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 with the Lord's table, we want to take time to reflect on what Jesus has done for us.

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 And so we're turning to the letter that Paul wrote to the church at Rome this morning to do that.

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 Now, this letter of Paul's is a challenging letter.

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 It's much easier to just read through the narratives of the Gospels,

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 Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, than it is to read through this letter.

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 This letter is packed.

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 In fact, Paul is known for making the most of every word and not wasting any breath.

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 He's got some of the longest sentences in the Bible.

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 And here, in this letter, he's making a case for some very important truths.

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 And all of these important truths have to do with the Gospel, the good news of Jesus.

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 And he takes almost the entire letter to logically build his argument,

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 and he touches these various truths and themes together throughout as he builds his argument

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 to bring forth what he wants to say about the Gospel of Jesus.

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 So it's hard to just dip into this book for a little bit this morning,

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 but we can't just leave it off to the side and avoid it.

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 So we're going to go into Romans this morning and do some work to try to dig into this

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 and see something for ourselves here this morning.

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 Romans is all about the Gospel.

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 It's all about the Gospel.

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 And that's kind of an old word.

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 Maybe some of you are like, what's the Gospel, you know?

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 It comes from an older English word, God spell,

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 which literally, broken apart, means good news or message or word.

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 And this is what Paul wanted to tell the Roman Church about,

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 the good news of Jesus.

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 And not just the church at Rome.

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 This good news that Paul is so eager to share,

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 he's been preaching this all over the Mediterranean world,

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 from city to city to city.

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 Now, what is the Gospel, this good news of Jesus?

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 If you're a member, this is a question that we asked you last year during membership review,

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 to put it into your own words.

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 What is the Gospel?

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 And some of you gave the more typical Sunday school answer,

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 that Jesus came, died on the cross for our sins,

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 to atone for them, so that we could be forgiven,

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 and so that we could receive eternal life.

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 And that is the heart of the good news.

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 But some of you others pointed to other things

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 that are part of the larger story of the Gospel.

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 Because the good news of Jesus is big.

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 It's not just a few little things that Jesus has done for us.

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 It's a big, deep, rich, full package deal of blessing,

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 and grace, and favor that comes to us through Jesus.

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 Let's listen to what Paul has to say about this back in the beginning of his letter.

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 You can stay in chapter 3, it'll be on the screen here.

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 Back in chapter 1, verse 14, he says,

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 I'm obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks,

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 both to the wise and the foolish.

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 That's why I'm so eager to preach the Gospel also to you who are in Rome.

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 For I'm not ashamed of the Gospel,

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 because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes,

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 first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

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 Proclaiming and sharing the good news about Jesus is Paul's calling,

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 it's his mission, it's his passion.

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 You can just hear it in his words.

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 But now after telling us this, we expect Paul to go on to share the good news,

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 to tell us what is the Gospel about Jesus.

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 And we half expect Paul to just maybe tell us the story,

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 much like Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John did.

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 Paul, what's the Gospel?

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 What's the good news of Jesus?

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 Well, amazingly, this entire letter of Romans is Paul's answer to that question.

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 And he has a very different way of explaining and saying it than Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John.

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 Why?

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 Because the good news of Jesus, as I said before,

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 it's more than just a few things that Jesus did for us.

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 It's a rich and deep, wonderful multitude of things

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 that God has been planning from long ago

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 and has now brought to pass through his son Jesus

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 for the benefit of those who believe in him.

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 So this is how Paul introduces the good news of Jesus here in Romans.

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 He says,

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 I'm not ashamed of the Gospel because it is the power of God

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 that brings salvation to everyone who believes,

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 first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

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 He goes on,

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 For in the Gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed.

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 A righteousness that is by faith from first to last.

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 Now that's probably not the words that most of us would choose

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 to describe the Gospel.

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 Somebody asked you,

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 What's the Gospel?

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 Probably most of us would not be thinking in our minds,

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 Let me tell you,

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 It's the story of the righteousness of God.

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 But that's exactly how Paul answers the question.

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 And then he begins to explain what he means by that.

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 He goes on to explain in these first few chapters

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 the big story of our world.

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 How mankind has rejected and rebelled against God.

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 How man has been living unrighteously.

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 And because of this,

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 He says,

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 All humanity stands guilty before God.

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 God's justice hangs over us.

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 It's been revealed that we deserve God's righteous wrath,

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 says Paul.

