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 And one of the joys of being a slightly larger church is being able to help other churches and Ruben has done a great shift preaching in Headington and Salisbury and Chris Craddock is serving as moderator and lots of the elders are helping out in different ways and so I'm away quite a bit this next month I'm in the Isle of Harris next Sunday and then I'm in Alabama at the end of the month is a tough life isn't it

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 but someone's got to do it Ruben gets Headington and Salisbury I get Isle of Harris in Alabama you know so Ruben's going to preach through 1 Corinthians which will be great and then Andrew's going to go back to doing a series in Genesis and so we come to the end of Galatians and I confess I always get a bit sentimental when we finish a book in the Bible I put my Galatians commentaries back in their place on the shelf this morning

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 part of it is nostalgia but I have found Galatians challenging and yet I've been wonderfully fed myself and I've learned a great deal going through Galatians and part of it is regret I think this morning that I've just squeezed the first little bit of juice out of the orange and in some ways I wish I could go back next week to chapter 1 and verse 1 we're not going to do that there

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 and so here we go with the last eight verses and they really are astounding and they bring together all the big themes that the apostle has been laying before us in the book of Galatians

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 Galatians and he says as you stand back he says Galatians is about one thing he wants you to grasp at one thing it's about one thing and that one thing is the absolute centrality and transforming power of the cross of Jesus Christ that's what Galatians is about

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 and did you notice when Andrew read it there are two references to the cross in verse 13

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 even those who receive circumcision they don't keep the law they desire to view circumstance that they may glory in the flesh and the end of verse 12 is

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 that they don't want to be persecuted for the cross of Christ that's what they don't want but Paul contrasting in verse 14 says far be it from me

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 to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ he says the main thing which is the main thing is the cross of Jesus Christ

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 at the heart and center of our faith at the heart and center of our relationship with God at the heart and center of the Bible

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 is the cross of Jesus Christ and I want to find out an illustrate a way to illustrate that from elsewhere in the Bible

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 so let me ask you this question how important do you think the miracles and teaching of Jesus are

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 you think to yourself are they very important

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 never in history have such words or deeds been achieved but when you look at the gospels

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 the gospel writers tell us that though the miracles and the teaching of Jesus are important

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 the death of Jesus is far more important

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 in fact without the death of Jesus his words and his miracles are powerless

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 so if you look at Mark's gospel and you stand back over a third of the gospel is devoted to Jesus' death

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 take John's gospel and over half the gospel is devoted to Jesus' death

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 and so you mustn't say to people oh well this is the kind of biography of the Lord Jesus

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 no biography has one third on the death

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 or one half on the death

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 in fact at the end of John's gospel he gives us this tantalizing statement doesn't he

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 he says Jesus did a whole bunch of other things

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 and if you wrote them down

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 they would have filled up all the books from the world

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 and a lot of us want to say well just give us some of them tell us a bit more

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 but he didn't why didn't John put all those details in his book

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 because he wanted you and I to focus on the death of Jesus Christ

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 what is vitally important you see to the gospel writers

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 is not so much how you and I live

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 but what you and I believe about the cross

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 some people say to us don't they they say well it doesn't matter what you believe

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 it matters how you live

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 and so let's not get caught up on doctrinal disputes

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 let's not get het up about the incarnation or the resurrection or the miracles

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 let's all live by the golden rule

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 and it doesn't matter no matter what you believe

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 what matters is how you live

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 let's go for peace

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 but if that's true

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 then you've got to go back to correct the gospels on their emphasis

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 and if that is true

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 you've got to go back and help Paul to correct his emphasis

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 and tell him

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 Paul you need to glory in a lot of other things

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 other than the cross of Jesus

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 you see

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 the very shape of the gospel tells us

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 that what matters

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 is not so much what Jesus tells us to do

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 but what Jesus has come to do for us

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 what he's come to do for you

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 the world does not need

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 another moral teacher

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 they are all saying

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 basically the same thing

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 I'm not putting Jesus in this category

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 but Buddha says isn't it

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 love for one another

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 Allah says

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 obey and submit

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 the secular commentator

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 the Instagram influencer

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 says be kind

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 but the problem is we can't do it

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 and what we really need

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 is not so much someone to come and tell us what to do

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 we need someone who will come

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 and take our hearts

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 and make them into something

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 that we cannot be on our own

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 we need someone from God

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 who will create us

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 and make us into new creations

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 and that is what marks the true church

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 always

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 what marks the true church

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 is not kind of institutional conformity

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 to anything external

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 or circumcision

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 the true church is marked

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 by being a community

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 that is centered

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 on the cross of Jesus Christ

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 you can always tell

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 a true Christian church

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 a true Christian church

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 will not sit

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 in slavery

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 to some central authority

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 to some rituals

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 to rules

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 it won't sit

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 under the influence

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 of one teacher

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 or one great leader

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 inspirational

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 though they may be

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 a true church

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 will be one that sits

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 under the Bible

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 and that recognizes

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 Jesus Christ

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 and him crucified

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 as it's life and hope

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 and I think that is why

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 Paul finishes

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 the letter

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 with these words

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 just look at the last verse

