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 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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 For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.

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 Much is communicated in these 11 verses, and the language is not very simple.

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 We most regularly aid our thinking with simple outlines.

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 I like to give them to you in advance and give you some structure to know where we're going.

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 Typically, two to four point outlines.

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 Most regularly three.

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 Things just seem to fall into that structure.

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 But today, in a way that I hope won't complicate our consideration,

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 we're going to follow the negative exhortations.

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 That is the do-nots through the text in seven points.

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 So if you are a note-taker and you want to get these in advance, they all start with do-not.

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 So that might help you, save you a little bit of writing time.

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 I'm going to give them to you very quickly, and then we'll jump right into the first point.

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 So, number one, do not judge your brother.

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 Number two, do not tempt your brother to sin.

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 Number three, do not grieve your brother.

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 Number four, do not destroy your brother.

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 Number five, do not forfeit your witness.

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 Number six, do not destroy the work of God.

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 And number seven, do not flaunt or forfeit your liberty.

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 So hopefully you can kind of pick this up and piece together where we're headed as we go through it.

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 Now, I just want to say at the outset, before we go to point one,

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 you will note that I said brother in most of those points.

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 Do not judge your brother is point number one.

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 And it is very reasonable to say, or sister, brother or sister.

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 And to say that many, many, many times this morning.

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 And I want you to know that often the language of just brother is picked up in the Scripture.

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 And I don't think that they mean to exclude you ladies who are in Christ.

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 I think that's what the authors are doing at all.

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 But they're helping us to think about us being co-heirs with Christ

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 and being recipients of all that is given to those who belong to him,

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 which would have been men in the Bible, right?

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 My oldest brothers received the great benefit of the family.

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 And so, ladies, I think you want to find yourself as a brother.

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 So I'm not excluding you as I address in that way this morning.

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 And neither do I believe as Paul.

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 So, firstly, do not judge your brother.

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 And we see this in the first part of verse 13.

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 Therefore, let us not pass judgment on one another any longer.

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 Verse 13 begins with this word, therefore.

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 So we must first deal with it to understand what comes next.

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 This transition word.

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 Because of everything that I've said, this next thing I'm going to say.

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 In the final half of chapter 14,

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 Paul exhorts us to humbly serve one another

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 as it concerns what he calls opinions in verse 1.

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 I made the case to you that Paul is not speaking in this chapter of doctrines

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 that are fundamental to the faith.

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 Remember, we talked about theological triage.

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 First, second, third, and fourth tier issues, right?

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 What I do believe he's speaking about is

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 those issues that we deem third tier theological issues.

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 Not unimportant convictions, but they should be held in a particular way,

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 which is what he's trying to help us to see here, right?

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 We may disagree on some of the less important matters.

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 How do we do that?

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 How do we walk in unity together

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 when we don't quite see eye to eye on everything?

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 He employed two examples in the beginning of the chapter.

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 One about food and the other, the observance of particular days.

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 And he returns to that former example in the last half of the chapter.

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 So he's talking largely in chapter 14 about food,

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 and we think, particularly, food that's been offered to idols.

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 So these exhortations are for Christians living in relationship to other Christians

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 under the assumption that they're all laboring to live their lives

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 in a manner that's pleasing to God.

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 Last week, we noted four foundational reasons that Paul gives us

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 for his call to Christian unity on these types of matters.

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 I touched on them briefly last week.

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 I'm going to touch on them really briefly this week as well to remind us of them.

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 So in verses 3 and 8 of chapter 14,

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 we see, if you've made a profession of faith in Christ,

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 that we are gods.

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 Verse 3 says that God has welcomed him,

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 referring to this weaker brother.

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 And then verse 8 says whether we live or whether we die,

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 we are the Lord's.

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 We belong to him.

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 Secondly, our eternal position is secured by God.

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 Verse 4 says,

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 And he will be upheld, this weak faith Christian,

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 for the Lord is able to make him stand.

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 Thirdly, we saw that Paul's examples are heartfelt.

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 And by that I mean, they're well-intentioned.

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 The person who has these particular convictions is doing them

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 because he wants to please God.

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 Verse 6 says,

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 The one who observes the day observes it in honor of the Lord.

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 The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord,

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 since he gives thanks to God,

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 while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord

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 and gives thanks to God.

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 The intention is pure.

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 I want to please God with my life.

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 And fourth, God will judge our temporal works.

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 Verse 10 says we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

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 And verse 12, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

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 And so there's things that will be sorted out in the end.

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 So it follows all of this that Paul says,

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 Therefore, let us not pass judgment on one another any longer.

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 We have to have our categories straight in our heads

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 if we were going to get this not passing judgment correct.

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 So we're going to take a little time at this point,

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 which I think will help us progress more quickly as our text proceeds.

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 So when you hear,

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 Therefore, let us not pass judgment on another any longer,

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 your mind may, mine does,

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 rush off to a text like Matthew chapter 7 and verse 1.

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 There Jesus says in the Sermon on the Mount,

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 Judge not that you be not judged.

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 In the common Christian zeitgeist,

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 the understanding of this verse and Romans 14, 1

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 seems so clear and is handled with phrases like,

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 you've likely heard somebody say something like,

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 Well, who am I to judge?

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 It is used as an instruction for retreat

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 from meaningful engagement in the lives of others in the church.

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 But what does Jesus go on to teach in Matthew chapter 7?

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 He says, Judge not lest you be judged.

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 For with the judgment you pronounce,

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 you will be judged.

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 And with the measure you use,

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 it will be measured to you.

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 And that should strike some fear in us.

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 I'm just going to avoid it altogether then.

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 But then he goes on in verse 3.

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 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye,

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 but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

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 Or how can you say to your brother,

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 Let me take the speck out of your eye

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 when there is a log in your own eye?

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 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye,

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 and then you will see clearly to take the speck

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 out of your brother's eye.

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 So in verse 5 of Matthew 7,

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 Jesus tells us that we ought to remove the speck

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 from our brother's eye

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 after warning us how it is

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 that we ought to remove the speck

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 from our brother's eye.

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 Jesus here in Matthew is a warning against judgmentalism.

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 An arrogance that says,

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 I have figured out all the intricacies

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 of what faithful life looks like.

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 And this ought not characterize the humble heart.

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 I've got it all sorted, Jesus says.

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 Oh, be careful.

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 There is a log in your eye if you think in this way.

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 Be sure that you are of humble heart,

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 that you see your own sin as large,

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 that you might see clearly to help others with theirs.

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 These verses are not instruction for retreat,

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 for meaningful engagement in the lives of others in the church,

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 but instruction for care and for categories.

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 How are we to go about loving one another in the truth,

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 pressing one another towards Christlikeness

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 in the midst of disagreement?

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 Otherwise, if we don't see it this way,

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 what do we do with Paul's teaching

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 in 1 Corinthians 5, verses 9-13?

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 Is he contradicting himself or the Lord Jesus Christ?

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 Of course not.

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 There he says,

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 I wrote to you in my letter

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 not to associate with sexually immoral people.

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 There was an egregious sin

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 that he had heard was going on in the life of this church,

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 and they were tolerating it.

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 He then says,

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 not at all meaning the sexually immoral in this world

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 or the greedy and swindlers or idolaters,

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 since then you would need to go out of the world.

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 But now I am writing to you

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 not to associate with anyone

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 who bears the name of brother

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 if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed

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 or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler,

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 not even to eat with such a one.

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 So somebody's life that is characterized by sin,

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 they say they're a Christ follower

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 and their life gives no evidence of that.

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 The fruit that they're producing

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 is not the fruit of a redeemed tree,

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 it's the fruit of a different kind, right?

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 A desperately lost tree.

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 And then he says, verse 12,

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 for what have I to do with judging outsiders,

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 those of the world?

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 Is it not those inside the church

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 whom you are to judge?

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 God judges those outside.

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 Purge the evil person from among you.

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 So, we're not being instructed in Romans chapter 14

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 to not help people see their sin.

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 To point out, you're in error here.

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 We want to faithfully follow Jesus

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 and you're wrong.

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 Let me help you see the wrong that exists in your life.

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 One of the important things the church does together

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 is this great work.

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 I am so grateful to be fellowshiped,

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 committed to a group of Christians

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 that help me faithfully follow Jesus.

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 I need your help to do this.

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 Do not leave me alone in this effort.

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 You are a grace given to me

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 and I hope to one another and me to you.

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 Jesus gives us instruction on in Matthew,

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 Matthew chapter 18, verse 15 through 17,

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 about how we're to go about this careful speck removal work.

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 It's a four-step process.

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 He starts in verse 15,

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 if your brother sins against you,

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 go and tell him his fault between you and him alone.

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 If he listens to you,

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 you have gained your brother.

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 You go to him, he sinned,

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 and he hears you, he repents.

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 Praise God.

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 Step two, but if he does not listen,

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 take one or two others along with you

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 that every charge may be established

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 by the evidence of two or three witnesses.

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 You go with others.

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 You say, brother,

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 we all see this thing that's going on

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 in your life that requires repentance.

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 And it's assumed, right,

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 if he listens to you,

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 you have gained your brother.

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 There's an opportunity for repentance

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 at that second step.

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 Thirdly, verse 17,

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 if he refuses to listen to them,

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 tell it to the church.

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 And again, an opportunity.

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 But if he does listen, right,

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 you have gained your brother.

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 And step four,

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 and if he refuses to listen even to the church,

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 let him be to you as a Gentile

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 and a tax collector.

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 That is to say,

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 one who is not in the faith.

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 So this is not the judgment

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 that Paul is talking about here.

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 It can't be.