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 His just punishment for the sins that we have committed.

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 This is chapters 1, 2, and the first part of chapter 3.

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 And in the midst of this, Paul also says,

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 Just in case there are any of you who are thinking,

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 Well, that doesn't apply to me.

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 Like, I'm a good person.

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 I haven't been doing a bunch of wicked things and sinning.

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 I'm not guilty of that.

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 I've been keeping God's commands.

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 I've been living a good, a righteous life.

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 Just in case anybody's thinking this,

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 Paul says,

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 For them,

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 No.

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 You too are guilty before God.

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 Because nobody has kept God's holy law

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 well enough to be righteous in His sight.

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 I'm paraphrasing.

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 I'm summing it up here.

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 Some of you, says Paul,

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 are hypocritical,

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 self-righteous,

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 proud.

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 You think you are good.

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 You think you're righteous.

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 But it's all an external show that you put on

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 while in your hearts

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 wickedness.

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 You're far from God.

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 You don't love Him.

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 You don't fear Him.

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 No.

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 Everybody, says Paul,

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 is guilty before God.

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 Listen to how Paul says it here now

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 in chapter 3,

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 verse 9.

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 We have already made the charge

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 that Jews and Gentiles alike

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 are all under the power of sin.

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 As it is written,

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 there is no one righteous.

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 Not even one.

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 There is no one who understands.

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 There is no one who seeks God.

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 All have turned away.

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 They have together become worthless.

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 There is no one who does good.

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 Not even one.

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 Their throats are open graves.

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 Their tongues practice deceit.

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 The poison of vipers is on their lips.

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 Their mouths are full of cursing

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 and bitterness.

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 Their feet are swift to shed blood.

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 Ruin and misery mark their ways.

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 And the way of peace they do not know.

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 There is no fear of God

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 before their eyes.

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 This is how it looks here on earth

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 from God's point of view.

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 Of course, we don't see it that way many times.

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 We often think that we're pretty good.

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 We do our best to try to minimize our sins.

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 But according to God's evaluation,

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 as we just heard,

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 not a single one of us is righteous

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 before God in God's sight.

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 Not a single one of us is good

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 like He is.

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 Maybe you remember the time

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 that a rich man came up to Jesus

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 and asked Him a question.

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 Mark chapter 10 verse 17.

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 He said,

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 Good teacher,

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 what must I do to inherit eternal life?

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 Jesus answered him and said,

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 Why do you call me good?

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 No one is good

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 except God alone.

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 Jesus Himself,

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 speaking the words of the Father,

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 proclaimed this same truth

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 that there is no one righteous,

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 not even one.

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 We are all guilty before God.

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 As we just heard,

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 Paul goes on here in Romans

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 to tell us

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 how human beings have managed to sin

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 with almost every part of their bodies.

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 I won't read it again.

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 Their throats,

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 their tongues,

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 their lips,

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 their mouths,

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 their feet,

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 their eyes.

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 Do you hear this?

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 No one,

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 not a single person

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 is righteous.

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 Paul goes on,

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 verse 19.

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 He says,

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 We know that whatever the law says,

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 it says to those who are under the law,

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 so that every mouth may be silenced

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 and the whole world held accountable to God.

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 In other words,

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 what was spoken at Mount Sinai

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 was spoken to the Jews who were there.

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 But it wasn't just for the Jews who were there.

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 It was for the whole world

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 that God said all that He said at Mount Sinai.

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 It was so that all of us would know and understand

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 what God's just and righteous standard is.

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 What true goodness is.

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 Verse 20.

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 Therefore,

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 Paul says,

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 no one will be declared righteous in God's sight

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 by the works of the law.

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 Rather,

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 through the law,

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 we become conscious

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 of sin.

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 Do you hear this?

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 No one,

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 not a single person

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 will be declared

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 good or righteous

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 by keeping commandments,

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 by observing the law.

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 Why?

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 Because none of us is able to

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 keep it.

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 We all fall short of that.

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 We can't.

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 So Paul says,

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 rather,

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 through the law,

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 we become conscious

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 of sin.

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 What does the law do?

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 One of the purposes of the law

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 that God gave,

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 this is the first books of the Bible.

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 Genesis,

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 Exodus,

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 Leviticus,

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 Numbers,

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 Deuteronomy.

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 One of the purposes of the law

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 is to show us

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 that we are indeed

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 sinners.

