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 Well, let's open up our Bibles to Psalm chapter 15 this morning.

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 Psalm chapter 15, if you don't have your Bibles with you, that's okay.

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 We got them there in the seat back in front of you.

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 But let's open them to Psalm chapter 15.

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 And when you found it, let's stand in honor of the reading of God's Word.

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 Psalm chapter 15.

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 A Psalm of David.

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 O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent?

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 Who shall dwell on your holy hill?

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 He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart.

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 Who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor.

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 Nor takes up a reproach against his friend.

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 In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the Lord.

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 Who swears to his own hurt and does not change.

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 Who does not put out his money at interest.

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 And does not take out a bribe against the innocent.

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 He who does these things shall never be moved.

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 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the Word of our Lord stands forever.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, thank you for your Word.

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 Thank you for the truth of the Gospel.

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 Thank you for the promise that it never goes out empty, but always accomplishes the purposes for which you send it.

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 And so we pray now, Lord, as we open your Word and seek you in it, God.

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 Would you give us eyes to see and ears to hear and hearts to receive the truth of the Gospel and the glory of your kingdom.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You can be seated.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, I heard somebody complain recently that he thought that maybe 90% of the women in the world were seeking to date the top 10% of men.

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 And he was lamenting what he felt like were the unrealistic expectations of single women in their pursuit of the perfect man.

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 And in their minds, according to him, he said that top 10% of men is at least 6 feet tall.

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 That rules me out, right?

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 Is attractive, makes at least 6 figures, is physically fit,

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 and of course is within a reasonable age range available for them to date.

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 Well, I was curious about this, and so I did a little bit of research this week.

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 And while I hate to burst anyone's bubble, if these are your standards, I got bad news for you this morning.

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 According to my in-depth research into U.S. Census Bureau data,

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 only about 14.5% of American men are 6 feet tall or taller,

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 which interestingly enough, 33% of U.S. men self-identify as being 6 feet tall or taller.

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 So somebody's lying.

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 Only 14.5% are 6 feet tall or taller.

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 Only 17% of all American men make 6 figures or more.

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 And that's before you get to preferred age or attractiveness, which of course is hard to quantify.

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 But when you combine all of these factors together,

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 the statistical probability of a guy in the U.S. male population between the ages of 20 and 40

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 meeting all of these standards, you ready?

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 1.4%.

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 It's not great, right?

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 But of course, that's all men.

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 And you might want one that's not already married.

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 So when you trim out all of the already married men,

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 trim it down to just a single man, here's what you get.

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 A man who is at least 6 feet tall,

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 who makes at least 6 figures income,

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 who is between the ages of 20 and 40 years old,

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 who is not statistically obese,

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 and is not statistically married currently,

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 the probability of a guy in the U.S. population meeting all of these standards,

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 you ready for it?

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 0.48%.

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 The truth is, the perfect man is hard to find.

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 There is a significant gap

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 between the high standards

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 and the number of people who actually qualify,

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 which is, in a way,

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 the same predicament that faces us here in Psalm chapter 15.

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 David, here in Psalm chapter 15,

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 he asks the question,

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 what kind of person is God looking for?

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 Who gets to be with God?

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 What are God's standards?

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 And the answer that he gives,

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 it might surprise you in verses 2 through 5,

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 the answer is,

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 only perfect people.

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 Only perfect people get to be with God.

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 There is a significant gap

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 between God's high standards

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 and the number of people who actually qualify.

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 So what we're going to see this morning here

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 is the question, verse 1,

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 and then the qualifications,

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 verses 2 through 5.

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 The question, verse 1,

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 and then the qualifications,

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 in verses 2 through 5.

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 First, we see David asks this question

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 here in verse 1.

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 Look there with me.

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 He asks,

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 O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent?

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 Who shall dwell on your holy hill?

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 In other words,

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 who is worthy to come and to be in your presence?

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 What kind of person are you looking for?

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 And those two terms that he gives,

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 that you may realize this or not,

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 they're loaded with biblical imagery and significance.

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 He asks,

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 Who shall sojourn in your tent?

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 And if you're not familiar with the Old Testament,

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 you might wonder,

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 well, why in the world is God living in a tent?

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 Right?

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 But of course,

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 we know that God did, in fact,

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 live in a tent.

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 He condescended to dwell in a tent,

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 to be in the midst of his people in the tabernacle.

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 The tabernacle was God's tent,

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 his dwelling place with his people

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 as they traveled and sojourned

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 on the way to the promised land.

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 So when he asks,

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 O Lord, who can sojourn in your tent?

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 Another way to ask that question might be,

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 God, who is worthy to be your people?

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 God, who is it who can be with you?

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 Who is it who can claim to have you in their midst?

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 And that's a pressing question for us, isn't it?