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 If it is,

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 then the whole thing

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 is just running in contradiction.

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 Paul changed his mind at some point

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 about all of this.

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 And we know that this text

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 is an inspired text.

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 It has ultimately,

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 as its author, God.

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 And God cannot lie.

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 And he cannot contradict himself.

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 So we're to not pass judgment

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 on one another any longer.

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 And I believe,

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 because of everything that I've said,

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 he's talking about these

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 third-tier types of issues.

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 The Greek verb here translated,

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 past judgment,

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 can also be translated,

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 determine.

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 And it carries the idea of condemnation.

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 In the second half of verse 13,

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 the word translated decide,

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 in the ESV,

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 is the same Greek verb.

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 So Paul is saying,

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 right,

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 on these third-tier

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 convictional matters,

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 let's not condemn one another.

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 And he goes on,

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 secondly,

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 do not tempt your brother

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 to sin.

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 The last half of verse 13

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 and verse 14,

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 this is point two.

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 He says,

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 instead of that,

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 let us not pass judgment,

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 but rather,

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 decide,

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 determine,

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 never to put a stumbling block

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 or hindrance

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 in the way

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 of a brother.

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 Instead of being judgmental,

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 determine that you will not

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 tempt the weaker

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 brother.

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 And this is where he picks back up

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 the food example.

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 Last week I said that there are

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 two possibilities

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 why an early Roman Christian

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 may have abstained from

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 eating of meat.

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 In either case,

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 it is most probable

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 that they were Jewish.

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 They may have been

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 strictly vegetarian,

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 either,

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 one,

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 to avoid eating meat

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 that had been offered

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 to an idol,

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 or two,

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 to avoid any meat

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 that was considered unclean

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 under Old Testament law.

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 Although they probably

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 were aware

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 of those,

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 but I don't,

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 I'm not very good

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 at identifying meat

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 once it's been cut up.

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 So,

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 maybe you or they

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 were better at it.

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 So I want to say

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 it's probably

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 the former,

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 perhaps maybe

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 a little of the latter,

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 because the concern

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 was this unknowingly

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 eating of meat

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 that had been offered

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 to an idol.

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 And Paul calls

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 these brothers

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 the weaker brothers

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 at the beginning

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 of chapter 14.

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 In today's text,

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 in verse 14,

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 he says,

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 I know and am persuaded

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 in the Lord Jesus

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 that nothing is unclean

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 in itself,

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 but it is unclean

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 for anyone who

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 thinks it unclean.

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 So he's being very clear

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 on the doctrinal matter.

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 It is okay

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 to eat

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 these meats,

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 these meats

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 that were considered

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 unclean in the Old Testament,

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 these meats

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 that are offered

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 to idols.

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 Gentiles.

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 This issue,

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 however,

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 was not a simple issue.

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 Simple for us,

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 not simple

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 for them.

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 In Acts chapter 15,

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 a council is gathered

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 in Jerusalem

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 to determine

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 whether or not

00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:20.700
 Gentiles who converted

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 to Christianity

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 needed to be

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 circumcised.

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 This issue

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 was at the core

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 of much hubbub

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 in the early church.

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 The book of Galatians

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 is written

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 to address

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 those who were teaching

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 that somebody

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 must be circumcised

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 to be saved.

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 A salvific question.

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 And this council gathers

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 and we get a record of it

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 in Acts chapter 15

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 and they determined

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 that circumcision

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 had no bearing

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 on the salvation

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 of one's soul

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 and decided to circulate

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 a letter

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 stating so.

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 But that letter

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 did include

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 some further instruction.

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 So Acts chapter 15,

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 this is verse 28,

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 29,

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 for it has seemed good,

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 this is the letter

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 they wrote,

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 to the Holy Spirit

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 and to us

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 to lay on you

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 no greater burden,

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 talking about circumcision,

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 than these requirements

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 that you abstain

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 from what has been

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 sacrificed to idols

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 and from blood

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 and from what has been

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 strangled

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 and from sexual immorality.

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 If you keep yourselves

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 from these,

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 you will do well.

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 So a letter

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 is circulated

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 from the apostles

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 who were in Jerusalem.

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 Paul participated

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 in this decision making

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 and in the distribution

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 of that letter.

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 Perhaps a little more

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 complicated

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 because in our text today

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 in verse 14,

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 he says,

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 there's nothing unclean.

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 It's quite okay

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 for me to eat

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 meat

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 offered to idols.

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 And you don't see that

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 in chapter 14

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 specifically,

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 do you?

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 but you can find it

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 in 1 Corinthians

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 chapter 8.

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 So if you will,

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 turn with me

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 to 1 Corinthians 8.

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 We're going to read

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 the entirety

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 of the chapter

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 because he lays

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 this argument out.

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 It's really

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 the example

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 that I think

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 is embedded

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 in Romans 14

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 just walked

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 all the way out.

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 It's like logical

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 reasoning to its end

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 and I think

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 really helpful

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 for us

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 this morning.

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 1 Corinthians 8

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 beginning in verse 1.

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 Now,

00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:28.339
 concerning food

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 offered to idols.

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 Okay,

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 so there's the example

00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:31.779
 very clearly

00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:32.459
 right at the beginning.

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 We know

00:19:34.899 --> 00:19:36.479
 that all of us

00:19:36.479 --> 00:19:37.699
 possess knowledge.

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 This knowledge

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 puffs up

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 but love

00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:42.279
 builds up.

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 The knowledge

00:19:43.199 --> 00:19:43.879
 he's referring to

00:19:43.879 --> 00:19:45.479
 that it's okay

00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:47.160
 to eat food

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 offered to idols.

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 If anyone imagines

00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:50.799
 that he knows something,

00:19:50.860 --> 00:19:51.880
 he does not yet know

00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:53.559
 as he ought to know.

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.880
 But if anyone

00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:55.539
 loves God,

00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:56.759
 he is known by God.

00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.660
 Therefore,

00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:58.519
 as to the eating

00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:58.940
 of food

00:19:58.940 --> 00:19:59.759
 offered to idols,

00:19:59.900 --> 00:20:00.440
 we know

00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:01.299
 that an idol

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:02.920
 has no real existence

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:04.099
 and that there is

00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:04.819
 no God

00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:05.799
 but one.

00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:07.279
 For although

00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:07.779
 there may be

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.799
 so-called gods

00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.180
 in heaven

00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:09.740
 or on earth,

00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.160
 as indeed

00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:10.980
 there are many gods

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:12.000
 and many lords,

00:20:12.420 --> 00:20:12.880
 yet for us

00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:14.200
 there is one God,

00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:14.740
 the Father,

00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:15.120
 from whom

00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:15.919
 are all things

00:20:15.919 --> 00:20:16.979
 and for whom

00:20:16.979 --> 00:20:17.559
 we exist

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.319
 and one Lord

00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:18.919
 Jesus Christ

00:20:18.919 --> 00:20:19.599
 through whom

00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:20.399
 are all things

00:20:20.399 --> 00:20:21.119
 and through whom

00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:23.099
 we exist.

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.819
 He's basically saying

00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:25.359
 food that's offered

00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:25.639
 to idols

00:20:25.639 --> 00:20:26.259
 doesn't mean anything

00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:26.679
 because there are

00:20:26.679 --> 00:20:27.159
 no other gods.

00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:27.699
 Like,

00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:28.819
 vain worship.

00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:29.439
 Right?

00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:30.139
 That's what he's

00:20:30.139 --> 00:20:30.479
 saying there.

00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:32.099
 However,

00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:33.979
 not all possess

00:20:33.979 --> 00:20:34.699
 this knowledge

00:20:34.699 --> 00:20:36.379
 but some

00:20:36.379 --> 00:20:37.019
 through former

00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.699
 association

00:20:37.699 --> 00:20:38.379
 with idols

00:20:38.379 --> 00:20:39.839
 eat food

00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:40.579
 as really offered

00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:41.159
 to an idol

00:20:41.159 --> 00:20:42.619
 and their conscience

00:20:42.619 --> 00:20:43.799
 being weak

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:45.139
 is defiled.

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.379
 One who used

00:20:46.379 --> 00:20:47.079
 to offer food

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.960
 to idols.

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:48.599
 Right?

00:20:49.879 --> 00:20:50.839
 Food will not

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:51.399
 commend us

00:20:51.399 --> 00:20:51.899
 to God.

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.399
 Verse 8,

00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:53.619
 we are no worse

00:20:53.619 --> 00:20:54.519
 off if we do

00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:54.940
 not eat

00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:55.539
 and no better

00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:56.940
 off if we do.

00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:58.259
 How are we

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.619
 justified?

00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:00.119
 By faith alone.

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:00.559
 Right?

00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:01.240
 Justified by faith

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:01.419
 alone,

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.019
 not by our

00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:02.980
 works.

00:21:03.659 --> 00:21:04.819
 But take care

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.599
 that this right

00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:06.019
 of yours

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.779
 does not somehow

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.919
 become a stumbling

00:21:07.919 --> 00:21:09.240
 block to the weak.

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:10.839
 For if anyone

00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:11.799
 sees you

00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:12.220
 who have

00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:12.759
 knowledge

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.240
 eating in

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.700
 an idol's

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:13.980
 temple,

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.160
 will he not

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:15.839
 be encouraged

00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:16.779
 if his conscience

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.339
 is weak

00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:18.019
 to eat food

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:19.319
 offered to

00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:19.620
 idols?

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:20.900
 And so by

00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:21.500
 your knowledge

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:21.940
 this weak

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.460
 person is

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:23.059
 destroyed,

00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:23.539
 the brother

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:24.099
 for whom

00:21:24.099 --> 00:21:24.680
 Christ

00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:25.960
 died.

