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 So, I've been looking forward to tonight for a long time.

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 We've been doing the gospel this entire semester,

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 and we've been focusing on all these different aspects of salvation,

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! from justification to adoption to ransom to all these different things.

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 And tonight, we've come to the culmination of salvation,

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 and that being the topic of sanctification.

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 It is a vast topic that we will never exhaust,

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 even if we did two semesters of just sanctification.

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 So, tonight's probably going to be just,

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 it's more of like a survey than it is like an exposition.

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 It's going to be just kind of a survey of things,

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 a survey of questions that I hope will result in you guys taking this stuff home,

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 taking verses home, taking things you hear home,

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 and studying them for yourself.

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 Okay?

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 So, hopefully that's what happens,

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 is you guys leave feeling more inquisitive than when you came,

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 and leave feeling like you want to dive into this topic more and more.

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 It is the joy of my life to seek the Lord for sanctification,

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 to seek the Lord for His glory, for my joy,

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 and that is the whole essence of what this topic is about.

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 So, let me tell you guys where we're going to go in the next two weeks.

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 Because I'm going to do this for two weeks now.

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 I'm just going to pose six questions total that I think are really relevant,

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 hot topic questions that everybody probably here in some degree wants to know about.

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 These are questions that I think are really just kind of pertinent to all of us.

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 Things that I've heard asked and things that I myself have asked as I've studied this.

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 I'm just going to read them to you so we can just, again, have an idea of where we're tracking.

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 The first question is going to be this.

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 I see more failure in my life than victory.

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 Am I still being sanctified?

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 Number two is what about that one besetting sin in my life that I just can't seem to shake?

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 Number three, I know God desires for me to be sanctified,

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 but I honestly don't know how to be.

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 So, we're going to talk about how.

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 And then next week we're going to do these three.

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 If no matter what I do, I can't lose my salvation,

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 then why should I even care to be sanctified?

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 Number five, where should I start?

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 And number six, what should I be expecting?

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 Okay, so we're just going to, it's a really broad,

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 those are really broad questions that are not going to,

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 we're not going to cover everything in detail,

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 but we're just going to try to touch on some of the main elements, I think,

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 that are very, very important.

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 I'm just going to begin with a definition,

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 a simple definition of what it means to be sanctified.

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 It's a big word that describes something that's very, very essential for you to understand.

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 The first definition is this,

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 to be sanctified is to grow in one's genuine imitation of Christ.

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 To be sanctified is to grow in one's genuine imitation of Christ.

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 One old pastor said it like this,

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 because we are justified,

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 which means to be declared righteous in the sight of God, right?

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 We've talked about that.

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 To be declared righteous, to be declared innocent,

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 to be declared unguilty in the sight of God.

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 So, because we are justified, we are to be holy.

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 Separated from sin.

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 Separated to God.

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 Not as a mere indication that our faith is real,

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 and that therefore we are legally safe,

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 but because we were justified for this very purpose,

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 that we might be holy.

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 Now, what is he saying?

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 He is saying that the only reason,

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 the main reason why you were saved,

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 was to be made holy.

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 To be made holy.

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 To be purified.

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 To be set apart for God.

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 That is huge.

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 I'll show you in Scripture.

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 In 1 Peter 2,

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 verse 24,

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 he says this,

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 and he himself,

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 we're speaking to Jesus here,

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 and he himself

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 bore our sins in his body on the cross.

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 Why?

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 That we might die to sin

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 and live to righteousness,

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 for by his wounds you were healed.

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 So Jesus died

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 to make you holy.

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 That you might

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 release and relinquish

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 sin in your life,

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 and that you might

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 cling on to God in holiness.

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 Titus 2,

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 another corroborating verse,

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 verse 14,

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 Titus 2, 14,

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 says,

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 speaking of Jesus again,

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 who gave himself for us,

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 that he might redeem us

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 from every lawless deed,

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 and purify for himself

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 a people for his own possession,

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 zealous for good deeds.

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 So Jesus Christ gave himself up,

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 he died on the cross,

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 he spread his arms,

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 he was crucified,

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 that he might redeem for himself

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 a people

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 that were zealous for good deeds,

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 that were holy.

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 That is why you were saved.

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 That is why it is so ridiculous

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 and insane

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 for you to think

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 that a Christian

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 can be saved

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 and yet have no degree

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 of sanctification happening

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 in their life.

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 There is no such thing

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 as a

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 habitually sinful,

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 carnal Christian

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 that has no affection

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 for Christ

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 and does not walk

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 in the commandments

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 of the Lord Jesus

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 in some degree.

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 Because that is the only reason

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 why God saved you

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 was to make you holy,

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 to save you for himself.

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 And I have proven that

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 from scripture,

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 you can't deny that.

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 So really,

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 the entire Christian life

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 is summed up

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 in that one word,

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 sanctification.

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 That is what it is all about.

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 A buddy of mine said,

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 we are saved

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 in an instant,

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 but we are sanctified

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 over a lifetime.

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 Justification happens

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 in a moment

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 and costs you

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 nothing.

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 Sanctification

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 happens

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 over your whole life

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 and it costs you

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 everything.

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 Okay?

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 The Greek word

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 is

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 hagiadzo

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 and it implies

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 being set apart

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 to God

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 in holiness

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 and purity.

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 So when you see

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 that word in the Bible,

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 when you see

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 sanctify,

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 it's hagiadzo.

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 Probably a terrible

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 rendering of that,

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 but nobody here

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 knows Greek,

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 so you don't know anyway.

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 Sanctification,

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 according to the

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 Westminster Shorter

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 Catechism,

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 which is a

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 reliable source,

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 you could say,

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 is

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 the work

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 of God's,

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 so sanctification

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 is the work

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 of God's

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 free grace.

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 So it's the work

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 of God,

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 whereby we are

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 renewed in the

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 whole man

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 after the image

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 of God

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 and are enabled

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 more and more

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 to die unto sin

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 and to live

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 unto righteousness.

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 J.I. Packer

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 said this,

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 regeneration,

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 we've talked about

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 that too,

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 regeneration,

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 right?

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 Being born again

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 in Christ.

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 regeneration

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 is birth.

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 Sanctification

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 is growth.

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 In regeneration,

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 so when you

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 are born again,

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 God implants

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 desires that

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 were not there

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 before.

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 Desire for God,

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 for holiness,

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 and for the

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 hallowing and the

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 glorifying of

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 God's name in

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 this world.

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 Desire to pray,

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 desire to worship,

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 love, serve,

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 honor, and please

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 God.

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 Desire to show

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 love and bring

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 benefit to others.

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 In sanctification,

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 however,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 works in you

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 and acts in you

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 according to the

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 purpose of God.

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 What He does

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 is prompt you

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 to work out

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 your salvation

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 or to express

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 your salvation

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 in action

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 by fulfilling

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 those new desires.

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 Do you get that?

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 Okay, so you're saved.

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 God redeems you.

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 God regenerates your heart

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 and gives you new

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 desires, new affections,

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 new loves,

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 new passions for Him,

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 for His glory.

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 Then the Holy Spirit

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 is given to you

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 who then empowers you

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 to actually act that out.

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 It's the energy

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 that enables you

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 to do that work.

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 Christians become

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 increasingly Christ-like

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 as the moral profile

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 of Jesus

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 or the fruit of the Spirit,

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 those qualities of the Spirit,

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 is progressively formed

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 in them.

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 Let me read Philippians 2

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 real quick to you.

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 Turn there if you want.

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 Philippians 2.

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 Because I want you to see

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 this dichotomous relationship.

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 It's both.

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 It's

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 sanctification.

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 Hear me say this

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 from the beginning.

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 Sanctification

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 is

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 100%

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 your effort.

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 and

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 it is

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 100%

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 God's effort.

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 There is no

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 let go and let God

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 mentality in sanctification.

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 There is no

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 I've got to do everything

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 in sanctification.

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 It is God

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 working through you.

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 It is God

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 working in you.

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 It is God's Spirit

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 energizing your soul

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 and enabling you

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 to love God

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 and to obey God

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 and to serve God.

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 But it's also

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 you striving.

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 It's also

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 you resisting.

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 It's also

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 you enduring.

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 It's also

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 you

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 blessing

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 when you're

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 cursed against.

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 It's also

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 you

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 loving

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 when you're

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 hated.

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 It's

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 all those things.

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 It's the commandments

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 of God

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 but it's the commandments

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 of God

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 obeyed by you

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 in the Spirit

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 of God.

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 You can't get your

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 mind around that.

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 That's the reality

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 of it though.

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 I'm going to prove

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 this right here

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 in a couple of verses.

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 So Philippians 2

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 verse 12 and 13

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 look at the very end

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 of verse 12.

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 It says

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 work out your salvation

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 with fear and trembling.

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 Okay, that's my part, right?

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 It says that

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 work out your salvation

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 with fear and trembling.

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 That's a command.

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 Then it says in 13

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 for it is God

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 who is at work in you

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 both to will

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 and to work

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 for His good pleasure.

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 So right there

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 in that verse

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 you see

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 that

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 what the Spirit

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 has given to me

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 for is to

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 act out

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 these new desires.

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 To act out

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 this new love

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 that God's given to me.

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 Okay, so look

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 that's kind of

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 the definition.

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 That's what

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 sanctification is.

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 It's holiness.

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 It's growing in grace.

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 It's learning

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 how to love

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 and obey Christ.

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 So our first question.

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 This may be many of you.

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 I see more failure

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 in my life

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 than victory.

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 Am I still being

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 sanctified?

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 There are three different

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 types of people

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 that ask this question.

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 The first type

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 is a new believer.

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 And I would say

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 this is probably

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 the most common

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 type of person

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 that asks this question.

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 a new believer

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 who's struggling

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 with sins

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 that were common

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 to him

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 or common

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 to her

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 before Christ.

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 Oftentimes

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 you're going to hear

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 them ask this question.

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 And in their case,

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 okay,

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 in this new believer's case

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 who's struggling

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 with a lot of sins

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 from their past,

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 the answer

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 to our question

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 is yes,

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 you are still

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 being sanctified.

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 Yes, you are.

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 as Christ

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 opens the eyes

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 of a sinner

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 to see their sin

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 for what it is,

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 they see it as evil,

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 they see it as offensive,

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 they see it as deliberately

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 malicious

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 against God,

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 they see it as rebellion,

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 they feel overwhelmed

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 with that guilt,

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 right?

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 That shame

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 just comes down

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 upon them,

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 it weighs down

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 upon them heavily,

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 and this terror

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 that they feel

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 soon leads them

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 to the cross

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 of Christ

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 where they lose

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 that burden,

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 they look at Jesus

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 in faith

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 and they see Him

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 and He's glorious

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 to them

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 and He's wonderful

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 to them.

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 He sees the glory

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 of Christ

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 and the sacrifice

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 of the cross,

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 he claims

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 that grace

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 as their own

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 and he praises Christ

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 for purchasing

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 their salvation

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 with His blood.

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 The thought

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 at that point

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 in time

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 of ever trading

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 that love

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 that you see

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 for the world's

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 counterfeits

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 is ridiculous,

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 right?

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 We've all experienced

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 this in some way

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 if you're a Christian.

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 That newness

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 of your salvation

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 that is just so sweet

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 to your taste

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 and God is so rich

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 and so palpable

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 you can just feel Him.

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 And the thought

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 of trading that

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 is just grotesque

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 and it's unimaginable.

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 And then it happens,

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 right?

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 You sin.

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 You fall into sin

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 again and again

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 and again

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 and again

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 and again

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 and you just feel

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 discouraged

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 and beaten up

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 and downtrodden

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 and you wonder

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 how can I be a Christian?

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 if I so often fail

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 in loving Christ well.

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 The beginning stages

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 of sanctification,

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 okay,

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 listen to this.

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 This is a really,

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 really good illustration

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 I learned from Matt Chandler.

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 Forte's of the New Year's conference.

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 Do you guys want to go?

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 The beginning stages

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 of sanctification

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 are kind of like

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 a baby

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 learning to walk.

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 Okay?

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 Now what happens

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 initially with the baby

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 learning to walk?

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 They're not good at it.

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 I mean,

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 they start wobbly,

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 they start,

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 you know,

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 trying to prop themselves up

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 then they kind of

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 move along really slowly.

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 They're looking up

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 for approval

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 then they move along

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 really slowly

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 and sure enough

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 if they take their hands off

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 they just,

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 their head is normally

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 so big at that point in time

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 they just kind of

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 topple over and fall,

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 right?

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 And they just,

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 you know,

00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:44.139
 lose balance

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 and they take one step

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 and they slip

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 on their butt,

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 on their belly,

00:14:46.899 --> 00:14:47.039
 whatever,

00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:47.860
 just back and forth.

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 They're constantly falling.

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 Okay?

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 And now for you to think

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 that God

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 is like a father

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 who says,

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 what the heck

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 are you doing?

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 Get up.

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 Walk like a man.

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 Get up.

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 You know,

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 and yells at his kid

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 and makes fun of his kid

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 and sits back

00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:11.460
 with his wife

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 and says,

00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:12.240
 look at this idiot

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 right here.

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 To think that God

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 is like that

00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:18.899
 is ridiculous.

00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:20.259
 Right?

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 I mean,

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 he's taking a step.

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 You know,

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 you're excited.

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 What do you do?

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 I mean,

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 you call your wife

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 in there.

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 You're trying to find

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 the video camera.

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 You're trying to tweet

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 your friends.

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 You're trying to put it

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 on Facebook.

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 You're YouTubing it.

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 You know,

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 you're super excited.

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 I mean,

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 I've seen an iPhone

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 commercial where they

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 actually have that

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 as like the promo.

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 You know,

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 I mean,

00:15:38.079 --> 00:15:39.199
 like capturing this

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 special moment.

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 Right?

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 They're not thinking

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 about the fact

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 that he can't walk

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 at all.

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 I mean,

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 he's,

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 you know,

00:15:46.059 --> 00:15:46.779
 relatively speaking,

00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:47.480
 he's doing wonderful.

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 And they're rejoicing

00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:49.580
 in you.

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 Right?

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 So God is

00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:53.320
 the same way.

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 In the beginning

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 of your sanctification

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 when you're a new believer,

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 he's not furious

00:15:57.740 --> 00:15:58.139
 with you

00:15:58.139 --> 00:15:58.519
 because you're not

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 walking perfectly.

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 He's not enraged

00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:03.039
 at your inability

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 to do things

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 the right way

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 the first time.

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 He's patient with you.

00:16:07.259 --> 00:16:07.360
 Right?

00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:07.980
 He's loving.

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 He's kind.

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 He's rejoicing.

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 He's nudging the Holy Spirit

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 and Jesus at the same time

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 and saying,

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 look at this,

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 you know,

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 he's taking his first steps.

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 He's beginning to believe.

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 He's beginning to trust

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 in my promises.

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 He's not afraid anymore

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 like he once was.

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 He's battling,

00:16:23.220 --> 00:16:23.460
 you know?

00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:26.440
 That's just how

00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:27.340
 you need to think of God.

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 So if you're sitting here

00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:29.460
 and you're a relatively

00:16:29.460 --> 00:16:30.039
 new believer

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 and this is you,

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 you struggle with sins

00:16:32.580 --> 00:16:33.539
 and you're frustrated

00:16:33.539 --> 00:16:34.060
 because you know

00:16:34.060 --> 00:16:35.180
 that you suck a lot

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 and the more

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 that you're growing

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 in this,

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 you know,

00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:37.960
 your knowledge

00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:38.440
 of the Word of God,

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 you're seeing more

00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:39.519
 and more and more

00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:39.960
 of the sin.

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 God is wanting

00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:42.680
 to say to you tonight

00:16:42.680 --> 00:16:43.420
 through this text

00:16:43.420 --> 00:16:44.379
 and through that illustration,

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 I love you.

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 and I'm still happy

00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:48.919
 with you.

00:16:52.179 --> 00:16:53.279
 So be encouraged.

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 1 Thessalonians 5 says,

00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:57.320
 encourage the faint-hearted.

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 So if that's you,

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 be encouraged.

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 the truth is,

00:17:11.339 --> 00:17:12.140
 you are having victories.

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 You are being sanctified.

00:17:14.299 --> 00:17:15.220
 You are beginning to walk

00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:15.920
 in a manner that is

00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:16.740
 pleasing to God.

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 You're beginning to.

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 But Satan would have you

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 believe that your failure

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 proves your faithlessness

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 and it proves

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 your hopelessness.

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 And he accuses you,

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 doesn't he?

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 You will never do it right.

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 You will never get it.

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 You will never learn

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 the Bible like you need to.

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 You will never evangelize

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 the right way.

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 You will never know enough.

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 You will never be enough.

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 You will never do

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 the right thing

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 at the right time.

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 And he accuses you

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 and he lies to you

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 and he slanders you.

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 That's what the devil does.

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 If you see more failure

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 in your life than victory,

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 then you may be a baby,

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 but you're not a corpse.

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 You may not be walking well,

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 but it's merely

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 a matter of time.

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 Rejoice in the fact

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 that your father

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 is pleased with the progress

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 and not with the perfection.

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 He's pleased with progress.

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 He's not pleased

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 with perfection.

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 Nobody's perfect.

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 Paul wasn't perfect.

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 You won't be.

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 Secondly,

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 the second person

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 that might ask this question,

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 I'm going to read it again

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 because I've forgotten it myself.

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 I see more failure

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 in my life than victory.

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 Am I still being sanctified?

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 The second person

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 that might ask this

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 is a mature believer.

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 Okay?

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 Or a maturing believer

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 whom God is revealing

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 more sin to.

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 And the answer to them

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 is also yes.

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 You are still being sanctified.

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 Throughout the Christian life,

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 God reveals more

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 and more and more

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 of your sin.

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 Okay?

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 Oftentimes,

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 you might hear

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 a mature believer praying,

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 Lord, reveal to me

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 more of my sin.

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 Because they hate it

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 and they want to get rid of it

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 at any cost possible.

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 But with that realization,

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 oftentimes comes

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 this kind of question.

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 It comes sometimes

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 if you don't have

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 the right perspective,

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 doubt and confusion

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 and fear.

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 this anxiety

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 that just wells up

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 within you

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 because you feel like,

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 man,

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 I'm failing a lot more

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 than I'm doing good things.

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 You know?

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 I've heard J-Mac say one time

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 that the holier you become,

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 the worse you feel.

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 Because the more sin you feel,

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 the more sin you see,

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 the more hopelessness you see

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 in yourself

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 and this idea of self-reliance

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 becomes ridiculous.

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 Right?

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 But that's when Christ

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 gets better as well.

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 Turn to Psalm 38.

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 I want to show you

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 a wonderful,

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 wonderful illustration of this.

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 David,

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 who is an obviously

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 mature believer,

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 he's writing this.

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 Psalm 38 is a prayer

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 of a suffering penitent,

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 as my Bible calls it.

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 He's remorseful

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 over some sin

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 that he had committed.

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 Psalm 38,

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 verses 2-4.

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 He's crying out to God.

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 He says,

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 For your arrows

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 have sunk deep into me,

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 and your hand

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 is pressed down upon me.

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 There is no soundness

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 in my flesh

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 because of your indignation.

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 There is no health

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 in my bones

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 because of my sin.

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 For my iniquities

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 are gone over my head

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 as a heavy burden

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 they weigh too much for me.

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 Okay?

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 So David is in this psalm

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 really aware of his sin.

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 And it's weighing down

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 upon him deeply.

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 He calls it like an arrow.

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 It's sunk deep into me.

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 It's like a weight

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 that's too much for me to carry.

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 It's like I'm getting crushed.

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 I can't hardly take the pressure

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 of what I'm feeling.

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 It's just this,

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 he's crying out to God.

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 It's very serious for him.

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 But then,

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 look at Psalm 40.

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 Psalm 40.

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 Verses 1-3.

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 Same guy.

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 Two psalms later.

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 I waited patiently for the Lord

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 and He inclined to me

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 and He heard my cry.

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 He brought me up

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 out of the pit of destruction,

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 out of the miry clay,

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 and He set my feet upon a rock,

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 making my footsteps firm.

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 And He put a new song in my mouth,

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 a song of praise to our God.

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 Many will see and fear

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 and will trust in the Lord.

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 He went from despair,

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 two psalms earlier,

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 to this bold confidence.

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 Many will see me in fear,

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 He says,

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 and will trust in the Lord

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 as a result of my witness.

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 I waited patiently

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 and God heard my cry.

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 Okay?

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 This is the prayers

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 of a mature believer.

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 It looks like that.

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 It's common for God

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 to expose you

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 and then to humble you

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 and then to strengthen you

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 and then to overcome that sin

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 or, excuse me,

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 to strengthen you

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 to overcome that sin

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 and then expose you again

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 in some new way.

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 That's kind of what

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:18.519
 the Christian life is about.

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 It's like these ebbs and flows.

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 It's like, you know,

00:22:20.820 --> 00:22:21.960
 He teaches you one thing

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 and you gain a little bit of victory

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 and then He shows you something new

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 and He's like,

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 you're continually gaining ground,

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 you're going up,

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 but it's like this, you know?

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 It's not like, you know,

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 Superman just flying over the...

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 That was dumb.

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 I'm not going to...

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 That's stupid.

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 That's not in my notes.

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 That was just dumb.

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 But you get the idea.

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 And there's never an end

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 to this process.

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.180
 Okay, Paul, again,

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 I quote him from Philippians 3, 12.

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 He says,

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 Not that I've already obtained it

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 or have already become perfect.

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 This is the same guy that says,

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 I'm not really conscious

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.740
 of anything against myself.

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 You know,

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 I don't know of any sin

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:00.839
 that I'm not confessing.

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 He says that elsewhere in Scripture,

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:03.799
 but he's admitting here,

00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:04.859
 like, I haven't already obtained it.

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 I'm not perfect.

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.200
 You know,

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 so nobody is ever going to be that.

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 Thirdly,

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.720
 wait, never mind.

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 No sin is tolerable to God, okay?

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.779
 Even thought sins,

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.140
 excuse me,

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:26.079
 even thought sins

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 that never result in action

00:23:27.919 --> 00:23:29.179
 must be purged out of us.

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 And so this process

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 of continually being shown

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 our weakness

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.359
 and inability

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:35.339
 can be despairing.

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 And if your perspective

00:23:36.919 --> 00:23:38.139
 is lost in the middle of it,

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.779
 it can lead to doubt.

