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 All right, well, thank you for your patience.

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 Philippians chapter 1.

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 Our sermon text today is Philippians 1-6,

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 but I'd like to read the whole prayer,

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 so we're going to read verses 1 through 11.

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 Philippians 1, verses 1 through 11.

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 And I read this trusting that it is God's inspired,

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 inerrant, infallible, clear, and sufficient word.

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 It's God's very own word for you, His people.

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 Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ,

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 to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi,

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 with the bishops and deacons,

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 grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

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 always in every prayer of mine,

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 making requests for you all with joy

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 for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now.

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 being confident of this very thing,

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 that He who has begun a good work in you,

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 will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

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 Just as it is right for me to think this of you all,

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 because I have you in my heart,

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 inasmuch as both in my chains

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 and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel,

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 you all are partakers with me of grace.

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 For God is my witness,

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 how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.

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 Verse 9,

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 And this I pray that your love may abound still more and more

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 in knowledge and all discernment,

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 that you may approve the things that are excellent,

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 that you may be sincere and without offense

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 till the day of Christ,

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 being filled with the fruits of righteousness,

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 which are by Jesus Christ,

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 to the glory and praise of God.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 You may be seated.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, thank you for how your Holy Spirit illumines to us

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 a glimpse of the eternal reality

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 that Jesus Christ,

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 God the Son,

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 He took on flesh.

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 He accomplished the mission the Father gave Him to do.

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 That He is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.

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 And one day He will come.

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 And He will judge the living and the dead

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 according to your standard.

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 We praise you, Lord,

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 that though you owe man nothing,

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 you could have left us in our fallen sinful state,

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 you have come through Jesus Christ

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 to bring a people to yourself.

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 We thank you that you are still at work

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 completing in your people

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 that which Jesus Christ finished

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 in His life, death, and resurrection.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 that through the ministry of your word,

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 you will accomplish that

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 in whoever you give eyes to see

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 and ears to hear.

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 And we pray that more will come, Lord.

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 More will come to know

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 how good and how gracious you are.

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 For your glory we ask.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 When you get to watch a master craftsman

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 at his work,

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 it holds you for a while, doesn't it?

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 I can just be amazed

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 watching so many people

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 that are good at their craft

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 do their work.

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 I had a very simple repair

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 that needed to be done.

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 It was a rock that hit my windshield.

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 And I just had to stand there

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 and observe and watch him come

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 and put the machine on

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 and scrape out the bits of glass.

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 And just to watch someone

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 really good at what they do

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 fix a piece of glass

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 was fascinating to me.

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 I was gripped.

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 I remember a sign

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 at a mechanic shop growing up

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 and it was something like

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 $50 to fix your car,

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 $75 if you watch,

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 and then $100 if you ask questions,

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 $150 if you try to help.

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 So, to watch is one thing.

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 The beautiful thing, though,

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 is that in Jesus Christ,

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 as he pulls us into his church,

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 we get to watch the master work.

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 I'd like to draw your attention

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 one more time to verse 6 in our text.

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 Philippians 1.6

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 Paul has his eyes open

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 to the work that God is doing.

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 And it fills him with joy

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 and thanksgiving and confidence.

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 And he writes,

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 I am confident of this very thing

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 that he who began a good work in you

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 will complete it

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 until the day of Jesus Christ.

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 Well, I encourage you

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 to memorize this verse.

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 And I challenge you to do it

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 in the next 30 minutes.

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 And to help you,

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 I'm going to read it for you

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 about six times as we go.

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 And all I want to do this morning

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 is apply this beautiful truth

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 to five categories of people

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 focused on one word or phrase

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 in Philippians 1.6 each time.

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 The first phrase I want to focus on

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 is that God begins this work.

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 He who has begun this good work in you.

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 So I want to talk first of all to you

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 in whom God has not yet begun a good work.

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 And my encouragement to you is very simple.

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 I believe there's some in our congregation

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 for whom this is still true.

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 And maybe there's others within earshot.

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 If God has not yet begun his good work in you,

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 ask him to.

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 See, you and I, we need God to work on our hearts.

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 Amen?

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 Amen?

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 We need this.

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 Here's the difference.

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 We go to a doctor, a heart doctor even,

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 and he'll say,

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 you got a heart problem.

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 Do I have your attention now?

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 Will you listen?

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 Will you do what I've said?

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 And we want to take on for ourselves

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 all the things we need to do

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 to fix the heart problem

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 the doctor told us about.

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 Try to get your heart rate up

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 for 20 minutes a day.

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 Watch your diet.

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 Get some omega-3 into your system.

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 And then we go and do those things

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 because the doctor said,

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 you got a heart problem.

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 But that's not what Paul is preaching

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 to the church, is it?

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 He says,

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 he who has begun a good work in you.

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 In other words,

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 it's God who is doing this work in your heart.

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 The reason for this is because

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 we can't work on our own hearts this way.

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 We are born without the Holy Spirit.

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 We are born under the curse of Adam.

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 Every single person.

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 Fallen.

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 Condemned.

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 Twisted.

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 Distorted.

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 Bent toward evil.

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 That's how we're born

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 and brought into this world.

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 The image of God still remains,

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 but it's defaced.

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 Like you take a penny

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 and scrape the face.

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 God must begin

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 His good work in you.

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 Listen to this verse.

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 Isaiah 64-7.

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 It was one that we came across

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 in our study with the men

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 on Wednesday mornings.

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 It shakes me in my boots still today.

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 Isaiah 64-7.

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 There is no one

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 who calls on your name,

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 he's telling God.

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 There is no one

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 who stirs himself up

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 to take hold of you.

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 You, God,

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 have hidden your face from us.

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 You have consumed us

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 because of our iniquities.

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 Iniquities.

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 Listen to how the ESV

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 puts that last statement.

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 God,

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 you have made us

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 melt

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 in the hand

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 of our iniquities.

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 Well,

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 we know what sin is.

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 Sin is when we fall short

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 of the glory of God.

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 Iniquity

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 is when we sin

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 with a heavy hand

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 lifted up against God.

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 It's the most serious

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 type of sin.

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 And God has made us

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 melt

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 in the hand

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 of our own iniquities.

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 And that's why

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 there's no one

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 who calls on the name

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 of God

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 if we're left to ourselves.

