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 Today will be our last sermon in this series called Covenant Theology for this semester.

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 We'll take a break going into the Psalms this summer, and then in the fall we'll have probably four more sermons on Covenant Theology to wrap up that series before we go through another book of the Bible.

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 Last week we looked in Exodus at how the Lord gave the law to the people at Mount Sinai.

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 And today we're going to see now what is the role of the law in the life of a Christian and the covenant through Jesus Christ that's gracious.

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 What role does the law have? That's why I'm calling it Mosaic Covenant Part Two.

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 Let me give you a bit of context because I won't read the whole chapter this morning.

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 But in Galatians Chapter Two, Paul is writing to a church in this region of Galatia.

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 And he tells them there is a practice that has been happening that is unrighteous.

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 There's something very wrong going on.

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 You're going to pick up on what this was.

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 He mentioned Cephas, and that's Peter.

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 When we finish the series in John, remember, it's Peter who received grace from Jesus.

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 Peter knows grace.

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 It's Peter also who preached grace.

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 And remember, when Peter preached in Acts 2, those who heard him were cut to the heart.

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 Austin reminded our group in baptism, that's language of circumcision of the heart, as we read in Jeremiah 31.

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 So let's pick up in our reading.

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 I'm going to start reading at verse 11.

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 But our sermon text, because you've got to handle what you read in the sermon.

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 Our sermon text doesn't start until verse 14.

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 But I'm going to start reading at verse 11.

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 Give us an on-ramp.

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 Galatians 2, verse 11.

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 Paul is writing to the church in this region of Galatia.

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 But when Cephas, that's Peter, came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

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 For he regularly ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James.

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 However, when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he feared those from the circumcision party.

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 Then the rest of the Jews joined his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.

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 Now, verse 14.

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 When I saw that they were deviating from the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas in front of everyone,

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 If you who are a Jew live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel Gentiles to live like Jews?

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 We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners.

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 And yet, because we know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ,

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 even we ourselves have believed in Christ Jesus.

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 This was so that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law.

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 Because by the works of the law, no human being will be justified.

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 But if we ourselves are also found to be sinners while seeking to be justified by Christ,

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 is Christ then a promoter of sin?

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 Absolutely not.

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 If I rebuild those things that I tore down, I show myself to be a lawbreaker.

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 For through the law, I died to the law so that I might live to God.

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 Now, here's the part we should all memorize.

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 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.

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 The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.

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 I do not set aside the grace of God.

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 For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

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 This is God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, and sufficient word.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 I know I didn't say it like we normally do.

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 All right, you may be seated.

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

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, thank you for your word.

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 Thank you for how your word comes down like rain and it washes over us.

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 And by the power of your spirit, it accomplishes what you intend.

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 It always prospers for your purpose, by your power.

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 We pray that your Holy Spirit will minister your word to us by your power again today, Lord.

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 Pray that anything that is not of you will just fall to the ground like dust and blow away.

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 But I ask for your help, that every word that comes from my mouth will be pleasing in your sight.

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 And I pray for your Holy Spirit to help the believers to discern well, that you will illuminate your word to all of us.

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 And so build us up together into the body of Jesus.

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 Thank you for each precious soul here, Lord.

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 You know what each one needs.

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 We trust that you will minister according to your will.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 I want to warn you today, like Paul was warning the churches in Galatia,

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 of two invisible webs from hell.

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 Two invisible webs from hell.

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 Let me illustrate it this way.

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 Picture a dragonfly, the noblest of all the insects,

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 trying to make its way out of a barn.

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 One, it sees one web and swerves only to get caught in another.

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 You and I are like that dragonfly.

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 There are two sticky, invisible webs.

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 And they both appeal to our flesh and our pride.

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 Both are a constant threat as long as we're living in the flesh in this world.

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 We can call one of those webs legalism,

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 the other web lawlessness.

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 I'll show you my hand up front.

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 It's everything I'm going to do my best to summarize from these verses.

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 I'm trying to align myself with,

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 well, the most helpful summary to me is Sinclair Ferguson called The Whole Christ,

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 handling the law and gospel, the marrow controversy,

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 and our tincture of being united to Christ.

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 That's what I'm going to do my best to align with.

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 And from that book, he wrote that each is a web of attitudes of the heart.

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 It's an emphasis, a tone, a feeling about God,

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 a way of reading Scripture that is strongly present in a soul,

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 in a family, in a pulpit, and in a church.

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 That's the end of his quote.

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 And you and I, we get trapped by Satan into rejecting God's grace.

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 This translation said,

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 Do not set aside the grace.

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 Think about that.

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 There's nothing that Satan wants to do more

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 than to keep you and me from God's grace.

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 That's his mission.

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 And that's why these webs are from hell.

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 So don't reject God's grace.

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 Beware of these two invisible webs from hell.

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 The first sticky web, it's invisible, but it teaches this.

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 Works complete salvation.

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 Works complete salvation.

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 Look at verse 14.

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 Paul says,

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 This is an invisible sticky web.

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 You know why?

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 Peter got caught in this.

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 This means that their church, when they would gather,

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 they would share a meal.

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 Strong biblical encouragement for the body to break bread together

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 and share that meal.

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 But did you catch what was happening in verses 11 through 13?

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 Peter used to eat with those who were uncircumcised.

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 He would sit at the table.

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 We are one big family.

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 And now there is a separate table.

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 Well, that's how the synagogue and the temple were arranged.

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 There were spheres of holiness.

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 The closer you get to the holy of holies,

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 the closer you are to God.

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 But if you're a woman or a Gentile,

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 you get pushed further and further out.

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 So do you see the mistake that the early church had been making?

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 Even Peter, an apostle, who knew grace,

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 he had made the mistake of patterning the church after old Jerusalem.

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 They were patterning their fellowship,

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 their community,

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 the way that they break bread after the synagogue and the temple.

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 They're failing to see how Christ has fulfilled those heavenly shadows and types.

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 The real pattern is what Christ brings.

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 There's a newness to the new covenant.

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 Amen.

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 We are all susceptible to this.

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 If Peter could, I can.

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 I do.

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 And you need to call me out like Paul called Peter out when we do this.

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 In verse 14, we see that Paul had to confront Peter publicly.

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 If this happened before Acts 15, I think it is,

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 then that means by the time we arrive with the leaders from the churches

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 that are scattered all in Jerusalem for the Jerusalem council,

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 Peter is an ally and he agrees and he's on the side of Paul.

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 But it took some correcting at the beginning.

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 They were compelling other Christians,

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 so they were compelling these Gentiles to be circumcised in the flesh.

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 They were trying to apply a law to fellow Christians that Christ had already fulfilled.

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 But the motivation was so that they could secure their salvation.

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 Complete your salvation by adding on this work.

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 How can legalism,

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 how can that get into a Christian church like these in Galatia

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 and like ours right here?

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 We look back at the beginning of chapter 2,

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 we see that it was false brothers who secretly brought this in.

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 These were wolves in sheep's clothing.

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 And they were coming in the recommendation of the church in Jerusalem, James.

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 We read in verse 12,

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 even James, you know, had sent them.

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 They seemed very credible.

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 But Paul warns Titus of these same false teachers,

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 these Judaizers in Titus 1.10,

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 many are insubordinate,

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 empty talkers, deceivers,

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 especially those of the circumcision party.

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 Well, let's check ourselves right now.

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 How can you and I tell?

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 Yes, we know that we are saved by grace alone.

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 Probably tired of hearing that around here.

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 We know that.

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 But are you still trying to do more to really lock it in?

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 I can fall into that very easily.

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 Here's another test for each of us.

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 Are you more focused on how another Christian disappoints you

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 than your own need for grace?

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 Here's a third test.

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 If you're like me in my flesh,

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 we tend to think of God's commands

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 separate from the person and work of God.

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 Here's a fourth one.

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 Are you laboring for assurance

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 instead of resting in the completed salvation

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 and then instead just laboring in joyful gratitude?

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 In this church,

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 they were clinging to an outward sign of assurance,

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 circumcision of the flesh,

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 rather than God's goodness as the covenant keeper.

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 Paul's correcting them.

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 Your works do not complete your salvation.

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 Your works are an evidence of God saving you.

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 The same Lord who decreed your salvation,

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 who accomplished it,

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 and who is applying it,

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 He completes it in you.

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 He gets all the glory.

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 Look at verse 21 once again,

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 the last part of chapter 2.

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 If righteousness is through the law,

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 through your works,

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 then Christ died for nothing.

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 That's what's at stake.

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 It's the glory of Christ in our salvation.

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 Do not reject the grace of God.

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 Second question I want to put in front of you is this.

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 How does legalism snag your heart?

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 We've seen it's invisible and it's sticky.

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 How does that actually trap you?

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 How does legalism snag your heart?

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 Legalism grows in our heart

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 because of pride

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 and because we have the wrong view of God.

