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 Follow along in your Bible. We're in Romans chapter 124-32.

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 Before we get going, just a bit of a story.

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 So I have three really close friends in ministry.

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! We'll talk once a week, pray for one another.

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 There are also ministers.

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 The three of them are Presbyterian ministers, which is okay.

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 It's fine, I suppose.

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 Oftentimes, I get ragged on because I am the only Anglican,

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 but I figure they're just jealous.

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 No problem.

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 No, jokes aside, they're my brothers.

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 I've known them for decades now, and we have so many things in common

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 when it comes to gospel ministry and being in ministry.

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 But one of the differences, and it's super minor,

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 but one of the differences is that when we pray, like Matt this morning,

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 or when he read the Bible, rather,

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 he finished off the reading with, this is the word of the Lord,

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 and we respond, thanks be to God.

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 I don't know if this is widespread within Presbyterianism,

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 but for their churches it is.

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 They will say, this is the word of God which is written for our good.

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 And then the response is, praise be to God, or thanks be to God.

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 This is the word of the Lord which was written for our good.

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 They say it after every single scripture reading.

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 Old Testament, New Testament, Gospels, Psalms, you name it,

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 they're saying, this is written for our good.

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 And listen, it's a great thing to say when you're reading John 3, 16.

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 Yeah, this is written for our good.

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 We feel great about it.

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 Or when we're reading John 11,

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 when Jesus says, take my yoke upon you.

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 My yoke is easy, my burden is light.

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 Psalm 23, the Lord is my shepherd.

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 Jeremiah 29, 11.

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 For I know the plans I have for you, say the Lord.

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 Matthew 28, the Great Commission.

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 What does Jesus say?

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 Lo, I will be with you to the end of the age.

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 What do I say to that?

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 I say that is written for our good.

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 But what happens when we come across Romans chapter 1, verses 24 and 32?

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 And I'll read verses 26 and 27.

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 For this reason, God gave them up to dishonorable passions.

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 For the women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature.

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 And the men likewise gave up natural relations with women

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 and were consumed with passions for one another.

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 Men committing shameless acts with men

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 and receiving in themselves a due penalty for their error.

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 And the rest of the chapter, this section is like this.

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 Do you have a bit of a hard time, maybe like me,

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 saying, this is the word of the Lord written for our good?

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 It's tough.

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 In 2026 in Canada, we are a progressive country.

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 We have a very different sexual ethic as the Bible does.

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 And we breathe the air of the culture we are in.

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 We are swimming in this stream.

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 So when we read something like this, can we say,

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 this is the word of the Lord written for our good?

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 Our text this morning is a difficult one for many here today.

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 I think in some ways it's harder for Christians than non-Christians.

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 I think people outside of the Christian faith or non-Christians,

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 they know by and large that Christians have a different view of human sexuality than we do.

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 But for Christians, it's a difficult thing because we say,

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 yeah, this is in our Bible and we subscribe to it.

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 It's a difficult text we have here today.

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 It's a very, it's an affront to our defining cultural moment,

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 to the, like I said, the air we breathe.

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 Yet, these words are God's word written and they are written for our good.

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 The Apostle Paul makes a bold statement just a few verses before this in chapter 1, verses 16 and 17.

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 And he says that the gospel is the power of God for salvation to all who believe,

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 to the Jew first and to the Greek or to the Gentile.

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 In it is the very righteousness, the very justice, the very love of God being revealed.

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 And what follows from verses 1, 18 to 3, chapter 3, verse 20,

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 is Paul telling us why everyone from every culture and background and era needs this good news.

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 So, as we turn to a very controversial text this morning,

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 we need to remember that like a good physician who gives a clear diagnosis of an ailment

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 so the proper remedy can be administered,

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 the Apostle Paul, he is giving us the straight goods on the human condition

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 so that we may know and take joy in the salvation of our souls through the gospel of Christ.

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 This is written for our good.

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 But first, we need to understand this full extent of the rebellion and idolatry

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 and how it will, and here's the three points, this is how we'll break up the text,

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 how the idolatry that we engage in will dishonor our bodies,

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 will dishonor our passions,

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 and ultimately dishonor our relationships.

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 So before we jump into the first point, a bit of a background from last week

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 because verse 24 begins with a therefore.

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 It's always a good thing to look a few verses previously when you see a therefore.

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 This is a letter, there's a flow to it.

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 And what we looked at last week, verses 18 to 23,

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 we saw how the human condition is depraved

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 and seeks to supplant the triune God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit from his throne

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 by suppressing the truth.

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 We talked about how we suppress the truth, how we steal God's honor and glory,

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 keeping it for our own and worshiping created things rather than the Creator.

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 It's mentioned a few times in this section.

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 And all such actions, verses 18 says,

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 are against God himself, and because of that, the wrath of God is being revealed

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 for all ungodliness and all unrighteousness.

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 And then we see in our section, there's three times the Apostle Paul will say,

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 God in his wrath will then give up people to their sinful desires, to their rebellion.

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 And it is a way in which the Apostle Paul is saying,

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 listen, this is what the wrath and judgment of God looks like in this life.

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 He will say yes to us.

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 If we are going against him, he will say yes.

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 If this is the way you want to go, go this way.

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 And the wrath is revealed in that we will get the full natural consequences of our decision.

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 So, with that as a bit of a background, we'll get to the first point.

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 Verses 24 and 25, we'll see how this rebellion, this wrath of God,

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 it is resulting in the dishonoring of our bodies.

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 Let's read verses 24 and 25.

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 Therefore, God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity,

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 to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,

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 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie,

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 and worshipped and served the creature,

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 rather than the creator, who is blessed forever.

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 Amen.

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 The word for lust here is literally an over-desire.

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 So, I mentioned this briefly last week, but it is fine to say it again.

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 It's an over-desire, a desire that is without control or temperance.

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 It is uncontrollable urges that masquerade as pleasure and joy,

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 but it is really a kind of slavery to our appetites and desires.