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 Because we as Christians claim to be, what?

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 God's people.

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 As we gather here this morning,

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 we claim to have God in our midst.

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 It's pressing for us to ask the Lord,

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 who is worthy to be your people?

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 Not only this, he asks,

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 who shall dwell on your holy hill?

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 That's a phrase that is just loaded

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 with biblical meaning.

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 Who shall dwell on God's holy hill?

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 You might think of the Garden of Eden.

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 In fact, in Ezekiel chapter 28,

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 he describes the Garden of Eden

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 as being on God's holy hill.

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 The Garden of Eden,

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 where for just a brief moment,

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 Adam and Eve tasted true intimacy with God.

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 They enjoyed nearness with Him

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 and communion with Him

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 for all of two chapters in the Bible.

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 Before sin entered into the world

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 and tore it all apart,

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 Adam and Eve listened to the eyes of the enemy.

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 They disobeyed the clear command of God.

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 They broke fellowship with the Lord.

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 They were cast out of the Garden.

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 You know what we call this?

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 We call it the fall of mankind,

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 where they were cast down the mountain,

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 away, down, away from the presence of God.

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 And from this point forward,

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 the entire Bible is asking the question,

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 who can ascend back up this hill?

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 Who is it that can be with God?

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 How do we get back to Eden,

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 back to the fellowship with the Lord?

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 And it seems like an impossible task.

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 But all through the Old Testament,

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 you get these little glimpses

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 and glimmers of possibility

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 that maybe there's a way.

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 You might think of Moses,

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 who rose to the top of Mount Sinai

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 to meet with the Lord.

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 God called him up the mountain.

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 No one else is allowed up the mountain.

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 If they even touch the mountain,

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 you know what happens?

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 You remember?

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 They'll die.

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 But God invites Moses up

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 and he comes up and he meets with God.

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 And then you remember what happens?

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 He comes back down the mountain

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 to deliver God's word,

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 the law to the people.

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 The word of God comes down from up high

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 to give life to his people.

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 That's Moses.

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 You might think of David.

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 God's anointed king,

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 reigning and ruling over God's people,

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 God's anointed leader,

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 who, Psalm chapter 2,

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 you remember, it says,

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 I have set my king on Zion,

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 my holy hill.

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 All through the Old Testament,

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 there's glimmers of possibility,

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 but the problem remains,

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 no one is worthy to climb up that hill

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 and stay there.

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 Moses comes and Moses goes.

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 David comes.

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 David goes.

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 Adam was there for a moment

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 and he fell away.

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 The question remains,

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 who can climb the hill

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 and be with God?

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 And the fact is,

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 all of us are asking this question.

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 All of us are asking this question.

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 Every single world religion

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 seeks to answer this question.

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 How do we as men and women

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 get to be with God?

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 Every religion has their own spin on the answer,

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 but if you listen closely,

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 they are all essentially the same.

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 How do we get to be with God?

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 Buddhists,

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 a little world religion 101,

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 okay?

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 Buddhists are pursuing heaven.

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 They call it nirvana.

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 And how do they get there?

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 By following the eightfold path.

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 Right resolve,

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 right view,

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 right speech,

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 right conduct,

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 right livelihood,

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 right effort,

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 right mindfulness,

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 right samadhi,

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 or meditative absorption.

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 Once he got all that down,

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 then,

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 they say,

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 then your spirit will return to God.

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 Islam teaches that

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 in order to be saved,

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 you must follow the five pillars.

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 And there's a sort of cosmic scale

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 of good and bad.

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 If all of your good deeds in your life

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 outweigh all of the bad,

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 then you are accepted.

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 Hinduism teaches that

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 you reach salvation

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 when you break free

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 of the cycle of reincarnation.

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 Reincarnation.

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 And then,

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 your spirit becomes one with God.

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 Well, how do you break free

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 from the cycle of reincarnation?

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 You gotta get rid of bad karma

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 by doing everything needed

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 to fully satisfy the gods.

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 And so you keep coming back again,

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 and again,

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 and again,

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 and again,

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 working it all out

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 until finally you get it right.

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 Are you sensing a theme here?

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 Do you hear the common theme?

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 Mormons

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 actually believe in two heavens.

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 And to reach the first,

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 the lower heaven,

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 you just have to believe in Jesus

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 and be baptized,

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 but to reach the higher heaven,

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 you have to believe in Jesus,

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 repent,

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 be baptized in the church,

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 be a member of the Mormon church,

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 receive the Holy Spirit,

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 not by faith in Christ,

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 but by laying on of hands,

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 and then you have to fully obey

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 all of God's commands

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 and the Mormon word of wisdom,

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 which by the way,

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 was written in 1833,

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 not sure how anyone was saved before that,

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 and they must complete

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 all the Mormon temple rituals.