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 That we fall short.

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 that we are guilty

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 before this holy God

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 who created the world.

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 And this is probably

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 one reason

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 why we tend not to like

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 the Old Testament

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 and prefer

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 the New Testament

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 because

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 it's true.

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 Parts of the Old Testament

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 are like that.

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 They're like a mirror

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 that God is holding up to us

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 saying,

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 see,

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 this is

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 what you are.

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 You are guilty.

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 You are sinful.

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 You are deserving

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 of justice.

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 Let me encourage you

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 at this point.

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 Don't neglect

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 the Old Testament.

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 The books of the law,

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 those scathing words

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 of the prophets,

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 we need them.

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 We need them

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 to become conscious

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 of sin.

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 To become aware

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 of where we truly

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 stand before God.

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 God.

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 It's only

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 there,

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 looking in the mirror

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 of the law,

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 the righteous law

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 of God,

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 that we see

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 our true need

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 for the remedy

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 that God has provided.

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 Let's hear about

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 that remedy now.

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 I'll go back

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 and read this.

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 Therefore,

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 no one will be

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 declared righteous

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 in God's sight

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 by the works

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 of the law.

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 Rather,

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 through the law,

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 we become conscious

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 of our sin.

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 But now,

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 says Paul,

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 apart from the law,

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 the righteousness

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 of God

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 has been revealed

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 to which the law

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 and the prophets

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 testify.

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 This righteousness

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 is given

00:14:10.539 --> 00:14:11.859
 through faith

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 in Jesus Christ

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 to all who believe.

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 There's no difference

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 between Jew and Gentile

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 for all have sinned

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 and all fall short

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 of the glory of God.

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 And all are justified

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 freely by His grace

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 through the redemption

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 that came

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 by Christ Jesus.

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 These are some

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 of the most wonderful words

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 in the whole Bible.

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 Do you hear what Paul

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 is saying here?

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 He's saying,

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 I've just told you now

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 the bad news.

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 That we are all guilty

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 before God.

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 Deserving of God's wrath.

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 No matter how hard you try,

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 you can never keep

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 God's law and commandments

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 well enough

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 to be righteous

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 in His sight.

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 But now,

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 listen,

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 God has done something new

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 through Jesus Christ.

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 There's good news.

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 God has revealed

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 His righteousness.

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 a way to get

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 a right standing

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 with God.

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 And we don't get it

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 through keeping the law,

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 he says.

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 It's apart from the law.

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 We don't get it

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 by trying to obey

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 all of His commands

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 better.

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 No,

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 this righteousness,

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 this right standing

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 with God

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 is given

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 by God

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 to all who believe

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 through faith

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 in Jesus Christ,

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 says Paul.

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 This is the good news

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 that I've been longing

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 to tell all of you

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 in Rome.

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 God has sent Jesus

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 and by believing in Him,

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 by faith in Him,

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 you can have

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 a right standing

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 with God.

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 You can be considered

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 righteous

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 in His sight.

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 And it doesn't matter

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 one bit

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 whether you're a Jew

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 or a Gentile,

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 says Paul.

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 Either way,

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 you're a guilty sinner

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 who falls short

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 of God's glory

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 and either way,

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 you are justified.

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 You are made

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 right

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 in God's sight

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 by faith

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 in Jesus Christ

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 as a gift

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 of His grace.

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 These are sweet words.

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 Do you hear

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 what Paul is saying?

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 Do you hear

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 what God is speaking

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 through this apostle here?

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 Even though you,

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 like everyone else,

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 are guilty

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 and deserve

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 God's punishment,

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 even though you

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 are not righteous,

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 you can be

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 declared righteous.

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 And it's the gift

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 of God

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 to all who believe

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 in Jesus,

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 the Christ.

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 I love the language

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 of grace

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 in Paul's words here.

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 This is not a right

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 standing with God

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 that we get

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 by doing good,

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 by keeping commands,

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 by earning it.

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 In fact,

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 all of chapter 4,

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 which we won't go to today,

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 is dedicated

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 to making that

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 crystal clear.

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 You can't earn it.

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 It comes as a free gift,

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 unearned.

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 But to make this clear

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 in this verse

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 that we're looking at

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 right here,

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 Paul gives us

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 a few different words

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 that tell us

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 of the gift,

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 of the freeness

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 of this gift.

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 Notice the language

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 he uses here

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 in verse 24.