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 Although this could be extended to all kinds of over-desire,

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 we have desires for all sorts of different things,

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 over-desires and urges,

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 because here it has in mind sexual impurity.

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 And the sexual impurity has a particular damaging effect on one's body.

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 And I don't think it necessarily means that one suffers from a physical ailment,

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 although it could.

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 I think what the text here is getting at is

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 the damaging effect of this sexual impurity,

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 this over, this giving in to over-desire,

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 is that the body is dishonored.

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 The body is dishonored.

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 What does this mean?

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 Throughout this section,

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 Paul, verses 18 to 32,

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 Paul will make these subtle,

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 and sometimes not so subtle,

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 references to the creation account,

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 verses Genesis chapter 1 to 3,

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 the creation account.

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 And here is one of those subtle references.

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 What does it mean to dishonor our body?

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 Well, first we have to understand what makes us us.

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 Genesis chapter 1, verse 27,

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 the very high point,

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 the very pinnacle of all creation says this,

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 So God created man in his own image.

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 In the image of God, he created him.

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 Male and female, he created them.

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 This means that unlike any other creature,

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 we have divine fingerprints all over us.

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 It means that we aren't merely a brain connected to a chunk of meat,

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 but a whole being composed of both a physical body and a soul.

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 And they cannot be separated.

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 We have tried to separate our soul and mind,

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 a solar mind from the body a ton in the modern era.

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 We deny life's worth when our cognition or our intellect is damaged.

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 We also do it by denying personhood to people of different cultural or ethnic backgrounds.

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 For us, we downplay their humanity.

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 We separate their soul as if they do not have a soul.

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 And by asserting that our bodies are malleable and subject to change,

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 if we no longer feel at home in them.

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 So what we have done in this modern era,

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 we have really pushed back against this idea that we are made in God's image,

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 that we are a body and a soul together, inseparable.

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 In every case, a human is one with a body and a soul,

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 something that cannot be altered or denied,

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 no matter how hard we try.

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 So much of this modern era is marked by this attempt,

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 and then seeing the futility of that attempt.

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 When we subject our bodies to an overindulgence of pleasure and desire,

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 what we do is we deny that we are whole persons,

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 whole bodies that are precious and holy to the Lord.

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 So many times in Scripture,

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 especially God's people,

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 gather together communally,

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 but also individually.

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 We are talked about as being a temple.

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 A temple being a place that is sacred,

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 a temple where God communes with human beings.

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 But in our era,

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 in our time,

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 in our day,

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 we rather treat our bodies not as temples,

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 but as brothels.

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 Existing to satisfy desires and really nothing else.

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 So what ends up happening,

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 and what we see throughout this section,

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 is that we engage in a type of idolatry,

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 idolatry,

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 that looks like this.

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 We worship ourselves because our existence finds its very end point,

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 its telos,

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 its culmination,

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 in our own pleasure.

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 But in doing so,

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 we think that we are elevating ourselves to God's status,

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 but what ends up happening is that we find ourselves enslaved to our passions,

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 and our pleasures,

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 and our desires.

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 Again,

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 this is this over-desire,

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 this over-indulgence,

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 or in our translation here,

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 in the ESV,

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 talks about the lusts of their heart.

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 But here's the thing,

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 the biblical sexual ethic,

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 instead says that,

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 our bodies are deserving of honor.

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 That we are made in God's image,

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 and therefore,

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 honor God himself,

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 by affirming his design,

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 for sex,

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 within the boundaries,

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 that he has set for us.

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 And the boundaries,

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 which we'll see in this next section,

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 is limited to monogamous,

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 heterosexual,

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 lifelong marriage between one man and one woman.

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 And why is this important?

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 Again,

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 we'll talk about this in our second point,

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 but just to sum it up,

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 in doing so,

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 we affirm the creative potential,

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 the complementarity of the sexes,

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 and the love that is expressed as self-giving and self-sacrificial.

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 Any other kind of sexual experience,

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 including the lusts of the mind,

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 what it does,

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 it denies the very creation ordinance that God has instituted,

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 and also denies that we are created in God's image,

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 and therefore,

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 are worthy of honor.

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 The biblical sexual ethic,

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 doesn't just deny pleasure,

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 and say,

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 too bad,

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 life is boring,

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 life is blasé,

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 life is grayscale.

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 It says,

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 there is,

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 there is a ceiling on what it means to be human,

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 and it goes all the way up to the heavens.

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 It means that,

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 the modern view of,

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 of a sexual ethic,

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 the secular view,

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 is so limiting,

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 because it reduces somebody to,

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 their pleasure,

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 and to their indulgence,

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 and to their desires.

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 It does not recognize that God has his fingerprints,

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 that we have God's fingerprints all over us,

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 and that we get to participate,

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 as we live out our full humanity,

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 in imaging God,

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 in who he is,

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 and what he has done.

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 That we get to bring glory to God.

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 Instead,

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 verses 24 and 25 say,

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 we have exchanged that.

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 So rather,

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 we worship the creature,

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 rather than the creator.

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 The Bible is trying to tell us,

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 not to suffer,

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 when everybody else is having a great time,

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 but to say that,

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 the time that everybody else is having,

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 doesn't,

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 doesn't hold a candle to what the Lord,

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 has created for us.

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 Paul says that,

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 it is an inferior life,

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 to embrace,

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 our God-given desires,

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 as the ultimate aspect of our life.

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 But rather,

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 that we get to,

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 live into the fullness,

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 of what it means,

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 to be image bearers,

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 of the one true God.

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 It's hard for us to,

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 accept,

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 but,

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 when we understand,

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 that there is such a greater,

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 joy for us,

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 can we not then say,

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 that verse 24 and 25,

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 is the word of the Lord,

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 written for our good.

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 For it truly is for our good.

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 So Paul then,

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 moves from the very general,

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 understanding of,

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 a contrary,

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 a biblical sexual ethic,

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 to a very specific example.