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 Amen?

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 God's work begins

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 only after

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 your self-righteous

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 work ends.

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 God begins a good work

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 in each one of His people,

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 but He begins that

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 only after

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 your and my

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 self-righteous work

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 has come to its end.

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 We've run out.

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 We're exhausted.

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 We're done trying

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 on our own.

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 And this is good news.

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 This is really

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 the beginning

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 of the Gospel.

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 Listen to how Paul

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 put this in Colossians 2.12.

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 You must first get buried

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 with Jesus Christ

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 in baptism.

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 You must die

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 to self-righteous

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 efforts and works.

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 Die to yourself

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 in trying to save yourself.

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 And when you receive

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 Him by faith

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 alone

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 in Jesus Christ

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 alone

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 by His grace

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 alone

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 then you are also

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 raised

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 with Jesus Christ

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 through faith

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 in the powerful

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 working

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 of God.

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 It's the powerful

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 work of God

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 that begins

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 this good work

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 of regeneration.

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 How powerful

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 is the work of God

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 to begin

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 in your heart

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 and in mine?

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 It's the same power

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 with which God

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 raised Jesus Christ

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 from the dead.

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 In the Gospels

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 of Mark and Matthew

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 we read about

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 a real estate mogul.

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 A man

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 who owned

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 a lot of property.

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 And this man

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 came up to Jesus

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 and asked this question

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 in Mark 10.17.

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 What shall I do

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 that I

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 may inherit

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 eternal life?

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 And Jesus

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 exposes him.

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 You think you need

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 to do more

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 and you can do more?

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 Jesus says

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 you've kept

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 all the moral law.

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 How about your heart?

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 Have you kept

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 the moral law

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 of God

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 in a loving way

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 in your heart

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 as well?

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 See some have said

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 the point of this

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 is to make that man

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 go back

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 and try even harder.

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 And it's just

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 the opposite.

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 The point

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 is that you can't

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 try hard enough

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 on your own.

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 The point of the law

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 in its first use

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 is to crush you.

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 You can never

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 make yourself right

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 with God

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 by your own efforts

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 by your own works.

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 This ruler

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 was unwilling

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 to give up

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 trying to save himself.

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 He wanted to do more

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 and he wanted to

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 inherit

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 eternal life

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 by his own standing.

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 And the Lord Jesus

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 laid him flat.

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 God's work begins

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 in your heart

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 and in mine

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 only after

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 your self-righteous

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 work ends.

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 So,

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 for you

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 in whom God

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 has not yet begun

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 his good work,

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 ask him

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 to do that.

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 Ask him

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 to bring you

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 to the end

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 of yourself

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 and work

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 powerfully in you

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 in the way

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 that only he can.

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 God's work

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 will be

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 good.

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 The second

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 word I want

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 to share with you

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 and encourage you

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 with from our

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 verse is the word

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 good.

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 Notice in verse 6,

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 Paul says,

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 I am confident

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 of this very thing

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 that he who has

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 begun a good

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 work in you

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 will complete it

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 until the day

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Christ.

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 Maybe there are

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 some today

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 who don't know

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 or who have

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 forgotten

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 even in a subtle

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 way

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 that God's work

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 in his people

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 in your heart

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 is a good

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 work.

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 It's painful,

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 it's devastating

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 at times,

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 right?

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 But it is good.

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 So you who do

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 not trust

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 that God's work

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 is good,

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 my prayer for you

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 today is that

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 you will ask him

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 to prove

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 that this is so

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 in your own life,

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 that you can add

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 your own testimony.

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 My life

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 has also proven

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 that God's work

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 is always good.

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 You know what was

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 the sin

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 of the prodigal son?

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 He did a lot of sins

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 with his flesh,

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 but his sin started

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 in his heart

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 before that,

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 didn't it?

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 The prodigal son,

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 he thought that

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 taking all of his

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 inheritance up front,

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 leaving his father's

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 household,

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 using all that money

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 to throw parties,

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 to have fake friends,

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 share fake laughs,

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 and give himself

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 to prostitutes,

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 he thought all of that

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 was more good

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 than being right

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 with his dad

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 and dwelling secure

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 in his father's

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 household.

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 In this parable,

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 do you see how

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 this is exactly

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 what Christ

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 came to reveal

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 to people

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 who are fallen

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 in our sin

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 and whose minds

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 are still twisted,

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 chasing after

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 the lust of the flesh?

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 He revealed

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 the most good

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 is being right

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 with the father.

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 It doesn't get

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 any better than that.

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 And that's how

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 Jesus Christ

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 reveals the father

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 to you and me.

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 It's the father

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 who runs to greet you

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 with open arms,

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 unashamed.

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 He doesn't care

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 how bad you smell.

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 You're covered

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 in the slop

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 of pigsties

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 and your own vomit.

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 And he brings you

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 into his loving arms.

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 That's how good

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 the father is.

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 1 Peter 2.3

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 encourages the church

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 to taste

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 and see

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 that the Lord

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 is good.

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 It's not enough

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 for me to tell you this

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 or maybe kids

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 for your parents

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 to tell you

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 the Lord is good.

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 I've tasted

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 and I've seen.

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 You need to taste

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 and see for yourself

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 the Lord

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 is good.

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 How good

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 is the Lord?

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 He's as much good

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 as light is

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 compared to darkness.

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 He's so much more good

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 like life

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 is over death.

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 He's so good.

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 He's a God

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 of blessings

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 when you deserve wrath.

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 The word good

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 in Philippians 1.6

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 it carries with it

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 the meaning of

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 that which is

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 honorable,

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 excellent,

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 pleasant,

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 agreeable,

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 joyful,

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 happy.

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 And maybe the word

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 that summarizes

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 all of that

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 representing God

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 himself is

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 good means gracious.

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 God's work

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 in you,

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 inside of you,

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 in your inner being,

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 in your soul,

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 it is a good,

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 gracious work.

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 I love how our

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 confession of faith

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 summarizes this

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 on regeneration.

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 This is the teaching

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 of scripture summarized,

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 boiled down.

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 You and I were dead,

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 but God

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 enlightened your mind

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 savingly

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 to understand

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 the things of God.

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 He took away

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 your heart of stone

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 and he gave you

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 a heart of flesh.