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 He says,

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 all are justified

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 freely

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 by his grace.

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 First,

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 there's the word

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 justified.

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 The word used here

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 means to pronounce

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 or to declare

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 someone righteous.

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 Not guilty.

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 It means,

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 with regard to justice,

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 to give us

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 that favorable

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 verdict that we

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 long for

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 in the courts

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 of God.

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 Not guilty.

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 But of course,

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 as we've just heard,

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 that's not the verdict

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 that we deserve.

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 And so it doesn't

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 come to us

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 because we've earned it.

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 It comes to us

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 apart from

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 what we've done

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 for ourselves.

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 This points us

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 in the direction

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 of gift.

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 But then Paul

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 adds to this word.

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 He says,

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 we are justified,

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 we are made

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 righteous

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 freely.

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 This adverb

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 in the original language

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 is actually

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 the noun

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 for gift.

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 And then

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 the ending

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 is changed

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 to just kind of

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 make it into

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 an adverb.

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 Quite literally,

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 it would be

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 something like,

00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:42.299
 all are justified

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 giftly.

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 But we don't have

00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:46.339
 that word in English,

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 so it's translated

00:18:47.900 --> 00:18:48.500
 freely

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 as a gift.

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 No strings attached.

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 It's something given.

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 Not because it's been

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 earned

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 or deserved

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 or worked for.

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 Think about a gift.

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 It's something

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 that you just

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.599
 hand to someone.

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 You give it to them.

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 Maybe you see

00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:11.079
 that they're in need

00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:12.059
 of something

00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:13.019
 and you have

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 that something

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 and they can't

00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:15.000
 get that something.

00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:15.819
 They can't afford it

00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:16.119
 maybe.

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 But you have it

00:19:17.679 --> 00:19:19.579
 and so you give it

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 to them.

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 You just hand it

00:19:21.419 --> 00:19:22.039
 over to them.

00:19:27.699 --> 00:19:28.099
 Finally,

00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:28.960
 there's the third

00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:31.359
 phrase that Paul

00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:31.740
 uses

00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:33.319
 to make this clear

00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:34.659
 that it's free,

00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.460
 that it's a gift.

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 We are all

00:19:36.679 --> 00:19:37.819
 justified freely

00:19:37.819 --> 00:19:40.119
 by His grace.

00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:42.480
 By His grace.

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 I love that word.

00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:47.079
 What is God's grace?

00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:48.599
 God's grace

00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:49.679
 is His goodwill.

00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.859
 It's His kindness.

00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:53.960
 It's His benevolence.

00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.379
 It's that

00:19:54.379 --> 00:19:55.960
 favorable disposition

00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:57.079
 that He has

00:19:57.079 --> 00:19:58.079
 towards us.

00:19:58.159 --> 00:19:58.599
 The desire

00:19:58.599 --> 00:19:59.619
 to meet our needs,

00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:00.759
 to bless us,

00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:01.679
 to treat us kindly,

00:20:01.819 --> 00:20:02.599
 to do good

00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:03.579
 to us.

00:20:04.899 --> 00:20:05.619
 God's grace

00:20:05.619 --> 00:20:06.199
 has to do

00:20:06.199 --> 00:20:06.579
 with His

00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:07.579
 generous,

00:20:08.199 --> 00:20:09.259
 giving nature.

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:11.500
 In fact,

00:20:11.579 --> 00:20:12.299
 the word grace

00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:13.059
 in the language

00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:13.879
 of the New Testament

00:20:13.879 --> 00:20:15.079
 is derived

00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:15.879
 from a word

00:20:15.879 --> 00:20:16.680
 that just means

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:17.619
 gift again

00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:18.960
 or favor.

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 So you bring

00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:21.400
 all of these together

00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:21.960
 and there's just

00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:23.200
 no mistaking it here.

00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:24.240
 Even though we are

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:25.119
 all guilty,

00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:26.879
 even though we all

00:20:26.879 --> 00:20:27.599
 fall short

00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:28.619
 of God's glory,

00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:30.079
 says Paul,

00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:31.359
 unrighteous,

00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:32.879
 all of us

00:20:32.879 --> 00:20:33.599
 can be made

00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:34.039
 righteous

00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:35.799
 in God's sight

00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:37.699
 and we can have

00:20:37.699 --> 00:20:38.099
 this

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:39.819
 as a free gift

00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:41.139
 from God

00:20:41.139 --> 00:20:43.159
 because of His

00:20:43.159 --> 00:20:43.619
 goodness,

00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:45.139
 His generous,

00:20:45.419 --> 00:20:45.799
 kind,

00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:47.079
 loving nature.

