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 If you want to follow along, we'll be in chapter 2 of Romans.

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 When we have no movie to watch or we're in between series,

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! we find ourselves going back to a quick episode of Seinfeld.

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 And we watched one this past week where George,

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 if you know anything about the characters, George, he is ridiculous and neurotic.

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 He's my favourite character for sure.

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 But he is trying to get out of a charity event that is in honour of his recently deceased fiancé

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 by lying to her parents that he just purchased a place in the Hamptons.

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 And he had to go there over the time of the event and sign the papers.

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 And they hummed and hawed, okay, no problem, and he got out of it.

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 And then it turns out that his would-be in-laws see him at a hot dog stand, of all places,

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 and they know he was lying.

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 And then George finds out that they lied to him, and he's incensed that they would lie to him,

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 even though he lied to them.

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 It's ridiculous.

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 It's outrageous.

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 It's top-notch George.

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 But as absurd as it is, I think this is the beauty of good writing,

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 it illustrates how shocking hypocrisy can be.

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 It shows that we have this propensity to pass judgement on people,

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 even though we do the very same thing as them, maybe even worse things.

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 It's a very serious problem.

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 It's one that is very pervasive, and it exposes the fact that,

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 no matter how moralistic or upright we think we are,

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 we really truly have no moralistic laurels to stand upon.

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 So if you remember a couple weeks ago,

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 Romans chapter 1, the Apostle Paul makes clear that mankind is idolatrous and antagonistic against God and his just rule.

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 And that God's judgment, at least in this life,

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 his just judgment is to hand them over to what they truly want.

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 And what does it result in?

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 A debased desires, passions, and a mind.

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 This is from chapter 1, 18 to the end of the chapter.

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 So in chapter 2, he will show us that this idolatry and rejection of God goes far deeper than just bad behaviour.

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 And how the moralistic and religious person does not have a leg to stand on,

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 for the judgment of God upon these people is alive and well.

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 So we're going to take some time to go through the first half of chapter 2, verses 1 to 16.

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 And we're going to learn some things about the justice and judgment of God.

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 We're going to learn first that it is inescapable.

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 We're going to learn also that it's impartial, and that it is incredibly just.

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 And I'll just say this.

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 Judgment is a very difficult thing.

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 Nobody wants to be judged.

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 And we look at other people as being, if they are judgy, as like a cardinal sin.

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 But the judgment of God that we're going to encounter in the text this morning

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 is an expression of his kindness.

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 And in fact, in many respects, we do not get salvation without God's judgment.

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 So it is a very good thing, and it is critical for us to understand.

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 So if you have a scripture journal, turn with me, verse 1 of chapter 2,

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 and we'll look at how the judgment of God is inescapable.

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 Let's read verses 1 and 2.

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 Therefore, you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges.

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 For in passing judgment on another, you condemn yourself,

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 because you, the judge, practice the very same things.

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 We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things.

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 So in light of all that Paul said in the previous chapter,

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 it would be easy for the moral and upright person to feel pretty good about themselves.

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 They have desires that are in check.

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 Their passions are controlled.

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 Their minds are sober, or so they think.

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 They would say, God would say to them, the Apostle Paul is saying to them,

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 you, every one of you, is actually a judgmental hypocrite.

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 For your righteousness is really a self-righteousness,

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 which means it is a mile wide and an inch deep,

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 and worst of all, it cannot save you.

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 Why is this self-righteousness not a fail-safe?

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 Why is it not a means of salvation?

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 Because as we are critical of others for their poor behavior,

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 whatever that poor behavior is,

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 we often give ourselves a pass.

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 We have double standards.

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 For others, those standards are impossibly high,

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 and for ourselves, they are comfortably low.

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 We have this incredible ability to rationalize our behavior as not being so bad.

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 In the example I gave from Seinfeld,

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 George is a master, first-degree liar and deceiver.

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 And he, it's a part of who he is.

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 It's no problem.

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 Yet his would-be in-laws,

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 all they do is don't let in, or let on that he's lying,

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 and he's incensed.

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 And it's funny in a situation, a sitcom like Seinfeld,

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 but we find ourselves, if you're honest, doing the same thing.

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 The standards for others are up here,

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 but you get a pass.

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 In preparation for this sermon,

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 I thought about a very judgmental person

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 who would do well to read and meditate upon this section of Scripture.

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 Surely, if they read it,

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 they would find themselves condemned,

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 especially reading verses 1 to 4.

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 In fact, this person needed this so desperately

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 because their judgmentalism was hurting others,

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 and it had to stop.

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 I promise you, this was my thought process going through this

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 on a certain day this week when I was in the text studying.

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 And I found that,

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 and maybe this is God and his kindness,

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 that I was being just as judgmental,

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 if not more,

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 than the person that I was having this thought experiment about.

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 That I was passing judgment on them

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 as if I were God himself.

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 Their judginess, bad.

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 Mine, totally justified.

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 I know what's right.

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 I'm a minister.

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 I'm reading the Bible.

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 They need to get in here.

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 This Scripture needs to be like a wake-up call,

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 like a bucket of cold water in their face to wake them up.

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 And yet, here I was condemning them

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 as if I were God himself.

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 I found, wow, this Scripture is unbelievably true.

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 The standards for them, way higher.

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 For me, way down here.

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 And I'll just say this.

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 This isn't a text that means that we can't pass a type of judgment

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 that seeks to call people to holiness in a humble way.

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 But rather, this is a pseudo-divine judgment.

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 A judgment that, again, says that,

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 you know, God might have to share his judgment seat with us

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 because of our incredible ability to see right from wrong.

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 Therefore, if people stand condemned by our standard,

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 God is saying in our text

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 that he will judge us according to our standard.

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 In fact, he will judge us according to his standard.

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 So if they stand condemned, surely we do as well.

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 So why do we do this?

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 I think the big reason why we do this

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 is because we have this desire

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 to maintain our self-righteousness

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 and not deal with our sin.

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 We like to excuse ourselves.

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 We don't want to deal with the difficult behavior that we have

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 because there's a level of indignity to it,

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 and embarrassment to it,

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 that we aren't willing to spare other people from.

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 We think we can have our cake and eat it too.

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 And can we get away with it?

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 It would seem so.

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 God is giving those shameful, sinful people over,

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 remember verse one,

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 over to their debased desires and passions

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 and their debased minds.

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 Yet here we are upright.

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 So surely if God isn't judging us

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 like those shameful people,

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 then maybe he's giving us a pass.

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 God does not judge me,

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 for there is nothing to judge.

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 But look with me at verse three and four,

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 for Paul completely destroys that line of thinking.

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 Do you suppose, O man,

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 you who judge those who practice such things

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 and yet do them yourself,

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 that you will escape the judgment of God?

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 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness

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 and forbearance and patience,

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 not knowing that God's kindness

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 is meant to lead you to repentance?

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 It turns out that the self-righteous amongst us,

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 the people beside you,

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 maybe you yourself,

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 such acts are just as much a rejection of God

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 as the rejection of God described in chapter one.

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 So we stand condemned.

