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 I'm really fortunate, as I've said before, to have some depth of preaching here at Christ Family Church.

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 It was so nice to take a little break as Sam and I had Judah to get to focus a little bit of energy on that,

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 but also to get to hear some great gifted men come to us and speak about the Spirit of God.

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 We're bringing that to a close.

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 We're starting to get to the end of that subject matter, although we're not there quite yet.

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 Let's read together verse 12 and verse 13 of chapter 8.

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 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to the flesh.

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 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die.

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 But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

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 And so we see Paul draw a conclusion in verse 12 that we are no longer indebted to live by the flesh.

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 He's made that argument to us leading up to this point.

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 Chapter 8, verse 10 and 11.

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 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

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 If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,

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 He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

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 Previously, in chapter 6, verse 17 and 18, he wrote,

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 But thanks be to God that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed,

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 and having been set free from sin have become slaves of righteousness.

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 So the conclusion that he's bringing us to after he's said all this is that the bondage of sin has been ended.

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 We're no longer debtors to the flesh to live according to the flesh.

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 And the implication, then, is that we're debtors to righteousness, to the Spirit.

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 As he says in verse 18 of chapter 6, we have become slaves of righteousness.

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 In verse 13, he expands upon that idea a bit.

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 And I want to give to you this morning five observations from verse 13.

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 We see that a duty is given to a specific person for a certain promise to be fulfilled by certain means,

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 if it is fulfilled at all.

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 But I think it's best for us to look at those things, those things we can see in the text,

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 in the order given to us in the inspired text.

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 And so that's what we'll do this morning.

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 So number one, we see the conditions of the duty, the promise, and the means.

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 You see the little phrase halfway through verse 13,

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 But if.

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 But if.

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 This phrase can denote one of two things to us.

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 One, the uncertainty of the thing promised.

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 The thing promised in this case being that you will live.

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 It could denote that.

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 But how could that possibly be the case?

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 We've seen in verse 1 of chapter 8,

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 there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ.

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 The second thing that it could denote, and it does,

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 is the certainty of the thing promised.

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 As we would say to a sick man,

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 if you take this medicine, it will make you well.

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 Certainly we don't mean it might make you well.

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 I think possibly this medicine will make you well.

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 But rather we intend to express with certainty the connection between taking the medication and the health,

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 the means and the end.

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 Now God determines the end.

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 For those who are found in Christ Jesus,

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 we will finish this race.

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 We will be sons and daughters of righteousness.

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 But that doesn't negate the means by which that happens.

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 Our perfection is obtained by means.

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 There are many gifted athletes in the world,

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 and we use that term fairly regularly with athletes,

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 that they're gifted.

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 They have some ability that others may not have.

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 I've never really been a gifted athlete.

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 The few activities that I've had any success in at all,

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 I had to work really hard at being even mediocre at.

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 But there are athletes that are gifted.

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 Take sprinters, for example.

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 Those men are amazing at how fast they can run.

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 Did you know that all sprinters have a particular type of foot?

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 Their gait is what you would call a supinating foot.

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 And simply all it means is that their foot acts more like a springboard

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 than the typical human beings does.

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 That was given to them as a gift.

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 But they have to employ it, don't they?

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 They have to work at that.

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 You know what?

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 My feet supinate.

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 I'm not all that fast.

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 I think I could be.

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 But I would certainly have to work at that.

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 I would have to work out and have those ginormo quads,

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 you know, to be a sprinter.

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 It takes effort on our part,

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 even though it was given to us as a gift.

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 And certainly, as we look at this little phrase,

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 but if, no one has ever won a race,

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 ever that they didn't compete in.

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 If you're going to win the race,

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 you must compete in the race.

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 And we can take rest and have joy in the fact

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 that the race,

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 the end of the race,

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 has been determined already.

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 We know we win.

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 We just must run.

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 Get there.

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 So the conditions of the duty,

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 the promise,

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 and the means.

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 Number two.

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 We see the duty is given

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 to a specific person.

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 And that person is

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 you.

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 You to whom there is therefore now no condemnation.

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 In verse 1, chapter 8.

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 You who are not in the flesh,

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 but in the spirit.

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 Verse 9, chapter 8.

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 You who have been given life

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 by the spirit of Christ.

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 In verses 10 and 11.

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 Those of you who have placed your faith in Christ.

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 This is who Paul is talking to.

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 All of us,

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 I hope and pray,

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 is who he's talking to.

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 If you is not you in this case,

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 if you are not found in Christ,

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 don't have the spirit of God dwelling within you,

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 get that right this morning.

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 Turn from your sin.

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 Turn to God.

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 Repent and believe

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 that he is the only way to life.

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 But if you have placed your faith in God,

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 this is who he is talking to.

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 I read a bit this past couple of weeks.

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 There is a wonderful book

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 that I would suggest to you

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 by John Owen called

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 Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers.

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 I really appreciate old books

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 because the title is always so descriptive

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 as to what he's talking about.