00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:27.400
 Thus,

00:21:27.579 --> 00:21:28.200
 sinning against

00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:28.640
 your brothers

00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:29.240
 and wounding

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:29.799
 their conscience

00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:30.579
 when it is weak,

00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:31.180
 you sin

00:21:31.180 --> 00:21:32.259
 against

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:33.359
 Christ.

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:34.900
 Therefore,

00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:35.900
 if food

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.440
 makes my

00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:37.160
 brother stumble,

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:38.560
 I will never

00:21:38.560 --> 00:21:39.220
 eat meat

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:40.480
 lest I make

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:41.500
 my brother

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.680
 stumble.

00:21:44.380 --> 00:21:45.279
 So the whole

00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:46.140
 matter seems

00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:46.800
 to be one

00:21:46.800 --> 00:21:47.360
 that was

00:21:47.360 --> 00:21:48.000
 important

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:49.400
 as a way

00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:50.340
 of separating

00:21:50.340 --> 00:21:51.300
 Christians

00:21:51.300 --> 00:21:52.660
 from idolaters,

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:53.980
 but not as

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.340
 an issue

00:21:54.340 --> 00:21:55.740
 of salvation.

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.259
 Acts chapter

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:57.800
 15,

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.340
 we want to be

00:21:58.340 --> 00:21:58.800
 clear about

00:21:58.800 --> 00:21:59.560
 who we are.

00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:00.400
 We are not

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:01.060
 idolaters.

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.440
 However,

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 the practice

00:22:04.100 --> 00:22:04.580
 had grown

00:22:04.580 --> 00:22:05.360
 and wasn't

00:22:05.360 --> 00:22:06.480
 seen as

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.140
 salvific

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:07.680
 in any

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 way.

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 An example

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 with some

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.720
 fair

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.380
 parallel

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:13.000
 in our

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.320
 day,

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.020
 especially

00:22:14.020 --> 00:22:14.640
 in the

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.259
 southeast,

00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:16.400
 is that

00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:16.620
 of the

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:17.040
 consumption

00:22:17.040 --> 00:22:18.280
 of alcohol.

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 The Bible

00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:21.080
 gives no

00:22:21.080 --> 00:22:21.940
 prohibitions

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.980
 against alcohol

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:24.340
 in moderation.

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 It does

00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:26.860
 issue warning

00:22:26.860 --> 00:22:27.580
 against the

00:22:27.580 --> 00:22:27.960
 use of

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.780
 strong drink

00:22:28.780 --> 00:22:29.300
 and it

00:22:29.300 --> 00:22:29.640
 does

00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:30.140
 forbid

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:31.800
 drunkenness.

00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:33.540
 You are

00:22:33.540 --> 00:22:34.140
 young people

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:34.520
 meant to

00:22:34.520 --> 00:22:34.860
 obey the

00:22:34.860 --> 00:22:35.180
 laws of

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:35.600
 our land,

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:35.919
 drinking.

00:22:35.919 --> 00:22:36.919
 If you are

00:22:36.919 --> 00:22:37.279
 younger than

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:37.639
 21,

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.079
 it is not

00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:38.419
 even a

00:22:38.419 --> 00:22:38.879
 debate

00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:39.459
 for you.

00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:41.539
 It does

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:41.839
 not

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.259
 forbid

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:43.119
 moderate

00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:44.279
 drinking.

00:22:45.439 --> 00:22:45.919
 However,

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.799
 this activity

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.659
 is wrought

00:22:47.659 --> 00:22:48.459
 with complications

00:22:48.459 --> 00:22:49.099
 when you add

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.519
 the addictive

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.019
 nature of

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.699
 alcohol and

00:22:50.699 --> 00:22:51.199
 its great

00:22:51.199 --> 00:22:51.879
 abuse.

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 I think all

00:22:53.179 --> 00:22:53.699
 of us have

00:22:53.699 --> 00:22:54.259
 been affected

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:54.959
 in one way

00:22:54.959 --> 00:22:55.339
 or another

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.779
 by alcohol

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.319
 abuse.

00:22:57.399 --> 00:22:57.500
 It has

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:57.659
 probably

00:22:57.659 --> 00:22:57.939
 touched

00:22:57.939 --> 00:22:58.399
 all of

00:22:58.399 --> 00:22:58.659
 our

00:22:58.659 --> 00:22:59.439
 lives.

00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:00.759
 and the

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.100
 cultural

00:23:01.100 --> 00:23:01.620
 assumptions

00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:02.360
 that come

00:23:02.360 --> 00:23:03.059
 along

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:04.340
 with it

00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:04.779
 about

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.960
 those

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.140
 who

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:06.620
 drink.

00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:09.160
 A great

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:09.680
 old joke

00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:11.039
 asked,

00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:11.200
 do you

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.420
 know the

00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:11.680
 difference

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.019
 between a

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.279
 Baptist

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.660
 and a

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.140
 Methodist?

00:23:13.340 --> 00:23:13.600
 Of course,

00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:13.740
 there are

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.080
 a lot of

00:23:14.080 --> 00:23:14.539
 theological

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.460
 differences,

00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:16.660
 but the

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:17.279
 joke is

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.180
 the Baptist

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.519
 is the

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:18.820
 one who

00:23:18.820 --> 00:23:19.400
 ducks

00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:19.980
 when you

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.279
 walk in

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.539
 the liquor

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:20.860
 store.

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:25.039
 It is not

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:25.500
 a simple

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:25.860
 issue.

00:23:27.080 --> 00:23:28.120
 It is not a

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:28.639
 simple issue.

00:23:28.899 --> 00:23:29.519
 What are

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.119
 the Bible's

00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:30.859
 prohibitions?

00:23:31.159 --> 00:23:31.500
 We need to

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:32.259
 be clear

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:33.279
 about this.

00:23:33.419 --> 00:23:34.019
 It parallels

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.599
 in a lot

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:35.199
 of ways.

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.319
 It is not

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:36.739
 a thing we

00:23:36.739 --> 00:23:37.319
 should do

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:38.479
 without careful

00:23:38.479 --> 00:23:39.979
 thought towards

00:23:39.979 --> 00:23:40.459
 others.

00:23:41.379 --> 00:23:41.879
 I am going

00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:42.399
 to make it

00:23:42.399 --> 00:23:43.279
 a simple

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.899
 issue.

00:23:45.239 --> 00:23:45.939
 For all of

00:23:45.939 --> 00:23:46.399
 our years of

00:23:46.399 --> 00:23:46.919
 involvement with

00:23:46.919 --> 00:23:47.219
 the Georgia

00:23:47.219 --> 00:23:47.479
 Baptist

00:23:47.479 --> 00:23:47.899
 Convention,

00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:48.399
 there was a

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:48.819
 period of

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.679
 time where

00:23:49.679 --> 00:23:50.319
 I went to

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:51.119
 annual meetings

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 and without

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 fail,

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.439
 there would

00:23:53.439 --> 00:23:53.979
 be a motion

00:23:53.979 --> 00:23:54.399
 from the

00:23:54.399 --> 00:23:55.919
 floor to

00:23:55.919 --> 00:23:56.659
 make it

00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:59.740
 essentially

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.460
 an unforgivable

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:00.980
 sin that

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.779
 any pastor

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.259
 in the

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:02.460
 Georgia

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:02.740
 Baptist

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.220
 Convention

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.779
 drink

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.220
 alcohol.

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.320
 It would

00:24:05.320 --> 00:24:06.360
 get hotly

00:24:06.360 --> 00:24:07.259
 debated on

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.660
 the floor.

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.019
 It was

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.600
 very silly

00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:10.040
 to be

00:24:10.040 --> 00:24:11.420
 frank because

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:12.880
 one group

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.180
 was just

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.420
 going,

00:24:13.540 --> 00:24:14.120
 but the

00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:14.840
 prohibition is

00:24:14.840 --> 00:24:15.460
 not clear in

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.040
 the text.

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:17.019
 Make the

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.720
 prohibition clear

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:17.960
 and we are

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.320
 with you,

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:18.940
 but until

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.360
 you can make

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:19.920
 the prohibition

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:21.200
 clear and

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:21.620
 it becomes

00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:22.720
 a problem

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.640
 in that

00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:24.900
 way.

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:26.300
 But we're

00:24:26.300 --> 00:24:27.259
 being encouraged

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.860
 here in

00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:28.840
 this text

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.660
 to not

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:30.500
 put a

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.080
 stumbling

00:24:31.080 --> 00:24:31.740
 block or

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.600
 hindrance

00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:33.640
 in the

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:35.259
 way of

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:35.640
 a brother.

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 Your

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.320
 participation

00:24:37.320 --> 00:24:38.160
 in something

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.640
 that you

00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.780
 are free

00:24:39.780 --> 00:24:40.480
 to participate

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.000
 in,

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.400
 that has

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:43.019
 the potential

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:44.000
 to harm

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:45.100
 your brother

00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:45.780
 is no

00:24:45.780 --> 00:24:46.460
 longer

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:47.759
 of any

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.220
 value.

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:49.960
 And Paul

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.420
 takes it a

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:51.140
 step further

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:51.980
 in 1 Corinthians

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.920
 8 and

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.440
 calls it

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.220
 sin.

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:55.079
 You are

00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:55.600
 sinning

00:24:55.600 --> 00:24:55.900
 against

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.440
 the one

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.120
 who Christ

00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:58.039
 died for.