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 And I think for us,

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 this is where,

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 there's some difficulty,

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 to understand this.

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 Even if we are,

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 affirming of,

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 the biblical sexual ethic,

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 in private,

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 to do so publicly,

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 is very difficult.

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 Some of us have friends,

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 or family members,

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 that are actually,

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 incredibly wonderful people,

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 and godly,

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 and probably much kinder,

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 than most of us,

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 who are same-sex attracted,

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 who are embraced,

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 a same-sex marriage,

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 lifestyle.

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 Nevertheless,

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 Paul then moves,

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 to the next section,

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 and we will say,

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 after this,

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 as we have said,

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 for the previous section,

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 that this is the word of God,

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 it is written for our good.

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 So let's read with me,

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 please read with me,

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 verses 26 and 27.

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 For this reason,

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 and this is the second,

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 God giving them up,

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 for this reason,

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 God gave them up,

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 to dishonorable passions,

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 for the women exchanged,

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 natural relations,

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 for those that are,

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 contrary to nature,

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 and the men likewise,

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 gave up natural relations,

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 with women,

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 and were consumed,

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 with passion,

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 for one another,

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 men committing,

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 shameless acts,

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 with men,

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 and receiving in themselves,

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 the due penalty,

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 for their error.

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 Once again,

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 God has given,

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 people over,

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 to the very thing,

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 that they pursued,

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 but instead of,

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 unbridled pleasure,

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 they experience,

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 dishonorable passions,

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 for once again,

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 it's the worship,

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 of the self,

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 the self-idolatry,

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 that is pursued,

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 over and above,

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 the worship,

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 of the one true God.

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 It would really help us,

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 actually,

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 to understand,

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 the original context,

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 that Paul is writing in.

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 He is writing in the first century,

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 well into the,

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 the Greco-Roman,

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 sexual ethic,

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 that was alive,

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 and well,

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 in the first century.

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 And this is how it went.

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 In the Greco-Roman world,

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 sexual pleasure,

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 was a tool for men,

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 and for the powerful.

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 Men could,

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 and would engage,

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 in all kinds of,

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 illicit sexual acts,

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 regardless of whether,

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 they were married or not.

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 It could be,

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 with either gender,

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 it could be,

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 with the old or young,

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 it could be,

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 with the conquered,

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 or the slaves.

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 It did not matter,

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 for other humans,

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 that were beneath them,

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 were a source of pleasure,

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 for the powerful.

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 Social status,

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 not consent,

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 age or gender,

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 was the determining factor,

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 of what constituted,

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 listed sexual experience.

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 A couple years ago,

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 maybe a year and a half,

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 we did a Messiah read,

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 so every,

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 a couple,

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 a couple times every year,

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 we'll pick a book,

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 to go through as,

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 a congregation,

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 and we,

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 chose a book called,

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 The Air We Breathe,

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 by Glenn Scribner.

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 And in it,

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 and I commend it to you,

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 if you have it,

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 or if you can pick it up,

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 chapter four,

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 is this whole section,

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 about how consent,

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 isn't something that is,

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 germane to the human experience,

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 but has come about,

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 through the Christian,

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 worldview.

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 And he really,

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 paints quite the,

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 alarming picture,

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 of what the Greco-Roman,

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 sexual ethic look like.

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 And I commend that to you,

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 if you can,

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 dust it off your shelf,

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 or go pick up a copy.

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 But if you don't want to read,

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 that section,

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 look no further,

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 than the Epstein files.

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 To really understand,

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 what the Greco-Roman world,

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 look like sexually.

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 We are rightly repulsed,

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 by such a world.

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 Yet we still,

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 can affirm,

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 same sex partnering,

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 and marriage.

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 So how about this?

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 Maybe the problem is,

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 and some very smart scholars,

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 have tried to do this.

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 We can just deny,

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 all of the abuse,

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 of the first century.

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 We can add consent,

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 and love,

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 into same sex attraction.

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 And things should be fine.

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 For truly,

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 Paul is not,

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 giving a blanket statement,

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 about,

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 about,

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 homosexuality.

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 Remove the dishonor,

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 from the passion,

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 and we,

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 are good to go,

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 with affirming,

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 same sex connection.

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 However,

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 this isn't the case.

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 No matter how hard,

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 scholars have tried,

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 the plain reading,

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 is the plain reading here.

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 Even if it's,

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 hard and difficult,

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 for us to navigate.

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 We still cannot,

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 affirm this,

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 because,

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 Paul ultimately,

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 roots the biblical,

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 sexual ethic,

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 not in,

00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:45.299
 the idea of consent,

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 that needs to be added,

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 to the first century,

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 view of,

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 of,

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 of sexuality.

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 But again,

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 he goes back to,

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 creation.

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 And in this case,

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 he looks at,

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 Genesis chapter 2.

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 And I'll read this,

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 for you.

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 Genesis chapter 2,

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 verses 18,

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 and also verses 24,

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 and 25.

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 And it says this,

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 Then the Lord God said,

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 It is not good,

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 that man should be alone.

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 I will make him,

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 a helper,

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 fit for him.

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 And I'll just say,

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 a helper isn't like a maid,

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 or a slave,

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 but really one,

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 who provides strength,

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 in an area of weakness.

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 That is to say,

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 man and woman together,

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 form a complementary pair.

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 Both have strengths,

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 and weaknesses,

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 that augment,

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 and cover for one another.

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 Verses 24,

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 and 25.

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 Therefore,

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 a man shall leave his father,

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 and his mother,

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 and hold fast to his wife,

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 and they shall become one flesh.

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 And the man and his wife,

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 were both naked,

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 and were not ashamed.

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 So we see here,

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 that there is a complementary aspect,

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 to men and women,

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 connecting in marriage.

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 That through their union,

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 they become one flesh,

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 which means that there is the potential,

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 for new life.

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 It doesn't guarantee new life,

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 but that there is a potential,

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 for new life.

