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 In Galatians chapter 3, we're going to look at verses 15 to 25.

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 And we're doing an Advent series in the evening,

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 and from next week we'll do some Advent stuff in the mornings.

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 Galatians 3, 15 to 25.

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 Let me again plug just Tabletop Magazine.

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 I think it's a brilliant magazine on helping us get into the Bible

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 and read the Scriptures every day.

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 The articles are terrific,

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 and in fact I wish I'd read these articles before this sermon.

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 And so there's some very, very helpful stuff on faith alone,

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 the differences between biblical Christianity and orthodoxy

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 and biblical Christianity and the Roman Catholic Church.

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 And so take one, take two, take as many as you can use.

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 I think it's a terrific magazine.

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 In June of 1520,

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 three years after Martin Luther

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 nailed his 95 thesis to the door,

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 the castle door in Wittenberg,

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 Martin Luther was condemned by the Roman Catholic Church.

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 He was condemned by the Pope,

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 condemned as a heretic,

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 officially.

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 And so Luther was forbidden to preach and teach.

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 By way of response,

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 Martin Luther, who by all accounts is pretty fiery,

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 published three books.

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 The first book was on

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 the Christian nobility of the German nation.

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 It was a masterstroke.

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 If there's one way

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 to get the Germans behind you

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 in the Protestant Reformation

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 is to say,

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 well, you're not Italians, are you?

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 And it was a brilliant,

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 brilliant book.

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 It was a masterstroke,

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 politically.

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 The second book

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 that he wrote in 1520

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 was

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 The Babylonian Captivity of the Church.

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 It is a no-holds-barred

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 expose

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 of the Roman Catholic Church

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 and its abuses.

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 You feel like you want to wear

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 a safety helmet when you read it.

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 And then thirdly,

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 he wrote a little book called

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 The Freedom of the Christian.

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 You can still buy it today.

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 There are those who say

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 that The Freedom of the Christian

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 by Martin Luther

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 is one of the great pieces of literature

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 in Western civilization.

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 And in that little book,

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 he makes two propositions.

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 Number one,

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 that a Christian,

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 somebody who has put their faith

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 is an utterly free man.

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 Lord of all

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 and subject to none.

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 But secondly,

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 he says

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 that a Christian

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 is an utterly dutiful man.

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 The servant of all

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 and subject of all.

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 A free man,

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 Lord of all,

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 subject to no one.

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 A dutiful man,

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 subject,

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 a servant of all

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 and subject to all.

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 And it's the first

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 of those prepositions

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 that I think

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 Galatians chapter 3

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 verses 15 to 25

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 is all about.

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 that if you have put your faith

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and in him alone,

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 you are free.

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 The Lord of all,

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 subject to none.

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 Perhaps the key verse

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 in the book of Galatians

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 is chapter 5 verse 1.

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 Can you see that?

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 For freedom,

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 Christ has set us free.

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 for freedom,

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 Christ has set us free.

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 The theme tune

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 of Galatians

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 is freedom.

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 Freedom from the tyranny

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 of the law.

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 Freedom from the laws

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 of men.

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 Freedom from a guilty conscience.

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 Freedom from the laws

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 which the church

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 imposes upon us.

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 Freedom from the laws

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 of the Judaizers

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 of Paul's day

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 that they were imposing.

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 Freedom from the law

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 as a means of justification.

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 As a means of getting

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 right with God.

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 It is for freedom

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 that Jesus Christ

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 has set us free.

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 There were those

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 who turned up

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 in the Galatian church.

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 They were infiltrators.

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 And they were deeply

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 suspicious of the

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 Apostle Paul

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 and his message

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 of what he was preaching

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 and what he was doing.

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 The church is made up

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 largely of non-Jewish

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 Gentile Christians.

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 And these infiltrators,

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 these Judaizers

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 were insisting

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 it's not enough

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 to believe in the Lord Jesus.

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 It's not enough

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 to believe in the Lord Jesus.

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 There are certain

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 religious rights

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 that you have to do.

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 You have to obey

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 certain ceremonial laws

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 like circumcision

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 and food laws

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 and the Sabbath laws

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 and feast day laws.

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 And you have to do that

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 in order

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 to be made right with God.

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 To be justified.

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 It was insufficient.

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 It was not enough

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 to believe in Jesus.

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 You need to do

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 something extra.

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 And it was that

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 which led Paul

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 to cite Father Abraham

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 in Genesis 15.

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 Abraham was the

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 father of the Jews.

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 Do you remember

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 the infiltrators

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 the Judaizers

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 were saying

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 you've got to

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 get back to Moses.

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 You've got to get

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 back to the law.

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 And Paul says

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 I see you Moses

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 and I raise you

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 to Abraham

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 the father of the Jews.

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 And what Genesis 15

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 and verse 6 says

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 that Abraham

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 the father of the Jews

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 he believed.

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 He believed in God's promises.

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 And it was reckoned to him.

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 It was credited to him

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 as righteousness.

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 It was through the instrument

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 of faith

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 in the promise

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 that God had made

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 that God counted

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 Abraham as righteous.

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 God reckoned Abraham

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 as a law keeper.

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 And so the question is then

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 or what is the function

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 of the law?

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 If the apostle Paul

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 is saying

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 we are saved

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 apart from the law

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 apart from works

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 apart from obedience

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 apart from our trying

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 we are made right

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 with God

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 through faith

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 in Jesus Christ

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 alone

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 and apart from obedience

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 on our part

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 what is the point

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 of the law?

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 What is its purpose?

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 Look at verse 19

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 chapter 3

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 Why then

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 the law?

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 Why then

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 the law?

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 And Paul gives us

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 two answers

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 one is negative

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 and one is positive.

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 So first of all

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 let's look at the

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 negative answer.

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 What the law

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 cannot do.

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 What the law

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 cannot do.

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 The law

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 of God

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 cannot

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 annul

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 the promise

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 of God.

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 The law

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 of God

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 cannot

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 undo

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 the gospel

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 of God

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 the good news

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 of God.

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 At whatever

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 place

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 at whatever

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 function

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 the law

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 had

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 it cannot

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 subvert

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 the gospel.

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 You can't

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 leave

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 justification

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 by faith

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 alone behind.

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 There were those

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 in the church

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 in Galatia

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 just like there

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 are those

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 today who

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 suggest something

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 like this

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 that the gospel

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 brings you

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 to the front

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 door.

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 That the gospel

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 enables you

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 to put your

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 feet on

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 the front

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 step.

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 But in order

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 to keep going

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 in order to

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 reach the end

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 it is entirely

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 of works.

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 Do you remember

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 when you were

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 slightly nervous

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 of going

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 to someone's

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 house

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 and you were

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 being dropped

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 off by your

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 parents

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 and your

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 parents would

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 say listen

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 I'll drive you

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 to the steps

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 but you've

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 got to get

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 out and

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 knock the

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 door yourself.

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 You've got

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 to go in

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 yourself.

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 I'll take

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 you as

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 far as I

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 can take

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 you but

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 then it's

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 up to you

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 you've got

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 to go

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 in.

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 And there

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 were people

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 saying that

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 is what

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 the Bible's

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 message is.