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 And it can lead to

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 our question.

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 Okay?

00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:46.879
 But when the believer's conscience

00:23:46.879 --> 00:23:47.960
 is most agitated

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:49.419
 and when Satan's accusations

00:23:49.419 --> 00:23:50.539
 are most forceful

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.399
 against you,

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.099
 it's then

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:53.619
 that the gospel of Christ

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:55.079
 will be most satisfying

00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:55.980
 to you.

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 And the Father

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:03.039
 intends it to be that way.

00:24:06.379 --> 00:24:07.759
 To prove to you again,

00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:08.879
 and to prove to you again,

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.440
 and again,

00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:10.019
 and again,

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:11.819
 the inexhaustibleness

00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:13.819
 of his love.

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 Okay?

00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:16.039
 So,

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 a side of one's sin,

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 a vivid side of one's sin,

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 which is disgusting,

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 which is,

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:22.619
 you know,

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.359
 repulsive,

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 you don't want anything

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:25.000
 to do with it,

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 it seems to have

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:29.039
 a way of deepening

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 your understanding

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.059
 of God's mercy

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 and of God's grace.

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 And it seems to

00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:36.900
 educate you

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.960
 so you can appreciate

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:39.579
 the gospel more.

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:46.700
 Charles Spurgeon said this,

00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:49.539
 I am the subject

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:51.559
 of depressions of spirit

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 so fearful

00:24:52.600 --> 00:24:54.059
 that I hope

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.900
 none of you ever gets

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.860
 to such extremes

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.640
 of wretchedness

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:57.299
 as I go.

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.620
 So Spurgeon,

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.480
 who was this amazing,

00:24:59.579 --> 00:24:59.799
 amazing,

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 amazing,

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 amazing

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 biblical scholar,

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 pastor,

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.299
 whatever,

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:05.160
 back in the 1800s,

00:25:05.340 --> 00:25:06.440
 was a man of depression.

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.019
 Okay?

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.700
 He struggled

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.600
 really,

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.080
 really badly

00:25:09.080 --> 00:25:09.740
 with depression.

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 It almost,

00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:12.799
 he was bedridden

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 sometimes as a result

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.279
 of how deep

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:15.100
 his depressions were.

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 So he says

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.299
 that I am the subject

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:18.059
 of these depressions

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 of spirit

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 so fearful

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 that I hope

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 none of you

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:19.980
 ever gets

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:21.019
 in such extremes

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:23.100
 as I undergo.

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 But I always

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.539
 get back again

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.140
 by this.

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 I know I trust Christ.

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.580
 I have no reliance

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 but in Him.

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 If He falls,

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.779
 I shall fall.

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 But if He does not fall,

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 I shall not.

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 Because He lives,

00:25:38.379 --> 00:25:39.259
 I shall live also

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 and I spring

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.440
 to my legs again

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.079
 and I fight

00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:42.900
 with my depressions

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.339
 of spirit

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 and my downcast soul

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:46.059
 and I get the victory

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.579
 through it.

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 So may you do

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:50.619
 and so you must

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.920
 for there is no other

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.539
 way of escaping

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.039
 from it.

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.200
 In your most

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:55.039
 depressed seasons,

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.460
 you are to get joy

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.180
 and peace

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:58.119
 in believing.

00:25:58.119 --> 00:26:00.659
 Hell

00:26:00.659 --> 00:26:02.359
 and my sins

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:03.479
 obstruct my path

00:26:03.479 --> 00:26:04.919
 but hell

00:26:04.919 --> 00:26:05.619
 and sins

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:06.759
 are conquered foes.

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.059
 My Jesus

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.619
 nailed them

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:09.399
 to His cross

00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:10.659
 and sang the triumph

00:26:10.659 --> 00:26:11.939
 as He rose.

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.479
 Okay?

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:16.299
 It's an encouraging word.

00:26:17.439 --> 00:26:17.919
 There's a third

00:26:17.919 --> 00:26:18.479
 kind of person

00:26:18.479 --> 00:26:18.919
 that would

00:26:18.919 --> 00:26:20.239
 ask this question.

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:25.660
 And that is the man

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.819
 who was for a little while

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:28.839
 called himself a Christian.

00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:31.859
 And yet he finds himself

00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:32.460
 in a

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.480
 keyword

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.940
 willing state

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:37.120
 of continual failure

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:38.620
 to various sins.

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:41.500
 This is a person

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.460
 who calls himself

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:42.960
 a Christian,

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:44.319
 a professor of Christ

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:46.660
 who yet finds himself

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.240
 in a

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:48.420
 willing state

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:49.660
 of continual sin.

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:51.820
 in unrepentant state.

00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.820
 This man does not

00:26:56.820 --> 00:26:57.400
 hate his sin

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:59.100
 nor love Christ.

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:01.279
 He has sufficient

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.800
 knowledge

00:27:01.800 --> 00:27:02.940
 to disguise himself

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:05.080
 but sin

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:05.680
 is still

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.660
 in a lot of ways

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.160
 and in almost

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.720
 every way

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.279
 is master.

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:09.920
 Okay?

00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:11.120
 If you,

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.960
 if that is you

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.360
 tonight

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:14.019
 and if you know

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.820
 that to be true

00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:15.640
 of you tonight,

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.360
 if you don't feel

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:17.140
 any of this love

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:17.759
 for Christ

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:20.259
 do you have

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.079
 no regenerated heart

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.660
 that has any new

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.700
 desires for him

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:24.559
 and you've just been

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.019
 kind of hiding

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:26.680
 behind this facade

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.480
 of intellect

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.079
 or knowledge

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:29.480
 about God

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:29.879
 or the Bible

00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:30.400
 or whatever else,

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:30.920
 you've been taught

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.359
 some things

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:32.379
 to kind of get by.

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.920
 Maybe you're

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:36.140
 seeking God

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:36.879
 for all the wrong reasons.

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.340
 I'm not even going

00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:37.860
 to go into all that.

00:27:40.840 --> 00:27:41.580
 Then I want to

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:42.420
 warn you

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.780
 that God

00:27:43.780 --> 00:27:44.380
 does not dwell

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:44.800
 in you

00:27:44.800 --> 00:27:46.320
 and that you have

00:27:46.320 --> 00:27:47.520
 thusly no means

00:27:47.520 --> 00:27:48.480
 of being sanctified

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.980
 and your sin

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.560
 will,

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:52.100
 as Numbers 32 says,

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:53.020
 find you out.

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.680
 All your sin

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.720
 will find you out.

00:27:56.780 --> 00:27:57.300
 That guy

00:27:57.300 --> 00:27:58.020
 from Penn State,

00:27:58.100 --> 00:27:58.740
 you probably heard of him.

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.340
 He tried to hide

00:28:01.340 --> 00:28:02.160
 for 30 years

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:04.240
 and he was

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.140
 eventually found out.

00:28:05.300 --> 00:28:06.000
 All your sin

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.960
 will find you out.

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:10.220
 You are a child

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:10.640
 of the devil

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.259
 if that is you.

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.840
 And you do the deeds

00:28:12.840 --> 00:28:13.340
 of your father.

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:13.860
 You lie.

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.480
 You cheat.

00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:15.120
 You steal.

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:16.120
 You do not love others.

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:17.019
 You have no endurance

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.620
 in faith.

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.660
 You have no defense

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.180
 against sin.

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.660
 Your religion

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.480
 is but a form.

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.680
 It has no substance

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.120
 to it.

00:28:22.540 --> 00:28:23.560
 You do not love God.

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.640
 You do not fear God.

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.660
 You do not serve Him.

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.759
 And the only reason

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.620
 why you would serve Him

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.460
 is predicated upon

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.180
 the fact that you might

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:30.240
 get something from Him.

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:35.580
 You may fear

00:28:35.580 --> 00:28:36.360
 the idea of hell

00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:37.259
 but you despise

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.860
 the idea

00:28:37.860 --> 00:28:38.759
 of eternally

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.500
 worshiping Jesus

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.920
 in heaven.

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.720
 He is not precious

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.140
 to you.

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.680
 You do not pray

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:45.080
 to Him.

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.660
 You do not treasure

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.240
 His commandments.

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:47.720
 You have never

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.560
 entrusted your life

00:28:48.560 --> 00:28:48.960
 to Him.

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:50.519
 If offered a choice,

00:28:50.840 --> 00:28:51.380
 you would prefer

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:52.240
 the world's pleasures

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:53.460
 of fame and sex

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.060
 and wealth

00:28:54.060 --> 00:28:55.019
 over the life

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.980
 of joyful obedience

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.540
 to Christ.

00:28:57.060 --> 00:28:58.120
 You do what is

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:59.100
 only necessary

00:28:59.100 --> 00:29:00.180
 to hide yourself

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:01.180
 from being found out.

00:29:01.360 --> 00:29:01.920
 But if Christ

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.620
 was not cool,

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.680
 then you would not care.

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:08.019
 And the description

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.640
 could continue.

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:12.120
 Your sins may have changed

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:14.200
 but you serve

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:15.860
 your flesh still.

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:19.120
 Allow me the privilege

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:20.060
 of introducing you tonight

00:29:20.060 --> 00:29:20.759
 to a man named

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.220
 John Owen.

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:23.220
 He is a scholar

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:24.320
 of scholars

00:29:24.320 --> 00:29:26.019
 and he is awesome.

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:29.900
 He says this,

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:31.240
 Every lust,

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:33.799
 every lust

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:36.079
 that you feel

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:38.460
 is a depraved

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:38.920
 habit

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:40.299
 or disposition.

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:42.139
 Every lust

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:42.700
 continually

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.460
 inclining

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:45.359
 the heart

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:45.819
 to evil.

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:50.519
 then,

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:53.740
 or this then

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.819
 is that description

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.299
 of Him

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.659
 who has no lust

00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:57.299
 mortified.

00:29:57.419 --> 00:29:58.159
 Mortified is a fancy

00:29:58.159 --> 00:29:58.980
 word of saying killed.

00:29:59.679 --> 00:30:00.200
 This then

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.759
 is a description

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.039
 of Him

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.919
 who has no lust

00:30:01.919 --> 00:30:02.279
 killed.

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.500
 And if you are not

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.240
 being sanctified,

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:05.099
 you are not of God.

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.299
 Okay,

00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:06.439
 just keep that in your mind.

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.379
 So if you have

00:30:07.379 --> 00:30:08.179
 no lust killed,

00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:09.359
 you are not of God.

00:30:10.679 --> 00:30:11.599
 This is a description

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:12.000
 of Him

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.599
 from the Scriptures,

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.619
 Genesis 6-5.

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.759
 Every imagination

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.899
 of the thoughts

00:30:15.899 --> 00:30:16.959
 of His heart

00:30:16.959 --> 00:30:18.019
 is only evil

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.599
 continually.

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:21.039
 He is always

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.679
 under the power

00:30:21.679 --> 00:30:22.759
 of a strong bent

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.399
 and inclination

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:23.919
 to sin.

00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:24.799
 And the reason

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.379
 why a natural,

00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:25.939
 this is awesome,

00:30:26.219 --> 00:30:26.699
 and the reason

00:30:26.699 --> 00:30:27.740
 why a natural man

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:29.119
 is not always

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.839
 perpetually

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.759
 in the pursuit

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:32.219
 of some one lust

00:30:32.219 --> 00:30:34.899
 night and day

00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:36.139
 is because

00:30:36.139 --> 00:30:36.719
 He has many

00:30:36.719 --> 00:30:37.299
 to serve.

00:30:40.699 --> 00:30:41.799
 Everyone crying

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.579
 to be satisfied

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.559
 therefore He

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.159
 has carried on

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:45.119
 with great variety

00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:46.559
 but still in general

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:48.500
 He lies toward

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.139
 the satisfaction

00:30:49.139 --> 00:30:49.599
 of self.

00:30:49.679 --> 00:30:50.039
 So what is He

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.500
 saying there?

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.299
 He's saying,

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:51.819
 A,

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:53.000
 if you have no lust

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.559
 mortified,

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.279
 then you're like

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.659
 the person

00:30:54.659 --> 00:30:55.740
 described in Genesis 6.

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:57.000
 Your heart is only

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.819
 inclined to evil

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.319
 always.

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.480
 Secondly,

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:01.079
 the reason why

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.699
 you don't always

00:31:01.699 --> 00:31:02.740
 do the same thing,

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.279
 you're not always

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.679
 sitting in the

00:31:03.679 --> 00:31:04.279
 very same way,

00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:05.319
 maybe you have

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:08.579
 seasons of victory

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.079
 if you want to

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.639
 call it that

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:10.159
 for you.

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:11.540
 You know,

00:31:11.600 --> 00:31:12.000
 maybe you

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:13.660
 really get down

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.080
 in the dumps

00:31:14.080 --> 00:31:14.519
 and you're drinking

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:15.440
 all the time

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.840
 and you're getting

00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:17.060
 wasted all the time

00:31:17.060 --> 00:31:19.120
 and so you're like,

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:19.279
 man,

00:31:19.320 --> 00:31:19.740
 I just need to

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.080
 stop that,

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.620
 like that is not

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:21.200
 good for me,

00:31:21.300 --> 00:31:21.680
 that's not good

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.300
 for what I need,

00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:22.519
 you know,

00:31:22.580 --> 00:31:24.140
 it's always me

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.640
 centered when you

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.340
 try to respond

00:31:25.340 --> 00:31:27.759
 morally as an

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.500
 ungenerate man.

00:31:29.560 --> 00:31:30.340
 So you have this

00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:32.759
 season of sobriety,

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.080
 right?

00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:34.380
 But that doesn't

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:34.720
 mean you're not

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.480
 sinning during the

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.660
 time,

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.100
 it just means you're

00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:36.820
 not serving that

00:31:36.820 --> 00:31:37.480
 one master.

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.019
 You have many

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.360
 masters,

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:38.940
 you have many

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:40.120
 different varieties

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:40.860
 of ways and

00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:41.640
 avenues of sin.

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.700
 I'll read it

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:44.980
 again.

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.779
 The reason why

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.400
 a natural man is

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:49.380
 not always perpetually

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:50.039
 in the pursuit of

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.920
 someone lust night

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:52.000
 and day is because

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.680
 he has many to

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.039
 serve,

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.160
 every one of them

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.779
 crying to be

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.319
 satisfied,

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.480
 therefore he is

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.940
 carried on with

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.539
 great variety,

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:59.019
 but still in general

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.799
 he lies for the

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.539
 satisfaction of

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:00.799
 self.

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:03.700
 That characterizes

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:05.680
 a lot of people

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.299
 you know,

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.580
 that think they're

00:32:07.580 --> 00:32:08.840
 Christians and

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:10.140
 yet all they do

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.539
 is serve

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.019
 themselves.

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.340
 If you're

00:32:15.340 --> 00:32:15.779
 unrepentant,

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.060
 if you're

00:32:16.060 --> 00:32:16.519
 unbroken,

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:16.920
 if you're

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.600
 unnerved by

00:32:17.600 --> 00:32:18.100
 your sin,

00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:19.220
 if your conscience

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:20.840
 is rarely agitated,

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:21.920
 if you think

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:22.660
 little of Christ

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:23.140
 and you think

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:24.000
 much of yourself,

00:32:25.560 --> 00:32:26.120
 then you are

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:26.720
 not a Christian.

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.200
 You are not

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:29.600
 a Christian.

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.400
 You need to

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:32.000
 repent of your

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.299
 sin.

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.220
 And I hope God

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.900
 saves you through

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.560
 this indictment

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.039
 against you.

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.139
 That's what

00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:37.720
 Paul did.

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.879
 He preached

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.399
 the same

00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:39.799
 gospel.

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.259
 He preached

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:42.240
 this damnation

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:43.500
 of sinners

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.339
 and need

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:44.879
 for Savior.

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:48.119
 But again,

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.679
 going back to

00:32:48.679 --> 00:32:49.000
 what we just

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.440
 said earlier,

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.179
 the more you

00:32:50.179 --> 00:32:50.759
 see your sin,

00:32:51.159 --> 00:32:51.859
 the more glorious

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.359
 that Savior

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:52.879
 becomes.

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:53.639
 So it's not

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:54.480
 necessarily a bad

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.720
 thing.

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.159
 It's a good

00:32:55.159 --> 00:32:55.279
 thing.

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:55.759
 It's a necessary

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.099
 thing.

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.240
 Okay,

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:58.919
 second question.

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.460
 That was the

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:00.940
 longest one.

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:04.399
 What about

00:33:04.399 --> 00:33:04.799
 that one

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.720
 besetting sin

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.500
 in my life

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.500
 that I just

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:07.919
 can't seem

00:33:07.919 --> 00:33:08.299
 to shake?

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.519
 How many

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.899
 of you

00:33:11.899 --> 00:33:12.559
 are like

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:12.919
 this?

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:15.980
 You have

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.440
 that one

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:16.799
 thing,

00:33:16.879 --> 00:33:17.019
 right?

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:17.399
 There's that

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:18.139
 one thing

00:33:18.139 --> 00:33:18.419
 that just

00:33:18.419 --> 00:33:19.099
 continually

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.940
 trips you

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.099
 up.

00:33:20.159 --> 00:33:20.899
 You always

00:33:20.899 --> 00:33:21.960
 succumb to

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.159
 it.

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.779
 It's like

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.220
 you can't

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.480
 get rid

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:23.579
 of it.

00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:23.859
 It's like

00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:24.379
 I know

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:24.599
 I've been

00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:24.960
 set free

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.339
 in Christ

00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:25.700
 but this

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.139
 thing is

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:26.579
 still

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.019
 shackled

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.419
 to me.

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:32.080
 We all

00:33:32.080 --> 00:33:32.440
 feel this

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:32.700
 way in

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.120
 some way.

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:33.560
 What

00:33:33.560 --> 00:33:34.039
 category

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.420
 of sin

00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:34.640
 is it

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:35.100
 for you?

00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:35.900
 Lust,

00:33:36.060 --> 00:33:36.480
 pride,

00:33:36.860 --> 00:33:37.180
 vanity,

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.220
 approval,

00:33:38.620 --> 00:33:39.220
 laziness,

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:39.920
 apathy,

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:40.400
 fear,

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:40.759
 doubt,

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:41.380
 anxiety,

00:33:41.840 --> 00:33:42.400
 gluttony?

00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:44.300
 What about

00:33:44.300 --> 00:33:44.740
 vices?

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.200
 What about

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.940
 guilty pleasures?

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:46.720
 What about

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.480
 bad habits?

00:33:49.340 --> 00:33:49.580
 And

00:33:49.580 --> 00:33:50.400
 specific sins?

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:50.720
 What about

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.300
 those two?

00:33:52.580 --> 00:33:53.100
 Pornography,

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.539
 arrogance,

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.920
 idolatry of

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.180
 your own

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.600
 image,

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:58.839
 creature

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.379
 worship,

00:34:00.139 --> 00:34:00.740
 needing to

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.459
 feel needed,

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:04.859
 an overabundance

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.399
 of television

00:34:05.399 --> 00:34:05.819
 or video

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.399
 games or

00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:07.059
 HGTV,

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:07.980
 questioning

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.360
 God's

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:08.779
 goodness,

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.639
 afraid of

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.119
 rejection,

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.460
 a lack of

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.960
 self-control

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.559
 with food,

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:15.400
 sleep,

00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:16.500
 schoolwork,

00:34:17.339 --> 00:34:17.679
 immoral

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.339
 amusements,

00:34:18.819 --> 00:34:19.579
 angry thoughts.

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:22.920
 Those are

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.779
 specific things

00:34:23.779 --> 00:34:24.259
 that I'm sure

00:34:24.259 --> 00:34:24.659
 all of us

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:24.819
 can.

00:34:25.279 --> 00:34:25.759
 I swear to

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:26.440
 that a lot.

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:28.519
 I need a lot

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:28.980
 of grace in

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.259
 that area

00:34:29.259 --> 00:34:29.719
 of my life.

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.759
 The question

00:34:31.759 --> 00:34:33.059
 here is,

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:33.839
 is it possible

00:34:33.839 --> 00:34:34.699
 for a

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:35.599
 Christian to

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:36.179
 struggle their

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:37.239
 whole life

00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:38.219
 with a certain

00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:39.339
 sin and

00:34:39.339 --> 00:34:40.039
 still be

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.420
 saved?

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.619
 Is it

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.000
 possible?

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:50.380
 contrary to

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:51.179
 what I think I

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:52.719
 initially feel

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:55.300
 as an answer

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:55.539
 to that

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:55.920
 question,

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:57.739
 the biblical

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:58.500
 answer is

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:58.940
 yes.

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:03.039
 To some

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.320
 degree,

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.719
 it is a

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:04.239
 possibility.

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:05.820
 It is not

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.280
 likely,

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:08.559
 but it is a

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.659
 possibility that a

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.579
 person can

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:11.039
 struggle with

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.679
 some sin,

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:14.159
 some category

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.779
 of sin

00:35:14.779 --> 00:35:16.219
 their whole

00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:16.659
 life,

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.400
 and yet

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:19.820
 still be a

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:20.019
 believer,

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:20.460
 still be

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:21.000
 saved when

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.400
 they die.

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:22.619
 Now,

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.840
 I'm saying

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:24.500
 that carefully

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:25.000
 because I

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.360
 know that

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:26.400
 within you

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.659
 it's like,

00:35:26.779 --> 00:35:28.360
 1 John,

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.800
 that would

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.340
 contradict you.

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:31.620
 well,

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:34.680
 just hear me

00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:34.860
 out.

00:35:36.720 --> 00:35:37.380
 I kind of

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:37.860
 believe in

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:40.240
 somebody

00:35:40.240 --> 00:35:40.800
 persisting in

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.039
 a certain

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:42.280
 sin their

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:42.840
 whole life

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.680
 in varying

00:35:43.680 --> 00:35:44.220
 degrees,

00:35:45.140 --> 00:35:45.579
 and then

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:45.980
 being saved

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.180
 when they

00:35:46.180 --> 00:35:46.340
 die.