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 And then,

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 there is something,

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 even greater than this.

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 For such a union,

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 ultimately,

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 once again,

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 reflects,

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 the very nature,

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 of God himself.

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 The triune God,

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 Father,

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 Son,

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 and Holy Spirit.

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 This God,

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 three persons,

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 one God,

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 it's a holy,

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 and divine mystery.

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 But what we see,

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 in the Godhead,

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 is that,

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 there is self-giving love,

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 all of the time,

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 never ending.

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 So that the Father,

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 loves the Son,

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 and that the Son,

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 loves the Father.

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 And that in many respects,

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 the Holy Spirit,

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 is the very expression,

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 of that love.

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 And yet,

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 there is such intimacy,

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 and union in the Godhead,

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 that we can confidently say,

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 that there is,

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 only one God.

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 Even more,

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 this self-giving love,

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 creates and calls,

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 the creation good,

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 with humanity again,

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 being the very pinnacle,

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:00.920
 of creation.

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 So,

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 it is not again,

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 that,

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 God is,

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 knowing,

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 what is coming in the future,

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 says,

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 I am just taking that,

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 off the table,

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 because,

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 I don't like it,

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 it's icky.

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 He is saying,

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 no,

00:22:14.780 --> 00:22:15.640
 I have designed,

00:22:15.820 --> 00:22:17.140
 life in such a way,

00:22:17.840 --> 00:22:18.200
 that,

00:22:18.540 --> 00:22:19.420
 those that are called,

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:19.980
 to marriage,

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.400
 which is not everybody,

00:22:21.600 --> 00:22:22.180
 but those that are,

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.900
 called to marriage,

00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:24.259
 get to reflect,

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:25.039
 in their union,

00:22:25.560 --> 00:22:26.560
 the very essence,

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.200
 in part,

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:27.840
 not in whole,

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:28.820
 but the very essence,

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.860
 of God himself.

00:22:31.360 --> 00:22:31.700
 Again,

00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:32.680
 the view,

00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:33.560
 of marriage,

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.160
 in scripture,

00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:35.759
 isn't a limiting one,

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.519
 but one that,

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:36.820
 again,

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:38.140
 finds its ceiling,

00:22:38.320 --> 00:22:39.640
 in the heavenly places.

00:22:42.340 --> 00:22:43.100
 For those,

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:44.200
 that are married here,

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.400
 have you considered,

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:47.500
 that your union,

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.600
 again,

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.420
 not perfect,

00:22:50.580 --> 00:22:51.480
 but in part,

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.319
 reflects,

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.799
 God himself.

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:55.519
 I mean,

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.579
 it's a remarkable thing,

00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:57.140
 to consider,

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:58.759
 that,

00:22:58.860 --> 00:23:00.559
 as you live out,

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:03.120
 a lifelong union,

00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:03.839
 male,

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.620
 and female,

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:06.799
 you,

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.940
 and your spouse,

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:10.180
 are one flesh,

00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:11.920
 that you reflect,

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.759
 the very nature,

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.500
 of the Godhead.

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:15.120
 It is a remarkable thing,

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:16.240
 that Paul is,

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.819
 drawing our attention to.

00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:20.579
 So,

00:23:20.659 --> 00:23:21.059
 you see,

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.460
 that then,

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.119
 two men,

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.039
 or two women,

00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:24.099
 could never achieve,

00:23:24.439 --> 00:23:25.619
 a one flesh union,

00:23:26.399 --> 00:23:26.819
 and therefore,

00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:28.119
 can never reflect,

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:29.019
 or point to,

00:23:29.139 --> 00:23:30.099
 the triune God,

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.000
 and this means,

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:32.439
 no matter how much love,

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.500
 or how much consent,

00:23:33.639 --> 00:23:34.139
 or how much,

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:36.179
 companionship,

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.919
 can be found,

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:38.159
 within a same sex,

00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:39.139
 marriage,

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:41.000
 because it does not,

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:41.879
 image,

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:43.019
 the triune God,

00:23:43.439 --> 00:23:44.379
 biblically speaking,

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:46.119
 it is not a marriage.

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:47.079
 Even if the state,

00:23:47.159 --> 00:23:47.839
 says it is,

00:23:48.179 --> 00:23:49.099
 we cannot affirm,

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:50.079
 that it is a marriage.

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:54.039
 It's a very hard thing,

00:23:54.139 --> 00:23:54.859
 for us to say,

00:23:54.959 --> 00:23:55.359
 but again,

00:23:55.459 --> 00:23:55.839
 remember,

00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:57.659
 that the call,

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:59.099
 isn't a limiting one,

00:23:59.199 --> 00:24:00.399
 but an expansive one,

00:24:00.459 --> 00:24:01.659
 where we get to enjoy,

00:24:02.399 --> 00:24:03.399
 and have the privilege,

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.699
 of participating,

00:24:05.659 --> 00:24:06.439
 in God himself.

00:24:08.659 --> 00:24:09.739
 God has created,

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.779
 the world with purpose,

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.299
 and beauty,

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.559
 that it reflects,

00:24:12.639 --> 00:24:13.839
 his very nature,

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.119
 and anything,

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:15.919
 that falls short,

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.259
 of this,

00:24:16.300 --> 00:24:16.820
 is not merely,

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.779
 a lesser level,

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.400
 of existence,

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:20.080
 but an existence,

00:24:20.080 --> 00:24:21.500
 that calls into question,

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:22.519
 the very motivation,

00:24:22.800 --> 00:24:23.420
 and design,

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:25.200
 of the all-powerful,

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:25.640
 loving,

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.840
 and perfect God.

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.620
 Once again,

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:29.580
 the effects of idolatry,

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.860
 will always take us,

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:32.440
 away from God,

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:34.039
 and towards ourself,

00:24:34.300 --> 00:24:35.180
 where we elevate,

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.940
 our pleasure,

00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:36.880
 we will elevate,

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.779
 our urges,

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.580
 we will elevate,

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.279
 our passions,

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.779
 above and beyond,

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.640
 anything else,

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:43.080
 and find ourselves,

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:44.000
 to be enslaved,

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.539
 by them.