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 He renewed your will.

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 He makes you love

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 what he says is good

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 by his power.

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 And he effectually

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 draws you to

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Yet,

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 so as you come freely,

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 like the prodigal son

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 sprinting,

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 hoping he'll be

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 accepting me

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 and welcoming me home.

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 And Jesus came to say,

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 of course,

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 he will.

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 And this is all

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 because he has

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 made you willing

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 by his grace.

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 You see how good

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 and gracious is

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 in working inside of you

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 from start to finish.

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 That's why we sing

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 with the hymn,

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 Oh, how great

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 thy loving kindness,

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 vaster,

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 broader than the sea.

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 Oh, how marvelous

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 thy goodness

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 lavished on me.

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 So you who do not yet

00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:23.060
 trust that God's work

00:16:23.060 --> 00:16:23.659
 is good,

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 I pray that you will

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 ask him

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 to prove so

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 in your own life.

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 The third phrase

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 I want to focus on

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 is not only

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 on how he began this,

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 but how he completes this.

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 Because I don't think

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 I've said anything

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 now that's too new

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 to you all,

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 but I do think

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 that I and all of us

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 have a tendency

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 in our flesh

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 and maybe we've sat

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 under teaching

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 to the contrary

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 about how is it

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 that God completes

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 this work.

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 Let me read verse 6

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 one more time.

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 I am confident

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 of this,

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 this very thing,

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 that he

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 who has begun

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 a good work

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 in you

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 will complete it

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 until the day

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 So I want to

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 encourage you

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 who want to

00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:16.059
 complete this work

00:17:16.059 --> 00:17:17.640
 in yourself,

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 for yourself,

00:17:19.220 --> 00:17:20.680
 to ask God

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 to reform

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 your thinking.

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 Don't reform

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 your thinking

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 to what you hear me say

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 or what you read

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 somewhere else.

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 let the Spirit

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 through the Word

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 of God

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 reform our thinking

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 on this.

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 So you who want

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 to complete the work

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 that God started

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 in you

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 for yourself,

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 you need to ask

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 God to reform

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 your thinking.

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 I've thought a lot

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 this week,

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 why is it that we

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 want to add something

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 to God's salvation?

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 I think it's because

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 we really want

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 to respond

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 in gratitude,

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 that's probably

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 where it starts,

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 but then it's also

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 that we fear

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 that maybe I'm

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 not truly saved.

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 Maybe there's

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 something more

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 I can do

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 to help secure

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 myself.

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 And it's so subtle,

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 but then our flesh

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 wants to teach

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 ourselves that

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 we can do this,

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 we can secure

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 ourselves

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 by completing

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 what God started.

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 or at least

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 helping God

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 complete what

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 He started.

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 But verse 6

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 could not be

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 any more clear.

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 He who began

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 a good work

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 in you,

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 He and no one

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 else is the one

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 who will complete

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 it in you.

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 You're probably

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 already ahead of me

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 on why this is

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 so significant.

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 It's because

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 whoever began

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 the work

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 gets the glory

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 for beginning

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 the work.

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 And whoever

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 completes the work

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 or has a share

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 in completing

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 the work,

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 gets the glory

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 or at least

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 a share

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 of the glory

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 in completing

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 it.

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 So God's glory

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 is what's at

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 stake with

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 this doctrine.

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 We can put

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 this question

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 this way.

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 How are you

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 and I

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 finally saved

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 if you want

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 to even put

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 that qualifier

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 in front of it?

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 There's a very

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 well-known,

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 well-respected

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 pastor who

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 on many other

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 doctrines is

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 wonderful,

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 but I just want

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 to be cautious

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 for myself

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 and for your ears.

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 This is how

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 subtle it can be.

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 Listen to what

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 this pastor

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 has written

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 and see if you

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 agree with it.

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 Quote,

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 no holiness,

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 no heaven.

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 Works of faith,

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 obedience of faith,

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 fruits of the

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 spirit that come

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 by faith

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 are necessary

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 for our

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 final salvation.

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 So,

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 we should not

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 speak of getting

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 to heaven

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 by faith alone

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 in the same way

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 we are justified

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 by faith alone.

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 Do you see

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 how subtle

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 this is?

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 A crack

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 in the door

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 and enough

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 of a distortion

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 comes in

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 that it can

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 have a wrong

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 effect on

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 true believers.

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 That's my

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 caution.

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 It can

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 feed that

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 part of our

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 flesh that

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 wants to

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 secure ourselves

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 and inevitably

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 is siphoning

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 away some

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 glory from

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 God.

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 Here's how

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 we can twist

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 that in our

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 mind.

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 We can take

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 that to

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 mean that

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 I must

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 now muster

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 up enough

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 faith,

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 enough faith,

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 so that

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 I can then

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 do enough

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 works,

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 enough works.

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 How much

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 is enough?

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 That I can

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 obey enough,

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 that I can

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 show enough

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 to finally

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 be saved.

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 That doesn't

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 sound right,

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 does it?

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 What I want

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 to persuade you

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 with today

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 is reading

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 about four

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 or five

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 Bible verses

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 so you

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 can hear

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 the word

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 of Scripture

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 which I

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 believe is

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 very clear

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 on this

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 point.

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 Notice how

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 that is not

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 at all

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 the tone

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 of Paul.

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 By the

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 mercy of

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 God,

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 by the

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 strength

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 and the

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 energy

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 of God,

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 Paul

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 outworked

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 any

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 believer,

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 I think,

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 any saved

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 sinner,

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 he outworked.

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 Listen to

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 how Paul

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 puts it.

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 In the

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 same way

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 that God

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 began a

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:05.819
 good work

00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:06.460
 in you,

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 God

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:07.859
 completes

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 his

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 work.

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 Colossians

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 1.29,

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 Paul wrote,

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 I struggle,

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 I toil

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 with all

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 his energy

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 that he

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 powerfully

00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:17.700
 works in

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 me.

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 That's a

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 very different

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:20.440
 tone.

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 Galatians

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 3.2,

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 Paul writes,

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 let me ask

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 you this,

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 did you

00:21:25.619 --> 00:21:26.480
 receive the

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 Spirit by

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:27.539
 works of

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 the law

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 or by

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:29.220
 hearing with

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 faith?