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 They don't give some kind of cryptic title.

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 Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers.

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 And from this,

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 he took his thesis statement

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 for the entire book.

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 He said,

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 The choicest believers

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 who are assuredly freed

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 from the condemning power of sin

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 ought yet to make it their business

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 all their days

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 to mortify or put to death

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 the indwelling power of sin.

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 So, sinners who are assuredly free

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 have definitely been freed

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 from the power of sin

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 ought yet to make it,

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 even though they should make it

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 their very business

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 to put to death

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 the sin in their life.

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 So, he is talking to you.

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 Number three.

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 The means by which

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 the duty is fulfilled.

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 So, how is it

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 that we fulfill this duty

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 which we have not yet talked about at length?

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 But how is it

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 that we do this?

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 And that is

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 by the Spirit.

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 That is by the Spirit.

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 The very Spirit of God

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 that dwells within us.

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 We have no capability

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 of our own

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 to do this task.

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 To kill the sin in us

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 is impossible on our own

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 because we are sin.

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 Our flesh thrives

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 off that.

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 It is our nature.

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 We inherit it

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 from Adam

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 at the fall.

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 We were born

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 in sin.

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 And therefore,

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 we cannot accomplish

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 this task

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 apart from the indwelling work

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 of the Spirit of God.

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 John Owen said

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 in the same book,

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 Mortification

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 from a self-strength

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 carried on by ways

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 of self-invention

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 unto the end

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 of a self-righteousness

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 is the soul

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 and substance

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 of all false religion

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 in the world.

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 And I fear

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 that we often

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 find ourselves

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 in that place.

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 I know I do.

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 I forget

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 how desperately

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 I need

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 the power of God

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 to work in me

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 to put to death

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 the sin in my life.

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 And I trick myself.

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 I become disillusioned

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 to think

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 that somehow

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 I can do it

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 on my own.

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 I believe

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 that's the shared

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 Christian experience.

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 I think we all

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 go through that.

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 And we all

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 fail

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 miserably

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 time

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 and time

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 again.

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 And you know why?

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 Because we try

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 to do it

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 and we can't.

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 For the Spirit

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 of God

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 dwelling within us

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 gives us the power

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 to live this way.

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 So He is

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 the means.

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 Galatians 5.17

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 Paul writes,

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 For the desires

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 of the flesh

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 are against

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 the Spirit

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 and the desires

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 of the Spirit

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 are against

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 the flesh.

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 For these are

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 opposed to each

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 other

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 to keep you

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 from doing

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 the things

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 you want

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 to do.

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 or the things

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 you are

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 inclined to do.

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 The things

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 you do

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 by

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 your

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 nature.

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 It's why

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 we have

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 the Spirit

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 because the Spirit

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 opposes

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 our flesh.

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 To fulfill

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 a duty.

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 Number four.

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 A duty

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 is given

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 to us

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 which is

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 to put

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 to death

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 the deeds

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 of the body.

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 To put

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 to death

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 the deeds

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 of the body.

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 And what is He

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 talking about

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 when He says

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 that?

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 body.

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 He means

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 our flesh

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 which doesn't

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 mean the

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 physical

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 body.

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 There are

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 righteous

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 deeds

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 of the flesh

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 preaching to you

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 with my hands

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 for example.

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 My flesh

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 is carrying

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 out.

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 That's not

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 what He

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 means.

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 He means

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 the sin

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 nature

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 part of us.

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 We're to

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 put that

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 to death.

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 Galatians 5

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 19-21

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 Paul says

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 now the

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 works

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 of the

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 flesh

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 are

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 evident.

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 Sexual

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 immorality,

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 impurity,

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 sensuality,

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 idolatry,

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 sorcery,

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 enmity,

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 strife,

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 jealousy,

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 fits of

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 anger,

00:11:27.340 --> 00:11:27.919
 rivalries,

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 dissensions,

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 divisions,

00:11:30.279 --> 00:11:30.620
 envy,

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 drunkenness,

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 orgies,

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 and things

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 like these.

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 Those are

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 the deeds

00:11:38.680 --> 00:11:38.900
 of the

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 flesh.

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 The things

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 that are

00:11:40.019 --> 00:11:41.019
 set against

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 God.

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 The

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 unrighteousness

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 that we

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 commit

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 apart from

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 the work

00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:46.560
 of the

00:11:46.560 --> 00:11:46.860
 Spirit

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 within us.

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 And so

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 we're called

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 to put it

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 to death,

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 to mortify

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 it.

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 Phenetau

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 is the

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 Greek word.

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 And it

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 means to

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 render

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 lifeless.

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 To take

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 away the

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 very life

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 force of

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 something or

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 the power

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 of something.

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 is what

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 that means.

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 To find

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 our sin

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 nature

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 powerless

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 is what it

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 means to

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 put to

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 death

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 the deeds

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 of the

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 body.

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 How do

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 we do

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 that?

