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 Well, good morning. Let me invite you to take your copy of God's Word and join me in Romans chapter 6.

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 Our text for today is Romans chapter 6, verses 11 through 14.

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 And this morning's text is the application of the previous 10 verses, which we will review and consider to help us understand verses 11 through 14.

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 But this morning, I would like to begin with a reading of our text and a presentation of the outline for our study.

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 And then we'll back up and get to the text itself.

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 So Romans chapter 6, this is 11 through 14.

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 Let me remind you before I read it, beloved, that this is God's Word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and for our good.

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 And so we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and to obey its commands.

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 Paul writes,

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 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body to make you obey its passions.

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 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness,

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 but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life,

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 and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.

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 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law, but under grace.

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 This text presents to us four exhortations toward holy living.

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 These four exhortations or urges to do something will serve as our outline for today.

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 So the outline is as follows.

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 Four points.

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 Number one, no.

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 Number two, consider.

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 Number three, do not present your members to sin.

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 And number four, present yourself to God and your members to God.

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 So if you want to shorten that, you can say, no, consider, do not present, and present.

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 So number one, no.

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 The very beginning of verse 11, Paul says, so you also.

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 So the first exhortation is implied.

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 You can find the words, consider, and present for the other three exhortations.

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 But you will not note the word no.

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 But I assure you that it is there.

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 As Paul begins verse 11 with the phrase, so you also.

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 This phrase is similar to a therefore.

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 Therefore, in light of what I have just said, you should.

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 So we must begin with what we ought to know if we are to live holy lives.

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 What is it that Paul would have us know?

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 Let's spend a bit of time looking at the previous ten verses of chapter 6 to find out.

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 And this will be very brief because last week we addressed it at greater length.

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 Throughout the letter thus far, Paul has been making the case that we are justified or declared righteous.

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 Morally perfect is what that word means.

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 I hope that phrase is not growing tired for you.

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 It is the gospel justified by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.

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 In the previous chapter, Paul explains how the first Adam, as a representative of all humanity, brought sin into the world.

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 And humanity inherits his sin nature.

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 And then he goes on to talk about how the second Adam, the Lord Jesus Christ, if we are in him, serves as our representative before God, as our federal head.

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 At every step of Paul's writing, he is anticipating objections.

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 He asks questions and he gives answers, which is what we find him doing at the beginning of chapter 6.

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 So let's read those first ten verses.

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 What shall we say then?

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 Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?

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 By no means.

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 How can we who died to sin still live in it?

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 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

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 We were buried, therefore, with him by baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

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 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.

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 We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

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 For one who has died has been set free from sin.

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 Now, if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.

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 We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again.

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 Death no longer has dominion over him.

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 For the death he died, he died to sin once for all.

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 But the life he lives, he lives to God.

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 So at the beginning of chapter 6, Paul anticipates a question that may be reworded something like this.

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 If Christ has paid the penalty for my sin and given to me his perfection, then can't I live any way I want to?

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 And he responds emphatically, absolutely not.

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 Then he proceeds to tell us why.

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 Having been justified before God by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone,

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 we have been baptized into Jesus' death and resurrection,

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 which means that we identify with him and have been set free from the power of sin.

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 So this is what Paul would have us know for the sake of holy living.

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 If you are in Christ, have believed in his person and his work for the salvation of his soul,

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 you have been fundamentally changed.

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 This is the doctrine of regeneration.

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 You went from dark to light.

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 You were dead and now you are alive.

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 You have changed in kind.

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 You are a new creation.

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 Your old nature has been replaced with a new nature.

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 Before the fall, Adam and Eve were both able not to sin and able to sin.

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 The Latin phrase for this, which I just really like,

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 I don't share Latin to sound smart.

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 It helps us remember things, I think.

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 And I want you to read people who use Latin,

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 so maybe it won't be strange to you if I introduce it to you.

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 But the Latin phrase for Adam and Eve's state before the fall was

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 passe non pecare, able to sin, and passe pecare, able to sin.

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 Passe non pecare, able not to sin, and passe pecare, able to sin.

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 After the fall, the nature of humanity changed fundamentally,

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 and mankind became passe pecare, able to sin, only able to sin,

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 apart from the intervening work of God.

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 But now, having been given a new nature, by grace alone, through faith alone,

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 in the personal work of Jesus Christ alone, right?

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 This is not a new nature that we have earned.

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 It's a new nature that's been granted to us.

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 Christians are now passe non pecare, able not to sin,

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 and still passe pecare, able to sin.

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 And this is the state in which we live until one day

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 we'll be entirely liberated from sin,

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 and then we will be, at that point, only passe non pecare.

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 This is a thing to look forward to, a glorious future for us.

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 But now, living in that in-between, sin no longer has power over us.

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 We are able not to sin.

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 Until our terrestrial lives are concluded, however,

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 we're going to find that our old nature still tugs at us from the past.

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 Temptation begins with forgetful unbelief.

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 And if this temptation is not met with the truth,

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 it will give way to sin.

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 So, we can't emphasize this enough.

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 Knowing who you are in Christ

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 is the very first step in living a holy life.

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 If you have sinned,

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 when you find yourself wrestling with sin,

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 it's because you've forgotten who you are.

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 You're in the midst of an identity crisis.

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 You have suddenly begun to think

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 that sin now has power over you

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 when it does, in fact, have no power over you.

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 You've been buried with Christ,

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 and your old nature is dead,

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 and you now have a new nature.

