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 Join me in your copy of God's Word to the glorious book of Romans, chapter 5.

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 Hope that you have enjoyed the study thus far in Romans.

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! We know it's been sort of spread out, so our goal now is to kind of continue moving through it, like Nathan said, at a little bit of a faster pace.

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 Just indulge me for a few minutes while I just want to emphasize, I guess, the importance of the book of Romans.

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 If you're joining us for the first time in Romans, or you can't really remember from several weeks ago what was preached,

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 some people here today may think, I understand the gospel message really well.

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 I believe the gospel. I'm a Christian. I have for a long time trusted my life to Christ.

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 I'm ready to move on to something else more deep beyond the gospel.

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 I'm ready for deeper spiritual things.

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 You may be thinking I might be bored in Romans. I may not be challenged in Romans.

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 And I want to humbly confront people who feel this way this morning.

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 There's a great quote by David Pryor and it says this,

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 We never move on from the cross.

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 We never move on from the cross.

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 Only into a more profound understanding of the cross.

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 The gospel can help you break free of all sorts of sin in our lives.

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 Many of us who may claim that we know the gospel, love it and cherish it,

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 and we're ready to move on to something else,

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 those same people will forget the gospel probably later today.

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 And definitely tomorrow.

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 If we watch the lives of many throughout the week, even my own life,

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 think about your own life,

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 much of it is marked by unbelief in the gospel.

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 Your lives would look radically different if the gospel was foremost in your mind

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 and in your heart on a daily basis.

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 Many of you are lack.

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 You have a lack of joy.

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 You're often bored.

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 You're lazy.

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 Depressed.

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 Eaten up with anxiety and a lack of peace in your life.

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 When facing circumstances,

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 you may even lack consistent spiritual growth.

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 And it seems like the Christian life for some of you has just been reduced down to

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 a list of just don't do this and try to do this during the week.

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 Always looking for a new technique, a new book.

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 A new truth to take comfort in, to strengthen your faith.

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 Many of you may be posturing throughout the week,

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 trying to project that you are stronger in your faith than you actually are.

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 Many may be performing, trying to prove themselves to others around them and to God.

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 And then many of you are just faced with panicking.

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 You are looking around with fear and anxiety in your life.

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 If any of this stuff characterizes you,

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 you need to be reminded that you do not move on from the gospel.

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 The gospel itself is powerful enough to give you the confidence to free you from

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 joy-robbing, legalistic, pharisaical thinking in your life,

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 the crippling effects of guilt and shame in your life.

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 It will help you.

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 The gospel can set you free just basing the quality of your faith on how you feel on a particular day.

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 Free you beyond circumstances and help you grow in joy and in gratitude.

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 Because sadly, one of the lingering effects of sin in our lives is we have a tendency to forget.

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 We have a tendency to forget the most basic foundational truths of the word of God.

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 We forget it.

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 And we think that we've moved on.

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 And Satan, the world, and sin in our lives would love us just to forget the gospel

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 and think that we've graduated from it to another theological level.

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 The late Tim Keller learned a lot from him.

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 Not a perfect man, but learned a lot from him.

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 But one of the things he said I'll never forget is

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 the gospel is not just the ABCs of Christianity.

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 It's the A to Z of Christianity.

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 It's not just the minimum required doctrine necessary for you to become a Christian,

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 but it's the way that we make all spiritual progress therein.

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 The gospel is that message that is simple, that a child can understand it,

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 but yet so deeply profound that the greatest theologians can stare at it every day of their life

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 and never get to the depths of it.

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 Paul said he wrote a preaching to the Gentiles,

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 the unsearchable riches of Christ.

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 Ephesians 3, 7, and 8.

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 If the gospel is true then, if it's true,

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 it must stand up under the harshest scrutiny.

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 We need an airtight case for the gospel

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 if we are entrusting our souls to his message.

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 If your faith, if your salvation was on trial,

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 and you were headed into a courtroom,

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 what would you take with you?

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 Arguably, the book of Romans gives us

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 the fullest detailed at-length explanation of the gospel.

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 It is written like a court case.

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 It is the fullest explanation of our salvation.

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 It might have already been said,

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 but Martin Luther believed

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 that if you understood the book of Romans,

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 it was the key to unlocking the entire Bible.

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 So never get bored of reading Romans.

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 So a quick reminder of where we've been.

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 Quick reminder.

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 Chapter 1 and 2,

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 Paul brings a case against all humanity,

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 including himself, Jews and Gentiles,

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 that we are all fallen, sinful, and rebellious to our Creator.

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 In chapter 3 and 4,

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 he then moves to establishing unequivocally

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 that salvation only comes on the basis of God's grace,

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 working through man's faith.

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 This is almost as if he put us all in the same category.

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 He said,

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 you cannot save yourself.

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 You cannot be good enough.

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 You cannot keep God's law.

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 If you're going to face God,

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 who is called the righteous judge,

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 one day at the judgment,

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 you cannot go on your own.

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 If you bring your own works,

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 or your own merit into things,

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 or your own morality,

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 you will be consumed.

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 So he makes the argument

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 that salvation comes only on the basis of God's grace,

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 working through our faith in Christ.

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 If we come any other way,

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 even trying to keep God's law,

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 which we've established in the previous chapters,

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 which is impossible,

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 we will fail.

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 So in placing all humanity under the power of sin,

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 Paul then points to the redemptive work of Christ

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 in saving sinners.

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 Faith in the Savior

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 has always been

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 the only way

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 for us to be made right with God.

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 And he points in chapter 4

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 that Nathan just went through

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 to Abraham's faith.

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 That he was justified,

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 made righteous

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 by his faith.

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 So having established that,

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 that man is not saved by works

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 or by keeping the law,

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 but by faith in Christ

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 through God's grace,

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 here's where we're going

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 from chapter 5.

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 I will say that chapter 5,

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 at least half the time

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 that I sit down

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 and open the Bible

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 to share the Gospel

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 with an unbeliever,

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 I use Romans chapter 5.

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 You'll hopefully see why.

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 So that's what we've done

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 where we're going.

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 Here's just a question for you.

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 If the preservation

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 of our salvation

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 depends on what we do

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 or don't do,

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 then our salvation

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 is only secure

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 as our own faithfulness.

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 That's scary.

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 If your salvation

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 that we've talked about

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 in the previous chapters

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 is kept alive,

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 maintained,

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 and preserved

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 by your own strength

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 and willpower,

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 then that is very terrifying.

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 Thankfully,

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 that's not the case.

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 So Paul moves beyond that

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 to the central theme

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 of chapter 5 through 8.

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 which is that

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 if we are righteous

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 in God's sight,

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 if God has truly saved us,

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 we have a certain hope

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 and a certain hope

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 of future glory

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 and eternal life.

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 If you look at verse 1

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 in Romans 5,

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 it says,

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 therefore,

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 since we have been justified

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 by faith.

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 So he now turns

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 to the implications

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 of that statement

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 and describes

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 the blessings

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 or the benefits,

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 the consequences

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 of a believer

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 being justified

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 before God.

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 He expounds

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 on the results,

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 the effects

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 of that great reality

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 that we are justified

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 before God

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 So,

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 really quickly,

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 I'll give you

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 five,

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 maybe not quickly,

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 but I will give you

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 five certainties,

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 okay?

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 Not hypotheticals,

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 not we hope

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 this maybe works out,

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 it's certainties,

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 okay?

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 Five certainties

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 that we see

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 in this passage.

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 So let's read it together.

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 Romans 1,

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 1 through 11.

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 Therefore,

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 since we have been

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 justified by faith,

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 we have peace

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 with God

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 through our Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Through Him,

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 we have also

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 obtained access

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 by faith

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 into this grace

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 in which we stand.

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 And we rejoice

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 in hope

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 of the glory

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 of God.

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 Not only that,

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 but we rejoice

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 in our sufferings,

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 knowing that suffering

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 produces endurance.

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 endurance.

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 Endurance

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 produces character,

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 and character

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 produces hope.

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 And hope

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 does not put us

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 to shame,

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 because God's love

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 has been poured out

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 into our hearts

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 through the Holy Spirit

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 whom He has given us.

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 For while we were weak,

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 still weak,

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 at the right time,

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 Christ died

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 for the ungodly.

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 For one will scarcely die

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 for a righteous person,

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 though perhaps

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 for a good person

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 one would dare

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 even to die.

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 But God shows

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 His love for us

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 in that while we were

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 still sinners,

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 Christ died

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 for us.

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 Since therefore

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 we have now been

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 justified by His blood,

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 much more

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 shall we be saved

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 by Him

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 from the wrath

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 of God.

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 For while we were

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 enemies,

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 we were reconciled

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 to God

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 through the death

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 of His Son.

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 Much more,

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 now that we are

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 reconciled,

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 shall we be saved

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 by His life,

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 more than that,

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 we also rejoice

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 in God

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 through our Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 through whom

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 we have now

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 received

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 reconciliation.

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 So from this passage,

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 we're going to look

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 at five benefits,

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 five blessings,

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 five results

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 of being justified

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 before God

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 and Christ.

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 number one

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 is certain peace

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 with God.

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 Certain peace

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 with God.

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 And you see that

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 in verse one.

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 We've been justified

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 by faith.