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 Are you

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 so foolish

00:21:31.139 --> 00:21:31.819
 having

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.579
 begun by

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:33.119
 the Spirit,

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 are you

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.700
 now being

00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:35.599
 perfected

00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:36.359
 by the

00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:36.799
 flesh?

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:39.700
 Philippians

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 2.13,

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 it is

00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:42.180
 God

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:43.240
 who works

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.119
 in you

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 both to

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:45.940
 will

00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:47.180
 and to

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 work

00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:48.899
 for his

00:21:48.899 --> 00:21:49.859
 good pleasure.

00:21:50.659 --> 00:21:51.180
 You hear

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.799
 Paul's tone.

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 I don't think

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.079
 it could be

00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:53.379
 any more

00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:53.720
 clear.

00:21:54.419 --> 00:21:54.740
 God

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.639
 completes

00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:56.599
 his work

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:57.579
 in his

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 people

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.919
 by his

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 power

00:21:59.379 --> 00:21:59.940
 alone.

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 2.

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.640
 Peter 1.3,

00:22:03.600 --> 00:22:04.740
 his divine

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.460
 power

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.660
 has granted

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.320
 to us

00:22:07.320 --> 00:22:07.880
 all that

00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:08.420
 we need

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:09.380
 for life

00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:10.299
 and godliness.

00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:12.019
 You see,

00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:12.980
 it's God's

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.779
 divine power

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.180
 that has

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 granted

00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:15.120
 our final

00:22:15.120 --> 00:22:15.700
 salvation

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.920
 through the

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:17.539
 knowledge of

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.240
 him who

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:19.100
 called us

00:22:19.100 --> 00:22:20.039
 to his

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:20.920
 own glory

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:22.220
 and excellence.

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 So for you

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.259
 who want

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:27.120
 to complete

00:22:27.120 --> 00:22:28.299
 this work

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:28.740
 that God

00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.400
 began in you

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:30.240
 for yourself,

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:31.740
 ask God

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.500
 to reform

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.559
 your thinking

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:35.240
 and he

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.759
 graciously

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.100
 will.

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.339
 The fourth

00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:39.279
 word in our

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:39.759
 verse today

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.220
 that I want

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:40.720
 to encourage

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.200
 you with

00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:42.140
 is the word

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:42.740
 confident.

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.860
 Confident.

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.319
 I am

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.140
 confident of

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:48.360
 this,

00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:48.860
 that he

00:22:48.860 --> 00:22:49.279
 who has

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:50.039
 begun a good

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.720
 work in you

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:52.259
 will complete

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:53.220
 it until

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.779
 the day

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.380
 of Jesus

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:54.920
 Christ.

00:22:57.120 --> 00:22:57.960
 Most likely

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.579
 some of you

00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:58.880
 if you're

00:22:58.880 --> 00:22:59.420
 like me,

00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.200
 today you

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:01.799
 need to be

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.460
 strengthened

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:04.180
 with confidence.

00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:06.079
 You need

00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:06.339
 to be

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:06.680
 strengthened

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.519
 with confidence

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.200
 and my

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:08.600
 prayer is

00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:08.880
 that you

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.660
 will ask

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.100
 God to

00:23:10.100 --> 00:23:10.680
 help you

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.559
 trust him,

00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:13.039
 the source

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.339
 of your

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:13.880
 confidence.

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:17.100
 Paul says

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 I am

00:23:17.600 --> 00:23:18.480
 confident of

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:18.960
 this very

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.319
 thing.

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 He's

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 confident,

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:21.700
 he's

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.039
 certain,

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:22.779
 sure,

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 fully

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.420
 persuaded

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:25.360
 of this

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 very

00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:25.940
 thing.

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.799
 God

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.299
 will

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.079
 finish

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:30.059
 what

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:30.380
 God

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:30.880
 started.

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.319
 That word

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:34.920
 confident

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:36.360
 was used

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:36.880
 mockingly

00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.380
 of Jesus

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:38.079
 Christ as

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.420
 he hung

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:38.720
 on the

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.100
 cross

00:23:39.100 --> 00:23:39.960
 to pay

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.340
 for our

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:40.620
 sin.

00:23:41.340 --> 00:23:41.440
 In

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:41.660
 Matthew

00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:42.400
 27

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:43.039
 verse

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.559
 43

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:44.420
 they mocked

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 and they

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:45.480
 said let

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 God

00:23:45.900 --> 00:23:46.360
 deliver

00:23:46.360 --> 00:23:46.680
 him.

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 He

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.140
 trusted,

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:48.680
 that's the

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.059
 same word,

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:50.000
 he had

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.680
 confidence

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:52.000
 in God.

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 Do you

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:54.880
 need to be

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 strengthened

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 with such

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 confidence?

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 One of my

00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.200
 favorite

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 Puritans

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 John

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 Flavel

00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:00.700
 he

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.880
 he fell

00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.720
 so passionately

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.279
 about this

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.859
 he ministered

00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.099
 to the

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.460
 church.

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:05.059
 Church

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:06.200
 did Christ

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.740
 finish

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.599
 his work

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.599
 for us?

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.279
 Then there

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:11.000
 can be no

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.380
 doubt

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:12.140
 he will

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:13.079
 also finish

00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:13.740
 his work

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.759
 in us.

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 Amen?

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 That's the

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 source of

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 our

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 confidence.

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 And it's

00:24:19.919 --> 00:24:20.240
 good that

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.879
 we desire

00:24:20.879 --> 00:24:21.119
 that

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.619
 confidence

00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:21.959
 that

00:24:21.959 --> 00:24:22.459
 blessed

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 assurance

00:24:23.179 --> 00:24:24.459
 that's

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 a gift

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.119
 from the

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 Holy

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:25.759
 Spirit.

00:24:27.159 --> 00:24:27.839
 We need

00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.039
 that

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 confidence

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 in our

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 own

00:24:28.959 --> 00:24:29.199
 lives

00:24:29.199 --> 00:24:29.399
 for

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 ourselves

00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:30.099
 for

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 our

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 soul.

