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 In my presence, but much more in my absence.

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 Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

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! For it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

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 Do all things without grumbling or questioning,

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 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God, without blemish,

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 in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation,

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 among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life,

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 so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain,

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 even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith.

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 I am glad and rejoice with you all.

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 Likewise, you also should be glad and rejoice with me.

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 And that's all flowing together.

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 They're not disconnected, but tonight we're going to talk about just verses 12 and 13,

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 because that's kind of a loaded two verses I think we could really benefit from.

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 So at the beginning of chapter 2, if you remember when Swanson taught a few weeks ago

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 that Paul is calling the Philippians not to live with selfish ambition or conceit or rivalry

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 because that's what causes division.

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 That's what causes people to be torn apart in the church.

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 But he rather calls them to live in love and be united in humility,

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 which is the fruit of what God does inside of us as believers.

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 So he calls them to do that, and that's the beginning of chapter 2.

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 And so when God saves us, he produces a fervent love for the other believers

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 as well as like a humility before him as God.

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 And so we live that way.

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 It binds us together as his people.

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 And that's verses 1 through 4.

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 I kind of talk about that.

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 But then Paul gives us the supreme example of that in Christ in the following verses,

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 from verses 5 through 11, how Christ dwelt in eternal glory,

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 but he left the glories of heaven and came to earth as a man and humbled himself,

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 took on the creator, took on the created, and he lived a life of perfect obedience to the Father

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 and eventually completed that obedience by dying at the cross.

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 And because of such an amazing act of love and sacrifice,

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 God has rewarded Christ with the name that is above all names,

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 that every knee should bow and every tongue will confess that Christ is Lord.

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 So that's what Christ's reward will be.

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 And so that's where we find ourselves after verses 1 through 11.

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 But now we get into 12 and 13.

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 And so following that example of Christ,

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 the example that Christ has left us to walk in in love and humility,

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 we are by God's power to strive to live as lights in a dark world.

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 That's where we're going with this later and live by his strength in us.

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 So if we look at verse 12, we'll see that he calls him to live in continued obedience.

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 He says,

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 Therefore, my beloved, as you always have obeyed,

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 so now, not only as in my presence, but much more in my absence.

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 And it's such a great joy for those that you have poured your life into,

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 those that you have discipled or spent a lot of time with,

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 younger believers in the faith that you've given your life to,

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 and you've tried to, as it says in 1 Timothy 2,

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 to take what you've been entrusted with and to pass that on to other faithful men or women

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 that will be faithful to teach others also.

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 It's a picture of, like, discipleship.

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 And so nothing is more encouraging to someone who is making disciples

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 than seeing those people that they've poured their lives into continue on

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 and make disciples on their own and remain steadfast for Christ

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 and giving their lives away to the lost world

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 and just giving their lives to the church.

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 As John wrote in 3 John, you don't have to turn there,

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 everybody said,

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 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth,

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 as indeed you are walking in truth.

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 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

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 And it's this idea that, like, it just brings you great joy to hear

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 that you don't have to be there to babysit them.

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 Like, I know guys like that that I spend a lot of time with.

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 Unless I'm there telling them to do it, they're not going to do it.

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 And they drive me crazy.

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 So if you just need to smack in the face,

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 sometimes I'll quit behaving like kids and be men.

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 And other guys, you think about them, you look at them,

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 you think, I just don't have to worry about him.

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 Man, that's encouraging.

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 He gets this.

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 He's doing this.

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 He's being faithful to pass this on.

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 And so Paul is experiencing that joy that comes from that.

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 He's like, you're continuing obedience,

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 even though I'm not there with you physically.

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 You're pressing on in these things.

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 And he doesn't have to worry about the Philippian church.

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 He's excited to hear about what's going on there.

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 But then in the end of verse 12,

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 we start getting into a mystery that exists in the Christian life.

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 And a mystery that we fully don't know how it works,

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 but it is there.

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 And it's the mystery of what the Bible would call sanctification.

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 The mystery of sanctification.

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 And if you want to spell that,

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 S-A-N-C-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.

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 Sanctification.

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 Big Bible word.

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 It's not made up.

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 It's in the Bible.

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 But in the study of salvation,

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 which we call in theology,

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 soteriology,

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 the study of salvation,

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 there's a lot of things that we understand to be completely the work of God alone.

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 Like salvation is nothing that we achieve.

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 It's not something that we work with God on.

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 It's something that God has done completely in us.

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 Salvation.

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 And I've talked about these terms in the past,

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 but I don't say these to sound,

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 whenever Nathan or Chris or myself,

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 Wes or Swanson,

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 whenever we use big words,

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 it's not to sound smart.

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 It's so you'll remember it because it's different.

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 You'll be like,

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 ah,

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 that word.

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 You'll remember a concept that's behind it.

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 So use these words.

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 But the truth is that salvation is what we would call monergistic.

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 M-O-N-E-R-G-I-S-T-I-C.

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 Monergistic,

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 meaning that it's the work of God alone.

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 This was a big debate throughout a lot of church history.

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 That's where others said that salvation was synergistic.

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 We get the word synergy from two pieces or more,

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 working together to accomplish something.

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 We're not synergistic in how I think about salvation here.

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 We're completely monergistic.

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 Salvation is the work of God alone.

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 Things like justification that you read about,

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 in Scripture,

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 which is the instantaneous legal act of God,

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 where he declares a sinner righteous in his sight

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 because of the work of Christ

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 and the righteousness of Christ that has been put on him.

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 That's all the work of God alone.

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 Regeneration,

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 we're born again,

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 and the Holy Spirit imparts to us new spiritual life.

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 All the work of God.

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 We don't agree,

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 or we don't cooperate with God to be born again.

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 It's the work of God alone.

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 And the Holy Spirit applies the work of Christ to our lives.

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 So,

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 but when we get to sanctification,

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 it's a little different.

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 And sanctification,

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 if you want,

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 you can go online and find probably four or five different definitions

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 for what sanctification is.

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 And they're not all disconnected from each other,

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 but it's used in a lot of different ways in Scripture.

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 That's why.

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 That's why the confusion.

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 But,

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 I'll try to give you a definition

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 that I think is helpful.

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 It's a progressive,

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 not instantaneous,

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 it's a progressive work of God

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 and man.

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 So,

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 it's a synergistic thing.

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 We work with God

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 to accomplish this.

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 The progressive work of God

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 and man

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 that makes us

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 more free

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 from sin

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 and more like Christ

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 in our actual lives,

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 like right now,

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 present time.

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 It's progressive work of God

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 and man

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 that makes us

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 more free from sin

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 and more like Christ

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 in our actual lives.

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 Or,

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 it's another way,

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 it's the outworking

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 of the new life

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 that is in us

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 that we've been born again,

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 we've been regenerated

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 and sanctification

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 is the outworking of that

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 in our actual lives

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 right now.

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 And,

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 it's more of a gradual,

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 incremental,

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 spiritual work

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 that,

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 of putting the flesh to death

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 and putting sin to death

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 in our lives

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 as we remain here

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 and putting on

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 the likeness of Christ

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 and becoming

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 who God has actually made us.

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 And,

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 so,

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 we're going to look at

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 three different things

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 about sanctification

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 and they're all right out

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 of the text tonight.

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 So,

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 the first thing,

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 and they're in the form

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 of questions,

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 what is,

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 first question,

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 what is the goal

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 of our sanctification?

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 And we see that

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 in verse 12

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 where it says,

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 your own salvation.

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 Okay,

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 now,

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 I've hardly,

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 there's been a lot

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 of people I know

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 that have read this

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 and,

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 and like,

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 didn't know how to

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 interpret that

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 because they thought

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 it was saying,

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 like,

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 you need to work

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 to figure out

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 your salvation,

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 like,

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 you need to work

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 with God

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 to achieve your salvation.

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 And,

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 not really at all

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 it says,

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 not even by the

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 original language,

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 but just to keep reading

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 what Paul is saying

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 around that.

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 but,

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 remember that

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 sanctification itself

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 is not the goal

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 of the Christian life.

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 It's not the,

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 not the ends.

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 Our own salvation

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 is the goal

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 and the ends

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 for what we're striving.

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 So,

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 though the work

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 of salvation

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 is completely God's,

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 God's alone,

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 monergistic,

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 however,

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 though we have been

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 fully saved by God

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 and fully redeemed

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 by God,

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 in this life

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 we never rise

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 to the totality

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 of that.

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 We never fully

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 get the taste

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 of fullness

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 of what is ours

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 yet in this life

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 because we still live

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 in fallen flesh

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 that's going to die,

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 like this is going to die.

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 That's what I see

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 in my eyes

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 is not going to

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 be around forever

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 and that's the consequences

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 of sin

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 in our life.

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 And,

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 and even as followers

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 of Christ,

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 as you know,

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 you can still,

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 you can still experience

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 like the devastating

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 effects of sin

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 in your life.

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 Pain,

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 suffering,

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 fallen to temptation,

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 that's all things

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 that we have to deal

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 with.

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 So the fullness

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 of what is ours

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 in Christ,

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 what Christ has won

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 for us,

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 by his work

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 is not fully ours

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 yet.

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 And there's a lot

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 of language.

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 The Bible

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 says things like

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 we are saved,

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 we are being saved,

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 and we will be saved.

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 It kind of talks

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 about it in

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 three different

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 tenses.

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 It'll be a good study

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 for you to do

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 sometime.

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 And so,

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 God's accomplished

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 a work

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 and is being

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 worked out

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 in us now

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 and is going

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 to be brought

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 to completion.