00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:49.059
 No works

00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:49.599
 required,

00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:50.679
 no law-keeping

00:20:50.679 --> 00:20:51.240
 required,

00:20:51.439 --> 00:20:52.079
 no strings

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:52.559
 attached.

00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.579
 And what do we

00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:56.179
 have to do

00:20:56.179 --> 00:20:56.759
 to receive

00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:57.319
 this gift?

00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.019
 Well,

00:20:59.059 --> 00:20:59.719
 Paul tells us

00:20:59.719 --> 00:21:00.339
 all throughout

00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:01.159
 this passage.

00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.559
 This right standing

00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:04.859
 comes to us

00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:05.639
 through faith

00:21:05.639 --> 00:21:07.099
 in Jesus Christ

00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:08.740
 to all

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:10.000
 who believe.

00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:11.679
 That's it.

00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:12.980
 Believe.

00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:17.199
 It's not what

00:21:17.199 --> 00:21:18.019
 we must do

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.759
 as in

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.679
 earning it.

00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:21.039
 We couldn't

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:21.500
 earn it.

00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:22.839
 Instead,

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.379
 it's who we

00:21:23.379 --> 00:21:24.099
 must trust.

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:25.819
 It's who we

00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:26.539
 must believe.

00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:28.139
 This is an

00:21:28.139 --> 00:21:28.779
 attitude of the

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.059
 heart.

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:32.299
 And we

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:32.799
 find out

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.159
 that it's

00:21:33.159 --> 00:21:33.759
 not so much

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.259
 about what

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:35.159
 we can do

00:21:35.159 --> 00:21:36.059
 to get this.

00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:36.899
 It's about

00:21:36.899 --> 00:21:37.939
 what God,

00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:39.039
 what Jesus

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 has done

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 for us

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 and us

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 believing that

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 by which

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 we are

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 brought into

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 this right

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 standing with

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 God.

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 Notice

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 the emphasis

00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.459
 of Paul.

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 This

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:53.859
 righteousness,

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.740
 this gift

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.720
 of God

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 to be

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 not guilty

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 in his

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 sight.

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 It comes

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 through

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 Jesus

00:22:01.419 --> 00:22:02.019
 Christ.

00:22:02.659 --> 00:22:03.319
 Here in

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.000
 verse 24,

00:22:04.659 --> 00:22:05.079
 it came,

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:05.799
 the redemption

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.919
 comes by

00:22:06.919 --> 00:22:08.039
 Jesus Christ,

00:22:08.159 --> 00:22:08.819
 Christ Jesus.

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:10.240
 He says it

00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:10.619
 again and

00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:11.259
 again all

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 through this

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 gospel.

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 There is

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:13.819
 only one

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 way to

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:14.980
 get a

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.480
 right standing

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:16.039
 with God

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:17.259
 and it's

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 through

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.000
 Jesus

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.740
 Christ

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 and what

00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:19.720
 he has

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 done

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 for us.

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 let's

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 talk for

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 a moment

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 about what

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 Jesus

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 did

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 to

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 redeem

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 us.

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 This

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 is all

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 driving

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 to this

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 central

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 point,

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 this

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 central

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 moment.

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 How do

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 we get

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:37.799
 a not

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.200
 guilty

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:38.660
 verdict

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.460
 with

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 God

00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:40.920
 through

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.299
 Jesus

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:41.799
 Christ?

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 Paul

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.559
 finally

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:44.079
 tells us

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:44.440
 what it

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.859
 is that

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 Jesus

00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:45.740
 has done

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:45.920
 in

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 verse

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 25.

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 He

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 says

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 God

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.859
 presented

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 Christ

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 as a

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 sacrifice

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:51.900
 of

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 atonement

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.599
 through

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:53.819
 the

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 shedding

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 of

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 his

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 blood.

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 We'll

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 unpack

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 this a

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 little

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 bit

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 quickly

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 here.

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 Through

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 the

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 shedding

00:23:00.379 --> 00:23:00.579
 of

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 his

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 blood,

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 this

00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:01.940
 right

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.400
 standing

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 with

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 God

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 that

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 we

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 can

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 have,

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 it

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:04.740
 came

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:04.980
 by

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 the

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.579
 death

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:06.119
 of

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 Jesus.