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 Okay,

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 lots of stuff to do,

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 right?

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 Catholics,

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 Council of Trent

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 declared that you are saved

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 by faith plus works.

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 That is how one receives salvation.

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 Now you tell me,

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 think about it,

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 what do all of these religions

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 have in common?

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 What's the common thread?

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 What are you hearing?

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 Every single one of them

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 is a system of do's and don'ts

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 so that you,

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 by your efforts,

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 can climb up the hill.

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 Every single one of them

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 is dependent on you.

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 It comes in all shapes and sizes,

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 but the summary of all world religions

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 is be good,

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 do good,

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 live the right way,

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 belong to the right group,

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 check the right boxes,

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 and then and only then

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 can you make your way

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 up the hill

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 to be with God.

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 They all ask the question,

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 O Lord,

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 who shall sojourn

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 in your tent?

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 Who shall dwell

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 on your holy hill?

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 And they all say,

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 I can.

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 I can.

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 Maybe not now,

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 but if I work hard enough,

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 if I put in enough effort,

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 if I do the right things,

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 if I say the right things,

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 if I'm devoted enough,

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 if I'm genuine enough,

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 if I'm repentant enough,

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 if I'm enough,

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 I can do it.

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 Every religion,

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 except for one,

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 is providential,

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 I think,

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 that Psalm 15

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 comes right after Psalm 14.

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 Do you notice the connection?

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 Look there,

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 Psalm 14.

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 That's not accidental,

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 by the way.

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 Do you remember

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 what we saw last week?

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 Thank you for coming back

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 after last week,

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 by the way.

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 Psalm 14 was tough.

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 We got some bad news

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 in Psalm 14.

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 Last week,

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 Psalm 14,

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 what did David teach us?

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 He said,

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 God looks down.

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 God is on high,

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 looking down from heaven,

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 down to see if there are

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 any who understand,

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 any who seek after God,

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 any who does what is good.

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 Is there anyone

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 who's worthy

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 to dwell in this tent

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 or to climb up this holy hill

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 and to be with me?

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 And what was the answer?

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 Not even one.

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 Christianity says,

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 Christianity says,

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 you can't do it.

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 Who can sojourn?

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 Who can be with God?

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 Who can dwell in God's tents?

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 Psalm 14 already ruled us out.

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 It's not you.

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 It's not me.

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 The point is,

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 again,

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 there is a significant gap

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 between God's high standards

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 and the number of people

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 who actually qualify.

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 So then,

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 what are God's standards?

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 Who can be with God?

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 Look with me,

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 starting in verse 2.

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 We'll see second.

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 The qualifications,

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 verses 2 through 5.

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 Look there with me.

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 These are God's requirements.

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 I remember when I was in school,

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 sometimes the teachers

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 would post the grades online

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 before you actually got

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 your physical test paper back.

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 And so you would know

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 if you failed the class

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 before you knew

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 what the right answers were.

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 Right?

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 Psalm 14 says

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 you failed the class.

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 Psalm 15 tells us

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 here's what you should have done.

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 The first one,

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 first qualification here

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 is the summary

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 right there in the first line,

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 verse 2.

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 Who can be with God?

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 He who walks blamelessly

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 and does what is right.

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 The qualification number one,

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 be blameless.

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 Be a perfect man.

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 Not just mostly good,

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 but be totally blameless.

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 This man, second,

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 must be perfectly truthful.

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 He speaks the truth,

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 not just out loud,

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 but in the hidden conversations

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 of his own heart.

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 And again,

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 you notice the contrast

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 with Psalm 14.

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 In 14,

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 the fool says where?

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 In his heart,

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 there is no God.

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 That fool,

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 he goes and does

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 abominable deeds.

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 But Psalm 15,

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 the contrast,

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 this man,

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 this blameless man,

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 speaks truth in his heart.

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 And he does

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 what is right.

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 Not only this,

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 he must love

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 his neighbor perfectly.

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 Verse 3.

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 He does not slander

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 with his tongue

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 and he does no evil

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 to his neighbor,

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 nor does he take up

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 a reproach against his friend.

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 He perfectly loves

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 his neighbor.

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 Jesus told us

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 the summary of the law,

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 the two great commandments.

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 You remember what they were?

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 The first is,

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 you shall love the Lord your God

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 with all your heart

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 and mind

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 and soul

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 and strength.

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 And the second is like it,

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 you should love what?

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 Love your neighbor

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 as yourself.

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 But then he goes further

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 and he exposes

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 the depth

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 of the law.

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 He says,

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 you've heard it said

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 don't kill,

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 but I say to you,

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 if you hate somebody

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 in your heart,

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 you've already killed them.

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 You've heard it said

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 don't commit adultery,

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 but I say to you,

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 if you even look

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 at a woman

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 with lustful intention,

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 you've already committed

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 adultery

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 with her

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 in your heart.