00:24:31.639 --> 00:24:32.099
 We

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 also

00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:32.919
 are

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 burdened

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 and we

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:33.719
 should

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 pray

00:24:34.139 --> 00:24:34.519
 that

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:34.679
 God

00:24:34.679 --> 00:24:34.839
 will

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.059
 help

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 our

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 loved

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:35.719
 ones

00:24:35.719 --> 00:24:35.919
 to

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 trust

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:37.099
 God

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:37.759
 and

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.000
 gain

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.259
 such

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 confidence.

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 And I

00:24:41.699 --> 00:24:42.019
 pray that

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 you will

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 also at

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.000
 least

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:44.319
 allow

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 God

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.079
 to stir

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.419
 up a

00:24:45.419 --> 00:24:45.699
 portion

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 of your

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 heart

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.700
 to care

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:46.900
 that

00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:47.200
 he will

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:47.580
 complete

00:24:47.580 --> 00:24:47.960
 the work

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.299
 for this

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:48.900
 congregation.

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.100
 Paul,

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.420
 by the

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:50.580
 way,

00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:50.920
 is writing

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.279
 to a

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.519
 church,

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:51.960
 isn't he?

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:52.640
 For the

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.440
 church at

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:53.840
 Philippi,

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.340
 all the

00:24:54.340 --> 00:24:54.660
 saints,

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:55.420
 with the

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:55.860
 elders and

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.220
 deacons.

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 I'm

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.240
 confident

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:58.019
 for the

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.360
 church,

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:58.860
 for all

00:24:58.860 --> 00:24:59.140
 of you,

00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.539
 and under

00:24:59.539 --> 00:24:59.960
 Christ's

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.180
 name,

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:00.799
 as a

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.039
 gathered

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.620
 congregation,

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.180
 Christ

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:02.680
 will finish

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:02.980
 what he

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.319
 started

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:03.759
 for you.

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.759
 John

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.220
 Gill had

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.460
 written

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:09.880
 this,

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.299
 and to

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.660
 me this

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.059
 was such

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.640
 a powerful

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.240
 encouragement

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.740
 for my

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.240
 confidence

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:16.160
 in this

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:16.440
 truth,

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:16.759
 that I

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.339
 can trust

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:17.839
 God to

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.099
 finish

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.400
 what he

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:18.779
 started.

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:20.579
 Quote,

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:21.599
 where there

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.220
 is grace,

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.660
 there will

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.799
 be glory.

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:26.599
 Grace is

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:26.920
 what we

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.420
 need now,

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:27.839
 the moment

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.339
 we first

00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:28.839
 believed,

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:29.599
 when he

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.200
 first began

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.559
 this good

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:30.920
 work in

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.120
 us,

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:32.000
 and glory

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.359
 is what

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:32.680
 he holds

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.059
 up to

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.759
 us for

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.279
 eternity,

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.359
 to come

00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:35.779
 with Jesus

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.319
 Christ.

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.279
 Where there

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.940
 is grace,

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.220
 there will

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:40.299
 be glory.

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.579
 Is there

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.120
 grace in

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:42.539
 your life

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.039
 from God?

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.079
 God,

00:25:44.139 --> 00:25:44.819
 there will

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.359
 be glory.

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.220
 Here's

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.720
 John Gill's

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.339
 argument for

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:48.980
 proving this.

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.200
 God carries

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.799
 out his

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.339
 good work

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:51.819
 in your

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.200
 life

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.839
 according

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.460
 to who

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.399
 he is.

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.619
 He is

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.279
 unchangeable

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.539
 in his

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:56.899
 nature,

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.460
 in his

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:57.899
 purposes,

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:58.680
 in his

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.159
 promises,

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.000
 and in his

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.399
 calling.

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.420
 God is a

00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:01.759
 rock,

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:02.779
 and his

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.720
 work will

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.639
 be perfected

00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:05.319
 by his

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:06.079
 power sooner

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.859
 or later

00:26:06.859 --> 00:26:07.159
 in his

00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:07.480
 people.

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:09.420
 Because God

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.159
 is faithful.

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.920
 He will

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:12.220
 never forsake

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:12.960
 the work

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.500
 of his

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:13.960
 hands.

00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:14.940
 He alone

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.640
 has the

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.500
 power to

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.019
 accomplish

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.900
 what he

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.500
 intends

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.400
 in you.

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:22.180
 Listen to

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.600
 what John

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:23.100
 Gill said.

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.519
 It's even

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.240
 better because

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.720
 it's not

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.259
 attached to

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.720
 you at

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:26.980
 all.

00:26:27.580 --> 00:26:28.160
 It happens

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.600
 in you,

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.140
 but it's

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:29.680
 for God

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.040
 himself.

00:26:31.060 --> 00:26:31.700
 God has

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.400
 too much

00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:33.580
 of himself

00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:34.480
 pledged

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:35.259
 to leave

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.840
 his works

00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:36.500
 in your

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:36.960
 hands.

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:39.819
 Did you

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.299
 catch that?

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.559
 Let me run

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:42.000
 that one by

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.319
 you one

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.779
 more time.

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.779
 God has

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.480
 too much

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.519
 of himself

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.579
 pledged

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.799
 to leave

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.779
 his work

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.539
 in your

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:50.960
 hands.

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.579
 He is

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:53.940
 committed

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:55.120
 to completing

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:55.519
 what he

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.160
 started in

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.360
 you.

00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:57.380
 If this

00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:57.819
 work is

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.579
 not finished,

00:26:58.860 --> 00:26:59.180
 then the

00:26:59.180 --> 00:26:59.700
 glory of

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.059
 God the

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.640
 Father in

00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:01.240
 your election,

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:01.920
 in the

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.420
 covenant of

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:02.759
 grace,

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.720
 in your

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.240
 salvation,

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:04.960
 in the

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.400
 mission of

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:05.860
 his son,

00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:06.920
 the glory

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.400
 of Christ

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:08.000
 and redemption

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.820
 and of

00:27:08.820 --> 00:27:09.420
 the spirit

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:10.539
 and sanctification

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:10.980
 would be

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.560
 entirely

00:27:11.560 --> 00:27:12.539
 lost.

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.200
 God has

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.779
 way too

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.120
 much

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:16.300
 of himself

00:27:16.300 --> 00:27:17.860
 pledged

00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:18.980
 to leave

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.560
 this good

00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:20.340
 work and

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:20.840
 the finishing

00:27:20.840 --> 00:27:21.420
 of the work

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:21.980
 he started

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.759
 in your

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.240
 hands or

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.500
 mine.