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 This

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 is

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 Paul's

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 way

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.619
 of

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 referring

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 to

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 the

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 suffering

00:23:09.879 --> 00:23:10.460
 and

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:10.680
 death

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:10.859
 of

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 Jesus

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.379
 on

00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:11.519
 the

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:11.900
 cross.

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:13.920
 What

00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:14.359
 happened

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:14.639
 when

00:23:14.639 --> 00:23:14.960
 Jesus

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.460
 died

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:15.619
 on

00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:15.759
 the

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.119
 cross?

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 It

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:17.579
 was

00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:17.900
 much

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 more

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 than

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:18.700
 just

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 some

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 political

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 rebel

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.299
 being

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:22.019
 executed,

00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:22.759
 which is

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.100
 what the

00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:23.440
 world

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:24.039
 saw.

00:23:25.340 --> 00:23:25.620
 Paul

00:23:25.620 --> 00:23:26.120
 tells us

00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:26.299
 what

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:26.660
 happened

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:26.960
 in that

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 moment.

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:27.740
 A

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.319
 sacrifice

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:28.680
 of

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.180
 atonement

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:29.460
 was

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:29.759
 being

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.200
 made.

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.180
 This

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.640
 points us

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.000
 back to

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.279
 the Old

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.720
 Testament

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.200
 and the

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.500
 language

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.100
 of

00:23:37.100 --> 00:23:37.819
 atonement.

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.580
 The

00:23:39.580 --> 00:23:40.160
 sacrifices

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.600
 that were

00:23:40.600 --> 00:23:41.180
 offered at

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:41.620
 the

00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:42.240
 tabernacle

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.700
 and later

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.039
 at the

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.360
 temple

00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:44.279
 to atone

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:44.660
 for the

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.039
 sins

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.859
 of the

00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.259
 people.

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.720
 But

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.059
 notice

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:48.420
 here in

00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:49.039
 verse 25

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.539
 who

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.119
 brings

00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:50.420
 the

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:50.920
 sacrifice.

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.859
 It's

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:55.119
 not

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.539
 us,

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:57.579
 the

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:57.980
 guilty,

00:23:58.639 --> 00:23:59.259
 but

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.660
 God,

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.599
 the

00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:02.339
 gracious.

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:04.759
 God

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.420
 presented

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:06.000
 Christ

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.799
 as an

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.139
 atoning

00:24:07.139 --> 00:24:07.779
 sacrifice,

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.539
 as a

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.119
 wrath

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:09.899
 removing

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:10.579
 sacrifice

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:11.740
 for our

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.139
 sins.

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:14.440
 and the

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:14.860
 benefits

00:24:14.860 --> 00:24:15.400
 of this

00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:16.320
 we

00:24:16.320 --> 00:24:16.900
 receive

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:18.440
 by faith,

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.880
 by

00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.320
 believing.

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:20.680
 There it

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.140
 is again.

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.200
 I'll

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:23.660
 finish off

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.080
 the verse

00:24:24.080 --> 00:24:24.380
 here.

00:24:26.780 --> 00:24:27.600
 He did

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.060
 this to

00:24:28.060 --> 00:24:28.520
 demonstrate

00:24:28.520 --> 00:24:28.840
 his

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.340
 righteousness

00:24:29.340 --> 00:24:29.920
 because

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.640
 in his

00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:31.340
 forbearance

00:24:31.340 --> 00:24:31.680
 he had

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.080
 left the

00:24:32.080 --> 00:24:32.300
 sins

00:24:32.300 --> 00:24:32.640
 committed

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.460
 beforehand

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:34.240
 unpunished.

00:24:34.800 --> 00:24:35.100
 He did

00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:35.440
 it to

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:35.920
 demonstrate

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.220
 his

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.759
 righteousness

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.320
 at the

00:24:37.320 --> 00:24:37.640
 present

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:38.080
 time

00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:38.960
 so as

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.300
 to be

00:24:39.300 --> 00:24:39.759
 just

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.880
 and the

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.300
 one who

00:24:41.300 --> 00:24:42.100
 justifies.

00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:43.300
 those who

00:24:43.300 --> 00:24:43.520
 have

00:24:43.520 --> 00:24:43.940
 faith

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:45.020
 in

00:24:45.020 --> 00:24:45.380
 Jesus.