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:48.460
 So again,

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:49.759
 we read verses 26,

00:24:49.820 --> 00:24:50.440
 and 27,

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.480
 and we can say,

00:24:52.600 --> 00:24:53.240
 confidently,

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:55.860
 even if it,

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:57.900
 rubs us the wrong way,

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.680
 or makes us feel,

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.140
 uncomfortable,

00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.400
 that this is the word,

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:00.900
 of the Lord,

00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:02.279
 and it is written,

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.220
 for our good.

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:05.700
 However,

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.660
 Paul does not,

00:25:06.800 --> 00:25:07.539
 say that,

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.539
 same-sex attraction,

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.460
 is the chief sin.

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:10.519
 And I,

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.819
 it would be,

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.600
 problematic,

00:25:12.600 --> 00:25:13.660
 if we left here,

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.940
 with that,

00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.860
 understanding.

00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:17.400
 For,

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:19.519
 throughout the,

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.180
 New Testament,

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.799
 such,

00:25:22.340 --> 00:25:23.519
 a sin is found,

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.100
 in other,

00:25:24.360 --> 00:25:25.000
 such lists,

00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.640
 of sin.

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:27.180
 So we see it,

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.660
 later on,

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.220
 in Romans,

00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:28.880
 we see it in,

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.420
 1 Timothy,

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:30.120
 we see it in,

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.819
 1 Corinthians,

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:33.359
 where Paul himself,

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.659
 will situate,

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:36.839
 same-sex attraction,

00:25:37.179 --> 00:25:38.139
 and homosexuality,

00:25:38.179 --> 00:25:38.460
 within,

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:40.579
 many other sins.

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.200
 Idolatry,

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:44.000
 would seem to be,

00:25:44.179 --> 00:25:45.039
 the chief sin.

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:45.539
 Pride,

00:25:45.659 --> 00:25:46.419
 would seem to be,

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.839
 the chief sin.

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.439
 And this,

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.019
 idolatry,

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:51.059
 results in more than,

00:25:51.139 --> 00:25:51.899
 just a contrary,

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.720
 sexual ethic,

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:54.099
 and the dishonoring,

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:55.299
 of our God-given passions.

00:25:55.939 --> 00:25:56.599
 But it also,

00:25:56.679 --> 00:25:57.359
 results in,

00:25:57.439 --> 00:25:58.159
 the debasement,

00:25:58.379 --> 00:25:59.079
 of our minds,

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.419
 and the breakdown,

00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:01.420
 of our relationships,

00:26:01.560 --> 00:26:02.440
 so that our minds,

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.140
 do not function,

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:03.779
 the way God,

00:26:03.820 --> 00:26:04.779
 has designed them to.

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.140
 And this leads us,

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.640
 to our third,

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.380
 and final point.

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.140
 Look with me,

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:09.019
 at verses 28,

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:10.019
 to 32.

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.279
 And since they,

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.279
 did not see fit,

00:26:13.320 --> 00:26:14.200
 to acknowledge God,

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.880
 and here we have,

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.920
 again for the third time,

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:17.519
 God gave them up,

00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:18.640
 to a debased mind,

00:26:19.300 --> 00:26:19.900
 to do what,

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.900
 ought not to be done.

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.279
 They were filled,

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.920
 with all manner,

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.279
 of unrighteousness,

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.240
 evil,

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.019
 covetousness,

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.620
 malice.

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:27.240
 They are full of envy,

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.779
 murder,

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.340
 strife,

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:28.920
 deceit,

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:30.039
 maliciousness,

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:31.859
 they are gossips,

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.240
 they are slanderers,

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:34.180
 haters of God,

00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:34.759
 insolent,

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:35.200
 haughty,

00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:35.779
 boastful,

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.599
 inventors of evil,

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:40.019
 disobedient to parents,

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.259
 foolish,

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.460
 faithless,

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.399
 heartless,

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:43.819
 ruthless.

00:26:45.139 --> 00:26:45.740
 Though they,

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.859
 know God's,

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:47.720
 righteous decree,

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:49.099
 that those who practice,

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:49.639
 such things,

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.460
 deserve to die,

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.779
 they not only do them,

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.700
 but give approval,

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:54.139
 to those who practice them.

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.920
 We say,

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:57.159
 this is the word of the Lord,

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.039
 it is written,

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.960
 for our good.

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:01.059
 Once again,

00:27:01.139 --> 00:27:02.819
 we see that the denying of God,

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.379
 and falling,

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.720
 and failing to give him,

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.519
 his due praise,

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.359
 again,

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.659
 it's not a neutral act,

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:09.119
 but an act of rebellion,

00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:09.879
 that results,

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:11.200
 not in our flourishing,

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.279
 not in the flourishing,

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:13.000
 of this life,

00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:14.379
 but in the breakdown,

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:15.879
 of relationships.

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:17.139
 And here we have,

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:19.139
 21 vices listed here,

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.740
 21,

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:22.079
 all of which,

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:23.019
 find their origin,

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.579
 in this degraded,

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.319
 and debased,

00:27:25.419 --> 00:27:26.019
 thought life,

00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:26.759
 that results,

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:28.139
 from worshipping,

00:27:28.199 --> 00:27:28.939
 ourselves,

00:27:29.179 --> 00:27:29.939
 or other things,

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.659
 before God.

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.079
 If you notice,

00:27:35.199 --> 00:27:36.039
 that all such actions,

00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:37.359
 are inherently self-centered,

00:27:38.439 --> 00:27:39.299
 for our actions,

00:27:39.439 --> 00:27:40.879
 find their beginnings,

00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:41.939
 in our mind,

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.819
 and a lot of them,

00:27:42.899 --> 00:27:43.439
 have to do,

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:45.299
 with not worshipping,

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.159
 of course,

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.799
 not worshipping God,

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:48.439
 but not celebrating,

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.539
 the victories,

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.659
 or the wins,

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.359
 of other people,

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:52.059
 around us.