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 the grace

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ

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 be with your spirit

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 brothers

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 and so two questions

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 this morning

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 what is this grace

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ

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 and the second question

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 how do we get it

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 to be with our spirits

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 so first then

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 what is the grace

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 now in these verses

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 verses 11 to 18

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 there are two sides

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 to the grace

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 of the Lord Jesus

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 one is objective

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 and one is

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 and it's external

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 and it's outside of us

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 and the other is

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 internal

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 subjective

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 experiential

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 inside of us

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 now this is going to be tricky

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 we found this again and again

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 of me in Galatians

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 you've got to think hard

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 we've got to work hard

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 together at this

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 so it's a bit like a marriage

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 I now pronounce you

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 husband and wife

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 there's an objective side to it

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 you

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 sign the document

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 you get the certificate

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 you are

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 a married couple

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 there's a new family

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 created

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 objectively

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 but that's not all there is

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 to a marriage

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 is it

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 there's a subjective side

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 there is the quality

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 of the relationship

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 and so in verse 14

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 we get both these sides together

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 if you look down

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 far be it from me

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 to glory

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 except in the cross

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ

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 and now he says

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 the objective side

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 by which

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 the world has been

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 crucified to me

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 that's the objective

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 and then the subjective side

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 is

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 I to the world

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 so let's take the objective

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 side first

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 I think this is the only place

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 in the whole of the New Testament

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 where we are told

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 that through the cross

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 the world

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 is crucified to us

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 we usually

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 are

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 familiar I think

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 with the idea

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 that we're crucified

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 to the world

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 but the emphasis here

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 is that the world

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 is crucified to me

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 so what does that mean

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 verse 15

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 well neither circumcision

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 counts for anything

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 nor uncircumcision

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 but a new creation

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 what it means is this

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 that in the death

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 of Jesus Christ

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 it's not just the death

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 of one man

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 it's not just the death

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 of the Son of God

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 it's not just the point

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 of our faith

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 but in the death

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 of Jesus Christ

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 the world itself

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 is crucified

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 what happened

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 on the cross

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 is that we get

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 a glimpse

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 of this new creation

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 that God has begun

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 the cross is like

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 the sentence

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 from God

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 on this world

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 what this means

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 is that

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 everything external

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 circumcision

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 uncircumcision

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 doesn't really matter

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 let me read to you

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 from John Brown

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 and this is the best

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 commentary I think

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 on Galatians

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 by a guy called

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 John Brown

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 it's published

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 in the 19th century

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 and this is what he writes

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 speaking about these verses

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 he says this

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 the great principle

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 taught here

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 by the apostle

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 according to the wisdom

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 given him

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 is that true Christianity

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 does not consist

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 in anything

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 merely external

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 but in the state

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 of the hidden man

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 of the mind

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 and heart

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 nothing

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 merely

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 external

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 can make a man

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 a Christian

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 so here we go

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 he may be baptized

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 but the washing

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 of water

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 is not the washing

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 of regeneration

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 and the renewal

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 he may observe

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 the Lord's Supper

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 but eating bread

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 and drinking wine

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 and not discerning

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 the Lord's body

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 is not the communion

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 of the body

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 and blood of Christ

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 he may attend

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 the public services

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 of religion

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 but all this

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 may be only bodily service

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 he may give much arms

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 he might put his money

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 in the collection pot

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 and say many prayers

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 but all this may be

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 to be seen by men

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 he may do many things

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 commended by Jesus

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 but his motives

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 may be dangerously defective

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 or fatally wrong

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 nothing will suffice

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 but the new creation

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 the mind

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 and the heart

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 transformed

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 by divine truth

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 regarding

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 the cross

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 of Christ

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 it's lamentable

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 to think how often

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 religion is placed

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 in what has nothing

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 to do with true Christianity

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 counting beads

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 doing penance

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 going on a pilgrimage

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 wearing a particular dress

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 speaking a peculiar dialect