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 Those are the two root causes.

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 We have pride in our flesh.

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 We'll be battling our own pride

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 until the last day we take a breath.

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 The second thing is a wrong view of God.

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 Well, where does that wrong view of God come from?

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 Even for Christians.

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 It's because Satan is the accuser.

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 Satan is trying to take Christians

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 and accuse God to you.

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 Look at verse 15.

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 I think we get at the heart

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 of how they got snagged

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 by the way Paul addresses them.

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 Remember, they're sitting in separate tables.

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 This is the table for the circumcised only.

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 So you can get circumcised,

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 then you'd be welcome over here.

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 And Paul's basically calling out their pride.

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 He says,

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 we being Jews by nature

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 and not Gentile sinners.

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 He's saying,

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 yes, I can talk as one at the cool table,

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 the circumcised.

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 We're not like the sinners over there.

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 And then he just destroys them

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 like only Paul can do.

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 He's basically telling them,

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 do you forget

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 you were a sinner also?

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 Have you not read the Bible,

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 the Old Testament?

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 It's been so clear all along.

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 Jeremiah 4.4

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 Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh

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 and take away the foreskins of your heart.

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 That's what Yahweh is after

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 with his people.

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 Jeremiah 9.25

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 Behold the days come,

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 says Yahweh,

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 that I will punish all those

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 who are circumcised only

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 in their flesh.

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 Have you not read your Bible?

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 Well, what happens in legalism?

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 In this case,

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 they were worshipping a visible sign

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 instead of the invisible Savior.

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 Worshipping a visible sign

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 instead of the invisible Savior.

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 It's easy to do that

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 or to want to do that, isn't it?

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 I can see this big celebration.

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 I can see people, you know,

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 wearing t-shirts

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 and getting baptized.

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 I don't know if they've been discipled,

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 but we're going to celebrate

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 what's visible

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 because I can do that.

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 Rather, the invisible Savior

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 because that requires faith.

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 That requires me having

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 a different view of God.

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 And it's only possible

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 if He's circumcised my heart.

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 In this case,

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 they were also emphasizing

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 a physical behavior for Jesus,

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 for God,

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 rather than the spiritual union

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 of a believer to Jesus.

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 They were emphasizing

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 a visible behavior.

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 You go and do this

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 so that we know.

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 Instead of emphasizing union

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 to the Savior.

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 Legalism

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 fell for the same thing

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 that Adam and Eve fell for.

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 Remember,

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 it's the lie

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 that God does not have

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 your best interests in mind,

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 that He is not loving and gracious,

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 and that He requires you to work

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 to complete your salvation

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 by your own strength.

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 And He's going to hold that over you

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 until you're done.

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 And that's a lie.

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 When Satan tempted Eve,

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 remember what Eve said?

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 We're not supposed to eat

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 of any of the fruits.

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 Oh, that's the wrong view of God.

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 God said,

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 eat from all of the fruit,

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 from all the trees.

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 This principle of legalism

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 was introduced,

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 whether Eve came up with that

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 from Satan,

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 or maybe Adam preached it wrong

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 to her that way.

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 One or the other,

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 they were being legalistic

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 with what God had told them.

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 Jesus attacks this

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 in almost every parable.

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 Think of the prodigal son.

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 There's the elder brother.

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 He refuses his father.

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 He refuses the feast

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 that his father's inviting him to

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 because of the grace

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 the father showed

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 the rebellious little brother.

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 Think of the workers.

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 They worked all day

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 for a day's wage,

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 and that was fine

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 until they saw those

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 who showed up late

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 got the same wage.

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 That's when they had major issues.

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 It's seeing that God is gracious

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 that makes a legalist mad.

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 That's what exposes legalism

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 in our pride

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 and in our flesh.

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 If we feel strongly

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 that I need to compel

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 a saved sinner

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 and I need to bind

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 their conscience

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 more than Jesus Christ himself does,

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 then I'm stuck

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 in this web of legalism.

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 Verse 21,

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 if righteousness

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 were that way,

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 then Christ died

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 for nothing.

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 To get trapped in that

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 is to reject

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 God's grace.

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 That's how legalism

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 snags us though.

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 Third question,

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 how does the Holy Spirit

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 untangle

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 you and me

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 from this web

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 of legalism?

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 We see how he gets stuck in it.

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 How does the Holy Spirit

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 set us free

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 and untangle us

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 out of that?

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 Well,

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 in a short answer,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 gospels you

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 out of it.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 gospels us

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 out of that.

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 That's what Peter

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 hears from Paul next.

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 Paul preaches

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 two things

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 with the gospel.

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 What's the same

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 and what changed.

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 First,

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 what's the same?

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 The Lord reminds us

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 that He is the same.

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 He does not change.

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 He has always

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 saved anyone

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 older new covenant

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 the same way.

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 Look at verse 15.

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 We being Jews

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 by nature,

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 Jews according

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 to the flesh,

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 circumcised

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 from the line

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 of Abraham

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 and not Gentile

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 sinners.

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 Verse 16,

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 yet knowing

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 that a man

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 is not justified

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 by the works

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 of the law

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 but through

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 faith in Jesus Christ.

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 Read Galatians 3.

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 This is how God

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 saved Abraham.

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 It's by faith.

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 We know this.

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 God has always

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 said this.

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 Take for example

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 Hosea 6.6.

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 For I desire

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 steadfast love

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 and not sacrifice

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 the knowledge of God

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 rather than burnt offerings.

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 That's what God

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 is always after.

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 He desires

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 a covenant love.

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 He desires

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 hesed,

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 the Hebrew word

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 for steadfast love,

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 covenant bond

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 with His people,

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 not the ceremonial law.

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 That's what Samuel

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 preached to David

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 in his sin.

00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:55.699
 1 Samuel 15.22.

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 Has the Lord

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 has the Lord

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 as great delight

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 in burnt offerings

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 and sacrifices

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 as in obeying

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 the voice of the Lord.

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 Behold,

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 to obey

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 is better

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 than sacrifice

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 and to listen

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 than the fat

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 of rams.

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 The Lord

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 is always after

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 the covenant love,

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 the covenant bond,

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 the covenant

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 obedience

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 of His people.

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 So what's not changed

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 is God.

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 What's not changed

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 is how God

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 measures

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 and requires

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 obedience

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 and that's the

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.799
 moral law of God.

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 The moral law of God

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 is the same law.

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 Adam and Eve

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 had it.

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 Every person

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 that's made

00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:35.079
 in the image of God

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 has the moral

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 transcendent

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:38.139
 law of God.

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 We saw last week

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 in the Mosaic covenant

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 the Lord

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 writes this law,

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 the moral law,

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.819
 the Ten Commandments

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 with His own finger

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 on tablets

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 of stone.

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 And then He gives

00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:50.860
 the ceremonial law

00:21:50.860 --> 00:21:52.480
 as a resource

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:53.840
 to make that right

00:21:53.840 --> 00:21:55.300
 or to understand now

00:21:55.300 --> 00:21:56.240
 how you can be

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:57.380
 in communion with God

00:21:57.380 --> 00:21:58.400
 knowing that you're a sinner.

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 Why did God require

00:22:00.360 --> 00:22:01.120
 bulls and goats

00:22:01.120 --> 00:22:02.259
 of the Israelites?

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 It's because they had

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.960
 broken His moral law.

00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:07.900
 Why did the Israelites

00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:08.820
 need priests

00:22:08.820 --> 00:22:09.820
 that would mediate

00:22:09.820 --> 00:22:10.880
 a blood ceremony

00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:11.720
 for the forgiveness

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.900
 that God would

00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:13.680
 attribute to them

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.820
 because those animals

00:22:14.820 --> 00:22:15.640
 don't forgive anything?

00:22:16.300 --> 00:22:17.540
 It's because they knew

00:22:17.540 --> 00:22:18.640
 the moral law of God

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:19.900
 and it was given

00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:20.500
 as clearly

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:22.019
 as anyone could ask.

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.680
 The moral law

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:24.779
 reflects the nature

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:26.140
 of the holy God.

00:22:27.540 --> 00:22:29.400
 God does not change.

00:22:30.820 --> 00:22:31.440
 So that's how

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:32.420
 He first gospels

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:32.920
 Him through it

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.600
 is clarifying

00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:34.540
 God does not change,

00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:35.120
 the moral law

00:22:35.120 --> 00:22:35.860
 does not change.

00:22:36.100 --> 00:22:37.240
 But now what does change?

00:22:38.840 --> 00:22:40.519
 The Lord reveals to us

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.980
 that Christ's incarnation

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:43.120
 and work

00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:44.500
 changes everything

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.320
 for His people

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:46.379
 in the best way.

00:22:46.379 --> 00:22:47.960
 What do we mean?