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 The gospel

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 gets you to

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 the point

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 where it

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 gets you

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 on the

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 front step

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 but in

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 order to

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 keep going

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 as a

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 Christian

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 in order

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 to reach

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 the end

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 well then

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 it's about

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 what you

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 do.

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 It's about

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 our obedience

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 and Paul is

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 addressing that

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 here.

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 That

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 fundamental

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 pharisaical

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 spirit and

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 all of us

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 are recovering

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 pharisees in

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 some form or

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 another.

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 All of us

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 revert to

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 that religious

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 pharisee mode

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 and Paul is

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 addressing that

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 issue that

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 you begin by

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 faith and

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 then you are

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 made perfect

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 by the

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 works,

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 by flesh.

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 You begin

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 by the

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 spirit but

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 you are

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 made perfect

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 by the

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 flesh.

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 And so he

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 raises this

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 example and

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 it's an

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 example of

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 history from

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 Abraham.

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 And he

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 says in

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 verse 15,

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 can you see

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 it?

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 I'll give a

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 human example.

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 Brothers,

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 even with a

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 man-made

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 covenant,

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 no one

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 annuls it

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 or adds

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 to it once

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 it's been

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 ratified.

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 And the

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 word there

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 for covenant

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 is a

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 word called

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 diotheki,

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 it's quite a

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 prominent word

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 in Greek

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 in the New

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 Testament.

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 And there

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 are people

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 who say

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 what Paul

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 has in

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 mind here

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 is not

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 so much

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 God's

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 covenant

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 but a

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 last will

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 and testament.

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 And there's

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 a raging

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 debate,

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 hundreds of

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 PhDs have

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 been written

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 on it,

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 whether it

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 should be

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 rendered

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 covenant

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 or last

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 will and

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 testament.

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 And if

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 it's last

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 will and

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 testament,

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 there are

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 kind of

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 different

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 choices.

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 Was Paul

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 thinking of

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 the way

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 Romans did

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 last wills

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 and testaments

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 or was he

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 thinking about

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 the way

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 Greeks did

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 last wills

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 and testaments,

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 they were

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 different.

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 If you

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 used to

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 give a

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 Greek

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 last will

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 and testament,

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 it was very

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 clear that

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 once the

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 will had

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 been made

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 and the

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 testament had

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 been made

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 and had

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 been signed

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 and ratified

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 and placed

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 in the

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 depository,

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 it could not

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 be changed,

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 it could not

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 be annulled,

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 it could not

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 be broken,

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 it could not

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 be tampered

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 with.

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 It's a minister

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 I know quite

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 well in Wales

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 and very

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 foolishly,

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 when he

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 was asked

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 to be

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 an executor

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 of an

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 old lady

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 in his

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 church,

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 he said

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 yes,

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 never agree

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 to that

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 if you're

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 a minister,

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 it was a

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 total disaster.

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 She left

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 her entire

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 estate

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 between the

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 church,

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 50% went

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 to the

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 church

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 and 50%

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 went to

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 her family.

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 When she

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 died,

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 of course the

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 family found

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 out about

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 this and

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 they were

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 incensed,

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 they were

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 absolutely

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 furious.

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 They contested

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 it,

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 they went

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 to the

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 local

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 press.

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 They were

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 furious that

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 50% of

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 their mother's

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 estate went

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 to the

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 church and

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 they contested

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 it.

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 They contested

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 the way that

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 the will had

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 been drawn

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 up.

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 After

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 endless hassle

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 and it being

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 in the local

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 papers,

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 about a month

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 later the

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 lawyer called

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 my friend

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 and said

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 I've looked

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 into it

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 and the

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 will cannot

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 be altered.

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 The will

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 was entered

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 into legally,

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 it was ratified

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 legally and it

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 cannot be

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 changed.

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 And to

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 the boot

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 I've

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 charged the

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 family £1,000

00:11:07.060 --> 00:11:07.500
 for the

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 decision.

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 Can you

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 imagine

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 it made

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 things a

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 whole lot

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 worse.

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 The point

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 is this,

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 the illustration

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 is saying

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 this,

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 once a

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 will has

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 been done

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 it cannot

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 be changed.

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 And once

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 someone has

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 died,

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 then the

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 will certainly

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 cannot be

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 changed.

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 So it

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 could be

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 that,

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 or perhaps

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 Paul doesn't

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 have the

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 last will

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 and testament

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 in mind,

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 but as the

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 ESV suggests,

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 he has

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 God's

00:11:33.899 --> 00:11:34.199
 covenant.

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 And the

00:11:36.859 --> 00:11:37.299
 point about

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 God's

00:11:37.599 --> 00:11:38.139
 covenant is

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 this,

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 his word,

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 God's

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 word,

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 can never

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 be broken.

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 The grass

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 withers and

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 the flowers

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 fade,

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 but the

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 word of

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 our God

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 stands

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 forever.

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 And when

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 God gives

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 his word,

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 it is utterly

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 and completely

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 trustworthy.

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 And so he's

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 talking about

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 God's covenant

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 with Abraham,

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 that we read

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 of in

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 Genesis 12,

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 and then

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 the covenant

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 in Genesis 12

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 is ratified

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 in Genesis 15.

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 It's confirmed.

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 In Genesis 12,

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 actually,

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 the word covenant

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 does not

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 appear.

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 But in

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 Genesis 15,

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 he speaks about

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 the covenant

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 that's already

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 been made.

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 And so we

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 can defer

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 from that,

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 can't we,

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 that what

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 God did

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 in Genesis 12

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 is a covenant

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 with Abraham.

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 And in that

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 covenant,

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 God promised

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 to Abraham

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 land and

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 seed,

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 children,

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 and that

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 his children

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 would be like

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 the stars

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 in the sky

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 and like the

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 sand on the

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 seashore.

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 In chapter

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 15,

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 he ratifies

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 that covenant,

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 he confirms

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 it.

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 And that

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 covenant

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 would eventually

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 produce the

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 Lord Jesus

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 Christ.

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 And Paul

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 makes what

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 is a rather

00:12:53.319 --> 00:12:54.579
 obscure kind

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 of exegetical

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 point.

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 he kind

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 of looks

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 and sees

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 something that

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 we wouldn't

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 initially see

00:13:00.199 --> 00:13:00.639
 from Genesis

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 12 and

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 verse 15.

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 That when

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 God made

00:13:02.839 --> 00:13:03.339
 the promise

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 to Abraham,

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 he said,

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 to you and

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 your offspring,

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 singular.

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 Now there's a

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 sense which

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 that promise

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 that God

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 made to

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 Abraham was

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 to his

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 children and

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 to his

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 grandchildren and

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 his great

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 grandchildren after

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 them.

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 It's part of

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 the argument

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 of why we

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 baptise children,

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 that God's

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 promises always

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 include the

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 children of

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 believers,

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 that children

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 are included

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 within the

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 covenant.

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 But the

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 Apostle Paul

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 looks at it

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 and he draws

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 this one

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 particular point.

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 He says it's

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 singular.

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 And the

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 fulfilment of

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 the promise

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 in Genesis

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 12,

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 15,

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 17 is

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 ultimately

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 found in

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 the Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 So let me

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 tell you the

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 story of

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 Genesis 15.