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:46.680
 I kind

00:35:46.680 --> 00:35:49.140
 of liken

00:35:49.140 --> 00:35:49.640
 that in a

00:35:49.640 --> 00:35:49.860
 sense,

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.579
 or believe

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.000
 that to be

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.980
 like a

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.340
 deathbed

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:52.800
 conversion,

00:35:53.100 --> 00:35:53.320
 you know,

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:54.000
 like the

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.260
 thief on

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:54.620
 the cross,

00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:55.019
 like that

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.480
 happened one

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:55.820
 time in

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.039
 scripture,

00:35:56.240 --> 00:35:56.480
 okay?

00:35:57.100 --> 00:35:57.579
 And I

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:57.960
 think the

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.900
 proportion is

00:35:58.900 --> 00:35:59.160
 right.

00:35:59.280 --> 00:35:59.740
 I don't

00:35:59.740 --> 00:36:00.000
 think that

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.420
 happens often.

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:00.599
 I don't

00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:00.980
 think people

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.659
 on their

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:02.079
 deathbed

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.360
 come to

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:02.760
 know Christ

00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:03.139
 often.

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:04.360
 I think

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:05.380
 there's a

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:05.619
 lot of

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:05.820
 empty

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.260
 professions

00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:06.739
 made on

00:36:06.739 --> 00:36:06.880
 their

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.360
 deathbeds

00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:07.539
 because

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:07.780
 they're

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.219
 afraid of

00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:08.440
 hell,

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:08.639
 they're

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:08.980
 afraid of

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.380
 whatever.

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:09.900
 I don't

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:10.139
 think there's

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:10.400
 a lot of

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:10.719
 genuine

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:11.179
 conversions

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.599
 happening

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.260
 during that

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:12.460
 time.

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:12.679
 I think

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.199
 they can

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:13.519
 happen.

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:14.019
 We see

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.219
 that in

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:14.239
 the

00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:14.440
 thief on

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:14.519
 the

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:14.739
 cross.

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:14.940
 They

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.300
 can

00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:15.880
 happen,

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.139
 but it's

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:16.320
 not

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:16.780
 often.

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:17.380
 This is

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:17.539
 kind of

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:17.860
 the same

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.059
 thing.

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:18.300
 I think

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:18.739
 there are

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:20.440
 people that

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:20.900
 are genuinely

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.380
 in love

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:21.880
 with Christ

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.880
 that struggle

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:24.340
 in their

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:24.680
 life,

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.619
 their whole

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:25.980
 life,

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.720
 with something,

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.340
 some kind

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:27.780
 of sin,

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:28.579
 and yet

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:28.940
 are still

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.340
 saved when

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:29.700
 they die.

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:33.220
 And the

00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:33.920
 big question

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.180
 kind of

00:36:34.180 --> 00:36:34.640
 behind the

00:36:34.640 --> 00:36:35.160
 question is

00:36:35.160 --> 00:36:35.539
 this.

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.519
 Is it

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:37.500
 that this

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:38.760
 person has

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:39.539
 no faith?

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.760
 Has no

00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:43.180
 faith?

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:44.840
 And what

00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:45.140
 you are

00:36:45.140 --> 00:36:45.539
 seeing,

00:36:45.740 --> 00:36:46.099
 the sin

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:46.440
 that you are

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:46.700
 seeing,

00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:46.980
 is a

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.400
 manifestation

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:48.140
 of that.

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:48.619
 They have

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:49.240
 no faith.

00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:49.700
 They're not

00:36:49.700 --> 00:36:50.099
 saved.

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:50.619
 They don't

00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:51.000
 believe.

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:51.599
 And so

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:51.819
 they're

00:36:51.819 --> 00:36:52.360
 sinning

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:55.019
 by

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.519
 unbelief,

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:56.059
 which is

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.179
 the

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:56.639
 unpardonable

00:36:56.639 --> 00:36:56.880
 sin,

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.079
 if you

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.179
 don't

00:36:57.179 --> 00:36:57.380
 know.

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.339
 If you

00:36:58.339 --> 00:36:58.500
 wonder

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:58.699
 about

00:36:58.699 --> 00:36:58.880
 that,

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.059
 what's

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.159
 that

00:36:59.159 --> 00:36:59.539
 unpardonable

00:36:59.539 --> 00:36:59.799
 sin?

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:00.219
 It's

00:37:00.219 --> 00:37:00.839
 unbelief.

00:37:02.839 --> 00:37:03.239
 Okay?

00:37:03.339 --> 00:37:03.860
 Or is

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.519
 it that

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:04.860
 what you're

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.480
 seeing is

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:05.579
 a

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.000
 manifestation

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.900
 of a

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.539
 small and

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:08.000
 a weak

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.339
 and a

00:37:08.339 --> 00:37:08.480
 little

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:08.920
 faith?

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:13.519
 Okay?

00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:15.119
 That's

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.519
 the question.

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:15.759
 Is it

00:37:15.759 --> 00:37:16.039
 just a

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.159
 little

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:16.400
 bit of,

00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:17.119
 they're

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.259
 not

00:37:17.259 --> 00:37:17.880
 exercising

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:18.119
 much

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.319
 faith.

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:18.420
 They

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:18.500
 don't

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:18.679
 really

00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:19.380
 trust the

00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:19.539
 Lord

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:19.960
 very much.

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.139
 They

00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:20.819
 trust the

00:37:20.819 --> 00:37:21.179
 Lord to a

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:21.319
 degree,

00:37:21.379 --> 00:37:21.579
 but it's

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.259
 not a

00:37:22.259 --> 00:37:22.519
 lot.

00:37:23.739 --> 00:37:24.000
 Okay?

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.440
 That's

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:25.219
 really the

00:37:25.219 --> 00:37:25.579
 crux of

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:25.839
 the matter,

00:37:25.899 --> 00:37:26.239
 I think.

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.539
 Let me

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:28.899
 prove this

00:37:28.899 --> 00:37:29.059
 to you

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:29.399
 biblically.

00:37:30.779 --> 00:37:31.339
 Nobody in

00:37:31.339 --> 00:37:31.519
 here in

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:31.779
 their right

00:37:31.779 --> 00:37:32.159
 mind would

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:33.219
 say Solomon

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:35.399
 was

00:37:35.399 --> 00:37:37.239
 unregenerate.

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:37.659
 Okay?

00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:37.940
 He wrote

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.579
 three books

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:39.579
 in the Old

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:39.919
 Testament.

00:37:40.919 --> 00:37:41.299
 God

00:37:41.299 --> 00:37:41.799
 answered his

00:37:41.799 --> 00:37:42.319
 prayers

00:37:42.319 --> 00:37:43.480
 specifically

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:44.940
 and audibly.

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:46.280
 Okay?

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:46.519
 So I

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:46.659
 don't

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.000
 think

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.679
 Solomon

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:47.840
 would

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:47.940
 be

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.360
 classified

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:48.639
 as

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:48.740
 an

00:37:48.740 --> 00:37:49.099
 unbeliever

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.460
 by anybody

00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:49.860
 in here

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:50.720
 rationally.

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:51.599
 However,

00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:53.340
 1 Kings

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:54.280
 chapter 11

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:54.700
 verse 1

00:37:54.700 --> 00:37:55.039
 through 4

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.659
 says this,

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.420
 Now King

00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:56.880
 Solomon

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:57.960
 loved many

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.559
 foreign women

00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:59.460
 along with

00:37:59.460 --> 00:37:59.760
 the daughter

00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:00.240
 of Pharaoh,

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:01.980
 Moabite,

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.559
 Ammonite,

00:38:02.740 --> 00:38:03.179
 Edomite,

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:04.519
 Sidonianite,

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.380
 and Hittite

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:06.019
 women from

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.440
 the nations

00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:07.039
 concerning which

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.340
 the Lord

00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:07.920
 had said to

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.220
 the sons

00:38:08.220 --> 00:38:08.619
 of Israel,

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.179
 you shall

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:09.820
 not associate

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.320
 with them,

00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:11.019
 neither shall

00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:11.480
 they associate

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:12.039
 with you,

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:12.900
 for they will

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:13.519
 surely turn

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:13.900
 your heart

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:14.579
 away after

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.519
 other gods.

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:17.220
 Solomon held

00:38:17.220 --> 00:38:17.800
 fast to

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:18.500
 these in

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:18.860
 love,

00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:19.599
 and he

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:20.940
 had 700

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:21.599
 wives,

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:23.200
 princesses,

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:24.059
 and 300

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:25.160
 concubines.

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.619
 And his

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:28.740
 wives turned

00:38:28.740 --> 00:38:29.280
 his heart

00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:29.660
 away.

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:34.079
 For it

00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:34.820
 came about

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:35.280
 when Solomon

00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:35.780
 was old

00:38:35.780 --> 00:38:36.119
 that his

00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:36.639
 wives turned

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:36.960
 his heart

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:37.420
 away after

00:38:37.420 --> 00:38:38.039
 other gods,

00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:38.639
 and his

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:38.980
 heart was

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.519
 not wholly

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:39.920
 devoted to

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.160
 the Lord

00:38:40.160 --> 00:38:40.579
 his God,

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.900
 as the

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.200
 heart of

00:38:42.200 --> 00:38:42.940
 David his

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:43.519
 father had

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:43.760
 been.

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:48.780
 He

00:38:48.780 --> 00:38:49.180
 wrote three

00:38:49.180 --> 00:38:49.460
 books in

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:49.579
 the Old

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:49.840
 Testament,

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:53.079
 and that's

00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:54.960
 something written

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:55.320
 of his

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:55.619
 life.

00:38:57.220 --> 00:38:57.760
 What was

00:38:57.760 --> 00:38:58.260
 the result

00:38:58.260 --> 00:38:59.180
 of this

00:38:59.180 --> 00:39:00.119
 disobedience

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:00.420
 and this

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:01.320
 lack of

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:01.880
 faith in

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:03.559
 the commandments

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.039
 of God

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:04.280
 and the

00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:04.760
 mandates of

00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:05.019
 God?

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:06.240
 Verse 11,

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:06.660
 later on in

00:39:06.660 --> 00:39:07.019
 that same

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.559
 chapter of

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:08.139
 11,

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:09.180
 says this,

00:39:09.240 --> 00:39:09.500
 so the

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:09.900
 Lord said

00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:10.360
 to Solomon,

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:11.660
 because you

00:39:11.660 --> 00:39:12.000
 have done

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.360
 this,

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:12.860
 and you

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:13.140
 have not

00:39:13.140 --> 00:39:13.500
 kept my

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:13.900
 commandments

00:39:13.900 --> 00:39:14.260
 and my

00:39:14.260 --> 00:39:14.820
 statutes,

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:15.620
 which I

00:39:15.620 --> 00:39:15.780
 have

00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:16.140
 commanded

00:39:16.140 --> 00:39:16.400
 you,

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:16.800
 I will

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:17.539
 surely tear

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.039
 the kingdom

00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:18.740
 from you

00:39:18.740 --> 00:39:19.539
 and will

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:19.960
 give it to

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.420
 your servant.

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:21.640
 And then the

00:39:21.640 --> 00:39:22.099
 Lord raised

00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:22.460
 up an

00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:23.420
 adversary to

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:23.680
 Solomon.

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:27.400
 Okay?

00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:29.180
 It may be the

00:39:29.180 --> 00:39:29.880
 same with us.

00:39:31.640 --> 00:39:32.440
 If you don't

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:33.519
 exercise by the

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:33.940
 power of the

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:34.320
 Holy Spirit

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:35.039
 inside of you,

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:36.079
 faith in

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:36.539
 Christ.

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:36.619
 Christ,

00:39:37.259 --> 00:39:42.039
 although every

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:42.539
 true believer

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:42.900
 has been

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:43.400
 freed from

00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:43.800
 the power

00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:44.039
 and the

00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:44.559
 dominion of

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:44.880
 sin,

00:39:45.279 --> 00:39:46.539
 some of

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:46.840
 you,

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:47.779
 I am

00:39:47.779 --> 00:39:48.519
 sad to

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:48.840
 say,

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:51.440
 still seem,

00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:51.800
 and I

00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:52.380
 myself in

00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:52.719
 ways,

00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:53.599
 still seem

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:54.820
 to voluntarily

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:56.300
 chain myself

00:39:56.300 --> 00:39:56.860
 up again

00:39:56.860 --> 00:39:58.059
 to old

00:39:58.059 --> 00:39:59.039
 sins.

00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:01.940
 Now,

00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:03.179
 envision that,

00:40:03.279 --> 00:40:03.480
 okay?

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:05.300
 This is a

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:05.740
 great illustration

00:40:05.740 --> 00:40:06.119
 I learned a

00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:06.300
 couple of

00:40:06.300 --> 00:40:06.800
 years ago

00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:07.019
 in the

00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:07.400
 Beach Project.

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.139
 If you're

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:09.599
 in a black

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:10.719
 cell,

00:40:11.219 --> 00:40:11.800
 a prison

00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:12.199
 cell,

00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:14.360
 and you're

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:14.880
 chained up

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.280
 within that

00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:15.760
 prison cell,

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:16.400
 you're a

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:17.000
 prisoner of

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.420
 that cell,

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:17.639
 right?

00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:18.179
 And then all

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:18.599
 of a sudden,

00:40:19.780 --> 00:40:20.519
 let's say God

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:21.500
 just punches a

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:21.880
 hole in the

00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:22.099
 wall,

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:22.780
 and you can

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:23.340
 see out,

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:23.559
 and you're

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:23.820
 free,

00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:24.159
 like it's

00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:24.400
 big enough

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:24.619
 for you to

00:40:24.619 --> 00:40:25.079
 crawl through,

00:40:25.380 --> 00:40:25.900
 and you find

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.099
 that your

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:26.539
 chains have

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:27.119
 fallen off,

00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:28.260
 and you

00:40:28.260 --> 00:40:28.559
 kind of,

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:28.760
 you know,

00:40:28.780 --> 00:40:29.139
 you get up,

00:40:29.179 --> 00:40:29.340
 and you

00:40:29.340 --> 00:40:29.820
 waddle over,

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.280
 and your

00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:30.740
 eyes are

00:40:30.740 --> 00:40:31.480
 freaking out

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:31.719
 because you

00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:32.019
 haven't seen

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:32.320
 light in a

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:32.679
 long time,

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:32.900
 and you

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:33.199
 look out,

00:40:33.260 --> 00:40:33.360
 and you

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:33.619
 see these

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:33.940
 beautiful

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.300
 meadows,

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:34.760
 and lakes,

00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:35.240
 and mountains,

00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:35.519
 and it's

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:35.639
 like,

00:40:35.699 --> 00:40:35.860
 wow,

00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:36.139
 this is

00:40:36.139 --> 00:40:36.440
 incredible,

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:37.280
 and you

00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:37.699
 see Jesus

00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:38.039
 saying,

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:38.599
 come on,

00:40:38.619 --> 00:40:38.840
 come on,

00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:39.139
 come on,

00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:39.559
 come on,

00:40:39.659 --> 00:40:40.059
 let's go,

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:40.980
 I'm busting

00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:41.380
 you out,

00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:44.059
 and then you're

00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:44.219
 like,

00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:44.480
 ah,

00:40:44.699 --> 00:40:45.079
 ah,

00:40:45.240 --> 00:40:45.619
 no,

00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:47.460
 you go sit

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:47.820
 back in the

00:40:47.820 --> 00:40:48.019
 corner,

00:40:48.139 --> 00:40:48.940
 and you try

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:49.740
 to shackle

00:40:49.740 --> 00:40:50.179
 yourself back

00:40:50.179 --> 00:40:50.360
 up.

00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:54.280
 Well,

00:40:54.760 --> 00:40:55.300
 the meadow's

00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:55.599
 open,

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:56.960
 the field is

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.219
 open,

00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:57.699
 your freedom

00:40:57.699 --> 00:40:58.059
 is right

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:58.400
 there,

00:40:58.800 --> 00:40:59.039
 but you

00:40:59.039 --> 00:40:59.559
 choose to

00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:00.279
 remain in

00:41:00.279 --> 00:41:00.820
 the shackle,

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:04.840
 and the

00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:05.179
 thing that

00:41:05.179 --> 00:41:05.539
 you're lacking

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:06.059
 is faith.

00:41:08.320 --> 00:41:09.139
 That faith

00:41:09.139 --> 00:41:10.059
 is what

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:11.920
 enables you

00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:12.619
 to climb out

00:41:12.619 --> 00:41:13.000
 and to go

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:13.440
 enjoy what

00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:13.699
 God has

00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:14.019
 given to

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:14.219
 you.

00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:16.599
 He's given

00:41:16.599 --> 00:41:17.239
 you so much,

00:41:17.279 --> 00:41:17.519
 He's given

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:17.880
 you freedom

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.320
 to all

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:18.840
 these things,

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:19.360
 there's no

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:21.539
 sin that

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:22.139
 still binds

00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:22.259
 you,

00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:22.460
 it has

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:22.820
 dominion

00:41:22.820 --> 00:41:23.199
 over you,

00:41:23.279 --> 00:41:23.940
 but the

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.480
 reason why

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:24.799
 we sin

00:41:24.799 --> 00:41:25.079
 is because

00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:25.759
 we don't

00:41:25.759 --> 00:41:26.259
 exercise

00:41:26.259 --> 00:41:27.159
 faith in

00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:27.420
 God.

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:31.759
 We're like

00:41:31.759 --> 00:41:32.059
 the guy

00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:32.500
 in Mark 9

00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:32.880
 who's like,

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:33.420
 I believe,

00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:33.759
 but you've

00:41:33.759 --> 00:41:33.960
 got to help

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:34.579
 my unbelief.

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:36.019
 I believe,

00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:36.239
 Lord,

00:41:36.279 --> 00:41:36.579
 but I'm

00:41:36.579 --> 00:41:36.880
 weak,

00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:37.099
 man,

00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:37.380
 I'm weak

00:41:37.380 --> 00:41:37.699
 in faith,

00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:37.940
 I need

00:41:37.940 --> 00:41:38.440
 your strength,

00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:38.799
 please,

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:39.320
 you know,

00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:39.779
 cry out

00:41:39.779 --> 00:41:40.219
 like David

00:41:40.219 --> 00:41:40.639
 was crying,

00:41:40.759 --> 00:41:41.099
 help me,

00:41:41.099 --> 00:41:41.779
 God,

00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:43.079
 come,

00:41:43.299 --> 00:41:43.659
 you know,

00:41:44.179 --> 00:41:44.980
 help me,

00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:46.500
 fill me up

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:46.860
 with faith.

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:50.239
 Let me

00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:50.980
 briefly describe

00:41:50.980 --> 00:41:51.519
 why this

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:52.279
 is perilous,

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:52.719
 why this

00:41:52.719 --> 00:41:53.380
 is dangerous

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:54.500
 to your

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:54.940
 soul,

00:41:55.299 --> 00:41:56.199
 if this

00:41:56.199 --> 00:41:56.639
 is you,

00:41:57.179 --> 00:41:57.500
 okay?

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:00.980
 I want

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:02.380
 to dissuade

00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:02.579
 you,

00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:03.019
 in a sense,

00:42:03.119 --> 00:42:04.719
 from believing

00:42:04.719 --> 00:42:05.099
 that,

00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:05.380
 hey,

00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:05.619
 you know,

00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:06.099
 John just

00:42:06.099 --> 00:42:06.420
 said,

00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:07.400
 and you

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:07.480
 know,

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:07.980
 the scripture

00:42:07.980 --> 00:42:08.320
 seems to

00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:08.500
 kind of

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:08.759
 validate,

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.199
 like if I

00:42:09.199 --> 00:42:09.599
 keep these

00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:09.860
 sins in

00:42:09.860 --> 00:42:10.299
 my life,

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:11.639
 then I

00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:12.039
 can still,

00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:12.219
 you know,

00:42:12.219 --> 00:42:12.380
 I can

00:42:12.380 --> 00:42:12.579
 kind of

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:12.880
 have my

00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:13.059
 cake

00:42:13.059 --> 00:42:13.239
 and eat

00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:13.440
 it too,

00:42:13.519 --> 00:42:13.679
 I can

00:42:13.679 --> 00:42:15.320
 be in

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:15.719
 heaven one

00:42:15.719 --> 00:42:16.440
 day with

00:42:16.440 --> 00:42:16.759
 Jesus,

00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:17.119
 you know,

00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:17.460
 maybe it's

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:17.699
 not going

00:42:17.699 --> 00:42:17.860
 to be

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:18.259
 Paul's

00:42:18.259 --> 00:42:18.400
 heaven,

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:18.679
 but it's

00:42:18.679 --> 00:42:18.820
 going to

00:42:18.820 --> 00:42:18.980
 be,

00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:19.199
 you know,

00:42:19.219 --> 00:42:19.340
 it's

00:42:19.340 --> 00:42:19.440
 going to

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:19.820
 be good,

00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:21.360
 and yet I

00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:21.619
 can still

00:42:21.619 --> 00:42:21.799
 do what

00:42:21.799 --> 00:42:21.860
 I

00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:22.019
 want to

00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:30.059
 are keeping

00:42:30.059 --> 00:42:30.759
 some pet

00:42:30.759 --> 00:42:31.059
 sin.

00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:32.799
 No true

00:42:32.799 --> 00:42:33.320
 believer will

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:34.199
 ever delight

00:42:34.199 --> 00:42:34.719
 in sin.

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:36.820
 Ever.

00:42:37.900 --> 00:42:38.480
 If it

00:42:38.480 --> 00:42:38.940
 pleases you

00:42:38.940 --> 00:42:39.279
 to think

00:42:39.279 --> 00:42:39.519
 that you

00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:39.779
 can have

00:42:39.779 --> 00:42:40.420
 Christ and

00:42:40.420 --> 00:42:40.840
 your sins,

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:41.059
 then you're

00:42:41.059 --> 00:42:41.279
 not a

00:42:41.279 --> 00:42:41.500
 believer.

00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:44.639
 Okay?

00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:47.380
 The believer

00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:48.980
 may sin in

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:49.500
 some certain

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:49.860
 way their

00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:50.500
 whole life,

00:42:50.579 --> 00:42:50.759
 but it

00:42:50.759 --> 00:42:51.059
 will never

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:51.559
 be enjoyed.