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 This is the thing we're supposed to know,

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 and it brings us to our second exhortation,

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 is that we are to consider this knowledge.

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 Paul says, continuing in verse 11,

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 must consider.

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 So, you also must consider yourselves dead to sin

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 and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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 There is a distinct difference

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 between knowing something to be true,

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 giving some measure of mental assent to it,

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 just saying, yeah, I believe that that's true,

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 and actually understanding that thing to be true.

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 This exhortation to consider means

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 that we will continually think on this truth

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 and affirm it to be true,

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 regardless of whether or not we experience it

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 to be true.

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 We could be such fickle people

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 pushed around by our emotions,

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 and the response to that

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 is not to ignore emotions altogether.

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 They can be helpful,

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 but to see if those emotions line up with the truth

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 and to let the truth reign in our lives.

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 John MacArthur does a really good job at this point,

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 and I often read things,

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 and I think, I need to say that in other words

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 and just go, I should just say it in their words.

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 So, I'm going to read to you something brief

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 from MacArthur's commentary on this passage,

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 where he says,

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 to help us consider,

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 it is advantageous to note

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 that there are a number of reasons

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 believers often find it difficult

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 to comprehend

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 that they are now free from sin's bondage.

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 Many of them do not realize

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 that marvelous truth

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 simply because they have never heard of it.

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 They assume,

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 or perhaps they've been wrongly taught,

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 that salvation brings

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 only transactional holiness.

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 That because of their trust in Christ,

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 God now regards them as holy,

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 but that their basic relationship to sin

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 is the same as it always was,

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 and that it will not be changed

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 until they go to be with Christ.

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 That view of salvation

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 often includes the idea that,

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 although trust in Christ

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 brings the believer a new nature,

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 the old nature remains fully operative,

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 and that the Christian life

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 is essentially a battle

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 between his two resident natures.

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 This makes salvation addition

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 rather than transformation.

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 A second reason Christians often find

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 it hard to believe

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 they are actually free

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 from the tyranny of sin

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 is that Satan does not want them

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 to believe it.

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 If the enemy of our souls

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 and the accuser of the brethren

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 can make us think

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 he still dominates

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 our earthly lives,

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 he weakens our resolve

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 to live righteously

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 by making it appear hopeless.

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 A third reason Christians

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 often find it difficult to believe

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 they are free from sin's compulsion

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 is that the reality

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 of the new birth in Christ

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 is not experiential.

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 It is not physically observable

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 or verifiable.

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 Redemption is a divine

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 spiritual transaction

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 that may or not be accompanied

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 by physical or emotional experiences.

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 A believer cannot perceive

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 or experience

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 in any humanly verifiable way

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 the moment of his dying

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 and resurrection with Christ.

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 A fourth and perhaps

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 the most common reason

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 why Christians find it hard

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 to believe they are freed

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 from sin's tyranny

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 while they are still on earth

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 is that their continued

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 battle with sin

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 seems almost constantly

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 to contradict that truth.

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 If they have a new

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 holy disposition

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 and sin's control

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 has been truly broken,

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 they wonder

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 why are they still

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 so strongly tempted

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 and why do they

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 so often succumb?

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 But all of that

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 doesn't negate

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 the truth

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 that if you are

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 in Christ

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 then you have

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 been set free

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 from sin.

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 It's an accomplished

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 reality,

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 a once for all thing

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 that Jesus has done

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 for all those

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 who believe

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 in him.

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 And so we not only

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 need to know it

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 to be true

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 but we need to be

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 considering it

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 to be true

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 and considering it

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 to be true

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 again and again

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 and again

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 and again

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 because we are

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 slow learners

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 and we are quick

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 to forget.

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 The Christian life

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 is a mindful

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 life.

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 You do not have

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 to be educated

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 to be a follower

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 of Jesus.

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 Praise God.

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 But you will find

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 that being a follower

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 of Jesus

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 will require

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 your mental

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 faculty.

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 He asks of us

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 to engage

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 our brains

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 that we might

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 live

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 holy.

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 Let me give you

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 a couple of other

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 examples from this

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 from the book

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 of Romans

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 which we will

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 look at in greater

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 detail in the future.

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 Paul writes in

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 Romans chapter 8

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 verse 5 and 6

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 For those who live

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 according to the flesh

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 set their minds

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 on the things

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 of the flesh.

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 There is this mental

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 activity

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 on the things

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 of the flesh.

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 But those

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 who live according

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 to the spirit

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 set their minds

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 on the things

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 of the spirit.

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 For to set the mind

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 on the flesh

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 is death

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 but to set the mind

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 on the spirit

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 is life

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 and peace.

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 And without

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 robbing a bunch

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 of attention

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 from that text

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 when we get

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 to it

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 if we think

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 about the types

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 of things

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 we should be

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 setting our minds

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 on the things

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 of the spirit

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 I just want to

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 draw your attention

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 to John 16

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 13

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 where the spirit

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 is called

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 the spirit

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 of truth.

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 So this text

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 these 66 books

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 that we have

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 canonized

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 these are the

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 things of the spirit

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 and

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 in Philippians 1

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 19

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 and many other places

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 the spirit

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 is called

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 the spirit

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 So as this text

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 illuminates for us

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 the person

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 and work

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 of Jesus

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 these are the things

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 we are meant

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 to be occupying

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 our minds with

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 considering

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 who we are

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 in Jesus

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 dead to sin

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 and alive

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 to God

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 in Christ

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 Jesus.