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 We have peace

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 with God

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 through our Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 If we understand

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 what Paul has written

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 so far in Romans,

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 especially chapter

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 one

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 and two,

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 we understand

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 that that is

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 a remarkable

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 statement for us

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 to hear,

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 that we have

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 a peace

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 with God.

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 Previously,

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 our relationship

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 with God

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 could only be

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 described in terms

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 of extreme enmity,

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 hostility

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 towards each other.

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 It says in

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 Isaiah 57,

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 verse 20,

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 the wicked

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 are like the tossing

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 of the sea.

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 It cannot

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 be quiet.

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 And as waters

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 toss up mire

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 and dirt,

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 there is no peace,

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 says God

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 for the wicked.

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 We were locked

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 in a serious

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 contention,

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 in a legal

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 dispute

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 with God

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 as His enemies.

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 Look at verse 10.

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 We were locked

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 in a serious

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 dispute with Him.

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 But,

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 what Paul is saying

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 is now,

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 by His grace,

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 what Christ

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 has done

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 for us,

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 we are justified

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 by faith

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 in what He

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 has done.

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 We see that

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 in chapter 4,

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 verse 25.

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 And so,

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 hostility

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 that existed

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 with God

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 previously

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 is now

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 taken away

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 because of

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 what Christ

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 has done.

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 We are no longer

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 enemies,

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 but at peace

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 with Him.

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 And this is

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 a real

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 peace.

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 Paul's present

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 argument

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 explained in

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 those previous

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 chapters

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 says that we

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 were at war

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 with God

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 and that we

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 now have been

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 justified

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 by faith.

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 faith.

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 Now,

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 I'm going to

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 try to not

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 get off

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 track too

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 far,

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 but I'm

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 begging you

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 if you are

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 a believer,

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 especially if you

00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:12.279
 are a member

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 of this church,

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 understand what

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 being justified

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 means.

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 Alright?

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 It's a word

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 that's everywhere

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 in the New Testament,

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 especially in

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 Romans.

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 So,

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 it is not

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 just enough

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 for us to

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 have our sins

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 forgiven.

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 To have

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 something

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 canceled

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 or taken

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 away

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 or forgiven

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 is not

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 enough

00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:35.000
 to stand

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 before God.

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 Just because

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 you've had

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 dirty clothes

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 taken off

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 doesn't mean

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 that you have

00:14:41.379 --> 00:14:42.139
 clean clothes

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 on.

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 Right?

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 And we need

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 clean clothes

00:14:46.700 --> 00:14:47.220
 to approach

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 God's throne.

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 So just to

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 have sin

00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:50.379
 taken away

00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:50.899
 and forgiven

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 does not

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 mean that

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 we are

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 righteous.

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 So,

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 what happens?

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 Christ then,

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 this is that

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 glorious doctrine

00:14:58.439 --> 00:14:58.980
 of the great

00:14:58.980 --> 00:14:59.519
 exchange,

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 Christ gives

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 us His

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 perfect

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 righteousness.

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 He gives

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 us His

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 clean clothes.

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 It says

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 in Isaiah

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 that He

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 has wrapped

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 us in

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 robes of

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 righteousness.

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 So now,

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 we can

00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:12.860
 approach God

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 actually

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 clean,

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 actually

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 bright,

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 actually

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 righteous

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 in His

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 sight.

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 When He

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 says we

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 are justified,

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 He is

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 declaring

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 that you

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 have kept

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 the law.

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 You are

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 blameless.

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 And He's

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 doing that

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 on the

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 basis of

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 what Christ

00:15:28.100 --> 00:15:29.300
 has done

00:15:29.300 --> 00:15:29.820
 and not

00:15:29.820 --> 00:15:30.139
 what we

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 have done.

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 So that

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 is the

00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:32.620
 great

00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:33.120
 exchange.

00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:33.480
 Christ

00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:33.779
 takes

00:15:33.779 --> 00:15:34.100
 our

00:15:34.100 --> 00:15:34.540
 sin

00:15:34.540 --> 00:15:34.920
 and bore

00:15:34.920 --> 00:15:34.920


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 our

00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:35.659
 punishment

00:15:35.659 --> 00:15:36.500
 and He

00:15:36.500 --> 00:15:37.040
 gave us

00:15:37.040 --> 00:15:37.700
 His

00:15:37.700 --> 00:15:38.300
 righteousness

00:15:38.300 --> 00:15:39.460
 so we

00:15:39.460 --> 00:15:39.740
 could be

00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:40.159
 accepted

00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:40.779
 by God.

00:15:40.860 --> 00:15:41.100
 So the

00:15:41.100 --> 00:15:41.759
 result of

00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:42.080
 that

00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:43.100
 justification

00:15:43.100 --> 00:15:43.580
 is we

00:15:43.580 --> 00:15:44.279
 have real

00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:44.940
 actual

00:15:44.940 --> 00:15:45.560
 peace

00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:46.919
 with God.

00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:48.000
 Peace

00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:48.399
 is not

00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:49.039
 subjective

00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:49.519
 but

00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:50.139
 objective.

00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:50.599
 It is a

00:15:50.599 --> 00:15:51.299
 legal term.

00:15:51.419 --> 00:15:51.739
 We have

00:15:51.739 --> 00:15:52.759
 right standing

00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:53.259
 with God

00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:53.679
 and therefore

00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:54.079
 we have

00:15:54.079 --> 00:15:54.539
 peace

00:15:54.539 --> 00:15:55.059
 with Him.

00:15:55.959 --> 00:15:56.299
 If you

00:15:56.299 --> 00:15:56.719
 look a little

00:15:56.719 --> 00:15:57.059
 further,

00:15:57.179 --> 00:15:57.439
 we have

00:15:57.439 --> 00:15:58.059
 peace

00:15:58.059 --> 00:15:59.859
 not because

00:15:59.859 --> 00:16:00.159
 of our

00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:00.779
 good moral

00:16:00.779 --> 00:16:01.319
 behavior,

00:16:02.259 --> 00:16:02.619
 religious

00:16:02.619 --> 00:16:03.299
 activity,

00:16:03.459 --> 00:16:03.839
 going to

00:16:03.839 --> 00:16:04.219
 church,

00:16:04.459 --> 00:16:05.159
 good deeds,

00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:06.699
 reciting

00:16:06.699 --> 00:16:07.500
 Bible verses

00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:08.859
 or any

00:16:08.859 --> 00:16:09.319
 other good

00:16:09.319 --> 00:16:09.639
 thing that

00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:09.899
 you can

00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:10.439
 think of

00:16:10.439 --> 00:16:10.679
 that we

00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:11.059
 struck our

00:16:11.059 --> 00:16:11.639
 own deal

00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:12.179
 with God.

00:16:14.100 --> 00:16:14.819
 Spent three

00:16:14.819 --> 00:16:15.240
 years in

00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:15.699
 college with

00:16:15.699 --> 00:16:16.080
 a guy,

00:16:16.500 --> 00:16:17.720
 a veteran

00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:18.379
 of the

00:16:18.379 --> 00:16:19.159
 Iraq war

00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:20.259
 and all

00:16:20.259 --> 00:16:20.720
 he talked

00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:21.159
 about was

00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:21.419
 like he

00:16:21.419 --> 00:16:21.699
 had his

00:16:21.699 --> 00:16:22.240
 own deal

00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:22.720
 struck with

00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:23.120
 God and

00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:23.299
 I kept

00:16:23.299 --> 00:16:23.659
 telling him

00:16:23.659 --> 00:16:24.179
 you don't.

00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:24.819
 Like you

00:16:24.819 --> 00:16:25.240
 come on

00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:25.939
 his terms

00:16:25.939 --> 00:16:26.899
 and not

00:16:26.899 --> 00:16:27.379
 yours.

00:16:28.319 --> 00:16:28.899
 We cannot

00:16:28.899 --> 00:16:30.319
 have peace

00:16:30.319 --> 00:16:30.759
 with God

00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:31.240
 through anything

00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:32.179
 we do but

00:16:32.179 --> 00:16:33.340
 we can

00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:33.740
 have an

00:16:33.740 --> 00:16:34.480
 actual peace

00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:34.899
 with God

00:16:34.899 --> 00:16:35.399
 through

00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:36.679
 our Lord

00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:37.460
 Jesus Christ.

00:16:37.620 --> 00:16:38.319
 He alone

00:16:38.319 --> 00:16:38.779
 is the

00:16:38.779 --> 00:16:39.779
 agent of

00:16:39.779 --> 00:16:40.059
 our

00:16:40.059 --> 00:16:40.639
 reconciliation.

00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:42.159
 So let me

00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:42.659
 just ask you

00:16:42.659 --> 00:16:43.139
 a question.

00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:45.919
 Brother or

00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:46.259
 sister,

00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:47.980
 are you

00:16:47.980 --> 00:16:49.000
 fearful that

00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:50.740
 God is

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.460
 still going

00:16:51.460 --> 00:16:51.980
 to punish

00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:52.480
 you for

00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:53.120
 your sins

00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:53.379
 that you

00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:53.559
 have

00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:53.899
 committed

00:16:53.899 --> 00:16:54.220
 in the

00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:54.600
 past?

00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:55.860
 Are you

00:16:55.860 --> 00:16:56.980
 afraid that

00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:57.639
 something that

00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:58.080
 you might

00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:58.679
 do in the

00:16:58.679 --> 00:17:00.039
 future is

00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:00.419
 going to

00:17:00.419 --> 00:17:01.019
 cause God

00:17:01.019 --> 00:17:01.759
 to finally

00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.639
 judge you?

