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 Good evening. So, during the festival this year in August, the Fringe Festival that is,

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 I went with a couple of other people, who will remain nameless, and saw a comedian.

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 He's from the Republic of Ireland. He's a sort of minor TV celebrity over there.

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 Just up in this little tiny back room up in Bristol Square.

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 And he started his set by talking about drudgery and just being a bit miserable.

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 And how the people he knows, and generally sort of in the Republic of Ireland,

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 among the people he knows, people like drudgery.

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 Which didn't make a lot of sense.

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 But he explained, he said, you know, it's like the person next door, he gets a new car,

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 he gets this fancy big BMW or whatever, and then you think, oh, I wish I had that.

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 He's gone on a big holiday. I wish I had that. I wish I had went there.

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 And it goes on.

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 Until it's at the point now that it's just part of the culture.

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 It's part of the norm.

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 And it keeps people going, and they have this weird enjoyment of it.

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 And then, he turns to us, the audience, and asks, do you have that here?

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 And I was sitting in the front row, and me being me.

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 I was like, yeah, of course.

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 Big part of our culture as well.

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 We like more than about things other people have that we don't.

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 And we had a bit of our conversation, a back and forth about it then.

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 And that came to mind as I was thinking and dwelling and reading about this topic.

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 What does God expect from me in this life?

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 As part of our questions series just now.

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 Because we can have this thought that God expects all these things from me.

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 And I need to do all these things.

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 And that leads to drudgery.

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 Or we can take the opposite view when we read God's Word and we see, man, he's asking a lot.

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 He wants a lot.

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 And I don't want to give him half quarter of all that.

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 And do all that.

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 I don't want that.

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 I've got enough rules to follow.

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 I've got enough to do.

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 And that leads to a kind of drudgery.

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 Seeing God and God's law and God's Word is a kind of drudgery.

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 And so there are two dangers with this question.

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 And we are trying to get through the middle of them.

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 And those are the two dangers, as I've sort of mentioned.

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 And with all these questions, there are always questions and issues underneath and sort of behind them as well.

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 And one of the issues, particularly with this one, is, like I've said, does God, as I read his Word, want me to obey everything he says there?

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 And if he does, how do I do that?

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 How do I obey all this?

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 Because it seems impossible.

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 And that's true.

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 It is.

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 And the other side, again, we don't need to do all that because I'm a Christian.

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 I've been saved by the grace and love of Jesus.

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 So I'm not required to do and required to keep all these things.

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 And both of these things really fundamentally are a misunderstanding and a misapprehension of who God is and what he's like.

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 So just as we go forward tonight and think about this question and try to come to an answer,

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 one verse I want to think about and dwell on and sort of direct is Psalm 37, verse 4, which is up there on the screen.

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 And it says, take delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.

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 Because this is a question of desire and what we want, who we want to serve.

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 And so this verse in our culture might seem topsy-turvy, counter-cultural, and it is.

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 And it should be topsy-turvy because it talks about taking delight in the Lord and he'll give us the desires of our hearts.

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 And surely a lot of us will think to him, but I want that guy's BMW next door or whatever that doesn't seem to fit, just for an example.

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 So we're going to hopefully use this verse to guide us and take us along the path to some sort of answer tonight.

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 So we're going to, as we go, discuss and think about these two dangers I've mentioned.

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 And then we're going to come to the answer.

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 So the first danger is joyless obedience.

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 We read our Bibles, we study, we come to church, and a lot of things get said about what God wants, what God says,

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 his rules and his commandments, and especially in the outside world, they think, oh, this is such a drag.

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 You know, but then a lot of us will have the thinking that if I just keep myself right and really try hard, really buckle down, pay attention,

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 I'll be able to follow a lot of these, I'll be able to keep a lot of these rules.

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 Others will be put off right away and think, close that, put that away.

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 Not for me, thanks.

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 So, and with the first view of I can do this, I can keep these rules.

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 I can do like God wants me to do.

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 I can be a good person, a good Christian.

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 You always sit and think, I can do that.

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 He says, don't murder.

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 Like that guy at work, he is annoying, but I'm not going to murder him.

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 I can do this.

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 But that thinking is just topsy-turvy, it's wrong.

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 And we're going to look at an example in our Bibles now of why that is wrong.

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 So if you want to look in your Bibles at Matthew chapter 19, Matthew chapter 19, verses 16 to 22.

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 So it says,

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 Just then, a man came up to Jesus and asked,

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 Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?

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 Why do you ask me about what is good?

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 Jesus replied, there is only one who is good.

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 If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.

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 Which ones?

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 He inquired.

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 Jesus replied,

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 You shall not murder.

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 You shall not commit adultery.

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 You shall not steal.

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 You shall not give false witness.

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 Honor your father and mother and love your neighbor as yourself.

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 All these I have kept, the young man said.

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 What do I still lack?

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 And Jesus answered,

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 If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor.

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 And you will have treasure in heaven.

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 Then come, follow me.

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 When the young man heard this, he went away sad because he had great wealth.

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 So with this passage, it can seem because of that last verse,

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 when the young man heard this, he went away sad because he had great wealth,

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 that the issue primarily is one of just purely money, possessions,

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 and the things he had and how he didn't want to give them up.

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 But the issue really is far deeper and more serious than that.

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 So the issue really behind all this and this young man and his attitude

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 and what he says to Jesus and how he went away disappointed

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 is that he was seeing God's law, God's rules, God's word as a checklist,

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 something to be obeyed and followed,

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 putting ticks in boxes and keeping yourself right.

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 And in fact, what he's missed, the big, huge, massive thing he has missed

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 is the person that's given the law.