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 He makes it clear

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 that loving your neighbor

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 is not just checking

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 off the boxes

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 of the law.

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 It's much deeper

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 than this.

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 And here,

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 David tells us

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 the person who can

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 climb the hill

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 and be with God

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 perfectly loves

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 his neighbor.

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 Have you done it?

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 Not only this,

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 verse 4

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 shows us

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 he must perfectly

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 value God's honor

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 above all else.

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 In his eyes,

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 a vile person

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 is despised,

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 but he honors

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 those who fear

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 the Lord.

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 In other words,

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 his metric

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 for who deserves

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 honor and praise

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 and respect

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 is not the same

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 as our world's

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 system of honor

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 and praise

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 and respect.

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 He doesn't just

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 honor somebody

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 who might benefit

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 him in some way.

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 His honor is not

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 based on money

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 or power

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 or status

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 or ability

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 to contribute

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 something valuable.

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 He sees

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 and he values

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 as God sees

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 and God values.

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 And God's honor

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 is his highest value.

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 Do you see it?

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 He must have

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 perfect integrity.

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 Verse 4

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 This man,

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 he swears

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 to his own hurt.

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 He does not change.

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 His word is

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 trustworthy.

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 He doesn't say

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 one thing

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 and then go back

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 and do another.

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 He doesn't change

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 the terms

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 of his agreements.

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 He doesn't promise

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 something

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 and then fail

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 to follow through.

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 He is 100%

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 trustworthy

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 and honest.

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 And then lastly,

00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:54.960
 verse 5

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 tells us

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 This man

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 must perfectly

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 steward

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 all of his treasures.

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 He doesn't put out

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 his money

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 at an interest

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 or take out

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 a bribe

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 against the innocent.

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 He isn't greedy

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 or dishonest.

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 He's not manipulative.

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 He is above reproach

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 with his money.

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 He perfectly manages

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 all that God

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 has given him.

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 He who does

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 these things

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 shall never be moved.

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 Have you done them?

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 Does this describe you?

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 Who can sojourn

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 in your tent?

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 Who can dwell

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 on God's holy hill?

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 We sum up the answer

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 like this.

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 Only a perfect man.

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 Only a perfect man

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 can be in the presence

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 of a holy God.

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 You see the predicament

00:18:42.900 --> 00:18:43.920
 that this puts us in?

00:18:45.060 --> 00:18:45.960
 Psalm 14

00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:46.799
 and Psalm 15

00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:47.380
 back to back

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 they put us

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 in a pretty terrible

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 position

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 don't you think?

00:18:52.120 --> 00:18:52.980
 Psalm 14

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 again says

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 no one is good

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 not even one

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 and Psalm 15

00:18:57.139 --> 00:18:58.439
 says to be with God

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 you must be

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 perfect.

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 And if that's how it is

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 I can only think

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 of three ways

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 to make sense of it.

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 Okay?

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 Follow with me here.

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 Three ways

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 to make sense of this.

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 Option number one

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 nobody gets

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 to be with God.

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 Nobody gets

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 to be with God.

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 That's possibility

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 number one.

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 And let me be clear

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 option number one

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 is perfectly just.

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 That would be

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 perfectly fair

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 because again

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 no one meets

00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:25.779
 the qualifications.

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 No one is owed

00:19:27.940 --> 00:19:29.139
 access to God.

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 We have all sinned

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 and fallen short.

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 Even if you live

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 a perfect life

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 from this moment on

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 you can't change

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 the fact that

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 you've already

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 failed Him.

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 Who can be with God?

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 Someone who is perfect.

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 No one is perfect

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 so none of us

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 get to be with God.

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 That's option number one.

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 Or

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 option number two

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 is maybe

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 maybe God just

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 lowers His standards

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 a little bit.

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 I mean my goodness.

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 Maybe He realizes

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 after years

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 and years

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 and years

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 and years

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 goes by

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 and nobody's

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 able to meet

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 this standard.

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 Maybe He says

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 I love you so much

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 and I want to be

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 with you so badly

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 that I will just

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 lower my standards

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 so that you can

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 come and be with me.

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 That's option

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 number two.

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 And if that's how

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 it works

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 we can just rip

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 this page out

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 of our Bibles.

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 Option number two

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 is wishful thinking.

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 God does not

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 lower His standards

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 for us.

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 God's standard

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 is holy

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 perfection

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 which leaves us

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 with option

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 number three.

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 God is holy.

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 God's standard

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 is perfection.

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 We have all

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 fallen short

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 but option

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 number three

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 God Himself

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 makes a way

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 to make

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 imperfect people

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 perfect.

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 You hear that?