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:56.139
 So we see that pride,

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.879
 not humility,

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:57.940
 fosters and feeds,

00:27:58.019 --> 00:28:00.419
 all of these 21 sins,

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.919
 all of these 21 vices.

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.720
 And friends,

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.619
 I would say to you,

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.159
 this morning,

00:28:06.659 --> 00:28:07.539
 with full conviction,

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:09.500
 that many of these sins,

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:11.359
 are actually far more dangerous,

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:13.519
 than the previous sins,

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.159
 we looked at.

00:28:15.139 --> 00:28:17.039
 Because they are so easily hidden,

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:19.700
 and they are so easily justified.

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:22.039
 They will affect every person,

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:23.480
 and will be the source of most,

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.059
 if not all,

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:25.259
 of our social breakdowns.

00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:27.559
 Go through the list yourselves,

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:30.879
 if you have a moment,

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.759
 this afternoon,

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.679
 or this evening,

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.079
 prayerfully,

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.839
 and be honest,

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.379
 and real,

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.740
 about how many of these,

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.759
 you could check off,

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:40.399
 if you're considering them,

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:41.379
 against your own life.

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.720
 More than that,

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.500
 such behavior,

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.779
 is known to be wrong.

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.879
 It's not merely that we,

00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:50.599
 are ignorant of,

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:52.240
 of what to do,

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:53.180
 because verse 20,

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.019
 or verse sorry,

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:55.240
 verse 32,

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.579
 tells us,

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.879
 that we know,

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:58.879
 justify,

00:28:59.079 --> 00:29:00.519
 and condone such actions,

00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:01.539
 and behaviors,

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.599
 even though we know,

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.759
 it is worthy,

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:05.359
 of divine punishment.

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:09.819
 And I'll say this,

00:29:09.939 --> 00:29:10.699
 and this is where,

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.559
 it really kind of hits,

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:12.500
 hits home,

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:15.819
 for us,

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:16.979
 respectable,

00:29:17.219 --> 00:29:17.899
 Christian people.

00:29:20.979 --> 00:29:22.599
 These are especially dangerous,

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:23.599
 vices for us.

00:29:24.719 --> 00:29:25.839
 If you call yourself,

00:29:25.919 --> 00:29:26.359
 a Christian,

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:28.559
 they are extremely dangerous,

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.740
 because we have this,

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.879
 incredible ability,

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.679
 maybe more than,

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.279
 any other,

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:33.519
 group of people,

00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:35.319
 to find ways,

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:36.379
 of justifying,

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.859
 and hiding such sins.

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.319
 We are not quick,

00:29:39.399 --> 00:29:40.279
 to repent of them,

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:41.200
 or if we are,

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.319
 we do it,

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:44.200
 in a way,

00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:44.980
 that is,

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:46.619
 maybe couched with,

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.240
 a bit of humor.

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:49.519
 Or maybe,

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.339
 when we repent,

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.139
 we,

00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:52.779
 we repent,

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.139
 A,

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.460
 B,

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:53.920
 and C,

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.500
 but not,

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.359
 D,

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:55.599
 E,

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:55.960
 and F.

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.680
 Christians,

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.700
 often can be,

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:03.019
 terribly prideful people.

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:05.580
 But this kind of pride,

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.680
 is a form,

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:08.740
 of not seeing fit,

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:10.059
 also to acknowledge God.

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.759
 For once again,

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:13.380
 we are saying that God's design,

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.480
 for healthy,

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.840
 and godly relationships,

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.580
 is secondary,

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:19.080
 to our reputation.

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:21.059
 And all of a sudden,

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.759
 we see,

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:23.059
 that when we are not serious,

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:23.960
 and honest,

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:25.120
 about this vice list,

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:26.799
 some of the other vice lists,

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.960
 that we see in the New Testament,

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:30.279
 we are worshipping ourselves,

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:31.799
 above God.

00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:32.440
 We are saying,

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:32.839
 actually,

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.920
 my reputation,

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.980
 and my glory,

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:36.460
 this is what matters,

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:36.980
 above,

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.460
 and beyond yours,

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:38.799
 God.

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:43.359
 This is how self-deception,

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.399
 and even unbelief,

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:45.160
 find a foothold,

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:46.099
 in the Christian life.

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.240
 This is how,

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:50.139
 the seed,

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.680
 that is,

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.379
 sown,

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.519
 in shallow,

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:53.720
 soil,

00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:54.700
 in bad soil,

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:56.299
 or amongst the thorns,

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:57.559
 this is what it means.

00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:58.700
 It grows up,

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.720
 it doesn't bear fruit,

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:00.819
 the sun comes,

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.680
 temptation comes,

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.440
 it dries it up,

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.640
 or gets choked out,

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.519
 by the pleasures,

00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:05.180
 and the,

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:06.400
 the desires,

00:31:06.580 --> 00:31:07.380
 of this life.

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:10.440
 C.S. Lewis,

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.160
 sums this up,

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.900
 very well,

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:13.019
 in his chapter,

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:14.120
 on the fall of man,

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:15.620
 in the problem of pain.

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.340
 And he says this,

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:17.960
 of the Christian,

00:31:18.100 --> 00:31:20.400
 who fails to properly repent,

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.100
 of their sin,

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.840
 fails to properly repent,

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:24.240
 of a vice list,

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.519
 like we see here,

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:27.299
 in verses 28 and 32,

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:28.100
 and this is what he says,

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:28.380
 quote,

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:30.340
 when men attempt,

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:31.200
 to be Christians,

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.840
 without this,

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:34.160
 preliminary consciousness,

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:34.940
 of sin,

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.319
 the result is,

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.319
 almost bound,

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.380
 to be a certain,

00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:38.960
 resentment,

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.900
 against God,

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.500
 as to one,

00:31:40.620 --> 00:31:41.080
 always,

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:43.180
 inexplicably angry.