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 He's missed the good God behind the law.

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 God gave the law as a kind of mirror to hold up to us and our state

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 and who we are and to show us who we really are,

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 apart from anything else and all the other influences and things

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 that tell us who we are and try and show us who we are.

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 There's a lot of other mirrors out there, but God's word is the true mirror.

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 All the other mirrors are like mirrors in a haunted house

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 that distort the body and are sort of trick.

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 So when we look in this mirror, the mirror of God's word and God's law,

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 it's like any other kind of mirror.

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 You look in it and you see you've not got anything in your teeth,

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 that you're all right, and then you leave the house.

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 And so God's law is like this as well.

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 It's a mirror, as I've said.

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 We look in it, but unlike other mirrors where we see that we're all right

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 and sort of fix ourselves, make sure our hair's looking all right,

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 it shows us the sorry state we're in in our hearts

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 and before God in terms of sin and rebellion.

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 It shows us sort of like a West Coast expression.

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 Look at the state of you when we look in it.

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 We look in the mirror of God's law and see someone there with food all down them,

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 bloodstains, oil, bruised, and all these terrible things you would fix in a normal mirror.

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 And that's just our state before God.

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 We're dirty and we are not fit for purpose when we look in God's law.

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 And it's a huge way to try and think of keeping and making sure we obey all of God's law

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 and we just can't do it.

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 It's an unbearable way for us, ourselves, and in of ourselves.

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 And that's the whole point of this mirror.

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 That's the whole point of God showing us the state we're in.

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 We're in is that he holds the mirror and then we are drawn from the mirror

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 to the person holding the mirror and what else he tells us.

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 We're drawn from the law to the author of the law

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 who's going to clean us up and give us new clothes and dress our wounds

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 caused by a rebellion against him.

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 And the author of the law, God, wants us to come in this simple faith

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 and rest in him and not worry ourselves with trying to keep this law to the letter

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 because we just can't do it ourselves.

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 So in verse 20 of this passage in Matthew, the young man says,

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 I've kept all these since I was a youth in reference to the commandments

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 that Jesus shares with him and reminds him of.

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 But the young man knows in himself there's something else here,

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 there's something more, I need to go deeper.

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 And he presses Jesus and he says to Jesus in the rest of the verse,

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 what else is there, what else do I still lack?

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 And it tells us in verse 22, again, that the young man went away disappointed

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 because of Jesus' answer, because of his great wealth and possessions.

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 But all through this conversation that this young man has with Jesus,

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 he's asking about how he can get eternal life.

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 And there are a couple of things in this conversation

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 that the young man does correctly,

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 which we don't always think about with this passage or talk about,

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 which, you know, we should think on the good things that are in it

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 from the young man's point of view.

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 First off, he shows this concern for God's kingdom.

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 He comes to Jesus and says, how can I get into the kingdom?

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 How can I be a member?

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 How can I get involved?

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 And that's right.

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 And we need to follow that example and show this concern,

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 how we can get into God's kingdom and how we can be involved.

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 So that's one positive element that we can take away from this story

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 and what the young man says.

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 And then the next thing that I noticed that the young man does correctly

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 and does right and that we can take away from as a positive for us

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 is that he sought out Jesus to ask about the kingdom of God

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 and he sought out Jesus for answers to his questions,

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 to these ultimate questions of life and death and eternal life.

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 There's loads of other sources for answers,

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 but the other sources are wrong and are incorrect.

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 There's any number of places that people and we can seek out answers,

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 but there's only one source of truth and authority in these issues of life

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 and death and eternal life that we have been thinking and talking about

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 in all these sermons and many others,

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 and that is Jesus himself.

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 Both then when he was speaking to the young man

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 and now as we hear his voice speaking to us in the Bible.

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 But unfortunately that's really where the positive aspects

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 of this passage in Matthew end,

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 where the young man is concerned.

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 But there's more to learn from this conversation

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 and it helps us inform our journey to our answer.

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 What does God expect from me in this life?

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 So the young man, as I've said, comes to Jesus

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 and through what he says we see that he has this misunderstanding

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 of who God is and what he wants, what he expects.

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 For him God's law is about gaining brownie points,

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 earning kudos from God.

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 And he's really looking at the sort of bare minimum he can do

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 and achieve in his own strength and in his own way

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 to get in, to get through the door.

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 And for him the law and God are sort of really detached by this point

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 and are unrelated to each other.

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 Really the correct view is that the law and keeping it

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 is about glorifying God and it's about enjoying God,

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 not just ticks and boxes and keeping yourself right

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 and keeping yourself on the straight and narrow

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 and the hope that with that, that'll be enough,

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 that'll get me in, that'll get me over the bar

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 and across the threshold.

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 So that's what God wants from us

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 and expects of us from this point of view.

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 He wants us to glorify and enjoy him.

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 And that's what the law is about,

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 as well as pointing to our condition, our sinful condition.

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 He wants all of us to enjoy him.

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 He doesn't want us just to obey him without thinking

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 and without that enjoyment and without that joy.

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 Not just for, we're not just to enjoy the commands in and of themselves,

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 but we're supposed to enjoy the good and gracious God

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 who gives the law and who is holding that mirror that we thought about.

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 So, we thought about that angle.

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 And then the second danger in this topic and with this question

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 is what I've deemed Christian freedom.

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 And I'll explain in a moment what I mean by that.

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 So, as part of my studies up at ETS,

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 in the first year we had to read a book,

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 which is called, should I put a picture up of it?

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 But, too late now.

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 And that book is called,

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 if you have a pen and a piece of paper there,

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 you should take a note of it,

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 and I'll talk about it again later.