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 And so,

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 you are in the

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 process of becoming

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 what you are.

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 You're a new

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 creation,

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 you're a child

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 of God.

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 And so,

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 when we think

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 about that,

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 we are sanctification,

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 we're becoming

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 who we are,

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 we're just kind

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 of pressing

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 into the fullness

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 of who we are

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 in Christ

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 in this life.

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 And so,

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 when it says

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 the goal

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 is our own

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 salvation,

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 what I want

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 you to focus

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 on,

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 I guess,

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 out of that

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 is that

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 as children

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 of God,

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 it's very,

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 very easy

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 to grow weary

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 in the fight

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 and want to quit

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 and just say

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 this is just

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 too hard

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 and I want to quit.

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 I've been there

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 all the time.

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 I'm there

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 all the time.

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 And we want

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 to love Christ

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 with our heart,

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 soul,

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 mind,

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 and strength,

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 but we fail

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 to rise

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 to the totality

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 of that.

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 And it's easy

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 for us to get

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 discouraged

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 and focus

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 on our problems

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 and our

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 shortcomings

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 and inadequacies

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 and we constantly

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 fall into the

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 same sins,

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 same temptations

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 and you just

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 want to quit.

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 You're like,

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 I just can't do this.

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 I can't reach

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 what is mine

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 and you want

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 to stop.

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 And so,

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 this is

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 calling us

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 to focus

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 on what is

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 ahead of us

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 which is

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 our salvation.

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 It's going

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 to come

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 and if we

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 keep that

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 in sight,

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 it'll give us

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 strength to

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 keep moving

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 on.

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 And while

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 I was,

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 I have just

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 a lot of

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 hiking analogies,

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 sorry,

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 because I'm

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 not a runner.

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 I can't

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 really run

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 that far.

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 Most of you

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 know that

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 because I'm

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 a lunger.

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 And so,

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 this summer

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 that I was

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 climbing,

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 it was a

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 mountain in

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 Northern Ireland

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 in Donegal

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 and it was a

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 pretty tall

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 mountain.

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 It was raining,

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 really,

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 really misty.

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 Nothing new

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 about raining

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 over there.

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 And so,

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 like before

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 that,

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 I was just

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 like so excited,

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 like jacked up,

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 like bring

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 that mountain

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 on,

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 you know,

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 kind of

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 attitude,

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 had all the

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 right gear,

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 like had

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 everything ready

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 to go.

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 And I was

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 pretty like

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 going to

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 conquer this

00:13:43.859 --> 00:13:44.500
 mountain kind

00:13:44.500 --> 00:13:44.879
 of feeling,

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 you know,

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 some of you

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 probably know

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 what I'm

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 talking about.

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 But so,

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 when I was

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 climbing up it

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 though,

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 like it was

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 just kicking

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 my butt.

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 Like it was

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 like a lot

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 of the trail

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 wasn't really

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 marked and so

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 you just kind

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 of had to

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 figure it out

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 and which

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 means you

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 would just

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 go to places

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 that really

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 weren't trail

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 cut at all

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 and like sink

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 into mud

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 and bog

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 and you

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 were just,

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 God,

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 it was just,

00:14:06.239 --> 00:14:06.839
 it wore me

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 out.

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 And finally,

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 like we got

00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:10.559
 a little further

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 up and,

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 and the trail

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 like started

00:14:13.419 --> 00:14:13.620
 getting,

00:14:13.699 --> 00:14:13.899
 like you're

00:14:13.899 --> 00:14:14.319
 like walking

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 in the mist.

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 All you could

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 see was like

00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:16.099
 maybe five feet

00:14:16.099 --> 00:14:16.639
 in front of you.

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 And I knew

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 that if I went

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 too far that way,

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 I would fall

00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:19.579
 off the mountain.

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 so it was

00:14:20.740 --> 00:14:21.180
 getting pretty

00:14:21.180 --> 00:14:21.800
 treacherous.

00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:22.200


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 and I just

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 remember asking

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 my friend

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 with me,

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 he was a

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 pastor that

00:14:26.680 --> 00:14:27.879
 I know and

00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:28.240
 really good

00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:28.580
 friends with

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 over there

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 named Ronnie.

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 He used to

00:14:30.900 --> 00:14:31.180
 be in the

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 military and

00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:32.500
 I asked him,

00:14:33.020 --> 00:14:33.180
 man,

00:14:33.220 --> 00:14:33.540
 like are we

00:14:33.540 --> 00:14:33.980
 there yet?

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 Like are we,

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 is this even

00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:36.379
 close?

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 And he's like,

00:14:38.580 --> 00:14:39.000
 oh no,

00:14:39.139 --> 00:14:39.480
 we're only about

00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:39.879
 halfway.

00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:40.660
 And I thought,

00:14:41.060 --> 00:14:41.740
 oh my gosh,

00:14:41.740 --> 00:14:42.200
 I'm going to

00:14:42.200 --> 00:14:42.460
 die.

00:14:42.620 --> 00:14:43.139
 Like I'm not

00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:43.500
 going to make

00:14:43.500 --> 00:14:43.740
 this.

00:14:43.920 --> 00:14:44.980
 And my heart's

00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:45.740
 pounding like I'm

00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:46.000
 just,

00:14:46.640 --> 00:14:46.900
 you know,

00:14:46.940 --> 00:14:47.400
 headache and

00:14:47.400 --> 00:14:47.700
 everything.

00:14:47.700 --> 00:14:49.060
 And finally,

00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:50.700
 like the

00:14:50.700 --> 00:14:51.340
 mess cleared a

00:14:51.340 --> 00:14:51.700
 little bit and

00:14:51.700 --> 00:14:52.020
 I could see

00:14:52.020 --> 00:14:52.520
 the top.

00:14:52.820 --> 00:14:53.360
 And I thought,

00:14:53.440 --> 00:14:53.620
 man,

00:14:53.660 --> 00:14:54.120
 like it's right

00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:54.460
 there.

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 And I just

00:14:54.900 --> 00:14:55.780
 kind of kept

00:14:55.780 --> 00:14:56.140
 going.

00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:58.480
 And like seeing

00:14:58.480 --> 00:14:59.200
 like the end

00:14:59.200 --> 00:14:59.780
 made me just

00:14:59.780 --> 00:15:00.280
 want to keep

00:15:00.280 --> 00:15:00.920
 pressing on.

00:15:01.020 --> 00:15:01.220
 And I knew

00:15:01.220 --> 00:15:01.540
 that I was

00:15:01.540 --> 00:15:02.780
 close to what

00:15:02.780 --> 00:15:03.560
 was being mine.

00:15:03.560 --> 00:15:05.040
 And the

00:15:05.040 --> 00:15:05.780
 Christian life is

00:15:05.780 --> 00:15:06.360
 like that.

00:15:06.800 --> 00:15:07.580
 Like we're

00:15:07.580 --> 00:15:08.120
 told to run

00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:08.620
 the race with

00:15:08.620 --> 00:15:09.420
 endurance and

00:15:09.420 --> 00:15:09.980
 with perseverance

00:15:09.980 --> 00:15:11.379
 and to keep

00:15:11.379 --> 00:15:12.140
 before us what's

00:15:12.140 --> 00:15:12.440
 ours.

00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:12.860
 Because if you

00:15:12.860 --> 00:15:13.759
 just focus on

00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:14.900
 your present

00:15:14.900 --> 00:15:16.000
 circumstances and

00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:17.520
 the problems of

00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:17.860
 the Christian

00:15:17.860 --> 00:15:18.139
 life,

00:15:18.199 --> 00:15:18.500
 you just want

00:15:18.500 --> 00:15:18.860
 to quit.

00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:19.259
 Like you'll

00:15:19.259 --> 00:15:20.059
 want to stop.

00:15:20.659 --> 00:15:21.120
 You have to

00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:21.860
 keep like your

00:15:21.860 --> 00:15:23.059
 salvation that

00:15:23.059 --> 00:15:24.480
 is yours in

00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:24.799
 Christ.

00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:25.240
 It says in

00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:25.960
 Hebrews 10

00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:27.120
 that Christ has

00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:27.919
 perfected for

00:15:27.919 --> 00:15:29.559
 all time those

00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:30.379
 being sanctified.

00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:30.879
 Which is like,

00:15:30.939 --> 00:15:31.019
 what?

00:15:31.460 --> 00:15:31.899
 It's one of those

00:15:31.899 --> 00:15:33.639
 verses that is

00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:34.399
 fully ours.

00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:35.939
 But we're reaching

00:15:35.939 --> 00:15:36.860
 out in this life

00:15:36.860 --> 00:15:38.579
 to become who we

00:15:38.579 --> 00:15:39.240
 are in Christ.

00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:40.699
 So the goal of

00:15:40.699 --> 00:15:41.620
 sanctification is our

00:15:41.620 --> 00:15:42.059
 salvation.

00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:42.779
 The second thing,

00:15:42.819 --> 00:15:43.299
 number two,

00:15:43.299 --> 00:15:45.879
 okay,

00:15:45.959 --> 00:15:46.579
 this is that

00:15:46.579 --> 00:15:48.019
 mystery.

00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:49.639
 What is our

00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:51.120
 role in

00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:51.759
 sanctification?

00:15:52.019 --> 00:15:52.419
 Yours and

00:15:52.419 --> 00:15:52.620
 mine,

00:15:52.659 --> 00:15:53.159
 what is our

00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:53.559
 role in

00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:54.039
 sanctification?