00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:49.179
 Well, Paul says next

00:22:49.179 --> 00:22:50.859
 in verse 16,

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.399
 he says,

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.480
 even we,

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.740
 meaning ethnic

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.639
 national Jews

00:22:54.639 --> 00:22:56.000
 in the same way

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.659
 as the Gentiles,

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.559
 we believe

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.460
 in Christ Jesus

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:59.700
 that we might be

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.879
 justified by faith

00:23:00.879 --> 00:23:01.899
 in Christ.

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 We are justified

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 in Christ.

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:09.599
 if you are in Christ,

00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:10.579
 being united

00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:11.519
 not by any works

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.779
 but by faith alone,

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:14.220
 you are in Him

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:16.559
 and God declares you

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.400
 justified.

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 You are righteous.

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 You are holy.

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 You can enter

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.839
 the holy of holies

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:24.220
 if you are in Christ.

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 He tore the veil.

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 This is why

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.880
 it changes everything.

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:28.980
 But it changes it

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.620
 for everyone

00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:30.819
 who is in Christ.

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 The same.

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:33.839
 Not by works of the law

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:35.119
 because no flesh,

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.699
 no flesh,

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.220
 no matter what

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:38.259
 people group you're from,

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.659
 will be justified

00:23:39.659 --> 00:23:40.779
 by the works

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 of the law.

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.839
 He explains

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.539
 this same point

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.059
 to the church

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.599
 in Rome,

00:23:45.939 --> 00:23:47.099
 Romans 2.29.

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.259
 Paul says,

00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:49.199
 He is a Jew

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:51.460
 who is one inwardly.

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.740
 Circumcision

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:54.460
 is that of the heart

00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:56.259
 by the Spirit.

00:23:58.080 --> 00:23:59.000
 So you're saying

00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:00.240
 circumcision has no

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:01.559
 relationship to baptism?

00:24:02.840 --> 00:24:03.559
 No, we're saying

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.559
 that the church

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.440
 patterns itself

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:06.620
 off of New Jerusalem,

00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:08.080
 the heavenly Jerusalem.

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.580
 Those who have been

00:24:09.580 --> 00:24:10.740
 circumcised in the heart

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:12.080
 receive the sign

00:24:12.080 --> 00:24:12.740
 of the new covenant.

00:24:15.600 --> 00:24:16.620
 Moses didn't only

00:24:16.620 --> 00:24:18.140
 give the Ten Commandments

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:19.039
 written by God's finger

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:20.000
 to the people of Israel.

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 That's the moral law.

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:22.039
 He also received

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.500
 from the Lord

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.680
 a ceremonial law

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 and a civil law.

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:28.500
 The ceremonial law

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.180
 was fulfilled

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.960
 by the person

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.879
 and work of Jesus.

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:32.240
 Ephesians 2.15.

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 He abolished

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.659
 the law

00:24:34.659 --> 00:24:35.500
 and commandments

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 expressed

00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:37.440
 in the ordinances

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 that he might

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.879
 create in himself

00:24:40.879 --> 00:24:42.240
 one new man

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 in the place of two

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 and so making peace.

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.680
 What about

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.539
 the civil laws?

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.899
 Well, the civil laws

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.379
 were given

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:52.259
 for national Israel

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:54.420
 as their rule

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:55.200
 under God

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.819
 as their king

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.659
 for life

00:24:56.659 --> 00:24:57.480
 in that land.

00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:00.659
 How does the New Testament

00:25:00.659 --> 00:25:02.000
 command the church?

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.579
 Well, the New Testament,

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:04.619
 the church,

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.599
 is an international

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.639
 people of God

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.659
 spread throughout

00:25:07.659 --> 00:25:08.539
 a lot of different

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:10.039
 nations and cities

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:11.059
 and rules

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:12.000
 by those people

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:13.380
 and we are told

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:14.299
 to submit ourselves

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:17.000
 to those worldly rulers

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:18.180
 that God has ordained,

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.039
 Romans 13,

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.920
 as long as their laws

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.559
 don't contradict

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.359
 the higher law

00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:22.960
 of God.

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:26.400
 So now for the church,

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.279
 what's the role

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:28.019
 of the law?

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.519
 What's the role

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:30.980
 of the law?

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:36.019
 Well, we can be feeling

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.680
 at this point,

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:38.180
 I hate legalism.

00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:39.400
 I don't want to be that.

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.259
 I want to be like

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:41.440
 that dragon flying

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.620
 swerve as far away

00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:43.799
 from legalism

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.819
 as I can.

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.640
 But that's only

00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:48.000
 the first invisible web.

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:50.099
 The second sticky

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:51.480
 web from hell

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.759
 is this.

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:55.720
 You are saved,

00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:57.240
 but you're not

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:58.420
 united to Christ.

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:01.119
 You're saved somehow,

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:02.400
 you're declared righteous,

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:02.960
 but you're not

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:04.480
 united to Christ.

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:07.799
 Verse 17,

00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:08.500
 we read,

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:10.019
 If while we sought

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.759
 to be justified

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.259
 in Christ,

00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:12.079
 we ourselves

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:13.759
 were found sinners,

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:15.980
 is Christ a servant,

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.420
 a promoter,

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:19.160
 a minister of sin?

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:21.559
 Certainly not.

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.599
 Absolutely.

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.640
 not.

00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:24.980
 Verse 18,

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:27.000
 For if I build up again

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.980
 those things

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:29.059
 which I destroyed,

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:30.920
 I prove myself

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.799
 a lawbreaker.

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.500
 This is a,

00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:35.519
 these verses are

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.579
 difficult to interpret.

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:38.119
 I'm going to save you

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.799
 my exercises

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.700
 trying to figure it out.

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:41.099
 I think the best clarity

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.940
 I got was from

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:43.140
 Calvin's commentary.

00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:46.440
 When Paul says

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.299
 in verse 18,

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.599
 If I build up again

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:49.160
 those things,

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:51.259
 Calvin's interpretation

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.900
 is that

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:53.480
 Paul is using language

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.160
 in general,

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.480
 like,

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:56.540
 I wouldn't even do this.

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:58.259
 I wouldn't tear something down

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:59.280
 just to build that same thing

00:26:59.280 --> 00:26:59.700
 back up.

00:26:59.780 --> 00:27:00.780
 If I wouldn't do it,

00:27:01.300 --> 00:27:02.360
 Jesus Christ definitely

00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:03.640
 doesn't work that way either.

00:27:04.040 --> 00:27:04.759
 That's the argument.

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:05.780
 So,

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:07.120
 Jesus Christ is no

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:07.900
 lawbreaker.

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:10.100
 His work does not

00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:10.900
 contradict

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.880
 himself.

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.680
 1 John 3,

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:15.160
 verse 8 says

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:16.019
 that Jesus came

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.799
 to destroy

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.820
 the works

00:27:17.820 --> 00:27:18.519
 of the devil.

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.519
 And Christ

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.180
 does not

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.060
 build

00:27:22.060 --> 00:27:23.100
 sin

00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:24.259
 in his people.

00:27:25.060 --> 00:27:25.960
 Because that would be

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.519
 a foundation

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.200
 of destroying

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.960
 the works of the devil,

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:28.920
 destroying sin

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.340
 in the life

00:27:29.340 --> 00:27:29.900
 of his people.

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:31.080
 Why would Jesus

00:27:31.080 --> 00:27:32.200
 now be a minister

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.720
 of sin?

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:33.820
 Why would Jesus

00:27:33.820 --> 00:27:35.539
 be ruling over

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:35.940
 his people

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.740
 like saving them

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.900
 but not

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:39.360
 freeing them

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:40.200
 of that bondage

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.940
 to sin anymore?

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:42.019
 That's the argument.

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:43.200
 It might be better

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:44.019
 understood by this

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:45.559
 paraphrase by Matthew Henry.

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.480
 To live in sin

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.440
 because you are

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.539
 justified by faith

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.980
 alone

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:51.359
 is to try to make

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:52.000
 Christ

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:53.539
 the minister of sin

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:55.000
 at any thought

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.400
 of which

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:56.480
 all Christian hearts

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.660
 would shudder.

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:00.079
 Matthew Henry

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.579
 is pointing out

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:01.319
 that same thing.

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.319
 If you are truly

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:03.200
 in Christ,

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.339
 the thought

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:05.660
 of Christ

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.299
 now building

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:07.299
 a life of sin

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.720
 in you

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.960
 would make you shudder.

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.019
 Anyone who's

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.759
 truly in Christ

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.920
 would never view sin

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.860
 that way.

00:28:14.580 --> 00:28:15.420
 But why can we

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:16.100
 get tangled up

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.600
 in this other

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:17.400
 invisible web?

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:19.900
 Why is it,

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.900
 why does it work

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.380
 on us?

00:28:23.060 --> 00:28:23.860
 Sinclair Ferguson

00:28:23.860 --> 00:28:24.860
 calls these two

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:26.820
 unidentical twins,

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.960
 like non-identical twins

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.840
 from the same womb.