00:24:45.560 --> 00:24:45.759
 There's

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.060
 lots

00:24:46.060 --> 00:24:46.460
 here but

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:46.920
 basically

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.380
 it amounts

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:48.420
 to this.

00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:49.259
 God

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.580
 is in

00:24:49.580 --> 00:24:49.740
 the

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.259
 business

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.820
 of

00:24:50.820 --> 00:24:51.220
 leaving

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.980
 sins

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:53.320
 unpunished.

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.700
 He

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.100
 has been

00:24:56.100 --> 00:24:56.580
 doing it

00:24:56.580 --> 00:24:56.980
 since the

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.420
 Garden of

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:57.700
 Eden,

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:58.900
 since the

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.240
 days of

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.580
 Abraham,

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.160
 Isaac,

00:25:00.300 --> 00:25:00.780
 and Jacob,

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.780
 through the

00:25:01.780 --> 00:25:02.160
 days of

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:02.580
 Israel.

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.280
 None

00:25:03.280 --> 00:25:03.740
 of them

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.640
 and none

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:05.100
 of us

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.440
 are

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:05.940
 righteous,

00:25:06.300 --> 00:25:06.720
 not even

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.060
 one.

00:25:07.360 --> 00:25:07.660
 We've

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.340
 all sinned.

00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:08.900
 We all

00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.440
 fall short

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.000
 of God's

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.680
 glory.

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:11.540
 God

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:11.839
 has been

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.159
 leaving

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:12.599
 sins

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:13.299
 unpunished,

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:14.700
 but God's

00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.039
 justice

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.740
 demands that

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.599
 all sins

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.920
 be punished.

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.079
 And so

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.839
 Christ came

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:21.139
 to take the

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.859
 punishment that

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.799
 they deserved

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.740
 long ago

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:25.079
 and the

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:25.799
 punishment that

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.480
 we deserve

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.519
 here today

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:29.559
 so we

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:30.379
 could be

00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:31.259
 justified,

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.099
 given that

00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:32.859
 right standing

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.379
 with God

00:25:33.379 --> 00:25:34.220
 despite what

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.940
 we deserve.

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.940
 God's

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.940
 death on

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.360
 Jesus'

00:25:37.360 --> 00:25:37.940
 death on

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.460
 the cross

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:40.019
 was all

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.460
 about,

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.580
 says Paul.

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.700
 As Jesus

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.279
 hung there,

00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:44.700
 he was

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:46.160
 offering a

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:47.480
 wrath-removing

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:49.140
 sacrifice for

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:50.539
 you and

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.900
 for me so

00:25:51.900 --> 00:25:52.240
 that our

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.840
 verdict of

00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:54.420
 guilty could

00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:55.140
 be changed

00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:56.299
 to not

00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:58.059
 guilty and

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.680
 yet justice

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.740
 still be

00:25:59.740 --> 00:25:59.980
 done.

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:01.920
 And this is

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.340
 what we want

00:26:02.340 --> 00:26:02.799
 to celebrate

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.639
 today as we

00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:04.500
 come again

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.220
 to the

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.539
 Lord's

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:05.879
 table.

00:26:07.399 --> 00:26:07.659
 Jesus'

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.159
 body,

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.119
 represented by

00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:09.599
 the bread,

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.899
 was broken.

00:26:12.159 --> 00:26:12.559
 He was

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:12.899
 killed.

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.579
 He died.

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:16.919
 His blood

00:26:16.919 --> 00:26:17.399
 that was

00:26:17.399 --> 00:26:18.119
 shed

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:21.960
 represents

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.759
 his life

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:24.259
 given

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.940
 and poured

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.339
 out for

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:25.659
 us.

00:26:26.659 --> 00:26:26.899
 The

00:26:26.899 --> 00:26:27.419
 greatest of

00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:28.019
 all gifts

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:29.759
 was offered

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:31.159
 here at

00:26:31.159 --> 00:26:31.700
 the cross

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:33.279
 to all

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.920
 who will

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.360
 believe,

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.640
 whether Jew

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.500
 or Gentile,

00:26:36.580 --> 00:26:36.980
 a free

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.340
 gift,

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.380
 no strings

00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:38.920
 attached,

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.360
 nothing

00:26:40.360 --> 00:26:40.880
 needing to

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.360
 be done

00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:41.880
 to earn

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:42.019
 it,

00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:42.600
 to deserve

00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:42.900
 it.