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 We think we will escape God's judgment

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 because we think

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 that not feeling the consequence

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 of our judgmental and self-righteous hypocrisy

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 is God potentially giving us license to sin.

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 But really, Paul says,

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 it's God allowing us time to repent,

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 to understand the errors of our ways

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 before his perfect judgment falls on us.

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 Why?

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 Because he is kind.

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 Because he is loving.

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 God's judgment is often delayed,

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 but it is never negated.

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 It is inescapable.

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 For the one who is deserving of judgment,

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 God will not ultimately let it pass.

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 As we saw a couple weeks ago in chapter one,

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 God's judgment actually is what makes

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 God's righteousness righteous.

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 For evil is rightly and justly dealt with

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 wherever it is to be found.

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 And yet we see the refrain throughout the Bible

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 that God is long-suffering.

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 He is patient.

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 And this is part of his very character

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 so that we would have, again,

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 this opportunity to turn from our self-worship

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 towards worship of him.

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 But here we are.

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 Some of us have been Christians

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 for as long as we can remember.

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 Some of us have become Christians

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 only maybe in the last, say, five years

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 or maybe less.

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 Some of us,

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 even though we would say we're Christians,

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 maybe we're outside of the Christian faith.

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 Wherever it may be,

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 where you find yourself at this morning,

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 what we all try to do is find refuge

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 in God's character,

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 presuming that he treats our sin

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 the way we treat it,

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 with comfortably low standards.

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 But again, this is taking refuge

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 in a false vision of who God is.

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 What it does is it emphasizes the mercy

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 at the expense of holiness.

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 The gospel reading that I read

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 from Matthew chapter 4.

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 What does Satan tempt Jesus with?

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 With scripture,

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 but always elevating one scripture

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 at the expense or in contradiction

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 of the other.

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 So we can't talk about God's mercy,

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 God's mercy, God's mercy, God's mercy,

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 God's mercy,

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 and somehow forget to talk

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 about God's holiness.

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 God is not a collection of his attributes

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 where God is loving,

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 God is merciful,

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 God is holy,

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 but maybe we can emphasize one or the other.

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 Rather, classical theology will say

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 that God is his attributes.

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 And what does that mean?

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 It means that we cannot pick and choose

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 the attributes of God

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 that we're cool with

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 or that we're not cool with.

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 If we do this,

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 what we are doing

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 is entering into a form of idolatry

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 where we are fashioning God

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 into an image that we are okay with

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 or that we like.

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 We are sanding off the rough edges

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 of who God is

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 or what he is demanding of us

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 or the consequences of our sin.

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 You see, it is not just those

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 in chapter 1

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 who are the idolatrous ones,

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 but us as well.

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 The upright people,

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 the moralistic people.

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 This is not a faith issuing

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 from a transformed heart,

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 but the exchange of the truth of God

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 for a lie

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 so that our hearts

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 can remain hard

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 and cold towards him

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 so that we can get on

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 with our lives

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 and suppress the guilt

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 that we may feel

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 until we don't feel it.

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 Verse 5.

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 You see,

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 God's patience

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 does not mean we get off

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 scot-free,

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 scot-free.

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 Rather, it just means that we are

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 going to face an even greater judgment

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 when the day comes.

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 You see,

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 hard hearts that think

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 we are the exception

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 to the rule

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 are not hard hearts

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 that will endure

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 God's just judgment.

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 And unfortunately for us,

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 this is a perennial problem

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 for every woman and man.

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 We are fooled

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 if we think God

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 will show us partiality.

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 It's heavy,

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 but it needs to be said

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 that God will not show us

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 partiality

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 and that his judgment

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 is inescapable.

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 How then can we gain

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 a soft heart

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 so that we can avoid

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 the day of wrath?

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 To avoid God's

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 just judgment

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 against us.

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 Look with me

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 at verses 6 and 7.

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 This enters

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 into our second point

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 that God's judgment

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 is impartial.

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 Verses 6 and 7.

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 6, 7, and 8.

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 God will render

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 to each one

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 according to his works.

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 To those who,

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 by patience

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 in well-doing,

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 seek for glory

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 and honor

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 and immortality,

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 he will give

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 eternal life.

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 But for those

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 who are self-seeking

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 and do not obey

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 the truth

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 but obey unrighteousness,

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 there will be

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 wrath and fury.

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 Is this a recipe

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 for a soft heart?

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 To do good works

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 so that we would

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 be righteous

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 in God's sight?

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 I mean,

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 even with God's help,

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 is this not a kind

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 of righteousness

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 brought about

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 by self-improvement?

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 And if the entire

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 verses 1 to 5,

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 that first half,

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 had to do with

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 those that think

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 that they could

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 self-righteously

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 become righteous

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 in God's sight,

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 and as such,

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 they're described

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 with having a hard

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 heart,

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 then why does

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 the solution here

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 in verses 6 to 8

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 seem to be that

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 we need to work

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 harder to do good

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 so that God would

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 somehow give us

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 eternal life?

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 What's happening here?

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 Is Paul contradicting

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 himself?

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 These are important

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 questions to consider.

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 I think it's helpful

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 for us to understand

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 that Paul is a

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 Bible scholar.

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 He knows the Bible

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 inside and out,

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 and what he is doing

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 here is quoting

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 a line found

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 throughout Scripture

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 that God will

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 render to each

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 according to his

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 works, but

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 specifically, he is

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 looking at Psalm 62

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 verse 12.

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 So a good question

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 to ask, therefore,

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 is what is Psalm 62

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 all about?

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 Psalm 62,

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 just really quickly,

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 verse 12 is where

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 we get this

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 quotation, and

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 Psalm 62 verse 12

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 says this,

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 right at the end,

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 for you will render

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 to a man according

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 to his works.

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 You will render

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 to a man according

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 to his works.

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 Very similar language

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 as we see in verse 6.

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 And yet, Psalm 62,

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 written by King David,

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 opens up verses 1 and 2

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 with this,

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 for God alone

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 my soul waits

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 in silence,

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 from him comes

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 my salvation,

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 he alone is my rock

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 and my salvation,

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 my fortress,

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 I shall not be

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 greatly shaken.

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 Verses 5 and 8

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 of Psalm 62 says,

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 for God alone,

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 O my soul,

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 wait in silence,

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 for my hope

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 is from him.

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 He only is my rock

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 and my salvation,

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 my fortress,

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 I shall not be shaken.

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 On God rests

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 my salvation

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 and my glory,

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 my rock,

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 my refuge,

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 is God.

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 Trust in him

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 at all times,

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 O people.

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 Pour out your heart

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 before him.

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 God is a refuge

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 for us.

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 Therefore,

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 it would seem,

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 taken,

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 if we take that whole Psalm,

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 all 12 verses,

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 and we consider

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 what these works

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 are in verse 12

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 of Psalm 62

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 that Paul is quoting here

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 in Romans chapter 2

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 verse 6,

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 I think we can be

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 sure that Paul

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 doesn't have

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 in mind

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 a righteousness

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 that is brought about

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 by our works,

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 but rather

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 a type of works

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 that are in

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 a right response

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 to the salvation

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 of God.