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 It's a book called The Whole Christ by Sinclair Ferguson.

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 And Sinclair Ferguson is talking about this issue

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 of sort of legalism and speaking about obeying the law

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 to the best of your ability and just cracking on,

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 trying to put ticks in boxes.

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 And then the other side of the debate and the issue,

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 this Christian freedom of,

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 well, I'm saved.

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 I'm a Christian.

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 I'm enjoying the grace of God.

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 This has relieved my worries and my stress.

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 I can go about and do as I please now.

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 And in this book,

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 although the two seem like completely unrelated,

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 completely nothing to do with each other,

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 Sinclair Ferguson really thrashes it out.

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 It's a really hard book to read for me anyway,

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 but well worth the read.

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 He calls Christian freedom and the other danger of joyless obedience,

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 this legalism,

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 as non-identical twins from the same womb.

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 So they seem completely at odds with each other,

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 but actually he says,

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 no, in fact,

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 these things are the two,

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 one and the same.

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 They're the same thing and from the same place.

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 That misunderstanding of who God is

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 and what he wants and what he expects.

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 And these are both errors.

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 And both of them really see God

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 cast as a sergeant major in a uniform

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 and he's barking orders

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 and one says,

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 aye, aye, sir,

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 I'll get that done.

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 I'll do that.

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 I'm going to stick to this.

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 And the other says,

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 no way,

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 I don't need anyone else barking orders at me

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 and tell me what to do.

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 So,

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 just like the young man,

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 as we thought about,

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 and people

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 here in Brunsfield

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 and other churches

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 and various other places

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 in the outside world

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 who see this all negatively,

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 who are obeying joylessly,

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 they see God and his word

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 as lifeless and joyless.

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 And then on the other side of it,

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 with this one,

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 it's people seeing the grace of God

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 that is there

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 and we should enjoy

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 and we should love

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 and revel in

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 that we have this joy

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 and this grace of God.

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 They see it

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 as a get out of jail free card

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 from like Monopoly

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 where you play the card

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 and you're off scot free.

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 That's what salvation and faith is

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 to them to some extent.

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 And an example of that,

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 in our sort of modern culture

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 would be like a Christian

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 boyfriend and girlfriend

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 who start having sex

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 and doing that

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 without ever being married.

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 Sort of in the thinking that,

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 oh, we're Christians,

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 it's okay,

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 we're saved,

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 we're going to get married someday,

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 it'll be fine.

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 We're just wanting to have

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 a bit of fun now.

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 So that's just

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 massive misunderstanding

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 of God and his grace.

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 And this problem

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 was even present

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 back in the sort of

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 early church

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 right at the very beginning.

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 And I want to

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 look at another passage

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 just now

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 in 1 Peter.

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 So Peter sort of

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 addresses this kind of problem

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 and this thinking

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 that was prevalent

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 in being taught

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 in the early church

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 by some teachers.

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 So 1 Peter,

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 just chapter 1.

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 If you look at that,

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 we'll look at it in a moment.

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 So 1 Peter,

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 part of this book

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 addresses this problem

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 with this Christian freedom.

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 I'm saved,

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 I've enjoyed the grace of God

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 and now I'm free

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 to do as I like.

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 And people are actually teaching

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 that the more we sin,

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 the more God

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 pours out his grace,

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 the more he's gracious,

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 which is just so

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 topsy-turvy.

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 And that thinking,

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 sin particularly

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 was used

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 as a

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 reason

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 for

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 immorality

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 of all sorts,

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 but especially

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 in the sexual realm

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 where people were

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 having affairs

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 and having sex

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 with each other

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 in the church.

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 And it was just like

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 the more we sin,

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 the more God

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 pours out his grace

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 and we're saved

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 so we are free

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 to enjoy our bodies

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 and use them

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 as we see fit,

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 really.

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 So Peter writes

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 this letter

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 to correct this,

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 to address this

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 and in 1 Peter chapter 1

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 he does this

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 in a positive way

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 and then in chapter 2

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 he does it in a more

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 stronger way

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 where he's correcting

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 the errors

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 and really

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 sort of calling

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 these false teachers

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 out for their errors

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 and for leading

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 God's people astray

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 into this wrong thinking.

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 And he's not just

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 interested in saying this

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 and he's not just

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 saying this to these

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 Christians because

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 it's violating God's law

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 so it's just like

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 stop doing that,

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 you're being naughty,

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 you better stop that,

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 that's wrong.

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 He's really invested

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 in caring

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 about God,

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 not just his law

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 but about God himself

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 and he is

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 obsessed with

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 and his desire is

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 that God

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 would be glorified

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 and that these people

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 would come back

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 to glorifying God

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 properly

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 and enjoying God

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 and enjoying the

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 inheritance

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 and the good things

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 of God.