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:44.900
 Most of us,

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.620
 have at times,

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.840
 felt a secret sympathy,

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:48.380
 with a dying farmer,

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:48.980
 who replied,

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:49.759
 to the vicar's,

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.319
 dissertation,

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.340
 on repentance,

00:31:51.340 --> 00:31:52.120
 by asking,

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.240
 what harm,

00:31:53.340 --> 00:31:54.460
 have I done to him?

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.840
 There is the real rub.

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:58.720
 The worst we have done,

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.220
 to God,

00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:00.240
 is to leave him alone.

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:01.399
 Why can't he return,

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:01.919
 the compliment?

00:32:04.679 --> 00:32:06.039
 We want to,

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:07.019
 repent,

00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:08.439
 on our own terms.

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:10.000
 We want to,

00:32:10.159 --> 00:32:10.959
 be a Christian,

00:32:11.159 --> 00:32:12.179
 on our own terms,

00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:13.919
 still maintaining,

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.500
 this,

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.899
 this fallacy,

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.939
 of self dignity,

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.539
 and what the scripture,

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.299
 is saying,

00:32:19.679 --> 00:32:20.019
 is that,

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:21.199
 that is a recipe,

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.259
 for hating God.

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.980
 It is a recipe,

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.920
 for looking at God,

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.700
 not as,

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:27.180
 one who has given us,

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:28.339
 his word for our good,

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.440
 but as a God,

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:31.779
 who ultimately hates us.

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.960
 Who is getting in the way.

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.740
 A God that wants us,

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.900
 to have a life,

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:40.140
 in grace scale,

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:41.380
 not in 4k.

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.839
 When the opposite,

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.640
 is true.

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.839
 That God is giving us,

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.559
 a vision,

00:32:47.860 --> 00:32:48.559
 of what it means,

00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:49.200
 to be human,

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.059
 that again,

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:51.039
 has its ceiling,

00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:52.619
 where in the heavenly places,

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.440
 reflected in,

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:54.500
 who he is,

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.480
 and what he has done.

00:32:57.639 --> 00:32:58.879
 We need to get honest,

00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:00.039
 especially Christians,

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.839
 with repenting,

00:33:02.119 --> 00:33:02.859
 of such,

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:04.279
 sins like,

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.019
 gossip,

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.460
 or,

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:09.539
 being disobedient,

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:10.099
 to parents,

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:11.200
 even if your parents,

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.940
 are elderly.

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:15.619
 And justifying it,

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.519
 in ways that,

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:18.099
 seem responsible,

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:18.700
 and,

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:19.039
 and,

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:20.139
 and kind,

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.500
 and,

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.280
 and balanced,

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:21.860
 but really,

00:33:22.020 --> 00:33:22.720
 at its core,

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.740
 is just this,

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:26.620
 rebellion,

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:27.920
 that is well hidden,

00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:28.840
 and well masked.

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.680
 You see,

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:36.100
 we want to say,

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:37.340
 like Lewis says here,

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:39.640
 the worst we have done to God,

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.020
 is,

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.460
 that we have left him alone.

00:33:41.580 --> 00:33:42.500
 Why can't he,

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.600
 return the compliment?

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.400
 But here's the thing,

00:33:45.320 --> 00:33:46.740
 God loves us far too much,

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.580
 to leave us alone.

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:50.439
 Even though we are rebellious,

00:33:50.439 --> 00:33:51.119
 towards him,

00:33:51.199 --> 00:33:52.019
 he makes a way,

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.699
 for rebels,

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.579
 to become sons,

00:33:53.659 --> 00:33:54.099
 and daughters,

00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.279
 of God.

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.539
 And how does he do this?

00:33:56.679 --> 00:33:57.839
 At least two ways.

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.559
 The first,

00:33:59.659 --> 00:34:01.099
 is that even in God's wrath,

00:34:01.439 --> 00:34:02.399
 his allowing us,

00:34:02.439 --> 00:34:03.539
 to feel the full extent,

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:04.119
 of our sin,

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.500
 it enables us,

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:06.460
 to hit bottom,

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:07.379
 in such a way,

00:34:08.319 --> 00:34:09.139
 that we see,

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.000
 the full,

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:12.159
 fruit,

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:13.119
 of a life,

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:14.119
 lived in rebellion.

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:15.900
 If you talk to people,

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:17.159
 that have,

00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:18.400
 gone through,

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:20.500
 relapse,

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.500
 after relapse,

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:22.659
 in recovery,

00:34:23.799 --> 00:34:24.679
 often times,

00:34:24.759 --> 00:34:25.839
 you will hear the same thing.

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:26.299
 I,

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:28.039
 I had to hit rock bottom,

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:29.500
 to see how badly it was,

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:31.400
 before I could really,

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.500
 give myself over,

00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:33.239
 to God,

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:34.199
 for help.

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.639
 And I think God,

00:34:35.759 --> 00:34:36.460
 in his wrath,

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:37.119
 is still,

00:34:37.819 --> 00:34:38.400
 we see,

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:39.159
 we see,

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.799
 aspects of his mercy,

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.259
 so that,

00:34:41.260 --> 00:34:42.020
 we,

00:34:42.020 --> 00:34:42.260
 we,

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:43.620
 we see the full extent,

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.280
 of our sin,

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:46.540
 so that we feel,

00:34:46.620 --> 00:34:47.140
 the full extent,

00:34:47.220 --> 00:34:47.580
 of our sin,

00:34:47.640 --> 00:34:48.200
 it's no longer,

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:49.060
 an intellectual,

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:49.880
 understanding,

00:34:50.060 --> 00:34:51.460
 but a felt experience,

00:34:51.580 --> 00:34:52.480
 and we turn to him,

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:54.100
 because what we experience,

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:55.460
 isn't something we like.