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 One other place

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 in the book of

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 Romans

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 chapter 12

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 and verse 2

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 here Paul says

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 do not be

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 conformed

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 to this world

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 don't be looking

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 like this world

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 but

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 be transformed

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 and he doesn't

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 insert there

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 by

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 your emotions

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 by experience

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 he says

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 by the renewal

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 of your mind

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 the engagement

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 of your mind

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 considering

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 the truths

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 of God

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 so we are

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 to consider

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 and consider

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 and consider

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 to continually

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 apply

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 these gospel

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 truths

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 in our life

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 that we might

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 give ourselves

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 to God

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 and Paul

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 summarizes

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 the first

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 ten verses

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 of chapter 6

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 by saying

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 this

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 we are to

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 consider

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 ourselves

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 dead

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 to sin

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 and alive

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 to God

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 in Christ

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 Jesus

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 dead to sin

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 alive to God

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 if you are not

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 in Christ

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 then you are

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 alive to sin

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 it is the only

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 thing you can

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 do

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 and you are

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 dead to God

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 but if you are

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 in Christ

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 Jesus

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 then you are

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 dead to sin

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 and alive

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 to God

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 fundamentally

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 changed

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 an entirely

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 different nature

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 all together

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 so

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 having known

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 and having

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 considered

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 he goes on

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 to exhort

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 us

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 so thirdly

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 do not present

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 your members

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 to sin

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 verse 12 and 13

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 he says

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 let not sin

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 therefore reign

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 in your mortal

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 body

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 to make you

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 obey

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 its passions

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 do not present

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 your members

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 to sin

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 as instruments

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 for unrighteousness

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 now the word

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 present

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 can also be

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 translated

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 yield

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 or

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 offer

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 think

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 don't

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 offer

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 your members

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 to sin

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 in verses

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 12 and 13

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 Paul seems

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 to personify

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 sin

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 as a ruler

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 on a throne

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 that desires

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 to control

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 you

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 but cannot

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 unless

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 you offer

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 yourself

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 to its

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 service

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 you notice

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 that

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 let not

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 sin

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 that was a name

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 there

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 reign

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 in your

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 body

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 do not present

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 your members

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 to sin

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 do not offer

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 yourself

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 to sin

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 as an instrument

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 as a tool

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 to be wielded

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 for unrighteousness

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!

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 for the believer

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 sin

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 is a

00:18:40.919 --> 00:18:42.039
 dethroned

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 ruler

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 but it is a ruler

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 that still has

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 power

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 if

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 and only if

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 power is granted

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 to it

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 you see that distinction?

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 sin no longer sits

00:18:56.700 --> 00:18:57.319
 on that

00:18:57.319 --> 00:18:58.179
 figurative

00:18:58.179 --> 00:18:58.899
 throne

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 it has been

00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:00.779
 dethroned

00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:01.139
 in the life

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 we've been set free

00:19:02.399 --> 00:19:03.319
 from the tyranny

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 of sin

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 but we at times

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 and quite too often

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 grant power

00:19:11.580 --> 00:19:12.059
 back

00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:12.720
 to

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 this personified

00:19:13.900 --> 00:19:14.840
 sin

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 to reign

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 over us

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 Peter makes a

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 similar

00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:21.259
 exhortation

00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:22.580
 in 1st Peter

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 chapter 2

00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:23.940
 verse 9

00:19:23.940 --> 00:19:24.539
 and following

00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:25.299
 there he says

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 you

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 hear the

00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.799
 fundamental

00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.500
 difference

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 set apart

00:19:29.299 --> 00:19:29.779
 difference

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 are a chosen

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 race

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 a royal

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 priesthood

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 a holy

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 nation

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 a people

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 for his

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 own

00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:36.779
 possession

00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:38.000
 that you may

00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:38.539
 proclaim the

00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:39.259
 excellence of him

00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:39.859
 who called you

00:19:39.859 --> 00:19:40.579
 out of darkness

00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:41.159
 into his

00:19:41.159 --> 00:19:42.039
 marvelous light

00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:42.899
 then verse 10

00:19:42.899 --> 00:19:43.539
 once you were

00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:44.779
 not a people

00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:46.519
 but now you

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:47.500
 are God's people

00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:48.119
 different

00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:48.740
 fundamentally

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.299
 changed

00:19:49.299 --> 00:19:50.079
 once you had

00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:51.279
 not received

00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:51.720
 mercy

00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.919
 but now you

00:19:52.919 --> 00:19:53.720
 have

00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:54.500
 received

00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:55.420
 mercy

00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:56.079
 fundamentally

00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:57.120
 changed

00:19:57.120 --> 00:19:57.960
 different

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.799
 and then verse 11

00:19:58.799 --> 00:19:59.680
 he starts with

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 beloved

00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:02.220
 those loved

00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:02.940
 by God

00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.400
 beloved

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 I urge you

00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:06.579
 as sojourners

00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:07.700
 and exiles

00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:09.180
 to abstain

00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:10.059
 from the passions

00:20:10.059 --> 00:20:10.860
 of the flesh

00:20:10.860 --> 00:20:11.980
 which wage

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.559
 war

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:14.079
 against your soul

00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:16.380
 similar exhortation