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 So in 1 Peter

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 I want to look

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 from verse 13

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 sort of on

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 for a few verses

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 I'll just read that

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 Therefore

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 with minds

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 that are alert

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 and fully sober

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 set your hope

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 on the grace

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 to be brought to you

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 when Jesus Christ

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 is revealed

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 at his coming

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 as obedient children

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 do not conform

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 to the evil desires

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 you had

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 when you lived

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 in ignorance

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 but just as

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 he who called you

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 is holy

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 so be holy

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 in all you do

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 for it is written

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 be holy

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 because I am holy

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 since you call

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 on a father

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 who judges

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 each person's work

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 impartially

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 live out your time

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 as foreigners

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 here in reverent fear

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 for you know

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 that it was not

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 with perishable things

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 such as silver

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 or gold

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 that were redeemed

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 from the empty

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 way of life

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 handed down to you

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 from your ancestors

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 but with the precious

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 blood of Christ

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 a lamb

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 without blemish

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 or defect

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 he was chosen

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 before the creation

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 of the world

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 but was revealed

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 in these last times

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 for your sake

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 through him

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 you believe in God

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 who raised him

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 from the dead

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 and glorified him

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 and so your faith

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 and hope

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 are in God

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 now that you

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 have purified yourself

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 by obeying the truth

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 so that you have

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 sincere love

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 for each other

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 love one another

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 deeply from the heart

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 for you have been

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 born again

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 not of perishable seed

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 but of imperishable

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 through the living

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 and enduring

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 word of God

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 so Peter's

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 bringing back to them

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 and reminding them

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 what's been done

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 for them

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 and why

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 what they're doing

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 and what they're thinking

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:23.759
 and teaching

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 and believing

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 about grace

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 and about the law

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 is wrong

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 and topsy-turvy

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 and upside down

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 Peter's saying to them

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 these people

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 in the early church

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 and to each one of us

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 here tonight as well

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 just as much

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 set your attention

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 and desire

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 on the things of God

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 and not this

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 cheap

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 petty

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 selfish

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 worthless

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 and ultimately

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 temporal

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 like

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 it'll run out

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 it'll expire

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.180
 way of life

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 that you had before

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 God

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 who you've

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 got this faith in

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 and who you've

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 received faith from

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 is eternal

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 and he's glorious

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 he's our glorious

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 heavenly father

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 who sent his own

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 beloved son

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 not just anyone else

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 his own beloved son

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 into the world

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 to redeem you

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 by his blood

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 you weren't

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 redeemed

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 by earthly things

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 jewels

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 gold

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 silver

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 or whatever else

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 but by the blood

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 of the son of God

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 so you need to

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 just see the great

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 thing this is for you

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 and how important

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 it is

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 to

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 throw off

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 these things

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 and get rid of them

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 to come back

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 to where you were

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 before

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 seeing the goodness

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 of the word of God

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 the law of God

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 and what it tells us

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:42.279
 about our salvation

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 and God's grace

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.399
 that he has for us

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 so this word

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 redeemed is important

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.720
 in this passage

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 and a lot of other

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:48.720
 passages

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:50.099
 in the New Testament

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 because it comes

00:23:52.439 --> 00:23:52.819
 out of the

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:54.279
 slave trade

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 which is different

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:58.019
 from modern slavery

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 and American

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 chattel slavery

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 that we often

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 think of

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 when we say

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.059
 that word

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 and

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 to redeem

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 people out of

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:07.819
 slavery

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 you would go

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.279
 to the slave market

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 and you would see

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:11.500
 some person

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:12.059
 that you wanted

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.779
 to be taken

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.639
 out of slavery

00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.859
 and you would

00:24:14.859 --> 00:24:15.639
 pay a sum

00:24:15.639 --> 00:24:16.079
 for them

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:17.179
 in money

00:24:17.179 --> 00:24:17.839
 or land

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.740
 or whatever else

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:20.460
 and you would

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:20.839
 give them

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.379
 their freedom

00:24:21.379 --> 00:24:23.659
 so that

00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.419
 you would pay

00:24:24.419 --> 00:24:25.159
 a price for someone

00:24:25.159 --> 00:24:25.799
 and it would be

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.579
 a hefty price

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:28.819
 so Peter

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.500
 is really driving

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.000
 home to them

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.339
 and they would

00:24:30.339 --> 00:24:30.899
 have had a much

00:24:30.899 --> 00:24:31.679
 better understanding

00:24:31.679 --> 00:24:32.539
 of that language

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.799
 than we do

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.399
 in our own

00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:35.419
 modern context

00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:36.240
 but that's some of it