00:15:55.439 --> 00:15:55.959
 And look at

00:15:55.959 --> 00:15:58.219
 the verse 12,

00:15:58.419 --> 00:15:59.659
 part of verse 12.

00:16:00.199 --> 00:16:00.719
 It says,

00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:02.459
 work out your

00:16:02.459 --> 00:16:03.219
 own salvation

00:16:03.219 --> 00:16:04.039
 with fear and

00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:04.419
 trembling.

00:16:05.379 --> 00:16:06.199
 In verse 12.

00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:08.120
 So,

00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:10.820
 it's not

00:16:10.820 --> 00:16:11.980
 saying,

00:16:12.680 --> 00:16:12.940
 what do you

00:16:12.940 --> 00:16:13.240
 think that

00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:13.560
 means?

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 Like,

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 you can read

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 that out of

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 the bat and

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 think,

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 wow,

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 that sounds

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 like we're

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 having to

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 work out

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 being saved.

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 I don't

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 know what

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 that means.

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 And it's

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 not saying,

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 save yourself,

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 justify yourself,

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 adopt yourself,

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 clean your life

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 up on your

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 own,

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 and hopefully

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 you'll be

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 accepted and

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 be good enough

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 to be saved

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 at the very

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 end.

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 It's not

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 kind of what

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 it's saying

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 at all.

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 Not even the

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 language talks

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 like that.

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 But we

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 all know

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 that,

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 as we

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 said,

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 salvation is

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 a work of

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 God alone.

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 Paul's taught

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 in Romans 3,

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 Romans 4,

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 Ephesians 2,

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 the whole book

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 of Galatians,

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 that salvation

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 is completely

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 by grace.

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 It's not

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 something that

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 we earn.

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 It's not

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 something that

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 we can merit

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 by being good

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 or observing

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 the law.

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 It's like,

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 not there.

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 You can read

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 the whole New

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 Testament and

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 you don't

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 see that.

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 And even

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 the Old

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 Testament,

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 they couldn't

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 keep the law

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 and so they

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 were looking

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 forward to a

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 Messiah who

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 would come

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 and save them

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 from their sin.

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 And so what

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 it is saying

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 though,

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 what it is

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 saying where

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 it says work

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 out your

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 salvation with

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 fear and

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 trembling,

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 it says that

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 we are to be

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 active in our

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 own salvation.

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 We are to

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 become what

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 God has

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 already made

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 us.

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 We're to

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 press into the

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 fullness of

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 what that is.

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 Greek there

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 really means

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 to carry out

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 or to bring

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 to completion

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 something that

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 has already

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 started inside

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 of you.

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 That's what

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 it really is

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 implying.

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 So,

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 really,

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 really cool

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 thing.

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 So in

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 light of that,

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 God has

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 started this

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 work in us.

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 He saved us.

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 He's made us a

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 new creation.

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 We're adopted

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 children of God.

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 We have a new

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 identity.

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 In light of

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 all that,

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 now it's like

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 God is saying,

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 now just live,

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 press into the

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 fullness of who

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 you actually are

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 in Christ.

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 Become what

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 you are.

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 Get rid of the

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 old and put on

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 the new.

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 This is who you

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 are.

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 No longer walk

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 contrary to

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 your new

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 identity in

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 Christ.

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 And Martin

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 Luther said

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 this.

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 He said,

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 this life,

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 therefore,

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 is not

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 righteousness,

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 but growth

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 and righteousness,

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 not health,

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 but healing,

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 not being

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 but becoming,

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 not rest,

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 but exercise.

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 We are not

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 yet what we

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 shall be,

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 but we are

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 growing towards

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 it.

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 The process

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 is not yet

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 finished,

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 but it is

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 going on.

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 And this is

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 not the end,

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 but the road

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 is ahead of

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 us.

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 All does

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 not yet

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 gleam in

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 glory,

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 but yet is

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 being purified.

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 So it's

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 this process

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 of how we're

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 to work

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 and toil

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 and strive

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 in this

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 life.

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 And so

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 flip over

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 to

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 Colossians 3.

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 I'll show

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 you a verse

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 there.

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 But if you

00:18:57.699 --> 00:18:58.839
 remember that

00:18:58.839 --> 00:19:00.139
 man was

00:19:00.139 --> 00:19:00.659
 originally

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 created

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 in the image

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 of God,

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 he was to

00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:05.099
 mirror forward

00:19:05.099 --> 00:19:05.899
 to reflect

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 who God

00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:07.399
 was,

00:19:07.479 --> 00:19:08.379
 God's holy

00:19:08.379 --> 00:19:08.939
 character,

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 God's dominion

00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:10.379
 and rule

00:19:10.379 --> 00:19:10.759
 over the

00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:11.119
 earth.

00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:12.839
 Man was

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 to be the

00:19:13.439 --> 00:19:14.179
 image bearer

00:19:14.180 --> 00:19:14.759
 of God.

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 And sin

00:19:16.140 --> 00:19:17.100
 destroyed that,

00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:17.519
 we know.

00:19:17.580 --> 00:19:18.000
 We know that

00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.320
 sin,

00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:19.720
 after the fall,

00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:20.279
 after Genesis

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 3,

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 is what we

00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:22.039
 call the

00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.740
 shattered image

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:23.220
 of God

00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:23.920
 because of

00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:24.779
 sin.

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 And so

00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:26.960
 since then,

00:19:27.860 --> 00:19:28.600
 God has

00:19:28.600 --> 00:19:28.980
 been in the

00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.980
 process of

00:19:29.980 --> 00:19:31.080
 reconciling man

00:19:31.080 --> 00:19:31.799
 to himself.

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 And Christ

00:19:33.320 --> 00:19:34.019
 came in one

00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:34.660
 way that when

00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:35.220
 we're saved,

00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:35.660
 we're born

00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:36.080
 again,

00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:37.279
 we become a

00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:37.900
 new creation,

00:19:38.580 --> 00:19:39.340
 we are

00:19:39.340 --> 00:19:41.200
 again able

00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:41.960
 to reflect the

00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.440
 glory of our

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 creator like we

00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:43.480
 should.

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 That's what's

00:19:43.940 --> 00:19:45.660
 being done,

00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.359
 like that image

00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:46.720
 is being

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:47.339
 restored.

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 So if you

00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:48.940
 look at

00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:49.779
 Colossians 3

00:19:49.779 --> 00:19:50.359
 verse 8,

00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:52.539
 just an

00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:52.900
 example,

00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:53.460
 he says,

00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:54.779
 do not

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.359
 lie to one

00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:55.720
 another,

00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:56.839
 seeing that

00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:57.259
 you have

00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:57.839
 put off

00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:58.279
 the old

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:59.480
 self with

00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:00.099
 its practices

00:20:00.099 --> 00:20:01.359
 and have

00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:01.799
 put on

00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.460
 the new,

00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:03.539
 which is

00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:04.299
 being renewed

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:05.339
 in the

00:20:05.339 --> 00:20:05.740
 knowledge

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.140
 after the

00:20:06.140 --> 00:20:06.680
 image of

00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:07.259
 its creator.

00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:09.019
 So this

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.839
 idea that

00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:10.920
 that's the

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.380
 image of

00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:11.799
 putting it

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.480
 on or

00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:12.900
 taking it

00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:13.160
 off and

00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:13.600
 putting on

00:20:13.600 --> 00:20:14.220
 clothes is

00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:14.620
 what that

00:20:14.620 --> 00:20:15.200
 is saying.

00:20:15.700 --> 00:20:16.080
 This is

00:20:16.080 --> 00:20:16.500
 who we

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:17.800
 are and

00:20:17.800 --> 00:20:18.259
 we're being

00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:18.700
 renewed,

00:20:19.060 --> 00:20:19.519
 being like

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:19.880
 in the

00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:21.240
 process of

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.920
 becoming like

00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:22.380
 we originally

00:20:22.380 --> 00:20:22.960
 were intended

00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:23.440
 to be,

00:20:23.620 --> 00:20:24.500
 image bearers

00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:24.940
 of God,

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.259
 like the

00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:26.400
 perfect image

00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:26.920
 bearers of

00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.240
 God.

00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:28.279
 And we all

00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:28.519
 know that

00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:29.060
 Christ came

00:20:29.060 --> 00:20:30.480
 here and

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:31.060
 showed us

00:20:31.060 --> 00:20:31.519
 what a

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:33.040
 perfect image

00:20:33.040 --> 00:20:33.660
 bearing life

00:20:33.660 --> 00:20:34.200
 looked like.

00:20:34.820 --> 00:20:35.540
 He showed

00:20:35.540 --> 00:20:35.980
 us what a

00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:36.560
 life completely

00:20:36.560 --> 00:20:37.320
 devoted to

00:20:37.320 --> 00:20:38.580
 and obedient

00:20:38.580 --> 00:20:38.940
 to the

00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.500
 Father looked

00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:39.820
 like.

00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:40.740
 and so

00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.240
 since he

00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:41.700
 is that

00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.879
 apex of

00:20:42.879 --> 00:20:43.240
 what that

00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:43.500
 is,

00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:43.700
 that's

00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:43.919
 what we're

00:20:43.919 --> 00:20:44.439
 told in

00:20:44.439 --> 00:20:45.779
 Romans,

00:20:46.659 --> 00:20:48.240
 we are to

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:48.679
 become the

00:20:48.679 --> 00:20:49.159
 image of

00:20:49.159 --> 00:20:49.720
 Christ who

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.000
 is the

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.419
 image of

00:20:50.419 --> 00:20:50.740
 God,

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.099
 to press

00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:52.819
 into that.