00:20:16.380 --> 00:20:17.299
 rooted in

00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:18.420
 who we

00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:19.180
 are

00:20:19.180 --> 00:20:20.440
 we then are

00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:20.860
 to

00:20:20.860 --> 00:20:22.140
 resist

00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:23.460
 abstain

00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:24.019
 from the

00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:24.400
 passion

00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:25.500
 of the

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:25.860
 flesh

00:20:25.860 --> 00:20:27.380
 we are

00:20:27.380 --> 00:20:28.019
 no longer

00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:28.779
 subjects

00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:29.740
 of this

00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.460
 cruel

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:31.259
 ruler

00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:32.360
 so

00:20:32.360 --> 00:20:33.500
 we should

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:33.980
 not present

00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:34.740
 our members

00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:36.299
 to sin

00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:37.140
 as instruments

00:20:37.140 --> 00:20:38.700
 for unrighteousness

00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:40.079
 if we rightly

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.799
 recognize

00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:41.519
 to whom we

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:41.920
 belong

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:42.840
 and we have

00:20:42.840 --> 00:20:43.240
 been set

00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:43.819
 free

00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:45.319
 from sin

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:45.680
 then it

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:46.059
 follows

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.519
 that we

00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:47.019
 will not

00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:47.940
 offer up

00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.519
 our feet

00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:50.000
 our hands

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:51.259
 our eyes

00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:52.319
 our mouths

00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:53.799
 our minds

00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.460
 or hearts

00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:55.359
 as tools

00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:56.740
 or weapons

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:58.279
 for unrighteousness

00:20:58.279 --> 00:21:00.099
 and this is

00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:00.960
 going to be

00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:01.759
 an activity

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.920
 in your life

00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:04.440
 in the negative

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:06.019
 do not offer

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:07.460
 it up

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:09.339
 but in the positive

00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:10.579
 we're to do

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.579
 something else

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:13.200
 number four

00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:14.500
 present yourself

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:16.279
 rather than

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:16.920
 instead

00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:18.140
 present yourself

00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:19.619
 to God

00:21:19.619 --> 00:21:20.460
 and your

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 members

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 to God

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 notice verse 13

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 and 14

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 the last half of verse 13

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 and 14

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 but

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 rather

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 present yourselves

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 to God

00:21:31.880 --> 00:21:32.940
 as those who have been brought

00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:34.000
 from death to life

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 and your members to God

00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:36.420
 as instruments

00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:37.380
 for righteousness

00:21:37.380 --> 00:21:38.960
 for sin

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 will have no

00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:40.400
 dominion

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:41.019
 over you

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 since you are not

00:21:41.859 --> 00:21:42.719
 under law

00:21:42.719 --> 00:21:44.559
 but under grace

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:46.679
 so adversely

00:21:46.679 --> 00:21:47.559
 we are to

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 yield

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 or

00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:50.399
 offer ourselves

00:21:50.399 --> 00:21:51.519
 all of us

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.799
 to God

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 as tools

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 or weapons

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 in his hand

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 for

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 righteousness

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 presenting yourself

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 and your members

00:22:01.199 --> 00:22:01.619
 to God

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 for righteous

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 purposes

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 takes

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 work

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 and hear that

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 it takes

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 some effort

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 on our part

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 but I want to be clear

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 it is

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 a

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 rested

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 work

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 I had a helpful

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 conversation with my father