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 and so these things

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 when it comes

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 to salvation

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 are a matter

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 of indifference

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 because the world

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 has been crucified

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 to us

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 you see the law

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 belongs to the world

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 human religion

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 belongs to this world

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 but in the cross

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 of Jesus Christ

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 God has begun

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 a new creation

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 he's begun

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 to make us alive

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 by his Holy Spirit

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 and this is the first side

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 of the grace

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ

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 I wonder if you

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 understand this

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 you see

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 it means that

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 we have a different

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 relationship

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 to the world

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 put it this way

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 the world

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 if we move

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 through the cross

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 the world

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 no longer

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 has a controlling

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 influence

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 in my life

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 and thinking

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 it's been crucified

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 to me

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 it's as if

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 God has

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 taken the world

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 and he's nailed

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 it to the cross

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 the world

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 is dying

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 this world

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 is passing away

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 and so you

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 and I

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 as Christians

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 we are no longer

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 slaves to the

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 basic structures

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 of this world

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 let me give you

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 an example

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 I think non-Christians

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 people who are not

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 Christians

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 often look at

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 Christians

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 true Christians

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 and think they're

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 just weird

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 and often

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 we would have to say

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 well we agree with them

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 but there are

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 sometimes

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 aren't there

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 there are good

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 reasons for us

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 looking weird

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 you see

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 some Christians

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 are very

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 successful

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 but they do

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 not care

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 whether they are

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 or they aren't

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 other Christians

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 look like

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 failures

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 but they don't

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 care whether

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 they are

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 or they aren't

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 this week

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 I hear of a man

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 in the United States

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 who has made

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 an absolute

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 fortune

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 on the internet

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 millions

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 upon millions

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 upon millions

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 probably near billions

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 he has come to

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 faith in Jesus

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 Christ

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 and he is now

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 investing

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 literally

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 hundreds of

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 millions of

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 dollars

00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:14.620
 in seeing

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 churches

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 planted across

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 the world

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 in places

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 where Christ

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 is not known

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 you would look

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 at that guy

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 wouldn't you

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 and you would

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 say that's

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 a very weird

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 priority

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 I have another

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 friend in London

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 who's refused

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 promotions

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 with huge

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 salary increases

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 and bonuses

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 so that he can

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 continue serving

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 his local church

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 and be an elder

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 there

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 and he can

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 continue to

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 spend time

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 with his

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 family

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 and you look

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 at that

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 and you think

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 that's so weird

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 the world

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 has been

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 crucified to them

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 we live in

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 this world

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 we use

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 this world

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 some of us

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 marry and raise

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 families in this

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 world

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 we have money

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 but we know

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 that there is

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 something far

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 more important

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 than money

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 do you know

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 that

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 we want our

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 children to do

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 well

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 but we know

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 don't we

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 that the

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 cross of

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 Jesus Christ

00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:07.659
 is far

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 more important

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 to our

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 children

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 than anything

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 and any

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 success

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 this world

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 can offer

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 the best

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 that this

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 world can

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 offer

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 has been

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 crucified

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 to us

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 all the

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 principles

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 of living

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 a happy

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 successful

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 balanced

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 life

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 of accumulating

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 lots of

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 possessions

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 and wealth

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 of keeping

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 your objectives

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 of being

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 focused

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 of having

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 purpose

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 of living

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 in a successful

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 manner

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 it's glorying

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 in the flesh

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 and it is all

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 completely

00:15:45.219 --> 00:15:45.959
 impotent

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 impotent

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 to move you

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 one step

00:15:49.059 --> 00:15:49.699
 closer to the

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 Lord Jesus

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 Christ

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 because that

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 only comes