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 Do you

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 remember how

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 God confirmed

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 how he

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 ratified his

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 covenant?

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 In Genesis

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 15,

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 we're told

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 that Abraham

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 was to

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 take a

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 cow and

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 a goat and

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 a ram and

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 a dove and

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 he was to

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 cut those

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 animals in

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 half.

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 And he was

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 to cut them

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 in half and

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 then he was

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 to separate the

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 two halves from

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 each other to

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 leave a path for

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 people to walk

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 through between

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 the carcasses.

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 And it's at

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 that point that

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 Abraham falls

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 fast asleep

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 into a deep

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 sleep.

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 And then do

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 you remember

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 what happened

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 in Genesis

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 15 where

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 he told

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 that a

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 smoking

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 furnace,

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 a firepot

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 came down.

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 It was

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 symbolic of

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 God's

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 presence.

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 And so

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 God's

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 presence comes

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 down while

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 Abraham is

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 in a deep

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 sleep and

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 the firepot,

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 the symbol of

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 God's presence,

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 passes between

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 the severed

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 pieces.

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 There's a

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 covenant made

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 but one

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 of the

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 parties of

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 the covenant

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 is fast

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 asleep and

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 the other

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 party of the

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 covenant walks

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 through.

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 Now when they

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 walk through

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 those severed

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 pieces of

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 animals,

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 what were

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 they saying?

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 They were

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 saying in that

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 agreement that

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 what has

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 happened to

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 these animals,

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 it should fall

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 on me,

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 it should happen

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 to me if I

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 break this

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 covenant.

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 That if I

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 break my

00:15:11.300 --> 00:15:11.759
 promise,

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 if I break

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 my word,

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 may what's

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 happened to

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 this cow cut

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 in two happen

00:15:16.419 --> 00:15:16.639
 to me,

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 may I be

00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:17.759
 cut in two?

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 And so you

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 have this

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 incredible promise

00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:22.679
 don't you,

00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:23.219
 that God

00:15:23.219 --> 00:15:24.240
 makes where

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 he takes

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 both the

00:15:25.539 --> 00:15:26.719
 blessings and

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 the curses of

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 the covenant

00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:28.519
 upon himself

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 and he says

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 if Abraham

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 or I

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 break this

00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:33.219
 covenant,

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 may the

00:15:34.099 --> 00:15:35.519
 curse fall

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 on me.

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 And where

00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:40.719
 is Abraham?

00:15:43.219 --> 00:15:43.740
 Fast

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 asleep.

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 God

00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:46.759
 is saying

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 if I

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 fail

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 to observe

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 the terms

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 of my

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 covenant

00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:51.720
 and if

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 Abraham

00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:53.259
 fails to

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 observe the

00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:54.319
 terms of

00:15:54.319 --> 00:15:54.720
 the covenant,

00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:56.580
 may the

00:15:56.580 --> 00:15:56.899
 covenant

00:15:56.899 --> 00:15:57.559
 curse

00:15:57.559 --> 00:15:58.500
 fall on

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 me.

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 It was a

00:16:00.699 --> 00:16:01.600
 binding oath

00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:02.419
 on God,

00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:03.879
 on God's

00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:04.279
 part for

00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:05.039
 blessing and

00:16:05.039 --> 00:16:05.659
 for curse.

00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:07.179
 His word

00:16:07.179 --> 00:16:07.879
 having been

00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:08.200
 given,

00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:09.980
 blood having

00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:10.720
 been shed,

00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:12.759
 that covenant

00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:13.259
 cannot be

00:16:13.259 --> 00:16:13.659
 nullified.

00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:16.620
 the law,

00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:18.559
 Mount Sinai,

00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:19.960
 came 430

00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:20.759
 years after

00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:21.080
 that.

00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:24.120
 430

00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:24.600
 years.

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 And so the

00:16:26.379 --> 00:16:27.019
 Apostle Paul,

00:16:27.100 --> 00:16:27.639
 he looks over

00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:28.600
 the history of

00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:29.559
 God's dealings

00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:29.799
 with his

00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:30.120
 people,

00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:30.699
 of the

00:16:30.699 --> 00:16:31.120
 history of

00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:31.480
 redemption,

00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:32.980
 and he

00:16:32.980 --> 00:16:33.559
 says the

00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:34.179
 law,

00:16:34.539 --> 00:16:35.819
 coming 430

00:16:35.819 --> 00:16:36.600
 years after

00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.100
 that covenant

00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:37.960
 with Abraham,

00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:39.200
 could not

00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:40.019
 break the

00:16:40.019 --> 00:16:40.480
 promise,

00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:41.279
 could not

00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:41.879
 annul the

00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:42.799
 promise given

00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:43.379
 to Abraham.

00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:47.039
 God

00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:47.340
 And so,

00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:48.980
 that God

00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:49.639
 wasn't saying,

00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:50.259
 well, it was

00:16:50.259 --> 00:16:50.960
 by faith in

00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:51.740
 Abraham's day,

00:16:52.299 --> 00:16:52.899
 but now

00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:53.699
 Moses' time

00:16:53.699 --> 00:16:54.059
 has come,

00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:54.439
 and so it's

00:16:54.439 --> 00:16:55.199
 the law and

00:16:55.199 --> 00:16:55.699
 works.

00:16:57.500 --> 00:16:58.019
 Paul is

00:16:58.019 --> 00:16:58.240
 saying,

00:16:58.399 --> 00:16:58.600
 it has

00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:00.699
 always been

00:17:00.699 --> 00:17:01.559
 by faith

00:17:01.559 --> 00:17:02.039
 alone.

00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:02.079
 Christian,

00:17:02.959 --> 00:17:04.819
 I remember

00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.579
 being asked,

00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:06.279
 as a kind

00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:06.539
 of young

00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:06.940
 Christian,

00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:09.859
 how did

00:17:09.859 --> 00:17:11.799
 Old Testament

00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:12.899
 believers

00:17:12.899 --> 00:17:16.700
 become

00:17:16.700 --> 00:17:17.139
 Christians,

00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:17.559
 if I can put

00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:17.980
 it like that?

00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:20.759
 And I

00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:21.220
 remember it

00:17:21.220 --> 00:17:21.859
 was like a

00:17:21.859 --> 00:17:22.259
 light bulb

00:17:22.259 --> 00:17:22.659
 moment.

00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:24.519
 It was like a

00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:24.899
 light bulb

00:17:24.899 --> 00:17:25.299
 moment.

00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.339
 That they

00:17:27.339 --> 00:17:28.279
 become Christians

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:29.420
 in exactly the

00:17:29.420 --> 00:17:30.000
 same way that

00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:30.579
 you and I

00:17:30.579 --> 00:17:30.859
 do.

00:17:31.940 --> 00:17:32.359
 That by

00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:32.960
 faith we

00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:33.880
 look back

00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:34.500
 to what

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:34.960
 Christ has

00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:35.099
 done.

00:17:35.339 --> 00:17:36.079
 By faith

00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:36.960
 they grasp

00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:37.359
 the promise

00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:37.720
 and they

00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:38.319
 look forward

00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:38.759
 to what

00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.220
 Christ has

00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:39.500
 done.