00:20:53.639 --> 00:20:53.779
 So

00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:56.779
 we're going to

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.139
 talk some

00:20:57.139 --> 00:20:57.559
 more about

00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:58.019
 our role,

00:20:58.119 --> 00:20:58.659
 but I'm just

00:20:58.659 --> 00:20:59.000
 going to keep

00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.599
 moving on.

00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:00.599
 Where it

00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:01.240
 says fear and

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:01.519
 trembling,

00:21:01.659 --> 00:21:01.980
 you might be

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.159
 like,

00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:03.579
 what's up

00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:03.960
 with that?

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.180
 Like,

00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:04.559
 if God's

00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:05.039
 our Father

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 and we're

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 saved,

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 like,

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 why are we

00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:06.620
 fearing,

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:07.539
 why do we

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:07.779
 need to be

00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:08.259
 in fear and

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.539
 trembling?

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 And,

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 do you think

00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:11.720
 it means

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 we should be

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 utterly terrified

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 and depressed

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 and unconfident

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 and jittery

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 like in the

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.420
 presence of

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 God,

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 like a lot

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:19.539
 of people

00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:20.160
 might think?

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 No,

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 but in

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:23.840
 Scripture,

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 it's filled

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 with like,

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 this image

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:27.980
 of how a

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.720
 godly person

00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:29.340
 has a fear

00:21:29.340 --> 00:21:29.819
 of the Lord.

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 Like the

00:21:30.120 --> 00:21:30.640
 Old Testament

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 says this

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 kind of stuff

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 a lot,

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 like even

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 in the beginning

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 of Proverbs

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 it says,

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 the fear

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 of the Lord

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 is the

00:21:36.199 --> 00:21:36.480
 beginning

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:36.959
 of wisdom,

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 the fear

00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:37.759
 of the Lord

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:37.959
 is the

00:21:37.959 --> 00:21:38.159
 beginning

00:21:38.159 --> 00:21:38.699
 of knowledge.

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 This is what

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 it says,

00:21:40.159 --> 00:21:40.879
 a godly man

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 fears the

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.099
 Lord.

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 And,

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 so Paul is

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 simply saying

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 that we're,

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 as we continue

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 to follow Christ

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 and joyful

00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:49.240
 obedience,

00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:50.659
 that we're

00:21:50.659 --> 00:21:51.179
 working out

00:21:51.179 --> 00:21:52.000
 our sanctification,

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 we're to live

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 like in reverent

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 humility

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 towards the

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 living God.

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 And,

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 in sanctification,

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 like,

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 it's like having

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 a healthy fear

00:22:01.659 --> 00:22:02.240
 of offending

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:03.119
 God or hurting

00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:03.539
 God,

00:22:04.439 --> 00:22:06.179
 in a righteous

00:22:06.179 --> 00:22:07.139
 awe and respect

00:22:07.139 --> 00:22:07.579
 of Him,

00:22:08.399 --> 00:22:09.039
 we don't just

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:09.500
 kind of throw

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:10.059
 that part of

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 God away,

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 He's God.

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 Like,

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 He is our

00:22:12.719 --> 00:22:13.419
 Father and we

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 can come to

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 Him and call

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 Him Abba,

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 but He's not

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 just like another

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 earthly father,

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 like He's God

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 Almighty.

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 I mean,

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 read just the

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 encounters of

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 Moses on Mount

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 Sinai with God

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 or any man

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 that, like,

00:22:24.919 --> 00:22:25.779
 encountered God

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 in the Scripture

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 and there was

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 like a sense

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:30.220
 of reverence

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 and awe

00:22:30.679 --> 00:22:31.139
 and fear

00:22:31.139 --> 00:22:31.639
 and trembling

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 and not just,

00:22:32.919 --> 00:22:33.500
 Jesus is my

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.000
 homeboy,

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 like,

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 let me prop

00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:36.200
 my feet up

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.639
 in the presence

00:22:36.639 --> 00:22:37.099
 of God

00:22:37.099 --> 00:22:37.559
 and have a

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:38.200
 cigar with Him,

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.440
 like,

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:39.119
 not that kind

00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:40.379
 of image.

00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:42.460
 and it's a

00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:44.180
 healthy knowledge

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.580
 of, like,

00:22:44.600 --> 00:22:45.060
 knowing that

00:22:45.060 --> 00:22:45.780
 God is God

00:22:45.780 --> 00:22:46.220
 and that God

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.500
 could,

00:22:46.820 --> 00:22:47.360
 He holds your

00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:48.040
 very life in

00:22:48.040 --> 00:22:48.540
 His hands

00:22:48.540 --> 00:22:49.520
 and it's like

00:22:49.520 --> 00:22:50.300
 a reverent fear,

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:50.780
 like you might

00:22:50.780 --> 00:22:51.020
 have,

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.680
 like some of you

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.120
 might have

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 for somebody

00:22:53.340 --> 00:22:53.880
 in your life,

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.340
 maybe your

00:22:54.340 --> 00:22:54.840
 father or

00:22:54.840 --> 00:22:55.160
 something,

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:57.200
 that where

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:58.200
 you know He

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.640
 loves you,

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:58.960
 you know He

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.500
 would die for

00:22:59.500 --> 00:22:59.620
 you,

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 He provides

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 for you,

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 but you know

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.420
 also He

00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:02.280
 could put it

00:23:02.280 --> 00:23:02.640
 on you,

00:23:02.760 --> 00:23:03.340
 like discipline

00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:03.780
 you in a

00:23:03.780 --> 00:23:04.280
 second if He

00:23:04.280 --> 00:23:04.720
 needed to.

00:23:05.260 --> 00:23:05.820
 I have that

00:23:05.820 --> 00:23:06.540
 about my

00:23:06.540 --> 00:23:06.820
 dad.

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 So,

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 turn to

00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:11.740
 Hebrews 12

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:13.159
 real fast,

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 I'll show you

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 an example

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.419
 of this.

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 Hebrews 12

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 verse 28

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:26.439
 As we

00:23:26.439 --> 00:23:27.459
 revere God

00:23:27.459 --> 00:23:28.579
 and look to

00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:29.279
 Him as God,

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:29.939
 it will cultivate

00:23:29.939 --> 00:23:30.720
 a humility in

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:30.879
 us.

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 And remember

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:31.559
 what we've

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.019
 been reading

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.679
 in Philippians

00:23:32.679 --> 00:23:33.339
 about living

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:34.299
 in humility

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:35.480
 towards one

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:35.740
 another.

00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.139
 And how you

00:23:36.139 --> 00:23:36.679
 do that is

00:23:36.679 --> 00:23:37.599
 by looking

00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:38.159
 to God.

00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:39.819
 Hebrews 12

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.519
 verse 28

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.179
 says this,

00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:42.319
 He's talking

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:43.179
 to the

00:23:43.179 --> 00:23:43.679
 believers and

00:23:43.679 --> 00:23:44.039
 He says,

00:23:44.639 --> 00:23:45.299
 Therefore let

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:45.639
 us be

00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:46.299
 grateful for

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:46.980
 receiving a

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.500
 kingdom that

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.899
 cannot be

00:23:48.899 --> 00:23:49.259
 shaken.

00:23:50.199 --> 00:23:50.779
 That's awesome.

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.279
 And then He

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.619
 says,

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:53.220
 And thus let

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.899
 us offer to

00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:54.859
 God acceptable

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:56.319
 worship with

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:57.179
 reverence and

00:23:57.179 --> 00:23:58.679
 awe, for our

00:23:58.679 --> 00:23:59.439
 God is a

00:23:59.439 --> 00:24:00.359
 consuming fire.

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.480
 It's that

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.339
 idea of like,

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.839
 man, we have

00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:04.779
 a kingdom with

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:06.240
 Him, we belong

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:06.879
 to Him, we have

00:24:06.879 --> 00:24:07.759
 a salvation in

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:09.000
 Him, but let

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.480
 us live in

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.039
 reverence and

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.660
 awe of Him.

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.099
 And why?

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.480
 Because our

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.099
 God is a

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:13.059
 consuming fire.

00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:13.839
 This idea that

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:15.099
 God is God

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:16.680
 and He should

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:18.319
 humble us to

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:18.879
 be in His

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.319
 presence.

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.859
 So a quick

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.220
 answer.

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.319
 I want you to

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:22.900
 remember that it's

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.460
 like statement

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.160
 one, I'm going to

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.500
 have statement

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.400
 two in the next

00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:25.720
 question.

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.460
 Statement one,

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:27.900
 as far as our

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:29.259
 role in

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:29.859
 sanctification,

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:31.039
 salvation, we

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.919
 are called to

00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:32.599
 be faithful,

00:24:33.959 --> 00:24:36.039
 obedient, to

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:37.819
 labor, and

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:39.759
 toil in the

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.459
 work of living

00:24:40.459 --> 00:24:41.199
 godly lives,

00:24:41.219 --> 00:24:41.879
 like we are.

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:43.240
 We're to work,

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:44.299
 labor, toil, be

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:45.079
 faithful, obedient.

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.459
 That is our

00:24:47.459 --> 00:24:48.199
 responsibility, that's

00:24:48.199 --> 00:24:48.619
 what we're called

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.000
 to do.

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:51.639
 And remember

00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:52.079
 that, that's

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.679
 statement one.

00:24:53.699 --> 00:24:54.619
 Moving into the

00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:55.539
 next part, question

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.000
 three.