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 through his

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 grace

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 before

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 we saw

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 the cross

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 as beautiful

00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:04.240
 before we

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 saw Jesus

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 Christ

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 and him

00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:05.980
 crucified

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 and understood

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 it

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 we were

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 deeply

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 anxious

00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:11.620
 to be in

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 favour with

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 the world

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 what the

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 world thought

00:16:15.100 --> 00:16:15.340
 of us

00:16:15.340 --> 00:16:16.059
 was really

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 really

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 important

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 I think

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 that's one

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 of the

00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:21.700
 signs of

00:16:21.700 --> 00:16:21.919
 whether

00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:22.320
 somebody's

00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:22.659
 a believer

00:16:22.659 --> 00:16:24.360
 how desperate

00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:24.699
 they are

00:16:24.699 --> 00:16:24.879
 for the

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 world

00:16:25.019 --> 00:16:25.259
 to think

00:16:25.259 --> 00:16:25.439
 well

00:16:25.439 --> 00:16:25.719
 of them

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 but now

00:16:27.939 --> 00:16:28.319
 we know

00:16:28.319 --> 00:16:28.639
 don't we

00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:28.899
 that the

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 best

00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:29.559
 that the

00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:29.939
 world

00:16:29.939 --> 00:16:30.719
 has to

00:16:30.719 --> 00:16:31.019
 offer

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 us

00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:32.399
 cannot

00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:32.919
 promote

00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:33.199
 our

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 life

00:16:33.439 --> 00:16:33.600
 in

00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:33.959
 Christ

00:16:33.959 --> 00:16:36.519
 that's

00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:36.600
 the

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 objective

00:16:36.959 --> 00:16:37.379
 side

00:16:37.379 --> 00:16:37.980
 but the

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 subjective

00:16:38.419 --> 00:16:38.779
 side

00:16:38.779 --> 00:16:39.199
 as well

00:16:39.199 --> 00:16:39.879
 the

00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:40.159
 internal

00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:40.559
 side

00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:43.000
 when we

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 place

00:16:43.219 --> 00:16:43.500
 our

00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:43.819
 faith

00:16:43.819 --> 00:16:44.439
 in the

00:16:44.439 --> 00:16:44.679
 death

00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:44.819
 of

00:16:44.819 --> 00:16:45.079
 Jesus

00:16:45.079 --> 00:16:46.759
 it's

00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:47.199
 like

00:16:47.199 --> 00:16:48.139
 moving

00:16:48.139 --> 00:16:48.500
 through

00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:49.120
 a door

00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:49.459
 to the

00:16:49.459 --> 00:16:49.620
 other

00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:49.839
 side

00:16:49.839 --> 00:16:49.939
 of

00:16:49.939 --> 00:16:50.039
 the

00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:50.419
 cross

00:16:50.419 --> 00:16:52.559
 and so

00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:52.799
 now

00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:53.179
 we look

00:16:53.179 --> 00:16:53.500
 back

00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:53.799
 on the

00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:54.219
 world

00:16:54.219 --> 00:16:55.799
 and our

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 relationship

00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:56.679
 with the

00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:56.839
 world

00:16:56.839 --> 00:16:57.240
 is forever

00:16:57.240 --> 00:16:57.759
 changed

00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:59.139
 because

00:16:59.139 --> 00:16:59.500
 we've

00:16:59.500 --> 00:16:59.740
 been

00:16:59.740 --> 00:17:00.179
 crucified

00:17:00.179 --> 00:17:02.779
 we now

00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:03.639
 relate to

00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:04.680
 we now

00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:05.139
 view

00:17:05.139 --> 00:17:05.619
 we now

00:17:05.619 --> 00:17:06.079
 see the

00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:06.339
 world

00:17:06.339 --> 00:17:06.819
 differently

00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:09.200
 and one

00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:09.299
 of the

00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:09.740
 most important

00:17:09.740 --> 00:17:10.059
 things that

00:17:10.059 --> 00:17:10.240
 the book

00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:10.700
 of Galatians

00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:11.440
 does for

00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:11.819
 us is it

00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:12.099
 brings

00:17:12.099 --> 00:17:12.379
 together

00:17:12.379 --> 00:17:12.839
 the cross

00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:13.200
 of Jesus

00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:13.680
 Christ

00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:15.720
 and you

00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:16.359
 and your

00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:16.980
 and my

00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:17.559
 daily

00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.220
 experience

00:17:18.220 --> 00:17:18.460
 of the

00:17:18.460 --> 00:17:18.879
 Holy Spirit

00:17:18.879 --> 00:17:19.200
 in our

00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:19.579
 lives

00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:23.240
 there is

00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:23.779
 no

00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:24.559
 separate

00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:24.980
 gospel

00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:25.220
 of the

00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:25.639
 Holy Spirit

00:17:25.639 --> 00:17:25.960
 don't let

00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:26.419
 anyone teach

00:17:26.419 --> 00:17:26.679
 you that

00:17:26.679 --> 00:17:28.599
 it is

00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:29.000
 not as

00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:29.119
 though

00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:29.339
 there's

00:17:29.339 --> 00:17:29.939
 a basic

00:17:29.939 --> 00:17:30.819
 gospel

00:17:30.819 --> 00:17:31.519
 of the

00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:31.799
 forgiveness

00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:32.240
 of sins

00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:32.539
 through the

00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:32.879
 cross

00:17:32.879 --> 00:17:33.599
 and then

00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:33.779
 there's

00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:34.319
 a subsequent

00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:35.740
 gospel

00:17:35.740 --> 00:17:36.159
 of getting

00:17:36.159 --> 00:17:36.579
 the spirit

00:17:36.579 --> 00:17:37.000
 somehow

00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:37.659
 they belong

00:17:37.659 --> 00:17:37.939
 together

00:17:37.939 --> 00:17:38.279
 so let me

00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:38.559
 show you

00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:38.779
 this

00:17:38.779 --> 00:17:39.179
 look at

00:17:39.179 --> 00:17:39.639
 chapter 4

00:17:39.639 --> 00:17:40.220
 in verse 4

00:17:40.220 --> 00:17:40.699
 for a moment

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 when the

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 fullness of

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 time had

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 come

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 God sent

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 forth his

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 son born

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 of a

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 woman born

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 under the

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 law to

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 redeem those

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 who are under

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 the law so

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 that we might

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 receive adoption

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 of sons and

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 because you are

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 sons God has

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 sent the spirit

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 of his son

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 into our

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 hearts crying

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 Abba

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 father

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 and so it

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 is through the

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 redeeming work of

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 Jesus Christ on

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 the cross that

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 we first receive

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 the Holy Spirit

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 and it is through

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 the redeeming work of

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 Jesus on the cross

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 that we continue

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 to receive the

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 spirit I wonder

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 if you believe

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 that look at

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 chapter 3

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 in verse 1

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 you foolish

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 Galatians

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 who's bewitched

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 you it was

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 before your

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 eyes that

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 Jesus Christ

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 was publicly

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 portrayed as

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 crucified

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 Paul says I

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 preach Jesus

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 Christ as

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 crucified verse 2

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 of chapter 3

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 let me ask you

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 this did you

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 receive the spirit

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 by works of

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 the law or

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 by hearing

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 with faith

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 how did you

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 receive the

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 spirit

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 it was

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 hearing by

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 faith that

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 Jesus Christ

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 is crucified

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 verse 5

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 does he who

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 supplies the

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 spirit to you

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 and works