00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:54.679
 Bitterness

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:56.559
 will be the

00:42:56.559 --> 00:42:57.159
 taste of

00:42:57.159 --> 00:42:57.699
 their every

00:42:57.699 --> 00:42:58.799
 indulgence in

00:42:58.799 --> 00:42:59.340
 that sin,

00:42:59.340 --> 00:42:59.760
 and as

00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:00.220
 the proverb

00:43:00.220 --> 00:43:01.160
 says,

00:43:01.300 --> 00:43:01.519
 Proverbs

00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:01.820
 20,

00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:02.680
 17 says,

00:43:03.180 --> 00:43:04.180
 bread obtained

00:43:04.180 --> 00:43:05.079
 by falsehood

00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:05.600
 is sweet

00:43:05.600 --> 00:43:06.200
 to a man,

00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:07.280
 but afterwards

00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:08.079
 his mouth

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:08.320
 will be

00:43:08.320 --> 00:43:08.700
 filled with

00:43:08.700 --> 00:43:09.019
 gravel.

00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:11.880
 You may

00:43:11.880 --> 00:43:12.240
 enjoy it

00:43:12.240 --> 00:43:12.539
 for a

00:43:12.539 --> 00:43:12.740
 moment,

00:43:12.820 --> 00:43:13.000
 but it

00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:13.440
 will leave

00:43:13.440 --> 00:43:13.800
 you with

00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:13.980
 a

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:14.640
 gravelly

00:43:14.640 --> 00:43:15.500
 taste in

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:15.800
 your mouth.

00:43:16.940 --> 00:43:17.300
 You will

00:43:17.300 --> 00:43:17.940
 never enjoy

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:18.160
 it.

00:43:21.260 --> 00:43:21.860
 You will

00:43:21.860 --> 00:43:22.380
 be miserable

00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:23.019
 all of your

00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:24.740
 days if

00:43:24.740 --> 00:43:25.100
 you are a

00:43:25.100 --> 00:43:25.920
 Christian and

00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:26.460
 you persist

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:27.300
 in this sin.

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:28.519
 You will

00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:29.280
 be miserable

00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:30.300
 God will

00:43:30.300 --> 00:43:31.080
 starve you

00:43:31.080 --> 00:43:32.040
 intentionally

00:43:32.040 --> 00:43:33.140
 of peace

00:43:33.140 --> 00:43:33.800
 and joy

00:43:33.800 --> 00:43:34.900
 and hope.

00:43:38.120 --> 00:43:38.680
 John

00:43:38.680 --> 00:43:39.080
 Owen said

00:43:39.080 --> 00:43:39.460
 this as

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:39.680
 well,

00:43:40.180 --> 00:43:40.840
 not to be

00:43:40.840 --> 00:43:41.660
 daily employing

00:43:41.660 --> 00:43:42.220
 the spirit

00:43:42.220 --> 00:43:43.519
 and new

00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:43.940
 nature

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:45.660
 for the

00:43:45.660 --> 00:43:46.400
 mortifying or

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:46.880
 killing of

00:43:46.880 --> 00:43:48.000
 sin is to

00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:49.060
 neglect that

00:43:49.060 --> 00:43:50.220
 excellent aid

00:43:50.220 --> 00:43:51.260
 which God has

00:43:51.260 --> 00:43:52.060
 given us

00:43:52.060 --> 00:43:52.740
 against our

00:43:52.740 --> 00:43:53.400
 greatest enemy.

00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:55.260
 if we

00:43:55.260 --> 00:43:55.740
 neglect to

00:43:55.740 --> 00:43:56.260
 make use of

00:43:56.260 --> 00:43:56.519
 what we

00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:57.260
 have received,

00:43:57.700 --> 00:43:58.340
 God may

00:43:58.340 --> 00:43:59.400
 justly hold

00:43:59.400 --> 00:44:00.039
 his hand

00:44:00.039 --> 00:44:00.680
 from giving

00:44:00.680 --> 00:44:01.519
 us more.

00:44:02.900 --> 00:44:03.200
 His

00:44:03.200 --> 00:44:03.980
 graces as

00:44:03.980 --> 00:44:04.300
 well as

00:44:04.300 --> 00:44:04.920
 his gifts

00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:06.200
 are bestowed

00:44:06.200 --> 00:44:07.139
 on us to

00:44:07.139 --> 00:44:07.680
 use,

00:44:08.139 --> 00:44:08.559
 exercise,

00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:09.400
 and trade

00:44:09.400 --> 00:44:09.720
 with.

00:44:10.800 --> 00:44:11.680
 Not to be

00:44:11.680 --> 00:44:12.519
 daily killing

00:44:12.519 --> 00:44:13.800
 sin is to

00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:14.760
 sin against

00:44:14.760 --> 00:44:15.420
 the goodness,

00:44:15.900 --> 00:44:16.260
 kindness,

00:44:16.840 --> 00:44:17.220
 wisdom,

00:44:17.660 --> 00:44:18.099
 grace,

00:44:18.099 --> 00:44:18.839
 and love

00:44:18.839 --> 00:44:19.420
 of God

00:44:19.420 --> 00:44:20.739
 who has

00:44:20.739 --> 00:44:21.460
 furnished us

00:44:21.460 --> 00:44:21.739
 with the

00:44:21.739 --> 00:44:22.239
 principle

00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:23.940
 of doing

00:44:23.940 --> 00:44:24.219
 it.

00:44:26.619 --> 00:44:27.179
 That's a

00:44:27.179 --> 00:44:28.139
 loaded quote.

00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:29.980
 Sin has an

00:44:29.980 --> 00:44:30.579
 effect like

00:44:30.579 --> 00:44:31.339
 gravity has a

00:44:31.339 --> 00:44:31.639
 pull.

00:44:33.799 --> 00:44:34.259
 It doesn't

00:44:34.259 --> 00:44:34.619
 matter who

00:44:34.619 --> 00:44:35.079
 you are,

00:44:35.139 --> 00:44:35.299
 it doesn't

00:44:35.299 --> 00:44:35.719
 matter what

00:44:35.719 --> 00:44:36.299
 size you

00:44:36.299 --> 00:44:36.440
 are,

00:44:36.500 --> 00:44:36.659
 it doesn't

00:44:36.659 --> 00:44:37.019
 matter what

00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:37.460
 color you

00:44:37.460 --> 00:44:37.719
 are,

00:44:37.900 --> 00:44:38.259
 if you

00:44:38.259 --> 00:44:38.860
 jump up,

00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:39.239
 you will

00:44:39.239 --> 00:44:39.819
 come down.

00:44:41.039 --> 00:44:41.539
 If you're

00:44:41.539 --> 00:44:41.940
 on heroin

00:44:41.940 --> 00:44:42.440
 and you jump

00:44:42.440 --> 00:44:42.900
 up a building

00:44:42.900 --> 00:44:43.179
 and you're

00:44:43.179 --> 00:44:43.920
 super high

00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:44.179
 and you think

00:44:44.179 --> 00:44:44.719
 you can fly,

00:44:44.940 --> 00:44:45.219
 you're going

00:44:45.219 --> 00:44:45.639
 to fall to

00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:46.019
 the ground.

00:44:48.099 --> 00:44:48.699
 It doesn't

00:44:48.699 --> 00:44:49.119
 matter what

00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:49.420
 you think,

00:44:49.440 --> 00:44:49.659
 it doesn't

00:44:49.659 --> 00:44:49.980
 change,

00:44:50.059 --> 00:44:50.659
 gravity is

00:44:50.659 --> 00:44:52.059
 unbiased

00:44:52.059 --> 00:44:53.179
 and impartial.

00:44:56.239 --> 00:44:56.759
 Sin is

00:44:56.759 --> 00:44:57.099
 the same

00:44:57.099 --> 00:44:57.400
 way.

00:44:59.179 --> 00:44:59.500
 If you're

00:44:59.500 --> 00:44:59.960
 saved,

00:45:00.759 --> 00:45:01.019
 it's not

00:45:01.019 --> 00:45:01.259
 like you

00:45:01.259 --> 00:45:01.579
 get a,

00:45:03.579 --> 00:45:04.119
 you know,

00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:06.500
 it's not

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:06.719
 like you

00:45:06.719 --> 00:45:07.219
 get a,

00:45:07.759 --> 00:45:08.279
 I want to

00:45:08.279 --> 00:45:08.539
 say get

00:45:08.539 --> 00:45:08.839
 out of

00:45:08.839 --> 00:45:09.500
 something

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:10.099
 free card,

00:45:10.239 --> 00:45:10.539
 but it's,

00:45:10.639 --> 00:45:10.719
 I don't

00:45:10.719 --> 00:45:10.860
 know what

00:45:10.860 --> 00:45:11.059
 the word

00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:11.259
 is,

00:45:11.360 --> 00:45:12.380
 but I'll

00:45:12.380 --> 00:45:12.699
 explain it

00:45:12.699 --> 00:45:12.920
 to you.

00:45:13.039 --> 00:45:13.179
 So,

00:45:13.940 --> 00:45:16.179
 the scripture

00:45:16.179 --> 00:45:16.880
 says in

00:45:16.880 --> 00:45:17.679
 Galatians 6,

00:45:17.679 --> 00:45:18.440
 7 and 8,

00:45:18.879 --> 00:45:19.099
 that you

00:45:19.099 --> 00:45:19.419
 will reap

00:45:19.419 --> 00:45:19.679
 what you

00:45:19.679 --> 00:45:19.899
 sow.

00:45:21.819 --> 00:45:22.339
 You will

00:45:22.339 --> 00:45:22.579
 reap what

00:45:22.579 --> 00:45:22.919
 you sow.

00:45:23.119 --> 00:45:23.259
 Okay,

00:45:23.339 --> 00:45:23.879
 that is the

00:45:23.879 --> 00:45:24.859
 same biblical

00:45:24.859 --> 00:45:25.339
 principle,

00:45:26.599 --> 00:45:27.379
 or biblical

00:45:27.379 --> 00:45:27.980
 law you

00:45:27.980 --> 00:45:28.460
 could say,

00:45:28.859 --> 00:45:30.039
 as nature's

00:45:30.039 --> 00:45:30.319
 law of

00:45:30.319 --> 00:45:30.619
 gravity.

00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:31.819
 It's

00:45:31.819 --> 00:45:32.279
 impartial,

00:45:32.339 --> 00:45:32.500
 right?

00:45:32.699 --> 00:45:32.919
 Well,

00:45:33.059 --> 00:45:33.519
 sin is the

00:45:33.519 --> 00:45:33.960
 same way.

00:45:34.199 --> 00:45:34.539
 If you

00:45:34.539 --> 00:45:34.899
 sin,

00:45:35.159 --> 00:45:35.639
 you will

00:45:35.639 --> 00:45:36.039
 reap the

00:45:36.039 --> 00:45:36.539
 consequences

00:45:36.539 --> 00:45:37.099
 of that

00:45:37.099 --> 00:45:37.440
 sin.

00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:40.199
 You will

00:45:40.199 --> 00:45:40.679
 reap the

00:45:40.679 --> 00:45:41.179
 consequences.

00:45:41.919 --> 00:45:42.339
 And you

00:45:42.339 --> 00:45:42.599
 may not

00:45:42.599 --> 00:45:42.960
 know the

00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:43.419
 consequences

00:45:43.419 --> 00:45:43.919
 until you're

00:45:43.919 --> 00:45:44.359
 older,

00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:45.460
 or until

00:45:45.460 --> 00:45:46.299
 you die.

00:45:47.679 --> 00:45:49.159
 there are

00:45:49.159 --> 00:45:49.619
 things you

00:45:49.619 --> 00:45:50.179
 are robbing

00:45:50.179 --> 00:45:50.899
 yourself of

00:45:50.899 --> 00:45:52.179
 in Christ,

00:45:52.279 --> 00:45:52.699
 in heaven,

00:45:52.940 --> 00:45:53.239
 that you

00:45:53.239 --> 00:45:53.539
 will not

00:45:53.539 --> 00:45:53.879
 know until

00:45:53.879 --> 00:45:54.279
 you get

00:45:54.279 --> 00:45:54.619
 there.

00:45:55.599 --> 00:45:56.019
 And that

00:45:56.019 --> 00:45:56.399
 should make

00:45:56.399 --> 00:45:57.899
 us fear

00:45:57.899 --> 00:45:58.579
 sin all the

00:45:58.579 --> 00:45:58.799
 more,

00:45:58.879 --> 00:45:59.319
 and hate

00:45:59.319 --> 00:45:59.839
 sin all the

00:45:59.839 --> 00:46:00.099
 more,

00:46:00.299 --> 00:46:00.759
 because it

00:46:00.759 --> 00:46:01.379
 keeps us

00:46:01.379 --> 00:46:02.139
 from what

00:46:02.139 --> 00:46:02.779
 Christ has

00:46:02.779 --> 00:46:03.460
 purchased for

00:46:03.460 --> 00:46:04.199
 us with

00:46:04.199 --> 00:46:04.739
 His blood.

00:46:07.819 --> 00:46:08.359
 You get

00:46:08.359 --> 00:46:08.599
 that?

00:46:10.119 --> 00:46:10.639
 If you

00:46:10.639 --> 00:46:11.139
 continue in

00:46:11.139 --> 00:46:11.559
 some sin,

00:46:11.619 --> 00:46:11.819
 you're going

00:46:11.819 --> 00:46:12.079
 to reap the

00:46:12.079 --> 00:46:12.519
 destruction,

00:46:12.699 --> 00:46:12.859
 and the

00:46:12.859 --> 00:46:13.119
 misery,

00:46:13.219 --> 00:46:13.419
 and the

00:46:13.419 --> 00:46:13.759
 shame of

00:46:13.759 --> 00:46:14.179
 that sin.

00:46:14.500 --> 00:46:14.799
 A good

00:46:14.799 --> 00:46:15.279
 father,

00:46:15.480 --> 00:46:15.659
 right?

00:46:15.659 --> 00:46:15.980
 A good

00:46:15.980 --> 00:46:16.579
 earthly father

00:46:16.579 --> 00:46:17.219
 disciplines his

00:46:17.219 --> 00:46:17.539
 children,

00:46:17.879 --> 00:46:18.219
 that they

00:46:18.219 --> 00:46:18.940
 might learn

00:46:18.940 --> 00:46:19.339
 what is

00:46:19.339 --> 00:46:19.679
 right,

00:46:19.799 --> 00:46:20.099
 and what is

00:46:20.099 --> 00:46:20.359
 good,

00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:21.079
 versus what

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:21.460
 is wrong,

00:46:21.519 --> 00:46:21.719
 what is

00:46:21.719 --> 00:46:22.139
 bad.

00:46:24.139 --> 00:46:24.759
 God loves

00:46:24.759 --> 00:46:26.359
 you a

00:46:26.359 --> 00:46:27.019
 thousand times

00:46:27.019 --> 00:46:28.679
 too much to

00:46:28.679 --> 00:46:29.259
 ever allow you

00:46:29.259 --> 00:46:30.039
 just to persist in

00:46:30.039 --> 00:46:30.379
 some sin.

00:46:30.420 --> 00:46:30.699
 That's what He

00:46:30.699 --> 00:46:31.779
 does to those

00:46:31.779 --> 00:46:32.000
 that He

00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:32.679
 despises.

00:46:33.699 --> 00:46:34.539
 Read Romans 1

00:46:34.539 --> 00:46:34.980
 and see what He

00:46:34.980 --> 00:46:35.119
 does.

00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:35.679
 See what the

00:46:35.679 --> 00:46:37.699
 worst wrath of

00:46:37.699 --> 00:46:38.359
 God in the

00:46:38.359 --> 00:46:38.819
 New Testament

00:46:38.819 --> 00:46:39.279
 is.

00:46:39.940 --> 00:46:40.920
 The wrath of

00:46:40.920 --> 00:46:41.559
 abandonment.

00:46:41.559 --> 00:46:44.619
 It's when

00:46:44.619 --> 00:46:45.219
 God says,

00:46:45.420 --> 00:46:45.799
 go your own

00:46:45.799 --> 00:46:46.039
 way.

00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:47.639
 When God

00:46:47.639 --> 00:46:48.039
 says,

00:46:48.360 --> 00:46:48.960
 okay America,

00:46:49.119 --> 00:46:49.639
 go your own

00:46:49.639 --> 00:46:49.880
 way.

00:46:51.799 --> 00:46:52.380
 I'm not going

00:46:52.380 --> 00:46:52.519
 to do

00:46:52.519 --> 00:46:52.719
 anything.

00:46:52.820 --> 00:46:53.019
 I'm not going

00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:53.259
 to stop

00:46:53.259 --> 00:46:53.880
 anything anymore.

00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:55.519
 I'm not going

00:46:55.519 --> 00:46:55.900
 to send you

00:46:55.900 --> 00:46:56.920
 earthquakes like

00:46:56.920 --> 00:46:57.360
 I send other

00:46:57.360 --> 00:46:57.840
 places in the

00:46:57.840 --> 00:46:58.039
 world.

00:46:58.259 --> 00:46:58.679
 I'm just going

00:46:58.679 --> 00:46:58.920
 to let you

00:46:58.920 --> 00:46:59.539
 go your own

00:46:59.539 --> 00:47:00.719
 way and enjoy

00:47:00.719 --> 00:47:01.739
 your sin and

00:47:01.739 --> 00:47:02.299
 fill up,

00:47:02.380 --> 00:47:03.299
 as Romans 2

00:47:03.299 --> 00:47:03.639
 says,

00:47:03.960 --> 00:47:05.880
 fill up your

00:47:05.880 --> 00:47:06.279
 wrath.

00:47:09.279 --> 00:47:10.119
 I'm just adding

00:47:10.119 --> 00:47:10.599
 more to it

00:47:10.599 --> 00:47:11.019
 every day.

00:47:11.019 --> 00:47:11.579
 There's going

00:47:11.579 --> 00:47:11.960
 to come a

00:47:11.960 --> 00:47:12.539
 day when I

00:47:12.539 --> 00:47:13.119
 reckon with

00:47:13.119 --> 00:47:13.280
 you.

00:47:15.019 --> 00:47:15.619
 That's the

00:47:15.619 --> 00:47:16.860
 worst wrath

00:47:16.860 --> 00:47:17.460
 that God

00:47:17.460 --> 00:47:17.860
 has,

00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:18.139
 is this

00:47:18.139 --> 00:47:18.440
 wrath of

00:47:18.440 --> 00:47:18.860
 abandonment.

00:47:19.179 --> 00:47:20.000
 The idea

00:47:20.000 --> 00:47:21.360
 here is that

00:47:21.360 --> 00:47:22.079
 God's children

00:47:22.079 --> 00:47:22.719
 are not

00:47:22.719 --> 00:47:23.840
 afforded that.

00:47:25.019 --> 00:47:25.599
 He will

00:47:25.599 --> 00:47:26.099
 never forget

00:47:26.099 --> 00:47:26.460
 about you.

00:47:26.519 --> 00:47:26.679
 He will

00:47:26.679 --> 00:47:27.500
 never stop

00:47:27.500 --> 00:47:28.000
 loving you.

00:47:28.239 --> 00:47:28.659
 And so as a

00:47:28.659 --> 00:47:29.179
 result of that,

00:47:29.360 --> 00:47:29.679
 He will

00:47:29.679 --> 00:47:30.380
 discipline you.

00:47:31.699 --> 00:47:32.340
 When you

00:47:32.340 --> 00:47:33.780
 sin, you

00:47:33.780 --> 00:47:34.059
 will be

00:47:34.059 --> 00:47:34.420
 disciplined.

00:47:36.659 --> 00:47:37.360
 And that is

00:47:37.360 --> 00:47:37.940
 for your good.

00:47:38.039 --> 00:47:38.380
 He wants to

00:47:38.380 --> 00:47:38.780
 teach you not

00:47:38.780 --> 00:47:39.300
 to blaspheme.

00:47:39.559 --> 00:47:40.400
 He wants to

00:47:40.400 --> 00:47:41.480
 align your

00:47:41.480 --> 00:47:41.880
 steps so

00:47:41.880 --> 00:47:42.119
 that you

00:47:42.119 --> 00:47:42.579
 walk in

00:47:42.579 --> 00:47:42.960
 obedience,

00:47:43.079 --> 00:47:43.400
 so that you

00:47:43.400 --> 00:47:43.860
 reap the

00:47:43.860 --> 00:47:44.519
 blessings of

00:47:44.519 --> 00:47:44.940
 faith,

00:47:45.960 --> 00:47:46.260
 that you

00:47:46.260 --> 00:47:46.519
 reap the

00:47:46.519 --> 00:47:46.960
 blessings of

00:47:46.960 --> 00:47:47.200
 the Holy

00:47:47.200 --> 00:47:47.780
 Spirit inside

00:47:47.780 --> 00:47:47.940
 of you,

00:47:47.960 --> 00:47:48.320
 that love

00:47:48.320 --> 00:47:48.579
 and joy

00:47:48.579 --> 00:47:48.900
 and peace

00:47:48.900 --> 00:47:49.260
 and patience

00:47:49.260 --> 00:47:49.500
 and all.

00:47:49.539 --> 00:47:49.800
 We talk

00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:50.019
 about that

00:47:50.019 --> 00:47:50.480
 all the time.

00:47:50.880 --> 00:47:51.440
 God wants

00:47:51.440 --> 00:47:51.820
 those things

00:47:51.820 --> 00:47:52.300
 for you to

00:47:52.300 --> 00:47:52.619
 the greatest

00:47:52.619 --> 00:47:52.940
 extent.

00:47:53.039 --> 00:47:53.300
 He says,

00:47:53.380 --> 00:47:53.820
 I have not

00:47:53.820 --> 00:47:54.099
 come,

00:47:55.380 --> 00:47:55.800
 He says,

00:47:56.059 --> 00:47:57.360
 Satan has

00:47:57.360 --> 00:47:57.780
 come to

00:47:57.780 --> 00:47:58.119
 steal,

00:47:58.380 --> 00:47:58.720
 to kill,

00:47:58.780 --> 00:47:58.920
 and to

00:47:58.920 --> 00:47:59.260
 destroy.

00:48:00.000 --> 00:48:00.460
 I have

00:48:00.460 --> 00:48:00.700
 come,

00:48:00.760 --> 00:48:00.980
 on the other

00:48:00.980 --> 00:48:01.260
 hand,

00:48:01.460 --> 00:48:01.880
 to give you

00:48:01.880 --> 00:48:03.160
 life that is

00:48:03.160 --> 00:48:03.480
 abundant.