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 about this

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 yesterday

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 it is a

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 rested work

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 it's a work

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 that comes from

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 and is fueled

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 by

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 the rest

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 that we have

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 in the gospel

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 accomplished

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 truth

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 on our

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 behalf

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 let's be

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 absolutely sure

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 to get this

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 order

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 right

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 we do not

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 present ourselves

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.880
 to God

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 and our

00:22:43.339 --> 00:22:43.700
 members

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.240
 to God

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.880
 as instruments

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.519
 for righteousness

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:47.339
 hoping that God

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 will accept

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 our sacrifice

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 this is not what

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 Paul is talking

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 about here

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 but we do

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.940
 this activity

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 as those

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 who have

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.720
 been brought

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 from death

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 to life

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 he roots it

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 in that very

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 identity

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 Paul is so

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 careful here

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 he's already

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 said it

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 at the beginning

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 of chapter 6

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 but he does

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 not want us

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 to forget

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 the order

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.299
 in which

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 this

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 happens

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 right

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:11.959
 we present

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 ourselves

00:23:12.699 --> 00:23:13.859
 we present

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.899
 our members

00:23:14.899 --> 00:23:15.539
 as those

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:15.899
 who have

00:23:15.899 --> 00:23:17.159
 been already

00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:18.139
 brought

00:23:18.139 --> 00:23:19.240
 from death

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:20.339
 to life

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 already

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 have been

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 made new

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 by

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 God

00:23:25.459 --> 00:23:26.679
 our

00:23:26.679 --> 00:23:27.279
 natures

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.199
 changed

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 by God

00:23:29.159 --> 00:23:30.819
 we already

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.599
 belong to him

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 because when we

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 were dead

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 he made us

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 alive

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:36.960
 so because

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:38.660
 we belong

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:39.160
 to him

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:40.259
 because this

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.980
 is true

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:42.400
 we should

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:43.700
 willingly

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:45.059
 gratefully

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:46.299
 present ourselves

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:46.860
 to him

00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:48.299
 and our lives

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:49.839
 to his service

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:51.200
 we see this

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:52.339
 as a great

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:53.539
 good

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.460
 and it's when

00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:55.700
 we don't realize

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.360
 who we are

00:23:56.360 --> 00:23:56.779
 when we start

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.640
 to flip the order

00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:58.140
 around

00:23:58.140 --> 00:23:58.720
 that we

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.460
 are given

00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.720
 to sin

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:02.860
 on this side

00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.240
 of glory

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:04.220
 we will not

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:05.220
 arrive at

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:06.259
 sinlessness

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:08.220
 but we are

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:09.099
 by the power

00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:09.480
 that God

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.079
 provides

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:11.480
 to strive

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.079
 for it

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:13.099
 and we will

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:13.759
 find that

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.519
 incrementally

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.299
 from one degree

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.819
 of glory

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.839
 to another

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.759
 2 Corinthians

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.480
 3.18

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.240
 we will

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:20.359
 look more

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:21.319
 like

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:22.799
 Jesus Christ

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.660
 we're being

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.759
 conformed

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.779
 into his

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.220
 image

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.620
 bit

00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:27.660
 by bit

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:29.180
 by bit

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:30.160
 and this will

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.579
 find its

00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:31.480
 full completion

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.900
 in glory

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:34.180
 Paul says

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:34.780
 in Philippians

00:24:34.780 --> 00:24:35.440
 I'm confident

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:35.759
 of this

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.380
 he who began

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:36.840
 a good work

00:24:36.840 --> 00:24:37.120
 in you

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.900
 will bring

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.220
 it to

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.740
 completion

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.600
 at the day

00:24:39.600 --> 00:24:40.500
 of Christ

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:42.420
 who's at

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:42.820
 labor

00:24:42.820 --> 00:24:43.880
 in that text

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:46.140
 God

00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:46.759
 himself

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.460
 is at labor

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:48.060
 he will

00:24:48.060 --> 00:24:48.660
 bring it

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:50.240
 to pass

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.840
 beloved

00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:52.700
 this work

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:54.160
 ought not

00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:54.580
 be

00:24:54.580 --> 00:24:55.880
 laborious

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:57.460
 it ought to be

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.140
 fueled by

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:58.840
 joy

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.699
 because

00:24:59.699 --> 00:24:59.699


00:24:59.699 --> 00:25:00.179
 of the

00:25:00.179 --> 00:25:00.720
 status

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.099
 that we

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:01.519
 have

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.159
 because

00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:02.459
 of the

00:25:02.459 --> 00:25:02.899
 completed

00:25:02.899 --> 00:25:03.339
 work

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:04.019
 of Christ

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:05.019
 on our

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.480
 behalf

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:07.319
 let's

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:07.619
 remember

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:07.899
 Jesus'