00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:42.960
 I think

00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:43.460
 Paul is also

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:44.000
 speaking here

00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:44.640
 in terms of

00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:44.980
 Christian

00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:45.720
 experience.

00:17:46.460 --> 00:17:47.160
 That we

00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:47.819
 receive

00:17:47.819 --> 00:17:48.559
 forgiveness

00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:50.359
 of sins

00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:51.740
 by faith

00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:52.279
 in Jesus

00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:52.720
 Christ

00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:54.159
 and by

00:17:54.159 --> 00:17:54.559
 faith in

00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:54.779
 Jesus

00:17:54.779 --> 00:17:55.059
 Christ

00:17:55.059 --> 00:17:55.399
 alone.

00:17:57.059 --> 00:17:57.659
 And we

00:17:57.659 --> 00:17:58.059
 have to be

00:17:58.059 --> 00:17:58.599
 absolutely

00:17:58.599 --> 00:17:59.259
 clear because

00:17:59.259 --> 00:17:59.859
 the drift

00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:00.200
 of our

00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:00.659
 hearts is

00:18:00.659 --> 00:18:01.200
 the opposite

00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:01.579
 way.

00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:02.399
 That we

00:18:02.399 --> 00:18:03.079
 don't begin

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:03.799
 by faith

00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:04.379
 and finish

00:18:04.379 --> 00:18:05.079
 by works.

00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:06.359
 We don't

00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:07.099
 begin by the

00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:08.679
 spirit and

00:18:08.679 --> 00:18:09.399
 finish by the

00:18:09.399 --> 00:18:09.599
 flesh.

00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:10.179
 We don't

00:18:10.179 --> 00:18:10.559
 get our

00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:11.179
 foot in the

00:18:11.179 --> 00:18:11.720
 door by

00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:12.220
 the gospel

00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:12.879
 and then

00:18:12.879 --> 00:18:13.599
 it's entirely

00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:14.319
 up to us.

00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:16.539
 The promise

00:18:16.539 --> 00:18:16.919
 was given

00:18:16.919 --> 00:18:17.399
 to Abraham

00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:18.500
 and it

00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:18.759
 was a

00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.100
 promise

00:18:19.100 --> 00:18:19.480
 that at

00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:20.000
 the heart

00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:20.240
 of it

00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:20.820
 a promise

00:18:20.820 --> 00:18:21.880
 of Jesus.

00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:24.060
 A promise

00:18:24.060 --> 00:18:24.480
 of the

00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:25.000
 provision of

00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:25.340
 God

00:18:25.340 --> 00:18:26.680
 in the

00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:27.000
 gospel.

00:18:27.380 --> 00:18:28.060
 The law

00:18:28.060 --> 00:18:29.060
 cannot

00:18:29.060 --> 00:18:30.060
 undo

00:18:30.060 --> 00:18:31.060
 justification

00:18:31.060 --> 00:18:31.780
 by faith.

00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:33.860
 The law

00:18:33.860 --> 00:18:34.480
 cannot

00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:35.200
 undo

00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:35.800
 your right

00:18:35.800 --> 00:18:36.259
 standing

00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:37.440
 with God

00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:38.340
 through faith

00:18:38.340 --> 00:18:38.780
 in Jesus

00:18:38.780 --> 00:18:39.220
 Christ.

00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:40.480
 It is not

00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:41.300
 justification

00:18:41.300 --> 00:18:42.120
 by faith

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 and then

00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:44.200
 sanctification

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 by works.

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 The law

00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:47.160
 cannot do

00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:47.700
 undo the

00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:47.880
 promise.

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 It's a

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 beautiful

00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:48.860
 verse,

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 verse 17.

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 You need

00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:51.580
 to meditate

00:18:51.580 --> 00:18:52.240
 on it

00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:52.680
 this week.

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 The law

00:18:56.900 --> 00:18:58.120
 does not

00:18:58.120 --> 00:18:58.800
 annul

00:18:58.800 --> 00:18:59.620
 God's

00:18:59.620 --> 00:18:59.860
 covenant.

00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:02.080
 It's an

00:19:02.080 --> 00:19:02.460
 amazing

00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:02.860
 thing.

00:19:04.360 --> 00:19:04.920
 The law

00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:05.540
 cannot

00:19:05.540 --> 00:19:06.140
 undo

00:19:06.140 --> 00:19:07.000
 the promise

00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:08.920
 and so

00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:09.340
 you look

00:19:09.340 --> 00:19:09.620
 to the

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 promise.

00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:11.519
 But then

00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:11.860
 secondly,

00:19:12.300 --> 00:19:12.800
 Paul makes

00:19:12.800 --> 00:19:13.200
 a positive

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:13.580
 statement.

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 What can

00:19:14.180 --> 00:19:14.480
 the law

00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:14.700
 do?

00:19:14.820 --> 00:19:15.220
 What does

00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:15.620
 the law

00:19:15.620 --> 00:19:15.940
 do?

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 What

00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.000
 then is

00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.120
 the

00:19:18.120 --> 00:19:18.360
 function

00:19:18.360 --> 00:19:18.620
 of the

00:19:18.620 --> 00:19:18.779
 law?

00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.320
 If the

00:19:21.320 --> 00:19:21.500
 law

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:21.820
 cannot

00:19:21.820 --> 00:19:22.160
 undo

00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:22.340
 the

00:19:22.340 --> 00:19:22.620
 promise,

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.360
 what's

00:19:23.360 --> 00:19:23.480
 the

00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:23.740
 function

00:19:23.740 --> 00:19:23.980
 of the

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.180
 law?

00:19:27.140 --> 00:19:27.600
 Now the

00:19:27.600 --> 00:19:28.019
 Reformation

00:19:28.019 --> 00:19:29.559
 understood

00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:29.980
 God's

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 law in

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 three ways.

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 It says

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 there's

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 three uses

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 of the

00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:32.960
 law.

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.120
 I know

00:19:33.120 --> 00:19:33.299
 it's been

00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:33.660
 hard work

00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:33.960
 this morning

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 but stick

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 with me.

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 First of

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 all it

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 talks about

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 the civil

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 use of

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 the

00:19:38.320 --> 00:19:38.519
 law.

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:41.119
 And so

00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:41.559
 the use

00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:42.000
 of God's

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.319
 law in

00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:42.759
 society,

00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:43.119
 this is

00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:43.420
 God's

00:19:43.420 --> 00:19:43.720
 world,

00:19:43.879 --> 00:19:44.139
 God's

00:19:44.139 --> 00:19:44.359
 law.

00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:46.420
 The use

00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:46.839
 of the

00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:47.279
 law in

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:47.599
 framing

00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:48.160
 society

00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:48.960
 after the

00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:49.099
 Ten

00:19:49.099 --> 00:19:49.519
 Commandments.

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 The rules

00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:51.579
 and the

00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:52.000
 regulations

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.599
 for ordinary

00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:53.200
 society

00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:54.759
 was God's

00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:55.079
 law.

00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.200
 And there's

00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:57.700
 a sense

00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.059
 in which

00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.480
 God's

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.599
 law was

00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:00.059
 given

00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:01.180
 to bring

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:02.259
 civilisation.