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 God Himself

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 makes a way

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 to take

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 imperfect

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 sinful

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 broken

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 people

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 like you

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 and me

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 and make

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 us

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 perfect

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 righteous

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 holy

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 and acceptable

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 in His sight.

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 Option number three

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 praise God

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 is the message

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 of the gospel.

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 That's the message

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 of Christianity.

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 This is what we

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 believe

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 and this is the good

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 news that we

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 have to share

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 with the world.

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 We all ask

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 who can qualify?

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 Who can come

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 and be in the

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 presence of God?

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 Every other

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 religion gives you

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 a ladder to climb.

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 Christianity alone

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 says you can't

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 do it.

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 Here's the standard.

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 You can't meet it.

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 No one is good

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 enough.

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 All have sinned

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 but here's the good

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 news of the gospel.

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 God makes

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 sinful people

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 perfect.

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 How does He do it?

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 By sending

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 His own Son

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 to live

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 and to die

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 and to rise

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 in the place

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 of sinners

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 like us.

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 Here's the gospel

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 church.

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 God Himself

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 has stepped

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 down into

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 human flesh

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 to meet

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 the standard

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 of perfection

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 in our place.

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 Jesus Christ

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 is the only one

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 who's perfectly

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 fulfilled

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 every requirement

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 to total

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 perfection.

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 You read this list

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 I want you to see

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 Jesus.

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 Jesus is the only one

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 who is ever

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 perfectly blameless.

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 Jesus is the only one

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 who did what was right

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 who spoke the truth

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 with His lips

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 and with His heart

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 who was Himself

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 the very embodiment

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 of the truth

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 the living word

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 of God.

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 Jesus Himself

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 perfectly loved

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 His neighbor.

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 Greater love

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 has no man than this

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 that a man should

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 lay down his life

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 for his friend.

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 Jesus Christ alone

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 perfectly honored

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 God the Father.

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 Jesus Christ alone

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 was and is

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 perfectly deserving

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 of all honor

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 and praise Himself.

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 Jesus Christ alone

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 lived with perfect

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 integrity.

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 Jesus Christ alone

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 perfectly managed

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 and cared for all

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 that God the Father

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 had given Him

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 most specifically

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 His precious people.

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 So what's the answer

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 to the question?

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 Who can sojourn

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:53.259
 in God's tent?

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:55.640
 Who can climb the hill

00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:56.559
 and be with the Lord?

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 It's Christ alone.

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 Jesus Christ alone

00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:02.799
 can ascend the hill

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.500
 of God.

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:05.559
 Jesus Christ alone

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:07.660
 is the perfect man

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.759
 and the wonderful news

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.339
 of the gospel

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.759
 is that He did this

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.819
 for us

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 on our behalf.

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 That His obedience

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 and His righteousness

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 and His perfection

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 is credited to our

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 bankrupt account

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 by faith alone.

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:30.440
 Other religions

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.039
 don't understand

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:32.140
 why we make such a big deal

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:32.799
 about Jesus.

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 They say He's a good teacher

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 or a prophet

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 or a good example

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 a moral example.

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 He sacrificed Himself

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.919
 out of love for others.

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 They don't understand

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 why we make such a big deal

00:23:46.219 --> 00:23:47.319
 about Jesus.

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.119
 Listen to this.

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:50.659
 We worship Jesus Christ

00:23:50.659 --> 00:23:52.159
 because we believe

00:23:52.159 --> 00:23:52.819
 that Jesus

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:54.079
 is the true

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:55.579
 and better Adam

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:58.079
 who lived

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:59.559
 and obeyed

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:01.299
 perfectly in our place

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:02.839
 where Adam failed.

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.939
 Romans 5.19

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.940
 Paul says

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:06.340
 for as by the one man's

00:24:06.340 --> 00:24:07.320
 disobedience

00:24:07.320 --> 00:24:08.380
 the many were made

00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:08.860
 sinners

00:24:08.860 --> 00:24:09.620
 that's Adam

00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:11.240
 were made sinners

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.759
 in Him

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 by His disobedience

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 so by the one man's

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:16.539
 perfect obedience

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:17.720
 Christ

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:19.799
 the many will be made

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.700
 righteous.

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.980
 Not only this

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.460
 we believe

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.480
 Jesus is the true

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:24.980
 and better

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.880
 Moses

00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:28.200
 who like Moses

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 ascended

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:29.840
 to the top

00:24:29.840 --> 00:24:30.519
 of a mountain

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 where He delivered

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:32.680
 His most famous sermon

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.200
 the sermon

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:33.960
 on the mount

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:35.200
 this was His exposition

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.799
 of the law of God

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.500
 we believe

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.220
 Jesus is

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:39.039
 the true

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.680
 and perfect

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.440
 mediator

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:41.259
 between God

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.880
 and man

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.840
 who is Himself

00:24:42.840 --> 00:24:43.900
 the very word

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.560
 of God

00:24:44.560 --> 00:24:45.480
 who came down

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.420
 to His people

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.580
 not just to instruct

00:24:47.580 --> 00:24:48.539
 but to fulfill

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:50.320
 all that God requires.