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:08.339
 words

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:08.519
 from

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:08.839
 Matthew

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.379
 chapter

00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:09.819
 11

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.220
 verse

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.720
 28

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:10.939
 and

00:25:10.939 --> 00:25:11.359
 following

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:12.619
 come to

00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:12.919
 me

00:25:12.919 --> 00:25:14.099
 all who

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:14.539
 labor

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.500
 and are

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.159
 heavy laden

00:25:16.159 --> 00:25:17.339
 and I

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:17.959
 will give

00:25:17.959 --> 00:25:18.259
 you

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.379
 rest

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:20.879
 take my

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.480
 yoke upon

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:21.939
 you and

00:25:21.939 --> 00:25:22.500
 learn from

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:22.839
 me for

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.220
 I am

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.699
 gentle

00:25:23.699 --> 00:25:24.779
 and lowly

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.220
 in heart

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:25.699
 and you

00:25:25.699 --> 00:25:26.240
 will find

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.759
 rest

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.259
 for your

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.759
 souls

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.839
 for my

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.200
 yoke

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.960
 is easy

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:31.160
 and my

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.500
 burden

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:33.059
 is light

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:34.619
 the Bible

00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.279
 has lots

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.759
 of language

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.299
 for those

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:36.539
 who are

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:36.940
 wicked

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.920
 never

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.480
 finding

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.259
 rest

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:40.119
 but those

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.440
 who are

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.299
 in Christ

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:42.500
 are at

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.619
 rest

00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:44.559
 and the

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.059
 work we

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.420
 do

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:46.279
 comes from

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:47.099
 it proceeds

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:47.700
 from that

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.400
 settled

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:49.319
 position

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.559
 in him

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.819
 no longer

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.640
 working for

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:53.420
 our salvation

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:54.579
 but rather

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.619
 working because

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.519
 we are

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:58.019
 saved

00:25:58.019 --> 00:26:00.079
 this is an

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.579
 incredibly

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.400
 important thing

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.059
 to have

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.819
 clear and

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.200
 right

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.519
 in your

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:04.940
 mind

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:07.200
 for

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:08.579
 verse 14

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:10.680
 sin

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:12.160
 will have

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.819
 no

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.660
 dominion

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.660
 over you

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.660
 since you

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:16.039
 are not

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.720
 under law

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:18.259
 but under

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:19.599
 grace

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:21.119
 look again

00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:21.700
 that the

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.660
 re-emphasis

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.480
 of this

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.019
 right

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:25.059
 sin

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:26.299
 has no

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.299
 dominion

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:28.160
 over you

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.859
 it does

00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:29.680
 not reign

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.119
 over

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:31.019
 you

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.859
 if you

00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:32.339
 are

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:33.920
 in Christ

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:35.139
 because you're

00:26:35.139 --> 00:26:36.019
 not under

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:37.400
 law

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:38.700
 but under

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:40.480
 grace

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.920
 and I think

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.619
 I think

00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:43.220
 that we could

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.779
 see

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.980
 under the

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:46.000
 reign of

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.480
 law

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.519
 or under

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.519
 the reign

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:49.539
 of grace

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.099
 you see this

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:51.079
 the submissive

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.559
 position

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.460
 being under

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:52.859
 law

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.720
 and contextually

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.259
 I think

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.720
 this is a

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:54.960
 fair

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.839
 assumption

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:56.879
 to make

00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:57.700
 that what

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.039
 he's trying

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.500
 to communicate

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:58.899
 to us

00:26:58.899 --> 00:26:59.279
 is that we're

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.700
 not under

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.299
 the reign

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:00.879
 of the

00:27:00.879 --> 00:27:01.279
 law

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.039
 that exists

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.559
 to point

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.200
 out our

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.679
 sin

00:27:03.679 --> 00:27:04.480
 but we're

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.319
 rather under

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:06.159
 the reign

00:27:06.159 --> 00:27:07.460
 of grace

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.059
 right

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:09.419
 this accomplished

00:27:09.419 --> 00:27:10.179
 work having

00:27:10.179 --> 00:27:10.700
 been done

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.319
 for us

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.799
 who did

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.740
 not deserve

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.059
 it

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:14.039
 but it has

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.779
 been done

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.960
 nonetheless

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.759
 right

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.500
 because God

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.559
 is gracious

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.639
 toward us

00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:20.419
 we're under

00:27:20.419 --> 00:27:21.259
 the reign

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.980
 of

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:23.319
 grace

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:24.259
 and so

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:25.899
 we willingly

00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:27.539
 gratefully

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:29.220
 with joy

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.240
 seek to

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.599
 obey

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:32.099
 his commands

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:33.759
 now I want

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.220
 to take a

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.980
 brief glimpse

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:36.000
 at Paul's

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.940
 struggle against

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.559
 sin to get

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.159
 some idea

00:27:38.159 --> 00:27:38.779
 of how

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.639
 our rested

00:27:39.639 --> 00:27:40.599
 work

00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:41.819
 should be

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.240
 characterized

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.919
 so turn with

00:27:42.919 --> 00:27:43.519
 me just

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.339
 slightly to

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:45.079
 Romans chapter

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:46.359
 7

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:50.939
 it'll take

00:27:50.939 --> 00:27:51.299
 us some

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.719
 weeks to

00:27:51.719 --> 00:27:51.979
 get to

00:27:51.979 --> 00:27:52.479
 this text

00:27:52.479 --> 00:27:52.979
 but remember

00:27:52.979 --> 00:27:53.439
 it really

00:27:53.439 --> 00:27:53.959
 comes on

00:27:53.959 --> 00:27:54.419
 the heels

00:27:54.419 --> 00:27:54.879
 of what

00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:55.559
 he's saying

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.119
 here

00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:57.299
 in verses

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.759
 11 through

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.359
 14 of

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:59.319
 chapter 6

00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:01.439
 Romans 7

00:28:01.439 --> 00:28:01.899
 beginning in

00:28:01.899 --> 00:28:03.039
 verse 21

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:04.879
 he says

00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:05.519
 so I

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.139
 find it

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.679
 to be

00:28:06.679 --> 00:28:07.879
 a law

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:08.179
 that when

00:28:08.179 --> 00:28:08.679
 I want

00:28:08.679 --> 00:28:09.039