00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:04.759
 Does the

00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:06.639
 reality that

00:17:06.639 --> 00:17:07.139
 if you have

00:17:07.139 --> 00:17:07.819
 Christ and

00:17:07.819 --> 00:17:08.139
 you are

00:17:08.139 --> 00:17:09.019
 justified in

00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:09.400
 him,

00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:10.480
 does that

00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:11.039
 give you

00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:11.619
 peace?

00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:12.300
 what he

00:17:12.300 --> 00:17:12.800
 has done

00:17:12.800 --> 00:17:14.300
 for you?

00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:14.900
 Does that

00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:16.259
 comfort your

00:17:16.259 --> 00:17:16.740
 soul?

00:17:17.280 --> 00:17:17.600
 Does it

00:17:17.600 --> 00:17:18.140
 take your

00:17:18.140 --> 00:17:19.160
 anxiety away

00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:20.000
 about facing

00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:20.800
 God one

00:17:20.800 --> 00:17:21.080
 day?

00:17:22.080 --> 00:17:22.820
 So that's

00:17:22.820 --> 00:17:23.240
 one, we

00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:23.720
 have certain

00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:24.220
 peace with

00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:24.580
 God.

00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:25.759
 Number two,

00:17:25.840 --> 00:17:26.120
 we have

00:17:26.120 --> 00:17:26.500
 certain

00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:28.060
 access to

00:17:28.060 --> 00:17:28.420
 God.

00:17:28.940 --> 00:17:29.540
 Certain

00:17:29.540 --> 00:17:30.360
 access to

00:17:30.360 --> 00:17:30.660
 God.

00:17:30.820 --> 00:17:31.480
 Verse two,

00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:32.780
 through him

00:17:32.780 --> 00:17:33.140
 we have

00:17:33.140 --> 00:17:33.860
 also obtained

00:17:33.860 --> 00:17:34.700
 access by

00:17:34.700 --> 00:17:35.920
 faith into

00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:36.680
 this grace

00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:37.180
 in which

00:17:37.180 --> 00:17:38.080
 we stand.

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 God.

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 This would

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 have been

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 an amazing

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 statement for

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 particularly

00:17:42.179 --> 00:17:42.980
 Jews hearing

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 this.

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 Many

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 generations

00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:45.879
 before Christ

00:17:45.879 --> 00:17:46.619
 having access

00:17:46.619 --> 00:17:47.259
 to God

00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:47.720
 was a

00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:48.740
 crazy idea,

00:17:49.579 --> 00:17:50.839
 scary idea,

00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:51.839
 foreign thought.

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 Many of the

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 people of

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 Israel in the

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 Old Testament

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 knew that

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 sinful man was

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 incapable of

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 approaching God

00:17:59.159 --> 00:17:59.639
 and entering

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 into his

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 holy presence.

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 They had

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 witnessed

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 firsthand,

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 men and

00:18:04.059 --> 00:18:04.519
 women just

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 consumed by

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 approaching God

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 on their

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 own.

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 God could

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 only be

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 approached

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 through various

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 protocols

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 prescribed in

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 the Mosaic

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 and Levitical

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 law.

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 But now,

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 since Christ

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 has secured

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 peace by

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 his blood

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 shed on

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 the cross,

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 we are no

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 longer his

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 enemies but

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 at peace

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 with him,

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 because of

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 that we

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 can have

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 access to

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 the holy

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 presence of

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 God.

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 Access to

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 relationship

00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:36.059
 with him.

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 Access to

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 worship him.

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 Access to

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 have like a

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 child would

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 have to a

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 father.

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 That's what

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 we have,

00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:46.779
 access to

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 God through

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 what Christ

00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:48.660
 has done.

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 So,

00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:50.279
 have you

00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:51.019
 taken that

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 access for

00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:52.099
 granted?

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 It has just

00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:53.759
 approaching God

00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:55.079
 become so

00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:55.980
 familiar that

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 you've forgotten

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 that it is a

00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:58.380
 huge blessing

00:18:58.380 --> 00:18:59.880
 to account

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 yourself to

00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:01.900
 be able to

00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.259
 go into

00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:03.039
 God's presence

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 because of

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 Christ.

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 It says in

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 the psalm,

00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.779
 psalm 68,

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 verse 2,

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 that the

00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:09.900
 sinful,

00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:10.500
 the wicked,

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 will not

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:12.019
 stand in

00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:12.339
 God's

00:19:12.339 --> 00:19:12.740
 presence,

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 but they

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 will perish

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:15.220
 as wax

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 does before

00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:16.460
 the fire.

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 That's

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 scary.

00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:19.559
 So,

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 how does

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 that not

00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:20.740
 happen to

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 us?

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 It's because

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 we are

00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:23.220
 standing in

00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:23.880
 Christ.

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 You and

00:19:25.099 --> 00:19:25.619
 I would

00:19:25.619 --> 00:19:26.220
 never,

00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:28.359
 ever dare

00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:29.000
 approach the

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:29.539
 holy presence

00:19:29.539 --> 00:19:30.099
 of God

00:19:30.099 --> 00:19:30.759
 apart from

00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:31.799
 Jesus Christ.

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 without

00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:33.639
 him,

00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:33.919
 the

00:19:33.919 --> 00:19:34.359
 presence

00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:34.859
 of God,

00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:35.059
 the

00:19:35.059 --> 00:19:35.399
 holiness

00:19:35.399 --> 00:19:35.839
 of God

00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:36.180
 has to

00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:36.359
 be

00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:36.940
 protected

00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:37.399
 from

00:19:37.399 --> 00:19:37.859
 us.

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 If we

00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:39.819
 try to

00:19:39.819 --> 00:19:40.200
 enter into

00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:40.539
 God's

00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:41.039
 presence on

00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:41.460
 our own,

00:19:41.619 --> 00:19:41.940
 God would

00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:42.139
 be

00:19:42.139 --> 00:19:42.700
 dishonored

00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:43.599
 and we

00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:43.879
 would be

00:19:43.879 --> 00:19:44.339
 destroyed.

00:19:45.399 --> 00:19:45.879
 Right?

00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:47.360
 But now,

00:19:47.520 --> 00:19:48.240
 only because

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:48.780
 of Christ,

00:19:48.860 --> 00:19:49.280
 our great

00:19:49.280 --> 00:19:50.220
 high priest,

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.160
 we may

00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:51.820
 come near

00:19:51.820 --> 00:19:52.360
 and feast

00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:53.020
 our hearts

00:19:53.020 --> 00:19:54.080
 on the

00:19:54.080 --> 00:19:54.860
 flaming beauty

00:19:54.860 --> 00:19:55.260
 of his

00:19:55.260 --> 00:19:55.920
 holiness and

00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:56.620
 his presence

00:19:56.620 --> 00:19:58.060
 and stand

00:19:58.060 --> 00:19:58.560
 there just

00:19:58.560 --> 00:19:59.380
 in awestruck

00:19:59.380 --> 00:20:00.080
 glory.

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 It says in

00:20:01.280 --> 00:20:01.900
 Hebrews 10

00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:02.660
 verse 19,

00:20:03.860 --> 00:20:04.340
 we have

00:20:04.340 --> 00:20:05.320
 confidence to

00:20:05.320 --> 00:20:05.900
 enter the

00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:06.720
 holy places

00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:07.260
 by the

00:20:07.260 --> 00:20:07.980
 blood of

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.340
 Jesus,

00:20:09.020 --> 00:20:09.560
 by the

00:20:09.560 --> 00:20:10.060
 new and

00:20:10.060 --> 00:20:10.700
 living way

00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.020
 that he

00:20:11.020 --> 00:20:11.660
 opened for

00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.240
 us through

00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:12.880
 the curtain.

00:20:13.820 --> 00:20:14.100
 So,

00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:14.440
 therefore,

00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:15.060
 we do not

00:20:15.060 --> 00:20:15.440
 have to

00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:15.820
 fear,

00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:16.200
 to come

00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:16.680
 into God's

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:17.200
 presence,

00:20:17.560 --> 00:20:18.160
 but we

00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:18.940
 must come

00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:19.840
 through Christ

00:20:19.840 --> 00:20:20.780
 and through

00:20:20.780 --> 00:20:21.920
 Christ alone.

00:20:22.760 --> 00:20:23.320
 There is no

00:20:23.320 --> 00:20:23.880
 other way.

00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.380
 Because of the

00:20:25.380 --> 00:20:26.040
 work of Jesus,

00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:26.560
 we can have

00:20:26.560 --> 00:20:27.320
 access to

00:20:27.320 --> 00:20:28.500
 God through

00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:29.120
 a remarkable

00:20:29.120 --> 00:20:30.380
 state of

00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:31.120
 his grace

00:20:31.120 --> 00:20:31.740
 in which we

00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.800
 stand firmly,

00:20:33.800 --> 00:20:34.280
 securely.

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.800
 That word

00:20:35.800 --> 00:20:36.700
 stand carries

00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:37.680
 the idea of

00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:38.480
 permanence,

00:20:39.300 --> 00:20:39.860
 of standing

00:20:39.860 --> 00:20:40.480
 firm and

00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:40.980
 immovable.

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.400
 That's awesome.