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 That God saves us,

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 he is our fortress,

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 he is our refuge,

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 we find our salvation

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 in him

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 and in him alone

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 and what do we do

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 as a result?

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 As an expression

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 of that love

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 and thankfulness

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 that flows from salvation,

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 we do good works,

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 we follow him,

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 we obey him.

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 The Apostle James

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 says something very similar

00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:03.279
 in chapter 2,

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 verse 26

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 of his epistle,

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 James 2, 26,

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 For as the body

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 apart from the spirit

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 is dead,

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 so also faith

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 apart from works

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 is dead.

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 If you were here

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 on Ash Wednesday

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 for the exhortation

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 at the beginning

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 of the service,

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 there was a line

00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:19.400
 that I read,

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 the faith that saves

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 is the same faith

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 that seeks to obey.

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 So again,

00:19:25.660 --> 00:19:26.460
 going back to verses

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 6 and 7,

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 it would seem

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 that Paul is referring

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 to this very thing.

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 He is referring

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 to those

00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:34.720
 who are seeking

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 glory,

00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:35.700
 honor,

00:19:35.860 --> 00:19:36.720
 and immortality,

00:19:36.860 --> 00:19:37.700
 doing good works

00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:38.539
 in response

00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:39.279
 to the salvation

00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:40.620
 that God has already

00:19:40.620 --> 00:19:41.500
 given because this

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 is the way God

00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:42.860
 gives salvation

00:19:42.860 --> 00:19:43.539
 throughout both

00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:44.019
 Testaments.

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 God didn't just

00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:46.820
 flip a switch

00:19:46.820 --> 00:19:47.580
 in the New Testament

00:19:47.580 --> 00:19:48.880
 or turn off

00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:50.740
 the road

00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:52.000
 and take a different

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:53.160
 kind of path

00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:53.640
 for us

00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:54.220
 so that we could

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:54.940
 find salvation

00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:55.400
 through our works.

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 It's always been

00:19:56.300 --> 00:19:57.860
 relying on God

00:19:57.860 --> 00:19:58.700
 to do the work

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.740
 that only He can do

00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.920
 and we embrace it

00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.480
 by faith

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:02.380
 and then we respond

00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:02.780
 to Him

00:20:02.780 --> 00:20:03.480
 in good works.

00:20:05.320 --> 00:20:06.060
 So you see,

00:20:06.140 --> 00:20:06.680
 a soft heart

00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:07.160
 is one that

00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:08.259
 humbles itself,

00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:10.100
 one that seeks

00:20:10.100 --> 00:20:10.740
 the righteousness

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.540
 of Christ,

00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:12.540
 recognizing that

00:20:12.540 --> 00:20:13.500
 our righteousness

00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:16.019
 is an affront

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.820
 to what He is

00:20:16.820 --> 00:20:17.660
 offering us.

00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:20.400
 It can only come

00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:21.060
 through the gospel

00:20:21.060 --> 00:20:21.620
 of Christ.

00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:23.080
 A hard heart

00:20:23.080 --> 00:20:23.759
 as we have seen

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.740
 in the previous section

00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:26.140
 and in chapter 1,

00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:27.420
 it cannot escape

00:20:27.420 --> 00:20:28.240
 the just wrath

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:28.619
 of God

00:20:28.619 --> 00:20:30.900
 because it looks

00:20:30.900 --> 00:20:31.420
 to God

00:20:31.420 --> 00:20:32.400
 and says,

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.779
 to hell with you,

00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:35.379
 I will be my own God.

00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:38.279
 It's a rejection

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:38.799
 of God.

00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.420
 Therefore,

00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.440
 God does not judge

00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:42.940
 us,

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:44.500
 our righteousness

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:46.480
 based on anything

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.339
 that we do,

00:20:47.619 --> 00:20:48.799
 nor on who we are,

00:20:48.879 --> 00:20:49.680
 which is a remarkable

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:50.079
 thing.

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 I mean,

00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:51.579
 here,

00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:54.119
 since the enlightenment,

00:20:54.639 --> 00:20:54.899
 I mean,

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:56.220
 human agency

00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:57.159
 has been elevated

00:20:57.159 --> 00:20:59.939
 as the chief aspect

00:20:59.939 --> 00:21:00.599
 of who we are,

00:21:00.679 --> 00:21:02.299
 but for the majority

00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:03.859
 of human history,

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.779
 it actually mattered

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:06.119
 what family you came from.

00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:06.500
 And I mean,

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:07.179
 it's still that way

00:21:07.179 --> 00:21:08.240
 in many parts of the world

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.919
 and even here in Canada

00:21:09.919 --> 00:21:10.439
 as well,

00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:12.179
 but imagine

00:21:12.179 --> 00:21:13.619
 this God is saying,

00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:14.639
 it actually doesn't matter

00:21:14.639 --> 00:21:15.759
 which family you come from,

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:17.179
 what pedigree

00:21:17.179 --> 00:21:18.359
 you are from.

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 If you have

00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:21.579
 noble blood

00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:23.479
 coursing through your veins,

00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:24.539
 nor does it matter

00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:25.839
 the job that you have,

00:21:26.159 --> 00:21:27.219
 the ability to memorize

00:21:27.219 --> 00:21:28.240
 chapter and verse

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.799
 from scripture

00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:29.259
 or whether

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.659
 you attend

00:21:30.659 --> 00:21:32.639
 with perfect attendance

00:21:32.639 --> 00:21:34.319
 even on Sundays

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:35.779
 where there's a gold medal game

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.859
 on the Olympics,

00:21:37.399 --> 00:21:38.359
 kudos to you all.

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:43.699
 God will not judge you

00:21:43.699 --> 00:21:44.439
 more righteous

00:21:44.439 --> 00:21:45.259
 than those

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:46.839
 that may or may not

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.559
 be staying home

00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:48.460
 because they have a sniffle.

00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.259
 No judgment.

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.419
 I'm just joking around.

00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:53.059
 But you get my point

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:54.119
 that God,

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:54.740
 what he does

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:56.240
 is that he judges us

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:58.319
 instead based on

00:21:58.319 --> 00:21:59.299
 our response

00:21:59.299 --> 00:22:00.960
 to his good news.

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:03.299
 His salvation.

00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:06.139
 You might be

00:22:06.139 --> 00:22:06.759
 nodding your head,

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.539
 but just consider

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.639
 how scandalous

00:22:09.639 --> 00:22:10.259
 a thing

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:11.419
 this is.

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:13.200
 For those that

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.839
 are here

00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:14.379
 and I,

00:22:14.379 --> 00:22:14.919
 friends,

00:22:15.159 --> 00:22:16.059
 do not somehow

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.759
 think that you

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.279
 are exempt

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:18.519
 from self-righteousness

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 because you are not.

00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:22.720
 It means that

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.319
 you have no

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.519
 religious or moral

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.859
 leg to stand on.

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 It means that

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:28.379
 if you are truly

00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:29.319
 righteous

00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:30.459
 in God's sight,

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:32.639
 it is not

00:22:32.639 --> 00:22:33.339
 because of what

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:33.879
 you have done,

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 but how you have

00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.559
 responded to

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.419
 what God has done.