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.420
 Praise

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.220
 God and

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.860
 all glory

00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:26.279
 be to

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.560
 God.

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.640
 So he's

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.080
 confident

00:27:30.080 --> 00:27:30.980
 of this

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.680
 very thing.

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.500
 And the

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.680
 last phrase

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.440
 I want to

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.120
 encourage you

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:37.179
 with is

00:27:37.179 --> 00:27:37.719
 the end

00:27:37.719 --> 00:27:38.559
 that this

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:38.879
 is all

00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:39.179
 for.

00:27:39.179 --> 00:27:41.059
 I am

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.539
 confident

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.099
 of this

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:42.659
 that he

00:27:42.659 --> 00:27:43.279
 who has

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.859
 begun a

00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:44.259
 good work

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.619
 in you

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:44.859
 will

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.399
 complete

00:27:45.399 --> 00:27:45.739
 it

00:27:45.739 --> 00:27:46.659
 until

00:27:46.659 --> 00:27:47.819
 the day

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.679
 of Jesus

00:27:48.679 --> 00:27:49.199
 Christ.

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:51.119
 This is

00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:51.439
 what it

00:27:51.439 --> 00:27:51.799
 is all

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.179
 for.

00:27:52.679 --> 00:27:52.919
 It's

00:27:52.919 --> 00:27:53.399
 the chief

00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:53.759
 end of

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.099
 man

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:55.239
 to glorify

00:27:55.239 --> 00:27:56.059
 and enjoy

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.559
 God

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.299
 forever.

00:27:58.419 --> 00:27:59.099
 The day

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.539
 of Jesus

00:27:59.539 --> 00:27:59.959
 Christ

00:27:59.959 --> 00:28:00.479
 is coming.

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:03.819
 church

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.620
 the Lord

00:28:04.620 --> 00:28:05.460
 who began

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.039
 his good

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.660
 work in

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:06.940
 you

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:08.240
 he will

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:09.039
 complete

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.339
 it

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:10.059
 in his

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.279
 own

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.799
 timeline

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.620
 for each

00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:12.000
 soul

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:13.099
 and for

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.640
 the church

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.599
 global

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.519
 invisible

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.579
 under the

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.019
 one true

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.420
 God

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.299
 on his

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:18.839
 timeline.

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:19.500
 He

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.079
 will

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.779
 finish

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.420
 what he

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:21.860
 started.

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.059
 Someone

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.579
 made a

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:27.019
 joke that

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.279
 there are

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.839
 two seasons

00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.579
 in Colorado.

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.879
 there's

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.460
 winter

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.299
 and then

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:31.539
 there's

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.099
 construction.

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.399
 Those are

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:33.699
 the two

00:28:33.699 --> 00:28:34.099
 seasons.

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:34.720
 When it's

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.439
 not snowing

00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:35.919
 there's

00:28:35.919 --> 00:28:36.359
 construction

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:36.919
 being done.

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.240
 I'm

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.539
 familiar

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.019
 with one

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.659
 job site

00:28:39.659 --> 00:28:40.639
 here in

00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:40.960
 Parker

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:42.659
 at which

00:28:42.659 --> 00:28:43.359
 140

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:43.899
 workers

00:28:43.899 --> 00:28:44.359
 show up

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:44.859
 every day.

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.519
 They are

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.039
 doing dry

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.379
 wall,

00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.339
 windows,

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.699
 putting the

00:28:49.699 --> 00:28:50.059
 sprinkler

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.779
 system in,

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.699
 laying down

00:28:51.699 --> 00:28:52.220
 the turf,

00:28:52.699 --> 00:28:53.240
 painting all

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.759
 the walls.

00:28:56.159 --> 00:28:57.019
 All those

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.919
 crews are

00:28:57.919 --> 00:28:58.139
 going to

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:58.399
 keep

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:58.840
 working

00:28:58.840 --> 00:29:00.420
 until the

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:01.040
 project is

00:29:01.040 --> 00:29:01.500
 complete.

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.180
 How will

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.440
 we know

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.720
 that the

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.300
 project is

00:29:03.300 --> 00:29:03.759
 complete?

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.519
 It's when

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:04.840
 they're done

00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:05.400
 working on

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:05.540
 it.

00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:06.620
 What is

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:06.980
 it for?

00:29:07.080 --> 00:29:07.280
 What's

00:29:07.280 --> 00:29:07.700
 the end

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:07.920
 of the

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.300
 project?

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.160
 In this

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.420
 case,

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:10.780
 it's a

00:29:10.780 --> 00:29:11.120
 school.

00:29:12.820 --> 00:29:13.440
 When you

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:14.019
 see the

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.400
 children

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:15.400
 running on

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:15.900
 the playground,

00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:16.660
 sitting in

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:17.220
 the classrooms,

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:17.720
 learning,

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.140
 you see the

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:20.500
 parents relieved,

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.160
 smiling,

00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:22.740
 enjoying a

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.540
 school in

00:29:23.540 --> 00:29:23.980
 our town,

00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:25.380
 you know

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:25.660
 that the

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.220
 project is

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.640
 complete.

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.520
 The

00:29:27.520 --> 00:29:28.220
 project has

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.920
 a worthy

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.380
 end.

00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:30.300
 There will

00:29:30.300 --> 00:29:30.820
 never be a

00:29:30.820 --> 00:29:31.320
 shortage of

00:29:31.320 --> 00:29:32.160
 funding or

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:32.759
 labor or

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.400
 anything that's

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:34.060
 needed until

00:29:34.060 --> 00:29:34.740
 those kids are

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.240
 in the building

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.020
 learning,

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:36.840
 because that's

00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:37.160
 why that

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:37.820
 project was

00:29:37.820 --> 00:29:38.180
 begin.

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.860
 The church

00:29:42.860 --> 00:29:44.740
 is the

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.660
 glorious project

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:46.840
 of God to

00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:47.540
 unite the

00:29:47.540 --> 00:29:48.040
 church to

00:29:48.040 --> 00:29:48.600
 himself,

00:29:48.780 --> 00:29:49.560
 Jesus Christ.