00:20:43.100 --> 00:20:44.000
 We can stand

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:45.160
 there certain.

00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:45.320
 So,

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:45.899
 this is a

00:20:45.899 --> 00:20:46.679
 blessing of

00:20:46.679 --> 00:20:47.159
 justification.

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:47.779
 We can have

00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.220
 peace with

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.579
 God,

00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:50.119
 access to

00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:50.460
 God.

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:51.139
 Number three,

00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:53.759
 number three,

00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:55.059
 certain hope,

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.740
 a certain hope

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.740
 in God.

00:20:58.919 --> 00:20:59.720
 See this in

00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:00.439
 verses two

00:21:00.439 --> 00:21:01.259
 through five.

00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:03.179
 We rejoice in

00:21:03.179 --> 00:21:03.740
 the hope of

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.379
 the glory of

00:21:04.379 --> 00:21:04.759
 God.

00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:06.039
 Not only that,

00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:06.779
 but we rejoice

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.779
 in our sufferings,

00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.240
 knowing that

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.759
 suffering produces

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.439
 endurance.

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:12.120
 endurance produces

00:21:12.120 --> 00:21:12.740
 character,

00:21:13.360 --> 00:21:14.019
 and character

00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:15.059
 produces hope,

00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.559
 and hope does

00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:17.600
 not put us

00:21:17.600 --> 00:21:18.259
 to shame.

00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:19.340
 So,

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:20.100
 biblical hope

00:21:20.100 --> 00:21:20.700
 is not just

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:21.519
 wishful thinking,

00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:22.059
 it's not just

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.559
 crossing our

00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:23.019
 fingers and

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.620
 hoping that

00:21:23.620 --> 00:21:24.519
 things just

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.220
 turn out the

00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:25.860
 way we want

00:21:25.860 --> 00:21:26.460
 them to be.

00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:28.259
 Biblical hope

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:29.279
 implies looking

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.900
 forward to

00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:30.660
 something good

00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.340
 in the future

00:21:31.340 --> 00:21:32.940
 with confidence,

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.140
 certainty,

00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:35.880
 and expectation.

00:21:37.060 --> 00:21:37.600
 Here,

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.240
 true,

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:39.820
 genuine

00:21:39.820 --> 00:21:40.720
 believers can

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.360
 be assured

00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:42.020
 that as a

00:21:42.020 --> 00:21:43.280
 result of

00:21:43.280 --> 00:21:44.140
 being justified

00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:45.240
 before God,

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.380
 they can

00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:47.220
 possess true

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:48.300
 hope of the

00:21:48.300 --> 00:21:49.160
 glory of

00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:49.520
 God.

00:21:50.320 --> 00:21:50.800
 Right?

00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:51.380
 That is a

00:21:51.380 --> 00:21:52.720
 promise that

00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:54.540
 one day we

00:21:54.540 --> 00:21:55.860
 will be

00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:56.500
 glorified.

00:21:56.620 --> 00:21:57.120
 We will be

00:21:57.120 --> 00:21:57.980
 perfected on

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:59.240
 the last day.

00:22:00.540 --> 00:22:01.440
 That is

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:01.780
 amazing.

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.080
 So,

00:22:02.360 --> 00:22:02.800
 prove it,

00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:03.080
 right?

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:04.119
 How do I

00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:04.619
 know that?

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:05.599
 Well,

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.119
 you don't have

00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:06.439
 to turn

00:22:06.439 --> 00:22:06.659
 now,

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:06.939
 let's read

00:22:06.939 --> 00:22:07.240
 you one

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.659
 verse out

00:22:07.659 --> 00:22:07.980
 of Romans

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.619
 chapter 8.

00:22:09.179 --> 00:22:09.299
 Now,

00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:09.779
 think about it,

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.299
 if we are

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:10.839
 justified,

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:11.799
 it says,

00:22:12.159 --> 00:22:12.460
 those whom

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.279
 he predestined,

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:13.720
 he also

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.220
 called,

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.559
 those whom

00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:16.240
 he called,

00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:16.899
 he also

00:22:16.899 --> 00:22:17.720
 justified,

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.639
 and those

00:22:19.639 --> 00:22:20.019
 whom he

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.579
 justified,

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.619
 he also

00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:22.500
 glorified.

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:23.519
 Like,

00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:24.619
 we have a

00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:25.460
 certain hope

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.000
 if we are

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.779
 made right

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.359
 in God's

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:27.879
 sight that we

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:29.179
 will one

00:22:29.179 --> 00:22:30.039
 day be

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.899
 glorified.

00:22:31.659 --> 00:22:32.000
 It's one

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.199
 of the

00:22:32.199 --> 00:22:32.579
 clearest

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.240
 hallmarks

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.639
 of a

00:22:33.639 --> 00:22:34.099
 justified

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:35.000
 believer

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:36.059
 is our

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:36.539
 perspective

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:36.980
 on the

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.299
 future,

00:22:37.859 --> 00:22:38.379
 how we

00:22:38.379 --> 00:22:38.879
 look at

00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:39.399
 things in

00:22:39.399 --> 00:22:39.859
 the future.

00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:40.919
 True

00:22:40.919 --> 00:22:41.439
 believers

00:22:41.439 --> 00:22:42.039
 who are

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.399
 righteous

00:22:42.399 --> 00:22:43.139
 in God's

00:22:43.139 --> 00:22:43.439
 sight

00:22:43.439 --> 00:22:44.480
 have a

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:44.819
 certain

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.480
 hope of

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:45.939
 future

00:22:45.939 --> 00:22:46.919
 glory

00:22:46.919 --> 00:22:47.879
 to be

00:22:47.879 --> 00:22:48.500
 with God

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.259
 forever.

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:50.939
 So,

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:51.579
 if you look

00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:51.799
 a little

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.319
 further in

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:52.799
 these verses,

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:54.220
 if that

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.859
 amazing

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.419
 hope of

00:22:55.419 --> 00:22:55.720
 future

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.119
 glory

00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:56.359
 is in

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:56.779
 Christ,

00:22:57.179 --> 00:22:57.679
 if we

00:22:57.679 --> 00:22:58.399
 have that,

00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.659
 it will

00:22:59.659 --> 00:23:00.259
 endure.

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:00.339
 endure.

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.759
 It will

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.660
 endure even

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:04.220
 in suffering.

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:05.859
 You see

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.160
 that?

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:07.940
 Sufferings

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.500
 here is

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.920
 really the

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:09.160
 word

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:09.920
 tribulations.

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:11.119
 It means

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.599
 to be put

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.339
 under great

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:12.920
 pressure.

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:14.400
 And in the

00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:14.960
 context,

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.319
 it's not

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:15.900
 necessarily

00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.559
 referring to

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.000
 the common

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.759
 hardships that

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.420
 we just have

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:18.660
 in our

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.420
 everyday life.

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:20.160
 It's

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.680
 specifically

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.640
 referring to

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:23.140
 the suffering

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:23.799
 that we may

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.779
 endure because

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:26.200
 of the

00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:27.000
 backlash of

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.400
 being a

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:27.779
 follower of

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.039
 Christ.

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.599
 the suffering

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:28.920
 that we

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:30.440
 endure by

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:32.920
 being right

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.680
 with God.

00:23:34.619 --> 00:23:35.159
 So,

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.759
 some of us

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.480
 might think

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:37.039
 that suffering

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.700
 would undermine

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.619
 our confidence

00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:39.579
 in God.

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.599
 But Paul is

00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:41.180
 actually making

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:42.200
 the opposite

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:42.700
 argument.

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:43.899
 If your

00:23:43.899 --> 00:23:44.440
 hope is

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.240
 destroyed and

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:46.059
 is obliterated

00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:46.559
 by a little

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:46.859
 bit of

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:47.180
 suffering,

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:47.480
 then it

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:47.720
 wasn't

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.139
 really a

00:23:48.139 --> 00:23:48.599
 hope worth

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.019
 having.

00:23:49.659 --> 00:23:50.099
 It's not

00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:50.500
 a real

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:50.859
 deal.

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:51.940
 But if

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.339
 you have

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:52.879
 an eternal

00:23:52.879 --> 00:23:53.339
 hope,

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:54.680
 not saying

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:54.879
 it will

00:23:54.879 --> 00:23:55.379
 be easy,

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:55.659
 but it

00:23:55.659 --> 00:23:56.119
 will

00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:56.819
 endure.

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.899
 It will

00:23:57.899 --> 00:23:58.500
 last.

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.579
 And Paul

00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.379
 proves that

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:01.000
 by arguing

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.759
 cause and

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.500
 effect here

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.319
 in these

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:03.700
 verses.

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.119
 And our

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:05.559
 suffering,

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.439
 God allows

00:24:06.439 --> 00:24:06.899
 into our

00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:08.579
 lives,

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:09.720
 He provides

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.619
 the opportunity

00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:11.939
 and the

00:24:11.939 --> 00:24:12.659
 need for

00:24:12.659 --> 00:24:13.299
 our hope

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:14.379
 to endure.

00:24:15.379 --> 00:24:15.960
 That

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.579
 endurance

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:17.119
 that we

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.539
 see,

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.319
 or that

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:18.939
 perseverance

00:24:18.939 --> 00:24:19.539
 through

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.139
 trials,

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.439
 it produces

00:24:21.439 --> 00:24:22.079
 character.