00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:04.099
 The use

00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:04.339
 of the

00:20:04.339 --> 00:20:04.720
 law in

00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:05.539
 civil life

00:20:05.539 --> 00:20:06.819
 to restrain

00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:07.339
 public

00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:08.000
 wickedness

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:09.079
 and maintain

00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:09.619
 order in

00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:10.019
 society.

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:10.559
 Of course

00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:10.839
 you see

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.379
 that fully

00:20:11.379 --> 00:20:11.819
 don't you

00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:12.119
 in the

00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:12.480
 nation of

00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:12.740
 Israel

00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:12.960
 in the

00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:13.079
 Old

00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:13.399
 Testament.

00:20:13.899 --> 00:20:14.259
 But that

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.819
 still stands

00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:15.220
 today.

00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:16.700
 We see

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.559
 the disaster

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.619
 that comes

00:20:18.619 --> 00:20:19.000
 upon a

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.539
 country that

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.319
 gives itself

00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:20.960
 up on

00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:21.279
 God's

00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:21.519
 law.

00:20:24.399 --> 00:20:25.039
 But there's

00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:25.440
 a second

00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:25.899
 use of

00:20:25.899 --> 00:20:26.259
 the law.

00:20:28.139 --> 00:20:28.480
 And it's

00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:28.879
 what we see

00:20:28.879 --> 00:20:29.339
 here in

00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:29.700
 the Apostle

00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:29.920
 Paul.

00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:31.059
 He says

00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:31.879
 the law

00:20:31.879 --> 00:20:32.639
 is a

00:20:32.639 --> 00:20:33.259
 guardian

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:34.799
 or a

00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:35.299
 pedagogue,

00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:35.859
 a teacher.

00:20:37.819 --> 00:20:38.339
 Then there's

00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:38.700
 a third

00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:39.000
 use of

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.220
 the law

00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:40.220
 where it's

00:20:40.220 --> 00:20:40.440
 a kind

00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:41.180
 of didactic

00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:41.480
 sense.

00:20:41.899 --> 00:20:42.339
 The law

00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:42.720
 as a

00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:43.200
 rule for

00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:43.500
 life,

00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:43.940
 it is to

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.619
 guide our

00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:45.559
 behaviour as

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.419
 believers,

00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:47.480
 to reflect

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.059
 the blessings

00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:48.419
 of the

00:20:48.419 --> 00:20:48.859
 grace which

00:20:48.859 --> 00:20:49.119
 we've

00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:49.599
 received.

00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:51.519
 It sets

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:51.940
 a pattern

00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.220
 for the

00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:52.480
 Christian

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:52.659
 law.

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.359
 But what

00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:53.700
 Paul is

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.019
 doing in

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.659
 verse 19

00:20:54.659 --> 00:20:55.200
 is he's

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:55.940
 saying about

00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:56.539
 that second

00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:57.000
 use of

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:57.440
 the law,

00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.599
 that it

00:20:59.599 --> 00:20:59.940
 is a

00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:00.279
 teacher,

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.099
 it is a

00:21:01.099 --> 00:21:01.619
 guardian.

00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:03.680
 It was

00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.940
 added because

00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:05.299
 of

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:06.100
 transgressions,

00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:06.500
 rebellion.

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:08.039
 It was

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.820
 added because

00:21:08.820 --> 00:21:08.940
 of

00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.519
 transgressions.

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.080
 There's a

00:21:10.080 --> 00:21:10.640
 sense in

00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:11.059
 which the

00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:12.299
 law only

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:13.100
 multiplies our

00:21:13.100 --> 00:21:13.460
 need.

00:21:14.860 --> 00:21:15.539
 The law

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:16.640
 only multiplies

00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:17.279
 our sinfulness.

00:21:18.840 --> 00:21:19.500
 It only

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:20.080
 shuts us up.

00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:20.460
 Look at what

00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:20.799
 it says in

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.299
 verse 22.

00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:21.820
 He talks about

00:21:21.820 --> 00:21:22.220
 the scriptures

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:22.779
 there, that

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.259
 the scriptures

00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:23.980
 imprisoned

00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.539
 everything.

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.660
 The scripture

00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.620
 imprisoned

00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:29.420
 everything under

00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:30.340
 sin so that

00:21:30.340 --> 00:21:31.000
 the promise by

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.460
 faith in

00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:32.100
 Jesus Christ

00:21:32.100 --> 00:21:32.940
 might be given

00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:33.299
 to those

00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:33.840
 who believe.

00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:36.140
 When the

00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:36.940
 law comes,

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:39.059
 it demonstrates

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.500
 what sin

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:39.740
 is.

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.480
 When the

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:41.980
 law comes,

00:21:42.080 --> 00:21:42.940
 it magnifies

00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.980
 our sin and

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.580
 our failure

00:21:44.580 --> 00:21:45.019
 and our

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.700
 inability and

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.360
 our bondage.

00:21:48.360 --> 00:21:49.160
 There is a

00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:49.980
 sense in

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.340
 which when

00:21:50.340 --> 00:21:50.720
 the law

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.440
 comes, all

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:51.880
 it does is

00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:52.380
 kill and

00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:53.960
 destroy and

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.279
 imprison.

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.920
 The world

00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:58.259
 thinks in

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:58.660
 this way,

00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.000
 the world

00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.580
 thinks that

00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:01.000
 the obligation

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.639
 to do

00:22:01.639 --> 00:22:02.220
 something

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:03.619
 implies the

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.119
 ability to

00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:04.460
 do it.

00:22:06.139 --> 00:22:06.720
 That's how

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.139
 the world

00:22:07.139 --> 00:22:07.379
 thinks.

00:22:07.439 --> 00:22:07.659
 The world

00:22:07.659 --> 00:22:08.159
 thinks if

00:22:08.159 --> 00:22:08.419
 you are

00:22:08.419 --> 00:22:09.879
 obliged to

00:22:09.879 --> 00:22:10.659
 do something,

00:22:10.919 --> 00:22:11.359
 then you

00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:11.819
 must have

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.279
 the ability

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:12.899
 to do it.

00:22:14.919 --> 00:22:15.599
 The Bible

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:16.179
 however flips

00:22:16.179 --> 00:22:16.559
 that on its

00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:16.859
 head.

00:22:19.419 --> 00:22:20.139
 You are

00:22:20.139 --> 00:22:20.659
 under

00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:21.439
 obligation,

00:22:22.159 --> 00:22:23.399
 but you

00:22:23.399 --> 00:22:23.720
 cannot

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.199
 obey.

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:27.139
 That's the

00:22:27.139 --> 00:22:27.720
 frustration,

00:22:27.919 --> 00:22:28.220
 isn't it?

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:31.279
 the difficulty

00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:31.960
 of God's

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.539
 law is it

00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.099
 says do

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:33.899
 this and

00:22:33.899 --> 00:22:34.439
 you and

00:22:34.439 --> 00:22:35.039
 I cannot

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.579
 do it.

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.659
 The law

00:22:37.659 --> 00:22:38.539
 says go

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:40.259
 here and

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.599
 you find

00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:41.139
 yourself going

00:22:41.139 --> 00:22:41.379
 in the

00:22:41.379 --> 00:22:41.579
 opposite

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:42.039
 direction.