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 Nathan,

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 how is that

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 practical?

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 What must

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 I do

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 to use

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 the Spirit

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 to put to

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 death

00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:26.599
 the deeds

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 of the

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 flesh?

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 I think

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 we,

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 in a lot

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 of ways,

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 over-mysticize

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 Christianity.

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 We're

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 looking for

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 the special

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 key to

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 tap into

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 the power

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 of the

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 Spirit of

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 God in

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 our lives.

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 He is

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 ours and

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 He dwells

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 within us.

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 Turn with

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 me to

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 Colossians

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 chapter 3.

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 chapter 3.

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 1.

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 If then you

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 have been

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 raised with

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 Christ,

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 seek the

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 things that

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 are above,

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 where Christ

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 is,

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 seated at

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 the right

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 hand of

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 God.

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 Set your

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 minds on

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 things that

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 are above,

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 not on

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 things that

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 are on

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 earth.

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 For you

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 have died

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 and your

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 life is

00:13:37.900 --> 00:13:38.360
 hidden with

00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:39.360
 Christ in

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 God.

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 When Christ

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 who is your

00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:42.240
 life appears,

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 then you

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 also will

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 appear with

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 Him in

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 glory.

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 Put to

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 death,

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 therefore,

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 what is

00:13:47.439 --> 00:13:48.000
 earthly in

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 you,

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 sexual

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 immorality,

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 impurity,

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 passion,

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 evil desire,

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 and covetousness,

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 which is

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 idolatry.

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 On account of

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 these things,

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 the wrath of

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 God is

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 coming.

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 In these

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 you too

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 once walked

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 when you

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 were living

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 in them,

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 but now

00:14:02.059 --> 00:14:02.419
 you must

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 put them

00:14:02.839 --> 00:14:03.939
 all away.

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 Anger,

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 wrath,

00:14:06.459 --> 00:14:06.899
 malice,

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 slander,

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 and obscene

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 talk from

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 your mouth.

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 Do not

00:14:09.959 --> 00:14:10.479
 lie to

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 one another,

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 seeing that

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 you have

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 put off the

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 old self

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 with its

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 practices

00:14:14.580 --> 00:14:15.420
 and have

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 put on

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 the new

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 self,

00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:18.340
 which is

00:14:18.340 --> 00:14:19.140
 being renewed

00:14:19.140 --> 00:14:20.240
 in knowledge

00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:21.080
 after the

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 image of

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 its creator.

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 Here there

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 is not

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 Greek and

00:14:25.060 --> 00:14:25.379
 Jew,

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 circumcised

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 and uncircumcised,

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 barbarian,

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 Scythian,

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 slave,

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 free,

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 but Christ

00:14:30.900 --> 00:14:31.800
 is all

00:14:31.800 --> 00:14:32.740
 and in

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 all.

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 Put on

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 then,

00:14:35.300 --> 00:14:35.740
 as God's

00:14:35.740 --> 00:14:36.400
 chosen ones,

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 holy and

00:14:37.260 --> 00:14:37.600
 beloved,

00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:38.720
 compassionate

00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:39.220
 hearts,

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 kindness,

00:14:40.580 --> 00:14:41.100
 humility,

00:14:41.680 --> 00:14:42.200
 meekness,

00:14:42.400 --> 00:14:43.020
 and patience,

00:14:43.019 --> 00:14:44.019
 bearing with

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 one another,

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 and if

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 one has

00:14:45.460 --> 00:14:45.819
 a complaint

00:14:45.819 --> 00:14:46.079
 against

00:14:46.079 --> 00:14:46.360
 another,

00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:46.799
 forgiving

00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:47.240
 each other

00:14:47.240 --> 00:14:47.559
 as the

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 Lord has

00:14:47.980 --> 00:14:48.259
 forgiven

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 you,

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 so you

00:14:49.460 --> 00:14:50.199
 also must

00:14:50.199 --> 00:14:50.519
 forgive.

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 And above

00:14:51.819 --> 00:14:52.740
 all these,

00:14:53.179 --> 00:14:53.539
 put on

00:14:53.539 --> 00:14:54.039
 love,

00:14:54.340 --> 00:14:54.960
 which binds

00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:55.559
 everything

00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:56.579
 together in

00:14:56.579 --> 00:14:57.279
 perfect harmony.

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 And let

00:14:58.179 --> 00:14:58.620
 the peace

00:14:58.620 --> 00:14:59.059
 of Christ

00:14:59.059 --> 00:14:59.639
 rule your

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 hearts,

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 to which

00:15:00.199 --> 00:15:00.759
 indeed you

00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:01.240
 were called

00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:01.679
 in one

00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:02.059
 body,

00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:02.679
 and be

00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:03.139
 thankful.