00:29:50.020 --> 00:29:50.400
 And how

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:50.880
 will we know

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.900
 that the work

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.440
 of God is

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:52.960
 done in his

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.280
 church?

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.899
 It's when

00:29:53.899 --> 00:29:54.220
 you,

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:54.839
 church,

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:55.639
 are enjoying

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.559
 Jesus Christ

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:58.019
 and glorifying

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.359
 him.

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.019
 Individually,

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:00.420
 this will

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:01.839
 happen on a

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.519
 different timeline

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.259
 for each soul.

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:05.099
 But as a

00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:05.279
 church,

00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:05.879
 collectively,

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:07.139
 we can trust

00:30:07.139 --> 00:30:08.319
 one pastor

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:08.859
 will die,

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.539
 the next pastor

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:09.920
 will die,

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.519
 the next pastor

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:10.980
 will die,

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.119
 deacons and

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:12.680
 elders will be

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:13.259
 raised up and

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.559
 they'll be

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:13.879
 buried.

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.039
 The Lord

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.680
 will carry on

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.200
 his church.

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.359
 It's the work

00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:17.899
 of God.

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:19.099
 He alone can

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.559
 build it,

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.440
 and he will

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:21.319
 build his

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:21.740
 church.

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:21.819
 church.

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.839
 I'm so

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.400
 encouraged by

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:25.880
 the short

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:27.339
 life of a

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:28.420
 Scottish

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:29.120
 Presbyterian

00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:29.940
 pastor named

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.920
 Robert Murray

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.440
 McShane.

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.579
 One of the

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.160
 things he wrote

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.700
 is this,

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:39.299
 only an inch

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:40.000
 of time

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.759
 remains,

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.220
 and then

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:43.299
 eternal

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:44.740
 ages roll

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.940
 on forever.

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:48.120
 Only an inch

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:48.559
 of time

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.079
 remains.

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.839
 When he

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.200
 wrote that,

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.640
 he didn't

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.480
 know that

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:52.759
 he would

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.940
 get typhus

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.600
 fever,

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.460
 something you

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:55.819
 get from

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.240
 lice,

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.140
 bugs like

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:57.420
 that.

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:58.940
 He preached

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.299
 a sermon

00:30:59.299 --> 00:30:59.920
 on a Sunday

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.799
 within 48

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.240
 hours.

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.100
 He was

00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:02.480
 dead,

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.100
 and they

00:31:03.100 --> 00:31:03.559
 buried him

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:03.880
 at the

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.299
 age of

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:04.880
 29.

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.480
 The Lord's

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:08.900
 work in

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:09.900
 preparing his

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:10.340
 soul for

00:31:10.340 --> 00:31:11.000
 eternity was

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.480
 complete.

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.819
 It doesn't

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.120
 mean he

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.640
 attained the

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.140
 same level

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:15.640
 of maturity

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:16.240
 as Paul,

00:31:16.360 --> 00:31:17.200
 and we

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.600
 all fall

00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:17.920
 short of

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.279
 the glory

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:18.720
 of Jesus

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.120
 Christ,

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.519
 but for

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.180
 that soul,

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.460
 29 years,

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.279
 that was

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.839
 his timeline.

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.819
 I feel

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.120
 like on

00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:27.900
 this doctrine,

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.400
 Robert Murray

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:29.880
 Machine in

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:30.900
 the 1800s

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.740
 put so

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.400
 clearly and

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:33.579
 simply what

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.000
 all the

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:35.079
 other reformers

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.460
 and the

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:35.900
 further

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.500
 reformation,

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.079
 the Puritans,

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:37.799
 had been

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.319
 working out

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:38.799
 from Scripture

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.700
 and synthesizing

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.200
 up to this

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.480
 point.

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:41.980
 So I've

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.680
 written about

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.480
 four questions

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:43.920
 and answers

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.420
 as if I

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:44.839
 got to

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:46.160
 just interview

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.960
 Robert Murray

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.980
 Machine at

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.819
 age 28 or

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.839
 so you can

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.720
 hear what

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.200
 God had been

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.579
 doing in

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:51.940
 his life

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.440
 before the

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:52.819
 Lord took

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.079
 him to

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.380
 glory.

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.940
 One question

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.400
 I wanted to

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:56.839
 ask him is

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.200
 this,

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:59.720
 what has

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.299
 God shown

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:01.180
 you about

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:03.519
 yourself in

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.039
 God's work

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.759
 of completing

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.480
 you and

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.240
 preparing you

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:07.319
 for the day

00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:07.720
 of the Lord

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.519
 Jesus Christ?

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.500
 McShane

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:11.779
 wrote,

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:13.319
 the seed

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:14.220
 of every

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.720
 sin

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.759
 known to

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.139
 man

00:32:16.139 --> 00:32:16.940
 is in

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.440
 my heart.

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:20.839
 Next

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.259
 question,

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:22.299
 what is

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:22.839
 your source

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.559
 of confidence?

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.559
 Paul had

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:26.079
 a confidence

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.799
 that God

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.299
 would complete

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.720
 this work,

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.119
 what's your

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:28.559
 source of

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:28.920
 confidence?

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.200
 McShane

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.519
 wrote,

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:32.899
 what a man

00:32:32.899 --> 00:32:34.000
 is on his

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.879
 knees before

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:35.399
 God,

00:32:35.899 --> 00:32:36.859
 that he is

00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:37.619
 and nothing

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:38.160
 more.

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:41.079
 You see

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:41.359
 what he's

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:41.599
 saying?

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:44.559
 Every

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:44.839
 sin

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.200
 known to

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.399
 man,

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:45.960
 that seed

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.259
 is in

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:46.740
 my heart.

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.139
 What I

00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:48.599
 am on my

00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:49.359
 knees before

00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:49.740
 God,

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:50.160
 that I

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:50.500
 am and

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.759
 nothing

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.119
 more,

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.579
 nothing in

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:53.079
 my hands

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.500
 I bring.

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.660
 Pastor

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:57.039
 Robert,

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:57.740
 how do

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.220
 you pray?

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.899
 And he

00:33:00.899 --> 00:33:01.180
 wrote,

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:01.940
 Lord,

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.220
 make me

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.000
 as holy

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.559
 as a

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.079
 pardoned

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.579
 sinner can

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:05.779
 be.