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:24.339
 The word

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.679
 here is

00:24:24.679 --> 00:24:25.579
 provenness.

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:26.500
 it proves

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:27.139
 something.

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.179
 A character

00:24:29.179 --> 00:24:29.699
 that has

00:24:29.699 --> 00:24:30.299
 stood up

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:30.720
 under

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.960
 extreme

00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:33.379
 trial and

00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:34.039
 examination

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.679
 and found

00:24:34.679 --> 00:24:35.059
 to be

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.500
 genuine

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:35.939
 through

00:24:35.939 --> 00:24:36.359
 testing.

00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:37.500
 That's

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:37.799
 what we're

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.259
 implying

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.579
 here.

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:39.759
 So,

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.559
 understand,

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:40.879
 like,

00:24:42.439 --> 00:24:44.679
 I was just

00:24:44.679 --> 00:24:44.960
 trying to

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.480
 think of a

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.000
 story to

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.220
 tell,

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:46.460
 but I

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:46.659
 probably

00:24:46.659 --> 00:24:47.139
 will resist

00:24:47.139 --> 00:24:47.379
 because it

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:47.559
 will take

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:47.759
 me a

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.119
 long time

00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:48.460
 to tell

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:48.659
 it.

00:24:49.199 --> 00:24:49.699
 But in

00:24:49.699 --> 00:24:50.259
 the past,

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:50.599
 like when

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:51.220
 soldiers were

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.919
 facing a

00:24:51.919 --> 00:24:52.939
 great enemy,

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:54.119
 outnumbered

00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:54.439
 three to

00:24:54.439 --> 00:24:54.819
 one,

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.659
 and they

00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:56.139
 were asked,

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:56.359
 like,

00:24:56.399 --> 00:24:57.039
 how are

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.460
 your men

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:57.819
 just not

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.079
 going to

00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:58.700
 run when

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.039
 the enemy

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.679
 shows up?

00:24:59.720 --> 00:24:59.879
 They're

00:24:59.879 --> 00:25:00.419
 terrifying,

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:01.000
 they outnumber

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.339
 you,

00:25:01.879 --> 00:25:02.319
 and like

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:03.720
 this particular

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.319
 general who

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.779
 was Caesar

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.439
 said,

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.839
 they won't

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.659
 run because

00:25:07.659 --> 00:25:08.159
 they have

00:25:08.159 --> 00:25:08.819
 been tested.

00:25:09.659 --> 00:25:10.439
 They have

00:25:10.439 --> 00:25:11.119
 been tested,

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.819
 they are

00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.259
 veterans,

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:13.759
 and they

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.500
 will stand

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.019
 until the

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.359
 end.

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.639
 He knew

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.419
 the quality

00:25:17.419 --> 00:25:18.039
 of the

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.700
 provenness

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.200
 of the

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.700
 men that

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.099
 were under

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.439
 him.

00:25:21.159 --> 00:25:21.559
 Right?

00:25:21.659 --> 00:25:22.059
 So when

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.679
 we face

00:25:22.679 --> 00:25:23.379
 trials,

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.419
 and we

00:25:24.419 --> 00:25:26.139
 endure under

00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:26.859
 that extreme

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.339
 testing,

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:27.940
 we will have

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:29.339
 proven character.

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:30.500
 And that

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.659
 proven character

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:33.279
 produces a

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:34.359
 stronger hope

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:35.759
 and confidence

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.659
 facing the

00:25:36.659 --> 00:25:37.000
 future.

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:37.659
 You see that?

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.220
 It's just right

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.799
 in front of us

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.759
 in these

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.099
 verses.

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.720
 So therefore,

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.480
 suffering is

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:44.019
 important because

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:44.599
 it is the

00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:45.399
 testing ground

00:25:45.399 --> 00:25:46.859
 for faith and

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.720
 hope to be

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.179
 strengthened.

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:49.860
 we all

00:25:49.860 --> 00:25:50.380
 would argue

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:50.840
 that the

00:25:50.840 --> 00:25:51.660
 most humble,

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:52.880
 mature believers

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:54.480
 we know are

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.060
 those who

00:25:55.060 --> 00:25:55.940
 endure great

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.620
 suffering in

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:57.240
 their lives and

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:59.340
 somehow persevered

00:25:59.340 --> 00:25:59.700
 through it,

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.380
 still trusting

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:01.519
 God, still

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.220
 clinging to

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:02.920
 his promises

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:04.360
 despite the

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:05.100
 pain and

00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:06.220
 despite the

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.720
 loss.

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:08.100
 God uses

00:26:08.100 --> 00:26:08.940
 those trials

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.620
 to make us

00:26:09.620 --> 00:26:10.640
 more like

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:11.360
 Christ, to

00:26:11.360 --> 00:26:11.799
 give us

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.799
 godly

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.480
 character.

00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:14.960
 So therefore,

00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:16.580
 we can

00:26:16.580 --> 00:26:17.259
 rejoice,

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:19.119
 not only in

00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:19.539
 the future

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.180
 glory, but

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.680
 in present

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.379
 trials and

00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:21.980
 sufferings.

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.400
 Not because

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:24.099
 they're pleasant

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.879
 to go through,

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.640
 but because

00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:27.420
 God uses

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:27.879
 them to

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.859
 transform us

00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:29.200
 for the

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.720
 better, to

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.019
 make us

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.740
 more like

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.900
 Christ, and

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.480
 to bring us

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:34.000
 closer to

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.480
 him.

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:35.980
 For

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:38.839
 those of

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.059
 you who

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.299
 may be

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.720
 lacking

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.440
 hope this

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:40.799
 morning,

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:41.900
 does this

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.500
 reality,

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.579
 that we

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:44.980
 are made

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.619
 right and

00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:46.440
 justified in

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:46.960
 God's

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.860
 presence

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.180
 through

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.580
 Christ,

00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:48.820
 does that

00:26:48.820 --> 00:26:49.220
 give you

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:50.420
 hope to

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:51.000
 face the

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.360
 future?

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.640
 Does it

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:54.100
 bring hope

00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:54.920
 to you that

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:56.380
 all the

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:56.740
 sin that

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.299
 you bring

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:58.440
 is not

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:59.860
 going to

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.299
 ultimately

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:01.180
 destroy you,

00:27:01.820 --> 00:27:02.059
 but you

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.340
 will have

00:27:02.340 --> 00:27:02.880
 hope to

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.500
 stand before

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.240
 God one

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.779
 day, even

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.200
 through the

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:06.680
 sufferings of

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.380
 this present

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:08.019
 life, you

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.340
 can have

00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:09.420
 hope for

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:10.160
 the future.

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:12.279
 number

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:14.300
 four, a

00:27:14.300 --> 00:27:16.779
 certain love

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.580
 from God.

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.120
 Number four,

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:19.660
 a certain

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.840
 love from

00:27:20.840 --> 00:27:21.240
 God.

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.060
 Look at a

00:27:23.060 --> 00:27:23.420
 part of

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:24.180
 verse five,

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.560
 starting in

00:27:24.560 --> 00:27:25.160
 verse five.

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.380
 He says,

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.560
 connecting it

00:27:27.560 --> 00:27:27.800
 to the

00:27:27.800 --> 00:27:28.100
 previous

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:28.519
 verses,

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.740
 because the

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:31.240
 love, because

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:32.120
 God's love

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.580
 has been

00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:33.320
 abundantly

00:27:33.320 --> 00:27:34.120
 poured into

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:34.840
 our hearts

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:35.940
 through the

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.560
 Holy Spirit

00:27:36.560 --> 00:27:37.200
 whom he has

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.980
 given us,

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:39.059
 for while we

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.500
 were still

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.120
 weak at the

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:40.740
 right time,

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.720
 Christ died

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.160
 for the

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:43.720
 ungodly, for

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.079
 one will

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:44.839
 scarcely die

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.220
 for a

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.559
 righteous

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:47.000
 person, though

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.839
 perhaps for a

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.360
 good person

00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:48.779
 one would

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.339
 dare even

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:50.740
 to die, but

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.839
 God shows

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.259
 his own

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.640
 love for

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:52.920
 us, and

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.220
 that while

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:53.480
 we were

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.299
 still sinners,

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.799
 Christ died

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.620
 for us.

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.660
 So in

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.220
 these verses,

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.339
 Paul grounds

00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:00.640
 the subjective

00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:01.620
 experience of

00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:03.079
 God's love to

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.839
 the objective

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.920
 work of Christ

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.759
 on the cross.

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.299
 So we have

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.940
 a hope that

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.580
 does not put

00:28:08.580 --> 00:28:09.279
 us to shame

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.759
 or doesn't

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.740
 disappoint us

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:12.039
 because it's

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.680
 anchored in

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.380
 not our own

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:14.180
 goodness or

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.580
 our own

00:28:14.580 --> 00:28:15.019
 love for

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:16.100
 God, but

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.759
 in his

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:18.259
 agape

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.680
 unconditional

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.880
 love for

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.400
 us.

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.559
 That's where

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:23.400
 we can ground

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:24.120
 this certain

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.860
 hope, is it's

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:25.539
 based in

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:27.080
 God's love.

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.480
 Our hope,

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.120
 our final

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.940
 deliverance is

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:31.420
 certain, again

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:32.440
 because it's

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:32.920
 based on

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.720
 God's love and

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.200
 that he has

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:35.019
 given us his

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.900
 Holy Spirit.