00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:52.240
 We believe

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.200
 Jesus is the true

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:54.220
 and better David

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:55.720
 the true

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.680
 eternal King

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.340
 of His people

00:24:57.340 --> 00:24:58.180
 whom God

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.740
 has set

00:24:58.740 --> 00:25:00.259
 atop His holy hill

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.940
 to reign

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.759
 and to rule

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:03.120
 to bless His people

00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:03.779
 and to crush

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.740
 His enemies

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.720
 we believe

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:07.240
 Jesus is the only

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.900
 hope

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:09.120
 for sinners like us

00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:10.299
 to be with the holy God

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:11.960
 why?

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.960
 because we believe

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.519
 that this man

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.440
 stepped down

00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:16.500
 into our weakness

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.160
 to live

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:18.279
 as we should have lived

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.180
 and then he went

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:20.500
 atop another hill

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.100
 to die

00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:22.759
 as we should have died

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:24.920
 but not just to die

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:26.759
 but to rise

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:28.740
 and then to ascend

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.460
 do you see it?

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:31.319
 to ascend

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:32.620
 into the presence

00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:33.099
 of God

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:33.839
 to ascend

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.960
 to the right hand

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.319
 of God

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:36.240
 to represent

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.799
 sinners like us

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.880
 before the throne

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.440
 of God

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:40.519
 so that any

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.220
 sinner

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:42.359
 who comes to

00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:43.599
 this perfect man

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.539
 by faith

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.620
 may receive

00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:46.420
 by grace

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:47.640
 what he alone

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:48.740
 has accomplished

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:50.420
 that's the gospel

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:52.440
 that's very good news

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.620
 for sinners like us

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:55.960
 Jesus alone

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.519
 is worthy

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:58.599
 and by God's grace

00:25:58.599 --> 00:26:00.599
 God makes sinners

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.059
 worthy

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:02.299
 in him

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:03.180
 option number three

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.819
 praise God

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.480
 is the truth

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:07.019
 it's entirely unique

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:08.639
 to the Christian message

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:10.920
 the only hope

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.920
 that we have

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.980
 that we could possibly

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.859
 be with God

00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:15.799
 is that God himself

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:17.259
 makes a way

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:18.059
 to make

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:19.660
 imperfect people

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.599
 perfect

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:22.900
 so the question

00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:23.660
 then becomes

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.160
 church

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:26.600
 have you received

00:26:26.600 --> 00:26:26.920
 it?

00:26:28.540 --> 00:26:29.400
 have you

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:30.800
 received it?

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.700
 if you read this

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.080
 psalm

00:26:33.080 --> 00:26:33.519
 and you ask

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.140
 that question

00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:34.779
 you ask

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.840
 who can be

00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:36.320
 with God

00:26:36.320 --> 00:26:36.860
 and you answer

00:26:36.860 --> 00:26:38.019
 it like this

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:39.080
 well I do my best

00:26:39.080 --> 00:26:41.800
 I try pretty hard

00:26:41.800 --> 00:26:43.620
 I come to church

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.460
 I say my prayers

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.040
 I tithe

00:26:45.040 --> 00:26:46.160
 I'm pretty moral

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:47.340
 surely God

00:26:47.340 --> 00:26:48.160
 would accept me

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:49.040
 if that's how

00:26:49.040 --> 00:26:50.080
 you answer that question

00:26:50.080 --> 00:26:50.880
 you are not

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.640
 answering it

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:52.460
 like a Christian

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:54.840
 the Christian

00:26:54.840 --> 00:26:55.900
 answer to that

00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:56.360
 question

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:58.279
 is I am not

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:59.100
 worthy

00:26:59.100 --> 00:27:00.600
 only Christ

00:27:00.600 --> 00:27:02.240
 but praise God

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:02.940
 by his grace

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.940
 I trust Christ

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.880
 alone for my

00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:05.420
 salvation

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.740
 and I am made

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.279
 worthy

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.819
 in him

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:10.200
 I'm made

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.740
 righteous

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.960
 in Christ

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.819
 alone

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:14.180
 have you received

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.640
 it?