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.119
 And when

00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:44.559
 the law

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:44.939
 came,

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.399
 Paul here

00:22:45.399 --> 00:22:45.759
 is speaking

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.220
 perhaps about

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.559
 the history

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.019
 of redemption,

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.220
 but also

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.699
 when we

00:22:48.699 --> 00:22:49.019
 speak about

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.819
 our experience,

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.159
 this is how

00:22:51.159 --> 00:22:51.799
 we experience

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.279
 the law.

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:56.039
 So think

00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:56.779
 with me about

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.259
 Romans chapter

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:57.699
 7.

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:58.819
 In fact,

00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.159
 come back

00:22:59.159 --> 00:22:59.460
 with me to

00:22:59.460 --> 00:22:59.819
 Romans chapter

00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.139
 7.

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.539
 Romans chapter

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:00.980
 7 and

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.500
 verse 7,

00:23:02.659 --> 00:23:03.359
 where Paul

00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:03.839
 says this,

00:23:03.899 --> 00:23:04.220
 he says,

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:04.639
 and what

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:04.939
 then should

00:23:04.939 --> 00:23:05.639
 we say?

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.460
 Romans 7

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:07.819
 verse 7,

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.139
 what then

00:23:08.139 --> 00:23:08.419
 shall we

00:23:08.419 --> 00:23:08.819
 say?

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:09.599
 That the

00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:10.019
 law is

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.419
 sin?

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.139
 Well,

00:23:11.179 --> 00:23:11.500
 by no

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.039
 means.

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.379
 Yet,

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:14.700
 if it

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.159
 had not

00:23:15.159 --> 00:23:15.659
 been for

00:23:15.659 --> 00:23:16.220
 the law,

00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:16.759
 I would

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.079
 not have

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:18.039
 known sin.

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.119
 For I

00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:20.519
 would not

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:20.819
 have known

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.119
 what it

00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:21.439
 is to

00:23:21.439 --> 00:23:22.480
 covet if

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:22.799
 the law

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.079
 had said

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.359
 you shall

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:23.500
 not

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:23.720
 covet.

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.639
 But sin,

00:23:26.439 --> 00:23:27.279
 seizing an

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 opportunity through

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 the commandment

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 produced in

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:29.200
 me all

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.579
 kinds of

00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:30.000
 covetlessness.

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 For apart

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.559
 from the law,

00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.039
 sin lies

00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:33.380
 dead.

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:35.000
 I was

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:36.279
 once alive,

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:36.740
 apart from

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.120
 the law,

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.579
 but when the

00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:38.940
 commandment

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.319
 came,

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.160
 sin came

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.640
 alive and

00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:42.120
 I died.

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.019
 What's he

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.380
 saying there?

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.720
 He's talking

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.099
 about his

00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:49.539
 life as a

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:49.940
 Pharisee,

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.220
 as a

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.839
 religious man.

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:52.720
 He's talking

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:52.980
 about his

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.740
 life before he

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.319
 became Christian.

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.680
 He was alive

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.019
 once,

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.279
 that's how

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:56.700
 he felt.

00:23:57.879 --> 00:23:58.420
 He felt

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:58.599
 he was

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:58.940
 alive,

00:23:59.079 --> 00:23:59.539
 a man

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 full of

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 vigour,

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.839
 and moral

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.259
 power,

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:02.779
 but then

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.059
 the law

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.440
 of God

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:03.799
 came,

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.339
 and it

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:05.980
 convicted him,

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:06.279
 and it

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:07.119
 incarcerated him,

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.379
 and it

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:07.579
 put him

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:07.980
 in prison,

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.519
 and it

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:08.900
 shut him

00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.059
 up,

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.579
 and it

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:10.119
 showed the

00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:10.639
 apostle Paul

00:24:10.639 --> 00:24:10.940
 that he

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.579
 couldn't do

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:11.980
 what God

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.379
 was asking

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:12.599
 him to

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:12.859
 do.

00:24:14.139 --> 00:24:14.539
 It

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.119
 showed him

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:15.279
 his

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:15.740
 inability,

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:16.680
 it showed

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:16.940
 him his

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.379
 sinfulness

00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:17.759
 and his

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.379
 wretchedness.

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.220
 It only

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.920
 demonstrated

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.220
 that he

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.440
 couldn't

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:20.619
 save

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:21.039
 himself.

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.879
 When the

00:24:24.879 --> 00:24:25.639
 law came,

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:27.359
 he died.

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.740
 He felt

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.420
 once,

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.240
 he felt

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.759
 alive,

00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:32.059
 he felt

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.299
 he was

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.700
 full of

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.059
 life and

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.240
 vigour.

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.259
 Our

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.639
 friends who

00:24:34.639 --> 00:24:34.799
 are not

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.079
 Christians,

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.420
 they're not

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:35.819
 gloomy,

00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:36.359
 in the

00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:36.559
 main,

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.019
 they're not

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.339
 always

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:37.660
 down.

00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:39.400
 They are

00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:40.039
 alive without

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.639
 the law,

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.379
 and then the

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:42.139
 law comes

00:24:42.139 --> 00:24:42.440
 when they

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:43.000
 understand it,

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.259
 and it

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.639
 shows them

00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:43.779
 their

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.139
 inability,

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:45.940
 and it

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.259
 shows them

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.420
 their

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:46.799
 sinfulness,

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.160
 and it

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:47.480
 shows them

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.000
 their need,

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.519
 and it

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:48.839
 shows them

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.000
 their

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.720
 wretchedness,

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.279
 and they

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.579
 die.

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:53.819
 It's

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.199
 like being

00:24:54.199 --> 00:24:54.539
 imprisoned.

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:54.899
 It's

00:24:54.899 --> 00:24:55.159
 like the

00:24:55.159 --> 00:24:55.539
 rich young

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:55.799
 ruler.

00:24:55.939 --> 00:24:56.039
 Do you

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.240
 remember the

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.519
 rich young

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:56.720
 ruler?

00:24:56.919 --> 00:24:57.279
 He comes

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.859
 to Jesus,

00:24:58.439 --> 00:24:59.119
 and he

00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.460
 says to

00:24:59.460 --> 00:24:59.659
 Jesus,

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.199
 this amazing

00:25:00.199 --> 00:25:00.500
 question,

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:00.839
 what must

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.199
 I do to

00:25:01.199 --> 00:25:01.720
 inherit eternal

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.059
 life?

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.779
 And Jesus

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.199
 says,

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:03.919
 you know

00:25:03.919 --> 00:25:04.259
 the ten

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.679
 commandments,

00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:05.419
 go and

00:25:05.419 --> 00:25:05.720
 do them.

00:25:07.919 --> 00:25:08.279
 The

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.599
 rich young

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.079
 ruler says,

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:10.699
 well, all

00:25:10.699 --> 00:25:11.079
 these I've

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:11.500
 kept since I

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:11.720
 was a

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.000
 boy.

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.379
 He

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:14.539
 hasn't

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:14.859
 understood

00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:15.299
 the law.

00:25:16.439 --> 00:25:16.639
 He

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.119
 feels he's

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:17.500
 alive.