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 Let the

00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:04.360
 word of

00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:04.699
 Christ

00:15:04.699 --> 00:15:05.100
 will in

00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:05.240
 you

00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:05.579
 richly

00:15:05.579 --> 00:15:06.079
 teaching

00:15:06.079 --> 00:15:06.319
 and

00:15:06.319 --> 00:15:06.779
 admonishing

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 one

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 another

00:15:07.199 --> 00:15:07.639
 in all

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 wisdom,

00:15:08.500 --> 00:15:08.759
 singing

00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:09.379
 psalms

00:15:09.379 --> 00:15:10.000
 and hymns

00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:10.579
 and spiritual

00:15:10.579 --> 00:15:11.620
 songs with

00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:12.259
 thankfulness

00:15:12.259 --> 00:15:12.580
 in your

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 hearts to

00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:13.360
 God.

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 And whatever

00:15:14.139 --> 00:15:14.659
 you do

00:15:14.659 --> 00:15:15.299
 in word

00:15:15.299 --> 00:15:15.960
 or deed,

00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:16.860
 do everything

00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:17.379
 in the name

00:15:17.379 --> 00:15:17.639
 of the

00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:18.200
 Lord Jesus,

00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:19.179
 giving thanks

00:15:19.179 --> 00:15:19.759
 to God

00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:20.220
 the Father

00:15:20.220 --> 00:15:21.379
 through Him.

00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:22.939
 Now let me

00:15:22.939 --> 00:15:23.360
 draw your

00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:23.740
 attention

00:15:23.740 --> 00:15:25.480
 to a

00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:25.980
 phrase.

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 Phrases.

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 Firstly,

00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:29.779
 in verse

00:15:29.779 --> 00:15:30.139
 10,

00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:33.159
 Paul instructs

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 us to put

00:15:33.939 --> 00:15:34.659
 on the new

00:15:34.659 --> 00:15:35.080
 self.

00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:36.220
 He's speaking

00:15:36.220 --> 00:15:36.519
 of our

00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:37.039
 identity.

00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:37.939
 We have,

00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:38.740
 in fact,

00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:39.100
 been,

00:15:39.100 --> 00:15:41.040
 our old

00:15:41.040 --> 00:15:41.440
 self has

00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:42.000
 died.

00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:42.500
 Verse 3,

00:15:42.560 --> 00:15:42.759
 for you

00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:43.300
 have died

00:15:43.300 --> 00:15:43.540
 and your

00:15:43.540 --> 00:15:43.899
 life is

00:15:43.899 --> 00:15:44.019
 hidden

00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:44.440
 with Christ

00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:44.960
 and God.

00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:45.639
 So we have

00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:46.000
 to put

00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:46.259
 on the

00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:46.440
 new

00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:46.700
 self,

00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:47.240
 which is

00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:47.500
 being

00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:48.060
 renewed

00:15:48.060 --> 00:15:49.139
 in

00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:50.200
 knowledge

00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:51.560
 after the

00:15:51.560 --> 00:15:52.159
 image of

00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:52.340
 its

00:15:52.340 --> 00:15:52.820
 creator.

00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:55.159
 It's

00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:55.320
 being

00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:55.800
 renewed

00:15:55.800 --> 00:15:56.340
 in

00:15:56.340 --> 00:15:57.480
 knowledge.

00:15:58.100 --> 00:15:58.560
 The way

00:15:58.560 --> 00:15:58.800
 to our

00:15:58.800 --> 00:15:59.120
 hearts

00:15:59.120 --> 00:15:59.720
 is through

00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:00.540
 our

00:16:00.540 --> 00:16:01.200
 minds.

00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:03.080
 So we

00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:04.259
 must know

00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:05.139
 how it is

00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:05.440
 that a

00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:05.700
 Christian

00:16:05.700 --> 00:16:06.360
 should live.

00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:07.460
 And what

00:16:07.460 --> 00:16:07.700
 is his

00:16:07.700 --> 00:16:08.200
 instruction

00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:08.740
 then in

00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:09.080
 that?

00:16:09.460 --> 00:16:09.899
 To put

00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:11.100
 on those

00:16:11.100 --> 00:16:11.639
 things.

00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:12.299
 Notice

00:16:12.299 --> 00:16:12.539
 that he

00:16:12.539 --> 00:16:12.820
 gives us

00:16:12.820 --> 00:16:13.340
 a list

00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:14.019
 of things

00:16:14.019 --> 00:16:14.899
 to put

00:16:14.899 --> 00:16:15.379
 on then

00:16:15.379 --> 00:16:16.200
 as God's

00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:17.060
 chosen ones

00:16:17.060 --> 00:16:17.419
 in verse

00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:17.860
 12.

00:16:18.659 --> 00:16:18.919
 These

00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:19.320
 things.

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 And then

00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:19.919
 in verse

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 14 he

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 says,

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 and above

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 all these

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 put on

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 love.

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 So what

00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:25.639
 does it

00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:25.940
 mean to

00:16:25.940 --> 00:16:26.779
 put on

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 the new

00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:27.879
 self?