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.380
 if so

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:16.600
 then

00:27:16.600 --> 00:27:18.039
 let me just

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.500
 encourage you to

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.299
 respond in a couple

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.980
 of ways here

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.779
 as we close

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.299
 for one

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:23.259
 realizing the

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:24.200
 distance between

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:25.259
 God's requirements

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.839
 and our

00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:26.660
 qualifications

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.160
 church

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:28.119
 ought to lead

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:28.940
 us to

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.639
 deep

00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:30.660
 humility

00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:32.460
 deep

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:33.500
 humility

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.899
 to recognize

00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.819
 that we did not

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:37.019
 earn anything

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:38.139
 from God

00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:39.019
 all that we

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.420
 have

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:41.039
 all that we

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.599
 have is by

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.519
 grace alone

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.039
 that ought to

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.720
 make us

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.720
 humble

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:46.339
 it ought to

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:46.819
 make us

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.839
 rejoice

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.559
 church

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.039
 and to give

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:49.879
 thanks to God

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.480
 for what he's done

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:50.840
 for us

00:27:50.840 --> 00:27:51.400
 in Christ

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:52.020
 as we read

00:27:52.020 --> 00:27:52.860
 at the beginning

00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.380
 of our time

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:53.860
 this morning

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:55.420
 he saved us

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:56.340
 not because of

00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:57.300
 works done by

00:27:57.300 --> 00:27:58.380
 us in righteousness

00:27:58.380 --> 00:28:00.000
 but because of

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:01.300
 his great mercy

00:28:01.300 --> 00:28:02.900
 by the washing

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:04.020
 and renewal

00:28:04.020 --> 00:28:05.500
 of the Holy Spirit

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.560
 by grace you have

00:28:06.560 --> 00:28:07.060
 been saved

00:28:07.060 --> 00:28:07.640
 through faith

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.420
 this is not

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:09.500
 your own doing

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:10.200
 Paul says

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.920
 not by works

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.880
 so that no man

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.560
 may boast

00:28:13.560 --> 00:28:14.580
 church

00:28:14.580 --> 00:28:15.120
 rest

00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:16.280
 and rejoice

00:28:16.280 --> 00:28:17.420
 in what God

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:17.900
 has done

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.480
 for you

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.660
 in Christ

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.540
 and then

00:28:20.540 --> 00:28:22.340
 and only

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:22.720
 then

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:24.900
 from this

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.440
 position

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:26.480
 of full

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.100
 acceptance

00:28:27.100 --> 00:28:27.840
 in Christ

00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.680
 from this

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.140
 position

00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:30.200
 of how God

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.900
 sees you

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:31.540
 and receives

00:28:31.540 --> 00:28:32.320
 you totally

00:28:32.320 --> 00:28:33.060
 in Christ

00:28:33.060 --> 00:28:33.880
 then and

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:34.660
 only then

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.620
 look at this

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:36.320
 gap between

00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:37.100
 God's holiness

00:28:37.100 --> 00:28:38.220
 and your

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.820
 sinfulness

00:28:38.820 --> 00:28:39.820
 as a means

00:28:39.820 --> 00:28:40.620
 to grow

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:41.620
 in Christ

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.360
 likeness

00:28:42.360 --> 00:28:44.660
 you are

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:45.360
 holy in

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:45.759
 Christ

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:47.000
 you have

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.759
 been justified

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:49.740
 now God

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.599
 is working

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.319
 holiness

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.960
 in you

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.339
 God is

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:53.220
 making you

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.980
 holy in

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.279
 Christ

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.640
 you are

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.039
 being

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:56.119
 sanctified

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.619
 so we

00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.000
 can look

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.339
 to this

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:57.779
 passage

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.619
 and ask

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.079
 what does

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.379
 it look

00:28:59.379 --> 00:28:59.740
 like for

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.059
 me to

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:00.279
 grow

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:01.680
 as one

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:01.900
 who is

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.339
 totally

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:02.960
 accepted

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.240
 in the

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.579
 sight of

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:03.839
 God

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.660
 as one

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:04.879
 who is

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.480
 totally

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.940
 loved

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.240
 in the

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.579
 sight of

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:06.879
 God

00:29:06.879 --> 00:29:07.460
 as one

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:07.660
 who is

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.339
 totally

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.940
 made

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.519
 perfect

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:09.740
 my

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.259
 standing

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.579
 is

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.099
 secure

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:11.920
 how can

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.500
 I grow

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.279
 in holiness

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:14.279
 and Christ

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.779
 likeness

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.059
 maybe

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.899
 you need

00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:16.160
 to grow

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.559
 to resemble

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:16.920
 Christ

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.220
 with your

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.639
 words

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:19.539
 maybe

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.519
 we need

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:20.779
 to grow

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.180
 to love

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.599
 our neighbor

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.339
 as ourself

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:22.660
 maybe

00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.399
 we've not

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:23.879
 walked in

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.359
 integrity

00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:24.920
 maybe we've

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.759
 been greedy

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.720
 or stingy

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.019
 with what

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.440
 God has

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.920