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 miracles among

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 you do so

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 by works of

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 the law or

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 by hearing

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 with faith

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 so how does

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 God continue

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 to supply his

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 Holy Spirit

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 to us

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 it is by

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 hearing of

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 Jesus Christ

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 and him

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 crucified

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 and so the

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 cross of

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 Jesus Christ

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 is not one

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 simplistic

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 message

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 growing up

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 I used to

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 listen to a

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 minister who

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 used to come

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 and preach

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 in our church

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 and he would

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 finish his

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 sermons the

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 same way

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 every week

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 every week

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 it was the

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 same

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 and you'd

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 sit in the

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 congregation

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 and you could

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 see where he

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 was going

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 and you'd

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 get to the

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 end of the

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 sermon

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 and you'd

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 hear the

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 same words

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 and everybody's

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 head would

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 go like this

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 and people

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 knew what

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 was coming

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 there's another

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 minister in

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 Wales and

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 he used to

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 cry and

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 he used to

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 cry at about

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 five past

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 twelve every

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 Sunday

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 you'd get

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 really emotional

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 they called him

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 waterworks

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 so cruel

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 isn't it

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 and he was

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 saying the

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 same thing

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 every week

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 loses effect

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 doesn't it

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 but can you

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 see that we

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 can never

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 exhaust the

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 glory of

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 the riches

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 of all the

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 treasure and

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 knowledge and

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 wisdom that

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 are hidden in

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 Jesus Christ

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 and what we

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 really need to

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 be taught is

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 the full extent

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 of the gospel

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 isn't it

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 if you go

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 back to chapter

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 six the false

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 teachers were

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 saying the real

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 action in the

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 Christian life is

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 not the cross of

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 Christ it's in

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 your outward

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 external religious

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 observance and

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 they said that the

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 way that you grow

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 in the spirit the

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 way that you move

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 on in your

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 Christian life is

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 outward external

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 observance it is

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 not hearing Jesus

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 Christ and him

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 crucified and I

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 think that is a

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 constant danger for

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 churches like us

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 particularly for us

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 I love living in

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 London it's it is

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 isn't it one of the

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 most beautiful cities

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 in the world and

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 there is art which

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 is glorious there is

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 theatre there is all

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 sorts of things and

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 we live in a culture

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 that is obsessed with

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 externals and it is

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 almost impossible for

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 you and I to avoid

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 this temptation and so

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 you go on to social

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 media you go on to

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 Instagram and I

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 young people what are

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 you obsessed what do

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 you see you see

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 externals externals

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 and they make the

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 external essentially

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 important and it's

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.700
 easy to do that in

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 church life to take

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 things which are good

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 in and of themselves

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 like circumcision as

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 these guys did or

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 communion or baptism

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 or Presbyterianism

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.559
 Presbyterianism or

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:48.779
 anything you like and

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 you can take those

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 distinctives and put

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 them right at the

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 center and make them

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 fundamentals and every

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 church I know

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 struggles with this

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 and so we can look

00:22:03.159 --> 00:22:03.599
 at other churches

00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:04.859
 can't be the relevant

00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:06.179
 style the great sound

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 system the videos

00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:10.039
 the building but

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.679
 actually it's a lot

00:22:10.679 --> 00:22:11.439
 closer to home with

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 us isn't it

00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:15.879
 we can put sound

00:22:15.879 --> 00:22:17.119
 orthodox preaching

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 correct liturgy

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.980
 church government

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 none of those things

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.199
 are wrong in

00:22:21.199 --> 00:22:23.720
 themselves the

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.419
 problem is if you

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 take any of those

00:22:25.199 --> 00:22:25.740
 things and you

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:27.059
 elevate those things

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:28.019
 and you look to

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:29.940
 them apart from the

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.759
 cross of Christ

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:34.019
 when we do that we

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:35.500
 empty the grace of

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:35.980
 our Lord Jesus

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.420
 Christ

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:40.740
 and so brothers and

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.380
 sisters I don't know

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:42.200
 how to say this any

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:44.440
 clearer than this

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:46.819
 in the cross we

00:22:46.819 --> 00:22:48.220
 commit cultural

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:50.599
 social personal

00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:52.559
 suicide to the world

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:55.500
 that is very shocking

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.039
 but I say it

00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:56.379
 deliberately

00:22:56.379 --> 00:23:00.599
 in the cross we

00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:01.519
 commit cultural

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.799
 social personal

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:04.619
 suicide to the world

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:08.279
 it is a graphic and a

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:09.639
 perfect way to describe

00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:10.940
 our relationship to this

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:12.940
 world and that's what