 to do

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.599
 right

00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:10.439
 evil

00:28:10.439 --> 00:28:11.000
 lies

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.759
 close

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.419
 at hand

00:28:12.419 --> 00:28:13.759
 for I

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.199
 delight

00:28:14.199 --> 00:28:14.500
 in the

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:14.799
 law of

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.119
 God

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.500
 in my

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:15.879
 inner

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:16.500
 being

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.820
 but I

00:28:17.820 --> 00:28:18.260
 see in

00:28:18.260 --> 00:28:18.420
 my

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:18.900
 members

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:19.460
 another

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:19.900
 law

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.320
 waging

00:28:20.320 --> 00:28:20.940
 war

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.320
 against

00:28:21.320 --> 00:28:21.580
 the

00:28:21.580 --> 00:28:21.860
 law

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.040
 of

00:28:22.040 --> 00:28:22.200
 my

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.580
 mind

00:28:22.580 --> 00:28:22.760
 and

00:28:22.760 --> 00:28:23.000
 making

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.220
 me

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.680
 captive

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:23.960
 to

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.120
 the

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.360
 law

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:24.540
 of

00:28:24.540 --> 00:28:24.960
 sin

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.160
 that

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:25.900
 dwells

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.540
 in

00:28:26.540 --> 00:28:26.720
 my

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.420
 members

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:29.000
 wretched

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.540
 man

00:28:29.540 --> 00:28:30.360
 that I

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:30.740
 am

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:32.000
 who

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.320
 will

00:28:32.320 --> 00:28:32.700
 deliver

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.100
 me

00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:33.720
 from

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:33.900
 this

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:34.320
 body

00:28:34.320 --> 00:28:35.280
 of

00:28:35.280 --> 00:28:35.640
 death

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.200
 now

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:36.520
 there

00:28:36.520 --> 00:28:36.740
 are

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.400
 varied

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:37.740
 views

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:37.920
 on

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.120
 what

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:38.480
 this

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:38.800
 text

00:28:38.800 --> 00:28:39.140
 means

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.300
 and

00:28:39.300 --> 00:28:39.400
 I

00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:39.520
 just

00:28:39.520 --> 00:28:39.640
 want

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:39.720
 to

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:39.840
 in

00:28:39.840 --> 00:28:40.180
 brief

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:40.480
 we'll

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:40.620
 get

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:41.000
 to

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.120
 it

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:41.380
 later

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:41.540
 but

00:28:41.540 --> 00:28:41.640
 I

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:41.740
 want

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:41.820
 to

00:28:41.820 --> 00:28:41.960
 say

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.140
 to

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.340
 you

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:42.579
 I

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:42.859
 think

00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:43.099
 this

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:43.259
 is

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:43.579
 his

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.339
 post

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:44.839
 conversion

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.720
 experience

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.759
 walking

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.039
 in

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.259
 this

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.579
 life

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:47.839
 and

00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.240
 still

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.679
 committing

00:28:48.679 --> 00:28:49.199
 sin

00:28:49.199 --> 00:28:49.799
 having

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.179
 been

00:28:50.179 --> 00:28:50.539
 set

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:50.879
 free

00:28:50.879 --> 00:28:51.220
 from

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.419
 it

00:28:51.419 --> 00:28:51.899
 I

00:28:51.899 --> 00:28:52.059
 think

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.220
 it's

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.339
 in

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:52.699
 that

00:28:52.699 --> 00:28:53.139
 state

00:28:53.139 --> 00:28:53.299
 that

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.419
 he

00:28:53.419 --> 00:28:53.699
 says

00:28:53.699 --> 00:28:54.299
 wretched

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:54.599
 man

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:54.879
 that I

00:28:54.879 --> 00:28:55.019
 am

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.199
 who

00:28:55.199 --> 00:28:55.359
 will

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:55.599
 deliver

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:55.799
 me

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.199
 from

00:28:56.199 --> 00:28:56.319
 this

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:56.559
 body

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:56.679
 of

00:28:56.679 --> 00:28:56.799
 death

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.139
 who

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.319
 will

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:57.899
 finally

00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:58.159
 and

00:28:58.159 --> 00:28:58.639
 fully

00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:59.139
 set

00:28:59.139 --> 00:28:59.339
 me

00:28:59.339 --> 00:28:59.980
 free

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.879
 where

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:01.119
 sin

00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:01.220
 is

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.379
 no

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:02.059
 longer

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.279
 an

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:02.899
 encumbrance

00:29:02.899 --> 00:29:03.279
 on my

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:03.720
 life

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.519
 anymore

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.079
 and

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.200
 he

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:05.460
 says

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:05.639
 verse

00:29:05.639 --> 00:29:06.259
 25

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:07.099
 thanks

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.599
 be

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:07.720
 to

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.160
 God

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.619
 through

00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:08.879
 Jesus

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.500
 Christ

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.019
 our

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.379
 Lord

00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:11.940
 so

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.220
 then

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.420
 I

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:12.839
 myself

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.180
 serve

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.319
 the

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:13.480
 law

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:13.579
 of

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:13.700
 God

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:13.839
 with

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:13.960
 my

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.240
 mind

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.359
 but

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:14.500
 with

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:14.660
 my

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.059
 flesh

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.960
 I

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.180
 serve

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:16.359
 the

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.660
 law

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:17.359
 of

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:17.639
 sin

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:17.819
 and

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.019
 then

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.559
 these

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.700
 uninspired

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.180
 chapter

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.759
 breaks

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.139
 don't

00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:21.559
 help us

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:21.859
 at this

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.119
 point

00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:22.339
 I

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:22.519
 don't

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:22.900
 think

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.639
 into

00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:24.139
 chapter

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:24.500
 8

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.259
 he

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.460
 says

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:25.660
 verse

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:25.940
 1

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.139
 there

00:29:26.139 --> 00:29:26.299
 is

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.759
 therefore

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.619
 now

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:28.000
 no

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.700
 condemnation

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:28.879
 for

00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:29.240
 those

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.379
 who

00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:29.460
 are

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:29.680
 in

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.359
 Christ

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:31.379
 Jesus

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:31.980
 right

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.359
 so

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:32.719
 so

00:29:32.719 --> 00:29:33.000
 even

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.399
 when

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:33.579
 we

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.019
 sin

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.219
 we

00:29:34.219 --> 00:29:34.679
 recognize

00:29:34.679 --> 00:29:34.839
 that

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:34.979
 we've

00:29:34.979 --> 00:29:35.119
 been

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:35.500
 set

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.059
 free

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.399
 from

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:36.559
 the

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:36.899
 penalty

00:29:36.899 --> 00:29:37.199
 of

00:29:37.199 --> 00:29:37.379
 that

00:29:37.379 --> 00:29:37.699
 sin

00:29:37.699 --> 00:29:37.919
 and

00:29:37.919 --> 00:29:38.059
 the

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.379
 power

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:38.619
 of

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:38.719