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.940
 You and

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.799
 me can

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.059
 have a

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.660
 right standing

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.259
 with God

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:49.340
 and be

00:26:49.340 --> 00:26:49.720
 declared

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.259
 righteous

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:51.019
 forever.

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:51.880
 Our verdict

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.480
 changed

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:54.140
 and it

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:54.559
 comes

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.860
 through

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:56.480
 faith in

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.059
 Jesus the

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.319
 King

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:59.099
 and his

00:26:59.099 --> 00:26:59.539
 suffering

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.659
 in our

00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:01.119
 place

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:02.559
 and death

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.000
 at the

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.359
 cross.

00:27:04.899 --> 00:27:05.679
 Maybe you're

00:27:05.679 --> 00:27:06.119
 here this

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.599
 morning and

00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:07.139
 you're wondering

00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:08.740
 why would

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.079
 he do

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:09.460
 that

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:11.259
 for a

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.519
 wretched

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.279
 sinner like

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.619
 me?

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.819
 Well,

00:27:15.899 --> 00:27:16.460
 Paul's answer

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.200
 here is because

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:18.000
 of his grace.

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:21.019
 He is that

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.579
 kind of a

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:21.960
 God.

00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:23.200
 He is

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.639
 kind,

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.220
 good,

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:25.980
 gracious,

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:27.680
 there's

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.460
 real love

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:28.720
 in the

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.120
 heart of

00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:29.480
 God

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.519
 for you

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:32.339
 and for

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.620
 me.

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.440
 Do you

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:34.900
 believe it?

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.599
 The cross

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.740
 proves it.

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.099
 We're

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:44.420
 going to

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.860
 go to

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.559
 worship now.

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.000
 We're

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.200
 going to

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.500
 sing.

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.559
 We'll have

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:48.980
 a chance

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.400
 through the

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:49.900
 songs to

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.500
 reflect on

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.620
 this and

00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:51.920
 then we'll

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.380
 serve and

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:52.839
 partake of

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.279
 the table

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.759
 and we'll

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.140
 sing some

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:55.519
 more after

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:55.839
 that.

00:27:55.980 --> 00:28:00.759
 We're

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:00.940
 going to

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.579
 partake now

00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:01.940
 of the

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.240
 Lord's

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.059
 table and

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.579
 if you

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.880
 believe in

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.519
 Jesus that

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.299
 he is that

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:07.099
 sacrifice of

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:08.000
 atonement for

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.660
 your sins,

00:28:09.120 --> 00:28:09.640
 then this

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.099
 table is

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.559
 open to

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.480
 you and

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.920
 I invite

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.339
 you to

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:12.839
 partake,

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.380
 to eat of

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:14.920
 the bread and

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.440
 drink of the

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:16.759
 cup when it

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.319
 comes around.

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:19.279
 I'll invite

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:21.360
 Dave and

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:22.200
 Charles to

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.779
 come forward

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.700
 and to

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.819
 serve the

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.819
 elements and

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.960
 we'll wait

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.619
 until everybody

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.720
 who wishes to

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.259
 partake has

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.740
 been served

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.920
 and then we'll

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.480
 eat and drink

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.359
 together all in

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:32.980
 unison.

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:33.519
 wedding for

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:40.259
 But

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:54.039
 you

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:55.039
 Amen.

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:25.039
 Amen.

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:56.039
 Amen.

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:26.039
 Amen.

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:56.039
 Amen.

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:26.039
 Amen.

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:55.039
 Amen.

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:07.099
 Let's pray.

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:13.619
 Father in heaven, we thank you so much for this gift that you have given to us.

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:19.420
 Lord Jesus, we thank you for being willing to suffer like you did.

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:22.180
 We don't deserve it.

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:24.799
 But we are so grateful.

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:35.039
 We look forward to the eternity to heaven that you have purchased for us.

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:39.680
 Life forever with you because of what you did for us.

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.700
 Thank you.

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:43.720
 We eat and drink in remembrance of you.

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.340
 Amen.

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:53.400
 Amen.

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:55.160
 Amen.

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.960
 Amen.

00:32:56.060 --> 00:32:56.920
 Amen.

00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.240
 Amen.

00:32:57.240 --> 00:33:01.279
 do

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:13.680
 do

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:19.779
 do