00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:28.500
 It means

00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:28.879
 to put

00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:30.240
 on these

00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:31.000
 activities

00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:32.259
 in our

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 life.

00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:34.539
 As we're

00:16:34.539 --> 00:16:35.399
 putting off

00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:36.299
 the old

00:16:36.299 --> 00:16:36.700
 self,

00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:37.560
 putting it

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 away,

00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:40.159
 putting it

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 to death

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 in verse

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 5.

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 We're

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 to be

00:16:42.539 --> 00:16:42.840
 putting

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 on

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 the new

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 self.

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 So for

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 those of

00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:47.399
 you who

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 are visual

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 learners,

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 we don't

00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:49.620
 often do

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 visuals,

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 I'm going

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 to do a

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 visual for

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 you this

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 morning.

00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:53.519
 We're

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 to put

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 off the

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 old self.

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 Note that

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 I'm taking

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 my shirt

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 off.

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 I have

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 a shirt

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 on

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 underneath.

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 We're

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 to put

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 it off.

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 We're

00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:02.120
 to take

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 it off.

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 That

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 phrasing

00:17:03.379 --> 00:17:03.840
 there,

00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:04.460
 put

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 off the

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 old

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 self on

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 verse

00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:06.359
 9,

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 is much

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 stronger

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 than the

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 language we

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 see in

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 English.

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 The

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 Greek term

00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:12.419
 is,

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 I don't

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 know,

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 I forgot

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 it actually.

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 Where's

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 it at?

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 Oh,

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 I didn't

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 write it

00:17:15.199 --> 00:17:15.379
 down.

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 It doesn't

00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:16.259
 matter.

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 It's a

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 stronger

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 Greek word.

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 And it

00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:19.219
 doesn't just

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 mean to

00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:20.099
 take off

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 the old

00:17:20.459 --> 00:17:21.919
 self and

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 lay it

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 over the

00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:23.399
 back of

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 your chair

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 as I

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 come and

00:17:24.399 --> 00:17:24.799
 do in

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 my room,

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 throw it

00:17:25.979 --> 00:17:26.159
 in the

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 hamper.

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 It means

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 literally to

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 wholly put

00:17:29.139 --> 00:17:29.539
 it away,

00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:30.479
 to cast

00:17:30.479 --> 00:17:31.539
 it away.

00:17:31.939 --> 00:17:32.139
 Putting

00:17:32.139 --> 00:17:32.479
 off the

00:17:32.479 --> 00:17:32.959
 old self

00:17:32.959 --> 00:17:33.799
 doesn't look

00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:34.839
 like this.

00:17:34.919 --> 00:17:35.059
 Putting

00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:35.279
 off the

00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:35.399
 old

00:17:35.399 --> 00:17:35.619
 self

00:17:35.619 --> 00:17:35.779
 looks

00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:35.960
 like

00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:36.419
 this.

00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:38.740
 Throw it

00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.139
 away.

00:17:39.619 --> 00:17:39.879
 Get it

00:17:39.879 --> 00:17:40.639
 away from

00:17:40.639 --> 00:17:40.779
 you.

00:17:40.859 --> 00:17:41.039
 These

00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:41.720
 things are

00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:41.960
 not

00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:42.559
 proper

00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:43.460
 for one

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:43.740
 who is

00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:44.220
 found

00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:45.079
 in

00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:45.539
 Christ.

00:17:46.899 --> 00:17:47.139
 Now,

00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:47.639
 all of my

00:17:47.639 --> 00:17:48.059
 analogies

00:17:48.059 --> 00:17:48.579
 fall short.

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 I think

00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:49.740
 all analogies

00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:49.980
 do,

00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:50.279
 and I

00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:51.119
 always love

00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:51.480
 to point

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 out to

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 you how

00:17:51.980 --> 00:17:52.399
 they do.

00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:54.919
 One

00:17:54.919 --> 00:17:55.779
 way this

00:17:55.779 --> 00:17:56.079
 analogy

00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:56.639
 falls short

00:17:56.639 --> 00:17:57.180
 is I

00:17:57.180 --> 00:17:57.460
 don't think

00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:57.779
 there is

00:17:57.779 --> 00:17:58.159
 any such

00:17:58.159 --> 00:17:58.539
 thing as

00:17:58.539 --> 00:17:58.879
 bad

00:17:58.879 --> 00:17:59.440
 plaid.

00:18:00.539 --> 00:18:01.039
 That's a

00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:01.460
 pretty great

00:18:01.460 --> 00:18:01.839
 shirt I

00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.159
 just throw

00:18:02.159 --> 00:18:02.440
 away.

00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:04.599
 The other

00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:05.019
 way it

00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:05.500
 falls short

00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:05.879
 is it

00:18:05.879 --> 00:18:06.279
 is perfectly

00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:06.680
 acceptable

00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:07.180
 for me

00:18:07.180 --> 00:18:07.480
 to stand

00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:07.799
 here in

00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:07.960
 my

00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:08.299
 t-shirt.