00:48:03.480 --> 00:48:05.760
 Now,

00:48:05.840 --> 00:48:06.219
 part of

00:48:06.219 --> 00:48:06.740
 Him giving

00:48:06.740 --> 00:48:07.119
 you that

00:48:07.119 --> 00:48:07.639
 is teaching

00:48:07.639 --> 00:48:08.019
 you how

00:48:08.019 --> 00:48:08.300
 to get

00:48:08.300 --> 00:48:08.480
 it,

00:48:08.740 --> 00:48:09.019
 and that

00:48:09.019 --> 00:48:09.199
 comes

00:48:09.199 --> 00:48:09.320
 through

00:48:09.320 --> 00:48:09.599
 discipline.

00:48:12.099 --> 00:48:12.360
 Okay.

00:48:16.639 --> 00:48:17.360
 Another thing

00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:17.760
 that I just

00:48:17.760 --> 00:48:18.320
 want to really

00:48:18.320 --> 00:48:18.980
 point out here

00:48:18.980 --> 00:48:20.420
 to dissuade

00:48:20.420 --> 00:48:20.599
 you,

00:48:20.740 --> 00:48:20.960
 again,

00:48:21.260 --> 00:48:21.840
 if that is

00:48:21.840 --> 00:48:22.079
 you,

00:48:23.460 --> 00:48:24.500
 you cannot

00:48:24.500 --> 00:48:25.300
 ever be sure

00:48:25.300 --> 00:48:25.559
 of your

00:48:25.559 --> 00:48:25.960
 salvation.

00:48:25.960 --> 00:48:26.039
 salvation.

00:48:28.539 --> 00:48:28.940
 Okay.

00:48:30.960 --> 00:48:31.720
 And honestly,

00:48:31.980 --> 00:48:32.139
 like,

00:48:32.260 --> 00:48:32.800
 the line,

00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:33.099
 like,

00:48:33.159 --> 00:48:33.519
 it's so

00:48:33.519 --> 00:48:34.000
 gray,

00:48:34.179 --> 00:48:34.539
 it's so

00:48:34.539 --> 00:48:34.840
 like,

00:48:35.240 --> 00:48:35.679
 you know,

00:48:35.740 --> 00:48:35.860
 like,

00:48:35.900 --> 00:48:36.139
 I mean,

00:48:36.280 --> 00:48:36.920
 the difference

00:48:36.920 --> 00:48:37.740
 between you

00:48:37.740 --> 00:48:39.039
 who have

00:48:39.039 --> 00:48:39.920
 very,

00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:40.139
 very,

00:48:40.220 --> 00:48:40.579
 very little

00:48:40.579 --> 00:48:40.980
 faith,

00:48:41.019 --> 00:48:41.460
 and at times

00:48:41.460 --> 00:48:41.860
 when I have

00:48:41.860 --> 00:48:42.059
 very,

00:48:42.159 --> 00:48:42.240
 very,

00:48:42.300 --> 00:48:42.579
 very little

00:48:42.579 --> 00:48:42.960
 faith,

00:48:43.039 --> 00:48:43.340
 and then an

00:48:43.340 --> 00:48:43.740
 unbeliever

00:48:43.740 --> 00:48:44.220
 who has no

00:48:44.220 --> 00:48:44.539
 faith,

00:48:44.800 --> 00:48:45.539
 is basically

00:48:45.539 --> 00:48:46.000
 nothing.

00:48:47.000 --> 00:48:47.940
 It's really

00:48:47.940 --> 00:48:48.300
 small,

00:48:48.400 --> 00:48:49.019
 it's just a

00:48:49.019 --> 00:48:50.519
 very thin line

00:48:50.519 --> 00:48:50.920
 of God's

00:48:50.920 --> 00:48:51.240
 grace,

00:48:51.460 --> 00:48:51.880
 is what

00:48:51.880 --> 00:48:52.320
 separates

00:48:52.320 --> 00:48:52.599
 you.

00:48:54.500 --> 00:48:54.760
 Okay,

00:48:54.860 --> 00:48:55.199
 and you,

00:48:55.199 --> 00:48:55.599
 honestly,

00:48:55.599 --> 00:48:56.039
 if you

00:48:56.039 --> 00:48:56.639
 persist in

00:48:56.639 --> 00:48:57.159
 sin all

00:48:57.159 --> 00:48:57.360
 of your

00:48:57.360 --> 00:48:57.559
 life,

00:48:57.619 --> 00:48:57.980
 how can

00:48:57.980 --> 00:48:58.719
 you possibly

00:48:58.719 --> 00:48:59.619
 be confident

00:48:59.619 --> 00:48:59.940
 of your

00:48:59.940 --> 00:49:00.420
 salvation?

00:49:00.920 --> 00:49:01.099
 Now,

00:49:01.159 --> 00:49:01.440
 I'm not

00:49:01.440 --> 00:49:01.819
 saying that

00:49:01.819 --> 00:49:02.019
 we're not

00:49:02.019 --> 00:49:02.199
 going to

00:49:02.199 --> 00:49:02.679
 always be

00:49:02.679 --> 00:49:04.259
 warring

00:49:04.259 --> 00:49:04.739
 against sin,

00:49:04.839 --> 00:49:04.960
 like,

00:49:05.039 --> 00:49:05.360
 there's going

00:49:05.360 --> 00:49:05.539
 to be,

00:49:05.719 --> 00:49:06.460
 we're always

00:49:06.460 --> 00:49:06.779
 going to have

00:49:06.779 --> 00:49:07.059
 to war

00:49:07.059 --> 00:49:07.380
 against it,

00:49:07.400 --> 00:49:07.699
 it's always

00:49:07.699 --> 00:49:07.960
 going to be

00:49:07.960 --> 00:49:08.360
 an issue

00:49:08.360 --> 00:49:09.039
 in our

00:49:09.039 --> 00:49:09.360
 lives,

00:49:09.539 --> 00:49:09.860
 in our

00:49:09.860 --> 00:49:10.079
 hearts,

00:49:10.199 --> 00:49:10.880
 Paul testifies

00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:11.239
 of that,

00:49:12.079 --> 00:49:12.579
 we're always

00:49:12.579 --> 00:49:12.900
 going to be

00:49:12.900 --> 00:49:13.420
 fighting against

00:49:13.420 --> 00:49:13.500
 it,

00:49:13.519 --> 00:49:13.920
 but if there's

00:49:13.920 --> 00:49:14.860
 no measure

00:49:14.860 --> 00:49:15.259
 of victory

00:49:15.259 --> 00:49:15.559
 which you're

00:49:15.559 --> 00:49:16.079
 experiencing,

00:49:16.219 --> 00:49:16.500
 if there's

00:49:16.500 --> 00:49:18.539
 no growing

00:49:18.539 --> 00:49:19.079
 in grace,

00:49:19.219 --> 00:49:19.719
 growing in

00:49:19.719 --> 00:49:20.059
 love,

00:49:20.199 --> 00:49:20.619
 growing in

00:49:20.619 --> 00:49:21.039
 obedience,

00:49:21.039 --> 00:49:21.639
 growing in

00:49:21.639 --> 00:49:21.980
 wisdom,

00:49:22.099 --> 00:49:22.360
 if there's

00:49:22.360 --> 00:49:22.659
 no,

00:49:23.119 --> 00:49:24.940
 honestly,

00:49:25.079 --> 00:49:25.440
 putting off

00:49:25.440 --> 00:49:25.840
 of the old

00:49:25.840 --> 00:49:26.139
 man and

00:49:26.139 --> 00:49:26.500
 putting on

00:49:26.500 --> 00:49:26.960
 of the new,

00:49:27.119 --> 00:49:27.559
 as we see

00:49:27.559 --> 00:49:28.259
 in Colossians,

00:49:29.059 --> 00:49:30.619
 how can you

00:49:30.619 --> 00:49:31.099
 have assurance?

00:49:31.219 --> 00:49:31.320
 Now,

00:49:31.380 --> 00:49:31.840
 you may still

00:49:31.840 --> 00:49:32.400
 be saved,

00:49:32.500 --> 00:49:32.920
 I'm not saying

00:49:32.920 --> 00:49:33.360
 that the people

00:49:33.360 --> 00:49:33.699
 that don't have

00:49:33.699 --> 00:49:34.599
 assurance can't

00:49:34.599 --> 00:49:35.019
 be saved,

00:49:35.079 --> 00:49:35.480
 I'm saying

00:49:35.480 --> 00:49:37.900
 that you

00:49:37.900 --> 00:49:38.340
 can't really

00:49:38.340 --> 00:49:38.920
 have it,

00:49:39.059 --> 00:49:39.500
 that's the

00:49:39.500 --> 00:49:40.219
 blessing of

00:49:40.219 --> 00:49:41.099
 obedience is

00:49:41.099 --> 00:49:43.360
 assurance,

00:49:43.679 --> 00:49:43.920
 you know,

00:49:44.079 --> 00:49:44.300
 I mean,

00:49:44.360 --> 00:49:45.179
 read 1 Peter 1

00:49:45.179 --> 00:49:46.000
 to see that,

00:49:47.000 --> 00:49:48.099
 talks about that,

00:49:48.099 --> 00:49:49.299
 you know,

00:49:49.339 --> 00:49:49.900
 God puts you

00:49:49.900 --> 00:49:50.360
 through trials

00:49:50.360 --> 00:49:51.059
 and temptations

00:49:51.059 --> 00:49:54.360
 to purify you

00:49:54.360 --> 00:49:54.900
 of fire,

00:49:55.279 --> 00:49:55.599
 but when you

00:49:55.599 --> 00:49:56.019
 come out,

00:49:56.099 --> 00:49:56.339
 it's like,

00:49:56.440 --> 00:49:56.599
 man,

00:49:56.739 --> 00:49:58.400
 that's that

00:49:58.400 --> 00:49:58.839
 gold,

00:49:58.940 --> 00:49:59.299
 he says,

00:49:59.319 --> 00:49:59.599
 it's that

00:49:59.599 --> 00:50:01.679
 precious stone

00:50:01.679 --> 00:50:02.099
 which can't

00:50:02.099 --> 00:50:02.659
 be taken away

00:50:02.659 --> 00:50:03.059
 from me,

00:50:03.119 --> 00:50:03.339
 it's that

00:50:03.339 --> 00:50:04.059
 imperishable

00:50:04.059 --> 00:50:04.659
 thing which

00:50:04.659 --> 00:50:05.319
 I just cling

00:50:05.319 --> 00:50:05.500
 to,

00:50:05.599 --> 00:50:05.860
 you know,

00:50:06.559 --> 00:50:07.619
 and I think

00:50:07.619 --> 00:50:08.259
 every Christian

00:50:08.259 --> 00:50:08.679
 here is going

00:50:08.679 --> 00:50:08.900
 to be,

00:50:09.339 --> 00:50:09.719
 by God's

00:50:09.719 --> 00:50:09.920
 grace,

00:50:10.019 --> 00:50:11.199
 afforded times

00:50:11.199 --> 00:50:11.739
 when you do

00:50:11.739 --> 00:50:12.319
 endure and

00:50:12.319 --> 00:50:12.779
 when you do

00:50:12.779 --> 00:50:14.440
 see fruit

00:50:14.440 --> 00:50:14.960
 being,

00:50:14.960 --> 00:50:16.659
 you know,

00:50:16.739 --> 00:50:17.119
 barren in

00:50:17.119 --> 00:50:17.639
 your life,

00:50:18.099 --> 00:50:20.139
 it's a grace

00:50:20.139 --> 00:50:20.599
 of God as

00:50:20.599 --> 00:50:20.819
 well.

00:50:27.519 --> 00:50:28.119
 You will

00:50:28.119 --> 00:50:28.759
 not be allowed

00:50:28.759 --> 00:50:29.279
 by the spirit

00:50:29.279 --> 00:50:29.779
 within you

00:50:29.779 --> 00:50:30.579
 to enjoy the

00:50:30.579 --> 00:50:32.460
 evil of your

00:50:32.460 --> 00:50:32.759
 sin,

00:50:33.500 --> 00:50:34.000
 and yet,

00:50:34.360 --> 00:50:34.880
 you will not

00:50:34.880 --> 00:50:35.659
 allow yourself

00:50:35.659 --> 00:50:36.519
 the privilege

00:50:36.519 --> 00:50:37.400
 of enjoying

00:50:37.400 --> 00:50:38.079
 the good.

00:50:40.000 --> 00:50:40.699
 That's you.

00:50:41.179 --> 00:50:41.699
 You won't allow

00:50:41.699 --> 00:50:42.579
 yourself to enjoy

00:50:42.579 --> 00:50:42.900
 the good.

00:50:43.019 --> 00:50:43.799
 It's not that

00:50:43.799 --> 00:50:44.380
 God is keeping

00:50:44.380 --> 00:50:45.139
 things from you,

00:50:45.400 --> 00:50:46.000
 it's that you,

00:50:47.259 --> 00:50:48.000
 by the littleness

00:50:48.000 --> 00:50:48.719
 of your faith,

00:50:49.719 --> 00:50:50.199
 or keeping

00:50:50.199 --> 00:50:50.659
 things from

00:50:50.659 --> 00:50:51.099
 yourself.

00:50:53.900 --> 00:50:54.519
 So believe

00:50:54.519 --> 00:50:54.960
 in the promises

00:50:54.960 --> 00:50:55.340
 of God.

00:50:55.380 --> 00:50:55.760
 When you come

00:50:55.760 --> 00:50:56.119
 to Him in the

00:50:56.119 --> 00:50:56.579
 Word of God,

00:50:56.719 --> 00:50:57.199
 believe Him.

00:50:58.780 --> 00:50:59.340
 Believe Him.

00:50:59.340 --> 00:50:59.440
 Believe Him.

00:51:10.960 --> 00:51:11.400
 Amen.

00:51:15.719 --> 00:51:16.260
 Turn to

00:51:16.260 --> 00:51:17.000
 Matthew 12.

00:51:17.000 --> 00:51:17.000


00:51:36.420 --> 00:51:37.240
 Verse 20.

00:51:37.239 --> 00:51:44.159
 A battered reed

00:51:44.159 --> 00:51:45.619
 he will not

00:51:45.619 --> 00:51:46.399
 break off

00:51:46.399 --> 00:51:48.000
 in a smoldering

00:51:48.000 --> 00:51:49.019
 wick he will

00:51:49.019 --> 00:51:49.959
 not put out

00:51:49.959 --> 00:51:51.479
 until he leads

00:51:51.479 --> 00:51:52.159
 justice

00:51:52.159 --> 00:51:53.919
 to victory.

00:51:57.099 --> 00:51:57.659
 Spurgeon,

00:51:57.839 --> 00:51:58.779
 in this book

00:51:58.779 --> 00:51:59.159
 I'm reading,

00:52:00.419 --> 00:52:01.159
 likened that

00:52:01.159 --> 00:52:02.960
 to a battered

00:52:02.960 --> 00:52:03.279
 reed.

00:52:03.279 --> 00:52:04.000
 A battered

00:52:04.000 --> 00:52:03.279
 reed

00:52:03.279 --> 00:52:08.480
 is a picture

00:52:08.480 --> 00:52:09.440
 of the poor

00:52:09.440 --> 00:52:09.799
 sinner

00:52:09.799 --> 00:52:11.420
 when first

00:52:11.420 --> 00:52:12.079
 God begins

00:52:12.079 --> 00:52:12.659
 His operation

00:52:12.659 --> 00:52:13.299
 upon the soul.

00:52:13.399 --> 00:52:14.179
 He is a bruised

00:52:14.179 --> 00:52:14.639
 reed,

00:52:14.739 --> 00:52:15.519
 almost entirely

00:52:15.519 --> 00:52:16.039
 broken and

00:52:16.039 --> 00:52:16.460
 consumed.

00:52:17.259 --> 00:52:17.799
 There is but

00:52:17.799 --> 00:52:18.480
 little strength

00:52:18.480 --> 00:52:18.839
 in him.

00:52:20.339 --> 00:52:20.879
 Then he says

00:52:20.879 --> 00:52:21.259
 of this

00:52:21.259 --> 00:52:22.679
 smoldering

00:52:22.679 --> 00:52:23.000
 wick,

00:52:23.079 --> 00:52:23.539
 which is like

00:52:23.539 --> 00:52:25.619
 a candle

00:52:25.619 --> 00:52:25.960
 that has

00:52:25.960 --> 00:52:26.319
 a really,

00:52:26.480 --> 00:52:26.819
 really small

00:52:26.819 --> 00:52:27.259
 flicker.

00:52:27.879 --> 00:52:28.440
 That's a

00:52:28.440 --> 00:52:28.839
 smoldering

00:52:28.839 --> 00:52:29.139
 wick.

00:52:29.139 --> 00:52:33.799
 He says

00:52:33.799 --> 00:52:34.319
 the smoking

00:52:34.319 --> 00:52:34.859
 flax,

00:52:34.960 --> 00:52:35.539
 listen to this,

00:52:36.039 --> 00:52:36.659
 the smoldering

00:52:36.659 --> 00:52:36.920
 wick,

00:52:37.000 --> 00:52:37.759
 I take to be

00:52:37.759 --> 00:52:38.639
 a backsliding

00:52:38.639 --> 00:52:39.119
 Christian.

00:52:41.099 --> 00:52:41.940
 One who has

00:52:41.940 --> 00:52:42.599
 been a burning

00:52:42.599 --> 00:52:43.440
 and shining

00:52:43.440 --> 00:52:44.099
 light in his

00:52:44.099 --> 00:52:44.400
 day,

00:52:44.739 --> 00:52:45.719
 but by neglect

00:52:45.719 --> 00:52:46.920
 of the means

00:52:46.920 --> 00:52:47.539
 of grace,

00:52:48.960 --> 00:52:49.639
 the withdrawal

00:52:49.639 --> 00:52:50.279
 of God's

00:52:50.279 --> 00:52:50.599
 spirit,

00:52:51.159 --> 00:52:51.739
 and falling

00:52:51.739 --> 00:52:52.379
 into sin,

00:52:53.000 --> 00:52:53.559
 his light

00:52:53.559 --> 00:52:54.199
 has almost

00:52:54.199 --> 00:52:54.819
 gone out.

00:52:55.239 --> 00:52:55.819
 Not quite

00:52:55.819 --> 00:52:56.359
 completely

00:52:56.359 --> 00:52:57.139
 can it go

00:52:57.139 --> 00:52:57.440
 out,

00:52:57.759 --> 00:52:58.339
 for Christ

00:52:58.339 --> 00:52:58.599
 says,

00:52:58.739 --> 00:52:59.099
 I will not

00:52:59.099 --> 00:52:59.639
 quench it,

00:53:00.779 --> 00:53:01.239
 but it

00:53:01.239 --> 00:53:01.759
 becomes like

00:53:01.759 --> 00:53:02.179
 a lamp

00:53:02.179 --> 00:53:02.619
 when ill

00:53:02.619 --> 00:53:02.940
 supplied

00:53:02.940 --> 00:53:03.440
 with oil,

00:53:03.579 --> 00:53:04.500
 almost useless.

00:53:05.000 --> 00:53:05.559
 It is not

00:53:05.559 --> 00:53:06.199
 extinguished,

00:53:06.279 --> 00:53:06.639
 it still

00:53:06.639 --> 00:53:07.179
 smokes.

00:53:07.920 --> 00:53:08.440
 It was a

00:53:08.440 --> 00:53:08.960
 useful lamp

00:53:08.960 --> 00:53:09.360
 once,

00:53:09.400 --> 00:53:09.980
 but now

00:53:09.980 --> 00:53:10.279
 it has

00:53:10.279 --> 00:53:11.000
 become as

00:53:11.000 --> 00:53:11.400
 smoking

00:53:11.400 --> 00:53:11.880
 flax.

00:53:14.739 --> 00:53:15.400
 So that

00:53:15.400 --> 00:53:15.759
 verse is

00:53:15.759 --> 00:53:16.219
 another just

00:53:16.219 --> 00:53:16.699
 biblical,

00:53:17.099 --> 00:53:17.559
 I think,

00:53:17.639 --> 00:53:18.259
 proof text

00:53:18.259 --> 00:53:19.339
 of this

00:53:19.339 --> 00:53:19.739
 reality.

00:53:20.239 --> 00:53:20.619
 There are

00:53:20.619 --> 00:53:20.980
 people,

00:53:21.219 --> 00:53:21.480
 there are

00:53:21.480 --> 00:53:21.920
 Christians,

00:53:22.679 --> 00:53:25.239
 that because

00:53:25.239 --> 00:53:25.519
 of their

00:53:25.519 --> 00:53:26.880
 backsliding,

00:53:27.199 --> 00:53:27.539
 because of

00:53:27.539 --> 00:53:28.159
 their refusal

00:53:28.159 --> 00:53:28.679
 to kill

00:53:28.679 --> 00:53:29.960
 sin through

00:53:29.960 --> 00:53:30.299
 the means

00:53:30.299 --> 00:53:30.539
 that God

00:53:30.539 --> 00:53:30.819
 has given

00:53:30.819 --> 00:53:31.000
 them,

00:53:31.059 --> 00:53:31.259
 which is

00:53:31.259 --> 00:53:31.500
 the Holy

00:53:31.500 --> 00:53:31.839
 Spirit.

00:53:34.000 --> 00:53:35.000
 They become

00:53:35.000 --> 00:53:35.539
 like this

00:53:35.539 --> 00:53:36.000
 smordering

00:53:36.000 --> 00:53:36.319
 wick,

00:53:37.899 --> 00:53:38.319
 useless

00:53:38.319 --> 00:53:38.699
 really,

00:53:39.319 --> 00:53:39.759
 smoking,

00:53:39.960 --> 00:53:40.619
 but not

00:53:40.619 --> 00:53:40.819
 really

00:53:40.819 --> 00:53:41.199
 flaming.

00:53:41.199 --> 00:53:45.739
 they need

00:53:45.739 --> 00:53:46.199
 to repent.

00:53:46.980 --> 00:53:47.259
 Praise,

00:53:47.379 --> 00:53:47.559
 signing

00:53:47.559 --> 00:53:47.939
 grace.

00:53:49.739 --> 00:53:50.139
 Third

00:53:50.139 --> 00:53:50.599
 question.

00:53:52.639 --> 00:53:53.219
 I know

00:53:53.219 --> 00:53:53.759
 God desires

00:53:53.759 --> 00:53:54.079
 for me to

00:53:54.079 --> 00:53:54.759
 be sanctified,

00:53:55.000 --> 00:53:55.960
 but I

00:53:55.960 --> 00:53:56.619
 honestly don't

00:53:56.619 --> 00:53:56.960
 know how

00:53:56.960 --> 00:53:57.219
 to be.