00:34:56.140 --> 00:34:57.040
 We see that we are,

00:34:57.180 --> 00:34:59.340
 enslaved to our own desires,

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:01.220
 to our own debased mind.

00:35:02.520 --> 00:35:03.180
 Once again,

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:04.160
 quoting C.S. Lewis,

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:05.720
 in The Problem of Pain,

00:35:06.220 --> 00:35:08.460
 he says that,

00:35:08.540 --> 00:35:09.400
 actually this is,

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:11.260
 something that drives us,

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:11.900
 to humility,

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:12.599
 in faith.

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:14.079
 And this is what he says,

00:35:14.160 --> 00:35:15.660
 humility after the first shock,

00:35:15.700 --> 00:35:16.660
 is a cheerful virtue.

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.700
 I've been trying to make,

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.579
 the reader believe,

00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:20.780
 that we actually are,

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.840
 at present creatures,

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:23.320
 whose character must be,

00:35:23.740 --> 00:35:24.760
 in some respects,

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.860
 a horror to God,

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:27.079
 as it is,

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:28.460
 when we really see it,

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.500
 it's a horror,

00:35:29.660 --> 00:35:30.599
 also to ourselves.

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.360
 This I believe,

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:33.360
 to be a fact,

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.900
 and I notice that,

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:36.680
 the holier a man is,

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:38.179
 the more fully,

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:39.399
 he is aware,

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.440
 of that fact.

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:43.019
 God leads us,

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:44.719
 to,

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.559
 sorry,

00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:46.460
 leaves us,

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:47.299
 to ourselves,

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:48.579
 so that we may see,

00:35:48.799 --> 00:35:49.699
 the horror of our,

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.879
 actions,

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:51.779
 so that we may,

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:53.039
 cry out to mercy,

00:35:53.419 --> 00:35:53.699
 to him.

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:54.719
 That's the first,

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:56.299
 way that God will,

00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:57.619
 will redeem,

00:35:57.739 --> 00:35:58.480
 us rebels,

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.440
 making rebels,

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.059
 into sons,

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:00.799
 and daughters of God.

00:36:00.859 --> 00:36:01.619
 The second thing,

00:36:01.919 --> 00:36:02.599
 and we see it,

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:04.399
 this remedy for idolatry,

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:05.619
 in verse 25.

00:36:06.200 --> 00:36:06.700
 Look with me,

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.880
 back at verse 25.

00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:10.059
 Just the second part here.

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:14.360
 We'll read actually,

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:14.860
 all the verse.

00:36:15.180 --> 00:36:15.700
 Verse 25,

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.539
 because they exchanged,

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:17.519
 a truth about God,

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.079
 for a lie,

00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:18.800
 and worshipped,

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:19.800
 and served the creature,

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:21.420
 rather than the creator,

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.000
 and here it is,

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:24.820
 who is blessed forever,

00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:26.139
 amen.

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:28.039
 We see here,

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:28.720
 that the remedy,

00:36:29.220 --> 00:36:30.220
 for idolatry,

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:30.820
 that leads to,

00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:31.980
 all sorts of vices.

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:35.199
 In whatever form,

00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:35.780
 it may take,

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:37.079
 the remedy for it,

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.719
 is worship.

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:39.420
 The creator,

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:40.679
 should be worshipped,

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:41.500
 and extolled,

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:43.119
 for this is the purpose,

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:44.740
 for which we were made.

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:46.780
 As we return time,

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.320
 and again,

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:48.059
 to the gospel,

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:49.000
 which is the,

00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:49.360
 again,

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.599
 verses 16 and 17,

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:51.280
 of chapter 1,

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:52.219
 it's the power of God,

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:52.980
 for salvation,

00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:54.639
 in which his righteousness,

00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:56.000
 is revealed from faith,

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:56.960
 for faith,

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.780
 we begin to see,

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.579
 that God is,

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 he's incredibly merciful,

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 and in his love,

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 has made a way,

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 for us to return,

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 from our idolatry,

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 and self-worship.

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 So in the gospel,

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 the power of God,

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 what does it do?

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 It breaks the power,

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 of sin and death,

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 through the cross of Christ,

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 that just punishment,

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 for our rebellion,

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 and our idolatry,

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 it's paid.

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 And although we try,

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 to exchange,

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 the truth of God,

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 for a lie,

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 we've seen that,

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 three times,

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 in this section,

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 we try to exchange,

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 the truth of God,

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 for a lie,

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 in Christ,

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 God exchanges,

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 our unrighteousness,

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 and ungodliness,

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 and our rebellion,

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 and our sin,

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 and our brokenness,

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 for his righteousness,

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 so that we can then,

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 worship God,

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 in a way,

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 where he accepts us,

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 not because we have,

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 figured out,

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 the cheat code to life,

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 but because we have,

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 trusted him,

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 and put our faith,

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 into him.

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 And friends,

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 as we,

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 entrust ourselves,

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 to Christ,

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 bracing the full,

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 counsel of God,

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 as the ultimate truth,

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 enjoying the real beauty,

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 that points to the source,

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 of beauty,

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 and living in godliness,

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 as sons and daughters,

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 of the one true king,

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 we will find,

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 that worshiping God,

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 with our bodies,

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 and with our minds,

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 and with our desires,

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 and our passions,

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 will make us live,

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 not less robust lives,

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 but fully robust lives,

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 through Christ,

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 we know,

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 the true source,

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 of freedom,

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 not slavery,

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 but freedom,

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 no longer subject,

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 as,

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 as,

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 as,

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 and enslaved,

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 to our pleasures,

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 and our passions,

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 and our selfish ambition,

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 for the scripture says,

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 and this is one of these,

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 verses that we could say,

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 yes,

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 it is written,

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 for our good,

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 those whom Christ,

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 sets free,

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 are free indeed,

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 this is the word,

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 of the Lord,

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 friends,

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 and it is written,

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 for our good,

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 let us by faith,

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 embrace it,

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