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:40.220
 In fact,

00:22:40.300 --> 00:22:41.080
 verse 8 says

00:22:41.080 --> 00:22:42.039
 that such an attitude

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:43.000
 that pushes back

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.740
 against this

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:45.060
 is the hallmark

00:22:45.060 --> 00:22:45.600
 of one who

00:22:45.600 --> 00:22:47.039
 obeys unrighteousness.

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:49.200
 Verses 9 and 10

00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:50.740
 really cements

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.460
 this down

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 that God is

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:54.500
 one who judges

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.660
 with imperfect

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.500
 impartiality.

00:22:56.580 --> 00:22:58.019
 Verses 9 and 10

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.640
 says this,

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 There will be

00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:01.060
 tribulation

00:23:01.060 --> 00:23:01.720
 and distress

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 for every human

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.820
 being who does evil,

00:23:04.320 --> 00:23:05.100
 the Jew first

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 and also the Greek,

00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:06.860
 but glory and honour

00:23:06.860 --> 00:23:07.340
 and peace

00:23:07.340 --> 00:23:07.860
 for everyone

00:23:07.860 --> 00:23:09.020
 who does good,

00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:09.820
 the Jew first

00:23:09.820 --> 00:23:11.540
 and also to the Greek.

00:23:13.140 --> 00:23:13.940
 For God

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:15.460
 shows no partiality.

00:23:16.580 --> 00:23:17.640
 This is wonderful

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.520
 news for us

00:23:18.520 --> 00:23:20.020
 because we cannot

00:23:20.020 --> 00:23:21.240
 fall out of favour

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.840
 with God

00:23:21.840 --> 00:23:23.380
 if we are in favour

00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:23.720
 with him,

00:23:23.780 --> 00:23:24.660
 if we respond

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:26.200
 rightly

00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:27.240
 to his free,

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:27.940
 wonderful,

00:23:28.300 --> 00:23:28.920
 incredible,

00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:29.980
 scandalous gift

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.620
 of salvation.

00:23:31.760 --> 00:23:32.640
 But what about

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:33.340
 those who do not

00:23:33.340 --> 00:23:34.700
 yet know Christ?

00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:36.240
 Sure,

00:23:36.320 --> 00:23:37.100
 God shows

00:23:37.100 --> 00:23:38.220
 no favouritism

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.920
 judging all

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.480
 based on how

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:39.980
 they respond

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.700
 to the gospel,

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:42.000
 to his salvation.

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.740
 But does that

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.520
 not make God

00:23:44.520 --> 00:23:46.140
 unjust in his

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.520
 judgment

00:23:46.520 --> 00:23:47.620
 because he judges

00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:48.720
 those who do not

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.640
 know Christ

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.400
 and yet they have

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:51.080
 not heard him?

00:23:52.540 --> 00:23:52.980
 Now,

00:23:53.060 --> 00:23:53.760
 the next section

00:23:53.760 --> 00:23:54.160
 is going to get

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:54.560
 into this

00:23:54.560 --> 00:23:55.020
 and what it

00:23:55.020 --> 00:23:55.900
 doesn't get into

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:58.520
 is what do we

00:23:58.520 --> 00:23:59.400
 do or how does

00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:00.480
 God treat people

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.320
 in a scenario

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.259
 where there is

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.099
 an unreached

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:03.819
 people group

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:05.039
 and how he's

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.460
 going to hold

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:06.740
 them to account

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.480
 at the end

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.619
 of the age.

00:24:08.919 --> 00:24:09.439
 I think that is

00:24:09.439 --> 00:24:10.019
 putting too much

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.960
 weight on this

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:12.599
 specific verse.

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:13.700
 Nevertheless,

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.639
 we're going to

00:24:15.639 --> 00:24:16.339
 see in this

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:17.299
 next and final

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:18.379
 section that

00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:19.019
 God's judgment,

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.539
 although it is

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.539
 inescapable and

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.119
 impartial,

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:22.759
 it is certainly

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.539
 not unjust,

00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.379
 but it is just.

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:25.899
 Read with me

00:24:25.899 --> 00:24:27.019
 verses 12 to 16.

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 For all who

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:29.779
 have sinned

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.420
 without the law

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:31.400
 will also perish

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.099
 without the law

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:33.539
 and all who

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.059
 have sinned

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.619
 under the law

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:35.319
 will be judged

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:36.240
 by the law.

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.519
 For it is not

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.259
 the hearers of the

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.940
 law who are

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.900
 righteous before

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.180
 God,

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.180
 but the doers

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.779
 of the law

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.240
 who will be

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.680
 justified.

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:45.099
 For when Gentiles

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.980
 who do not

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.660
 have the law

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.339
 by nature

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:47.900
 do what the

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.539
 law requires,

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:49.940
 they are a law

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.579
 to themselves

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.359
 even though

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:52.240
 they do not

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.879
 have the law.

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.259
 They show that

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:54.839
 the work of the

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.539
 law is written

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.240
 on their hearts

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.240
 while their

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:58.240
 conscience also

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:59.160
 bears witness

00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.920
 and their

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:00.880
 conflicting thoughts

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:02.240
 accuse or even

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:03.099
 excuse them.

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:04.099
 On that day

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:04.460
 when,

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.299
 according to my

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:05.620
 gospel,

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.319
 God judges

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.839
 the secrets

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.279
 of men

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:08.839
 by Christ Jesus.

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:09.880
 I think a bit

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.660
 more context

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.980
 will help us

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:13.299
 understand this

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:14.519
 very briefly.

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:16.359
 God's chosen

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:16.740
 people,

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.559
 the Jewish

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:17.960
 nation,

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.440
 receives the law

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:20.460
 at Mount Sinai

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.380
 after they are

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:21.920
 rescued from

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.220
 Egypt,

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.620
 but before they

00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:24.039
 enter the

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.759
 promised land.

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.559
 possessing the

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:27.740
 law,

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.220
 they do not

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.559
 make,

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:30.299
 did not make

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:30.819
 them God's

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.059
 people,

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.980
 but as God's

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.380
 people they

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:32.660
 were to

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.440
 follow his

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:34.380
 law to

00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:34.920
 live holy

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.519
 lives that

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.120
 honoured God.

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.440
 Again,

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.759
 we see a

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.539
 response to

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:39.380
 God's salvation

00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:40.620
 by honouring

00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:41.079
 him and

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:41.740
 following him.

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.720
 A faith

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.579
 without works

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.640
 is a dead

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:45.359
 kind of faith.

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.279
 So the law

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:48.099
 or the Torah

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.779
 was God's

00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.640
 revelation to

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.099
 his people

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.599
 about how

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:50.940
 they ought

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.319
 to live

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:51.960
 and how

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:52.319
 they must

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.700
 look to

00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:53.120
 God for

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:53.640
 salvation.

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:54.640
 But the

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.140
 history of the

00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:55.720
 Jewish people

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.560
 is no

00:25:56.560 --> 00:25:57.460
 different in

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.000
 many respects

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.300
 from the

00:25:58.300 --> 00:25:58.680
 history of

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.200
 all the

00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.920
 other peoples

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.880
 in that

00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:02.020
 they were

00:26:02.020 --> 00:26:02.740
 idolatrous.

