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 a singular

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 in the

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 original.

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 The

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 righteous

00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:45.799
 requirement

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 of the

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 law is

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 the death

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 penalty.

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 He uses

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 that same

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 phrase

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 elsewhere

00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:52.180
 in chapter

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 2,

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 where he's

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 talking about

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 the death

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 penalty.

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 So here

00:17:56.500 --> 00:17:57.860
 Jesus has

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 taken the

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 death penalty

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 for us,

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 that's the

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 righteous

00:18:01.140 --> 00:18:02.000
 requirement of

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 the law,

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 in order

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 that we

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 then might

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 live,

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 not according

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 to the

00:18:08.560 --> 00:18:09.280
 sinful nature,

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 but according

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 to the

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 spirit.

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 So the

00:18:12.600 --> 00:18:13.260
 spirit of

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 Christ Jesus

00:18:13.900 --> 00:18:14.360
 has now

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 set us

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 free,

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 not only

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 from the

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 guilt of

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 sin,

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 but from

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 the power

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 of sin,

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 so that

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 we might

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 live as

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 Christ wants

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 us to

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 do.

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 Tonight is

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 not so much

00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:30.039
 a graduation

00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:30.759
 for these

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 four young

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 people,

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 but rather a

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 step along

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 the path.

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 They've been

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 nurtured in

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 Christian families

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 and we thank

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 God for that.

00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:40.720
 What a powerful

00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:41.619
 promise it is

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 for Christian

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 parents to

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 know that

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 their children

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 are covered

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 by God's

00:18:46.179 --> 00:18:47.519
 grace and

00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:48.000
 to bring

00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:48.500
 them up and

00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:48.939
 raise them

00:18:48.939 --> 00:18:49.279
 up in

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 covenant love

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:50.879
 so that now

00:18:50.879 --> 00:18:51.319
 they can

00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:52.379
 profess before

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 you all,

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 not that you

00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:54.299
 had any doubt

00:18:54.299 --> 00:18:54.779
 beforehand,

00:18:55.419 --> 00:18:56.099
 but profess

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 before you

00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:57.639
 that they

00:18:57.639 --> 00:18:58.379
 have turned

00:18:58.379 --> 00:18:59.019
 to Christ.

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 And we're

00:19:00.479 --> 00:19:00.759
 going to do

00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:01.859
 that symbolically

00:19:01.859 --> 00:19:03.319
 tonight and

00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:03.619
 I'm going to

00:19:03.619 --> 00:19:04.439
 lay hands on

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 them as an

00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:05.859
 indication,

00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:06.919
 an ancient

00:19:06.919 --> 00:19:08.259
 sign of God's

00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:08.879
 blessing and of

00:19:08.879 --> 00:19:09.599
 prayer for these

00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:09.959
 people,

00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:11.279
 that they might

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:12.579
 continue strong

00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:13.699
 in Christ because

00:19:13.699 --> 00:19:14.519
 God has

00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:15.339
 taken away

00:19:15.339 --> 00:19:16.200
 their sins,

00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:17.500
 as far as

00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:18.200
 the east is

00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:18.720
 from the west

00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.379
 so far as

00:19:19.379 --> 00:19:20.019
 God removed

00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:20.859
 our sins

00:19:20.859 --> 00:19:21.440
 from us.

00:19:22.460 --> 00:19:23.180
 The joy of

00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:23.639
 the Spirit

00:19:23.639 --> 00:19:24.759
 gives us a

00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:26.619
 desire to

00:19:26.619 --> 00:19:27.259
 follow him,

00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:28.900
 a desire to

00:19:28.900 --> 00:19:29.559
 be obedient,

00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:31.160
 a desire to

00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:31.900
 bring forth the

00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:32.500
 fruit of the

00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:33.940
 Spirit and the

00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:35.000
 obedience which

00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.680
 springs from

00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:36.079
 faith.

00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:37.980
 That's what

00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.400
 Paul is

00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:39.019
 concerned about

00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:40.319
 and elsewhere in

00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:40.980
 this book as

00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:41.480
 beforehand,

00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:42.740
 he talks of

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.259
 the way in

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:44.319
 which the

00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:44.799
 fruit of the

00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:45.440
 Spirit comes

00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:46.619
 forth by the

00:19:46.619 --> 00:19:47.299
 obedience of

00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:48.759
 faith and

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.200
 that's the

00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:49.640
 work of the

00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.019
 Spirit in

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.180
 us.

00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:50.980
 We'll never

00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:52.099
 be sinless in

00:19:52.099 --> 00:19:52.700
 this life.