00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:58.539
 And he

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.019
 says in

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.660
 verse 11,

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.900
 the brother

00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:01.259
 for whom,

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:01.420


00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:01.700
 excuse me,

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.339
 verse 12,

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.259
 you sin

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:04.460
 against

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:06.200
 Christ.

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.380
 So we

00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:08.660
 have to be

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.160
 considerate

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.720
 about the

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.140
 things that

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:10.460
 we do,

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.019
 the liberties

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.400
 that we

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:11.920
 practice,

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.640
 the ways

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.240
 in which

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.019
 we disagree

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.740
 on these

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.880
 third-tier

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.440
 issues.

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.220
 It matters

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:19.480
 greatly.

00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:20.839
 We'll see

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.839
 why in

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:23.220
 just a bit.

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.779
 The next

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.339
 exhortation,

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:25.600
 negative

00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:26.180
 exhortation,

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:28.640
 verse 15a,

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.180
 the first part

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.799
 of verse 15,

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.380
 point number

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:30.700
 three.

00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:32.500
 For if

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:32.960
 your brother

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.700
 is grieved

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.059
 by what

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.519
 you eat,

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:35.600
 you are

00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:36.500
 no longer

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.180
 walking

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:38.460
 in love.

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.700
 This word

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.240
 grieved can

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:41.059
 also be

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.860
 translated

00:25:41.860 --> 00:25:43.019
 pained,

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:44.019
 distressed,

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:44.019
!

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.740
 or hurt.

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:47.660
 I am

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.319
 continually

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:48.839
 astounded

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.380
 by those

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:49.980
 that consider

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.740
 themselves

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:52.200
 quote-unquote

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:53.019
 strong.

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.759
 They consider

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.339
 themselves

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:55.440
 strong in

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:55.980
 faith,

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:57.440
 who deal

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.900
 with those

00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:58.139
 who are

00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:58.639
 weak in

00:25:58.639 --> 00:25:59.240
 faith in

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.980
 unloving

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.920
 ways.

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.000
 This kind

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.639
 of arrogance.

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.440
 I've got

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:03.779
 it figured

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.019
 out.

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.519
 How could

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.220
 you not

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.420
 see this?

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.279
 If you

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.960
 desire for

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.619
 everyone who

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:10.099
 claims to

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:10.680
 follow Christ

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.200
 to look

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:12.200
 like you,

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.740
 then you

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.279
 are not

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:15.220
 mature.

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:15.720
 You are

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.960
 not strong

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.859
 in faith.

00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:18.940
 You are

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.819
 rather

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:21.420
 pharisaical.

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:21.480
 people.

00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:22.740
 It's a

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.100
 great

00:26:23.100 --> 00:26:23.720
 expression

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.039
 of

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.880
 immaturity

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.580
 to walk

00:26:25.580 --> 00:26:26.680
 unlovingly

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.240
 in these

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.740
 types

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:29.519
 of matters.

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:31.000
 You probably

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.759
 all know

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.320
 someone who

00:26:32.320 --> 00:26:33.100
 does this.

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:33.940
 He's got

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:34.680
 a lot of

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.539
 knowledge and

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:36.420
 it is way

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.060
 outpacing

00:26:37.060 --> 00:26:38.360
 their maturity.

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.100
 It's really

00:26:40.100 --> 00:26:40.759
 damaging to

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.340
 have knowledge

00:26:41.340 --> 00:26:41.800
 without

00:26:41.800 --> 00:26:42.800
 love.

00:26:44.320 --> 00:26:45.240
 Jesus issues

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.920
 all of these

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.759
 woes

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:48.340
 in the book

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:48.860
 of Matthew

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:48.939
 22.

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.159
 And this

00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:50.779
 one is

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.240
 particularly

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.839
 striking to

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.079
 me.

00:26:52.479 --> 00:26:52.659
 Matthew

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.319
 chapter 23

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:54.079
 in verse 15.

00:26:54.199 --> 00:26:54.399
 He says,

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:54.839
 Woe to

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.139
 you,

00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:56.339
 scribes

00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:56.699
 and

00:26:56.699 --> 00:26:57.579
 Pharisees,

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.879
 hypocrites.

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.619
 So these

00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.299
 are the

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:00.679
 religious

00:27:00.679 --> 00:27:01.299
 people of

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.879
 his day.

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:02.599
 For you

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.459
 travel across

00:27:03.459 --> 00:27:04.000
 sea and

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.379
 land to

00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:04.699
 make a

00:27:04.699 --> 00:27:05.179
 single

00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:06.039
 proselyte

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:07.079
 or convert.

00:27:07.879 --> 00:27:08.319
 And when

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:08.959
 he becomes

00:27:08.959 --> 00:27:09.899
 a proselyte,

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:10.839
 you make

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.439
 him twice

00:27:11.439 --> 00:27:11.899
 as much

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.339
 a child

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:12.839
 of hell

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.619
 as

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:14.099
 yourselves.

00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:15.719
 Now,

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.119
 Jesus is

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:16.579
 speaking to

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.199
 unconverted

00:27:17.199 --> 00:27:18.319
 people who

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.279
 further condemn

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.960
 others.

00:27:20.899 --> 00:27:21.339
 But should

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.659
 we be

00:27:21.659 --> 00:27:22.099
 characterized

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:23.200
 in the

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.740
 same way?

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.500
 Absolutely

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.139
 not.

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.619
 May it

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:26.240
 never

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:27.339
 be.

00:27:28.619 --> 00:27:28.839
 The

00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:29.359
 strong

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:30.139
 in faith,

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:30.819
 truly

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.460
 strong

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:32.159
 in faith,

00:27:32.639 --> 00:27:33.139
 hold

00:27:33.139 --> 00:27:34.539
 fast to

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.019
 the gospel

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.960
 of Jesus

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.439
 Christ.

00:27:38.659 --> 00:27:39.899
 They know

00:27:39.899 --> 00:27:40.279
 that they

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:40.879
 are saved

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.220
 from the

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.619
 wrath of

00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.059
 God

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:43.519
 by grace

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:43.939
 alone,

00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:45.299
 through faith

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:45.799
 alone,

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:46.720
 and the

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.220
 peace to

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:47.920
 us in

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:48.500
 all of

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:48.620
 the

00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:49.160
 preceding

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:50.000
 chapters.

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:50.480
 This is

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:50.980
 how we

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.220
 are made

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:52.980
 right before

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.400
 God.

00:27:54.100 --> 00:27:54.360
 And there

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:55.079
 is a doctrinal

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.759
 tightrope to

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.559
 be walked in

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.039
 the gospel,

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.400
 and it

00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:58.100
 is this.

00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.579
 We have

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.339
 been saved

00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:00.920
 by God's

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:01.539
 kindness to

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.180
 us in

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.620
 Christ.

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:03.880
 He

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:04.900
 accomplished

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.960
 the work.

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.400
 But our

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:07.860
 faith is not

00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:08.579
 a passive

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:09.079
 faith, it

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.460
 is an

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.579
 active

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.680
 faith.

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.360
 That's the

00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:12.860
 tightrope

00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:13.539
 that we

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.579
 walk as

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.480
 faithful

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.119
 Christians.

00:28:17.139 --> 00:28:17.359
 Every

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:17.759
 other

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.639
 world

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:19.079
 religion

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:20.199
 or system

00:28:20.199 --> 00:28:21.199
 sets up

00:28:21.199 --> 00:28:21.980
 rules to

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.740
 attain the

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.399
 next level,

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.899
 whether that's

00:28:23.899 --> 00:28:24.559
 right relationship

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.039
 with God

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.379
 or some

00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:26.119
 kind of

00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:26.720
 enlightenment.

00:28:27.159 --> 00:28:27.500
 Christianity

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.399
 is unique,

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:28.759
 and it is

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.279
 unique because

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.919
 it is created

00:28:29.919 --> 00:28:30.579
 by our

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:31.139
 Lord.

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.099
 He

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.720
 accomplishes

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.159
 the work

00:28:33.159 --> 00:28:33.960
 on our

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.339
 behalf.

00:28:34.699 --> 00:28:35.179
 You add

00:28:35.179 --> 00:28:36.779
 nothing to

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.319
 the equation

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:37.859
 of your

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.339
 salvation.

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.019
 By grace,

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:41.119
 through faith,

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:42.419
 in Christ,

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.079
 it is because

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.879
 God is

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:44.839
 kind to

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:46.479
 you that

00:28:46.479 --> 00:28:46.799
 you have a

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.339
 right standing

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:48.500
 with Him.

00:28:48.899 --> 00:28:49.479
 You cannot

00:28:49.479 --> 00:28:49.879
 earn it.

00:28:49.979 --> 00:28:50.219
 It is

00:28:50.219 --> 00:28:51.879
 impossible to

00:28:51.879 --> 00:28:52.139
 do.

00:28:53.719 --> 00:28:54.500
 But having

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.239
 been changed

00:28:55.239 --> 00:28:57.059
 from one

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.919
 kind to

00:28:57.919 --> 00:28:58.219
 another

00:28:58.219 --> 00:28:58.859
 kind,

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.819
 good

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.579
 trees

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.099
 produce

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:03.139
 good

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:04.059
 fruit.

00:29:04.199 --> 00:29:04.319
 Our

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.719
 faith is an

00:29:04.719 --> 00:29:05.199
 active faith

00:29:05.199 --> 00:29:05.759
 that shows

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:07.379
 itself out

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:07.659
 in the

00:29:07.659 --> 00:29:08.139
 world.

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.399
 Praise God

00:29:09.399 --> 00:29:09.819
 that we can

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.699
 see evidences

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.380
 of His

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:12.240
 Spirit at

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.500
 work

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:14.000
 within us.