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.840
 They both come from hell

00:28:29.840 --> 00:28:31.000
 and they both appeal

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.920
 to the same thing.

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.759
 They appeal to

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.759
 our pride,

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.019
 again,

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.340
 and a wrong view

00:28:37.340 --> 00:28:37.960
 of God.

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:41.100
 when we become

00:28:41.100 --> 00:28:41.720
 frustrated

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.960
 by our weakness

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:44.019
 to obey

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.900
 God's law,

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:46.160
 we all have,

00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:47.539
 that's Romans 7,

00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:49.480
 we don't do it well,

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:51.039
 we don't love God

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.680
 and obey Him

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.559
 as much as we wish

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.019
 we did.

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:55.240
 Then what our pride

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.759
 wants to do

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.460
 is to blame

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:57.220
 God's law.

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.660
 Doesn't it?

00:28:59.500 --> 00:28:59.819
 Well,

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:01.000
 surely I can't be

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.440
 the problem,

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:02.100
 it must be

00:29:02.100 --> 00:29:02.900
 the law of God

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.579
 that's the problem.

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:06.619
 in Christ,

00:29:06.879 --> 00:29:08.059
 you are justified

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:09.980
 and you are no longer

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:11.740
 under the dominion

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.399
 of sin.

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:14.220
 If you are in Christ,

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:15.159
 He will rule

00:29:15.159 --> 00:29:16.119
 over your life

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:18.199
 as your covenant Lord.

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.299
 You are truly

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:20.039
 in covenant

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.939
 with God

00:29:20.939 --> 00:29:21.980
 through Jesus Christ.

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:24.199
 Sin no longer

00:29:24.199 --> 00:29:25.019
 has dominion

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.859
 over you

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:27.019
 if you are in Christ.

00:29:27.899 --> 00:29:28.839
 1 Corinthians 7,

00:29:28.919 --> 00:29:29.599
 19 says,

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.179
 for neither

00:29:30.179 --> 00:29:31.659
 circumcision counts

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.539
 for anything

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:34.319
 nor uncircumcision

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:35.700
 but keeping

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.799
 the commands

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.500
 of God.

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:39.299
 So it's the Christian

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:40.259
 who can read

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:41.180
 Psalm 119

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.859
 and agree

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:43.460
 how I love

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:44.000
 your law.

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:46.639
 It slays me,

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:48.500
 it makes me humble,

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.899
 it teaches me

00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:50.960
 I am weak

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.720
 on my own

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:53.079
 but it brings me

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:54.299
 back to my union

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:55.079
 in Christ,

00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:55.940
 the only mediator.

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.839
 That's why I love

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.220
 your law.

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:59.180
 I don't hate

00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.539
 the law,

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.259
 I don't blame

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:00.680
 the law.

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:02.360
 Your works

00:30:02.360 --> 00:30:02.960
 do not

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:04.100
 complete your salvation

00:30:04.100 --> 00:30:04.960
 but your works

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:06.160
 are evidence

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:07.840
 of your salvation.

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:11.000
 And just like

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.580
 legalism

00:30:11.580 --> 00:30:12.360
 is to reject

00:30:12.360 --> 00:30:13.360
 the grace of God,

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.660
 lawlessness

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.620
 is the same.

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:17.680
 You reject grace

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.920
 if you detach

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:20.000
 the way you live

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:21.100
 from the person

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.740
 and work

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.420
 of Christ.

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:24.279
 You have a wrong

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:25.340
 view of God

00:30:25.340 --> 00:30:26.759
 if you get trapped

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.120
 in this

00:30:27.120 --> 00:30:28.320
 because it means

00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:29.140
 you don't believe

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.759
 that Christ

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:31.140
 has any real power.

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:32.880
 You don't believe

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:33.800
 that He loves you

00:30:33.800 --> 00:30:34.840
 even more than

00:30:34.840 --> 00:30:35.780
 you love yourself

00:30:35.780 --> 00:30:37.940
 because He does.

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.900
 Satan wants you

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.780
 to have that wrong view.

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.460
 Satan wants to

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:42.759
 accuse God to you.

00:30:43.320 --> 00:30:43.900
 Satan wants you

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:45.580
 to not believe

00:30:45.580 --> 00:30:47.259
 God could possibly

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:48.020
 want you

00:30:48.020 --> 00:30:49.280
 to have assurance.

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:52.420
 And there's nothing

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:53.560
 that God wants more

00:30:53.560 --> 00:30:54.120
 than for you

00:30:54.120 --> 00:30:55.300
 to be assured

00:30:55.300 --> 00:30:56.520
 of your union

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.559
 and you're standing

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:58.200
 before Him

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:59.139
 in Christ.

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.980
 That's the gospel.

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:03.879
 When you get

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.859
 stuck in this web,

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:07.500
 you accuse God's law,

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.319
 you believe that

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:09.339
 God is not love

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:09.960
 or good,

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.220
 Satan stirs up

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.859
 that pride

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:14.819
 into even more

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.740
 disobedience.

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.879
 And what this does

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:19.180
 is your disobedience

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:19.839
 and mine,

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.940
 it robs us

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:22.400
 of ever truly

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:23.759
 enjoying assurance,

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:25.379
 of ever truly

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:26.440
 trusting God

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.960
 and trusting

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:29.060
 that His grace

00:31:29.060 --> 00:31:31.240
 sanctifies you

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:32.340
 because you truly

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:33.900
 are in Christ.

00:31:40.040 --> 00:31:41.080
 When we get stuck

00:31:41.080 --> 00:31:41.460
 in one,

00:31:41.540 --> 00:31:42.940
 we want to overreact

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.540
 and we're like

00:31:43.540 --> 00:31:44.740
 that pendulum

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.460
 on an old

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.320
 grandfather clock.

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:46.820
 We want to

00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:47.520
 overcorrect,

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:47.880
 don't we?

00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:50.780
 Satan wants us

00:31:50.780 --> 00:31:51.480
 to think that

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.220
 lawlessness

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.720
 does not

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.460
 free you.

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:57.800
 I'm going to

00:31:57.800 --> 00:31:58.720
 say that a different

00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:58.880
 way.

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.420
 I'm so sorry.

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.300
 When I'm stuck

00:32:01.300 --> 00:32:02.060
 in legalism,

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.540
 I think,

00:32:04.020 --> 00:32:04.620
 in my flesh,

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:05.380
 with Satan accusing,

00:32:05.560 --> 00:32:06.180
 I think the way

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:06.700
 to get out of

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.220
 legalism

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:08.120
 is to go to

00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:08.580
 lawlessness.

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.900
 When I'm in

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.720
 lawlessness,

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.400
 I think the way

00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:12.920
 to correct that

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.860
 is to go back

00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:14.880
 over to legalism.

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:17.080
 Look at what

00:32:17.080 --> 00:32:17.840
 Paul says next

00:32:17.840 --> 00:32:18.640
 in verse 19.

00:32:18.800 --> 00:32:19.200
 He says,

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.059
 For I,

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.819
 through the law,

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:24.220
 died to the law,

00:32:24.840 --> 00:32:25.940
 that I might live

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.720
 to God.

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.660
 For I,

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.580
 through the law,

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:32.559
 died to the law,

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:35.539
 that I might live

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.160
 to God.

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.240
 Paul is saying

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:40.480
 lawlessness is not

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.380
 what frees you

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:42.440
 out of legalism.

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:45.480
 It's the law

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.240
 that kills

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:47.400
 legalism in you.

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.880
 The problem

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:50.460
 was never

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:51.539
 God's law.

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.640
 Satan wants

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:54.480
 to use God's

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.100
 commands to

00:32:55.100 --> 00:32:55.720
 deceive you

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.460
 about the nature

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.019
 of God

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.740
 who gave the

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.059
 command.

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.720
 But the problem

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.740
 all along

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.759
 has been my

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.480
 own sin.

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:04.000
 Would you turn

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.519
 with me to

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:05.420
 Romans 7?

00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:06.900
 Look at

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.539
 Romans 7,

00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:08.200
 verse 8.

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:13.259
 Romans is laid

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:13.779
 out as a

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.160
 systematic

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:14.860
 theology.

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.340
 It's laid

00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:17.100
 out sequentially

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:17.840
 in a very

00:33:17.840 --> 00:33:18.559
 purposeful

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.799
 order.

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.380
 I believe

00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:22.080
 Romans 6

00:33:22.080 --> 00:33:22.420
 is about

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:23.059
 justification.

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.500
 I believe

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.100
 Romans 7

00:33:25.100 --> 00:33:25.640
 is about

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.539
 a Christian

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.660
 being sanctified.

00:33:28.340 --> 00:33:28.860
 Romans 8

00:33:28.860 --> 00:33:29.279
 is about

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:29.880
 assurance.