00:53:58.799 --> 00:53:59.059
 Okay,

00:53:59.079 --> 00:53:59.639
 this is the

00:53:59.639 --> 00:54:01.139
 exciting,

00:54:01.279 --> 00:54:01.799
 how to be

00:54:01.799 --> 00:54:02.539
 sanctified

00:54:02.539 --> 00:54:02.939
 question.

00:54:04.899 --> 00:54:05.819
 1 Thessalonians

00:54:05.819 --> 00:54:06.079
 4,

00:54:06.139 --> 00:54:06.579
 3 just

00:54:06.579 --> 00:54:07.239
 confirms that,

00:54:07.319 --> 00:54:07.500
 okay,

00:54:07.559 --> 00:54:08.000
 it is the

00:54:08.000 --> 00:54:08.319
 will of

00:54:08.319 --> 00:54:08.619
 God,

00:54:08.659 --> 00:54:09.119
 He says,

00:54:09.119 --> 00:54:09.839
 that you

00:54:09.839 --> 00:54:10.659
 be sanctified.

00:54:10.839 --> 00:54:10.980
 That's

00:54:10.980 --> 00:54:12.039
 literally what

00:54:12.039 --> 00:54:12.420
 it says.

00:54:12.500 --> 00:54:12.659
 I mean,

00:54:12.699 --> 00:54:13.139
 it's the

00:54:13.139 --> 00:54:13.440
 will of

00:54:13.440 --> 00:54:13.559
 God.

00:54:13.639 --> 00:54:13.859
 It's very

00:54:13.859 --> 00:54:14.299
 clearly said

00:54:14.299 --> 00:54:14.639
 in Scripture.

00:54:15.099 --> 00:54:15.779
 1 Thessalonians

00:54:15.779 --> 00:54:16.019
 4,

00:54:16.079 --> 00:54:16.319
 3.

00:54:16.940 --> 00:54:17.380
 The most

00:54:17.380 --> 00:54:17.739
 important

00:54:17.739 --> 00:54:18.819
 question of

00:54:18.819 --> 00:54:19.199
 the night

00:54:19.199 --> 00:54:19.920
 is how

00:54:19.920 --> 00:54:20.819
 am I

00:54:20.819 --> 00:54:21.839
 sanctified?

00:54:22.559 --> 00:54:23.119
 Sanctification,

00:54:23.380 --> 00:54:24.039
 listen to this,

00:54:24.079 --> 00:54:24.799
 is a work of

00:54:24.799 --> 00:54:25.099
 the Holy

00:54:25.099 --> 00:54:25.440
 Spirit.

00:54:25.539 --> 00:54:25.839
 We've said

00:54:25.839 --> 00:54:26.599
 that in

00:54:26.599 --> 00:54:27.099
 you and

00:54:27.099 --> 00:54:27.519
 through

00:54:27.519 --> 00:54:28.319
 your grace

00:54:28.319 --> 00:54:29.119
 driven

00:54:29.119 --> 00:54:30.099
 effort,

00:54:30.339 --> 00:54:31.400
 by which

00:54:31.400 --> 00:54:31.940
 sin is

00:54:31.940 --> 00:54:32.559
 killed and

00:54:32.559 --> 00:54:33.159
 your soul

00:54:33.159 --> 00:54:34.579
 is purified

00:54:34.579 --> 00:54:35.519
 by the

00:54:35.519 --> 00:54:36.019
 transformation

00:54:36.019 --> 00:54:36.659
 which takes

00:54:36.659 --> 00:54:37.339
 place as

00:54:37.339 --> 00:54:38.119
 your mind

00:54:38.119 --> 00:54:38.859
 is renewed

00:54:38.859 --> 00:54:39.179
 by the

00:54:39.179 --> 00:54:39.420
 Word.

00:54:40.759 --> 00:54:41.079
 That's a

00:54:41.079 --> 00:54:41.219
 lie,

00:54:41.279 --> 00:54:41.460
 it's a

00:54:41.460 --> 00:54:41.779
 mouthful,

00:54:41.819 --> 00:54:41.980
 I know

00:54:41.980 --> 00:54:42.139
 that,

00:54:42.219 --> 00:54:42.759
 but there

00:54:42.759 --> 00:54:42.980
 are a

00:54:42.980 --> 00:54:43.319
 thousand

00:54:43.319 --> 00:54:43.819
 facets

00:54:43.819 --> 00:54:44.239
 involved

00:54:44.239 --> 00:54:44.359
 in

00:54:44.359 --> 00:54:44.779
 sanctification.

00:54:44.920 --> 00:54:45.239
 I can't

00:54:45.239 --> 00:54:45.779
 discuss all

00:54:45.779 --> 00:54:45.960
 of them

00:54:45.960 --> 00:54:46.319
 right now.

00:54:47.779 --> 00:54:48.659
 It's truly

00:54:48.659 --> 00:54:49.359
 inexhaustible,

00:54:49.599 --> 00:54:50.000
 this topic

00:54:50.000 --> 00:54:50.319
 is,

00:54:50.699 --> 00:54:51.299
 but Christ,

00:54:51.420 --> 00:54:51.639
 okay,

00:54:51.799 --> 00:54:52.559
 He knew

00:54:52.559 --> 00:54:53.000
 that it was

00:54:53.000 --> 00:54:53.759
 just overwhelming

00:54:53.759 --> 00:54:54.519
 probably to the

00:54:54.519 --> 00:54:55.599
 disciples in

00:54:55.599 --> 00:54:56.039
 their minds

00:54:56.039 --> 00:54:56.779
 and He prays

00:54:56.779 --> 00:54:57.480
 in John 17

00:54:57.480 --> 00:54:58.219
 and He

00:54:58.219 --> 00:54:59.380
 explains the

00:54:59.380 --> 00:54:59.839
 heart and

00:54:59.839 --> 00:55:00.359
 the foundation

00:55:00.359 --> 00:55:01.039
 of sanctification

00:55:01.039 --> 00:55:01.980
 in verse

00:55:01.980 --> 00:55:02.819
 17 of that

00:55:02.819 --> 00:55:03.199
 chapter.

00:55:04.039 --> 00:55:04.619
 John 17,

00:55:04.699 --> 00:55:05.039
 17,

00:55:05.179 --> 00:55:05.380
 and He

00:55:05.380 --> 00:55:06.159
 prays this,

00:55:06.299 --> 00:55:06.799
 He prays,

00:55:06.880 --> 00:55:08.019
 sanctify them,

00:55:08.420 --> 00:55:09.179
 in truth.

00:55:09.639 --> 00:55:10.440
 Your Word

00:55:10.440 --> 00:55:11.559
 is truth.

00:55:12.980 --> 00:55:13.900
 If you leave

00:55:13.900 --> 00:55:14.299
 and you don't

00:55:14.299 --> 00:55:14.839
 remember anything

00:55:14.839 --> 00:55:15.339
 else tonight,

00:55:15.440 --> 00:55:16.299
 remember this,

00:55:16.880 --> 00:55:18.079
 God's Word,

00:55:18.319 --> 00:55:19.219
 God's truth,

00:55:19.420 --> 00:55:20.039
 the truth about

00:55:20.039 --> 00:55:21.420
 Christ is how

00:55:21.420 --> 00:55:22.359
 you will be

00:55:22.359 --> 00:55:22.839
 sanctified.

00:55:23.019 --> 00:55:23.639
 It is how you

00:55:23.639 --> 00:55:24.460
 will kill sin,

00:55:24.719 --> 00:55:25.339
 it is how you

00:55:25.339 --> 00:55:25.739
 will learn to

00:55:25.739 --> 00:55:26.559
 obey Christ,

00:55:26.739 --> 00:55:27.400
 it is how you

00:55:27.400 --> 00:55:28.019
 will be strengthened

00:55:28.019 --> 00:55:28.679
 to fight against

00:55:28.679 --> 00:55:29.259
 the devil when

00:55:29.259 --> 00:55:30.099
 he comes and

00:55:30.099 --> 00:55:30.739
 when he accuses

00:55:30.739 --> 00:55:30.980
 you,

00:55:31.179 --> 00:55:31.839
 when he tries to

00:55:31.839 --> 00:55:32.199
 thwart your

00:55:32.199 --> 00:55:32.679
 plans,

00:55:32.980 --> 00:55:33.599
 when he tries to

00:55:33.599 --> 00:55:34.539
 afflict you,

00:55:34.859 --> 00:55:35.659
 it is how you

00:55:35.659 --> 00:55:36.799
 will learn to

00:55:36.799 --> 00:55:37.799
 love Christ more

00:55:37.800 --> 00:55:38.200
 in your daily

00:55:38.200 --> 00:55:38.620
 life.

00:55:38.980 --> 00:55:39.700
 It is the key

00:55:39.700 --> 00:55:40.180
 to everything

00:55:40.180 --> 00:55:40.539
 is the Word

00:55:40.539 --> 00:55:40.860
 of God.

00:55:42.480 --> 00:55:43.019
 Sanctify them

00:55:43.019 --> 00:55:43.340
 in truth,

00:55:43.440 --> 00:55:43.880
 your Word is

00:55:43.880 --> 00:55:44.060
 truth.

00:55:44.160 --> 00:55:44.560
 The truth of

00:55:44.560 --> 00:55:45.140
 God's Word

00:55:45.140 --> 00:55:45.900
 is the key

00:55:45.900 --> 00:55:46.500
 to this whole

00:55:46.500 --> 00:55:47.019
 issue.

00:55:47.940 --> 00:55:48.340
 Sanctification

00:55:48.340 --> 00:55:49.260
 happens as

00:55:49.260 --> 00:55:50.760
 God's truth is

00:55:50.760 --> 00:55:51.440
 understood and

00:55:51.440 --> 00:55:51.860
 obeyed.

00:55:51.900 --> 00:55:52.280
 It is that

00:55:52.280 --> 00:55:52.860
 simple.

00:55:54.180 --> 00:55:54.680
 There is a

00:55:54.680 --> 00:55:55.019
 million things

00:55:55.019 --> 00:55:55.539
 to say in

00:55:55.539 --> 00:55:55.740
 that,

00:55:55.940 --> 00:55:56.240
 but it is

00:55:56.240 --> 00:55:57.480
 that fundamentally

00:55:57.480 --> 00:55:57.960
 simple.

00:56:00.180 --> 00:56:01.480
 Christ is

00:56:01.480 --> 00:56:02.240
 the Word.

00:56:02.239 --> 00:56:03.959
 God's Word.

00:56:03.959 --> 00:56:03.939
 John 1.

00:56:03.939 --> 00:56:03.939


00:56:06.799 --> 00:56:07.519
 That's Jesus

00:56:07.519 --> 00:56:08.939
 Christ in

00:56:08.939 --> 00:56:09.639
 Word form,

00:56:09.739 --> 00:56:09.919
 right?

00:56:11.219 --> 00:56:11.879
 His incarnation

00:56:11.879 --> 00:56:12.719
 was in fleshly

00:56:12.719 --> 00:56:13.019
 form.

00:56:13.479 --> 00:56:14.359
 His Word is in

00:56:14.359 --> 00:56:14.899
 Word form.

00:56:17.119 --> 00:56:18.000
 Christ is the

00:56:18.000 --> 00:56:18.219
 Word.

00:56:18.979 --> 00:56:19.459
 And His Word

00:56:19.459 --> 00:56:20.199
 embodies who He

00:56:20.199 --> 00:56:20.359
 is.

00:56:20.419 --> 00:56:20.899
 It reveals His

00:56:20.899 --> 00:56:21.719
 glory like no

00:56:21.719 --> 00:56:22.419
 other medium that

00:56:22.419 --> 00:56:22.799
 we have.

00:56:22.879 --> 00:56:23.359
 If you wish to

00:56:23.359 --> 00:56:24.239
 know God and

00:56:24.239 --> 00:56:24.539
 you wish to

00:56:24.539 --> 00:56:25.619
 become like God,

00:56:25.799 --> 00:56:26.179
 you wish to

00:56:26.179 --> 00:56:26.579
 grow in that

00:56:26.579 --> 00:56:27.259
 genuine image

00:56:27.259 --> 00:56:27.679
 that we talked

00:56:27.679 --> 00:56:28.059
 about at the

00:56:28.059 --> 00:56:28.359
 beginning,

00:56:28.739 --> 00:56:29.199
 then know

00:56:29.199 --> 00:56:29.819
 God's Word.

00:56:31.819 --> 00:56:32.439
 There's so many

00:56:32.439 --> 00:56:33.039
 good verses to

00:56:33.039 --> 00:56:33.819
 quote right now

00:56:33.819 --> 00:56:35.559
 to just affirm

00:56:35.559 --> 00:56:35.859
 that.

00:56:37.839 --> 00:56:38.639
 The Spirit of

00:56:38.639 --> 00:56:38.879
 God,

00:56:38.960 --> 00:56:39.419
 listen to this,

00:56:39.480 --> 00:56:39.639
 okay?

00:56:39.779 --> 00:56:40.859
 This is the

00:56:40.859 --> 00:56:41.779
 sole function of

00:56:41.779 --> 00:56:42.259
 the Holy Spirit.

00:56:42.679 --> 00:56:43.159
 The Spirit of

00:56:43.159 --> 00:56:43.519
 God has been

00:56:43.519 --> 00:56:44.119
 given to you

00:56:44.119 --> 00:56:45.480
 to teach you

00:56:45.480 --> 00:56:48.480
 about Christ.

00:56:50.039 --> 00:56:50.799
 To teach you

00:56:50.799 --> 00:56:51.319
 about Christ.

00:56:51.399 --> 00:56:51.980
 How to love

00:56:51.980 --> 00:56:52.139
 Him,

00:56:52.199 --> 00:56:52.799
 how He hates,

00:56:52.859 --> 00:56:53.399
 what He hates,

00:56:53.899 --> 00:56:54.819
 what is pleasing

00:56:54.819 --> 00:56:55.119
 to Him,

00:56:55.179 --> 00:56:55.559
 what is not

00:56:55.559 --> 00:56:56.139
 pleasing to Him,

00:56:56.480 --> 00:56:56.839
 when and how

00:56:56.839 --> 00:56:57.480
 to obey Him,

00:56:57.500 --> 00:56:58.059
 and so on.

00:56:58.399 --> 00:56:58.839
 And how does

00:56:58.839 --> 00:56:59.139
 the Spirit

00:56:59.139 --> 00:56:59.679
 teach us

00:56:59.679 --> 00:57:00.299
 these things

00:57:00.299 --> 00:57:01.079
 by bringing

00:57:01.079 --> 00:57:01.480
 to our

00:57:01.480 --> 00:57:01.920
 remembrance

00:57:01.920 --> 00:57:02.639
 what Christ

00:57:02.639 --> 00:57:03.440
 has said?

00:57:03.500 --> 00:57:04.000
 That's John

00:57:04.000 --> 00:57:04.719
 14,

00:57:04.819 --> 00:57:05.359
 26.

00:57:05.679 --> 00:57:06.179
 It is straight

00:57:06.179 --> 00:57:06.500
 out of the

00:57:06.500 --> 00:57:06.779
 Scriptures.

00:57:07.219 --> 00:57:07.579
 The Spirit

00:57:07.579 --> 00:57:07.900
 of God

00:57:07.900 --> 00:57:08.460
 teaches you

00:57:08.460 --> 00:57:09.259
 by reminding

00:57:09.259 --> 00:57:10.219
 you of the

00:57:10.219 --> 00:57:10.659
 things that

00:57:10.659 --> 00:57:11.039
 He has

00:57:11.039 --> 00:57:11.279
 said.

00:57:13.739 --> 00:57:14.440
 So cling

00:57:14.440 --> 00:57:14.719
 to the

00:57:14.719 --> 00:57:14.980
 Word of

00:57:14.980 --> 00:57:15.339
 God.

00:57:16.659 --> 00:57:17.119
 Cling to

00:57:17.119 --> 00:57:17.339
 the Word

00:57:17.339 --> 00:57:17.819
 of God.

00:57:18.339 --> 00:57:18.659
 Let it be

00:57:18.659 --> 00:57:18.920
 the most

00:57:18.920 --> 00:57:19.420
 important thing

00:57:19.420 --> 00:57:19.599
 in your

00:57:19.599 --> 00:57:19.960
 life.

00:57:23.279 --> 00:57:24.019
 Don't lose

00:57:24.019 --> 00:57:24.400
 me here at

00:57:24.400 --> 00:57:24.679
 the end,

00:57:24.759 --> 00:57:24.900
 okay?

00:57:24.940 --> 00:57:25.239
 We have a

00:57:25.239 --> 00:57:25.619
 couple minutes

00:57:25.619 --> 00:57:25.799
 left.

00:57:25.839 --> 00:57:26.159
 I'm almost

00:57:26.159 --> 00:57:26.400
 finished.

00:57:26.460 --> 00:57:26.799
 I promise.

00:57:27.619 --> 00:57:28.139
 Don't lose

00:57:28.139 --> 00:57:28.319
 me here.

00:57:28.319 --> 00:57:28.859
 This is so,

00:57:28.860 --> 00:57:29.460
 so vital.

00:57:31.019 --> 00:57:31.860
 John 14,

00:57:31.940 --> 00:57:32.820
 21 says this,

00:57:32.880 --> 00:57:33.260
 He who has

00:57:33.260 --> 00:57:33.860
 my commandments

00:57:33.860 --> 00:57:35.840
 and keeps

00:57:35.840 --> 00:57:36.140
 them,

00:57:37.160 --> 00:57:38.120
 He is who

00:57:38.120 --> 00:57:38.620
 loves me.

00:57:39.500 --> 00:57:40.079
 And he who

00:57:40.079 --> 00:57:40.460
 loves me

00:57:40.460 --> 00:57:40.880
 shall be loved

00:57:40.880 --> 00:57:41.539
 by my Father,

00:57:41.840 --> 00:57:42.480
 and I will

00:57:42.480 --> 00:57:43.160
 love him and

00:57:43.160 --> 00:57:43.620
 will disclose

00:57:43.620 --> 00:57:44.460
 myself to him.

00:57:44.460 --> 00:57:44.980
 I will reveal

00:57:44.980 --> 00:57:45.960
 myself more to

00:57:45.960 --> 00:57:46.180
 him.

00:57:46.400 --> 00:57:47.079
 I will manifest

00:57:47.079 --> 00:57:48.559
 myself to him.

00:57:49.240 --> 00:57:49.780
 To who?

00:57:50.019 --> 00:57:50.660
 To the person

00:57:50.660 --> 00:57:51.120
 that has my

00:57:51.120 --> 00:57:51.780
 commandments and

00:57:51.780 --> 00:57:52.240
 keeps him.

00:57:52.239 --> 00:57:52.439
 God.

00:57:55.319 --> 00:57:55.959
 So that is

00:57:55.959 --> 00:57:56.500
 a verse that

00:57:56.500 --> 00:57:56.659
 says,

00:57:56.739 --> 00:57:57.939
 Jesus is

00:57:57.939 --> 00:57:58.179
 saying,

00:57:58.479 --> 00:57:58.819
 there is a

00:57:58.819 --> 00:57:59.479
 direct correlation

00:57:59.479 --> 00:58:00.279
 between you

00:58:00.279 --> 00:58:01.559
 experiencing and

00:58:01.559 --> 00:58:02.500
 being satisfied

00:58:02.500 --> 00:58:04.359
 in me and

00:58:04.359 --> 00:58:04.879
 knowing the

00:58:04.879 --> 00:58:05.479
 Word of God.

00:58:06.719 --> 00:58:07.279
 You know

00:58:07.279 --> 00:58:07.759
 my Word and

00:58:07.759 --> 00:58:08.299
 you keep that

00:58:08.299 --> 00:58:08.639
 Word,

00:58:09.639 --> 00:58:10.739
 then you get

00:58:10.739 --> 00:58:11.299
 more of me.

00:58:13.779 --> 00:58:14.339
 That's the

00:58:14.339 --> 00:58:15.119
 heart of

00:58:15.119 --> 00:58:15.639
 sanctification.

00:58:15.819 --> 00:58:15.919
 Okay,

00:58:15.919 --> 00:58:16.419
 now I have

00:58:16.419 --> 00:58:17.199
 six things

00:58:17.199 --> 00:58:18.039
 that I'm just

00:58:18.039 --> 00:58:18.739
 going to fly

00:58:18.739 --> 00:58:19.299
 through here at

00:58:19.299 --> 00:58:19.639
 the end.

00:58:19.639 --> 00:58:20.259
 It will be

00:58:20.259 --> 00:58:20.559
 done in

00:58:20.559 --> 00:58:21.139
 five minutes.

00:58:22.259 --> 00:58:23.179
 Six things

00:58:23.179 --> 00:58:24.960
 regarding how

00:58:24.960 --> 00:58:25.559
 a person is

00:58:25.559 --> 00:58:26.099
 sanctified.

00:58:26.719 --> 00:58:27.099
 And they all

00:58:27.099 --> 00:58:27.559
 start with

00:58:27.559 --> 00:58:28.699
 the word

00:58:28.699 --> 00:58:29.239
 be and then

00:58:29.239 --> 00:58:29.599
 they have an

00:58:29.599 --> 00:58:30.259
 R word

00:58:30.259 --> 00:58:31.739
 just to,

00:58:31.920 --> 00:58:32.179
 you know,

00:58:32.219 --> 00:58:32.440
 make it

00:58:32.440 --> 00:58:34.079
 memorable or

00:58:34.079 --> 00:58:36.539
 whatever the

00:58:36.539 --> 00:58:36.920
 word is.

00:58:37.539 --> 00:58:38.339
 So the first

00:58:38.339 --> 00:58:39.000
 one is,

00:58:39.139 --> 00:58:39.759
 this is how

00:58:39.759 --> 00:58:40.179
 a person is

00:58:40.179 --> 00:58:40.579
 sanctified.

00:58:40.699 --> 00:58:40.940
 The first

00:58:40.940 --> 00:58:41.819
 one is be

00:58:41.819 --> 00:58:42.420
 redeemed.

00:58:43.099 --> 00:58:43.279
 Okay?