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:57.559
 And hold your

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.099
 hand in Hebrews,

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.480
 we're going to

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:58.980
 go back there,

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.539
 but go back to

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.059
 Philippians.

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.799
 Question three

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:06.519
 is, what is the

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.339
 Holy Spirit's

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:08.980
 role in

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.639
 sanctification?

00:25:10.639 --> 00:25:11.259
 What is the

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.980
 Holy Spirit's

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.319
 role in

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.879
 sanctification?

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:15.480
 Verse 13,

00:25:16.179 --> 00:25:16.719
 back in

00:25:16.719 --> 00:25:17.299
 Philippians,

00:25:18.159 --> 00:25:19.179
 for it is God

00:25:19.179 --> 00:25:20.059
 who works in

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:21.539
 you, both to

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.319
 will and to

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:23.339
 work for His

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:24.000
 good pleasure.

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.819
 Okay, now,

00:25:25.939 --> 00:25:26.319
 there you go,

00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:26.679
 there's the

00:25:26.679 --> 00:25:26.959
 mystery.

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.079
 Go out there,

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:29.259
 and go for it,

00:25:29.399 --> 00:25:29.939
 but know what?

00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:30.759
 It's God at

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.359
 work in you,

00:25:31.459 --> 00:25:32.759
 His will, and

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.399
 to work for His

00:25:33.399 --> 00:25:33.899
 good pleasure.

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.419
 And this is the

00:25:35.419 --> 00:25:35.759
 mystery.

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:39.179
 And so, since

00:25:39.179 --> 00:25:40.039
 God has brought

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:41.079
 salvation to us,

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:41.779
 He's not now

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.639
 left us on our

00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:43.679
 own to work out

00:25:43.679 --> 00:25:44.759
 the Christian

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.159
 life.

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.919
 He's not, He's

00:25:45.919 --> 00:25:46.639
 not done that.

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.019
 God has saved

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.599
 us, and now we're

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.099
 on our own.

00:25:50.179 --> 00:25:50.559
 Like, it doesn't

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.159
 work that way.

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.619
 Like, I've done

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:52.779
 my part by

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.379
 saving you, and

00:25:53.379 --> 00:25:53.759
 now you need to

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.699
 do your part to

00:25:54.699 --> 00:25:55.179
 straighten yourself

00:25:55.179 --> 00:25:56.000
 up, get your

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.459
 life straight.

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:58.059
 It's not how it

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.340
 works.

00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.740
 We have that

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.640
 idea that, you

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.640
 know, it's me and

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.940
 Jesus mentality, and

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:05.579
 like, I can, I'm on

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.940
 my own, and I thank

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.660
 Him for what He did,

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:09.100
 but now I can work

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:09.840
 this out on my own.

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.440
 If you remember in

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.319
 the book of Galatians,

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.500
 they did the same

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:12.860
 thing.

00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:14.600
 They began to forget,

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:16.559
 like, how they were

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.680
 saved, which was by the

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.519
 grace of God and by

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.039
 God's power.

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:20.000
 God's power, and

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.920
 Paul says to them,

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.960
 having begun by the

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:24.119
 Spirit, or by the

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:25.619
 Spirit's power, are you

00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:27.119
 now being perfected by

00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:28.879
 your flesh, by working

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.500
 on your own?

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.139
 He calls them you

00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:31.420
 foolish Galatians.

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.539
 It's like, he's kind

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:33.339
 of like, don't forget,

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.440
 like, God started this

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:36.139
 work in you, and he's

00:26:36.139 --> 00:26:37.019
 continuing it right

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.359
 now.

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:41.180
 And, jump back over to

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:42.879
 Hebrews, and go over to

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.960
 chapter 13, and show

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.720
 you something else.

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:48.039
 He has given us the

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:49.539
 Holy Spirit to energize

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.980
 us to live godly lives,

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:52.400
 to give us the strength

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:52.759
 we need.

00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:55.240
 Hebrews 13, verse 20,

00:26:56.559 --> 00:27:00.140
 it says this,

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:01.240
 Now may the God of

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.920
 peace, who brought

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:05.019
 again from the dead

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:06.880
 our Lord Jesus, the

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.940
 great shepherd of the

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:09.620
 sheep, by the blood of

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.539
 the eternal covenant,

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.759
 all right, now, may

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.420
 Christ do this.

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.140
 It says, verse 21,

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:16.120
 equip you with every

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:18.200
 good that you may do

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:20.080
 his will, working in

00:27:20.080 --> 00:27:21.000
 us that which is

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.980
 pleasing in his sight,

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.680
 through Jesus Christ,

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:26.440
 to whom glory, belong

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:27.500
 glory forever.

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:27.940
 Amen.

00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:29.920
 So, see that?

00:27:30.040 --> 00:27:30.860
 Like, it's this idea,

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:32.220
 like how Christ did

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:32.840
 this, and now he's

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.920
 continuing this work

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:35.840
 inside of us, equipping

00:27:35.840 --> 00:27:36.740
 us with every good work

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:38.100
 so we may do his will,

00:27:38.800 --> 00:27:39.860
 working in us so that

00:27:39.860 --> 00:27:40.740
 it would be pleasing in

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.180
 his sight.

00:27:41.280 --> 00:27:42.920
 It's this idea that God

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:44.080
 is now in us, and

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:45.000
 working in us.

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:46.379
 This is the Holy

00:27:46.379 --> 00:27:46.759
 Spirit.

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.759
 So though we're

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:50.319
 responsible for being

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:51.399
 obedient and being

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:53.899
 responsible and stepping

00:27:53.899 --> 00:27:57.000
 out of the faith, but it's

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.939
 not by our own strength

00:27:57.939 --> 00:27:59.039
 that we do, it's God's

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.799
 strength that's going to

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:03.099
 be working in us, and it's

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:04.359
 God's grace, God's power,

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.839
 God's energy that enables

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.879
 us to live the Christian

00:28:06.879 --> 00:28:07.339
 life.

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.819
 And guess what?

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:10.579
 It pleases the Father.

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.299
 It pleases the Father.

00:28:12.399 --> 00:28:13.439
 And let's jump back to

00:28:13.439 --> 00:28:14.200
 Philippians again.

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:16.000
 The second part of that,

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:18.259
 verse 13 in Philippians,

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:20.740
 where it says, to work for

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.619
 his good pleasure.

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:25.939
 So, as we live upright lives

00:28:25.939 --> 00:28:26.980
 and we're obedient and we

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:29.500
 follow Christ, it brings joy

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:31.799
 and delight to our Father to

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.259
 see that.

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:34.419
 He's not like we have to earn

00:28:34.419 --> 00:28:35.559
 his salvation or he's going

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:37.599
 to love us more or love us

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:38.659
 less, depending on how

00:28:38.659 --> 00:28:39.639
 obedient we are.

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:41.339
 It just means that he takes

00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:42.639
 delight when he sees his

00:28:42.639 --> 00:28:44.139
 children walking in the

00:28:44.139 --> 00:28:45.179
 truth, when he sees his

00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:47.859
 children living as they

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.779
 ought to live.

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:51.980
 I've heard of many stories

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:54.159
 of fathers who have delighted

00:28:54.159 --> 00:28:55.899
 in hearing that the stuff

00:28:55.899 --> 00:28:56.779
 that they put into their

00:28:56.779 --> 00:29:00.399
 children at a young age is

00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:03.619
 now being tested by, you

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:06.139
 know, girls and guys

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:07.979
 tempting their children to

00:29:07.979 --> 00:29:10.019
 be sexually active or to

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.879
 live a certain kind of

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:12.939
 lifestyle and they hold

00:29:12.939 --> 00:29:14.099
 fast to like what they

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:16.439
 learned from their parents

00:29:16.439 --> 00:29:19.039
 and it brings great joy to

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:20.099
 their parents and encourage

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:21.079
 them to see God's work

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:22.679
 inside of them and they're

00:29:22.679 --> 00:29:23.599
 holding on to what they

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:25.319
 were taught and in the midst

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:26.219
 of trial and temptation.

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:28.319
 And so whenever, I mean,

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:29.899
 think about how God spoke

00:29:29.899 --> 00:29:32.359
 about Christ when Christ was,

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:34.500
 he resisted the temptation

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.079
 in the wilderness.

00:29:35.699 --> 00:29:37.099
 He pressed on when he was

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:39.139
 baptized and then again,

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.339
 the transfiguration, he

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:41.439
 said this same thing.

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:43.119
 He said, this is my beloved

00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:44.079
 son with whom I'm well

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.419
 pleased.

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:46.119
 This idea of how he just

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:48.599
 delights in seeing us walk

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:49.159
 in the truth.

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:51.259
 He doesn't hate us when we

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:52.339
 mess up, but it just brings

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:54.319
 him joy to see us walking

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.779
 in the truth.

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.639
 It's for God's good

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:55.959
 pleasure.

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:59.159
 And so, so statement two,

00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:00.179
 I told you statement one,

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:01.960
 the last question, number

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.380
 three.

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:04.700
 So where's the Holy Spirit's

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.340
 role in sanctification?

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:08.000
 And here's the answer for

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.720
 statement two.

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:12.640
 As we step out in faith and

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:16.019
 obedience, the Holy Spirit

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:19.799
 will empower, encourage,

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:22.539
 guide, and comfort us to live

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.299
 godly lives.

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:25.700
 All right.

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:27.779
 As we step out in faith and

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:30.159
 obedience, the Holy Spirit is

00:30:30.159 --> 00:30:32.819
 faithful to empower, encourage,

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:35.619
 guide, and comfort us to live

00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:36.220
 godly lives.