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.460
 This is a

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.840
 tightrope

00:29:15.840 --> 00:29:16.200
 that we

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.380
 must walk.

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.220
 If we

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.759
 fall off

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.539
 one side

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:19.720
 of the

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.240
 tightrope,

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.440
 we will

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:21.740
 think that

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:21.980
 we can

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.980
 live however

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.440
 we want

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:23.580
 to.

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.000
 I'm

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.299
 saved by

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:25.600
 grace

00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:25.860
 through

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:26.180
 faith in

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.500
 Christ.

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:27.380
 He did

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:27.799
 the work

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.240
 so I

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.480
 can go

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:28.620
 do

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:29.059
 whatever

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.460
 I

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:30.580
 want.

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:30.880
 And this

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:31.460
 is certainly

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.180
 an error.

00:29:32.340 --> 00:29:32.539
 We have

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.420
 fallen off.

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:34.500
 It's

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.480
 licentiousness.

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.559
 If we

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.059
 fall off

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.580
 the other

00:29:38.580 --> 00:29:39.120
 side,

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.620
 and this

00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:39.880
 is the

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.279
 side our

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:40.559
 text

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.240
 speaks to

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.799
 today,

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:43.359
 then we

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:43.899
 think we

00:29:43.899 --> 00:29:44.619
 are approved

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:45.720
 because of

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.359
 our

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:47.659
 works.

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.299
 And beloved,

00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:49.740
 this is

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.579
 legalism,

00:29:50.659 --> 00:29:50.940
 and its

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.899
 natural

00:29:51.899 --> 00:29:52.919
 conclusion is

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:53.799
 to require

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.539
 that others

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:55.980
 conform to

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.419
 us.

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.859
 Because if

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.500
 they don't,

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.399
 then the

00:29:59.399 --> 00:30:00.279
 foundation we

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.700
 built for

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.319
 ourselves

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:02.919
 begins to

00:30:02.919 --> 00:30:03.319
 erode.

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.299
 If I

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:06.019
 functionally

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.940
 think that

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.480
 my acceptance

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.059
 before God

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.379
 is because

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:08.820
 of the

00:30:08.820 --> 00:30:09.360
 way I

00:30:09.360 --> 00:30:10.000
 figured out

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.280
 these

00:30:10.280 --> 00:30:10.920
 types of

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.500
 nuance

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:11.960
 matters,

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.840
 if that's

00:30:12.840 --> 00:30:13.080
 what I

00:30:13.080 --> 00:30:13.820
 stand on

00:30:13.820 --> 00:30:14.900
 and you

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.320
 don't agree

00:30:15.320 --> 00:30:15.900
 with me,

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:16.980
 then my

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.280
 stance

00:30:17.280 --> 00:30:17.840
 becomes

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:18.720
 shaky.

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.520
 If

00:30:20.520 --> 00:30:20.880
 rather,

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:21.880
 I stand

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.100
 on the

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.720
 solid rock

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.860
 that cannot

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.560
 be moved.

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.100
 Perfect

00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:26.580
 life,

00:30:27.040 --> 00:30:27.560
 sacrificial

00:30:27.560 --> 00:30:29.040
 death of

00:30:29.040 --> 00:30:29.320
 the Lord

00:30:29.320 --> 00:30:30.060
 Jesus Christ.

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.680
 The strong

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.120
 in faith

00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:31.960
 walk right

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:33.420
 down the

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:33.680
 middle,

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.100
 and we

00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:34.460
 need each

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:34.700
 other's

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.060
 help to

00:30:35.060 --> 00:30:36.039
 stay there

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.720
 together.

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.779
 Those who

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.120
 are strong

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:39.500
 in faith

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.039
 are humble

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.580
 because they

00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:41.220
 believe that

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.880
 it is God

00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:42.420
 who accomplished

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:42.960
 the work,

00:30:43.560 --> 00:30:43.940
 and then they

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.420
 are turned

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:44.779
 to each

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.140
 other in

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:45.440
 love,

00:30:45.580 --> 00:30:46.200
 seeking to

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.720
 get others

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.279
 on the

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.740
 rope and

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.240
 to keep

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:49.480
 them in

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:51.140
 that place.

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:53.019
 Lots

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:54.440
 of humility

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.519
 required

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.940
 for this.

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.080
 I'll give you

00:30:58.080 --> 00:30:58.400
 a small

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:58.820
 example from

00:30:58.820 --> 00:30:58.960
 our

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.380
 congregation.

00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.120
 I am

00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:00.440
 not going

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:00.759
 to use

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.539
 names,

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.819
 and I

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:03.099
 am not

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:03.440
 suggesting

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:03.980
 that one

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.279
 of these

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:04.759
 brothers is

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.079
 the weaker

00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:05.500
 brother and

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.740
 one the

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:05.960
 stronger

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.460
 brother in

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:07.059
 this given

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.579
 scenario.

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.220
 Just an

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:10.700
 example of

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.139
 the way two

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:12.119
 men disagreed

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:13.539
 and bore

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:13.879
 with each

00:31:13.879 --> 00:31:14.680
 other in

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:14.940
 love.

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:16.240
 It was

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.899
 about the

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:17.399
 issue of

00:31:17.399 --> 00:31:17.779
 concealed

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.159
 carry.

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:20.279
 I have

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.859
 an opinion

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:21.460
 about that.

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:22.839
 You can

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.259
 ask me or

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.619
 give me a

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:23.940
 hug and

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:24.240
 find out

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.460
 how I

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.579
 feel about

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:25.759
 it.

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.680
 But the

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.119
 one brother

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:31.099
 didn't

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:31.839
 find it

00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:32.219
 appropriate

00:31:32.219 --> 00:31:32.799
 and the

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.119
 other said,

00:31:33.219 --> 00:31:33.779
 oh, it

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.099
 is.

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.459
 And they

00:31:35.459 --> 00:31:36.159
 talked

00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:36.619
 together.

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.240
 They opened

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.759
 the word

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.179
 together.

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:38.579
 They were

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.079
 thinking

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:40.119
 together and

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:40.359
 trying to

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:40.699
 think biblically

00:31:40.699 --> 00:31:41.019
 and they

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.539
 didn't agree.

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.099
 But the

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:43.039
 one who

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:44.819
 agreed with

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.259
 concealed

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:46.459
 carry simply

00:31:46.459 --> 00:31:46.919
 said to the

00:31:46.919 --> 00:31:47.559
 other, I

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:47.959
 think you'll

00:31:47.959 --> 00:31:48.359
 change your

00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:48.719
 mind when

00:31:48.719 --> 00:31:49.019
 you have

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.359
 children.

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.559
 And he

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:52.039
 was patient.

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.459
 He waited.

00:31:53.939 --> 00:31:54.119
 And you

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:54.399
 know what?

00:31:54.899 --> 00:31:55.639
 One day the

00:31:55.639 --> 00:31:56.000
 other brother

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.959
 had children

00:31:56.959 --> 00:31:58.679
 and fairly

00:31:58.679 --> 00:32:00.139
 promptly began

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:01.440
 to carry.

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.740
 How good

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.360
 that was.

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:04.900
 They didn't

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.560
 get mad at

00:32:05.560 --> 00:32:06.020
 each other

00:32:06.020 --> 00:32:07.900
 and go to

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.759
 fists over

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.400
 the issue.

00:32:10.300 --> 00:32:10.920
 They thought

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.280
 biblically

00:32:11.280 --> 00:32:11.740
 together.

00:32:12.100 --> 00:32:12.400
 They saw

00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:12.920
 each other's

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.259
 point.

00:32:13.800 --> 00:32:13.960
 And the

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.280
 one just

00:32:14.280 --> 00:32:14.720
 said, I

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.020
 think you

00:32:15.020 --> 00:32:15.500
 may change

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.020
 your mind

00:32:16.020 --> 00:32:17.100
 someday.

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.820
 Please don't

00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:19.040
 hear me

00:32:19.040 --> 00:32:19.420
 setting that

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:19.800
 up as the

00:32:19.800 --> 00:32:20.800
 great objective

00:32:20.800 --> 00:32:21.240
 of strong

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.840
 faith at

00:32:21.840 --> 00:32:22.020
 all.

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.040
 It's just

00:32:23.040 --> 00:32:23.580
 an example

00:32:23.580 --> 00:32:23.920
 of how

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.200
 we're to

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:25.160
 bear with

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:26.040
 one

00:32:26.040 --> 00:32:26.940
 another.

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.560
 Paul wrote

00:32:28.560 --> 00:32:28.940
 back in

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:29.840
 Romans chapter

00:32:29.840 --> 00:32:30.640
 12 in

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.300
 verse 10,

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:32.840
 love one

00:32:32.840 --> 00:32:33.960
 another with

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.620
 brotherly

00:32:34.620 --> 00:32:35.220
 affection.

00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:36.900
 Outdo one

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.600
 another in

00:32:37.600 --> 00:32:39.660
 showing honor,

00:32:40.620 --> 00:32:41.900
 granting to

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.380
 the other,

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.500
 trying to

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.300
 understand,

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.460
 giving them

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.700
 respect.

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:47.680
 This is what's

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.580
 going to mark

00:32:48.580 --> 00:32:49.660
 the mature

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.460
 Christian,

00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:51.480
 the one who

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.820
 does not want

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.879
 to grieve,

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:55.079
 to damage

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:56.980
 their brother.

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.720
 Fourth,

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:00.460
 and these

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:00.839
 things really

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.259
 are tying

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.639
 together.

00:33:01.899 --> 00:33:02.299
 They're very

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.720
 similar.