00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:09.460
 There is

00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:10.019
 no problem

00:18:10.019 --> 00:18:10.339
 there.

00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:10.919
 But,

00:18:11.379 --> 00:18:11.819
 that's not

00:18:11.819 --> 00:18:12.119
 how we

00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:12.720
 function as

00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:13.059
 humans.

00:18:13.579 --> 00:18:14.259
 Because what

00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:14.659
 is it that

00:18:14.659 --> 00:18:15.299
 we're putting

00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:15.639
 off?

00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:16.059
 The old

00:18:16.059 --> 00:18:16.339
 self,

00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:16.879
 the deeds

00:18:16.879 --> 00:18:17.139
 of the

00:18:17.139 --> 00:18:17.559
 flesh,

00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:18.259
 so that

00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:18.659
 we can

00:18:18.659 --> 00:18:19.879
 put on

00:18:19.879 --> 00:18:20.559
 the deeds

00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:20.819
 of the

00:18:20.819 --> 00:18:21.079
 spirit.

00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.940
 We always

00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:23.539
 do

00:18:23.539 --> 00:18:24.319
 deeds.

00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:25.139
 We're

00:18:25.139 --> 00:18:25.339
 never

00:18:25.339 --> 00:18:25.879
 neutral

00:18:25.879 --> 00:18:26.460
 in this.

00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:27.940
 I'm

00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:28.200
 neutral

00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:28.740
 now in

00:18:28.740 --> 00:18:28.919
 not

00:18:28.919 --> 00:18:29.279
 wearing

00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:30.059
 the

00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:30.579
 shirt I'm

00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:31.159
 saying I

00:18:31.159 --> 00:18:31.299
 should

00:18:31.299 --> 00:18:31.579
 cast

00:18:31.579 --> 00:18:32.079
 away and

00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:32.500
 the shirt

00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:32.879
 that I

00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:34.040
 should put

00:18:34.040 --> 00:18:34.260
 on.

00:18:34.320 --> 00:18:34.540
 I haven't

00:18:34.540 --> 00:18:34.800
 put it

00:18:34.800 --> 00:18:35.240
 on yet,

00:18:35.340 --> 00:18:35.900
 but that

00:18:35.900 --> 00:18:36.520
 can't exist

00:18:36.520 --> 00:18:36.840
 in our

00:18:36.840 --> 00:18:37.060
 lives.

00:18:37.120 --> 00:18:37.380
 We will

00:18:37.380 --> 00:18:38.580
 always be

00:18:38.580 --> 00:18:39.140
 doing

00:18:39.140 --> 00:18:40.280
 things.

00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:41.920
 So as

00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:42.380
 you put

00:18:42.380 --> 00:18:42.840
 off,

00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.560
 you must

00:18:43.560 --> 00:18:44.260
 necessarily

00:18:44.260 --> 00:18:45.700
 put on

00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:46.420
 the deeds

00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:46.660
 of the

00:18:46.660 --> 00:18:46.880
 spirit.

00:18:48.040 --> 00:18:48.600
 And that

00:18:48.600 --> 00:18:48.900
 is the

00:18:48.900 --> 00:18:49.300
 work that

00:18:49.300 --> 00:18:49.560
 we are

00:18:49.560 --> 00:18:49.820
 to be

00:18:49.820 --> 00:18:50.260
 about.

00:18:50.900 --> 00:18:51.340
 Not

00:18:51.340 --> 00:18:51.800
 living by

00:18:51.800 --> 00:18:51.960
 the

00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:52.300
 flesh,

00:18:52.620 --> 00:18:53.000
 but

00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.860
 living by

00:18:53.860 --> 00:18:54.080
 the

00:18:54.080 --> 00:18:54.380
 spirit.

00:18:54.380 --> 00:18:54.580
 it.

00:18:55.360 --> 00:18:55.700
 I see

00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:56.460
 a lot

00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:56.640
 of

00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:57.100
 Christians

00:18:57.100 --> 00:19:02.080
 who are

00:19:02.080 --> 00:19:02.640
 working,

00:19:02.760 --> 00:19:02.880
 they're

00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:03.580
 straining

00:19:03.580 --> 00:19:04.200
 to put

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.640
 off,

00:19:05.300 --> 00:19:06.260
 trying not

00:19:06.260 --> 00:19:06.780
 to do

00:19:06.780 --> 00:19:07.260
 particular

00:19:07.260 --> 00:19:07.700
 sins in

00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:08.100
 their life,

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:08.660
 but I

00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:09.060
 don't see

00:19:09.060 --> 00:19:09.380
 them

00:19:09.380 --> 00:19:10.460
 putting on,

00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:11.460
 replacing

00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:12.600
 those things

00:19:12.600 --> 00:19:13.640
 with activity

00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:14.500
 that is of

00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:14.840
 God.