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.579
 the grace of the Lord

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.379
 Jesus Christ is all

00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:14.720
 about

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:18.259
 well secondly let me ask

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:19.480
 you just briefly Paul

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.500
 wants this grace to come

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.400
 into our hearts

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:23.180
 into our spirits

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:25.539
 how does that happen

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:29.640
 well I think the simple

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.799
 answer from these verses

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:32.160
 is this it's everything

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:33.500
 depends on what we boast

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:33.759
 in

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:36.680
 and what we glory in

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:40.220
 so look at verse 13

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 and what do the false

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:44.440
 teachers glory in

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:49.980
 they glory in

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:51.680
 they boast in your flesh

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.860
 in the flesh

00:23:52.860 --> 00:23:56.440
 look at verse 14

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:57.980
 what does Paul boast in

00:23:57.980 --> 00:24:01.279
 Paul boasts in the cross

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:04.600
 what I glory in

00:24:04.600 --> 00:24:06.340
 is my true joy

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:08.659
 it's what I trust in

00:24:08.659 --> 00:24:09.559
 it's what I base my life

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:09.779
 on

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:12.000
 it's the centre of my

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.399
 personality

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.759
 the field of my dreams

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:15.240
 the thing that I think

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.399
 about as I go to sleep

00:24:16.399 --> 00:24:16.879
 at night

00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:19.319
 the thing in my life

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:20.480
 which I need

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.459
 and if I don't have it

00:24:21.459 --> 00:24:22.959
 I just cannot go on

00:24:22.959 --> 00:24:23.980
 that's your glory

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:28.399
 and if we boast in the

00:24:28.399 --> 00:24:29.299
 cross of Jesus Christ

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:30.419
 Paul says this world

00:24:30.419 --> 00:24:31.759
 has no power

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:33.079
 over us

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:34.359
 we are free people

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:38.679
 turn that around

00:24:38.679 --> 00:24:40.179
 if there's something

00:24:40.179 --> 00:24:40.959
 that has power

00:24:40.959 --> 00:24:41.879
 over you

00:24:41.879 --> 00:24:44.219
 if there's something

00:24:44.219 --> 00:24:45.419
 apart from Jesus Christ

00:24:45.419 --> 00:24:46.279
 that you cannot

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:47.019
 do without

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:49.599
 it means terrifyingly

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.139
 that you are not

00:24:50.139 --> 00:24:51.039
 glorying in the cross

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:54.339
 but that you are

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:55.259
 glorying in the flesh

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:58.839
 you see

00:24:58.839 --> 00:25:00.099
 if I'm embittered

00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:02.319
 and I just can't

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:03.179
 get past it

00:25:03.179 --> 00:25:05.919
 if I'm controlled

00:25:05.919 --> 00:25:07.219
 by boredom

00:25:07.219 --> 00:25:08.599
 or fear

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:10.919
 or something else

00:25:10.919 --> 00:25:13.179
 I may not be

00:25:13.179 --> 00:25:14.379
 glorying in the cross

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:18.139
 in chapter 6 verse 1

00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:18.719
 I want to say

00:25:18.719 --> 00:25:20.000
 that we need each other

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:21.079
 to help each other

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:22.000
 to glory in the cross

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.480
 can you look at

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.459
 chapter 6 verse 1

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:29.620
 I think

00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:30.819
 some of us

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 are blocked

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 in our Christian life

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:35.220
 because of huge wounds

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:38.240
 that we bear

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 and those wounds

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 stop us

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 boasting in the cross

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 so look at the beginning

00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:45.400
 of this chapter

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:45.840
 brothers and sisters

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 verse 1

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 if anyone is overtaken

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 if anyone is

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 caught up

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 if anyone is captured

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 in any trespass

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 I don't reflect on that

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 I don't think it necessarily

00:25:58.560 --> 00:25:59.180
 means that

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 it is the person

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 who sinned

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 it does mean that

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 but it doesn't just

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:02.880
 mean that

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:06.279
 he's saying

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:07.080
 if anyone sins

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 but if somebody's

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.140
 overt

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:08.720
 he's not saying

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.620
 if someone sins

00:26:09.620 --> 00:26:10.039
 he's saying

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:11.519
 if someone is overtaken

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 you are spiritual

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.779
 restore them

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.160
 in a spirit

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 of gentleness

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 and look to yourself

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 lest you too

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.680
 be tempted

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 bear one another's burdens

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 it is isn't it

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:21.059
 it's such a burden

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:21.839
 to help each other

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 it's going to take

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.940
 some sort of sacrifice

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 it's going to be

00:26:25.899 --> 00:26:26.680
 a huge waste

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 of your very important time

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:29.859
 you see

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.519
 what lies

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.480
 at the heart of Galatians