00:25:18.439 --> 00:25:18.919
 He feels

00:25:18.919 --> 00:25:19.399
 full of

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:20.299
 moral courage

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:20.740
 and virtue.

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.079
 He says

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.440
 to Jesus,

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.000
 all these

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.200
 I've

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.399
 kept

00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:22.720
 since I

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:22.940
 was a

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.259
 boy.

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:24.339
 It's

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:24.460
 his

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:24.799
 problem.

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.180
 He

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:26.359
 didn't

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:26.779
 understand

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.000
 it.

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:27.559
 Paul

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.059
 talks in

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.419
 Philippians

00:25:28.419 --> 00:25:28.839
 3,

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:30.159
 concerning

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:30.720
 zeal,

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:31.319
 he talks

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:31.559
 about his

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.119
 life before

00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:32.419
 he became

00:25:32.419 --> 00:25:32.759
 a Christian,

00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:33.259
 concerning

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.720
 zeal,

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.379
 as to

00:25:34.379 --> 00:25:34.899
 the law,

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.180
 as to

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.639
 righteousness

00:25:37.639 --> 00:25:38.200
 under the

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.379
 law,

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:38.940
 blameless.

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.500
 That's what I

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:39.740
 thought I

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:39.940
 was.

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.159
 That's how

00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:42.539
 I felt.

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.139
 I felt

00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:43.619
 alive.

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:45.440
 And then

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:45.779
 the law

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.279
 came and

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.659
 it imprisoned

00:25:46.659 --> 00:25:46.980
 me.

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:48.659
 And it

00:25:48.659 --> 00:25:49.039
 hand me

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.299
 in.

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:52.279
 Paul uses

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:53.059
 two metaphors.

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.099
 One of the

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:56.579
 metaphors that

00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:57.200
 he uses is

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.019
 this metaphor

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.819
 of a

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.339
 pedagogue

00:25:59.339 --> 00:25:59.339


00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:02.819
 He uses

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.379
 the image

00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:03.779
 of a

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.519
 prison guard!

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:06.359
 but he

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:06.980
 also uses

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.519
 this

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:09.980
 metaphor of

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.400
 a pedagogue.

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.019
 A pedagogue

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.660
 in Greek

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.319
 or Roman

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:12.819
 culture was

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.559
 a man

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:14.079
 usually was

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.799
 a slave

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:16.519
 and that

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:16.859
 slave would

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:17.460
 be hired

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:18.559
 to disciple

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.279
 and train

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:19.819
 and teach

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:21.000
 the child.

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.480
 And he

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:22.740
 would go

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.099
 everywhere

00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:23.440
 with him.

00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:24.980
 He would

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.200
 go to

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.700
 school with

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.160
 the child.

00:26:26.379 --> 00:26:26.720
 He would

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.079
 come home

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.299
 with the

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:27.420
 child.

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.700
 He would

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.079
 discipline

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.519
 the child

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.099
 all with

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.700
 a view

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.379
 to

00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:30.859
 disciplining

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.079
 him.

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:32.819
 That's what

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.079
 the law

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.339
 does.

00:26:33.419 --> 00:26:33.519
 It

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:33.839
 disciplines

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.240
 us.

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.039
 The law

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.539
 hangs us

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:36.679
 in.

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.259
 The law

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.659
 is like

00:26:37.659 --> 00:26:37.859
 one of

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.019
 those

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.579
 sheep dogs

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:38.819
 in a

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.379
 sheep trial

00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:39.700
 kind of

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.379
 biting at

00:26:40.379 --> 00:26:40.919
 our feet

00:26:40.919 --> 00:26:41.759
 trying to

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.319
 get us

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:43.319
 to where

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:43.619
 we need

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:43.899
 to go

00:26:43.899 --> 00:26:44.200
 to.

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:47.059
 And the

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.420
 law is

00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:47.840
 like all

00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:48.140
 of those

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.559
 restraints

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:48.900
 and you

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:51.279
 it pushes

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.740
 you and

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.400
 it prods

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:53.539
 you until

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.000
 you realise

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.299
 there is

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.900
 only one

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.360
 place to

00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:55.660
 go.

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.640
 And the

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.200
 only place

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:58.440
 that you

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:58.819
 can go

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.160
 the law

00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.720
 teaches us

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.080
 is to

00:27:00.080 --> 00:27:00.319
 Jesus

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:00.799
 Christ.

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.960
 What does

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.380
 the law

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:03.720
 do?

00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:04.519
 The law

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.700
 drives us

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:07.180
 to Jesus

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.600
 Christ.

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.440
 The law

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:11.420
 kicks away

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:11.980
 our self

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.640
 reliance

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:13.280
 and it

00:27:13.280 --> 00:27:13.720
 drives us

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.160
 to faith

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.480
 and to

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.040
 faith alone.

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.120
 And not

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:17.580
 just for

00:27:17.580 --> 00:27:17.720
 our

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.120
 justification

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.480
 that's

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:18.780
 Paul's

00:27:18.780 --> 00:27:19.020
 point.

00:27:19.320 --> 00:27:19.560
 It's not

00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:20.020
 just for

00:27:20.020 --> 00:27:20.180
 our

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:20.920
 justification

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.740
 the law

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.180
 cannot

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.700
 make you

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.100
 right with

00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:23.380
 God

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:24.020
 but the

00:27:24.020 --> 00:27:24.280
 law

00:27:24.280 --> 00:27:24.840
 cannot

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:25.520
 sanctify

00:27:25.520 --> 00:27:25.820
 you.

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.020
 It

00:27:26.020 --> 00:27:26.220
 cannot

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.520
 make

00:27:26.520 --> 00:27:26.620
 you

00:27:26.620 --> 00:27:26.800
 more

00:27:26.800 --> 00:27:27.080
 holy.

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.440
 There

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:30.820
 is a

00:27:30.820 --> 00:27:31.520
 view

00:27:31.520 --> 00:27:31.740
 isn't

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:31.860
 there

00:27:31.860 --> 00:27:32.000
 in

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.200
 churches

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.440
 like

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:32.720
 ours

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:32.920
 that

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.800
 you're

00:27:33.800 --> 00:27:34.160
 justified

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.440
 by

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 faith

00:27:35.020 --> 00:27:36.100
 but

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:36.300
 you're

00:27:36.300 --> 00:27:36.720
 sanctified

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 by the

00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:37.340
 law.

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 And that

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 is a

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.720
 disaster

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 because

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.180
 we're

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 never

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 able

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 to

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 do

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 it.

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 Any

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.380
 obedience

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:44.660
 we are

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:44.780
 to

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 offer

00:27:45.100 --> 00:27:45.300
 to

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 the

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:45.880
 law

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 and

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:47.480
 we

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 are

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 to

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 walk

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 by

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 the

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 fruit

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:48.860
 of

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 the

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 we

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 do

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 so

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 by

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.380
 the

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:50.860
 strength

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 and

00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:51.280
 the

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 power

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 of

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 the

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 Holy

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 Spirit

00:27:52.280 --> 00:27:52.820
 in

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 union

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 and

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 communion

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 with

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 Because

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 apart

00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:58.440
 from the

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:58.580
 Lord

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 Jesus

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 we can

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 do

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 nothing.