00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:16.360
 If you

00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:17.100
 are obedient

00:19:17.100 --> 00:19:17.700
 to Christ's

00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.100
 calling your

00:19:18.100 --> 00:19:18.540
 life,

00:19:19.220 --> 00:19:19.600
 you will

00:19:19.600 --> 00:19:20.820
 be so

00:19:20.820 --> 00:19:21.820
 busy

00:19:21.820 --> 00:19:22.780
 doing the

00:19:22.780 --> 00:19:23.100
 work of

00:19:23.099 --> 00:19:25.319
 the

00:19:25.319 --> 00:19:25.679
 spirit,

00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:24.699
 you won't

00:19:24.699 --> 00:19:25.659
 have time

00:19:25.659 --> 00:19:27.319
 to fulfill

00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:28.299
 the desire

00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:28.599
 for the

00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:29.000
 flesh.

00:19:29.719 --> 00:19:29.939
 If you

00:19:29.939 --> 00:19:30.740
 set yourself

00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:31.500
 to all

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:31.799
 these

00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:32.419
 things,

00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:34.240
 you won't

00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:34.819
 be able

00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:36.019
 to sin.

00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:36.299
 You will

00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:37.000
 be so

00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.980
 occupied

00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.679
 and caught

00:19:38.679 --> 00:19:39.480
 up with

00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:40.480
 God and

00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:41.079
 his work.

00:19:42.299 --> 00:19:42.519
 Now,

00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:42.799
 again,

00:19:42.859 --> 00:19:43.279
 my analogy

00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:43.740
 falls short.

00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:44.240
 Could I

00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:44.759
 wear two

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.119
 shirts?

00:19:45.659 --> 00:19:46.039
 Sure.

00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:46.679
 Would I

00:19:46.679 --> 00:19:47.039
 ever?

00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:47.980
 No.

00:19:49.419 --> 00:19:49.759
 Does I

00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:50.480
 put off

00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:51.059
 the old

00:19:51.059 --> 00:19:51.379
 self and

00:19:51.379 --> 00:19:51.879
 put on

00:19:51.879 --> 00:19:52.199
 the new

00:19:52.199 --> 00:19:52.480
 self?

00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:53.180
 The old

00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:54.599
 self stays

00:19:54.599 --> 00:19:54.880
 where it

00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:55.360
 belongs,

00:19:56.120 --> 00:19:57.360
 not on

00:19:57.360 --> 00:19:57.740
 me.

00:19:58.599 --> 00:19:58.779
 Right?

00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:00.339
 That's your

00:20:00.339 --> 00:20:01.339
 visual this

00:20:01.339 --> 00:20:01.599
 morning.

00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:03.460
 So we

00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:04.120
 have been

00:20:04.120 --> 00:20:05.140
 given a

00:20:05.140 --> 00:20:06.240
 duty to

00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:07.759
 squelch the

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.460
 power of

00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:08.940
 the flesh

00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.279
 in our

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:10.259
 life by

00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:10.700
 the Spirit.

00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:12.779
 If you

00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:13.440
 have a hard

00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:14.120
 time doing

00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:14.519
 this,

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:15.720
 pray that

00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:16.360
 God will

00:20:16.360 --> 00:20:16.799
 work in

00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.440
 you and

00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:17.759
 then get

00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:18.180
 busy.

00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:19.740
 We're

00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.640
 running the

00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:20.940
 race.

00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:21.680
 God make

00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:22.200
 me fast

00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:22.580
 and then

00:20:22.580 --> 00:20:23.080
 run.

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.660
 I see so

00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:26.519
 many of us

00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:27.000
 pray that

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:27.320
 God will

00:20:27.320 --> 00:20:27.740
 work in

00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.519
 us and

00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:28.759
 then we

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 sit and

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 we wait.

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 God is

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 never going

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 to pick

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 your hands

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 up and

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 carry you

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 over to

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 the Bible

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 and have

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 you open

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 it up

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 and read.

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 God,

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 I want to

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 live for

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 you.

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 Start doing

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 it.

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 And that's

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 what Paul's

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 saying in

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 Colossians.

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 Cast off

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 the old

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 you.

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 Put on

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 the new

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 you.

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 Run the

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 race.

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 Fifthly,

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 a promise

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 is given

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 if the

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 duty is

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 fulfilled.

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 A promise

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 is given

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 if the

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 duty is

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 fulfilled.

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 This phrase

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 stands in

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 opposition to

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 the beginning

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 of verse

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 13.

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 Paul says

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 if you

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 live according

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 to the

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 flesh,

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 you will

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 die.

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 That is

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 certain.

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 if your

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 life is

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 characterized

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 by the

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 flesh,

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 then you

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 are not

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 found in

00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:21.000
 Christ.

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 You do

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 not have

00:21:22.739 --> 00:21:23.219
 his imputed

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 righteousness

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 and you

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 will

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 die.