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.360
 Romans 7,

00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:33.880
 starting at

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.440
 verse 8.

00:33:35.840 --> 00:33:36.200
 Paul,

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:36.940
 writing in the

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.519
 first person,

00:33:37.580 --> 00:33:38.019
 it's his own

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.720
 testimony in

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.259
 this battle.

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.759
 He says,

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.200
 sin,

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:43.099
 seizing an

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:43.879
 opportunity,

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.720
 how?

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.839
 Through the

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.400
 commandment,

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.279
 through the

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.879
 moral law,

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:50.039
 stirred up

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.680
 all kinds

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.700
 of covetousness

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.579
 that was

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.420
 inside of me.

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:55.220
 The law of

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:56.220
 God exposed

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.900
 the sin

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.400
 in me.

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.500
 Is the

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:58.980
 problem the

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.480
 law or

00:33:59.480 --> 00:33:59.900
 my sin?

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.339
 Paul's giving

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:01.960
 his testimony.

00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:02.579
 The problem

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.639
 is my sin.

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:05.519
 Look at

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.039
 verse 10.

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:06.960
 Paul writes,

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.819
 the very

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.559
 commandment

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.760
 that promised

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:11.179
 life proved

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:12.000
 to be death

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.699
 to me.

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.280
 Under the

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:14.619
 Mosaic

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.039
 covenant,

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.639
 the arrangement

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.780
 was do this

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.400
 and live.

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.400
 If you can

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:19.860
 obey it all

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.280
 perfectly,

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:20.940
 personally,

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.659
 and perpetually,

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.579
 the promise

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.139
 of life.

00:34:24.240 --> 00:34:24.920
 So it

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.659
 promised life,

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:25.980
 but it

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:26.539
 proved to be

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.280
 death to me

00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:27.920
 because I

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.720
 can't do

00:34:28.720 --> 00:34:29.019
 that.

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.740
 Verse 11,

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.579
 for sin,

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.260
 seizing an

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:33.980
 opportunity

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:35.000
 through the

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.519
 commandment

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.500
 deceived me

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.980
 and through

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.920
 it killed

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.240
 me.

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.559
 Verse 12,

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.179
 so the law

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:41.699
 is holy

00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:42.480
 and the

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.940
 commandment

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.619
 is holy

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.719
 and righteous

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.980
 and good.

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.420
 The law

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:48.920
 of God

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.719
 is holy,

00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:51.519
 the moral

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.219
 law of God

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:53.219
 is righteous

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:54.740
 and it's

00:34:54.740 --> 00:34:55.039
 good.

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:57.039
 The moral

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.780
 law is holy,

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.500
 it's from

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:58.880
 God,

00:34:59.380 --> 00:35:00.059
 from the

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.420
 creator,

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.219
 two creatures.

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:02.359
 It is righteous,

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.739
 it is still

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:04.739
 pleasing to

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:05.079
 God,

00:35:05.419 --> 00:35:06.119
 it has not

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:06.879
 been abrogated

00:35:06.879 --> 00:35:08.039
 and it is

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.399
 good,

00:35:08.899 --> 00:35:09.459
 it is a

00:35:09.459 --> 00:35:10.619
 blessing from

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.539
 God for

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:11.759
 me.

00:35:12.459 --> 00:35:13.199
 That's how we

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:13.679
 ought to view

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.079
 the law.

00:35:14.879 --> 00:35:15.599
 You can turn

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.519
 back to Galatians

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.899
 chapter 2.

00:35:19.279 --> 00:35:19.859
 Paul says,

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:20.859
 through the

00:35:20.859 --> 00:35:21.159
 law,

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:22.519
 I died

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:23.159
 to the

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.419
 law.

00:35:25.279 --> 00:35:25.819
 God's

00:35:25.819 --> 00:35:26.099
 law

00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:27.539
 killed me

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.399
 in the

00:35:28.399 --> 00:35:28.919
 best way.

00:35:29.839 --> 00:35:30.399
 God's law

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:30.840
 is what

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.320
 killed my

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:31.760
 pride.

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.500
 God's law

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:33.960
 killed

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.840
 legalism

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.700
 inside me.

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.200
 When we

00:35:38.200 --> 00:35:38.820
 use God's

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.000
 law,

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:39.300
 when we

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:39.639
 use the

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:39.800
 Ten

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.260
 Commandments

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:40.639
 as a

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:40.960
 mirror,

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.380
 like we

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:41.720
 read in

00:35:41.720 --> 00:35:42.079
 James,

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.119
 it does

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.460
 this.

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.579
 It helps

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.200
 us to

00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:45.680
 die to

00:35:45.680 --> 00:35:46.280
 legalism.

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.720
 It shows

00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:49.940
 us,

00:35:50.180 --> 00:35:50.559
 if I'm

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.160
 not in

00:35:51.160 --> 00:35:51.460
 Christ,

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:51.960
 I am

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.360
 utterly

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:53.139
 hopeless

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:53.860
 because I

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.559
 can produce

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.260
 no good

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:55.780
 works on

00:35:55.780 --> 00:35:56.200
 my own.

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.720
 When God

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:00.619
 exposes sin

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:00.980
 in you

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.399
 and me,

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:03.039
 it makes

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.500
 us want to

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.159
 praise Him

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:04.939
 for one

00:36:04.939 --> 00:36:05.259
 reason.

00:36:07.359 --> 00:36:08.279
 It shows

00:36:08.279 --> 00:36:08.799
 me that

00:36:08.799 --> 00:36:10.500
 I am

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.219
 united to

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:11.799
 Christ on

00:36:11.799 --> 00:36:12.179
 the point

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.559
 of my

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.519
 sin first

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:15.019
 because it

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.500
 was my

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:17.039
 sin that

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.779
 Christ paid

00:36:17.779 --> 00:36:18.379
 for on

00:36:18.379 --> 00:36:18.899
 the cross.

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:21.199
 And

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.539
 therefore,

00:36:21.799 --> 00:36:22.659
 I'm united

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.339
 to Christ

00:36:23.339 --> 00:36:24.059
 in His

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.619
 paying for

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.159
 my sin.

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:28.519
 And

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:29.539
 because my

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:30.199
 sin unites

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:30.599
 me to

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:31.339
 Christ's

00:36:31.339 --> 00:36:32.059
 crucifixion

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.519
 in my

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:33.019
 place,

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.279
 look at

00:36:34.279 --> 00:36:34.679
 what Paul

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:35.099
 writes in

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.639
 verse 20.

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.079
 That's how

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.500
 I,

00:36:38.259 --> 00:36:38.859
 my pride,

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.319
 my sin,

00:36:39.399 --> 00:36:39.920
 my flesh,

00:36:40.319 --> 00:36:40.819
 have been

00:36:40.819 --> 00:36:41.359
 crucified

00:36:41.359 --> 00:36:42.339
 with

00:36:42.339 --> 00:36:43.179
 Christ.

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:46.359
 The law

00:36:46.359 --> 00:36:47.059
 is not

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:47.759
 what dies.

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:49.899
 The law

00:36:49.899 --> 00:36:51.000
 kills our

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.739
 pride and

00:36:51.739 --> 00:36:52.119
 it kills

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:52.699
 legalism

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:53.199
 inside of

00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:53.420
 us.

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:54.720
 We are

00:36:54.720 --> 00:36:55.159
 dead to

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:55.760
 legalism,

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:56.119
 we are

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.579
 dead to

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:56.960
 sin's

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.440
 dominion,

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.880
 but the

00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.300
 law does

00:36:59.300 --> 00:36:59.940
 not die

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.940
 because the

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.320
 law is a

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:02.059
 reflection of

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.559
 the eternal

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.300
 transcendent

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:03.639
 God.

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:04.820
 And Christ

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:05.700
 rules over

00:37:05.700 --> 00:37:06.340
 His people

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:07.400
 as He

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:08.139
 always has

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:09.099
 with a

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.480
 good,

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:10.180
 holy,

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:11.200
 and righteous

00:37:11.200 --> 00:37:11.680
 law.

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:12.960
 But we

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:13.360
 don't take

00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:13.780
 the law

00:37:13.780 --> 00:37:14.840
 as we had

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:15.200
 to at

00:37:15.200 --> 00:37:15.820
 Mount Sinai,

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.400
 the people

00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:16.780
 of God

00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:17.420
 with trembling

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:18.019
 knowing they'll

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.539
 come short.

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.500
 We take it

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:19.860
 from the

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.760
 hand of

00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:21.180
 Christ,

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.079
 our Savior.

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:23.980
 We take

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.240
 it with

00:37:24.240 --> 00:37:24.740
 gratitude.

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.240
 If you

00:37:26.240 --> 00:37:26.680
 are in

00:37:26.680 --> 00:37:27.019
 Christ,

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.420
 when you

00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:28.180
 break God's

00:37:28.180 --> 00:37:28.840
 moral law,

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:30.619
 it has no

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:31.099
 power to

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:31.659
 condemn you

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:32.320
 any longer.