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:37.619
 that what a dear

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:39.379
 and huge price

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:40.679
 God has paid

00:24:40.679 --> 00:24:41.939
 in sending

00:24:41.939 --> 00:24:42.679
 his own son

00:24:42.679 --> 00:24:43.339
 to us

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:46.159
 we've been

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:46.480
 redeemed

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:46.980
 not just

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.539
 with money

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.559
 or land

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.359
 or whatever else

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:49.980
 was used

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:51.399
 but by the life

00:24:51.399 --> 00:24:51.959
 of the very

00:24:51.959 --> 00:24:52.740
 son of God

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.819
 so that we can

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:55.019
 become members

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.819
 of God's family

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.559
 it's not just

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.879
 in those days

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:59.259
 when people

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.639
 were redeemed

00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.220
 from slavery

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:01.759
 they wouldn't

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.839
 then get into

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.599
 the royal house

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:03.939
 or whatever

00:25:03.939 --> 00:25:04.980
 the emperor

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.679
 or king

00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:07.000
 or local lord

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.459
 or whatever

00:25:07.459 --> 00:25:10.000
 but this is the

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.379
 case

00:25:10.379 --> 00:25:11.559
 in our redemption

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.779
 in our purchase

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.480
 from slavery

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:15.879
 that we become

00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:16.740
 members of the

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.319
 royal house

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:18.299
 of God's family

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:19.480
 which is so much

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.639
 bigger than just

00:25:20.639 --> 00:25:21.779
 receiving your freedom

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.740
 there you're free

00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.440
 go and do as you

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:23.759
 please

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:25.480
 we're bought into

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.119
 this new

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:27.160
 better family

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:33.720
 so surely

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.899
 in reading this

00:25:34.899 --> 00:25:35.259
 passage

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:36.119
 and various other

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.819
 places as well

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:38.000
 with what Peter

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.440
 is saying

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:39.000
 and what he's

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.539
 teaching us

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:41.420
 surely we should

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.519
 do is he

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:42.940
 encourages

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.900
 and set

00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.940
 our desire

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.539
 on God

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.480
 and his glory

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:47.420
 rather than

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:47.800
 our own

00:25:47.800 --> 00:25:49.060
 for the glorious

00:25:49.060 --> 00:25:50.340
 thing that has

00:25:50.340 --> 00:25:50.860
 been done

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:51.840
 on our behalf

00:25:51.840 --> 00:25:54.440
 so that is

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.420
 sort of the

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.200
 two sides

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:56.860
 of the equation

00:25:56.860 --> 00:25:57.759
 that we can

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.420
 that we're all

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.140
 danger of falling

00:25:59.140 --> 00:26:00.120
 into in both

00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:00.960
 and we will fall

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.580
 into at different

00:26:01.580 --> 00:26:02.820
 times and in

00:26:02.820 --> 00:26:03.460
 different ways

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:06.180
 so what is

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:07.180
 the answer

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:08.640
 Peter you'll

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.039
 like that one

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.279
 with the

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:09.920
 rubric cube

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:13.140
 so the answer

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:14.160
 to some extent

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:15.500
 and it's a huge

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:17.039
 topic for discussion

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:18.740
 and better minds

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.440
 and people than me

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.420
 have written

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.320
 extensively on it

00:26:21.320 --> 00:26:22.140
 and spoke about it

00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:24.140
 but it is

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:25.600
 joyful obedience

00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:27.960
 that is the answer

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.779
 to our question

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.640
 tonight of

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.380
 what does God

00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:31.799
 expect from me

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:33.600
 he wants

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.699
 obedience from us

00:26:34.699 --> 00:26:36.339
 because of the

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:37.079
 love that he has

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.539
 for us

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:39.819
 and the good

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.599
 thing that God's

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:41.219
 law is and what

00:26:41.219 --> 00:26:41.639
 it's been done

00:26:41.639 --> 00:26:42.339
 for us like we

00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:42.799
 thought about

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.459
 from Peter

00:26:43.459 --> 00:26:45.099
 he doesn't want

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:46.059
 us to be robots

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:47.919
 who see ourselves

00:26:47.919 --> 00:26:48.659
 as programmed

00:26:48.659 --> 00:26:50.159
 to do what we

00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:50.839
 have to do

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:52.019
 because God

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.579
 said it

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:54.219
 just plain

00:26:54.219 --> 00:26:54.759
 and simple

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:56.059
 black and white

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:57.059
 to get into

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.599
 heaven just to

00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.459
 get us in there

00:26:58.459 --> 00:26:59.699
 just do enough

00:26:59.699 --> 00:27:00.959
 to earn our way

00:27:00.959 --> 00:27:02.240
 to earn our passage

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:05.680
 but he wants us

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.339
 to be people

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:07.400
 who have had

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.960
 their desires

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:09.660
 changed completely

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.420
 because of the

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.200
 faith we have

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:12.559
 and the work

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:13.299
 of the Holy Spirit

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:14.160
 who is indwelling

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.500
 in us

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:17.000
 who makes

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:18.140
 our desires

00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:18.660
 change

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:19.940
 who makes

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:21.180
 the things

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.759
 we want

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.819
 change to the

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.599
 things that God

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.140
 wants and the

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.660
 things that God

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.120
 desires

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:26.339
 and the love

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:27.240
 the things that

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:27.779
 God loves

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.500
 which is an

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.279
 encouragement for us

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.319
 because as I said

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:31.539
 I've thought about

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.259
 we can't do this

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.659
 ourselves

00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:34.740
 so the Holy Spirit

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.440
 has been sent

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.720
 to help us in this

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:39.619
 through this faith

00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:40.599
 in the Lord Jesus

00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:42.139
 that we're given

00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:43.779
 we are also given

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:45.119
 this sweet freedom

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:46.599
 from these chains

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.460
 that bind us

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.759
 metaphorically speaking

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:50.659
 from the chains

00:27:50.659 --> 00:27:51.720
 of sin and death

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:53.420
 and that's great news

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:54.680
 and we should all

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:56.259
 celebrate that

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:57.379
 and love that thought