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.380
 They

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:04.900
 honoured

00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:05.460
 themselves

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:06.100
 rather than

00:26:06.100 --> 00:26:06.520
 honouring

00:26:06.520 --> 00:26:06.840
 God,

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.200
 but the

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.540
 difference

00:26:07.540 --> 00:26:07.980
 is that

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.740
 they knew

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.860
 how they

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.160
 should have

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.660
 acted.

00:26:11.860 --> 00:26:12.440
 For God

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:12.820
 had made

00:26:12.820 --> 00:26:13.400
 it clear

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:14.900
 when he

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.360
 gave them

00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:15.880
 the law.

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.120
 It was

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.580
 clear in

00:26:17.580 --> 00:26:17.880
 the law

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.280
 what was

00:26:18.280 --> 00:26:18.840
 good and

00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.180
 evil,

00:26:20.080 --> 00:26:20.300
 and that

00:26:20.300 --> 00:26:20.780
 sin would

00:26:20.780 --> 00:26:21.480
 be justly

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.220
 judged.

00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:23.040
 But again,

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.660
 what about

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.120
 those who

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.459
 do not

00:26:24.459 --> 00:26:25.039
 have the

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.279
 law,

00:26:26.419 --> 00:26:26.679
 who have

00:26:26.679 --> 00:26:27.139
 not heard

00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:27.479
 about the

00:26:27.479 --> 00:26:27.779
 God of

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.119
 the Bible?

00:26:28.219 --> 00:26:28.579
 What about

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.219
 those who

00:26:29.219 --> 00:26:29.879
 worshipped

00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.599
 Jupiter or

00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.479
 Hermes in

00:26:31.479 --> 00:26:31.759
 the first

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.139
 century?

00:26:33.179 --> 00:26:33.459
 How about

00:26:33.459 --> 00:26:33.859
 the ancient

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:34.539
 worshippers of

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:35.279
 Hinduism in

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.619
 the far

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.679
 east of

00:26:36.679 --> 00:26:37.099
 the ancient

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.659
 Near East,

00:26:38.239 --> 00:26:38.839
 or those

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:40.319
 that subscribe

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:40.859
 to the

00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.939
 faith of

00:26:41.939 --> 00:26:42.459
 Jainism?

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:44.759
 How about

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.159
 the various

00:26:45.159 --> 00:26:45.779
 peoples in

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.259
 the Americas

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.679
 who will

00:26:46.679 --> 00:26:47.219
 not hear

00:26:47.219 --> 00:26:47.699
 about the

00:26:47.699 --> 00:26:48.119
 God of

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:48.539
 the Bible

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:48.979
 for another

00:26:48.979 --> 00:26:49.899
 1500 years,

00:26:49.979 --> 00:26:50.179
 and when

00:26:50.179 --> 00:26:50.639
 they hear

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.399
 about the

00:26:51.399 --> 00:26:51.639
 God of

00:26:51.639 --> 00:26:52.019
 the Bible,

00:26:52.419 --> 00:26:52.839
 it is a

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.299
 distorted

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.779
 kind of

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.839
 God that

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.019
 they're

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.399
 presented?

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.359
 What about

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.940
 your irreligious

00:26:58.940 --> 00:26:59.579
 aunt who

00:26:59.579 --> 00:26:59.919
 has never

00:26:59.919 --> 00:27:00.240
 heard the

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.559
 gospel?

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:02.000
 Or your

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.259
 Muslim

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.940
 co-worker who

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.460
 delights in

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:03.940
 taking his

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.819
 son to

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.539
 hockey practice,

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:05.980
 but again,

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.359
 has never

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:06.819
 heard about

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.159
 Jesus?

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.759
 What about

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.119
 them?

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.180
 How can

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:12.379
 God justly

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:13.319
 judge them

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:13.940
 at the

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.460
 end of

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.019
 the age?

00:27:15.639 --> 00:27:16.119
 They do

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:16.440
 not have

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:16.819
 the law,

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:16.819


00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.079
 So

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.460
 therefore,

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:22.419
 you'd

00:27:22.419 --> 00:27:22.740
 think that

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.019
 they cannot

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.500
 be judged

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.059
 by God

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.919
 for their

00:27:24.919 --> 00:27:25.439
 actions

00:27:25.439 --> 00:27:26.679
 because they

00:27:26.679 --> 00:27:27.240
 did not

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:27.939
 know right

00:27:27.939 --> 00:27:28.500
 from wrong.

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.779
 But Paul,

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.819
 he sticks

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:33.179
 a pin in

00:27:33.179 --> 00:27:33.679
 that balloon.

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.039
 He says,

00:27:35.159 --> 00:27:35.299
 no,

00:27:36.159 --> 00:27:36.799
 for all

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.139
 sin,

00:27:37.419 --> 00:27:37.879
 whether under

00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.279
 the law

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.839
 or apart

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.179
 from the

00:27:39.179 --> 00:27:39.359
 law,

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:39.960
 know it.

00:27:40.439 --> 00:27:40.759
 No one

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.279
 can perfectly

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.779
 keep the

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:41.980
 law.

00:27:43.179 --> 00:27:43.619
 Remember,

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.079
 we're in

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:45.000
 section from

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:46.859
 verses 1-18

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:48.079
 to the end

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:49.059
 of chapter 3

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.699
 verse 20

00:27:49.699 --> 00:27:50.980
 that really

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.819
 sells the

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.460
 problem of

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:52.939
 why we need

00:27:52.939 --> 00:27:53.359
 the gospel,

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:53.879
 the gospel

00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:54.699
 being in

00:27:54.699 --> 00:27:56.019
 chapter 1

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.679
 verses 16

00:27:56.679 --> 00:27:57.259
 and 17.

00:27:57.919 --> 00:27:58.379
 So we're in

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:59.460
 an extended

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.099
 section that

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:00.579
 sells the

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:01.240
 problem why

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:02.199
 we need

00:28:02.199 --> 00:28:02.819
 the gospel.

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:04.659
 And right

00:28:04.659 --> 00:28:05.059
 at the very

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.319
 end,

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:06.019
 chapter 3

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.639
 verse 20,

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.500
 Paul makes

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.919
 this alarming

00:28:08.919 --> 00:28:09.619
 statement.

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:10.899
 If you have

00:28:10.899 --> 00:28:11.299
 your scripture

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.659
 journal,

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.579
 it will be

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.819
 on page 18.

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 And this

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.480
 is what he

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:14.759
 says,

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.139
 chapter 3

00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:16.799
 verse 20.

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.639
 For by

00:28:17.639 --> 00:28:18.240
 works of

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.579
 the law,

00:28:18.679 --> 00:28:19.179
 no human

00:28:19.179 --> 00:28:19.700
 being will

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.339
 be justified

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:21.439
 in God's

00:28:21.439 --> 00:28:21.659
 sight,

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.339
 since through

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:22.779
 the law

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:24.019
 comes knowledge

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:25.019
 of sin.