00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:37.240
 Now why does

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.740
 this matter?

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:39.160
 The Spirit

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:40.279
 enables us to

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:41.019
 trust in the

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.920
 atoning work

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.600
 of Christ.

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:43.900
 The Holy

00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:45.039
 Spirit is how

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.600
 he is the

00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:46.259
 agent in

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.720
 which God

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.759
 manifests his

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:49.039
 love to

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.480
 us.

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.840
 One of his

00:28:50.840 --> 00:28:52.000
 primary roles

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:54.420
 is to

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:55.000
 assure

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:56.500
 born-again

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.299
 believers that

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:58.080
 are justified

00:28:58.080 --> 00:28:58.820
 in Christ

00:28:58.820 --> 00:28:59.140
 that they

00:28:59.140 --> 00:29:00.220
 truly belong

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.640
 to him.

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.920
 Jesus said

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.660
 in John 14

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.360
 verse 26,

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:03.740
 when he

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.279
 comes,

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.360
 he will

00:29:05.360 --> 00:29:06.220
 remind you

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.860
 of all

00:29:06.860 --> 00:29:07.319
 that I

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:07.740
 have taught

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.900
 you and

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.279
 to bring

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:09.860
 to remembrance

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:10.799
 all that I

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.360
 have said.

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.539
 Right?

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:12.960
 So that's what

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.299
 the Spirit

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.640
 does.

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.220
 He brings

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.799
 the truth

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.299
 of God's

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:15.519
 word,

00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:16.140
 the promises

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.720
 of God's

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:16.980
 word,

00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:18.220
 reminds us

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.839
 during those

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.460
 trials that

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.079
 we go through

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.980
 in everyday

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.519
 life.

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:23.279
 So he is the

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.940
 agent of

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.600
 God's love.

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:25.079
 He brings

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:26.059
 it to us.

00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:27.019
 Similarly,

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.720
 Paul wrote

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.319
 in Ephesians

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:30.240
 1 verse 13,

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:31.180
 when you

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:31.700
 heard the

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.039
 word of

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.559
 the truth,

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.900
 the gospel

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.660
 of your

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.400
 salvation,

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:36.059
 and believed

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.519
 in him,

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.440
 you were

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.700
 sealed with

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.359
 the promised

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:40.319
 Holy Spirit,

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.660
 who is the

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:42.539
 guarantee of

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.299
 our inheritance

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.960
 until we

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.839
 acquire possession

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.400
 of it,

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.660
 to the praise

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.420
 of his glory.

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.799
 So,

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.279
 while we

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:51.599
 wait for

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.140
 hope to be

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:53.299
 finally fulfilled,

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.819
 God's love,

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:55.460
 literally it

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:55.740
 says,

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.220
 is being

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:56.940
 poured out

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.680
 into our

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.099
 hearts

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:59.319
 through the

00:29:59.319 --> 00:30:00.200
 Holy Spirit.

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.460
 So the

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:01.839
 hope of

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.559
 future glory

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.279
 and final

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:04.139
 deliverance is

00:30:04.139 --> 00:30:04.799
 rooted in

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.659
 God's

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:06.319
 unconditional

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.039
 love for

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.599
 his people

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.099
 that his

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:08.879
 son died

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.919
 to save.

00:30:10.679 --> 00:30:11.240
 So look

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.740
 here also

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.759
 at verse

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.119
 6.

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.000
 Look at

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.559
 the timing

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.259
 of God's

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.599
 love.

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.480
 It says,

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:16.859
 at the

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.939
 right time.

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:18.960
 Alright,

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:19.480
 so we may

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:19.759
 think,

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:20.220
 why did it

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.799
 take so

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.379
 long for

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:21.799
 Jesus to

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.099
 come?

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:22.919
 Well,

00:30:22.939 --> 00:30:23.500
 God says

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:23.939
 it was the

00:30:23.939 --> 00:30:24.720
 right time

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:26.059
 in redemptive

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:27.119
 history for

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:27.700
 Christ to

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.460
 appear to

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:29.240
 accomplish the

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.720
 work of

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.220
 salvation.

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.700
 So how

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.059
 many of

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.259
 us

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.940
 functionally

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:34.880
 believe that

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.460
 God helps

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.440
 those who

00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:36.720
 help

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.579
 themselves?

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:39.200
 How many

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.460
 of you

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:39.900
 actually

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.799
 believe that?

00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:41.680
 A few

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.380
 years ago,

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.079
 a study

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.720
 revealed that

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.519
 half of

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.640
 evangelicals

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.960
 thought this

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.640
 was a direct

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:48.500
 quotation from

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:48.940
 the Bible.

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:50.720
 Half.

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:53.039
 84% at

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.660
 least believe

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:53.980
 that it was

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.359
 a biblical

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:54.940
 truth.

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.819
 So,

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.839
 not true

00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:58.339
 at all.

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:59.220
 Both

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.599
 wrong,

00:30:59.759 --> 00:30:59.939
 both

00:30:59.939 --> 00:31:00.419
 heresies.

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:00.639
 Ben

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:01.019
 Franklin

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.679
 said that

00:31:01.679 --> 00:31:02.019
 in

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.220
 Paul

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.579
 Richard's

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:03.079
 Almanac,

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.699
 not in

00:31:03.699 --> 00:31:04.019
 the Bible.

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.379
 So,

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:05.919
 what does

00:31:05.919 --> 00:31:06.199
 it say

00:31:06.199 --> 00:31:06.399
 here?

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.059
 Paul writes

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.439
 that God

00:31:07.439 --> 00:31:08.299
 lovingly sent

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:09.099
 Christ for

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:10.519
 us when

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.019
 we were

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.559
 weak.

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.000
 See,

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.699
 that means

00:31:13.699 --> 00:31:14.179
 helpless,

00:31:14.679 --> 00:31:15.159
 vulnerable,

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:17.079
 defenseless.

00:31:17.959 --> 00:31:19.220
 It denotes a

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.740
 lack of

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.859
 moral strength.

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:21.659
 It is

00:31:21.659 --> 00:31:22.319
 connected to

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:22.799
 us being

00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:23.579
 ungodly.

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:25.079
 unable to

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.419
 save

00:31:25.419 --> 00:31:26.039
 ourselves

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.460
 or do

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:27.059
 anything

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:28.059
 to pour

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.399
 ourselves

00:31:28.399 --> 00:31:28.740
 out of

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.039
 the pit

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.279
 that we

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.759
 were in.

00:31:30.399 --> 00:31:30.919
 In that

00:31:30.919 --> 00:31:31.379
 helpless

00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:31.939
 state,

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:32.859
 Christ came.

00:31:33.879 --> 00:31:34.159
 And so,

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.519
 we see,

00:31:34.679 --> 00:31:35.439
 he gives you

00:31:35.439 --> 00:31:36.000
 an example

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.259
 here.

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:36.859
 There is no

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:37.539
 greater love

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:37.799
 than what

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.240
 Christ has

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.539
 done.

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:40.319
 He contrasts

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:40.699
 the death

00:31:40.699 --> 00:31:41.159
 of Christ

00:31:41.159 --> 00:31:41.740
 with other

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.259
 examples

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:43.519
 of human

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.159
 heroic

00:31:44.159 --> 00:31:44.799
 deaths.

00:31:45.679 --> 00:31:45.859
 Right?

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.799
 Such deaths

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:48.519
 are substitutionary

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.079
 in nature,

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.899
 meaning somebody

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.740
 else dies

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.840
 for another

00:31:51.840 --> 00:31:52.320
 person.

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.680
 Right?

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:53.940
 And he

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.280
 says,

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.940
 on the rare

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.500
 occasion,

00:31:56.060 --> 00:31:56.560
 even a

00:31:56.560 --> 00:31:56.860
 fallen,

00:31:57.080 --> 00:31:57.580
 sinful human

00:31:57.580 --> 00:31:58.320
 being might

00:31:58.320 --> 00:31:59.880
 die for

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:01.620
 a morally

00:32:01.620 --> 00:32:02.620
 upright person,

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.100
 a good

00:32:03.100 --> 00:32:03.580
 person,

00:32:04.320 --> 00:32:04.800
 one that's

00:32:04.800 --> 00:32:05.259
 done much

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.680
 good.

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:07.080
 But those

00:32:07.080 --> 00:32:08.000
 examples are

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.480
 radically

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.420
 different in

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.380
 comparison to

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:11.280
 Christ's love

00:32:11.280 --> 00:32:11.800
 for us.

00:32:11.860 --> 00:32:12.840
 They pale

00:32:12.840 --> 00:32:13.640
 in comparison.

00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:15.200
 Human love

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.880
 at its very

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:17.000
 best is puny,

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.500
 weak,

00:32:17.600 --> 00:32:18.200
 and pathetic

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:19.700
 in light of

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.519
 who God

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:21.100
 is,

00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:22.240
 in light of

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:23.000
 his love.

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.319
 Why?

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.039
 Now think about

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.440
 this,

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.740
 because all

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.299
 others are

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.900
 rooted in

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.880
 mutual love

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:29.480
 or friendship.

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.200
 Jesus says,

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.900
 it's easy for

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.480
 you to love

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.160
 those who

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:33.720
 love you.

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.100
 What benefit

00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:35.600
 is that to

00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:35.779
 you?