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 is two diametrically

00:26:33.379 --> 00:26:34.240
 opposed views

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 of the cross

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 of Jesus Christ

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 the apostle

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 looks at the cross

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 and he sees it all

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:44.460
 in its beauty

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 and his glory

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 and his honour

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 and his joy

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 and the false teacher

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 looks at the cross

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 and they're offended

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 by it

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 and they don't want

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 to have anything

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 to do with it

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 and they especially

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 will not suffer

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 for the cross

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 they will not put

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.620
 themselves out

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 for the cross

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 but you see

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 there's only one way

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 for you and I

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 to receive

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.460
 the grace

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 into our hearts

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 and spirits

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 and that is

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 to go through

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 the offence

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 of the cross

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 and it's when

00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:22.880
 you do that

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 you go through

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 the offence

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 of the cross

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 that the sweetness

00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:26.640
 of the grace

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 of God

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 is on the other side

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 put it this way

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 if you've never been

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 if you've never been

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 offended by the cross

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 you've not understood it

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 it's not until

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 we come to grips

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 with the offence

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 of the cross

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 that it becomes

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 a transforming power

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 in our lives

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 in the first century

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 and today

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 people never hear

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.699
 the message

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 of the cross

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 for the first time

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.419
 and say

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 oh that's just fantastic

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:57.220
 why?

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 why?

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 because

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 when you understand

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 what the cross is about

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 it says something

00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:01.379
 about you

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:04.399
 and when you see

00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:05.039
 the cross

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:06.179
 and you understand it

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 it says some very

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:09.079
 uncomplimentary

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.859
 things about you

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 it says

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.919
 that we are not

00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:13.599
 good people

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 and it says

00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:16.039
 that we cannot

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.799
 find our way

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.099
 to God

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 and it says

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.240
 that we're lost

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:20.779
 it says

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 and if you look

00:28:21.399 --> 00:28:22.099
 at the world

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.740
 and what's wrong

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.419
 with the world

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 that the curse

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:25.539
 of God

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.639
 lies on the world

00:28:26.639 --> 00:28:28.099
 and that's our fault

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:30.319
 and that we are

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:31.099
 impotent

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:32.279
 to save ourselves

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 and that nothing

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.779
 short of the death

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.219
 of Jesus

00:28:35.219 --> 00:28:36.259
 God's son

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.059
 will rescue us

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 and you ask yourself

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.339
 the question

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.480
 why did Jesus die?

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:40.539
 why did Jesus die?

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 well and your friend

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 or your neighbour

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:46.039
 comes to you

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 and says

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.659
 look

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:47.980
 I love you so much

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:49.659
 I want to show you

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:50.500
 how much I love you

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:52.639
 I'm going to show you

00:28:52.639 --> 00:28:53.679
 how much I love you

00:28:53.679 --> 00:28:56.899
 and to do that

00:28:56.899 --> 00:28:57.559
 they run off

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.199
 into the forest

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 and they get eaten

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.459
 by a wolf

00:28:59.459 --> 00:29:02.699
 how does that show

00:29:02.699 --> 00:29:03.959
 their love for you?

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.359
 and what would you say

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:07.099
 at the funeral

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.919
 about that person?

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:10.660
 but if you discover

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.420
 that one of the children

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:12.140
 of the church

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:13.240
 was pinned to the ground

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.820
 by the wolf

00:29:13.820 --> 00:29:14.519
 and that your friend

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.480
 rescued the child

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:17.500
 and gave his own life

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.480
 to save that child

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:20.060
 well then it's rescue

00:29:20.060 --> 00:29:20.480
 isn't it?

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.759
 or if a friend

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.220
 comes to you

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.480
 and says

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.039
 I'm going to lay

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.980
 my life down for you

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.700
 and I'm going to show you

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.539
 how much I love you

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.519
 and they run out

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.180
 into the traffic

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:29.000
 on the Xbridge Road

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:30.259
 and they're flattened

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:32.060
 it doesn't show love

00:29:32.060 --> 00:29:32.960
 it just shows they're silly

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:37.980
 but if your father

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.779
 is in traffic

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:40.779
 and your friend

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:42.160
 pushes them out of the way

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:43.759
 and is killed

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.559
 in the process

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:46.079
 then that rescue

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:47.059
 then that's love

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:50.240
 it is terribly offensive

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.680
 isn't it

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.259
 for you and I

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.680
 to be told

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.319
 that we're rebels

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.960
 against God

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:54.360
 and we're spiritually impotent

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:56.380
 and that there's only

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:57.460
 one place of rescue

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:58.400
 and that one place

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:58.840
 of rescue

00:29:58.840 --> 00:29:59.660
 is in the death

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.440
 of his only son

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:03.759
 it's very offensive

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.360
 to be told

00:30:04.360 --> 00:30:05.299
 that it doesn't really matter

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:05.860
 whether you've lived

00:30:05.860 --> 00:30:06.640
 an upright life

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.620
 whether you've paid

00:30:07.620 --> 00:30:08.299
 all your taxes

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:09.360
 whether you've been

00:30:09.360 --> 00:30:10.640
 a gentle and kind person

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.279
 in your family

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.740
 or you might have been