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.360
 You are

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:34.320
 free from

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:35.000
 that curse,

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:36.000
 and instead

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.840
 you receive

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.860
 only blessings

00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:39.079
 because it

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:39.500
 draws you

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:40.260
 back to

00:37:40.260 --> 00:37:40.760
 your need

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:41.059
 to be

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:41.579
 united to

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:42.039
 Him again.

00:37:43.740 --> 00:37:44.220
 Well,

00:37:44.240 --> 00:37:44.579
 there's still

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:46.000
 one problem

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:46.440
 we've got to

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:46.900
 resolve,

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.280
 at least in

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:48.579
 my own

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:48.860
 mind.

00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:50.940
 we are

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.500
 no better

00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:52.920
 as Gentiles

00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:53.500
 than the

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:53.780
 Jews.

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.340
 That's

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:54.740
 Paul's

00:37:54.740 --> 00:37:54.900
 whole

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.260
 argument.

00:37:55.640 --> 00:37:55.940
 Jews,

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.180
 you are

00:37:56.180 --> 00:37:56.539
 no better

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:56.840
 than the

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:57.260
 Gentiles.

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:57.780
 Gentiles,

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:58.039
 you are

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.320
 no better

00:37:58.320 --> 00:37:58.640
 than the

00:37:58.640 --> 00:37:59.079
 Jews either.

00:38:00.120 --> 00:38:00.720
 If the

00:38:00.720 --> 00:38:01.120
 Jews,

00:38:01.240 --> 00:38:01.820
 the Israelites,

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.700
 lacked the

00:38:02.700 --> 00:38:03.099
 power,

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:03.740
 the love

00:38:03.740 --> 00:38:04.240
 inside of

00:38:04.240 --> 00:38:04.519
 them like

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:04.920
 Hosea

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:06.000
 exposed to

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.440
 keep the

00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:06.700
 law and

00:38:06.700 --> 00:38:07.280
 obey God,

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.400
 what's our

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:08.680
 hope?

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:09.860
 We lack

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:10.280
 that same

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:11.460
 power if

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:11.740
 we're under

00:38:11.740 --> 00:38:12.160
 that same

00:38:12.160 --> 00:38:12.519
 covenant.

00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:15.519
 I believe

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:16.000
 that's what

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.660
 is handled

00:38:16.660 --> 00:38:17.019
 in verse

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:17.519
 20 and

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:17.980
 21.

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.780
 the power

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:19.159
 that you

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:19.360
 and I

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:20.099
 lack on

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.460
 our own.

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:21.159
 Look at

00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:21.699
 verse 20.

00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:24.219
 Paul says,

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:24.760
 now that I've

00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:25.380
 been crucified

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:26.219
 with Christ,

00:38:26.760 --> 00:38:27.300
 it is no

00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:28.539
 longer I

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:29.679
 who live,

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.400
 but it's

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:30.960
 Christ who

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:31.599
 lives in

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:31.840
 me.

00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:33.360
 That life

00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:33.880
 which I

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:34.480
 now live

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:34.760
 in the

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.139
 flesh,

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:36.079
 I live

00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:36.800
 by faith

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:37.119
 in the

00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:37.440
 Son of

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:38.240
 God who

00:38:38.240 --> 00:38:38.860
 loved me

00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:39.579
 and gave

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:40.240
 himself up

00:38:40.240 --> 00:38:41.360
 for me.

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:44.699
 What is

00:38:44.699 --> 00:38:45.199
 the secret

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:46.500
 to walking

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.079
 in Christ?

00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:47.500
 What is

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.920
 the secret

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.440
 to having

00:38:48.440 --> 00:38:49.159
 the power

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:49.539
 we would

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:49.920
 lack?

00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:54.360
 Well,

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:54.680
 on Mount

00:38:54.680 --> 00:38:55.180
 Sinai,

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:57.500
 the Lord

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:58.159
 called this

00:38:58.159 --> 00:38:59.059
 mediator up

00:38:59.059 --> 00:38:59.500
 the mountain

00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:01.079
 and the

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.720
 Lord wrote

00:39:01.720 --> 00:39:02.420
 on these

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:03.200
 stone tablets

00:39:03.200 --> 00:39:03.720
 the moral

00:39:03.720 --> 00:39:05.099
 law and

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:05.380
 he sent

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:05.880
 them back

00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:06.539
 down with

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:06.980
 Moses

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.780
 mediating,

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:08.460
 ruling over

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:09.320
 the people

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:09.800
 with God

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:10.119
 as their

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:10.460
 king.

00:39:11.180 --> 00:39:11.519
 And the

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:11.920
 law gave

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:12.180
 him a

00:39:12.180 --> 00:39:12.639
 direction,

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.340
 live this

00:39:13.340 --> 00:39:13.579
 way,

00:39:13.680 --> 00:39:14.000
 this is

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.619
 pleasing to

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:14.820
 me.

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:16.539
 But it

00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:16.840
 simply

00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:17.720
 exposed

00:39:17.720 --> 00:39:19.140
 their own

00:39:19.140 --> 00:39:19.580
 flesh,

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.240
 their own

00:39:20.240 --> 00:39:21.019
 inability to

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.400
 keep it

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:21.780
 by their

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:22.260
 strength.

00:39:23.820 --> 00:39:24.480
 See the

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:25.019
 similarities.

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:26.420
 Moses himself

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:27.039
 prophesied,

00:39:27.140 --> 00:39:27.460
 there will be

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:28.160
 a prophet

00:39:28.160 --> 00:39:28.960
 like me,

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:29.420
 one of your

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:29.920
 brothers who

00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:30.300
 will come

00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:31.039
 and he will

00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:31.440
 give you

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:32.059
 God's law.

00:39:33.240 --> 00:39:33.600
 And Jesus

00:39:33.600 --> 00:39:34.200
 in the same

00:39:34.200 --> 00:39:34.519
 way,

00:39:34.660 --> 00:39:35.320
 having completed

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:35.740
 his work,

00:39:35.820 --> 00:39:36.539
 he ascended

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:37.620
 to the highest

00:39:37.620 --> 00:39:38.000
 heaven.

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:39.760
 He ascended

00:39:39.760 --> 00:39:40.620
 and from

00:39:40.620 --> 00:39:41.400
 there he

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:42.180
 gives that

00:39:42.180 --> 00:39:43.000
 same law,

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.220
 but he

00:39:44.220 --> 00:39:44.660
 gives it by

00:39:44.660 --> 00:39:45.080
 the power

00:39:45.080 --> 00:39:45.360
 of the

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:45.960
 Holy Spirit

00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:46.460
 not written

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:47.040
 on stone

00:39:47.040 --> 00:39:47.540
 tablets,

00:39:48.160 --> 00:39:48.620
 but written

00:39:48.620 --> 00:39:48.980
 in the

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:49.380
 hearts of

00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:49.920
 his people.

00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:53.500
 The Holy

00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:54.040
 Spirit not

00:39:54.040 --> 00:39:54.600
 only writes

00:39:54.600 --> 00:39:54.940
 the law

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:55.180
 in our

00:39:55.180 --> 00:39:55.440
 hearts,

00:39:55.540 --> 00:39:55.740
 but he

00:39:55.740 --> 00:39:56.100
 also

00:39:56.100 --> 00:39:57.100
 indwells

00:39:57.100 --> 00:39:57.560
 the believer

00:39:57.560 --> 00:39:57.960
 and he

00:39:57.960 --> 00:39:58.380
 gives us

00:39:58.380 --> 00:39:58.940
 the power

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.640
 that we

00:39:59.640 --> 00:40:00.040
 lack

00:40:00.040 --> 00:40:00.960
 to walk

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:01.380
 with him.

00:40:03.240 --> 00:40:04.060
 2 John

00:40:04.060 --> 00:40:05.040
 1.6

00:40:05.040 --> 00:40:05.340
 says,

00:40:05.620 --> 00:40:06.400
 this is

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:07.180
 love,

00:40:07.620 --> 00:40:08.180
 that we

00:40:08.180 --> 00:40:08.620
 walk

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.179
 according

00:40:09.179 --> 00:40:10.159
 to his

00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:10.859
 commands.

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:13.719
 Love

00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:15.400
 and the

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:15.839
 commands

00:40:15.839 --> 00:40:16.579
 working

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:17.079
 together.

00:40:19.339 --> 00:40:19.739
 Sinclair

00:40:19.739 --> 00:40:20.139
 Ferguson

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:20.699
 commented,

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:21.400
 love for

00:40:21.400 --> 00:40:22.219
 Jesus is

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:23.380
 expressed

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:25.059
 by commandment

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:25.559
 keeping.

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:27.079
 Love is

00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:27.759
 the fulfillment

00:40:27.759 --> 00:40:28.440
 of the

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:28.679
 law.