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.779
 And Paul

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.079
 here,

00:28:26.179 --> 00:28:26.919
 he is saying

00:28:26.919 --> 00:28:27.740
 that even

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.079
 if you

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.480
 could keep

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:28.819
 the law,

00:28:29.659 --> 00:28:30.359
 as people

00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:30.879
 that receive

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:31.240
 the law,

00:28:31.439 --> 00:28:32.119
 as Jewish

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.539
 people,

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.359
 because you're

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:35.119
 a lawbreaker,

00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:35.740
 you are

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.159
 condemned,

00:28:36.379 --> 00:28:37.299
 but also

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:37.939
 for those

00:28:37.939 --> 00:28:38.480
 that do not

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:38.980
 have the

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.200
 law,

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.740
 God has

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.439
 created all

00:28:41.439 --> 00:28:42.179
 people to be

00:28:42.179 --> 00:28:42.980
 moral creatures.

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.619
 To know

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.480
 that there

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:45.960
 is an

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.460
 eternity.

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:47.819
 How they

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.500
 describe it,

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.259
 how they

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.139
 communicate it,

00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.939
 that's besides

00:28:50.939 --> 00:28:51.279
 the point,

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:51.960
 but they know

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.579
 that there is

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:54.139
 something of

00:28:54.139 --> 00:28:55.119
 a moral

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.619
 universe,

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.480
 and some

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:56.960
 kind of

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:58.079
 creator that

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:58.839
 has created

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.659
 all things.

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:01.579
 Human beings

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.240
 are both

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.740
 moral and

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.500
 God conscious.

00:29:05.939 --> 00:29:06.519
 Therefore,

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.500
 right and wrong

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.319
 are universally

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:08.899
 known.

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:10.240
 God

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.360
 is saying

00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:10.759
 in verses

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.420
 13 and

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:11.920
 14,

00:29:12.860 --> 00:29:13.560
 hypothetically,

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.180
 that even

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:14.660
 if the

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.180
 lawkeepers

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.560
 could keep

00:29:15.560 --> 00:29:16.000
 the law,

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:17.740
 okay,

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.640
 even if the

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.060
 people that

00:29:19.060 --> 00:29:19.600
 didn't have

00:29:19.600 --> 00:29:20.100
 the law

00:29:20.100 --> 00:29:20.980
 could somehow

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:22.040
 keep the

00:29:22.040 --> 00:29:23.140
 requirements of

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.519
 the law,

00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:24.440
 they would be

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:24.860
 justified,

00:29:25.040 --> 00:29:25.259
 but they

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.700
 can't.

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:29.120
 All human

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:29.720
 beings in

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.580
 all places

00:29:30.580 --> 00:29:31.259
 at all

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:32.240
 times know

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.540
 that there is

00:29:33.540 --> 00:29:34.160
 right and

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.540
 wrong,

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.500
 they know

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:35.940
 that there's

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.460
 some kind

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.160
 of eternity,

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:37.580
 or at

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:37.920
 least they're

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:39.320
 longing for

00:29:39.320 --> 00:29:40.019
 an eternity,

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.700
 and yet

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.460
 all of them

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.279
 are law

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.759
 breakers.

00:29:45.080 --> 00:29:45.720
 All of

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:45.900
 them.

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.380
 Jew or

00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:47.759
 Greek,

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:49.060
 all of them

00:29:49.060 --> 00:29:49.500
 are law

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:49.800
 breakers,

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.340
 all of them

00:29:50.340 --> 00:29:50.920
 know right

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.420
 and wrong,

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.240
 good from

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.660
 evil,

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.440
 and all

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:53.800
 of them

00:29:53.800 --> 00:29:54.180
 have this

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.840
 propensity

00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:55.840
 to look

00:29:55.840 --> 00:29:56.960
 towards evil

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.420
 and not

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:57.880
 for good.

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.540
 Therefore,

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.000
 when God

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.440
 judges,

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.880
 he will

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:03.060
 judge all

00:30:03.060 --> 00:30:03.700
 by the

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.259
 standards

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.600
 that were

00:30:04.600 --> 00:30:05.019
 given,

00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:05.960
 that they

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.440
 were given,

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:07.240
 and by

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.840
 the secrets

00:30:07.840 --> 00:30:08.259
 of their

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:08.559
 hearts.

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.059
 So in

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.539
 short,

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.080
 God's

00:30:10.080 --> 00:30:10.460
 judgment

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:12.080
 will take

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.759
 into account

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.180
 all the

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.900
 considerations,

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.900
 even those

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.660
 of the

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.460
 interior life.

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.480
 He knows

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.580
 the hearts

00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:21.160
 and the

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:21.660
 minds

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.140
 and the

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.580
 thoughts

00:30:22.580 --> 00:30:23.059
 and the

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.440
 motives

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.100
 of all,

00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:24.960
 which is

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.600
 a very

00:30:25.600 --> 00:30:26.080
 frightening

00:30:26.080 --> 00:30:26.480
 thing,

00:30:26.840 --> 00:30:27.059
 and he

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.680
 will judge

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.259
 accordingly.

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.539
 So how

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.000
 can this

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.380
 God,

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.539
 who knows

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.400
 even our

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:33.380
 own thoughts,

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:33.840
 how could

00:30:33.840 --> 00:30:34.620
 he possibly,

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:35.640
 in his

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.059
 goodness,

00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:37.420
 be unjust

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:37.860
 in his

00:30:37.860 --> 00:30:38.259
 judgment?

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:41.000
 This is

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.460
 telling us

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:41.779
 that there

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.259
 will be no

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.960
 miscarriage of

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.559
 judgment at

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.620
 the day of

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:45.000
 judgment.

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:46.180
 All facts

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.480
 will be

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.960
 considered,

00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:47.759
 all secrets

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.120
 known.

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.519
 In fact,

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.500
 the call of

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.000
 your purity

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.660
 that we say

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:51.299
 before every

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:53.039
 service reminds

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:54.080
 us of this,

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:55.960
 that God

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:57.900
 knows all

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.140
 of our

00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:58.580
 thoughts,

00:30:58.880 --> 00:30:59.299
 all of our

00:30:59.299 --> 00:30:59.660
 motives,

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:01.320
 and then we

00:31:01.320 --> 00:31:01.940
 ask God to

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.500
 cleanse the

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:02.880
 thoughts of

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.320
 our hearts

00:31:03.320 --> 00:31:04.019
 by the

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.640
 inspiration of

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:04.960
 his Holy

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.340
 Spirit.

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:09.159
 our motives

00:31:09.159 --> 00:31:09.699
 will be

00:31:09.699 --> 00:31:10.519
 exposed and

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.039
 this judgment

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.459
 will come

00:31:11.459 --> 00:31:11.980
 through Christ

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.480
 himself.

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:13.799
 To have

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.779
 our very

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.179
 motives

00:31:15.179 --> 00:31:16.720
 displayed as

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.079
 if they

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.759
 would be on

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.459
 a screen at

00:31:18.459 --> 00:31:18.879
 the end of

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:19.799
 the age,

00:31:19.899 --> 00:31:20.419
 it's a

00:31:20.419 --> 00:31:20.720
 terrifying

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.179
 thought.

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:23.079
 We are

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.799
 expert

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.799
 hiders of

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.119
 sin.