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 But if

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 you're

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 found in

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 Christ

00:21:30.139 --> 00:21:30.979
 and you

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 have

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 now no

00:21:32.419 --> 00:21:33.239
 condemnation

00:21:33.239 --> 00:21:33.979
 and you

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 are about

00:21:34.699 --> 00:21:35.319
 this work

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:35.639
 which is

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 the evidence

00:21:36.159 --> 00:21:36.439
 of the

00:21:36.439 --> 00:21:36.819
 spirit of

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 God

00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.339
 living

00:21:37.339 --> 00:21:37.619
 within

00:21:37.619 --> 00:21:37.879
 you,

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 then

00:21:38.879 --> 00:21:39.419
 you

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 will

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 live.

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 Now,

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 I think

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 he means

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 this in

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 two ways.

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 that will

00:21:46.580 --> 00:21:47.100
 have

00:21:47.100 --> 00:21:47.840
 eternal

00:21:47.840 --> 00:21:48.180
 life.

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 It

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 certainly

00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:48.980
 means

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 that.

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 Galatians

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 6,

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 8,

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 Paul says

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 for the

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.259
 one who

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 sows to

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.259
 his own

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:53.700
 flesh

00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.420
 will

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:54.800
 from the

00:21:54.800 --> 00:21:55.120
 flesh

00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:55.759
 reap

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.240
 corruption.

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 For the

00:21:56.840 --> 00:21:57.160
 one who

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 sows to

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 the

00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:58.259
 spirit

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 will

00:21:58.800 --> 00:21:59.140
 from

00:21:59.140 --> 00:21:59.360
 the

00:21:59.360 --> 00:21:59.660
 spirit

00:21:59.660 --> 00:22:00.120
 reap

00:22:00.120 --> 00:22:01.180
 eternal

00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:01.680
 life.

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 The

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.400
 spirit

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:03.940
 is the

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.519
 seal

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.700
 of God's

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:05.940
 covenant

00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:06.400
 love with

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 us.

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 When we

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 stand before

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:09.620
 the judgment

00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:10.100
 throne,

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.100
 the spirit

00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:11.600
 of God

00:22:11.600 --> 00:22:11.840
 will be

00:22:11.840 --> 00:22:12.440
 the seal

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.120
 that we

00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:13.460
 have been

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.460
 found in

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.319
 Christ.

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:16.920
 So,

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.240
 it means

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:17.500
 eternal

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:17.860
 life.

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 But I

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.299
 also think

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:21.539
 that it

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.039
 means life

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.420
 now.

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:23.620
 The Greek

00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:24.500
 word is

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.460
 zao,

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 I believe,

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.120
 which means

00:22:28.120 --> 00:22:28.400
 to have

00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:29.019
 full vigor.

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:29.559
 The word

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.180
 you will

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:31.579
 live is

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.120
 this phrase

00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:32.319
 and it

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.579
 means to

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.200
 have full

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.660
 vigor.

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:34.460
 So,

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:35.059
 the joy

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.340
 and the

00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:35.700
 comfort,

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.700
 the vigor

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.319
 of life

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:38.180
 is ours

00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.460
 in the

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:38.759
 here and

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.279
 now because

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:40.299
 our relationship

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:40.740
 has been

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.460
 restored with

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:41.779
 God.

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.640
 That very

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.140
 thing we

00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:43.420
 have been

00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:44.140
 created for,

00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:44.480
 which is

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.180
 to live

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:46.340
 in abject

00:22:46.340 --> 00:22:47.000
 worship of

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.320
 Him.

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.620
 If we

00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:49.100
 were incapable

00:22:49.100 --> 00:22:49.500
 of doing

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:49.980
 apart from

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.340
 Christ,

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:50.980
 we can

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.600
 now do.

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:52.880
 So,

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.259
 we reap

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.940
 the benefit

00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.240
 and the

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.780
 reward

00:22:54.780 --> 00:22:55.900
 now.

00:22:57.280 --> 00:22:57.860
 The race

00:22:57.860 --> 00:22:58.440
 isn't always

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.200
 easy,

00:22:59.520 --> 00:22:59.960
 is it?

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.800
 Struggling

00:23:00.800 --> 00:23:01.759
 against sins,

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.720
 not always

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.220
 easy,

00:23:03.540 --> 00:23:04.120
 but in

00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:04.360
 it,

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:06.000
 we live.

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.540
 1 Thessalonians

00:23:08.540 --> 00:23:09.120
 3.8

00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:09.540
 says,

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.379
 for now

00:23:10.379 --> 00:23:11.059
 we live

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:12.440
 if you

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:12.859
 are standing

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.440
 fast

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.720
 in the

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.000
 Lord.

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:15.700
 So,

00:23:15.859 --> 00:23:16.420
 now

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:18.279
 we live.

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:19.460
 we're

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.420
 going to

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:21.639
 eat

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:22.000
 in the

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.240
 world.

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:23.940
 We

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.339
 have

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:24.480
 a

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:25.200
 time

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:26.519
 to

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:26.579
!

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:27.339
 See you