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.019
 This is what he does.

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:38.299
 He gives us the strength to do

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.460
 it.

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:40.819
 So jumping into some

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.940
 application of this, that's

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:43.019
 the three questions and that's

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:44.440
 kind of walking through the

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:44.779
 text.

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:47.460
 But bringing your group, Tom,

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.460
 you're going to have a question

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.079
 about this.

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:51.779
 So listen carefully.

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:54.480
 There's, I see, at least in my

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.859
 own life, in the lives of

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:57.839
 others, two camps of people

00:30:57.839 --> 00:31:00.980
 that kind of can be on one

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.939
 extreme or the other.

00:31:02.639 --> 00:31:05.599
 And one camp is like the

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.359
 working camp.

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:08.859
 And they believe this idea that

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:10.659
 go out there and get busy.

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:12.879
 God did all this work for you.

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.960
 Now you need to go out there and

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:15.220
 get really busy for him and you

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:17.299
 need to work hard and do all

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.679
 this stuff.

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.740
 He's dependent on you.

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:20.460
 Come on, go out there and do

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:21.759
 something big for God.

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.819
 It's all up to you, so get it

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.119
 done.

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:26.839
 That kind of attitude is if it

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:29.299
 just all was on your shoulders

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:31.879
 and like God has an employment

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:33.039
 problem and he needs people to

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:34.119
 go out there and get busy and

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.699
 start working.

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:38.059
 And you need to realize like no,

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:40.159
 like God needs no man.

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:43.799
 Even people who are in rare

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:45.179
 conditions, I know that something

00:31:45.179 --> 00:31:45.899
 happened to me.

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.359
 It wouldn't be the end of the

00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:47.579
 world.

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:49.579
 God will continue the work.

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.960
 He could raise up ten of me if

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.519
 he wanted to.

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:54.720
 The same thing within global

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.220
 missions.

00:31:55.439 --> 00:31:56.619
 Like God could raise up as many

00:31:56.619 --> 00:31:58.699
 people as he wanted to, but this

00:31:58.699 --> 00:32:01.839
 idea that God needs us for

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:03.359
 something is not appropriate.

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:05.559
 God can do as he will.

00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:07.299
 It says in Acts that God is not

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:08.819
 served by human hands as though he

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:10.419
 needed anything.

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:14.240
 And so he's invited us to be a part

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:15.519
 of what he is doing.

00:32:16.060 --> 00:32:17.720
 And if you live in that camp, you're

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:19.019
 usually going to end up just very

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:21.259
 whipped, burned out and tired because

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.560
 you're trying to work in your own

00:32:22.560 --> 00:32:24.880
 strength all the time and your own

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:27.519
 skills and your own talents and you're

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.380
 just going to burn out.

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:32.160
 And you love like the hype about the

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:35.160
 Christian life, but you rush out there

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:36.259
 and before you know it, you're wiped

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.580
 out.

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:40.700
 And, you know, I've been also hiking

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:44.220
 with some people who, who, one guy

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:45.560
 used to teach here a little bit.

00:32:46.600 --> 00:32:48.040
 We'd go out and buy like all the best

00:32:48.040 --> 00:32:48.920
 gear, all the stuff.

00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:50.060
 And then he would go out there and he

00:32:50.060 --> 00:32:50.660
 hated it.

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:52.580
 Like he would just like want to quit,

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.340
 want to turn back.

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:54.560
 We're like, no, bro, you got to keep

00:32:54.560 --> 00:32:55.100
 going.

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:58.419
 And he was all excited about it, but

00:32:58.419 --> 00:33:00.439
 he was just trying to, he didn't really

00:33:00.439 --> 00:33:01.740
 understand why there was something

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:03.399
 behind it that kind of pushed us on.

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.859
 That was like our love for what we did.

00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:13.219
 And so the second camp is, is this camp.

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:15.480
 Let completely go and let God.

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:17.459
 Now I understand there's a measure of

00:33:17.459 --> 00:33:18.639
 truth to that, but it depends on which

00:33:18.639 --> 00:33:19.879
 way you're implying that truth.

00:33:20.379 --> 00:33:22.299
 But let completely go and let God.

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:26.019
 And, and it's this idea of like, well,

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:28.059
 if it's all God's power inside of us,

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:30.519
 is God a sovereign, if God is going to

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.659
 give us the strength of the Christian

00:33:31.659 --> 00:33:33.579
 life, he can just, if he wants to get

00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:34.819
 me off the couch, he can just get me

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.359
 off the couch.

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:37.519
 If I, I'm just going to sit here and

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.480
 wait for something to happen.

00:33:38.619 --> 00:33:40.579
 Like, hope he just hits me with a wave

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:41.059
 of emotion.

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.980
 And then all of a sudden I'm going to

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.720
 get up and do something.

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.879
 This idea that you're just waiting for

00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:47.159
 God to ignite something in you.

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:49.119
 And he doesn't need me.

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:50.559
 So I just sit here until he does.

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:51.639
 And he'll just do something really

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:53.680
 dramatic and emotional and I'll get

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:55.120
 off my butt and be obedient.

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:58.780
 That's the other extreme idea, like

00:33:58.780 --> 00:34:01.660
 the lazy boy of grace kind of idea.

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:05.460
 And so let's marry those two

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:06.300
 statements together.

00:34:07.320 --> 00:34:08.420
 The two statements I mentioned

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:08.820
 earlier.

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:12.240
 So the first statement, we're called to

00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:14.720
 be faithful and obedient, to labor and

00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:16.140
 toil and live in godly lives.

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:18.559
 And the second statement, as we step

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:21.820
 out in faith and obedience, the Holy

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:23.880
 Spirit will empower us and give us the

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:26.360
 strength and energy and the will, the

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:28.900
 desire to live godly lives.

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:31.460
 And the mysteries, you'll see these right

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:33.380
 beside each other in Scripture.

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:36.159
 And we're going to turn to two examples

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:36.579
 of that.

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:39.900
 first one in Colossians chapter one.

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:41.239
 Go to Colossians chapter one.

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:43.679
 You need to see like how these are just right

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.440
 beside each other.

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:46.460
 It's not saying one or the other.

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:48.039
 It's saying how both of these work

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:50.199
 simultaneously together.

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:54.059
 Colossians one and go to,

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:56.139
 let's see,

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:58.639
 verse 11 first.

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:02.159
 Colossians one verse 11.

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.679
 And he says,

00:35:03.779 --> 00:35:06.639
 May you be strengthened with all power

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:10.039
 according to his glorious might for all

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:11.859
 endurance and patience and joy, giving

00:35:11.859 --> 00:35:14.679
 thanks to the Father who has qualified you

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:16.420
 to share in the inheritance of the saints

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:16.960
 in light.

00:35:18.759 --> 00:35:20.519
 First part, jump down to verse 27,

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:21.899
 same chapter.

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:26.799
 To them, God chose to make known how great

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:29.000
 among the Gentiles are the riches of the

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:32.039
 glory of this mystery, which is Christ in

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:34.099
 you the hope of glory.

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:38.099
 Him we proclaim, warning everyone

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:40.779
 and teaching everyone with all wisdom

00:35:40.779 --> 00:35:43.400
 so that we present everyone mature in Christ.

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:44.779
 That's what I'm talking about.

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:46.259
 You know, I get out there and get busy,

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:47.779
 get busy teaching, get busy warning,

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.219
 proclaiming.

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:51.239
 We want to make everybody mature.

00:35:51.619 --> 00:35:52.360
 That's that camp.

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:54.219
 And then look at verse 29.

00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:57.420
 For this I toil.

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:58.599
 There you go.

00:35:58.719 --> 00:35:59.000
 Labor.

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.079
 Labor.

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:02.260
 Struggling with all his energy

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:04.559
 that he powerfully works within me.

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:05.380
 There's the other part.

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:05.800
 See that?

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:07.460
 It's like this idea.

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:09.940
 And last example.

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.880
 This one's a great one.

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:13.480
 It's the last place you have to turn.

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:14.800
 1 Corinthians 15.

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.900
 Jump over to that.

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:21.760
 1 Corinthians 15, verse 9.

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:24.700
 1 Corinthians 15, verse 9.

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:29.740
 Paul kind of giving a defense of his ministry

00:36:29.740 --> 00:36:33.660
 to the Corinthian church.

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:35.840
 He says in verse 9,

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:38.700
 For I am the least of the apostles,

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:40.940
 unworthy to be called an apostle,

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:43.700
 because I persecuted the church of God,

00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:45.320
 a reference to his old life.

00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:47.079
 But the grace of God,

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:49.019
 excuse me,

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:50.140
 by the grace of God,

00:36:50.220 --> 00:36:51.160
 I am who I am.

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:54.280
 And his grace towards me

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:55.160
 was not in vain.

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.519
 Listen to this.

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.320
 On the contrary,

00:36:57.940 --> 00:37:00.019
 I worked harder than any of them.

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.240
 See that?

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:02.220
 Got there and worked hard.

00:37:02.220 --> 00:37:03.100
 I worked really hard.

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.839
 Paul saying,

00:37:04.779 --> 00:37:05.980
 Though it was not I,

00:37:06.759 --> 00:37:08.880
 but the grace of God that is in me.

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:11.759
 Whether then it was I or they,

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:13.779
 so we preach and so we believe.

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:14.900
 So,

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:16.579
 I worked hard.