00:32:35.840 --> 00:32:36.120
 If even

00:32:36.120 --> 00:32:37.140
 sinners love

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:37.660
 those who

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:38.580
 love them,

00:32:39.620 --> 00:32:40.200
 he didn't

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.819
 die for

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.160
 righteous

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:41.640
 people.

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.620
 He didn't

00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:43.059
 die for

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.460
 people who

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:43.940
 did good

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.360
 to him.

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.620
 Jesus

00:32:45.620 --> 00:32:46.759
 died a

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.160
 horrible

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:48.420
 death for

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.180
 unrighteous,

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:50.100
 ungodly,

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:50.799
 hostile

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.680
 enemies.

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:52.740
 It'd be

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.299
 easy for

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.480
 you to

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.000
 maybe die

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.360
 for your

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:54.940
 child or

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.200
 for a

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.519
 really good

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.120
 friend or

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.560
 a parent,

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:56.980
 a loved

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.279
 one,

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.360
 but they

00:32:58.360 --> 00:32:58.940
 love you

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.460
 more or

00:32:59.460 --> 00:32:59.799
 less.

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:01.380
 But again,

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.779
 Christ died

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.720
 for those

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.140
 who hated

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.440
 him,

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.240
 for the

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.980
 ungodly,

00:33:06.080 --> 00:33:06.519
 for his

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:06.880
 enemies.

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:07.980
 He took

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.539
 the place

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.060
 of sinners

00:33:09.060 --> 00:33:09.600
 like you

00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.140
 and me

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:11.620
 who lived

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.240
 in willful

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.799
 rebellion

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.779
 against him.

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.279
 So,

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:16.720
 in God's

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.079
 love,

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.500
 he initiated

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.400
 our salvation.

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:20.140
 1 John

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:21.980
 chapter 1.

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.000
 God's

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.400
 love,

00:33:24.600 --> 00:33:24.960
 and this

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.279
 is the

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.759
 love of

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.100
 God,

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.400
 not that

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:28.019
 we have

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.660
 loved God,

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.519
 but that

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.400
 God loved

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:30.960
 us and

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.920
 sent his

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:32.460
 son to

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.839
 be the

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.680
 propitiation

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:34.259
 for our

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.600
 sin.

00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:35.880
 Number

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.360
 five,

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.079
 moving

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.660
 quickly here,

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:38.839
 trying to

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.120
 land the

00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:39.360
 plane.

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.200
 Number

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.559
 five,

00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:40.940
 we have

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.500
 certain

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:42.420
 reconciliation

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:43.519
 with God.

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.900
 Certain

00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:45.579
 reconciliation

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:46.599
 with God.

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.439
 Look at

00:33:47.439 --> 00:33:48.000
 verse 9.

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:48.899
 Since

00:33:48.899 --> 00:33:50.159
 therefore we

00:33:50.159 --> 00:33:50.460
 have been

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.339
 justified by

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:51.980
 his blood,

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:53.359
 much more

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:54.039
 shall we be

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.699
 saved by

00:33:54.699 --> 00:33:55.759
 him from

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.359
 the wrath

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:57.179
 of God.

00:33:57.919 --> 00:33:58.259
 For if

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:58.599
 while we

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.199
 were enemies

00:33:59.199 --> 00:33:59.819
 we were

00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:00.639
 reconciled to

00:34:00.639 --> 00:34:01.199
 God by

00:34:01.199 --> 00:34:01.720
 the death

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.059
 of his

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.359
 son,

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.740
 much more

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.220
 now that

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.500
 we are

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.299
 reconciled

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.799
 shall we

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.539
 be saved

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.439
 by his

00:34:07.439 --> 00:34:07.879
 life.

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.079
 More than

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.380
 that,

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:09.900
 we also

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.619
 rejoice in

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.119
 God through

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.539
 our Lord

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.360
 Jesus Christ

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:12.860
 through whom

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.159
 we have

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.719
 received

00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:14.940
 reconciliation.

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.639
 So we

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.059
 don't like

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.299
 to be

00:34:17.299 --> 00:34:17.539
 called

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:17.940
 enemies

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.460
 of God.

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:19.739
 Right?

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:20.380
 That is a

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:21.739
 hard term

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:22.199
 to swallow.

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:22.619
 Most people

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.219
 think I'm

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:23.659
 cool with

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:23.900
 God.

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.719
 I've got

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:25.500
 no problem

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:25.940
 with God.

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.219
 Like what

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.739
 problem does

00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:27.179
 he have

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:27.739
 with me?

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:28.940
 Well,

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:29.840
 unless you

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.420
 are in

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.940
 Christ,

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.340
 you are

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.880
 his enemy.

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.519
 That means,

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:33.960
 this word

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.739
 means one

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.059
 who is

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.639
 hostile,

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:36.980
 hateful,

00:34:37.259 --> 00:34:37.679
 or bitter

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.739
 in opposition

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.579
 to another.

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:40.739
 The same

00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:41.440
 word is used

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:42.259
 of the devil

00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:43.340
 in Matthew

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:43.960
 13.

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:45.380
 Romans

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:45.940
 has taught

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.400
 us that

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:46.900
 sobering

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.480
 reality that

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.059
 all of us

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.440
 have fallen

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.059
 short of

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.420
 the glory

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:49.840
 of God.

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.179
 Me,

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.179
 you,

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:51.760
 the best

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.340
 person you

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:52.579
 know,

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:54.000
 everyone apart

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.519
 from Jesus

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:54.980
 Christ.

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:55.840
 We have

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:56.500
 all sinned

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:57.139
 and rebelled

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.880
 against him.

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.099
 It says in

00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.920
 Ephesians 4

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:01.099
 that we were

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:02.360
 once alienated

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:03.619
 from a life

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.380
 with God.

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.559
 That means

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.139
 to be shut

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:06.880
 out of one's

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.800
 fellowship and

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.340
 shut out of

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:09.039
 one's intimacy.

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.440
 Alienated.

00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:11.860
 Apart from

00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:12.220
 Jesus,

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.059
 our sin

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.660
 has shut

00:35:13.660 --> 00:35:14.340
 us out,

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.780
 excluded us,

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:16.440
 and cut us

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:18.120
 off from

00:35:18.120 --> 00:35:18.960
 fellowship with

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.280
 God.

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.720
 We love

00:35:20.720 --> 00:35:21.360
 the world

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:21.680
 and the

00:35:21.680 --> 00:35:22.340
 things in

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:23.000
 the world.

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:24.180
 And James

00:35:24.180 --> 00:35:24.519
 4,

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:24.960
 verse 4

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.360
 says,

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:25.820
 if you are

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:26.380
 a friend

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:26.760
 of the

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:27.160
 world,

00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:28.559
 meaning that

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.019
 you love

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.260
 it,

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.160
 it's what

00:35:30.160 --> 00:35:30.480
 you go

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:30.800
 for,

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.039
 it's what

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.320
 you get

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:31.820
 up for,

00:35:32.660 --> 00:35:33.140
 if you

00:35:33.140 --> 00:35:33.559
 love the

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:33.780
 world,

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.240
 you make

00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:34.640
 yourself

00:35:34.640 --> 00:35:35.220
 an enemy

00:35:35.220 --> 00:35:36.120
 of God.

00:35:37.140 --> 00:35:37.780
 God said

00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:38.500
 through Isaiah,

00:35:38.660 --> 00:35:39.500
 our iniquities

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.019
 have made a

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.620
 separation

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:42.079
 between us

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.739
 and God.

00:35:43.859 --> 00:35:44.279
 So think

00:35:44.279 --> 00:35:44.839
 the idea

00:35:44.839 --> 00:35:45.659
 separated.

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:47.539
 Often held

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:47.940
 that many

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:48.299
 people,

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.679
 again,

00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:49.739
 are enemies

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:50.239
 of God,

00:35:50.299 --> 00:35:50.579
 but people

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.319
 wouldn't say,

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.339
 those same

00:35:52.339 --> 00:35:52.659
 people wouldn't

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:52.799
 say,

00:35:52.859 --> 00:35:52.920
 well,

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.179
 I think

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.719
 God doesn't

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:53.960
 have a

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.219
 problem

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:54.880
 with me,

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:56.219
 but the

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.839
 term here

00:35:56.839 --> 00:35:57.440
 is actual

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.019
 mutual

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.759
 hostility,

00:35:59.619 --> 00:36:00.299
 meaning that

00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:01.380
 God is

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:01.900
 equally

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:03.199
 angry with

00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:04.480
 us for

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:04.980
 our sin

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:06.359
 and for

00:36:06.359 --> 00:36:07.019
 our rebellion

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:07.819
 against him.

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:09.279
 God loathing

00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:09.920
 the rebellious

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.460
 sinner and

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:10.920
 the sinner

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.440
 loathing

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:11.920
 God.

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:13.280
 Charles

00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:13.720
 Hodge

00:36:13.720 --> 00:36:14.260
 once wrote

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:14.780
 about this

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.099
 verse,

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:15.940
 there is

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.559
 not only

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.039
 a wicked

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.579
 opposition

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:17.940
 of the

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.360
 sinner to

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:18.820
 God,

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:19.920
 but a

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.320
 holy

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:21.059
 opposition

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.880
 of God

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.380
 to the

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:22.619
 sinner.