00:40:29.699 --> 00:40:30.179
 Love is

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:30.739
 never said

00:40:30.739 --> 00:40:31.400
 to be a

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:31.900
 replacement

00:40:31.900 --> 00:40:32.839
 for law.

00:40:33.339 --> 00:40:33.619
 It was

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:34.839
 not legalism

00:40:34.839 --> 00:40:35.619
 for Jesus

00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:36.079
 to do

00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:36.539
 everything

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:37.079
 his father

00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:37.579
 commanded,

00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:38.599
 nor is

00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:39.179
 it for

00:40:39.179 --> 00:40:39.699
 us.

00:40:41.699 --> 00:40:42.279
 The

00:40:42.279 --> 00:40:42.639
 difference

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:43.059
 between

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:43.420
 you and

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:44.839
 I as

00:40:44.839 --> 00:40:45.319
 Gentiles

00:40:45.319 --> 00:40:45.960
 with the

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.420
 Israelites

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:48.159
 is that

00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:48.659
 Jesus has

00:40:48.659 --> 00:40:49.179
 kept the

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:50.059
 law savingly

00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:50.480
 for us

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:50.799
 already.

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:52.000
 And on

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.380
 top of

00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.519
 that,

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:52.880
 he has

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:53.559
 sent his

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:54.380
 Holy Spirit,

00:40:55.099 --> 00:40:55.319
 what the

00:40:55.319 --> 00:40:55.699
 New Testament

00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:56.239
 calls the

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:57.039
 Spirit of

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:57.539
 Christ,

00:40:58.219 --> 00:40:58.799
 to live

00:40:58.799 --> 00:40:59.500
 in and

00:40:59.500 --> 00:40:59.940
 through his

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:00.259
 people.

00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:01.799
 Hebrews 8

00:41:01.799 --> 00:41:02.059
 says,

00:41:02.259 --> 00:41:03.039
 everyone in

00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:03.480
 the covenant

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:04.139
 with Christ

00:41:04.139 --> 00:41:04.940
 will know

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:05.199
 him.

00:41:05.839 --> 00:41:06.119
 And he

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:06.420
 will put

00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:06.799
 his law

00:41:06.799 --> 00:41:07.039
 in our

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:07.440
 minds

00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:08.059
 and in

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:08.220
 our

00:41:08.220 --> 00:41:08.619
 hearts.

00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:10.860
 We're

00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:11.240
 told as

00:41:11.240 --> 00:41:11.539
 Christians

00:41:11.539 --> 00:41:12.059
 to work

00:41:12.059 --> 00:41:12.420
 out your

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:12.900
 salvation

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:13.240
 with

00:41:13.240 --> 00:41:13.940
 trembling.

00:41:14.240 --> 00:41:14.360
 We're

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:14.700
 told to

00:41:14.700 --> 00:41:15.119
 run the

00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:15.460
 race.

00:41:16.720 --> 00:41:17.400
 This is

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:17.940
 language of

00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:18.360
 forward

00:41:18.360 --> 00:41:18.900
 movement

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.420
 as a

00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:19.740
 Christian.

00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:21.380
 If you're

00:41:21.380 --> 00:41:21.980
 in Christ,

00:41:22.099 --> 00:41:22.400
 you are

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:22.900
 marching

00:41:22.900 --> 00:41:23.599
 behind him,

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:23.860
 you are

00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:24.320
 following

00:41:24.320 --> 00:41:24.700
 him.

00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:26.900
 And

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.260
 forward

00:41:27.260 --> 00:41:27.740
 movement,

00:41:28.139 --> 00:41:28.460
 Sinclair

00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:28.860
 Ferguson

00:41:28.860 --> 00:41:29.179
 again

00:41:29.179 --> 00:41:29.659
 pointed out,

00:41:29.740 --> 00:41:30.079
 requires

00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:30.760
 two things,

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:31.500
 a direction

00:41:31.500 --> 00:41:33.179
 and a

00:41:33.179 --> 00:41:33.519
 power.

00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:35.860
 He gave

00:41:35.860 --> 00:41:36.300
 the example

00:41:36.300 --> 00:41:36.900
 of a

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:37.360
 train,

00:41:38.159 --> 00:41:38.840
 an engine

00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:39.400
 on the

00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:39.659
 railway

00:41:39.659 --> 00:41:40.119
 tracks.

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:40.739
 The Ten

00:41:40.739 --> 00:41:41.239
 Commandments

00:41:41.239 --> 00:41:42.280
 are the

00:41:42.280 --> 00:41:42.780
 tracks.

00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:43.480
 It gives

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:43.780
 us a

00:41:43.780 --> 00:41:44.159
 direction

00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:44.440
 of where

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:44.800
 we go.

00:41:45.099 --> 00:41:45.400
 But there's

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:46.039
 this massive

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:46.820
 iron horse,

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:47.980
 this engine

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:48.320
 that needs

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:48.940
 to be moved.

00:41:49.320 --> 00:41:49.639
 Where does

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:50.139
 that power

00:41:50.139 --> 00:41:50.719
 come from?

00:41:51.280 --> 00:41:51.440
 Well,

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:51.980
 the engine's

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.739
 power is

00:41:52.739 --> 00:41:53.159
 the Holy

00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:53.920
 Spirit in

00:41:53.920 --> 00:41:54.420
 the believer.

00:41:54.920 --> 00:41:55.340
 It's the

00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:56.239
 love of

00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:56.800
 God poured

00:41:56.800 --> 00:41:57.440
 into our

00:41:57.440 --> 00:41:57.840
 hearts

00:41:57.840 --> 00:41:59.260
 continuously,

00:41:59.679 --> 00:42:00.239
 filling us

00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:00.859
 back up,

00:42:01.619 --> 00:42:02.199
 jet engine

00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:03.039
 to propel

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:03.319
 us on

00:42:03.319 --> 00:42:03.839
 the tracks.

00:42:04.759 --> 00:42:05.259
 So in

00:42:05.259 --> 00:42:05.519
 the new

00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:05.779
 covenant,

00:42:05.899 --> 00:42:06.159
 we have

00:42:06.159 --> 00:42:06.519
 both.

00:42:07.259 --> 00:42:07.679
 We have

00:42:07.679 --> 00:42:07.959
 what the

00:42:07.959 --> 00:42:08.279
 Israelites

00:42:08.279 --> 00:42:08.699
 lacked.

00:42:08.799 --> 00:42:09.179
 We have

00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:10.059
 the direction

00:42:10.059 --> 00:42:10.379
 that we

00:42:10.379 --> 00:42:10.619
 share,

00:42:10.679 --> 00:42:11.059
 that doesn't

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:11.439
 change,

00:42:11.519 --> 00:42:11.779
 but now

00:42:11.779 --> 00:42:12.119
 we have

00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:13.000
 the power.

00:42:15.479 --> 00:42:16.239
 We have

00:42:16.239 --> 00:42:16.839
 folks who

00:42:16.839 --> 00:42:17.059
 have been

00:42:17.059 --> 00:42:17.719
 preparing for

00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:18.199
 baptism,

00:42:19.319 --> 00:42:19.679
 and this

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:20.219
 is what is

00:42:20.219 --> 00:42:20.879
 pictured in

00:42:20.879 --> 00:42:21.379
 baptism,

00:42:21.979 --> 00:42:23.099
 buried with

00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:23.559
 Christ,

00:42:24.439 --> 00:42:25.079
 and then

00:42:25.079 --> 00:42:25.859
 raised to

00:42:25.859 --> 00:42:26.759
 newness of

00:42:26.759 --> 00:42:27.139
 life.

00:42:27.959 --> 00:42:28.299
 You have

00:42:28.299 --> 00:42:29.019
 been crucified

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:30.139
 with Christ,

00:42:30.239 --> 00:42:31.979
 united to

00:42:31.979 --> 00:42:32.239
 Him on

00:42:32.239 --> 00:42:32.619
 the point

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:32.899
 of your

00:42:32.899 --> 00:42:33.219
 sin,

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:35.379
 and now

00:42:35.379 --> 00:42:35.639
 you're

00:42:35.639 --> 00:42:36.579
 raised to

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:37.199
 newness of

00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:37.939
 life with

00:42:37.939 --> 00:42:38.279
 the Holy

00:42:38.279 --> 00:42:39.779
 Spirit living

00:42:39.779 --> 00:42:40.799
 inside of

00:42:40.799 --> 00:42:41.019
 you.