00:37:16.739 --> 00:37:17.699
 I was out there

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:20.799
 pouring my blood, sweat, and tears out for you guys.

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.339
 But guess what?

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:23.039
 It was the power of God.

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:24.960
 It was the grace of God working in me

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.880
 as I did that.

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:26.980
 So,

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:28.139
 we step out in obedience

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:29.199
 and we cling to God.

00:37:29.279 --> 00:37:29.900
 We beg him

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:31.519
 to give us what we need

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.699
 to live the Christian life.

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:34.119
 And that's the mystery

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:36.019
 that is there.

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:37.420
 We clearly have a part.

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:39.239
 We need to be responsible.

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:40.500
 God will hold us accountable

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:41.659
 for being disobedient.

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:42.980
 He's not going to say,

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.319
 Well,

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:46.000
 we can't plead that cause with God.

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:46.259
 Like,

00:37:46.299 --> 00:37:47.900
 You just didn't give me the strength to do it, God.

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:48.639
 He's going to say,

00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:49.940
 You weren't obedient.

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.679
 You didn't step out in obedience.

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:52.380
 And,

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:55.480
 we'll be consequences for our actions.

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:55.739
 But,

00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:57.339
 but as we step out,

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.900
 it's God's work

00:37:58.900 --> 00:38:00.179
 and He'll get the glory for it.

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.319
 Hudson Taylor,

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:03.280
 missionary to China,

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:04.160
 awesome guy,

00:38:04.620 --> 00:38:05.160
 he wrote,

00:38:06.080 --> 00:38:08.559
 God's work done in God's way

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:10.440
 will never lack God's supplies.

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:11.600
 So,

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:11.960
 we,

00:38:12.100 --> 00:38:13.860
 we step out

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:14.580
 and we work,

00:38:15.180 --> 00:38:16.420
 God will provide for us.

00:38:17.100 --> 00:38:18.700
 God's work done in God's way

00:38:18.700 --> 00:38:20.400
 will never lack God's supplies.

00:38:21.080 --> 00:38:21.680
 Hudson Taylor,

00:38:22.680 --> 00:38:23.300
 St. Augustine,

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:23.860
 5th century,

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.260
 he goes,

00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:25.120
 this is what he said,

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:29.039
 work as if everything depended on you

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:31.420
 and pray as if everything depended on God.

00:38:32.259 --> 00:38:32.539
 And,

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:34.579
 he wasn't saying it depends on you,

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.179
 he's like just saying,

00:38:35.299 --> 00:38:35.659
 work,

00:38:36.339 --> 00:38:37.000
 as if it did,

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:38.539
 but at the same time,

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:40.819
 pray in humble recognition

00:38:40.819 --> 00:38:42.139
 that you need God's grace.

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:44.380
 Augustine said a long time ago,

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:45.279
 God,

00:38:45.380 --> 00:38:45.559
 you know,

00:38:45.619 --> 00:38:46.799
 command what you will,

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:48.480
 command us to do what you will,

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:50.019
 but give us the grace to command,

00:38:50.359 --> 00:38:51.420
 or give us the grace to,

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:53.179
 to follow those commands.

00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:54.739
 And so,

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:56.799
 I remember,

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:57.960
 back in Philippians,

00:38:58.139 --> 00:38:58.899
 the first message,

00:38:59.419 --> 00:38:59.899
 I think,

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.559
 of this,

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:02.639
 this series in Philippians,

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:04.239
 Philippians 1.6,

00:39:04.339 --> 00:39:05.419
 let this encourage you,

00:39:06.219 --> 00:39:08.359
 that God has promised to finish this work.

00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:09.480
 He said,

00:39:10.219 --> 00:39:10.639
 Paul said,

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:11.399
 I'm sure this,

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:12.899
 he who began the good work in you

00:39:12.899 --> 00:39:14.759
 will bring it to completion

00:39:14.759 --> 00:39:16.139
 at the day of Christ Jesus.

00:39:16.319 --> 00:39:18.079
 That's Philippians 1.6.

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:18.839
 He began it,

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.699
 he will bring it to completion.

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:21.879
 He's not going to just stop

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:23.700
 and abandon the work

00:39:23.700 --> 00:39:24.420
 that he started.

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:26.160
 He's going to finish it.

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.500
 And so,

00:39:28.240 --> 00:39:29.119
 in conclusion,

00:39:30.200 --> 00:39:30.780
 I have a,

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:33.980
 kind of a little brief story here

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:35.420
 that I was going to read to you.

00:39:35.579 --> 00:39:36.039
 There's a,

00:39:36.140 --> 00:39:37.180
 there's a pastor,

00:39:38.180 --> 00:39:39.180
 an awesome guy,

00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:41.800
 Presbyterian dude named Harry Reeder.

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:44.260
 Some of you went to New Year's conference last year

00:39:44.260 --> 00:39:44.980
 at campus outreach.

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:46.340
 He spoke there.

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:47.820
 He was the older guy that spoke there.

00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:48.820
 He said,

00:39:48.820 --> 00:39:49.960
 and really loves the Lord.

00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:50.580
 And,

00:39:51.140 --> 00:39:52.340
 he told a story

00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:54.320
 about relating how

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:56.500
 God's power works within us

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:57.100
 and that we have,

00:39:57.600 --> 00:39:58.080
 we are,

00:39:58.340 --> 00:39:58.640
 um,

00:39:59.519 --> 00:39:59.960
 his,

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:01.360
 and he has something inside of us.

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:02.380
 This is something that he wrote.

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:03.340
 He said,

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:04.360
 when I was 16,

00:40:05.140 --> 00:40:05.420
 so,

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:06.120
 this was like,

00:40:06.860 --> 00:40:07.740
 good way back

00:40:07.740 --> 00:40:08.680
 for him.

00:40:09.160 --> 00:40:10.700
 My father bought me a car

00:40:10.700 --> 00:40:11.420
 at an auction

00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:13.160
 for $75.

00:40:13.700 --> 00:40:14.140
 He said,

00:40:14.139 --> 00:40:15.519
 it was pink.

00:40:16.339 --> 00:40:17.819
 A 57 Ford,

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:19.079
 which my dad insisted

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:20.480
 was coral color,

00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:21.099
 not pink.

00:40:21.799 --> 00:40:22.279
 He said,

00:40:22.339 --> 00:40:24.159
 I couldn't drive a pink car to school.

00:40:25.339 --> 00:40:26.559
 And then I heard the words

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:27.940
 that he always said to me,

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:29.019
 um,

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:30.500
 that I would one day say

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:31.460
 to my future children,

00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:32.440
 son,

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:32.779
 it is,

00:40:32.940 --> 00:40:34.139
 a poor ride is better

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:35.199
 than a proud walk.

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:37.099
 And he said,

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:39.000
 he said it so convincingly

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.679
 that I knew

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:41.219
 that it probably was from the Bible.

00:40:41.219 --> 00:40:44.419
 He said,

00:40:44.419 --> 00:40:42.599
 um,

00:40:42.919 --> 00:40:44.239
 he said,

00:40:44.379 --> 00:40:46.699
 then my dad opened the hood

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:47.339
 of that car,

00:40:47.419 --> 00:40:48.319
 that 57 Ford.

00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:50.739
 And my dad opened the hood

00:40:50.739 --> 00:40:51.339
 of that car.

00:40:52.359 --> 00:40:53.379
 And to my surprise,

00:40:53.459 --> 00:40:54.519
 underneath it was a

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:56.239
 390 engine

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:58.759
 with two four-barrel

00:40:58.759 --> 00:40:59.219
 carburetors.

00:41:00.259 --> 00:41:00.679
 Some of you

00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:01.879
 don't know

00:41:01.879 --> 00:41:03.000
 what that is.

00:41:03.659 --> 00:41:04.459
 And then he said,

00:41:04.799 --> 00:41:05.219
 um,

00:41:05.919 --> 00:41:06.539
 the car

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:07.939
 had been

00:41:07.939 --> 00:41:09.299
 a South Carolina

00:41:09.299 --> 00:41:10.279
 State Interceptor,

00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:11.360
 a highway patrol car.

00:41:12.120 --> 00:41:12.420
 Nothing,

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:13.880
 nothing had more power

00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:14.760
 under the hood.

00:41:15.900 --> 00:41:16.340
 Space

00:41:16.340 --> 00:41:18.000
 and conviction

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.880
 prevents me

00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:19.580
 from detailing

00:41:19.580 --> 00:41:20.360
 the surprises

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:21.880
 that Corvettes

00:41:21.880 --> 00:41:23.140
 and Roasters

00:41:23.140 --> 00:41:23.620
 would get

00:41:23.620 --> 00:41:24.720
 after they looked at

00:41:24.720 --> 00:41:25.240
 and laughed

00:41:25.240 --> 00:41:25.980
 at my pink

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:27.000
 57 Ford

00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:28.320
 while I was sitting

00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:28.800
 by them

00:41:28.800 --> 00:41:29.600
 at the stoplight.

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:31.000
 So in other words,

00:41:31.060 --> 00:41:31.800
 like he dusted them,

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:32.460
 like in races,

00:41:32.640 --> 00:41:32.880
 they just,

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.680
 he just like left them

00:41:33.680 --> 00:41:35.140
 behind in his car.

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:36.480
 He says,

00:41:36.540 --> 00:41:37.680
 it didn't look like much,

00:41:37.700 --> 00:41:38.600
 but there was power

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:40.139
 under the hood.

00:41:41.339 --> 00:41:41.759
 And

00:41:41.759 --> 00:41:43.360
 it's this idea

00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:44.360
 that we feel

00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:45.719
 inadequate

00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:46.659
 and broken.