00:27:57.380 --> 00:28:00.620
 and that is the way

00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:01.600
 God wants us

00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:02.200
 to be

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.860
 he wants us to

00:28:02.860 --> 00:28:03.460
 celebrate these

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.180
 things and revel

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.520
 in them

00:28:04.520 --> 00:28:05.140
 and love

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:06.300
 the freedom

00:28:06.300 --> 00:28:06.740
 that we've been

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.540
 given in this

00:28:07.540 --> 00:28:07.920
 grace

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:09.940
 in this

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.920
 tremendous thing

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:11.420
 that's been done

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:11.840
 for us

00:28:11.840 --> 00:28:13.680
 but it doesn't

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.120
 free us

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:15.080
 just to live

00:28:15.080 --> 00:28:16.120
 and do

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:17.300
 as we please

00:28:17.300 --> 00:28:19.080
 and it's a fine

00:28:19.080 --> 00:28:20.040
 line between

00:28:20.040 --> 00:28:20.900
 these two things

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.860
 these two dangers

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:23.520
 and both of them

00:28:23.520 --> 00:28:24.480
 like I'd said

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.140
 at the start

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:26.120
 involve this

00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:26.619
 drudgery

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:27.759
 the drudgery

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.379
 of being told

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:28.879
 what to do

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.259
 and thinking

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:31.119
 what a drag

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:32.099
 I need to go

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.659
 and I need to

00:28:32.659 --> 00:28:33.699
 really crack on

00:28:33.699 --> 00:28:34.679
 and get knuckled

00:28:34.679 --> 00:28:35.259
 down and get

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.779
 this done

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.939
 and the other

00:28:36.939 --> 00:28:37.459
 side of the

00:28:37.459 --> 00:28:38.079
 drudgery of

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:39.759
 I'm not interested

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.119
 in this

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:41.019
 this is far too

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.479
 much and I'm

00:28:41.479 --> 00:28:42.079
 not going to do

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:43.579
 it because it's

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.219
 seen as this

00:28:44.219 --> 00:28:44.839
 drag

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:46.679
 so it is this

00:28:46.679 --> 00:28:47.500
 fine line

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.479
 between

00:28:48.479 --> 00:28:50.799
 just following

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.199
 along

00:28:51.199 --> 00:28:52.539
 and the freedom

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:52.899
 and just

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:53.759
 exploiting the

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.679
 grace that we've

00:28:54.679 --> 00:28:55.079
 been given

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.859
 and abusing it

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.279
 as well

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:57.039
 in a sense

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:58.679
 so the only

00:28:58.679 --> 00:28:59.559
 true solution

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.639
 that we have

00:29:00.639 --> 00:29:02.619
 as a touchstone

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.960
 is this

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:05.159
 trust in Jesus

00:29:05.159 --> 00:29:05.960
 we thought about

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.500
 the faith

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:06.859
 and the

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.879
 Holy Spirit

00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:08.379
 that's been sent

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:09.019
 to Elvis in this

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:10.599
 but it's through

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:11.259
 this faith

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.939
 in Jesus

00:29:11.939 --> 00:29:14.159
 so if we find

00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:14.759
 ourselves in the

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.339
 first camp

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:15.960
 of the

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:17.339
 joyless obedience

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:18.059
 following along

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.519
 doing as we're

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:18.839
 told

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:20.339
 as best we can

00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:21.079
 for all intents

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:21.599
 and purposes

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:23.659
 where God's

00:29:23.659 --> 00:29:24.679
 like this

00:29:24.679 --> 00:29:25.319
 sergeant major

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:26.079
 barking orders

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.539
 at us

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:26.939
 and we're

00:29:26.939 --> 00:29:27.639
 determined to

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:28.219
 follow them

00:29:28.219 --> 00:29:31.659
 that will bring

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.439
 us no pleasure

00:29:32.439 --> 00:29:33.519
 and we will

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.279
 not grow

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.859
 in our

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.619
 Christian lives

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:36.259
 whatsoever

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.679
 we'll be

00:29:36.679 --> 00:29:37.139
 stunted

00:29:37.139 --> 00:29:41.240
 but in

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.859
 saying that

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:43.559
 if we do

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.199
 find ourselves

00:29:44.199 --> 00:29:44.719
 there as we

00:29:44.719 --> 00:29:45.519
 will do

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:45.980
 from time

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.379
 to time

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:47.240
 then

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:48.400
 we have

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:48.980
 to stop

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:50.240
 and remember

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:51.180
 the price

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.460
 has been

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.000
 paid for

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.200
 us

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:53.100
 by Jesus

00:29:53.100 --> 00:29:54.300
 and remember

00:29:54.300 --> 00:29:54.820
 as well

00:29:54.820 --> 00:29:55.440
 that it's not

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.080
 down to our

00:29:56.080 --> 00:29:56.400
 work

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:57.040
 the work

00:29:57.040 --> 00:29:57.420
 has been

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:57.720
 done

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.660
 the price

00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:58.960
 has been

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.380
 paid

00:29:59.380 --> 00:30:00.240
 we are

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.660
 redeemed

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:01.480
 we can't

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:01.740
 do this

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.240
 work ourselves

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:03.340
 we can't

00:30:03.340 --> 00:30:03.760
 pay this

00:30:03.760 --> 00:30:04.440
 price ourselves

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:05.420
 but it has

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:06.000
 been paid

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.600
 for us

00:30:06.600 --> 00:30:09.820
 and that

00:30:09.820 --> 00:30:10.240
 was done

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.680
 through

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.500
 this perfect

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:11.980
 obedience

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:13.060
 to the will

00:30:13.060 --> 00:30:13.580
 of God

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:14.200
 that Jesus

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.960
 had all

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.300
 through his

00:30:15.300 --> 00:30:15.600
 life

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:17.059
 and we

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:17.539
 can rest

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:17.899
 in that

00:30:17.899 --> 00:30:18.219
 work

00:30:18.219 --> 00:30:19.699
 and thank

00:30:19.699 --> 00:30:20.199
 God for

00:30:20.199 --> 00:30:20.379
 it

00:30:20.379 --> 00:30:21.679
 and if we

00:30:21.679 --> 00:30:22.719
 find ourselves

00:30:22.719 --> 00:30:23.119
 rather

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:24.219
 in this

00:30:24.219 --> 00:30:24.980
 second camp

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.599
 of thinking

00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:27.219
 how we want

00:30:27.219 --> 00:30:27.599
 to break

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:27.980
 free

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:29.339
 get gone

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:30.219
 run off

00:30:30.219 --> 00:30:31.459
 stop worrying

00:30:31.459 --> 00:30:31.779