00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:54.359
 We'll always

00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:55.079
 need to keep

00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:55.720
 repenting of

00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:56.940
 our sins but

00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.920
 there is growth

00:19:57.920 --> 00:19:59.920
 in grace and

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.720
 so Paul elsewhere

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:02.099
 prays for the

00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:02.579
 saints at

00:20:02.579 --> 00:20:03.019
 Corinth that

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.579
 they might be

00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:04.319
 changed from

00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:05.400
 one degree of

00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:06.099
 glory to

00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:07.579
 another and

00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:09.059
 this comes by

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:09.839
 the Spirit of

00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:10.579
 God's grace,

00:20:10.579 --> 00:20:11.699
 grace by the

00:20:11.699 --> 00:20:12.779
 Lord who is

00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:13.259
 the Spirit.

00:20:14.699 --> 00:20:15.359
 So tonight's a

00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:15.779
 great night,

00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.779
 great night for

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.639
 you four guys

00:20:18.639 --> 00:20:19.740
 and for your

00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.319
 families,

00:20:20.639 --> 00:20:21.819
 parents and

00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:23.740
 godparents that

00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:25.019
 as you profess

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.799
 Christ tonight

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.599
 that you're

00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:28.279
 saying you are

00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:28.899
 no longer

00:20:28.899 --> 00:20:29.419
 condemned,

00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:31.159
 Christ has

00:20:31.159 --> 00:20:32.000
 taken that

00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:32.939
 penalty for

00:20:32.939 --> 00:20:34.379
 you and set

00:20:34.379 --> 00:20:35.220
 you free,

00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:37.259
 free to live a

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:38.399
 life which

00:20:38.399 --> 00:20:40.240
 honors him and

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.720
 which brings

00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:42.299
 others to a

00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:42.799
 knowledge of

00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:43.420
 the Lord Jesus

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:44.900
 and if you're

00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:45.400
 here tonight,

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.519
 perhaps you're a

00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:46.940
 friend of the

00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:47.299
 family,

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.420
 don't normally

00:20:48.420 --> 00:20:49.220
 come to church

00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:50.599
 and you think

00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:51.380
 what is that

00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:52.039
 man talking

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:52.519
 about at the

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:52.759
 front?

00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.140
 Well you know

00:20:54.140 --> 00:20:54.819
 the best person

00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:55.500
 to ask is one

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:55.920
 of these.

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:57.880
 Ask them,

00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:58.200
 they've been

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:58.880
 well prepared for

00:20:58.880 --> 00:20:59.180
 tonight,

00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.339
 ask them why

00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:00.700
 they're going to

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.380
 stand up and

00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:01.900
 say to you,

00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:02.980
 I turn to

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:04.660
 Christ and

00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:05.339
 ask them why

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:05.920
 it's important

00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:07.039
 that you too

00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:08.000
 turn to Christ

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:09.400
 because if you

00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:10.280
 don't,

00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:12.060
 God's

00:21:12.060 --> 00:21:12.800
 condemnation

00:21:12.800 --> 00:21:13.980
 will rest

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.519
 upon you

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:15.920
 and it

00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:16.340
 won't be the

00:21:16.340 --> 00:21:17.000
 Jesus video

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:18.480
 but the video

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:19.040
 of your own

00:21:19.040 --> 00:21:20.780
 life which

00:21:20.780 --> 00:21:21.340
 will not

00:21:21.340 --> 00:21:22.540
 stand the

00:21:22.540 --> 00:21:24.019
 test of

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.640
 God's

00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:25.320
 righteous

00:21:25.320 --> 00:21:25.800
 judgment.

00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:28.100
 Only in

00:21:28.100 --> 00:21:29.660
 Christ are

00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.280
 we free

00:21:30.280 --> 00:21:31.800
 of condemnation.

00:21:33.800 --> 00:21:34.660
 Let's pray.

00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:36.720
 heavenly

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.220
 father we

00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:37.759
 thank you

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:40.180
 for the

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:40.700
 inestimable

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:42.560
 gift of

00:21:42.560 --> 00:21:43.740
 salvation in

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.140
 Christ.

00:21:45.060 --> 00:21:45.920
 We thank you

00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.779
 for his life

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:48.300
 and his death

00:21:48.300 --> 00:21:49.940
 on our behalf

00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:51.340
 and we pray

00:21:51.340 --> 00:21:52.340
 for these four

00:21:52.340 --> 00:21:52.880
 young people

00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:53.420
 that you would

00:21:53.420 --> 00:21:54.160
 as you have

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:54.620
 brought them

00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:55.500
 safe thus far

00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:55.940
 that you would

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.680
 continue to

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.720
 strengthen them

00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.900
 as your

00:21:58.900 --> 00:22:00.480
 disciples to

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.160
 the glory of

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.720
 your name

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:03.000
 for we ask

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.980
 it for

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:04.299
 Jesus'

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:04.740
 sake.

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:06.039
 Amen.