00:36:23.720 --> 00:36:24.099
 Sinful

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:24.960
 man has

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.720
 turned away

00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:26.099
 from the

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.539
 God of

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.500
 peace and

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:28.179
 made war

00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:28.679
 on him

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.159
 instead.

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.400
 We all

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:30.800
 have done

00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:31.059
 it,

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:32.360
 directly and

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:32.820
 indirectly,

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:33.639
 just rebelled

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:34.519
 against God.

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:35.500
 So it

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:35.699
 says,

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.260
 formerly,

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:37.559
 we were

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.199
 his enemies

00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:38.639
 and we

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:39.220
 needed

00:36:39.220 --> 00:36:40.199
 reconciliation.

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:41.960
 And now

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.579
 in Christ

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:43.179
 we are

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:44.220
 reconciled.

00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:45.280
 Are

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:46.139
 reconciled.

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.260
 The New

00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:47.639
 Testament

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:48.280
 noun here

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:48.860
 means a

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.300
 restoration

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:50.320
 of favor.

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.320
 It's used

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:52.039
 three times

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:52.400
 in this

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:52.860
 passage.

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:54.280
 It means

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:54.960
 to change

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.760
 the relationship

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:57.260
 of hostile

00:36:57.260 --> 00:36:58.579
 parties to

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.179
 come together

00:36:59.179 --> 00:37:00.480
 again and

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.079
 be in peace

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:01.340
 with one

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:01.679
 another.

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:03.099
 To resolve

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.760
 their differences

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:04.240
 and to

00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:04.780
 restore

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.679
 relationship.

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:06.980
 So the

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:07.579
 separation

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.599
 and alienation

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.039
 our sin

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.480
 caused

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:10.019
 with God

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:11.139
 can now

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:12.239
 be resolved

00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:13.179
 by what

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:14.299
 Christ alone

00:37:14.299 --> 00:37:15.000
 has done.

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:15.960
 He has

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.319
 brought us

00:37:16.319 --> 00:37:17.079
 back into

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.519
 fellowship

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:18.139
 with one

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:18.500
 another

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:19.919
 by removing

00:37:19.919 --> 00:37:20.599
 the thing

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:20.859
 that was

00:37:20.859 --> 00:37:21.319
 causing

00:37:21.319 --> 00:37:22.159
 the hostility,

00:37:22.899 --> 00:37:23.219
 namely

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:24.119
 our sin.

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.219
 Right?

00:37:25.279 --> 00:37:25.639
 That's what it

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.139
 says right

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:26.419
 here.

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:27.619
 And this

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.000
 is done

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.579
 by the

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:28.919
 death

00:37:28.919 --> 00:37:30.159
 of Christ.

00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:31.539
 In these

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:31.879
 verses,

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:33.419
 some people

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:34.440
 in the

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:34.700
 modern

00:37:34.700 --> 00:37:35.000
 church

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.260
 want to

00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:35.420
 say,

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:35.619
 hey,

00:37:35.680 --> 00:37:36.119
 God is

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:36.619
 love and

00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:36.900
 He is

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:37.240
 only

00:37:37.240 --> 00:37:37.619
 love.

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:38.500
 Others

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:38.820
 may want

00:37:38.820 --> 00:37:39.019
 to say

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.460
 God is

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:39.960
 wrath and

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.240
 He is

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:40.559
 only

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:41.019
 wrath.

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:41.800
 Well,

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:42.079
 in these

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.300
 few

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:42.579
 verses,

00:37:42.700 --> 00:37:43.019
 you see

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.440
 them side

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:43.940
 by side,

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.360
 the love

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:44.800
 of God

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:45.579
 and the

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:45.840
 wrath

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.300
 of God.

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:47.099
 If

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.400
 someone

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:47.940
 says,

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:49.200
 you're

00:37:49.200 --> 00:37:49.639
 saved,

00:37:49.720 --> 00:37:50.000
 what are

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.440
 you saved

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:50.740
 from?

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.099
 You were

00:37:51.099 --> 00:37:51.659
 saved

00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:52.539
 from the

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:52.860
 wrath

00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:53.380
 of God.

00:37:54.260 --> 00:37:54.880
 So all

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.220
 of us,

00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:55.780
 even those

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:56.039
 of us

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:56.260
 who are

00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:56.760
 in Christ

00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:57.139
 will be

00:37:57.139 --> 00:37:57.519
 aware

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:58.099
 when that

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.380
 wrath

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:58.940
 comes

00:37:58.940 --> 00:38:00.159
 one day.

00:38:00.200 --> 00:38:00.400
 And in

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:00.599
 that

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:04.220
 you are

00:38:04.220 --> 00:38:04.700
 inside

00:38:04.700 --> 00:38:05.240
 Christ.

00:38:06.659 --> 00:38:07.340
 Inside

00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:07.940
 what He

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.420
 has done,

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:09.340
 reconciled

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.720
 by the

00:38:09.720 --> 00:38:10.039
 death

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:11.079
 of His

00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:11.440
 Son.

00:38:12.200 --> 00:38:12.519
 Now look

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:12.780
 at that

00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:13.220
 amazing

00:38:13.220 --> 00:38:13.800
 phrase,

00:38:14.720 --> 00:38:15.559
 we shall

00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:16.680
 be saved

00:38:16.680 --> 00:38:17.880
 by His

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:18.360
 life.

00:38:19.200 --> 00:38:19.940
 Saved

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:20.480
 by His

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:20.940
 life.

00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:22.039
 That is a

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.519
 definitive

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:23.460
 certainty.

00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:24.880
 If we

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.760
 are justified,

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:27.039
 we are

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.780
 reconciled.

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.740
 And we

00:38:29.740 --> 00:38:30.000
 are

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:31.619
 looking

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:32.340
 to the

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:32.700
 future

00:38:32.699 --> 00:38:33.719
 with hope

00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:34.659
 of glory.

00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:35.619
 And we

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:36.139
 shall

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:37.259
 be saved

00:38:37.259 --> 00:38:38.439
 by His

00:38:38.439 --> 00:38:38.879
 life.

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.439
 That is a

00:38:39.439 --> 00:38:39.859
 certainty

00:38:39.859 --> 00:38:40.480
 and a

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:40.939
 promise.

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.379
 So just

00:38:42.379 --> 00:38:43.019
 a conclusion

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:43.460
 in that

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:44.099
 very last

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:44.519
 verse.

00:38:45.839 --> 00:38:46.239
 What is

00:38:46.239 --> 00:38:46.719
 the result

00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:47.199
 of this?

00:38:47.339 --> 00:38:47.899
 Verse 11,

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:48.879
 we rejoice

00:38:48.879 --> 00:38:50.579
 in God

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:51.639
 through

00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:52.460
 our Lord

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:53.299
 Jesus Christ.

00:38:53.879 --> 00:38:54.960
 The response

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:55.399
 to such

00:38:55.399 --> 00:38:55.919
 grace

00:38:55.919 --> 00:38:56.399
 and such

00:38:56.399 --> 00:38:56.939
 love

00:38:56.939 --> 00:38:58.399
 to sinners

00:38:58.399 --> 00:38:58.939
 like me

00:38:58.939 --> 00:38:59.419
 and sinners

00:38:59.419 --> 00:39:00.319
 like you.

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:01.500
 There is

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:02.219
 no response

00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:02.759
 but to

00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:03.319
 rejoice

00:39:03.319 --> 00:39:04.519
 and to

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:04.839
 take up

00:39:04.839 --> 00:39:05.379
 your cross

00:39:05.379 --> 00:39:05.819
 and follow

00:39:05.819 --> 00:39:06.219
 Christ.

00:39:06.339 --> 00:39:06.459
 Give

00:39:06.459 --> 00:39:07.279
 your life

00:39:07.279 --> 00:39:07.719
 to Him

00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:09.519
 unreservedly.

00:39:10.399 --> 00:39:10.679
 This

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:11.239
 news should

00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:11.819
 cause

00:39:11.819 --> 00:39:12.679
 great joy

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:13.139
 in your

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:13.599
 heart for

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.039
 what He

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.719
 has done.

00:39:15.259 --> 00:39:15.879
 So this

00:39:15.879 --> 00:39:16.639
 is the

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:17.039
 gospel,

00:39:17.319 --> 00:39:17.579
 guys.

00:39:17.939 --> 00:39:18.679
 This is a

00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:19.139
 further

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:19.879
 explanation

00:39:19.879 --> 00:39:20.199
 of what

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:20.679
 Christ has

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:21.079
 accomplished.

00:39:21.759 --> 00:39:22.199
 You go

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:22.599
 into a

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:22.980
 courtroom

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.319
 and your

00:39:23.319 --> 00:39:23.719
 faith is

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:24.319
 on trial.

00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:25.399
 This is

00:39:25.399 --> 00:39:26.019
 your case.

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.019
 This is

00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:27.459
 your case

00:39:27.459 --> 00:39:27.739
 that you

00:39:27.739 --> 00:39:28.799
 bring to

00:39:28.799 --> 00:39:29.139
 stand

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.759
 righteous

00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:30.220
 before

00:39:30.220 --> 00:39:30.660
 God.

00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:31.640
 So let's

00:39:31.640 --> 00:39:31.980
 just give

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.120
 Him

00:39:32.120 --> 00:39:32.540
 thanks

00:39:32.540 --> 00:39:34.080
 in prayer

00:39:34.080 --> 00:39:34.500
 together.