00:42:41.779 --> 00:42:42.479
 That life

00:42:42.479 --> 00:42:42.959
 which I

00:42:42.959 --> 00:42:43.459
 now live

00:42:43.459 --> 00:42:43.719
 in the

00:42:43.719 --> 00:42:44.039
 flesh,

00:42:44.219 --> 00:42:44.719
 I live

00:42:44.719 --> 00:42:46.000
 by faith

00:42:46.000 --> 00:42:46.379
 in the

00:42:46.379 --> 00:42:46.739
 Son of

00:42:46.739 --> 00:42:47.259
 God who

00:42:47.259 --> 00:42:47.919
 loved me

00:42:47.919 --> 00:42:48.839
 and gave

00:42:48.839 --> 00:42:49.339
 Himself

00:42:49.339 --> 00:42:50.379
 up for

00:42:50.379 --> 00:42:50.599
 me.

00:42:53.159 --> 00:42:53.639
 You

00:42:53.639 --> 00:42:54.039
 notice how

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:54.379
 this is

00:42:54.379 --> 00:42:55.399
 really the

00:42:55.399 --> 00:42:56.379
 refrain of

00:42:56.379 --> 00:42:56.799
 every one

00:42:56.799 --> 00:42:57.039
 of your

00:42:57.039 --> 00:42:57.819
 favorite hymns

00:42:57.819 --> 00:42:58.339
 and songs.

00:42:58.340 --> 00:43:00.340
 I pulled

00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:01.120
 a couple

00:43:01.120 --> 00:43:01.700
 examples.

00:43:02.660 --> 00:43:03.160
 John Bunyan

00:43:03.160 --> 00:43:03.500
 who wrote

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:03.980
 Pilgrim's

00:43:03.980 --> 00:43:04.320
 Progress,

00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:05.920
 he put this

00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:06.300
 in first

00:43:06.300 --> 00:43:06.700
 person,

00:43:06.760 --> 00:43:07.039
 how this

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.440
 was true

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:07.940
 for him

00:43:07.940 --> 00:43:08.360
 in a

00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:08.600
 poem.

00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:09.720
 Run,

00:43:10.120 --> 00:43:10.380
 John,

00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:10.800
 run,

00:43:11.059 --> 00:43:11.500
 the law

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:12.039
 commands,

00:43:12.180 --> 00:43:12.600
 but gives

00:43:12.600 --> 00:43:13.400
 neither feet

00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:14.579
 nor hands.

00:43:15.680 --> 00:43:16.019
 Better

00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:16.600
 news the

00:43:16.600 --> 00:43:17.579
 gospel brings,

00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:18.680
 it bids me

00:43:18.680 --> 00:43:20.120
 fly and

00:43:20.120 --> 00:43:20.760
 gives me

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:21.480
 wings.

00:43:22.680 --> 00:43:23.519
 William

00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:23.940
 Cooper,

00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:25.880
 in a hymn

00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:26.340
 he wrote,

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:27.180
 to see the

00:43:27.180 --> 00:43:28.000
 law by

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:28.400
 Christ

00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:29.019
 fulfilled

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:30.059
 and hear

00:43:30.059 --> 00:43:30.360
 His

00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:30.940
 pardoning

00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:31.420
 voice

00:43:31.420 --> 00:43:32.660
 changes

00:43:32.660 --> 00:43:33.740
 a slave

00:43:33.740 --> 00:43:34.539
 into a

00:43:34.539 --> 00:43:34.980
 child

00:43:34.980 --> 00:43:36.619
 and duty

00:43:36.619 --> 00:43:37.920
 into choice.

00:43:39.880 --> 00:43:40.640
 My

00:43:40.640 --> 00:43:41.019
 encouragement

00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:41.460
 for us

00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:41.800
 today,

00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:42.940
 don't

00:43:42.940 --> 00:43:43.940
 reject

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:44.579
 God's

00:43:44.579 --> 00:43:44.940
 grace.

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:46.140
 Don't

00:43:46.140 --> 00:43:46.500
 let your

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:46.960
 pride

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:47.940
 get you

00:43:47.940 --> 00:43:48.420
 entangled

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:49.320
 in either

00:43:49.320 --> 00:43:49.680
 one of

00:43:49.680 --> 00:43:49.980
 these

00:43:49.980 --> 00:43:50.640
 webs.

00:43:53.039 --> 00:43:53.800
 Don't

00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:54.119
 let the

00:43:54.119 --> 00:43:54.599
 lies of

00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:54.880
 Satan

00:43:54.880 --> 00:43:55.460
 accuse

00:43:55.460 --> 00:43:55.800
 God

00:43:55.800 --> 00:43:56.139
 to you.

00:43:56.260 --> 00:43:56.760
 Believe

00:43:56.760 --> 00:43:57.240
 who

00:43:57.240 --> 00:43:57.460
 He

00:43:57.460 --> 00:43:57.820
 is.

00:43:59.039 --> 00:43:59.300
 As

00:43:59.300 --> 00:43:59.460
 we'll

00:43:59.460 --> 00:43:59.780
 sing in

00:43:59.780 --> 00:44:00.159
 a moment,

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:01.000
 arise,

00:44:01.659 --> 00:44:02.099
 poor,

00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:02.619
 wretched

00:44:02.619 --> 00:44:03.059
 sinner,

00:44:03.619 --> 00:44:04.900
 and go

00:44:04.900 --> 00:44:05.519
 to Jesus.

00:44:07.179 --> 00:44:07.579
 He

00:44:07.579 --> 00:44:08.179
 will

00:44:08.179 --> 00:44:08.800
 embrace

00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:09.059
 you

00:44:09.059 --> 00:44:09.860
 in His

00:44:09.860 --> 00:44:10.240
 arms.

00:44:11.820 --> 00:44:12.099
 Rest

00:44:12.099 --> 00:44:12.480
 in His

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:12.780
 grace

00:44:12.780 --> 00:44:13.260
 again.

00:44:14.880 --> 00:44:15.480
 Let's

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:15.679
 pray.

00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:19.659
 Lord,

00:44:19.760 --> 00:44:20.039
 thank You

00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:20.519
 for this

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:21.539
 glorious

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:22.079
 gospel

00:44:22.079 --> 00:44:24.260
 that we

00:44:24.260 --> 00:44:24.840
 do have

00:44:24.840 --> 00:44:25.300
 life

00:44:25.300 --> 00:44:25.940
 in Jesus

00:44:25.940 --> 00:44:26.480
 Christ.

00:44:27.720 --> 00:44:28.380
 We have

00:44:28.380 --> 00:44:28.560
 been

00:44:28.560 --> 00:44:29.019
 crucified

00:44:29.019 --> 00:44:29.640
 with

00:44:29.640 --> 00:44:30.039
 Christ

00:44:30.039 --> 00:44:30.580
 for our

00:44:30.580 --> 00:44:30.900
 sin,

00:44:31.760 --> 00:44:32.280
 but we

00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:32.460
 have

00:44:32.460 --> 00:44:32.980
 life

00:44:32.980 --> 00:44:33.940
 in

00:44:33.940 --> 00:44:34.420
 Christ

00:44:34.420 --> 00:44:35.260
 by Your

00:44:35.260 --> 00:44:35.680
 power

00:44:35.680 --> 00:44:36.600
 so that

00:44:36.600 --> 00:44:36.840
 it is

00:44:36.840 --> 00:44:37.480
 no longer

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:38.519
 I who

00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:38.880
 live,

00:44:39.220 --> 00:44:39.620
 but it's

00:44:39.620 --> 00:44:40.200
 Christ who

00:44:40.200 --> 00:44:40.600
 lives in

00:44:40.600 --> 00:44:40.800
 me.

00:44:41.700 --> 00:44:42.360
 Please work

00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:42.880
 this out,

00:44:42.980 --> 00:44:43.060
 Lord,

00:44:43.140 --> 00:44:43.600
 in every

00:44:43.600 --> 00:44:44.200
 aspect of

00:44:44.200 --> 00:44:44.580
 our lives

00:44:44.580 --> 00:44:44.980
 for Your

00:44:44.980 --> 00:44:45.500
 glory we

00:44:45.500 --> 00:44:45.820
 ask.

00:44:46.200 --> 00:44:46.480
 Amen.

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:46.580
 Amen.

00:44:46.580 --> 00:44:46.600
 Amen.

00:44:46.600 --> 00:44:46.620
 Amen.

00:44:46.620 --> 00:44:46.640
 Amen.

00:44:46.640 --> 00:44:46.660
 Amen.

00:44:46.660 --> 00:44:46.680
 Amen.

00:44:46.680 --> 00:44:46.700
 Amen.

00:44:46.700 --> 00:44:48.700
 Amen.

00:44:48.700 --> 00:44:48.760
 Amen.

00:44:48.760 --> 00:44:50.660
 Amen.

00:44:50.660 --> 00:44:50.700
 Amen.

00:44:50.700 --> 00:44:50.760
 Amen.

00:44:50.760 --> 00:44:51.700
 Amen.

00:44:51.700 --> 00:44:52.700
 Amen.

00:44:52.700 --> 00:44:52.760
 Amen.

00:44:52.760 --> 00:44:54.700
 Amen.