 given us

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.359
 what does

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:28.799
 it look

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.240
 like for

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.519
 you

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.639
 to put

00:29:30.639 --> 00:29:31.019
 off the

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.740
 old self

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.660
 and to

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.000
 put on

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.440
 the new

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.879
 self

00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:34.279
 which is

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.519
 being

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.039
 renewed

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.399
 in

00:29:35.399 --> 00:29:35.940
 knowledge

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.819
 after the

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.160
 image

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:37.839
 of his

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.240
 creator

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.579
 church

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:38.759
 we're

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.440
 going to

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:39.839
 stand

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.339
 and respond

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:40.980
 by singing

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.859
 in just

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:42.299
 a moment

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:43.220
 but what

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.419
 I want

00:29:43.419 --> 00:29:43.659
 to do

00:29:43.659 --> 00:29:43.980
 is

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.940
 pray

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:46.159
 as we

00:29:46.159 --> 00:29:46.480
 close

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.000
 and respond

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.299
 we'll have

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:47.659
 a moment

00:29:47.659 --> 00:29:48.159
 of silent

00:29:48.159 --> 00:29:48.519
 prayer

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.819
 and then

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.680
 I'll pray

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.180
 over us

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.399
 and we'll

00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:51.019
 stand and sing

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.720
 let's pray

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.099
 silently

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.419
 where we

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:52.619
 are

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:30.839
 father we

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.460
 read a text

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.240
 like this

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.859
 and see

00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:34.399
 the standards

00:30:34.399 --> 00:30:35.019
 that you

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.379
 have

00:30:35.379 --> 00:30:35.799
 that only

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.799
 perfect people

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.539
 are received

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:39.279
 in your sight

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.539
 and we

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:39.940
 realize

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.259
 lord

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:40.859
 and confess

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.519
 all of us

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:41.939
 have fallen

00:30:41.939 --> 00:30:42.379
 short

00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:44.740
 all of us

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.459
 in many ways

00:30:45.459 --> 00:30:45.899
 have sinned

00:30:45.899 --> 00:30:46.479
 against you

00:30:46.479 --> 00:30:48.559
 father

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.059
 this is what

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:49.699
 makes the good

00:30:49.699 --> 00:30:50.279
 news of what

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:50.619
 you've done

00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:50.939
 for us

00:30:50.939 --> 00:30:51.419
 in Christ

00:30:51.419 --> 00:30:52.240
 so good

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:53.539
 god

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.059
 Christ

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.579
 has done

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.099
 it all

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:56.819
 and we

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.579
 simply receive

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:57.939
 what he's

00:30:57.939 --> 00:30:58.319
 done by

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.240
 faith alone

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.859
 we praise

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.179
 you for

00:31:00.179 --> 00:31:00.539
 that good

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:00.779
 news

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.039
 and we

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.399
 pray

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:02.039
 lord

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.359
 if there

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:02.740
 are any

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.079
 who are

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.359
 still

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:03.779
 working

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.219
 their way

00:31:04.219 --> 00:31:04.659
 to you

00:31:04.659 --> 00:31:06.319
 if there

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:06.639
 are any

00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:06.939
 who are

00:31:06.939 --> 00:31:07.139
 still

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:07.859
 burdened

00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:08.119
 by

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:08.859
 the

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.699
 constant

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.180
 pressure

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:10.700
 to climb

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.160
 their way

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.700
 to god

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:11.940
 lord

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.279
 would you

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.880
 open their

00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:13.200
 eyes

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:14.039
 this morning

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.660
 to recognize

00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:15.860
 they can't

00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:16.420
 do it

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:17.220
 but christ

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.640
 has done

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:18.200
 it for

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.600
 them

00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:20.039
 to simply

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.539
 be received

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.240
 by faith

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.580
 alone

00:31:21.580 --> 00:31:21.960
 we pray

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.240
 that you

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.819
 would put

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.019
 in their

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.279
 hearts

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:23.920
 trust

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.880
 in christ

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.519
 this morning

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.500
 and god

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.240
 would you

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.819
 deepen our

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.240
 faith in

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.620
 jesus

00:31:28.620 --> 00:31:30.279
 would you

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:30.860
 rid us

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.640
 of our

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:32.019
 works

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.640
 reliance

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:33.000
 and our

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.259
 works

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.819
 righteousness

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:34.299
 would you

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.720
 rid us

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.380
 of all

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:35.660
 of our

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.059
 tendency

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.480
 to try

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.019
 to earn

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.660
 our status

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.500
 before you

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.079
 and god

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.359
 would you

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:40.480
 remind us

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:42.759
 of the

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.019
 deep

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.240
 deep

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.480
 love

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:43.720
 that you

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:43.900
 have

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.200
 for us

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.700
 in christ

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:46.480
 we pray

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:46.799
 all this

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.119
 in jesus

00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:47.420
 name

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:48.720
 amen