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.519
 Amen.

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:09.859
 Well,

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.619
 I only got

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:11.220
 four questions,

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.519
 so I

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:11.839
 squeezed

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.400
 three in

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:12.720
 together

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.019
 on this

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.539
 last one.

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:15.279
 Pastor

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.600
 Robert,

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.000
 what have

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.500
 you learned

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.100
 in these

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:18.019
 28 years,

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.319
 a handful

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:19.680
 of years

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:19.960
 in the

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.299
 ministry?

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.519
 What do

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:21.759
 you know

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.360
 for certain?

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.360
 And what's

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:23.880
 your advice

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.519
 for Christians

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:25.100
 like us

00:33:25.100 --> 00:33:25.559
 here today?

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:28.159
 He wrote,

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.720
 unfathomable,

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:31.720
 unfathomable

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.659
 oceans

00:33:32.659 --> 00:33:33.819
 of grace

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.899
 are in

00:33:34.899 --> 00:33:35.579
 Christ

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.460
 for you.

00:33:37.879 --> 00:33:38.879
 For every

00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:39.859
 look at

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.359
 self,

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:42.220
 take ten

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.319
 looks to

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:43.759
 Christ.

00:33:45.659 --> 00:33:46.179
 Dive

00:33:46.179 --> 00:33:47.240
 and dive

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.819
 again.

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.200
 You will

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:50.220
 never come

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:50.639
 to the

00:33:50.639 --> 00:33:51.779
 bottom of

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.599
 these gracious

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:53.440
 depths.

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:57.580
 the Lord

00:33:57.580 --> 00:33:58.519
 who began

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.160
 his good

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.620
 work in

00:33:59.620 --> 00:33:59.860
 you,

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:00.640
 he will

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:01.519
 complete it

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:02.299
 on his

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:03.120
 own timeline

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:04.779
 until the

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.080
 day of

00:34:05.080 --> 00:34:05.320
 Jesus

00:34:05.320 --> 00:34:05.820
 Christ.

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.780
 Church,

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.700
 beloved

00:34:10.700 --> 00:34:11.400
 congregation

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.860
 of the

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.420
 Lord Jesus,

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.360
 God is

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.800
 preparing

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:16.539
 you and

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.059
 he's preparing

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.840
 us together

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:19.340
 for himself.

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:22.039
 one way

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.300
 or the

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.559
 other,

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.100
 you and

00:34:23.100 --> 00:34:23.539
 I will

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:24.079
 be with

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.559
 the

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:24.900
 Lord

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.960
 very soon

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:27.000
 if he's

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.500
 begun a

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:27.860
 work of

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.300
 grace in

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:28.780
 your life.

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:31.380
 He will

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.039
 make sure

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.700
 that you're

00:34:32.700 --> 00:34:32.940
 ready.

00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:35.579
 Your part

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:35.940
 is to

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.720
 simply ask

00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:37.140
 him to

00:34:37.140 --> 00:34:38.120
 watch him

00:34:38.120 --> 00:34:38.620
 prove so

00:34:38.620 --> 00:34:38.860
 in your

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.200
 life.

00:34:39.620 --> 00:34:40.039
 Thank him

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.400
 for being

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:41.079
 so patient

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.920
 and reforming

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.480
 your thinking.

00:34:43.100 --> 00:34:43.380
 Keep

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:44.559
 trusting him

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.600
 and rest

00:34:45.600 --> 00:34:46.180
 knowing that

00:34:46.180 --> 00:34:46.800
 you are

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:47.260
 his.

00:34:47.260 --> 00:34:48.180
 He is

00:34:48.180 --> 00:34:48.580
 preparing

00:34:48.580 --> 00:34:49.360
 you for

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.460
 himself on

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.320
 his timetable

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:52.480
 for his

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.700
 glory because

00:34:53.700 --> 00:34:54.740
 he alone

00:34:54.740 --> 00:34:55.540
 is God

00:34:55.540 --> 00:34:56.900
 and he

00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:57.420
 will be

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:58.880
 glorified in

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.780
 the life of

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:00.400
 his church.

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.780
 Isn't it

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:04.080
 humbling and

00:35:04.080 --> 00:35:04.620
 a source of

00:35:04.620 --> 00:35:05.280
 confidence and

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:05.760
 strength that

00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:06.180
 we get to

00:35:06.180 --> 00:35:06.680
 see God

00:35:06.680 --> 00:35:07.760
 working in

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:08.380
 his people

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:09.380
 within the

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.740
 church?

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:14.480
 Just as we

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:15.000
 can watch a

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.840
 master lay

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.840
 down tile or

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:18.100
 build something

00:35:18.100 --> 00:35:18.760
 out of wood,

00:35:19.160 --> 00:35:19.860
 that's what we

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.460
 get to do in

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:21.140
 the church with

00:35:21.140 --> 00:35:21.720
 one another.

00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:22.700
 We get to

00:35:22.700 --> 00:35:23.800
 watch our

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:25.180
 master do

00:35:25.180 --> 00:35:26.500
 his work in

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:28.260
 his people and

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:29.340
 just glory in

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.700
 what he's

00:35:29.700 --> 00:35:29.980
 doing.

00:35:33.120 --> 00:35:33.840
 I am

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.480
 confident of

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.200
 this, that

00:35:35.200 --> 00:35:35.920
 he who has

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:37.039
 begun a good

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:38.019
 work in you

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:39.700
 will complete

00:35:39.700 --> 00:35:40.820
 it until the

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.440
 day of Jesus

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:41.980
 Christ.

00:35:42.600 --> 00:35:42.920
 Amen?

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:45.039
 Let's pray.

00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:47.440
 Father, thank

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:47.920
 you for your

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.320
 promise.

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:48.980
 Thank you for

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.460
 your good

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:50.340
 work that you

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:51.019
 do in your

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:52.160
 people for

00:35:52.160 --> 00:35:52.720
 your glory.

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:53.800
 We pray that

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:54.960
 we can rest

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:56.140
 knowing that

00:35:56.140 --> 00:35:57.519
 you are the

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:58.300
 one who saves

00:35:58.300 --> 00:35:58.680
 from the

00:35:58.680 --> 00:35:59.480
 beginning to

00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.920
 the end.

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:01.100
 Amen.