 about all

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.419
 these rules

00:30:32.419 --> 00:30:32.939
 and all

00:30:32.939 --> 00:30:33.819
 these setbacks

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:35.279
 then stop

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:36.379
 and remember

00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:36.819
 again

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.699
 that Jesus

00:30:37.699 --> 00:30:38.859
 obeyed his

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.719
 father perfectly

00:30:39.719 --> 00:30:40.299
 which we

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:40.779
 can't do

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.599
 but he

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.379
 obeyed his

00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:43.179
 father perfectly

00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:44.699
 and cherished

00:30:44.699 --> 00:30:45.579
 the law

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.179
 of God

00:30:46.179 --> 00:30:46.799
 and took

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.439
 delight in it

00:30:47.439 --> 00:30:48.139
 says it all

00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:48.439
 through

00:30:48.439 --> 00:30:50.779
 the gospels

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:52.779
 so if the

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.279
 Lord Jesus

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:54.000
 cherished it

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.779
 and delighted

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.220
 in it

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:56.000
 and to obey

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.500
 it as well

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.539
 there must be

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.240
 something good

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.119
 about it

00:30:59.119 --> 00:31:00.019
 and we should

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.720
 follow suit

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.519
 as the Lord

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.119
 Jesus did

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:05.019
 and when we

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:06.039
 ultimately do

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.879
 find all of this

00:31:06.879 --> 00:31:07.539
 hard going

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.980
 the two dangers

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.399
 are there

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:10.319
 when we find

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:10.759
 all of this

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.159
 tough

00:31:11.159 --> 00:31:12.099
 as we will

00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:13.500
 and it

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.139
 happens a lot

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:14.719
 to all of

00:31:14.719 --> 00:31:14.919
 us

00:31:14.919 --> 00:31:15.919
 remember

00:31:15.919 --> 00:31:16.699
 that Jesus

00:31:16.699 --> 00:31:17.500
 is sitting

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:17.919
 there

00:31:17.919 --> 00:31:18.740
 at the

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.139
 right hand

00:31:19.139 --> 00:31:19.480
 of God

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.819
 to this

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.079
 day

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:21.339
 interceding

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:21.740
 for us

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.339
 and speaking

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:23.199
 for us

00:31:23.199 --> 00:31:23.919
 on our

00:31:23.919 --> 00:31:24.419
 behalf

00:31:24.419 --> 00:31:26.079
 and as I've

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.559
 said the

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.139
 Holy Spirit

00:31:27.139 --> 00:31:27.419
 has been

00:31:27.419 --> 00:31:28.599
 sent to

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.039
 help us

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.319
 on our

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:29.579
 way

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:30.139
 to an

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:30.379
 answer

00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:30.759
 to this

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.199
 question

00:31:31.199 --> 00:31:32.319
 and to

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:32.719
 help us

00:31:32.719 --> 00:31:33.339
 apply it

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.659
 and live

00:31:33.659 --> 00:31:34.019
 it out

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:36.119
 and if

00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:36.440
 we think

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:36.759
 about this

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.279
 if we

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.859
 can

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:40.319
 obey

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:41.319
 joyfully

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:42.079
 in light

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.359
 of all

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:42.700
 this

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:45.279
 how good

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.599
 will it

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:46.420
 be when

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:46.940
 people

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.819
 in the

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.279
 office

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:49.720
 and in

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.180
 the hospital

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:50.619
 and wherever

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:51.599
 else we

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.460
 go on

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:52.819
 life's

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.059
 journey

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.819
 how good

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.059
 would it

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.859
 be for

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.319
 those people

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:55.740
 we mix

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.139
 with to

00:31:56.139 --> 00:31:57.299
 see people

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.859
 who are

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.539
 obeying the

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:59.500
 law of

00:31:59.500 --> 00:31:59.799
 God

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.339
 joyfully

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:00.980
 and obeying

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.440
 their heavenly

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:01.859
 father

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.839
 joyfully

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.740
 like the

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.199
 Lord Jesus

00:32:04.199 --> 00:32:04.579
 did

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:06.220
 that have

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.779
 been moulded

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.339
 by the

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:07.879
 love of

00:32:07.879 --> 00:32:08.299
 the Lord

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:08.859
 and love

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:09.720
 of his

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.039
 word

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:11.959
 because that

00:32:11.959 --> 00:32:12.519
 is true

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.159
 freedom

00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:13.639
 for all

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:13.980
 of us

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:16.919
 and I

00:32:16.919 --> 00:32:17.319
 think that

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:17.819
 would really

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.659
 turn the

00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:18.959
 world

00:32:18.959 --> 00:32:20.059
 upside down

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:21.500
 and so

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.919
 that is

00:32:22.919 --> 00:32:23.679
 an attempt

00:32:23.679 --> 00:32:24.119
 to answer

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:24.699
 the question

00:32:24.699 --> 00:32:25.779
 what does

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.119
 God

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:27.199
 expect from

00:32:27.199 --> 00:32:27.439
 me in

00:32:27.439 --> 00:32:27.980
 this life

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.899
 and I

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:29.240
 just want

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:29.439
 to end

00:32:29.439 --> 00:32:29.799
 with this

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.399
 verse

00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:30.919
 here

00:32:30.919 --> 00:32:31.839
 that's up

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.059
 on the

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.359
 screen

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:32.859
 Psalm

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.740
 37

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.399
 verse 4

00:32:34.399 --> 00:32:35.199
 take

00:32:35.199 --> 00:32:35.539
 delight

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:35.799
 in the

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.059
 Lord

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.759
 and he

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.240
 will give

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.779
 you the

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.199
 desires

00:32:38.199 --> 00:32:38.539
 of your

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:38.799
 heart

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.379
 how true

00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:40.279
 that is