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.380
 somebody who's lived

00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:15.019
 an immoral and selfish

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:16.259
 and abusive life

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:18.200
 because each of us

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:19.660
 stand equally in need

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:20.680
 of the forgiveness of God

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:23.779
 we have no power

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.580
 to help ourselves

00:30:24.580 --> 00:30:27.660
 there is no health

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.259
 in us

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:31.099
 and that is why

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:32.299
 that the true Christian church

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:33.220
 always centres

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.759
 on the cross

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.500
 of Jesus Christ

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:37.059
 and that is why

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:37.980
 the true Christian church

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.940
 will always suffer

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.740
 because the cross

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.720
 is offensive

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:44.119
 and I need to finish

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:45.119
 but I don't want to finish

00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:46.379
 without skipping over

00:30:46.379 --> 00:30:47.019
 verse 17

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:47.599
 I want to read

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.579
 verse 17 to you

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.579
 Paul says this

00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:50.140
 he says

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:51.299
 from now on

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.160
 let no one

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:52.960
 cause me trouble

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:55.559
 for I bear on my body

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:56.220
 the marks

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:57.660
 of Jesus

00:30:57.660 --> 00:31:04.019
 the whole of the book

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.800
 of Galatians

00:31:04.800 --> 00:31:06.180
 has been about scars

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:08.519
 it's been about marks

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:11.380
 what is circumcision?

00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:12.600
 it is a scar

00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:15.080
 it is a mark

00:31:15.080 --> 00:31:18.400
 and Paul says

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:19.360
 you want to talk about scars?

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.600
 let me talk to you about scars

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:21.500
 let me show you scars

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:24.279
 a number of them

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:25.259
 he got when he preached

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.200
 the gospel in Galatia

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.779
 do you remember

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.460
 he was stoned

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.299
 and left for dead

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:29.259
 in a gutter in Lystra

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.299
 he had countless

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:31.160
 beatings

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:32.259
 five times

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.880
 he received

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.940
 39 lashes

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:37.799
 and they were proud

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.759
 of their scars

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:42.660
 but Paul says

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:43.660
 I bear in my body

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.339
 the scars

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:44.900
 the marks

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:45.700
 of Jesus Christ

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:51.759
 Amy Carmichael wrote

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:53.000
 this beautiful poem

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:55.819
 it's well known

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.440
 isn't it?

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:59.339
 Hast thou no scar

00:31:59.339 --> 00:32:03.419
 no hidden scar on foot

00:32:03.419 --> 00:32:04.139
 or side

00:32:04.139 --> 00:32:04.899
 or hand

00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:06.240
 I hear thee sung

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:07.039
 as mighty

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.879
 in the land

00:32:07.879 --> 00:32:10.019
 I hear them hail

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:11.740
 thy bright ascendant star

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.939
 hast thou no scar?

00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:16.039
 hast thou no wound

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:17.279
 yet I was wounded

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:18.879
 by that archer's spent

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:20.679
 leaned me against the tree

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:21.600
 to die and rent

00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:22.740
 by ravening beasts

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.660
 that compass me

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.420
 I swooned

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:25.820
 hast thou no wound

00:32:25.820 --> 00:32:27.680
 no wound

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.420
 no scar

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:30.500
 yet as the master

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.860
 shall the servant be

00:32:31.860 --> 00:32:33.500
 and pierced

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.240
 are the feet

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:35.120
 that follow me

00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:37.340
 but thine a hole

00:32:37.340 --> 00:32:39.880
 can he have followed far

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:41.660
 who has no wound

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:43.340
 nor scar

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:47.059
 the apostle Paul

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:48.059
 finishes by telling

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.699
 you and I

00:32:48.699 --> 00:32:49.980
 that this gospel

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:51.059
 of Jesus Christ

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:51.839
 is worth

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:53.000
 suffering for

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:55.759
 it is worth

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:57.059
 bearing scars

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.839
 for

00:32:57.839 --> 00:33:00.240
 come with me

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.859
 to chapter 1

00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:03.179
 verses 3 to 5

00:33:03.179 --> 00:33:08.000
 let's read these

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.679
 verses together

00:33:08.679 --> 00:33:12.079
 grace to you

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:13.279
 and peace

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:14.079
 from God

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.859
 our Father

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:16.159
 and the Lord

00:33:16.159 --> 00:33:17.199
 Jesus Christ

00:33:17.199 --> 00:33:18.859
 who gave himself

00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:20.339
 for our sins

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:21.899
 to deliver us

00:33:21.899 --> 00:33:22.919
 from the present

00:33:22.919 --> 00:33:23.980
 evil age

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 according to the will

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 of our God

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 and Father

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 to whom

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 be the glory

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 forever and ever

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 Amen

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 Christ lives in us

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 and that is all

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 of grace

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 and it is a grace

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 that has brought us

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 this far

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 and it is a grace

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 that will lead us

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 home

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 the grace

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 of the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 be with your

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 spirit

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 Amen

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 let's pray

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 Amen

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