 it

00:29:38.719 --> 00:29:38.899
 and

00:29:38.899 --> 00:29:39.179
 so

00:29:39.179 --> 00:29:39.559
 we

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.019
 keep

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.599
 on

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.500
 with

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:41.919
 joy

00:29:41.919 --> 00:29:42.199
 and

00:29:42.199 --> 00:29:43.019
 gratitude

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.419
 and

00:29:43.419 --> 00:29:44.159
 levity

00:29:44.159 --> 00:29:44.579
 because

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:44.779
 we

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.240
 can

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.740
 keep

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.039
 on

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.459
 because

00:29:46.459 --> 00:29:46.619
 there

00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:46.859
 is

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.139
 no

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:47.979
 eternal

00:29:47.979 --> 00:29:48.959
 condemnation

00:29:48.959 --> 00:29:49.619
 because

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:49.819
 of

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.000
 our

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.639
 sin

00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:51.559
 verse

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:51.819
 2

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:51.939
 of

00:29:51.939 --> 00:29:52.139
 chapter

00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:52.419
 8

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:52.639
 for

00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:52.799
 the

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.219
 law

00:29:53.219 --> 00:29:53.759
 of

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:53.919
 the

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.339
 spirit

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:54.919
 of

00:29:54.919 --> 00:29:55.379
 life

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:55.939
 has

00:29:55.939 --> 00:29:56.099
 set

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:56.240
 you

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.779
 free

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.099
 in

00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:57.379
 Christ

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.719
 Jesus

00:29:57.719 --> 00:29:58.179
 from

00:29:58.179 --> 00:29:58.359
 the

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:58.699
 law

00:29:58.699 --> 00:29:59.419
 of

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:03.479
 so

00:30:03.479 --> 00:30:03.919
 grateful

00:30:03.919 --> 00:30:05.079
 motivation

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:06.519
 overflowing

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.279
 joy

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.939
 because

00:30:07.939 --> 00:30:08.500
 of

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.899
 who

00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:09.479
 we

00:30:09.479 --> 00:30:10.059
 are

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.559
 in

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:10.839
 Jesus

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.059
 we

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.639
 identify

00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:12.299
 with

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:12.699
 him

00:30:12.699 --> 00:30:13.299
 if

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.459
 we

00:30:13.459 --> 00:30:13.859
 have

00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:14.099
 been

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.599
 buried

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:14.859
 with

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.059
 him

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.539
 and

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.279
 raised

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.500
 with

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:16.679
 him

00:30:16.679 --> 00:30:17.059
 we

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:17.539
 have

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:17.979
 been

00:30:17.979 --> 00:30:18.479
 set

00:30:18.479 --> 00:30:18.959
 free

00:30:18.959 --> 00:30:19.559
 from

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:19.679
 the

00:30:19.679 --> 00:30:19.959
 power

00:30:19.959 --> 00:30:20.159
 of

00:30:20.159 --> 00:30:20.459
 sin

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 and

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 we

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 are

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 now

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 liberated

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 to

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 live

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 lives

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 that

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 are

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 pleasing

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 to

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 our

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 God

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 and

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 so

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 we

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 press

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 on

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 so

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 we

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 press

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 on

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 we

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 work

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 out

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 our

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 salvation

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 with

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 fear

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 and

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 trembling

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 for

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 it's

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 God

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 who

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 works

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 in

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 us

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 both

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 to

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 work

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 for

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 his

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 good

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 pleasure

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 we

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 seek

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 to

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 honor

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 him

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 with

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 our

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 lives

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 but

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 not

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 to

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 earn

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 his

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 favor

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 because

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 it

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 is

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 ours

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 in

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 Jesus

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 so

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 let me

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 read

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 the text

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 to you

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 one more

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 time

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 and I'll

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 close

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 in

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 prayer

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 so

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 you

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 also

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 must

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!

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 consider

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 yourselves

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 dead

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 to sin

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 and alive

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 to God

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 in

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 Christ

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 Jesus

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 let

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 not

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 sin

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 therefore

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 reign

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 in

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 your

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.140
 mortal

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.480
 body

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.700
 to

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:00.900
 make

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.040
 you

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 obey

00:31:01.300 --> 00:31:01.480
 its

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:01.920
 passions

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.880
 do

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 not

00:31:03.040 --> 00:31:03.340
 present

00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:03.540
 your

00:31:03.540 --> 00:31:03.800
 members

00:31:03.800 --> 00:31:04.000
 to

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.300
 sin

00:31:04.300 --> 00:31:04.700
 as

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.220
 instruments

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.500
 for

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.300
 unrighteousness

00:31:06.300 --> 00:31:07.020
 but

00:31:07.020 --> 00:31:07.300
 present

00:31:07.300 --> 00:31:07.720
 yourselves

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:07.940
 to

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.200
 God

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.360
 as

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:08.720
 those

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:08.860
 who

00:31:08.860 --> 00:31:08.900
 have

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:09.000
 been

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.259
 brought

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.520
 from

00:31:09.520 --> 00:31:09.880
 death

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.460
 to

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:10.800
 life

00:31:10.800 --> 00:31:11.360
 and

00:31:11.360 --> 00:31:11.520
 your

00:31:11.520 --> 00:31:11.820
 members

00:31:11.820 --> 00:31:12.040
 to

00:31:12.040 --> 00:31:12.360
 God

00:31:12.360 --> 00:31:12.600
 as

00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:13.140
 instruments

00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:13.880
 for

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:14.300
 righteousness

00:31:14.300 --> 00:31:15.460
 for

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:15.840
 sin

00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:16.280
 will

00:31:16.280 --> 00:31:16.440
 have

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:16.660
 no

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.080
 dominion

00:31:17.080 --> 00:31:17.320
 over

00:31:17.320 --> 00:31:17.660
 you

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.340
 since

00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:18.480
 you

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:18.580
 are

00:31:18.580 --> 00:31:18.920
 not

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.200
 under

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:19.600
 law

00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:20.520
 but

00:31:20.520 --> 00:31:20.759
 under

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.160
 grace

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:22.120
 let's

00:31:22.120 --> 00:31:22.259
 pray

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.560
 together