00:58:43.679 --> 00:58:44.159
 Sanctification

00:58:44.159 --> 00:58:45.239
 cannot happen

00:58:45.239 --> 00:58:46.239
 apart from the

00:58:46.239 --> 00:58:46.799
 Holy Spirit.

00:58:48.980 --> 00:58:49.420
 Okay?

00:58:49.420 --> 00:58:49.780
 It cannot

00:58:49.780 --> 00:58:50.300
 happen apart

00:58:50.300 --> 00:58:50.559
 from you

00:58:50.559 --> 00:58:51.240
 being saved

00:58:51.240 --> 00:58:51.720
 and being

00:58:51.720 --> 00:58:52.099
 given the

00:58:52.099 --> 00:58:52.619
 Holy Spirit.

00:58:52.740 --> 00:58:52.920
 If you

00:58:52.920 --> 00:58:53.139
 are not

00:58:53.139 --> 00:58:53.599
 redeemed,

00:58:53.840 --> 00:58:54.000
 if you

00:58:54.000 --> 00:58:54.220
 do not

00:58:54.220 --> 00:58:54.420
 know

00:58:54.420 --> 00:58:54.840
 Christ,

00:58:55.200 --> 00:58:55.639
 then you

00:58:55.639 --> 00:58:55.880
 need to

00:58:55.880 --> 00:58:56.280
 check out

00:58:56.280 --> 00:58:56.639
 right now

00:58:56.639 --> 00:58:58.539
 and search

00:58:58.539 --> 00:58:59.000
 your heart

00:58:59.000 --> 00:59:00.639
 and plead

00:59:00.639 --> 00:59:01.079
 to God

00:59:01.079 --> 00:59:01.780
 for salvation.

00:59:02.079 --> 00:59:02.159
 Okay?

00:59:03.380 --> 00:59:03.820
 Because you

00:59:03.820 --> 00:59:04.300
 can't go any

00:59:04.300 --> 00:59:04.639
 further.

00:59:06.000 --> 00:59:06.480
 Those who

00:59:06.480 --> 00:59:06.800
 are in the

00:59:06.800 --> 00:59:07.159
 flesh,

00:59:07.539 --> 00:59:07.980
 the scripture

00:59:07.980 --> 00:59:08.360
 says in

00:59:08.360 --> 00:59:08.820
 Romans 8,

00:59:08.940 --> 00:59:09.180
 cannot

00:59:09.180 --> 00:59:10.059
 please God.

00:59:12.579 --> 00:59:13.119
 It says,

00:59:13.240 --> 00:59:13.380
 however,

00:59:13.579 --> 00:59:13.900
 you are not

00:59:13.900 --> 00:59:14.380
 in the flesh

00:59:14.380 --> 00:59:14.760
 but in the

00:59:14.760 --> 00:59:14.980
 spirit.

00:59:15.059 --> 00:59:15.400
 If in need,

00:59:15.440 --> 00:59:15.700
 the spirit

00:59:15.700 --> 00:59:16.039
 of God

00:59:16.039 --> 00:59:16.599
 dwells in

00:59:16.599 --> 00:59:16.700
 you.

00:59:16.740 --> 00:59:16.940
 But if

00:59:16.940 --> 00:59:17.320
 anyone does

00:59:17.320 --> 00:59:17.760
 not have

00:59:17.760 --> 00:59:18.119
 the spirit

00:59:18.119 --> 00:59:18.659
 of Christ,

00:59:18.659 --> 00:59:20.179
 he does

00:59:20.179 --> 00:59:20.659
 not belong

00:59:20.659 --> 00:59:20.960
 to him.

00:59:22.399 --> 00:59:22.799
 Secondly,

00:59:23.079 --> 00:59:24.859
 be repenting.

00:59:26.440 --> 00:59:26.940
 Repent of

00:59:26.940 --> 00:59:27.259
 your sin

00:59:27.259 --> 00:59:27.519
 on the

00:59:27.519 --> 00:59:27.819
 regular,

00:59:28.019 --> 00:59:28.379
 not for

00:59:28.379 --> 00:59:28.699
 forgiveness

00:59:28.699 --> 00:59:29.139
 of sins.

00:59:29.239 --> 00:59:29.299
 Okay?

00:59:29.339 --> 00:59:29.539
 People,

00:59:29.879 --> 00:59:30.319
 Christians make

00:59:30.319 --> 00:59:30.759
 this mistake

00:59:30.759 --> 00:59:31.099
 a lot.

00:59:31.219 --> 00:59:31.339
 Okay?

00:59:31.339 --> 00:59:31.839
 They pray,

00:59:32.219 --> 00:59:32.399
 Father,

00:59:32.500 --> 00:59:32.940
 forgive me

00:59:32.940 --> 00:59:33.679
 for this

00:59:33.679 --> 00:59:33.879
 sin.

00:59:34.599 --> 00:59:35.000
 He already

00:59:35.000 --> 00:59:35.420
 has.

00:59:36.879 --> 00:59:37.399
 Why are you

00:59:37.399 --> 00:59:38.139
 asking for

00:59:38.139 --> 00:59:38.480
 something he's

00:59:38.480 --> 00:59:38.799
 already given

00:59:38.799 --> 00:59:38.980
 you?

00:59:40.659 --> 00:59:41.799
 He's already

00:59:41.799 --> 00:59:42.379
 forgiven you of

00:59:42.379 --> 00:59:42.839
 all your sins.

00:59:42.899 --> 00:59:43.159
 He's already

00:59:43.159 --> 00:59:43.719
 absolved you of

00:59:43.719 --> 00:59:44.339
 all your sins.

00:59:44.340 --> 00:59:44.420
 forgiveness.

00:59:45.260 --> 00:59:45.840
 So don't

00:59:45.840 --> 00:59:46.260
 pray for

00:59:46.260 --> 00:59:46.620
 forgiveness.

00:59:46.840 --> 00:59:47.460
 You pray

00:59:47.460 --> 00:59:50.360
 about sin

00:59:50.360 --> 00:59:52.000
 just simply

00:59:52.000 --> 00:59:52.800
 admitting to

00:59:52.800 --> 00:59:53.000
 it.

00:59:53.200 --> 00:59:53.660
 It's a

00:59:53.660 --> 00:59:54.559
 recognition of

00:59:54.559 --> 00:59:54.780
 your sin.

00:59:54.840 --> 00:59:55.019
 God,

00:59:55.100 --> 00:59:56.440
 I again

00:59:56.440 --> 00:59:57.600
 recognize today

00:59:57.600 --> 00:59:58.519
 that I am in

00:59:58.519 --> 00:59:59.019
 need of your

00:59:59.019 --> 00:59:59.559
 grace because

00:59:59.559 --> 01:00:00.240
 my sin is

01:00:00.240 --> 01:00:00.760
 great.

01:00:02.440 --> 01:00:03.160
 Thank you for

01:00:03.160 --> 01:00:03.600
 your forgiveness.

01:00:03.900 --> 01:00:04.440
 Praise him for

01:00:04.440 --> 01:00:04.640
 that.

01:00:05.800 --> 01:00:06.539
 So be

01:00:06.539 --> 01:00:07.240
 repenting.

01:00:08.860 --> 01:00:09.120
 Okay?

01:00:09.400 --> 01:00:09.880
 Repentance

01:00:09.880 --> 01:00:11.340
 glorifies God.

01:00:12.840 --> 01:00:13.880
 Joshua 7

01:00:13.880 --> 01:00:14.820
 19 proves

01:00:14.820 --> 01:00:15.140
 that.

01:00:17.180 --> 01:00:17.900
 So be

01:00:17.900 --> 01:00:18.380
 repenting of

01:00:18.380 --> 01:00:18.820
 your sin,

01:00:18.900 --> 01:00:19.700
 but also be

01:00:19.700 --> 01:00:20.820
 laying aside

01:00:20.820 --> 01:00:22.480
 your sin.

01:00:24.000 --> 01:00:24.280
 Okay?

01:00:24.420 --> 01:00:25.119
 Starve them

01:00:25.119 --> 01:00:25.680
 with all

01:00:25.680 --> 01:00:26.880
 your heart

01:00:26.880 --> 01:00:27.260
 and soul

01:00:27.260 --> 01:00:27.619
 and mind

01:00:27.619 --> 01:00:28.119
 and strength.

01:00:28.340 --> 01:00:28.840
 Starve your

01:00:28.840 --> 01:00:29.099
 lust.

01:00:29.200 --> 01:00:29.599
 I heard

01:00:29.599 --> 01:00:30.280
 John Owen

01:00:30.280 --> 01:00:30.800
 describe

01:00:30.800 --> 01:00:33.240
 the work

01:00:33.240 --> 01:00:33.700
 of killing

01:00:33.700 --> 01:00:34.160
 your lust

01:00:34.160 --> 01:00:37.680
 as a man

01:00:37.680 --> 01:00:38.300
 being crucified.

01:00:38.500 --> 01:00:38.559
 Right?

01:00:38.640 --> 01:00:39.119
 Imagine your

01:00:39.119 --> 01:00:39.420
 lust.

01:00:39.539 --> 01:00:39.760
 Imagine

01:00:39.760 --> 01:00:40.700
 your sin,

01:00:40.780 --> 01:00:41.320
 your old man

01:00:41.320 --> 01:00:41.720
 in a sense

01:00:41.720 --> 01:00:42.180
 that the Bible

01:00:42.180 --> 01:00:42.680
 talks about.

01:00:42.960 --> 01:00:43.460
 Imagine that

01:00:43.460 --> 01:00:44.420
 as a person

01:00:44.420 --> 01:00:45.540
 on the cross

01:00:45.540 --> 01:00:46.380
 being crucified.

01:00:46.680 --> 01:00:46.780
 Right?

01:00:47.160 --> 01:00:47.520
 And they're

01:00:47.520 --> 01:00:48.120
 initially,

01:00:48.300 --> 01:00:48.960
 when they're

01:00:48.960 --> 01:00:50.100
 initially killed,

01:00:50.200 --> 01:00:50.740
 they're initially

01:00:50.740 --> 01:00:51.640
 not killed,

01:00:51.700 --> 01:00:52.080
 but initially

01:00:52.080 --> 01:00:52.600
 crucified,

01:00:53.080 --> 01:00:53.780
 there's blood

01:00:53.780 --> 01:00:54.260
 spewing on

01:00:54.260 --> 01:00:54.920
 everywhere and

01:00:54.920 --> 01:00:55.760
 they're up there

01:00:55.760 --> 01:00:56.720
 gyrating all

01:00:56.720 --> 01:00:57.180
 over the place

01:00:57.180 --> 01:00:57.400
 and they're

01:00:57.400 --> 01:00:57.940
 probably screaming

01:00:57.940 --> 01:00:58.460
 out and yelling.

01:00:58.860 --> 01:00:59.460
 But as time

01:00:59.460 --> 01:01:00.460
 goes on and

01:01:00.460 --> 01:01:00.920
 that person

01:01:00.920 --> 01:01:01.740
 loses more and

01:01:01.740 --> 01:01:02.160
 more and more

01:01:02.160 --> 01:01:02.520
 and more and

01:01:02.520 --> 01:01:02.900
 more of their

01:01:02.900 --> 01:01:03.320
 blood,

01:01:04.460 --> 01:01:05.160
 they don't

01:01:05.160 --> 01:01:05.720
 really say

01:01:05.720 --> 01:01:06.280
 very much.

01:01:07.980 --> 01:01:08.260
 Right?

01:01:08.260 --> 01:01:09.920
 So you

01:01:09.920 --> 01:01:10.280
 keep your

01:01:10.280 --> 01:01:11.920
 sin starved,

01:01:12.080 --> 01:01:12.540
 you keep your

01:01:12.540 --> 01:01:13.320
 sin crucified

01:01:13.320 --> 01:01:14.480
 like that.

01:01:15.280 --> 01:01:15.640
 I know

01:01:15.640 --> 01:01:16.220
 initially it's

01:01:16.220 --> 01:01:16.440
 going to be

01:01:16.440 --> 01:01:16.620
 like,

01:01:16.680 --> 01:01:16.820
 man,

01:01:16.860 --> 01:01:17.100
 this thing

01:01:17.100 --> 01:01:17.340
 is just

01:01:17.340 --> 01:01:17.680
 coming at

01:01:17.680 --> 01:01:17.900
 me and

01:01:17.900 --> 01:01:18.220
 coming at

01:01:18.220 --> 01:01:18.400
 me and

01:01:18.400 --> 01:01:19.140
 yelling at

01:01:19.140 --> 01:01:19.540
 me and

01:01:19.540 --> 01:01:19.880
 my sin

01:01:19.880 --> 01:01:20.140
 is just

01:01:20.140 --> 01:01:20.520
 in my

01:01:20.520 --> 01:01:20.960
 face.

01:01:21.380 --> 01:01:21.700
 But then

01:01:21.700 --> 01:01:23.360
 over time,

01:01:23.360 --> 01:01:23.720
 as you

01:01:23.720 --> 01:01:24.240
 continue to

01:01:24.240 --> 01:01:24.780
 starve your

01:01:24.780 --> 01:01:26.000
 lusts,

01:01:26.000 --> 01:01:27.520
 it will

01:01:27.520 --> 01:01:28.040
 subside,

01:01:28.120 --> 01:01:28.320
 it will

01:01:28.320 --> 01:01:28.640
 die,

01:01:28.720 --> 01:01:28.860
 it will

01:01:28.860 --> 01:01:29.520
 lose strength,

01:01:29.600 --> 01:01:29.800
 it will

01:01:29.800 --> 01:01:30.340
 lose energy,

01:01:30.520 --> 01:01:30.780
 it will

01:01:30.780 --> 01:01:31.420
 grow weaker

01:01:31.420 --> 01:01:31.960
 and weaker

01:01:31.960 --> 01:01:32.460
 and weaker

01:01:32.460 --> 01:01:32.960
 and weaker.

01:01:32.960 --> 01:01:33.980
 Another good

01:01:33.980 --> 01:01:34.360
 illustration,

01:01:34.579 --> 01:01:35.559
 this is funny

01:01:35.559 --> 01:01:35.880
 I think,

01:01:36.500 --> 01:01:37.159
 if you guys

01:01:37.159 --> 01:01:39.059
 seen Monty Python

01:01:39.059 --> 01:01:39.440
 and the Holy

01:01:39.440 --> 01:01:39.720
 Grail,

01:01:41.019 --> 01:01:41.820
 hilarious movie,

01:01:41.880 --> 01:01:42.059
 right?

01:01:42.400 --> 01:01:42.740
 There's that

01:01:42.740 --> 01:01:43.159
 one scene

01:01:43.159 --> 01:01:43.599
 when he comes

01:01:43.599 --> 01:01:43.860
 up,

01:01:44.699 --> 01:01:45.599
 kind of

01:01:45.599 --> 01:01:46.059
 sacrilegious,

01:01:46.159 --> 01:01:46.340
 I know,

01:01:46.519 --> 01:01:47.380
 but there's

01:01:47.380 --> 01:01:47.760
 that one scene

01:01:47.760 --> 01:01:48.179
 where he comes

01:01:48.179 --> 01:01:48.440
 up,

01:01:48.760 --> 01:01:49.139
 he's at the

01:01:49.139 --> 01:01:49.480
 bridge and

01:01:49.480 --> 01:01:49.740
 there's that

01:01:49.740 --> 01:01:50.079
 black,

01:01:50.159 --> 01:01:50.559
 like dark

01:01:50.559 --> 01:01:50.800
 knight,

01:01:50.880 --> 01:01:51.059
 right?