00:33:03.639 --> 00:33:03.879
 There maybe

00:33:03.879 --> 00:33:04.099
 could have

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:05.039
 been a one

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.759
 total overall

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.319
 exhortation

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:06.720
 here.

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.559
 Fourthly,

00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:08.500
 do not

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.460
 destroy your

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:09.659
 brother.

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.079
 The last

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.419
 half of

00:33:10.419 --> 00:33:11.139
 verse 15,

00:33:12.159 --> 00:33:12.460
 there Paul

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:12.700
 says,

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.439
 by what you

00:33:13.439 --> 00:33:13.819
 eat,

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.059
 do not

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.619
 destroy the

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:16.039
 one for

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.859
 whom Christ

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.799
 died.

00:33:17.899 --> 00:33:18.539
 Don't grieve

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:18.939
 your brother

00:33:18.939 --> 00:33:19.639
 and do not

00:33:19.639 --> 00:33:21.379
 destroy your

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:21.619
 brother.

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.359
 The word

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:22.659
 rendered

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:24.820
 destroyed can

00:33:24.820 --> 00:33:25.700
 be a bit

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.600
 misleading.

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.519
 The Greek

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.480
 scholar W.E.

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:31.180
 Vine explains

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:31.580
 this verb

00:33:31.580 --> 00:33:32.040
 this way.

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.519
 The idea

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.960
 is not

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:35.279
 extinction,

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:37.500
 but ruin.

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:38.740
 Loss,

00:33:38.820 --> 00:33:39.220
 not of

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:40.019
 being,

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.400
 but of

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:42.620
 well-being.

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.180
 It's the

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:44.060
 Greek word

00:33:44.060 --> 00:33:44.480
 and what it

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.940
 means.

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.279
 Paul is

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:47.180
 not talking

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:47.640
 about the

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.080
 brother's

00:33:48.080 --> 00:33:48.800
 damnation.

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.540
 After all,

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.680
 he is one

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.140
 for whom

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.640
 Christ has

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:52.920
 died.

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:53.520
 He's making

00:33:53.520 --> 00:33:53.920
 that very

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.660
 clear in

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:55.800
 the text.

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:56.720
 Paul is

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.180
 not running

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:57.800
 in contradiction

00:33:57.800 --> 00:33:58.320
 to his

00:33:58.320 --> 00:33:58.920
 own

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.980
 theology.

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:00.560
 If Christ

00:34:00.560 --> 00:34:01.259
 has saved

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.520
 you,

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:01.880
 then you

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:02.640
 are indeed

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.960
 saved.

00:34:04.040 --> 00:34:04.300
 Paul's

00:34:04.300 --> 00:34:05.140
 concern is

00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:05.600
 that your

00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:06.580
 practiced

00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:07.180
 freedom,

00:34:07.300 --> 00:34:07.660
 done

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.840
 irresponsibly,

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.079
 will damage

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.960
 the conscience

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:12.000
 of this

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.320
 weaker

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:12.720
 brother,

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.980
 will affect

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.640
 his

00:34:14.640 --> 00:34:16.740
 well-being.

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.400
 We don't

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.660
 want him

00:34:17.660 --> 00:34:18.180
 tied up

00:34:18.180 --> 00:34:18.640
 with this

00:34:18.640 --> 00:34:19.000
 stuff.

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.380
 We want

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:19.539
 him

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:19.880
 staying

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.280
 on that

00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:20.820
 tight

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.119
 rope,

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:21.940
 believing

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.300
 that he

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.500
 is

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:22.960
 saved

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.579
 by the

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:23.800
 grace

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:23.980
 of

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.400
 God

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:25.059
 in

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.440
 Christ,

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:25.639
 that

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.099
 Christ

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:26.579
 did

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.099
 die

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:27.639
 for

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:29.179
 him.

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:30.699
 So do

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:30.900
 not

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.460
 destroy

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:31.840
 your

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.059
 brother.

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.519
 Fifthly,

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:33.940
 do not

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.539
 forfeit

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.719
 your

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.139
 witness.

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.239
 We see

00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:37.500
 this in

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.179
 verses 16

00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:38.480
 through

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.420
 19.

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.679
 Paul

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:40.820
 there

00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:41.019
 says,

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:41.300
 so do

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:41.659
 not let

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:41.880
 what you

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.239
 regard

00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:42.780
 as good

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:43.420
 be spoken

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:43.900
 of

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:45.840
 as evil.

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.440
 If we

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.039
 separate this

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.440
 verse from

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.000
 its context,

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.460
 this may

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.119
 seem like a

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.860
 command to

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:51.660
 defend your

00:34:51.660 --> 00:34:52.180
 stances,

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.960
 to stand

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:55.240
 your ground.

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:57.000
 I, to

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.619
 my shame,

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:58.420
 read it this

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:58.980
 way many

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.440
 times.

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:01.200
 It's like I

00:35:01.200 --> 00:35:01.639
 ignored the

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.240
 rest of

00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:02.900
 chapter 14.

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.240
 It was like,

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:04.260
 yeah, people

00:35:04.260 --> 00:35:05.059
 shouldn't say

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:05.500
 what's good

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:06.000
 is bad,

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.420
 but if you

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:07.900
 place it in

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.660
 its context,

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:10.079
 as all good

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:10.980
 Bible exegesis

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.539
 does,

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:12.960
 we can see

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.460
 that Paul is

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:14.179
 simply saying,

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.619
 if something

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.420
 good that

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:17.119
 you can do

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:18.420
 is regarded

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:18.920
 by somebody

00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:19.320
 else as

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:19.659
 evil,

00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:21.179
 then do

00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:21.840
 not do

00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:22.639
 that thing.

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.539
 Just don't

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.940
 do it.

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.720
 Practice your

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:28.400
 Christian liberty

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:29.519
 by recognizing

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.220
 that you are

00:35:30.220 --> 00:35:31.380
 not justified

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:32.019
 by what you

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.619
 don't do

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.199
 or by what

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:34.199
 you do

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.579
 do,

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:36.380
 but by the

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:37.079
 sacrificial

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:38.340
 love of

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:38.720
 Christ.

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:40.059
 You can

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.780
 decide not

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:41.099
 to do

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.619
 something in

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:41.980
 order to

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.519
 serve somebody

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:42.980
 else and

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.619
 still be

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.079
 practicing

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.659
 your Christian

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.019
 liberty.

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.420
 Your Christian

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:47.780
 liberty exists

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:48.639
 because you're

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:49.219
 not enslaved

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:49.780
 to the law

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:50.760
 any longer.

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.099
 You've been

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:51.760
 set free

00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:52.340
 from its

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:52.840
 condemnation

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:54.539
 in Christ.

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.559
 You can

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:56.280
 give something

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:57.519
 up for the

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:58.800
 sake of

00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.039
 another.

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:01.119
 This is the

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:01.760
 kind of love

00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:02.219
 that we're

00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:02.780
 called to.

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.380
 Should it be

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:04.920
 shocking to

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:06.480
 us that the

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:06.860
 one we're

00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:07.320
 meant to

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:07.800
 emulate,

00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:08.360
 our Lord and

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:08.760
 Savior Jesus

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.240
 Christ,

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:10.059
 came,

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:11.460
 condescended to

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.000
 become a

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.420
 man,

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.119
 gave up

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:13.740
 his position

00:36:13.740 --> 00:36:14.440
 in heaven,

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:16.059
 humbled himself

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.599
 to be a

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.099
 babe,

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.599
 born amongst

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:19.340
 animals in

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:19.780
 a manger,

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:21.440
 suffered on

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:22.639
 our behalf

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:23.099
 both a

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:24.179
 life and

00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:24.780
 a death,

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:26.019
 and that he

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.500
 doesn't call

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.119
 us to serve

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.579
 one another

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.360
 sacrificially?

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.760
 Of course we're

00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:31.139
 meant to give

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:31.619
 of ourselves

00:36:31.619 --> 00:36:32.220
 for the sake

00:36:32.220 --> 00:36:33.179
 of other

00:36:33.179 --> 00:36:33.500
 people.

00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:35.179
 This

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:36.280
 exhortation in

00:36:36.280 --> 00:36:36.820
 verse 16

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:37.140
 is not

00:36:37.140 --> 00:36:37.760
 stand your

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:38.240
 ground and

00:36:38.240 --> 00:36:38.600
 get your

00:36:38.600 --> 00:36:39.140
 way.

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:41.240
 It's give

00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:41.740
 up your

00:36:41.740 --> 00:36:43.300
 way for

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:43.580
 the love

00:36:43.580 --> 00:36:44.080
 of others.

00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:46.019
 And Paul

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.360
 goes on,

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:46.559
 for the

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:46.900
 kingdom of

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.440
 God is

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:47.740
 not a

00:36:47.740 --> 00:36:48.180
 matter of

00:36:48.180 --> 00:36:49.200
 eating and

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:49.600
 drinking.

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:50.980
 That's not

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:51.160
 what the

00:36:51.160 --> 00:36:51.460
 kingdom of

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:51.700
 God is

00:36:51.700 --> 00:36:52.260
 made of,

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.720
 eating and

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:53.000
 drinking,

00:36:53.220 --> 00:36:54.340
 but of

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:54.780
 righteousness

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:56.519
 and peace

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:58.080
 and joy

00:36:58.080 --> 00:36:59.140
 in the

00:36:59.140 --> 00:36:59.700
 Holy Spirit.

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.700
 Those who

00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:02.820
 are righteous

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:03.500
 have their

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:03.980
 righteousness

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:05.280
 because of

00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:06.380
 Christ.