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 But

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 there is a

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 view

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 isn't there

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 that Paul

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 is addressing

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 here

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 those who

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 begin

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.200
 by

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.660
 faith

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.200
 and

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:08.320
 that

00:28:08.320 --> 00:28:08.420
 they

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:08.560
 are

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 made

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 perfect

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 by

00:28:09.320 --> 00:28:09.460
 the

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!

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 And

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 Paul

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 says

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.360
 no

00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:10.579
 that's

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:10.960
 nonsense.

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 It's a

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:13.700
 way of

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.180
 disaster

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:16.559
 and it's

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 a way

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:16.940
 of

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.220
 ruin.

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 And so

00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:20.200
 what is

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.339
 the

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:20.640
 function

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:20.839
 of

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:20.980
 the

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.220
 law?

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.319
 Some

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:22.539
 of you

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 are

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.039
 wondering

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.380
 well

00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:23.720
 what is

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:23.980
 the

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.900
 function

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.079
 of

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.200
 the

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.420
 law

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:25.579
 in

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:25.700
 the

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:25.920
 life

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.039
 of

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 a

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.500
 Christian?

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 Are

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.180
 Christians

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 obligated

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 to

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 obey

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 the

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 Ten

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 Commandments?

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 The answer

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 to that

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:32.620
 is of

00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:32.920
 course.

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 You've

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:34.720
 got to

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 read to

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 Galatians

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:35.900
 chapter 5

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.480
 verse 6

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.440
 where Paul

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 gives

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.200
 lots of

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.700
 prohibitions

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.019
 and lots

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.120
 of

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 commands.

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 Do

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:40.700
 this

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 and

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:40.920
 don't

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 do

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.299
 that.

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 But

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:43.620
 his

00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:43.880
 point

00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:44.039
 is

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.200
 this

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.519
 any

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.019
 obedience

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.279
 that we

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.640
 offer

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:48.700
 is

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:48.920
 not

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.240
 our

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.640
 obedience

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:50.060
 solely

00:28:50.060 --> 00:28:50.400
 it is

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:50.700
 because

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:50.920
 we

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:51.080
 are

00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:51.660
 united

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.259
 by

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.759
 faith

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.020
 to

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 the

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:53.280
 Lord

00:28:53.280 --> 00:28:53.520
 Jesus

00:28:53.520 --> 00:28:53.980
 Christ.

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 And

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.420
 it's

00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:56.720
 only

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.100
 because

00:28:57.100 --> 00:28:57.259
 we

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 are

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 cleansed

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 and

00:28:58.360 --> 00:28:58.780
 forgiven

00:28:58.780 --> 00:29:00.600
 and

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:00.720
 the

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.020
 promise

00:29:01.020 --> 00:29:01.200
 has

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.360
 been

00:29:01.360 --> 00:29:01.660
 given

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:01.900
 to

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.240
 us

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.759
 that

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.080
 cannot

00:29:03.080 --> 00:29:03.300
 be

00:29:03.300 --> 00:29:03.640
 annulled

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:03.800
 and

00:29:03.800 --> 00:29:04.120
 cannot

00:29:04.120 --> 00:29:04.340
 be

00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:04.580
 taken

00:29:04.580 --> 00:29:05.000
 away.

00:29:06.580 --> 00:29:07.160
 And

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:07.480
 so

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.040
 trusting

00:29:08.040 --> 00:29:08.280
 in

00:29:08.280 --> 00:29:08.460
 that

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:08.800
 promise

00:29:08.800 --> 00:29:09.020
 we

00:29:09.020 --> 00:29:09.200
 are

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.620
 free

00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:09.840
 to

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.060
 obey

00:29:10.060 --> 00:29:10.420
 God's

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:10.660
 law.

00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:13.759
 And

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:13.860
 so

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:13.980
 he

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.300
 addresses

00:29:14.300 --> 00:29:14.580
 you

00:29:14.580 --> 00:29:14.980
 today

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.320
 you

00:29:15.320 --> 00:29:15.480
 who

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:15.620
 have

00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:15.899
 come

00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:16.139
 this

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:16.599
 morning

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:18.319
 bowed

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:18.819
 down

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.599
 beneath

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:19.899
 a load

00:29:19.899 --> 00:29:20.319
 of care

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.699
 and a load

00:29:20.699 --> 00:29:21.079
 of guilt

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:23.619
 you

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:23.859
 who have

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.119
 come

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:24.519
 and you

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:24.979
 are aware

00:29:24.979 --> 00:29:25.399
 that you've

00:29:25.399 --> 00:29:25.739
 sinned

00:29:25.739 --> 00:29:26.179
 and you've

00:29:26.179 --> 00:29:26.399
 fallen

00:29:26.399 --> 00:29:26.899
 short of

00:29:26.899 --> 00:29:27.239
 the glory

00:29:27.239 --> 00:29:27.579
 of God

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:27.919
 like all

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:28.159
 of us

00:29:28.159 --> 00:29:28.439
 have

00:29:28.439 --> 00:29:31.359
 and you've

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:31.739
 not done

00:29:31.739 --> 00:29:32.139
 the things

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:32.439
 that you've

00:29:32.439 --> 00:29:32.799
 promised to

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.059
 do

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:34.759
 and you've

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.259
 not lived

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.659
 up to the

00:29:35.659 --> 00:29:36.019
 vows you

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.500
 made last

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:36.879
 Sunday

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:39.579
 and it

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.119
 weighs on

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.339
 you

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:43.399
 it weighs

00:29:43.399 --> 00:29:43.719
 on you

00:29:43.719 --> 00:29:44.239
 there is

00:29:44.239 --> 00:29:44.759
 within each

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.299
 one of us

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.500
 a

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.119
 recovering

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:48.019
 pharisaical

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.480
 mode

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.879
 that

00:29:49.879 --> 00:29:50.359
 operates

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:51.259
 in our

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.460
 minds

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:51.960
 there's

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.519
 a view

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:52.779
 in our

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.019
 minds

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.339
 that we've

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:53.639
 got from

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:53.879
 somewhere

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.319
 that Jesus

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.839
 brings us

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.079
 to the

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:55.639
 front door

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.399
 he opens

00:29:56.399 --> 00:29:56.899
 the passenger

00:29:56.899 --> 00:29:57.460
 side and he

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:57.779
 says you're

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:57.980
 on your

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.259
 own from

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.639
 now on

00:29:58.639 --> 00:30:00.059
 the rest

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.399
 of life

00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:00.919
 is entirely

00:30:00.919 --> 00:30:01.220
 up to

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.579
 you

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:04.339
 but the

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.799
 law of

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.220
 God

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:07.819
 drives us

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.339
 to Jesus

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:08.919
 Christ

00:30:08.919 --> 00:30:10.639
 and to

00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:11.099
 the gospel

00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:13.819
 and so

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.279
 we are

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:14.859
 justified

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:16.119
 by faith

00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:18.019
 and we

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.480
 live

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.379
 by faith

00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:21.199
 in the

00:30:21.199 --> 00:30:21.559
 Lord Jesus

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:21.859
 Christ

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:22.339
 let's pray

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 let's

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 let's

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 let's

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 let's

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 let's

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 let's

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 let's

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 let's

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 let's

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