00:41:46.900 --> 00:41:47.539
 There's not a lot

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:48.480
 to us at all.

00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:49.380
 I mean,

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:50.400
 just look at me,

00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:51.000
 look at yourself.

00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:51.619
 There's not really

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:51.920
 much,

00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:53.440
 much to us.

00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:54.719
 Nothing really

00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:55.539
 to brag about.

00:41:56.219 --> 00:41:56.659
 Um,

00:41:56.659 --> 00:41:57.719
 but God has chosen

00:41:57.719 --> 00:41:59.099
 to put like his power

00:41:59.099 --> 00:42:00.440
 inside of us

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:00.940
 and remember

00:42:00.940 --> 00:42:02.019
 like there's power

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:02.659
 under the hood

00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:03.219
 in your life.

00:42:03.319 --> 00:42:03.659
 We can,

00:42:04.500 --> 00:42:05.159
 there's not a lot

00:42:05.159 --> 00:42:05.579
 to us,

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:07.099
 but because of

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:08.119
 what Christ has done

00:42:08.119 --> 00:42:09.579
 and the work

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:10.299
 of the Holy Spirit

00:42:10.299 --> 00:42:11.059
 in our lives,

00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:11.819
 we have power

00:42:11.819 --> 00:42:13.619
 to live the Christian life,

00:42:14.340 --> 00:42:14.460
 to,

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:15.599
 to present to the fullness

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:16.420
 of what God

00:42:16.420 --> 00:42:17.759
 has for us.

00:42:17.779 --> 00:42:18.719
 He's made us his

00:42:18.719 --> 00:42:20.299
 and we can press into that

00:42:20.299 --> 00:42:21.019
 by his grace

00:42:21.019 --> 00:42:22.159
 and by his power alone.

00:42:22.819 --> 00:42:23.259
 So,

00:42:23.860 --> 00:42:24.880
 that's the mystery

00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:26.420
 of sanctification.

00:42:27.340 --> 00:42:27.940
 Step out,

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:28.599
 be obedient,

00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:29.400
 be responsible,

00:42:30.199 --> 00:42:30.480
 um,

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:31.279
 work,

00:42:31.639 --> 00:42:31.940
 labor,

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:32.840
 toil,

00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:34.440
 pour out your blood,

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:34.740
 sweat,

00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:35.240
 and tears

00:42:35.240 --> 00:42:36.559
 for the cause

00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:37.140
 of Christ,

00:42:37.220 --> 00:42:38.079
 but at the same time

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:39.340
 look to God

00:42:39.340 --> 00:42:39.700
 and be like,

00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:40.460
 I need you

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:41.160
 to help me.

00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:42.360
 I need your grace.

00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:43.100
 I need your strength.

00:42:43.820 --> 00:42:44.019
 Um,

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:44.780
 I need your power.

00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:45.559
 I need your energy.

00:42:46.160 --> 00:42:47.300
 I don't want to do this.

00:42:47.340 --> 00:42:47.760
 I need your,

00:42:48.220 --> 00:42:49.000
 to work in me.

00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:49.460
 I need you to give me

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:50.900
 this desire to do this.

00:42:51.600 --> 00:42:53.579
 And that's how we live.

00:42:53.800 --> 00:42:54.280
 And that's the,

00:42:54.660 --> 00:42:55.440
 that's the mystery.

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:56.100
 Both are there.

00:42:56.220 --> 00:42:56.660
 You can't,

00:42:57.160 --> 00:42:57.920
 you can't get rid

00:42:57.920 --> 00:42:58.579
 of one or the other.

00:42:58.660 --> 00:42:59.720
 They're both there

00:42:59.720 --> 00:43:00.500
 together in Scripture.

00:43:01.460 --> 00:43:01.880
 And so,

00:43:01.880 --> 00:43:03.200
 let's,

00:43:03.300 --> 00:43:03.500
 uh,

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:05.059
 let's pray together

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:06.780
 and then we'll respond

00:43:06.780 --> 00:43:07.800
 in just a time of singing

00:43:07.800 --> 00:43:08.579
 and then we'll break up

00:43:08.579 --> 00:43:09.079
 into groups.

00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:10.000
 So,

00:43:10.099 --> 00:43:10.340
 um,

00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:10.900
 Alex,

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:11.260
 bags,

00:43:11.320 --> 00:43:11.579
 actually,

00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:12.240
 you can come up.

00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:13.800
 Father,

00:43:14.059 --> 00:43:14.360
 uh,

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:16.240
 we give you praise

00:43:16.240 --> 00:43:21.019
 for just allowing us

00:43:21.019 --> 00:43:23.039
 to be together tonight

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:24.099
 to open your word,

00:43:24.800 --> 00:43:26.480
 to read about the work

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:27.640
 that you started in us,

00:43:28.140 --> 00:43:31.400
 the work that is going on

00:43:31.400 --> 00:43:32.160
 and is now,

00:43:33.300 --> 00:43:33.639
 um,

00:43:33.639 --> 00:43:34.099
 God is,

00:43:35.059 --> 00:43:36.400
 your power that is work

00:43:36.400 --> 00:43:37.340
 within us,

00:43:37.420 --> 00:43:38.980
 both to will and work

00:43:38.980 --> 00:43:39.920
 for your good pleasure.

00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:41.700
 And Lord,

00:43:41.740 --> 00:43:42.360
 that you promised

00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:43.119
 to bring that work

00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:43.740
 to completion.

00:43:43.900 --> 00:43:44.420
 You would finish

00:43:44.420 --> 00:43:45.420
 the work you began

00:43:45.420 --> 00:43:46.720
 in us.

00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:47.259
 and,

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:48.579
 so,

00:43:48.679 --> 00:43:48.839
 Father,

00:43:48.939 --> 00:43:49.539
 help us

00:43:49.539 --> 00:43:51.759
 to understand,

00:43:51.980 --> 00:43:52.419
 experience,

00:43:52.659 --> 00:43:53.539
 apply the,

00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:53.839
 uh,

00:43:54.459 --> 00:43:55.119
 the mystery

00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:56.699
 that exists

00:43:56.699 --> 00:43:57.759
 between us

00:43:57.759 --> 00:43:59.399
 and your power

00:43:59.399 --> 00:44:00.419
 that works within us,

00:44:00.519 --> 00:44:00.739
 Lord,

00:44:01.919 --> 00:44:02.239
 um,

00:44:02.239 --> 00:44:02.919
 to step out

00:44:02.919 --> 00:44:03.619
 in obedience

00:44:03.619 --> 00:44:05.559
 and to work

00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:06.059
 and,

00:44:06.179 --> 00:44:06.379
 um,

00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:09.459
 to make disciples,

00:44:09.679 --> 00:44:10.559
 to reach the lost,

00:44:10.799 --> 00:44:12.359
 to expand the kingdom

00:44:12.359 --> 00:44:13.039
 both here

00:44:13.039 --> 00:44:14.159
 and around the world.

00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:15.960
 God,

00:44:16.059 --> 00:44:16.739
 and we would look

00:44:16.739 --> 00:44:17.719
 to you

00:44:17.719 --> 00:44:18.279
 for every,

00:44:19.099 --> 00:44:19.759
 every grace,

00:44:19.879 --> 00:44:20.519
 every strength

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:21.079
 that we need

00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:22.019
 to accomplish that

00:44:22.019 --> 00:44:22.659
 and,

00:44:23.539 --> 00:44:24.279
 you would empower

00:44:24.279 --> 00:44:24.779
 your people

00:44:24.779 --> 00:44:25.420
 to that end

00:44:25.420 --> 00:44:25.879
 and help us

00:44:25.879 --> 00:44:26.339
 to remember

00:44:26.339 --> 00:44:27.000
 there is,

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:29.099
 there's not a lot

00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:29.679
 to us,

00:44:29.799 --> 00:44:30.039
 um,

00:44:30.539 --> 00:44:31.500
 ordinary people,

00:44:31.699 --> 00:44:31.799
 Lord,

00:44:31.859 --> 00:44:32.480
 we don't have

00:44:32.480 --> 00:44:33.799
 anything cool

00:44:33.799 --> 00:44:34.519
 about us

00:44:34.519 --> 00:44:35.299
 getting to save us

00:44:35.299 --> 00:44:35.839
 because we had

00:44:35.839 --> 00:44:37.019
 something good

00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:37.679
 to offer you.

00:44:38.679 --> 00:44:38.819
 Um,

00:44:38.819 --> 00:44:39.339
 you saved us

00:44:39.339 --> 00:44:40.000
 out of grace

00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:41.380
 and because

00:44:41.380 --> 00:44:41.719
 of that

00:44:41.719 --> 00:44:42.500
 we have power

00:44:42.500 --> 00:44:44.059
 in our lives,

00:44:44.139 --> 00:44:44.440
 the power

00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:45.000
 under the hood

00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:45.539
 to live

00:44:45.539 --> 00:44:46.440
 the Christian life

00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:46.699
 and,

00:44:48.019 --> 00:44:48.320
 so Lord,

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:48.940
 be glorified

00:44:48.940 --> 00:44:50.639
 and be honored.

00:44:50.760 --> 00:44:51.179
 Help us,

00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:51.420
 Lord.

00:44:52.239 --> 00:44:52.780
 We love you

00:44:52.780 --> 00:44:53.519
 in Christ's name.

00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:53.840
 Amen.

00:44:53.840 --> 00:44:53.960
 Amen.