01:01:51.740 --> 01:01:52.199
 He's like,

01:01:52.260 --> 01:01:52.460
 you know,

01:01:52.519 --> 01:01:52.740
 he's like,

01:01:52.780 --> 01:01:53.220
 I gotta pass

01:01:53.220 --> 01:01:53.480
 this way,

01:01:53.519 --> 01:01:53.720
 and he's like,

01:01:53.780 --> 01:01:54.179
 none shall

01:01:54.179 --> 01:01:54.539
 pass,

01:01:54.579 --> 01:01:54.780
 and they get

01:01:54.780 --> 01:01:55.019
 into this

01:01:55.019 --> 01:01:55.599
 sword fight,

01:01:56.019 --> 01:01:56.500
 and he cuts

01:01:56.500 --> 01:01:56.800
 off his

01:01:56.800 --> 01:01:57.119
 right arm

01:01:57.119 --> 01:01:57.800
 and like,

01:01:58.139 --> 01:01:59.179
 fate blood is

01:01:59.179 --> 01:01:59.599
 skewed out of

01:01:59.599 --> 01:01:59.860
 his arm,

01:02:02.960 --> 01:02:03.340
 at first,

01:02:03.400 --> 01:02:03.699
 and he's like,

01:02:03.760 --> 01:02:03.900
 alright,

01:02:04.000 --> 01:02:04.139
 you know,

01:02:04.159 --> 01:02:04.539
 you're defeated,

01:02:04.639 --> 01:02:05.099
 and he says,

01:02:05.579 --> 01:02:05.860
 he's like,

01:02:05.920 --> 01:02:06.480
 no I'm not,

01:02:06.559 --> 01:02:06.800
 but you know,

01:02:06.860 --> 01:02:08.039
 where's my

01:02:08.039 --> 01:02:08.320
 sword,

01:02:08.400 --> 01:02:08.659
 and he picks

01:02:08.659 --> 01:02:09.340
 it up and

01:02:09.340 --> 01:02:09.720
 starts fighting

01:02:09.720 --> 01:02:10.139
 with his left

01:02:10.139 --> 01:02:10.320
 hand,

01:02:10.360 --> 01:02:10.900
 he's all clumsy,

01:02:11.300 --> 01:02:11.900
 cuts off the

01:02:11.900 --> 01:02:12.320
 left arm,

01:02:12.440 --> 01:02:12.960
 cuts off the

01:02:12.960 --> 01:02:13.599
 left leg,

01:02:13.679 --> 01:02:14.220
 right leg,

01:02:14.639 --> 01:02:15.380
 and at last,

01:02:15.440 --> 01:02:15.780
 he's like,

01:02:15.820 --> 01:02:16.460
 just hobbling

01:02:16.460 --> 01:02:16.920
 around like

01:02:16.920 --> 01:02:17.159
 this,

01:02:17.240 --> 01:02:17.340
 you know,

01:02:17.360 --> 01:02:17.679
 he has no

01:02:17.679 --> 01:02:17.860
 arms,

01:02:17.920 --> 01:02:18.280
 no legs,

01:02:18.460 --> 01:02:18.820
 just this

01:02:18.820 --> 01:02:19.360
 torso and

01:02:19.360 --> 01:02:19.679
 a head,

01:02:20.659 --> 01:02:22.539
 and the

01:02:22.539 --> 01:02:23.599
 guy's like,

01:02:24.679 --> 01:02:25.280
 there's nothing

01:02:25.280 --> 01:02:26.619
 left for you

01:02:26.619 --> 01:02:27.240
 to fight with,

01:02:27.720 --> 01:02:28.139
 and he's like,

01:02:28.199 --> 01:02:28.300
 you know,

01:02:28.340 --> 01:02:28.599
 come here,

01:02:28.619 --> 01:02:28.800
 I'm gonna

01:02:28.800 --> 01:02:29.240
 bite you,

01:02:29.320 --> 01:02:29.480
 whatever,

01:02:29.580 --> 01:02:30.240
 it's hilarious,

01:02:30.900 --> 01:02:31.120
 like,

01:02:31.160 --> 01:02:31.580
 that's kind of

01:02:31.580 --> 01:02:32.380
 the same idea

01:02:32.380 --> 01:02:33.200
 as killing

01:02:33.200 --> 01:02:33.700
 your sin,

01:02:35.560 --> 01:02:35.880
 you know,

01:02:35.960 --> 01:02:36.100
 like,

01:02:36.120 --> 01:02:36.300
 I mean,

01:02:36.340 --> 01:02:37.120
 if you continue

01:02:37.120 --> 01:02:37.880
 to just fight

01:02:37.880 --> 01:02:38.019
 it,

01:02:38.140 --> 01:02:38.600
 and stab

01:02:38.600 --> 01:02:38.780
 it,

01:02:38.840 --> 01:02:39.280
 and wound

01:02:39.280 --> 01:02:39.500
 it,

01:02:39.740 --> 01:02:40.019
 and you

01:02:40.019 --> 01:02:40.400
 don't give

01:02:40.400 --> 01:02:40.740
 it any,

01:02:40.800 --> 01:02:42.080
 you don't give

01:02:42.080 --> 01:02:42.800
 it any leeway

01:02:42.800 --> 01:02:43.120
 with you,

01:02:43.160 --> 01:02:43.400
 you don't give

01:02:43.400 --> 01:02:43.940
 it any ground

01:02:43.940 --> 01:02:44.440
 with you,

01:02:44.740 --> 01:02:45.140
 eventually,

01:02:45.300 --> 01:02:45.940
 your lust

01:02:45.940 --> 01:02:46.420
 is gonna be

01:02:46.420 --> 01:02:46.960
 like this

01:02:46.960 --> 01:02:49.220
 torso and

01:02:49.220 --> 01:02:49.500
 head,

01:02:50.039 --> 01:02:50.300
 I mean,

01:02:50.360 --> 01:02:50.740
 it's still

01:02:50.740 --> 01:02:51.240
 alive,

01:02:51.440 --> 01:02:51.580
 like,

01:02:51.660 --> 01:02:51.820
 I mean,

01:02:51.860 --> 01:02:52.100
 you're not,

01:02:52.220 --> 01:02:52.400
 I mean,

01:02:52.460 --> 01:02:52.620
 yeah,

01:02:52.680 --> 01:02:52.980
 it's still

01:02:52.980 --> 01:02:53.560
 like a lust

01:02:53.560 --> 01:02:53.960
 in your life,

01:02:54.019 --> 01:02:54.260
 it's still

01:02:54.260 --> 01:02:55.180
 like a thing

01:02:55.179 --> 01:02:55.759
 to be,

01:02:55.879 --> 01:02:56.059
 I guess,

01:02:56.099 --> 01:02:56.739
 aware of,

01:02:56.940 --> 01:02:57.440
 but it has

01:02:57.440 --> 01:02:58.039
 no power,

01:02:59.039 --> 01:02:59.440
 you know,

01:02:59.460 --> 01:02:59.919
 just kick it

01:02:59.919 --> 01:03:00.219
 over and

01:03:00.219 --> 01:03:00.719
 walk by,

01:03:02.679 --> 01:03:02.960
 all right,

01:03:02.960 --> 01:03:03.299
 that's the

01:03:03.299 --> 01:03:03.679
 idea,

01:03:03.839 --> 01:03:04.019
 I mean,

01:03:04.059 --> 01:03:04.179
 like,

01:03:04.219 --> 01:03:04.559
 that's what

01:03:04.559 --> 01:03:05.099
 sanctification

01:03:05.099 --> 01:03:05.799
 does,

01:03:05.859 --> 01:03:06.079
 when you

01:03:06.079 --> 01:03:07.019
 employ the

01:03:07.019 --> 01:03:07.579
 Holy Spirit

01:03:07.579 --> 01:03:07.879
 and you

01:03:07.879 --> 01:03:09.460
 employ the

01:03:09.460 --> 01:03:10.039
 work of

01:03:10.039 --> 01:03:10.899
 that Spirit

01:03:10.899 --> 01:03:11.639
 by faith,

01:03:11.719 --> 01:03:12.099
 you will

01:03:12.099 --> 01:03:12.639
 see your

01:03:12.639 --> 01:03:13.899
 lusts,

01:03:13.899 --> 01:03:14.379
 as John

01:03:14.379 --> 01:03:14.899
 Owen is

01:03:14.899 --> 01:03:15.460
 about to

01:03:15.460 --> 01:03:15.699
 say,

01:03:15.819 --> 01:03:16.139
 dead at

01:03:16.139 --> 01:03:16.599
 your feet,

01:03:19.679 --> 01:03:20.379
 just kick

01:03:20.379 --> 01:03:20.639
 it over,

01:03:22.639 --> 01:03:23.399
 thirdly,

01:03:23.400 --> 01:03:25.460
 be remembering

01:03:25.460 --> 01:03:25.940
 God's

01:03:25.940 --> 01:03:26.220
 word,

01:03:27.139 --> 01:03:27.960
 be remembering

01:03:27.960 --> 01:03:28.980
 God's

01:03:28.980 --> 01:03:29.300
 word,

01:03:29.519 --> 01:03:30.440
 memorize the

01:03:30.440 --> 01:03:30.960
 heck out of

01:03:30.960 --> 01:03:31.220
 scripture,

01:03:31.480 --> 01:03:31.680
 okay,

01:03:32.200 --> 01:03:32.599
 let the

01:03:32.599 --> 01:03:32.940
 word of

01:03:32.940 --> 01:03:34.200
 Christ richly

01:03:34.200 --> 01:03:35.000
 dwell within

01:03:35.000 --> 01:03:35.300
 you,

01:03:35.440 --> 01:03:35.920
 Colossians

01:03:35.920 --> 01:03:36.740
 316,

01:03:37.099 --> 01:03:38.000
 Psalm 119,

01:03:38.059 --> 01:03:38.320
 11,

01:03:38.639 --> 01:03:38.880
 says,

01:03:39.000 --> 01:03:39.300
 I have

01:03:39.300 --> 01:03:39.920
 hidden your

01:03:39.920 --> 01:03:40.180
 word in

01:03:40.180 --> 01:03:40.680
 my heart,

01:03:41.260 --> 01:03:41.579
 that I

01:03:41.579 --> 01:03:42.000
 might not

01:03:42.000 --> 01:03:42.460
 sin against

01:03:42.460 --> 01:03:42.740
 you,

01:03:44.220 --> 01:03:45.000
 Psalm 119,

01:03:45.119 --> 01:03:45.320
 11,

01:03:46.400 --> 01:03:49.059
 I'm telling

01:03:49.059 --> 01:03:49.280
 you,

01:03:49.360 --> 01:03:49.840
 I'm telling

01:03:49.840 --> 01:03:50.079
 you,

01:03:50.139 --> 01:03:50.300
 okay,

01:03:50.360 --> 01:03:50.619
 you've heard

01:03:50.619 --> 01:03:51.019
 it before,

01:03:51.300 --> 01:03:51.619
 you didn't

01:03:51.619 --> 01:03:51.980
 believe it

01:03:51.980 --> 01:03:52.160
 then,

01:03:52.240 --> 01:03:52.539
 believe it

01:03:52.539 --> 01:03:52.780
 now,

01:03:52.780 --> 01:03:53.500
 the word

01:03:53.500 --> 01:03:54.040
 of God

01:03:54.040 --> 01:03:54.440
 is the

01:03:54.440 --> 01:03:55.100
 key to

01:03:55.100 --> 01:03:55.740
 everything,

01:03:56.940 --> 01:03:58.780
 you learn

01:03:58.780 --> 01:03:59.080
 the word

01:03:59.080 --> 01:03:59.540
 of God,

01:03:59.700 --> 01:04:00.040
 you put

01:04:00.040 --> 01:04:00.420
 this stuff

01:04:00.420 --> 01:04:00.660
 in your

01:04:00.660 --> 01:04:01.000
 mind,

01:04:01.220 --> 01:04:01.380
 you're

01:04:01.380 --> 01:04:01.540
 going to

01:04:01.540 --> 01:04:02.540
 find the

01:04:02.540 --> 01:04:02.940
 sin that

01:04:02.940 --> 01:04:03.180
 you want

01:04:03.180 --> 01:04:03.440
 to struggle

01:04:03.440 --> 01:04:03.760
 with,

01:04:03.980 --> 01:04:04.500
 not that

01:04:04.500 --> 01:04:04.880
 bad,

01:04:05.880 --> 01:04:08.620
 you wave

01:04:08.620 --> 01:04:09.080
 by it as

01:04:09.080 --> 01:04:09.519
 you continue

01:04:09.519 --> 01:04:09.800
 down the

01:04:09.800 --> 01:04:10.380
 narrow road,

01:04:12.420 --> 01:04:13.220
 you kick

01:04:13.220 --> 01:04:13.440
 it under

01:04:13.440 --> 01:04:13.960
 your feet,

01:04:17.040 --> 01:04:17.480
 God

01:04:17.480 --> 01:04:18.640
 says in

01:04:18.640 --> 01:04:18.980
 1 John

01:04:18.980 --> 01:04:19.220
 4,

01:04:19.300 --> 01:04:19.460
 4,

01:04:19.560 --> 01:04:19.740
 what?

01:04:21.640 --> 01:04:22.060
 Does

01:04:22.060 --> 01:04:22.460
 anybody know

01:04:22.460 --> 01:04:22.680
 that?

01:04:22.780 --> 01:04:24.720
 greater

01:04:24.720 --> 01:04:25.040
 is he

01:04:25.040 --> 01:04:25.220
 who's

01:04:25.220 --> 01:04:25.580
 in you

01:04:25.580 --> 01:04:26.700
 than

01:04:26.700 --> 01:04:26.820
 he

01:04:26.820 --> 01:04:27.040
 who's

01:04:27.040 --> 01:04:27.140
 in

01:04:27.140 --> 01:04:27.240
 the

01:04:27.240 --> 01:04:27.480
 world.

01:04:29.480 --> 01:04:29.840
 Greater

01:04:29.840 --> 01:04:30.160
 is he

01:04:30.160 --> 01:04:30.420
 who's

01:04:30.420 --> 01:04:30.900
 in you,

01:04:31.019 --> 01:04:31.320
 Christian,

01:04:31.680 --> 01:04:31.900
 than

01:04:31.900 --> 01:04:32.140
 he

01:04:32.140 --> 01:04:32.340
 who's

01:04:32.340 --> 01:04:32.580
 in the

01:04:32.580 --> 01:04:32.840
 world.

01:04:33.320 --> 01:04:33.680
 I

01:04:33.680 --> 01:04:34.160
 can't

01:04:34.160 --> 01:04:35.019
 get over

01:04:35.019 --> 01:04:35.460
 this

01:04:35.460 --> 01:04:35.780
 sin,

01:04:35.860 --> 01:04:35.940
 it's

01:04:35.940 --> 01:04:36.160
 in my

01:04:36.160 --> 01:04:36.420
 life,

01:04:36.460 --> 01:04:36.560
 it's

01:04:36.560 --> 01:04:36.720
 so

01:04:36.720 --> 01:04:37.280
 strong.

01:04:38.380 --> 01:04:38.720
 No,

01:04:39.820 --> 01:04:40.220
 greater

01:04:40.220 --> 01:04:40.460
 is he

01:04:40.460 --> 01:04:40.600
 who's

01:04:40.600 --> 01:04:40.840
 in you

01:04:40.840 --> 01:04:40.940
 than

01:04:40.940 --> 01:04:41.040
 he

01:04:41.040 --> 01:04:41.120
 who's

01:04:41.120 --> 01:04:41.180
 in

01:04:41.180 --> 01:04:41.300
 the

01:04:41.300 --> 01:04:41.519
 world.

01:04:44.220 --> 01:04:44.620
 The

01:04:44.620 --> 01:04:44.760
 Holy

01:04:44.760 --> 01:04:44.980
 Spirit

01:04:44.980 --> 01:04:45.200
 within

01:04:45.200 --> 01:04:45.519
 you

01:04:45.519 --> 01:04:45.720
 is

01:04:45.720 --> 01:04:46.040
 greater

01:04:46.040 --> 01:04:46.260
 than

01:04:46.260 --> 01:04:46.460
 that

01:04:46.460 --> 01:04:46.720
 sin.

01:04:46.719 --> 01:04:47.959
 And

01:04:47.959 --> 01:04:48.179
 when you

01:04:48.179 --> 01:04:48.480
 believe

01:04:48.480 --> 01:04:48.839
 that,

01:04:50.279 --> 01:04:50.699
 you

01:04:50.699 --> 01:04:50.879
 will

01:04:50.879 --> 01:04:51.279
 see it

01:04:51.279 --> 01:04:51.980
 come about.

01:04:54.139 --> 01:04:54.619
 Fourthly,

01:04:54.980 --> 01:04:55.379
 three more

01:04:55.379 --> 01:04:55.719
 real quick,

01:04:55.959 --> 01:04:56.459
 be relentless,

01:04:57.099 --> 01:04:58.379
 be relentless,

01:04:58.919 --> 01:05:01.359
 be relentless in your pursuit of God's glory.

01:05:01.500 --> 01:05:02.139
 Psalm 86,

01:05:02.599 --> 01:05:03.259
 11 and 12

01:05:03.259 --> 01:05:03.819
 says this,

01:05:04.179 --> 01:05:05.219
 teach me your way,

01:05:05.319 --> 01:05:05.719
 O Lord,

01:05:05.799 --> 01:05:07.159
 I will walk in your truth.

01:05:07.879 --> 01:05:08.439
 There it is again.

01:05:09.279 --> 01:05:09.719
 Truth,

01:05:09.839 --> 01:05:11.559
 I will walk in your truth,

01:05:11.779 --> 01:05:12.379
 your word.

01:05:13.380 --> 01:05:15.119
 Unite my heart to fear your name,

01:05:15.200 --> 01:05:15.480
 he says,

01:05:15.539 --> 01:05:16.740
 I will give thanks to you,

01:05:16.800 --> 01:05:17.160
 O Lord,

01:05:17.220 --> 01:05:17.680
 my God,

01:05:17.860 --> 01:05:19.039
 with all my heart,

01:05:20.140 --> 01:05:21.920
 and will glorify your name forever.

01:05:23.519 --> 01:05:24.119
 The psalmist

01:05:24.119 --> 01:05:25.240
 was resilient.

01:05:26.119 --> 01:05:28.200
 He was relentless in his pursuit of God's glory.

01:05:30.019 --> 01:05:31.640
 Every temptation that you face

01:05:31.640 --> 01:05:32.440
 is

01:05:32.440 --> 01:05:33.519
 surmountable,

01:05:34.280 --> 01:05:34.920
 is

01:05:34.920 --> 01:05:35.660
 defeatable.

01:05:37.000 --> 01:05:38.660
 No temptation has ever taken you,

01:05:38.800 --> 01:05:40.360
 but such as is common to man.

01:05:40.400 --> 01:05:41.160
 And God is faithful

01:05:41.159 --> 01:05:42.899
 and will not allow you to be tempted

01:05:42.899 --> 01:05:44.659
 beyond what you can bear.

01:05:46.500 --> 01:05:47.219
 It's a promise.

01:05:48.019 --> 01:05:48.359
 But,

01:05:48.440 --> 01:05:49.099
 with every temptation,

01:05:50.599 --> 01:05:51.799
 He will provide a way of escape

01:05:51.799 --> 01:05:53.440
 that you might be able to endure.

01:05:55.059 --> 01:05:56.339
 1 Corinthians 10, 13.

01:05:58.420 --> 01:05:59.319
 That's a promise.

01:06:02.920 --> 01:06:03.839
 Spurgeon said this,

01:06:04.019 --> 01:06:04.099
 or

01:06:04.099 --> 01:06:05.480
 John Owen said this,

01:06:05.579 --> 01:06:07.659
 Set faith at work on Christ

01:06:07.659 --> 01:06:09.059
 for the killing of your sin.

01:06:09.059 --> 01:06:11.980
 His blood is the great sovereign remedy

01:06:11.980 --> 01:06:13.239
 for sin-sick souls.

01:06:13.840 --> 01:06:14.460
 Live in this,

01:06:14.579 --> 01:06:15.900
 and you will die a conqueror.

01:06:16.279 --> 01:06:16.579
 Yes,

01:06:16.880 --> 01:06:17.519
 you will,

01:06:17.799 --> 01:06:19.179
 through the good providence of God,

01:06:19.460 --> 01:06:21.299
 live to see your lusts

01:06:21.299 --> 01:06:22.480
 dead at your feet.

01:06:25.900 --> 01:06:27.119
 This is signification.

01:06:27.699 --> 01:06:28.159
 Fifthly,

01:06:28.940 --> 01:06:29.279
 whoa,

01:06:29.599 --> 01:06:30.059
 wait a second,

01:06:30.559 --> 01:06:31.699
 Matthew 26, 41.

01:06:31.699 --> 01:06:34.139
 I've got to interject this.

01:06:34.239 --> 01:06:36.139
 Matthew 26, 41 says,

01:06:36.859 --> 01:06:39.099
 keep watching and praying.

01:06:39.559 --> 01:06:39.859
 Really,

01:06:40.019 --> 01:06:42.039
 keep watching and keep praying continually.

01:06:45.439 --> 01:06:47.980
 There is a vigilance,

01:06:49.419 --> 01:06:50.679
 a steadfastness,

01:06:51.259 --> 01:06:53.379
 in this sanctification.

01:06:53.380 --> 01:06:57.440
 Matthew 7, 14

01:06:57.440 --> 01:07:00.220
 says to enter by the narrow gate,

01:07:00.599 --> 01:07:00.820
 right?

01:07:01.099 --> 01:07:03.380
 It says that the way is hard,

01:07:03.559 --> 01:07:04.579
 and it's narrow,

01:07:04.700 --> 01:07:05.660
 that leads to eternal life,

01:07:05.720 --> 01:07:06.880
 and few there be that find it.

01:07:08.800 --> 01:07:09.840
 That word hard,

01:07:10.019 --> 01:07:10.360
 okay,

01:07:10.640 --> 01:07:11.440
 means troubling,

01:07:11.579 --> 01:07:12.599
 it means distressful.

01:07:14.360 --> 01:07:15.340
 So I say this,

01:07:15.420 --> 01:07:16.140
 only those

01:07:16.140 --> 01:07:18.800
 with the aid of the Holy Spirit

01:07:18.800 --> 01:07:19.599
 can make it.

01:07:19.599 --> 01:07:20.799
 Only those

01:07:20.799 --> 01:07:23.279
 who have seen Christ by faith

01:07:23.279 --> 01:07:24.099
 will endure.

01:07:27.179 --> 01:07:28.360
 This relentlessness

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 that we're talking about right here

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 is going to be

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 what leads to your assurance.

01:07:34.139 --> 01:07:35.659
 If you find yourself

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 losing all confidence in you

01:07:38.659 --> 01:07:40.199
 and putting all confidence in Christ,

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 you will find yourself victorious.

01:07:43.139 --> 01:07:44.799
 You will find yourself relentless.

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 And you will find yourself

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 enduring to the end

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 and being saved triumphantly.

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 And being confident when you die.

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 And being confident as you live

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 in God.

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 Fifthly,

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 be rejoicing.

01:08:06.100 --> 01:08:07.760
 Be rejoicing.

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 Paul beckons us

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 in Philippians 4, 4.

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 Rejoice in the Lord always.

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 Again, I say rejoice.

01:08:16.020 --> 01:08:16.680
 The Christian

01:08:16.680 --> 01:08:18.659
 can always

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 rejoice.

01:08:21.640 --> 01:08:22.480
 You say,

01:08:22.520 --> 01:08:23.279
 that's impossible.

01:08:24.060 --> 01:08:25.239
 Life sucks sometimes.

01:08:26.560 --> 01:08:27.460
 The Christian

01:08:27.460 --> 01:08:28.880
 can always

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 rejoice.

01:08:29.680 --> 01:08:30.020
 Why?

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 Because Christ

01:08:31.359 --> 01:08:32.159
 is always

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 His Savior.

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 That trumps

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 every trial.

01:08:40.859 --> 01:08:42.119
 There is never a moment

01:08:42.119 --> 01:08:42.699
 to despair.

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 Is your soul

01:08:43.859 --> 01:08:44.859
 sick with sin?

01:08:45.239 --> 01:08:46.279
 Rejoice in the same

01:08:46.279 --> 01:08:46.659
 Savior

01:08:46.659 --> 01:08:47.980
 as the chief of sinners.

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 Are you downtrodden?

01:08:50.859 --> 01:08:51.600
 Are you heavy hearted?

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 Rejoice.

01:08:52.420 --> 01:08:52.880
 Our Savior

01:08:52.880 --> 01:08:53.760
 was Himself

01:08:53.760 --> 01:08:54.579
 well acquainted

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 with grief

01:08:55.220 --> 01:08:56.659
 and with many sorrows

01:08:56.659 --> 01:08:57.939
 and yet He overcame

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 all of them

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 for you.

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 In the words of Nehemiah

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 chapter 8

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 verse 10

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 The joy

01:09:07.100 --> 01:09:07.939
 of the Lord

01:09:07.939 --> 01:09:09.199
 is your strength.

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 The joy of the Lord

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 is your strength.

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 It's a beautiful

01:09:16.239 --> 01:09:17.039
 Old Testament verse.

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 It's hidden back there

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 in Nehemiah.

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 Lastly,

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 this is for fun,

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 be reminding

01:09:23.179 --> 01:09:25.059
 be reminding

01:09:25.059 --> 01:09:26.899
 be reminding

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 Satan

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 as often as you like

01:09:28.979 --> 01:09:30.960
 that he is an already

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 defeated foe.

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 Say with Paul,

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 if God is for us,

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 who can be against us?

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 What can mere man

01:09:41.620 --> 01:09:42.140
 do to me?

01:09:43.600 --> 01:09:44.440
 It's kind of this arrogance

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 but he says,

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 hey,

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 if you're going to boast,

01:09:45.980 --> 01:09:46.560
 boast in Christ.

01:09:46.900 --> 01:09:47.700
 So I'm kind of arrogant

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 right now.

01:09:49.440 --> 01:09:50.020
 And I'm not going to

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 repent of that.

01:09:52.720 --> 01:09:54.160
 You feel that confidence

01:09:54.160 --> 01:09:55.320
 welling up within you?

01:09:56.940 --> 01:09:57.720
 That is merely

01:09:57.720 --> 01:09:58.180
 the Spirit

01:09:58.180 --> 01:09:59.280
 energizing your soul

01:09:59.280 --> 01:10:00.820
 for the slaughtering

01:10:00.820 --> 01:10:01.260
 of Satan

01:10:01.260 --> 01:10:03.180
 and of your lusts

01:10:03.180 --> 01:10:04.520
 and readying your heart

01:10:04.520 --> 01:10:05.500
 for praise

01:10:05.500 --> 01:10:07.340
 of our conquering Christ.

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 I'm going to end

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 with a quote

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 and then we're done.

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 I'll wait in ten minutes.

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 Sorry.

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 Remember,

01:10:13.780 --> 01:10:15.340
 you are God's sword.

01:10:16.840 --> 01:10:17.680
 His instrument.

01:10:18.300 --> 01:10:20.040
 I trust a chosen vessel

01:10:20.040 --> 01:10:20.840
 unto Him

01:10:20.840 --> 01:10:22.460
 to bear His name.

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 In greatest measure,

01:10:25.060 --> 01:10:25.880
 according to the purity

01:10:25.880 --> 01:10:26.660
 and the perfection

01:10:26.660 --> 01:10:27.460
 of the instrument.

01:10:27.660 --> 01:10:28.280
 Hear that again.

01:10:28.600 --> 01:10:29.500
 In greatest measure,

01:10:29.800 --> 01:10:30.640
 according to the purity

01:10:30.640 --> 01:10:31.240
 and the perfection

01:10:31.240 --> 01:10:31.900
 of the instrument

01:10:31.900 --> 01:10:33.940
 will be the success.

01:10:34.940 --> 01:10:36.860
 It is not great talents.

01:10:36.859 --> 01:10:38.920
 God blesses so much

01:10:38.920 --> 01:10:40.460
 as likeness to Jesus.

01:10:43.259 --> 01:10:45.059
 You need to cling to that.

01:10:45.139 --> 01:10:47.099
 It is not great talents

01:10:47.099 --> 01:10:49.479
 that God blesses so much

01:10:49.479 --> 01:10:51.579
 as likeness to Jesus.

01:10:51.579 --> 01:10:55.039
 A holy man

01:10:55.039 --> 01:10:56.500
 is an awful weapon

01:10:56.500 --> 01:10:58.220
 in the hand of God.

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 In Philippians 1.6

01:11:01.500 --> 01:11:03.479
 it says,

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 He that began

01:11:04.180 --> 01:11:05.420
 a good work in you

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 will perfect them

01:11:07.239 --> 01:11:08.420
 until the day of Christ Jesus.

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 So if you're a Christian,

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 what I'm talking about,

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 although it seems lofty

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 and crazy,

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 is a sure thing.

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 He's a dream.

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 He's a dream.

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 He's a dream.

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 He's a dream.

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 Thank you.