00:37:06.640 --> 00:37:06.940
 He's just

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.120
 saying,

00:37:07.180 --> 00:37:07.360
 it's those

00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:07.720
 people who

00:37:07.720 --> 00:37:08.519
 recognize that

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:08.840
 they are

00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:09.260
 righteous,

00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:09.700
 they are in

00:37:09.700 --> 00:37:10.160
 right standing

00:37:10.160 --> 00:37:10.780
 before God

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.340
 because of

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:11.900
 what Christ

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.860
 has accomplished

00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:13.680
 on their

00:37:13.680 --> 00:37:14.160
 behalf.

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:14.740
 We are to

00:37:14.740 --> 00:37:15.320
 be a people

00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:15.860
 who are at

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:16.420
 peace with

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:16.800
 one another

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:17.340
 because we

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:17.920
 have peace

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:19.019
 with God.

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.640
 Foundational,

00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:21.560
 most important

00:37:21.560 --> 00:37:21.980
 things are

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:23.200
 settled already.

00:37:23.640 --> 00:37:24.000
 Why do we

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.340
 spend our

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:24.960
 time arguing

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.600
 about things

00:37:25.600 --> 00:37:26.200
 that are of

00:37:26.200 --> 00:37:26.640
 lesser

00:37:26.640 --> 00:37:27.880
 importance?

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:28.880
 And this

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:30.019
 brings joy.

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.040
 All of

00:37:32.040 --> 00:37:33.100
 this given

00:37:33.100 --> 00:37:33.640
 to us by

00:37:33.640 --> 00:37:35.120
 grace in

00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:35.559
 the Spirit,

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:35.819
 we are

00:37:35.819 --> 00:37:36.239
 supposed to

00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:36.500
 be a

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:37.079
 people who

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.980
 are distinct

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.400
 from the

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:39.659
 world around

00:37:39.659 --> 00:37:40.019
 us.

00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:42.279
 I am so

00:37:42.279 --> 00:37:44.079
 saddened by

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:44.980
 the Christians

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.739
 who bicker

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:46.579
 online,

00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:47.319
 people they

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:47.779
 don't even

00:37:47.779 --> 00:37:48.440
 know.

00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:50.279
 Just stop.

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:53.639
 Whoever thus

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.359
 serves Christ,

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:55.420
 verse 18 says,

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:56.400
 in this way,

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.400
 giving up things

00:37:58.400 --> 00:37:58.799
 for the sake

00:37:58.799 --> 00:37:59.359
 of others,

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:01.099
 sacrificial love,

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:02.019
 humble service,

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:03.059
 is acceptable to

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:03.380
 God,

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:05.500
 and approved

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:07.079
 by men.

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:07.679
 This idea of

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:08.259
 not forfeiting

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:08.900
 your witness

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:09.779
 comes from,

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:10.320
 right?

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:11.119
 That we

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:11.579
 would be a

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:12.460
 people distinct

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:13.900
 in this way.

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.380
 So then let

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:15.099
 us pursue

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:16.259
 what makes

00:38:16.259 --> 00:38:16.940
 for peace

00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:18.019
 and for

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.400
 mutual

00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:19.799
 upbuilding.

00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:21.679
 That's the

00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:22.599
 fifth exhortation.

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:23.840
 Six,

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.239
 we're going to

00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:25.000
 come quickly

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.679
 to a landing.

00:38:27.279 --> 00:38:27.840
 Do not

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:28.880
 destroy the

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:29.920
 work of

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:30.179
 God.

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:31.239
 Verse 20

00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:32.799
 and 21.

00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:34.039
 Again,

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:35.899
 this word

00:38:35.899 --> 00:38:36.359
 is the same

00:38:36.359 --> 00:38:36.719
 word that we

00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:37.939
 mentioned earlier.

00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:38.539
 It could be

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:39.539
 a bit misleading.

00:38:39.919 --> 00:38:40.639
 It's talking

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:41.379
 about hurting.

00:38:41.779 --> 00:38:42.539
 Not that you

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:43.019
 actually can

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:43.739
 stop the

00:38:43.739 --> 00:38:44.079
 work of

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.299
 God.

00:38:44.379 --> 00:38:44.639
 God is

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:45.099
 God,

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:45.359
 and he

00:38:45.359 --> 00:38:45.539
 wouldn't

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:45.959
 be God

00:38:45.959 --> 00:38:46.199
 if we

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:46.939
 could stop

00:38:46.939 --> 00:38:47.599
 his purposes.

00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:48.819
 But bringing

00:38:48.819 --> 00:38:49.619
 some damage

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:50.319
 to this good

00:38:50.319 --> 00:38:50.659
 that he's

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:50.899
 doing,

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:51.839
 bringing together

00:38:51.839 --> 00:38:52.279
 the church

00:38:52.279 --> 00:38:52.939
 as this

00:38:52.939 --> 00:38:53.399
 distinct

00:38:53.399 --> 00:38:53.819
 people,

00:38:54.219 --> 00:38:54.759
 unified,

00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:55.659
 and walking

00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:56.799
 together in

00:38:56.799 --> 00:38:57.119
 love.

00:38:57.439 --> 00:38:57.979
 Do not,

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:58.699
 for the sake

00:38:58.699 --> 00:38:59.759
 of food,

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:01.859
 destroy the

00:39:01.859 --> 00:39:02.179
 work of

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:02.460
 God.

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:03.980
 Everything

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.659
 is indeed

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:05.139
 clean.

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:07.000
 Paul,

00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:07.279
 again,

00:39:07.439 --> 00:39:08.259
 he's defending

00:39:08.259 --> 00:39:08.799
 the position.

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:09.839
 It can be

00:39:09.839 --> 00:39:10.139
 eaten,

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:12.339
 but it

00:39:12.339 --> 00:39:13.119
 is wrong

00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:13.699
 for anyone

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:14.099
 to make

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:15.159
 another stumble

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:16.439
 by what he

00:39:16.439 --> 00:39:16.799
 eats.

00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:19.039
 It is good

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.699
 not to eat

00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:20.039
 meat,

00:39:20.279 --> 00:39:20.619
 or drink

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:21.099
 wine,

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:21.519
 or do

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:22.159
 anything

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:23.299
 that causes

00:39:23.299 --> 00:39:24.759
 your brother

00:39:24.759 --> 00:39:25.480
 to stumble.

00:39:25.779 --> 00:39:26.039
 And he

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:26.779
 goes so far

00:39:26.780 --> 00:39:27.440
 as to say

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:28.360
 in 1 Corinthians

00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:29.060
 8 that he

00:39:29.060 --> 00:39:29.480
 would abstain

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.340
 from all

00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:31.040
 meat for

00:39:31.040 --> 00:39:31.519
 the sake

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:32.860
 of a

00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:33.100
 brother.

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:34.820
 Do not

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:35.340
 destroy the

00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:35.660
 work of

00:39:35.660 --> 00:39:35.900
 God.

00:39:36.040 --> 00:39:36.060
 And

00:39:36.060 --> 00:39:36.600
 seventh and

00:39:36.600 --> 00:39:37.000
 lastly,

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:38.380
 do not

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:39.160
 flaunt or

00:39:39.160 --> 00:39:40.420
 forfeit

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:41.040
 your

00:39:41.040 --> 00:39:42.440
 liberty.

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:42.820
 I mentioned

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:43.420
 already this

00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:43.880
 idea of

00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:44.220
 Christian

00:39:44.220 --> 00:39:44.519
 liberty,

00:39:44.620 --> 00:39:44.860
 we've been

00:39:44.860 --> 00:39:45.280
 set free

00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:45.640
 from the

00:39:45.640 --> 00:39:45.900
 law,

00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:47.740
 the type

00:39:47.740 --> 00:39:48.300
 of

00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:49.820
 condemnation

00:39:49.820 --> 00:39:50.280
 that came

00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:50.540
 to us,

00:39:50.580 --> 00:39:51.000
 the knowledge

00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:51.360
 of sin

00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:51.740
 that comes

00:39:51.740 --> 00:39:52.000
 to us,

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:52.260
 we've been

00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:52.680
 set free

00:39:52.680 --> 00:39:53.120
 from that.

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:53.620
 And yet

00:39:53.620 --> 00:39:53.960
 there are

00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:54.720
 things we're

00:39:54.720 --> 00:39:55.300
 meant to do,

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:55.780
 ways that

00:39:55.780 --> 00:39:56.100
 we're meant

00:39:56.100 --> 00:39:56.660
 to obey,

00:39:56.780 --> 00:39:57.400
 the Lord,

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:57.920
 and there's

00:39:57.920 --> 00:39:58.320
 a lot of

00:39:58.320 --> 00:39:58.720
 gray in

00:39:58.720 --> 00:39:59.100
 between.

00:39:59.300 --> 00:39:59.500
 And we're

00:39:59.500 --> 00:39:59.860
 all trying

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:00.300
 to navigate

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:00.580
 it,

00:40:00.640 --> 00:40:00.900
 and as

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:01.420
 we've

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:01.640
 talked

00:40:01.640 --> 00:40:01.840
 through

00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:02.380
 this idea

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:02.960
 of theological

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:03.600
 triage,

00:40:03.980 --> 00:40:04.180
 these are

00:40:04.180 --> 00:40:04.960
 those categories

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:05.519
 I'm calling

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:06.320
 tertiary,

00:40:06.860 --> 00:40:07.640
 third tier,

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:08.519
 those things

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:08.780
 that we're

00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:09.860
 not so

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:11.060
 sure about.

00:40:11.200 --> 00:40:11.560
 I so

00:40:11.560 --> 00:40:12.280
 want the

00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:12.680
 black and

00:40:12.680 --> 00:40:13.600
 white text,

00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:14.040
 right?