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:26.819
 Who could

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.259
 stand?

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.220
 The

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.579
 religious

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:30.279
 with their

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:30.579
 law?

00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:31.879
 The

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:32.599
 irreligious

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:33.599
 with their

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.339
 built-in

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:34.839
 morality?

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.059
 Who

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.240
 could

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.699
 stand

00:31:35.699 --> 00:31:36.279
 before

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.519
 this

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:36.779
 God?

00:31:38.719 --> 00:31:39.139
 So then

00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:39.659
 ultimately,

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.199
 if God

00:31:40.199 --> 00:31:40.579
 is a

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.099
 God who

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:42.619
 judges

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:43.079
 with an

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.799
 inescapable

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.259
 judgment,

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:45.639
 who is

00:31:45.639 --> 00:31:46.519
 impartial in

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.000
 his judgment,

00:31:47.159 --> 00:31:47.419
 who is

00:31:47.419 --> 00:31:47.919
 just in

00:31:47.919 --> 00:31:48.459
 his judgment,

00:31:49.199 --> 00:31:49.719
 is there

00:31:49.719 --> 00:31:50.159
 hope to

00:31:50.159 --> 00:31:50.879
 escape this

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.199
 judgment?

00:31:52.959 --> 00:31:53.599
 Here's the

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:53.839
 hope.

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.339
 The hope

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:56.000
 is that

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.719
 our judge

00:31:56.719 --> 00:31:58.139
 is also

00:31:58.139 --> 00:31:58.359
 our

00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:58.659
 savior.

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:58.740
 savior.

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.540
 The one

00:32:00.540 --> 00:32:01.100
 who knows

00:32:01.100 --> 00:32:01.340
 our

00:32:01.340 --> 00:32:01.680
 interior

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.100
 life,

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.320
 our

00:32:02.320 --> 00:32:02.680
 motives,

00:32:02.840 --> 00:32:02.940
 our

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.420
 secrets,

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.120
 the

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.519
 things

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:04.720
 that

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:04.860
 you

00:32:04.860 --> 00:32:05.040
 have

00:32:05.040 --> 00:32:05.360
 thought

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:05.560
 about,

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:05.759
 the

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.000
 things

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.200
 that

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.519
 maybe

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:09.940
 that

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.040
 you

00:32:10.040 --> 00:32:10.180
 have

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.720
 fantasized

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.019
 about,

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.120
 the

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.340
 things

00:32:12.340 --> 00:32:12.519
 that

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:12.740
 you

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.660
 would

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.040
 be

00:32:14.040 --> 00:32:16.519
 utterly

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.180
 embarrassed

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:18.540
 if anybody

00:32:18.540 --> 00:32:18.920
 knew.

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.019
 He

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:29.180
 to take

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.560
 upon

00:32:29.560 --> 00:32:29.980
 himself

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.480
 all

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.140
 that

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.279
 would

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.460
 be

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:31.900
 judged

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.600
 justly

00:32:32.600 --> 00:32:33.000
 against

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.320
 you

00:32:33.320 --> 00:32:33.840
 that

00:32:33.840 --> 00:32:33.980
 was

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.200
 laid

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.360
 on

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:34.580
 him

00:32:34.580 --> 00:32:35.660
 so

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:35.880
 that

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:36.120
 we

00:32:36.120 --> 00:32:36.440
 could

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:36.660
 have

00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:36.820
 a

00:32:36.820 --> 00:32:37.080
 standing

00:32:37.080 --> 00:32:37.440
 before

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.920
 God

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.759
 himself.

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.040
 So

00:32:39.040 --> 00:32:39.420
 you

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:39.759
 see,

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.580
 here's

00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:40.680
 the

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:40.880
 thing,

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:42.200
 like I

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:42.440
 said at

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:42.540
 the

00:32:42.540 --> 00:32:42.840
 beginning,

00:32:43.600 --> 00:32:43.740
 that

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.279
 God's

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:44.900
 judgment,

00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:45.960
 without

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.340
 it,

00:32:46.560 --> 00:32:47.040
 salvation

00:32:47.040 --> 00:32:48.259
 would have

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.740
 no meaning.

00:32:49.040 --> 00:32:49.200
 What

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.519
 would we

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:50.019
 be saved

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.300
 from?

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:51.560
 So

00:32:51.560 --> 00:32:51.860
 in the

00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:52.040
 end,

00:32:52.100 --> 00:32:52.500
 Christ,

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:53.100
 he

00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:53.420
 takes

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.860
 upon

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.560
 himself

00:32:54.560 --> 00:32:55.779
 the

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.120
 penalty

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.820
 for

00:32:56.820 --> 00:32:57.880
 our

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.300
 sins

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:58.539
 so

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:58.720
 that

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:58.919
 we

00:32:58.919 --> 00:32:59.200
 are

00:32:59.200 --> 00:32:59.599
 judged

00:32:59.599 --> 00:32:59.960
 not

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.220
 by

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.379
 the

00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:00.619
 way

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:00.919
 we

00:33:00.919 --> 00:33:01.240
 ought

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.359
 to

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:01.539
 be

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:01.899
 judged

00:33:01.899 --> 00:33:02.899
 justly

00:33:02.899 --> 00:33:03.180
 by

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.519
 God,

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.200
 impartially

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.419
 by

00:33:04.419 --> 00:33:04.740
 God,

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.960
 inescapably

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.259
 by

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.579
 God,

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:07.379
 but

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:07.759
 rather

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.019
 we

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.240
 are

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.619
 judged

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:08.819
 to

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.119
 be

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:09.980
 clean,

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.359
 to

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:11.579
 be

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:12.039
 innocent,

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.319
 to

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.480
 be

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:12.740
 guilt

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.079
 free,

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:14.940
 for

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:15.319
 Christ

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.579
 has

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:17.000
 stood

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.139
 in

00:33:17.139 --> 00:33:17.259
 our

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.619
 place.

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.240
 You

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.359
 see,

00:33:19.419 --> 00:33:19.480
 I

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:19.579
 think

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:19.700
 the

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:19.899
 great

00:33:19.899 --> 00:33:20.299
 tragedy

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:20.619
 of

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:21.720
 human

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.059
 life

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.220
 is

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.339
 that

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.480
 we

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.639
 do

00:33:22.639 --> 00:33:22.919
 not

00:33:22.919 --> 00:33:23.279
 want

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.659
 to

00:33:23.659 --> 00:33:24.039
 admit

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.240
 the

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.940
 indignity

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.240
 of

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.480
 being

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:25.759
 both

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.619
 self-righteous

00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:27.039
 and

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.900
 sinful

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.379
 so we

00:33:28.379 --> 00:33:29.359
 self-justify.

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.379
 We

00:33:30.379 --> 00:33:30.819
 bend the

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.160
 rules

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.839
 and standards

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:32.200
 so that

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.440
 we can

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:32.879
 enjoy a

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.440
 level of

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:34.799
 self-defined

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.599
 dignity,

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:36.660
 but the

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.079
 real

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.759
 indignity

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.019
 of it

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.259
 all

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.500
 is

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.000
 renouncing

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.220
 the

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.660
 righteousness

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.000
 of

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.339
 God,

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.299
 denying

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.579
 his

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:41.859
 good

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:42.079
 and

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.359
 just

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:43.200
 judgment

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.440
 for

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:43.879
 something

00:33:43.879 --> 00:33:44.200
 we

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.500
 call

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.079
 righteousness

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.859
 but

00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.000
 is

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.279
 utter

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.799
 folly.