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.619
 when we

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:41.059
 delight in

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.399
 the Lord

00:32:41.399 --> 00:32:43.199
 we will

00:32:43.199 --> 00:32:44.419
 be rewarded

00:32:44.419 --> 00:32:44.919
 so much

00:32:44.919 --> 00:32:45.319
 more for

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:45.859
 the things

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:46.379
 that we

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:46.759
 give up

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.199
 here in

00:32:47.199 --> 00:32:47.699
 this life

00:32:47.699 --> 00:32:48.859
 and he

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:49.240
 will give

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.500
 us the

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:49.799
 desires

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.059
 of our

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.259
 heart

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.559
 which will

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:50.839
 be so

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.019
 much

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.299
 sweeter

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:52.039
 than

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.719
 the

00:32:52.719 --> 00:32:53.119
 desires

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:53.379
 we

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:53.819
 had

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.879
 previously

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.939
 let's

00:32:55.939 --> 00:32:56.419
 just pray

00:32:56.419 --> 00:32:57.199
 and then

00:32:57.199 --> 00:32:57.479
 we can

00:32:57.479 --> 00:32:57.740
 have a

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.059
 break

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.959
 and get

00:32:58.959 --> 00:32:59.859
 a drink

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:02.819
 heavenly

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:03.159
 father

00:33:03.159 --> 00:33:03.819
 we

00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:04.679
 thank you

00:33:04.679 --> 00:33:05.359
 so much

00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:07.319
 for your

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:07.699
 word

00:33:07.699 --> 00:33:09.159
 and for

00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:09.740
 your law

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.939
 and how

00:33:10.939 --> 00:33:11.959
 you use

00:33:11.959 --> 00:33:12.479
 it to

00:33:12.479 --> 00:33:13.599
 teach us

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:14.119
 and to

00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:14.559
 lead us

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.479
 and to

00:33:15.479 --> 00:33:16.099
 show us

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:16.859
 how much

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.879
 we

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:19.359
 need you

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:19.919
 and we

00:33:19.919 --> 00:33:20.279
 need the

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.719
 Lord Jesus

00:33:20.719 --> 00:33:21.179
 and the

00:33:21.179 --> 00:33:21.740
 Holy Spirit

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:23.819
 that it

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.319
 shows us

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:25.319
 just in

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.740
 what a

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.299
 sorry and

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:26.839
 poor state

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.279
 we're in

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:28.740
 by ourselves

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:30.039
 but we

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.480
 thank you

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.000
 Lord that

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:32.079
 you know

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:33.279
 our hearts

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.720
 you know

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.159
 our minds

00:33:34.159 --> 00:33:34.480
 you know

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.039
 our desires

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.539
 you know

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:35.939
 all these

00:33:35.939 --> 00:33:36.459
 things about

00:33:36.459 --> 00:33:36.720
 us

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.859
 and yet

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.480
 when we

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.220
 come to

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.679
 you in

00:33:39.679 --> 00:33:40.139
 faith

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:41.819
 you accept

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.119
 us

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:43.240
 and we

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.819
 thank you

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.939
 that that

00:33:44.939 --> 00:33:45.500
 is because

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:45.720
 of the

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.179
 Lord Jesus

00:33:46.179 --> 00:33:46.720
 and his

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.059
 work

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.699
 and we

00:33:47.699 --> 00:33:50.220
 are given

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:50.899
 that freely

00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:51.519
 and we

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.240
 are represented

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.639
 and we

00:33:52.639 --> 00:33:53.079
 don't need

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.579
 to work

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:54.179
 ourselves

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:57.000
 and Heavenly

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.480
 Father we

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.600
 pray that

00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:59.160
 as we go

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.620
 from this

00:33:59.620 --> 00:34:00.039
 place

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.880
 tonight

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.440
 into the

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.019
 coming week

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:03.180
 that we

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:04.060
 will remember

00:34:04.060 --> 00:34:05.920
 that you

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.580
 want your

00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:07.039
 children

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.960
 your people

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.480
 to love

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.700
 you

00:34:08.700 --> 00:34:09.440
 and to

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:09.760
 obey

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:10.220
 and serve

00:34:10.220 --> 00:34:10.480
 you

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:11.400
 not out

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.700
 of

00:34:11.700 --> 00:34:12.780
 obligation

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.680
 and not

00:34:13.680 --> 00:34:14.180
 out of

00:34:14.180 --> 00:34:15.460
 trying to

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:16.240
 put ticks

00:34:16.240 --> 00:34:16.820
 in boxes

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:17.619
 but really

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.220
 out of

00:34:18.220 --> 00:34:19.420
 true love

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.079
 and devotion

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.519
 and we

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.220
 pray Lord

00:34:21.220 --> 00:34:22.180
 like that

00:34:22.180 --> 00:34:22.680
 Psalm

00:34:22.680 --> 00:34:23.599
 37

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.159
 verse 4

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.519
 says

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:25.599
 we pray

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:25.960
 Lord

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:27.039
 that we

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.480
 would take

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.819
 the light

00:34:27.819 --> 00:34:28.199
 in you

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:29.380
 and that

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:29.779
 you would

00:34:29.779 --> 00:34:30.299
 be giving

00:34:30.299 --> 00:34:30.900
 us the

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.440
 desires of

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:31.920
 our hearts

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:33.019
 and we

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.599
 pray Lord

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.500
 that you

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.779
 would be

00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:35.219
 changing

00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:35.759
 the desires

00:34:35.759 --> 00:34:36.039
 of our

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.279
 hearts

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:36.599
 so that

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.000
 we would

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.659
 be

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.519
 honouring

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.500
 and glorifying

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:39.860
 you

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:41.679
 and we

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.199
 just pray

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.699
 this now

00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:43.679
 for all of

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.179
 us in the

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:44.960
 precious name

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:45.319
 of the Lord

00:34:45.319 --> 00:34:45.659
 Jesus

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.940
 Amen