00:40:14.220 --> 00:40:14.860
 Just bring

00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:15.300
 another law

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:15.640
 down the

00:40:15.640 --> 00:40:15.860
 mountain

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.480
 to me.

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.720
 God draws

00:40:17.720 --> 00:40:18.019
 us into

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.620
 relationship

00:40:18.620 --> 00:40:19.160
 with him,

00:40:19.240 --> 00:40:19.600
 we pray

00:40:19.600 --> 00:40:20.220
 for wisdom,

00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:20.680
 help us

00:40:20.680 --> 00:40:21.320
 to discern

00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:21.760
 how we

00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:22.680
 walk in

00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:23.220
 a world

00:40:23.220 --> 00:40:23.540
 that is

00:40:23.540 --> 00:40:24.100
 difficult

00:40:24.100 --> 00:40:25.620
 to navigate.

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:26.819
 And so we

00:40:26.819 --> 00:40:27.259
 have this

00:40:27.259 --> 00:40:28.880
 Christian liberty,

00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:29.639
 Peter Paul says,

00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:30.539
 the faith that

00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:31.239
 you have,

00:40:32.339 --> 00:40:33.119
 keep between

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:35.079
 yourself and

00:40:35.079 --> 00:40:35.400
 God.

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:37.339
 Blessed is the

00:40:37.339 --> 00:40:37.880
 one who has

00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:38.980
 no reason to

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:39.420
 pass judgment

00:40:39.420 --> 00:40:40.159
 on himself for

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:40.659
 what he

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:42.119
 approves.

00:40:42.339 --> 00:40:42.859
 It's a happy

00:40:42.859 --> 00:40:43.639
 position to be

00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:44.239
 in, to be

00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:44.980
 settled on

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.819
 those things

00:40:45.819 --> 00:40:46.460
 that you

00:40:46.460 --> 00:40:47.079
 believe God

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:47.819
 would allow

00:40:47.819 --> 00:40:49.199
 you to do.

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:49.819
 but whoever

00:40:49.819 --> 00:40:51.059
 has doubts

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:52.199
 is condemned

00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:53.779
 if he eats

00:40:53.779 --> 00:40:54.379
 because the

00:40:54.379 --> 00:40:54.879
 eating is

00:40:54.879 --> 00:40:56.659
 not from

00:40:56.659 --> 00:40:57.819
 faith.

00:40:58.599 --> 00:40:59.279
 Not

00:40:59.279 --> 00:41:00.319
 confident

00:41:00.319 --> 00:41:01.339
 that your

00:41:01.339 --> 00:41:01.960
 position is

00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:02.599
 settled before

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:03.239
 God because

00:41:03.239 --> 00:41:03.939
 of the work

00:41:03.939 --> 00:41:04.439
 of Christ

00:41:04.439 --> 00:41:05.219
 on your

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:05.699
 behalf.

00:41:06.259 --> 00:41:06.819
 Thinking

00:41:06.819 --> 00:41:07.279
 you're doing

00:41:07.279 --> 00:41:07.819
 a thing

00:41:07.819 --> 00:41:09.079
 to find

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:09.579
 approval

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:10.460
 before God,

00:41:10.559 --> 00:41:10.779
 whatever

00:41:10.779 --> 00:41:11.319
 does not

00:41:11.319 --> 00:41:11.819
 proceed

00:41:11.819 --> 00:41:12.339
 from

00:41:12.339 --> 00:41:12.960
 faith

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:13.799
 is

00:41:13.799 --> 00:41:15.159
 sin.

00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:16.619
 So the

00:41:16.619 --> 00:41:16.819
 subtle

00:41:16.819 --> 00:41:17.439
 reality of

00:41:17.439 --> 00:41:17.779
 who we

00:41:17.779 --> 00:41:18.500
 are in

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:19.000
 Christ,

00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:19.400
 if we

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:19.559
 have

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:20.039
 believed

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:20.260
 in

00:41:20.260 --> 00:41:20.500
 Christ,

00:41:20.739 --> 00:41:20.880
 put

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:21.400
 saving

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:22.119
 faith

00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:22.619
 in

00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:22.940
 Christ,

00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:23.599
 the work

00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:24.360
 that emanates

00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:25.619
 from that

00:41:25.619 --> 00:41:26.119
 empowered

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:26.880
 by the

00:41:26.880 --> 00:41:27.139
 Spirit

00:41:27.139 --> 00:41:27.760
 in our

00:41:27.760 --> 00:41:28.099
 lives

00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:28.739
 is not

00:41:28.739 --> 00:41:29.139
 sin,

00:41:29.219 --> 00:41:29.639
 but anything

00:41:29.639 --> 00:41:30.039
 that does

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:30.300
 not

00:41:30.300 --> 00:41:30.719
 proceed

00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:31.199
 from that

00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:31.820
 settled

00:41:31.820 --> 00:41:32.639
 position

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:34.300
 is.

00:41:36.179 --> 00:41:36.980
 And so

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:37.260
 it's a

00:41:37.260 --> 00:41:37.619
 serious

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:38.320
 matter

00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:38.900
 to think

00:41:38.900 --> 00:41:39.199
 about

00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:39.820
 how we're

00:41:39.820 --> 00:41:41.059
 to walk

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:41.960
 together

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:43.340
 as

00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:43.780
 Christians.

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:45.420
 I am

00:41:45.420 --> 00:41:45.820
 grateful

00:41:45.820 --> 00:41:46.460
 for a

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:46.760
 church

00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:47.500
 that by

00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:48.039
 and large

00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:48.360
 does

00:41:48.360 --> 00:41:48.660
 this

00:41:48.660 --> 00:41:49.260
 very

00:41:49.260 --> 00:41:50.780
 well.

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:52.039
 I am

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:52.960
 discouraged

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.760
 by much

00:41:53.760 --> 00:41:54.000
 of what

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:54.420
 I see

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:55.340
 out beyond

00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:56.960
 our doors,

00:41:57.059 --> 00:41:57.920
 but encouraged

00:41:57.920 --> 00:41:58.700
 by much

00:41:58.700 --> 00:41:58.940
 of what

00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:59.380
 I see

00:41:59.380 --> 00:42:00.400
 in here.

00:42:01.180 --> 00:42:01.820
 I hope

00:42:01.820 --> 00:42:02.140
 that as we

00:42:02.140 --> 00:42:02.640
 think about

00:42:02.640 --> 00:42:03.019
 a text

00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:03.740
 like this,

00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:05.000
 and perhaps

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.420
 there's some

00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:05.880
 conviction

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:06.360
 brought in

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:06.800
 the process

00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:07.120
 of it,

00:42:07.180 --> 00:42:07.700
 but mostly

00:42:07.700 --> 00:42:08.140
 I hope

00:42:08.140 --> 00:42:09.019
 that you

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.620
 find yourself

00:42:09.620 --> 00:42:10.079
 walking

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:10.720
 in this

00:42:10.720 --> 00:42:11.160
 way,

00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:11.720
 willing to

00:42:11.720 --> 00:42:12.099
 give up

00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:12.400
 those

00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:12.680
 liberties

00:42:12.680 --> 00:42:13.019
 for the

00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:13.360
 sake of

00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:13.640
 others,

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.320
 that you

00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:14.700
 are

00:42:14.700 --> 00:42:16.740
 encouraged

00:42:16.739 --> 00:42:17.379
 by it,

00:42:17.379 --> 00:42:17.899
 that you

00:42:17.899 --> 00:42:18.539
 see God's

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:19.319
 good plan

00:42:19.319 --> 00:42:19.719
 in it,

00:42:19.939 --> 00:42:20.259
 that you're

00:42:20.259 --> 00:42:20.879
 reminded of

00:42:20.879 --> 00:42:21.479
 his kindness

00:42:21.479 --> 00:42:21.819
 to you

00:42:21.819 --> 00:42:22.039
 in the

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:23.000
 gospel of

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.799
 Jesus Christ,

00:42:23.959 --> 00:42:24.339
 that you

00:42:24.339 --> 00:42:25.779
 fold it up

00:42:25.779 --> 00:42:26.139
 and put it

00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:26.379
 in your

00:42:26.379 --> 00:42:26.939
 back pocket

00:42:26.939 --> 00:42:27.419
 because you

00:42:27.419 --> 00:42:27.959
 are going

00:42:27.959 --> 00:42:28.399
 to disagree

00:42:28.399 --> 00:42:28.939
 with somebody

00:42:28.939 --> 00:42:29.539
 at some

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:30.359
 time.

00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:31.639
 How do

00:42:31.639 --> 00:42:31.959
 we do

00:42:31.959 --> 00:42:33.179
 that well

00:42:33.179 --> 00:42:34.519
 in a way

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:34.779
 that's good

00:42:34.779 --> 00:42:35.279
 for us,

00:42:35.279 --> 00:42:35.839
 in a way

00:42:35.839 --> 00:42:36.319
 that gives

00:42:36.319 --> 00:42:37.199
 honor

00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:38.439
 to our

00:42:38.439 --> 00:42:38.679
 God?

00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:39.399
 We

00:42:39.399 --> 00:42:39.739
 certainly

00:42:39.739 --> 00:42:40.159
 need his

00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:40.699
 help to

00:42:40.699 --> 00:42:41.119
 do so,

00:42:41.719 --> 00:42:42.219
 and so let's

00:42:42.219 --> 00:42:42.679
 pray together

00:42:42.679 --> 00:42:43.179
 that he'll

00:42:43.179 --> 00:42:43.539
 help us.

00:42:43.539 --> 00:43:13.519
 Thank you.