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:48.799
 I was

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.059
 trying to

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.440
 think of

00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:49.740
 an

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.160
 example

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:50.460
 of it.

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.279
 Lewis

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.539
 has

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.880
 this

00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:53.600
 example

00:33:53.600 --> 00:33:54.140
 where he

00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:54.460
 talks

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:54.860
 of

00:33:54.860 --> 00:33:56.059
 here

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.259
 we

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.680
 are

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:58.140
 making

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:59.120
 mud

00:33:59.120 --> 00:33:59.740
 pies

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.000
 when

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.200
 there

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.440
 is

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:02.640
 an

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.059
 incredible

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.579
 vacation

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:03.980
 for us

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.319
 at the

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.620
 beach

00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:05.079
 waiting.

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.420
 I mean

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:05.819
 I look

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.039
 at it

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.259
 like

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.900
 there's

00:34:06.900 --> 00:34:07.039
 this

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.539
 incredible

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:08.119
 table

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:08.800
 that is

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.000
 set

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.340
 for us

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.519
 the

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:09.940
 choices

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.519
 foods

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.099
 the

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.360
 best

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:11.780
 drink

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:12.400
 and

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:13.380
 the

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.880
 best

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.780
 host

00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:15.139
 that

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.260
 will

00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:15.400
 be

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.679
 dining

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:15.920
 with

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.079
 us

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.400
 Christ

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:16.820
 himself

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:17.960
 and

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.179
 we

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.639
 are

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:20.220
 more

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:20.759
 content

00:34:20.759 --> 00:34:22.500
 to

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:24.619
 broom

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:24.939
 up

00:34:24.939 --> 00:34:25.739
 the

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.219
 crud

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.719
 that

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.219
 has

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:27.559
 fallen

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:27.839
 from

00:34:27.839 --> 00:34:27.980
 the

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.159
 meal

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.579
 before

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:28.779
 and

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:28.899
 try

00:34:28.899 --> 00:34:29.039
 to

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.299
 pick

00:34:29.299 --> 00:34:29.579
 out

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.099
 the

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:30.480
 crumbs

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:30.699
 and

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.059
 somehow

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.679
 claiming

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:31.859
 that

00:34:31.859 --> 00:34:32.079
 this

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.219
 would

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:32.319
 be

00:34:32.319 --> 00:34:32.439
 a

00:34:32.439 --> 00:34:32.579
 better

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:32.899
 meal

00:34:32.899 --> 00:34:33.919
 than

00:34:33.919 --> 00:34:34.079
 the

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.459
 one

00:34:34.459 --> 00:34:34.980
 that

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.119
 is

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:36.000
 lavishly

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.439
 made

00:34:36.439 --> 00:34:36.619
 in

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:36.779
 front

00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:36.899
 of

00:34:36.899 --> 00:34:37.199
 us.

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.179
 Friends

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:39.359
 this

00:34:39.359 --> 00:34:39.500
 is

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:39.659
 what

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:39.839
 it

00:34:39.839 --> 00:34:40.779
 is

00:34:40.779 --> 00:34:41.039
 like

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.199
 when

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:41.399
 we

00:34:41.399 --> 00:34:41.679
 say

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:41.899
 that

00:34:41.899 --> 00:34:42.199
 our

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.779
 righteousness

00:34:42.779 --> 00:34:43.899
 our

00:34:43.899 --> 00:34:44.419
 dignity

00:34:44.419 --> 00:34:44.679
 is

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:44.939
 greater

00:34:44.939 --> 00:34:45.179
 than

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:45.759
 God's

00:34:45.759 --> 00:34:46.500
 that

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:46.639
 he

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:46.959
 offers

00:34:46.959 --> 00:34:47.179
 to

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.459
 us

00:34:47.459 --> 00:34:48.019
 through

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.459
 Christ

00:34:48.459 --> 00:34:48.939
 our

00:34:48.939 --> 00:34:49.219
 Lord.

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:51.419
 Friends

00:34:51.419 --> 00:34:51.579
 the

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.039
 perfectly

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.639
 just

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:53.099
 righteous

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.319
 and

00:34:53.319 --> 00:34:53.779
 impartial

00:34:53.779 --> 00:34:54.179
 judge

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:55.259
 he

00:34:55.259 --> 00:34:55.379
 is

00:34:55.379 --> 00:34:55.639
 also

00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:55.879
 your

00:34:55.879 --> 00:34:56.199
 savior

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.619
 remember

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.000
 this

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:58.079
 so

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.359
 let's

00:34:58.359 --> 00:34:58.539
 be

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:58.839
 done

00:34:58.839 --> 00:34:59.059
 with

00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.339
 trying

00:34:59.339 --> 00:34:59.539
 to

00:34:59.539 --> 00:34:59.819
 save

00:34:59.819 --> 00:35:00.459
 ourselves

00:35:00.459 --> 00:35:02.279
 trying

00:35:02.279 --> 00:35:02.419
 to

00:35:02.419 --> 00:35:02.619
 self

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:03.359
 justify

00:35:03.359 --> 00:35:05.399
 judging

00:35:05.399 --> 00:35:05.779
 other

00:35:05.779 --> 00:35:06.179
 people

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:06.579
 so that

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:06.819
 we

00:35:06.819 --> 00:35:07.379
 somehow

00:35:07.379 --> 00:35:08.579
 will

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:10.079
 diminish

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:11.039
 our

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.719
 sin

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:11.939
 and

00:35:11.939 --> 00:35:12.500
 stand

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:12.719
 in

00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:13.059
 judgment

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.419
 over

00:35:13.419 --> 00:35:13.719
 them

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:13.939
 and

00:35:13.939 --> 00:35:14.519
 again

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.000
 further

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.480
 bolster

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:15.699
 our

00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:15.919
 own

00:35:15.919 --> 00:35:16.179
 self

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:16.599
 righteousness

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:16.920
 but

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.360
 rather

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:18.179
 embrace

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.380
 the

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:18.880
 kindness

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.619
 and

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:19.880
 love

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.039
 of

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.339
 God

00:35:20.339 --> 00:35:20.539
 that

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:20.699
 is

00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:21.059
 leading

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.380
 us

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:21.579
 to

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:22.000
 repentance

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.559
 friends

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:24.519
 let us

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.259
 do away

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:25.880
 with this

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:27.219
 false

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:28.619
 and

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.480
 fake

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:30.119
 and

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:31.599
 utterly

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:32.339
 ridiculous

00:35:32.339 --> 00:35:33.079
 indignity

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.619
 of self

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:34.039
 righteousness

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:35.420
 and let us

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:35.719
 look to

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:36.059
 Christ

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.500
 sin

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:36.500


00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:36.500


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00:35:36.500 --> 00:36:06.480
 Thank you.