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 Our text this morning is Romans chapter 6, 12 through 14.

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 I'm going to start reading in verse 11.

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 God's Word says,

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 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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! Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body to make you obey its passions.

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 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness,

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 but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life.

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 And your members to God as instruments for righteousness.

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 For sin will have no dominion over you since you are not under law, but under grace.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Fathers, we've just sung, I need Thee every hour.

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 I need You this moment to guide the words that are spoken,

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 to guide the hearing of those words.

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 May the words that are spoken be Your words this morning.

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 As John the Baptist said,

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 I must decrease so that He may increase.

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 I pray that this morning.

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 That I decrease so that Christ can increase in our meeting.

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 So that we can see Christ.

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 See who He is.

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 See what He's done.

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 See how He loves us, cares for us, and has changed our lives.

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 We thank You for Christ.

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 We thank You for this great privilege to meet together.

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 Father, Spirit, I ask that You continue to move in the hearts of those here.

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 That You would penetrate the hardest of hearts.

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 Soften those hearts to be receptive to Your Word.

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 That You would convict the stubbornness, or most stubborn hearts,

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 that repentance can be acted out.

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 Let us leave here different because Your Spirit moved,

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 You worked, and we learned about You.

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 In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

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 Be seated.

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 Be seated.

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 So if this is your first time,

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 we are going through the book of Romans.

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 Verse by verse.

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 And as a quick review,

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 chapter 1 and 2 is about the illness,

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 or the problem with mankind,

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 whether you're Jewish or not,

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 and that is sin.

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 We are dead in sin.

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 We are totally dead.

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 Not just a little dead.

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 We don't need a band-aid.

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 We don't need some magic potion or serum.

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 We are dead.

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 We need a miracle.

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 We need God to work on our behalf.

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 Chapter 3 kind of sums up 1 and 2 in saying that no one is righteous.

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 No, not one.

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 No one does good apart from God.

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 Chapter 4 gives us the way in which those of us who are dead can be alive.

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 That is by faith.

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 We are justified by faith alone.

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 That faith is an act or a gift from God.

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 No religious activity can earn that faith,

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 can make that faith.

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 No good deed or nice to your neighbor can earn that faith.

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 It is completely by God's act.

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 Chapter 5,

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 as our standing with God changes because of the faith,

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 because of being justified by faith.

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 We are no longer enemies with God.

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 We are now at peace with God.

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 Verse 1,

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 and that peace

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 is good.

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 That peace

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 is

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 what only God

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 can do.

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 As I've said before,

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 we cannot earn that peace.

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 We cannot say,

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 God,

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 I will just stop being your enemy

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 because

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 what makes us an enemy

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 is inside of us.

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 It is what makes us who we are.

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 It is what we are born into.

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 It is God's act that gives us peace.

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 It is what Christ has done on the cross for us.

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 Later in chapter 5,

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 Paul compares

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 Adam to Christ.

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 Basically,

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 gives you the question,

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 gives us the question,

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 do you belong to Adam?

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 The lineage of sin?

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 Do you belong to Adam

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 or do you belong to Jesus?

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 Which gives us life.

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 And that's the question I end with.

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 Do you belong to Jesus

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 or do you belong to Adam?

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 Are you a child of God

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 or are you a child of the world?

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 Last week,

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 we talked about

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 God's radical grace.

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 This radical grace

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 that is radical enough

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 to kill us.

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 To kill that sin inside of us.

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 And it's radical enough

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 to give us life.

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 To make us new.

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 So that's kind of where we are.

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 Where we're moving forward.

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 This week,

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 we kind of get the action.

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 What are we doing

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 since we are dead to sin?

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 How do we live?

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 In 1941,

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 the U.S. national debt

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 was $48 billion.

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 Manageable numbers

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 compared to our debt this year.

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 In 1945,

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 it rose to $247 billion.

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 The U.S. spent more money

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 in four years of World War II

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 than it had in the first

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 150 years of its existence.

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 The cost of war is great.

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 World War II to this day

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 remains the most expensive war

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 the U.S. has ever fought.

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 418,000 men lost their lives

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 fighting in World War II.

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 U.S. men.

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 There was great cost in war.

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 Now, it's the same for us spiritually.

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 We too are in a war.

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 We fight for our own lives

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 to live without sin.

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 We fight for those around us

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 having the courage

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 to live out the Gospel

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 in front of them.

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 In this text,

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 there is a wartime feel,

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 wartime language.

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 It speaks of good versus evil.

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 And we're right in the middle of it.

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 We are at war,

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 and war is costly.

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 When you and I become Christians,

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 it costs us nothing.

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 It's all by grace.

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 It's all the work

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 of Jesus Christ on the cross.

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 It is by grace.

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 He paid the price.

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 But,

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 to live as a Christian,

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 to live out in the Christian life,

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 costs us everything.

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 It costs us everything.

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 This morning,

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 God's radical grace

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 is costly.

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 So let's dig in.

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 First of all,

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 it costs the Christian

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 their allegiance.

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 It costs the Christian

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 their allegiance.

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 Verse 13 says,

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 Do not present your members

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 to sin as instruments

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 of unrighteousness,

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 but present yourselves

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 to God

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 as those who have been brought

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 from death to life,

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 and your members

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 to God

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 as instruments

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 for righteousness.

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 Now,

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 when we give allegiance

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 to someone

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 or something,

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 we are committing

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 to follow and serve

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 that person

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 no matter what.

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 But even before

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 anything is even asked

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 of us,

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 we commit ourselves

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 and we must make

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 a choice

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 who we're going

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 to serve.

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 Who are we going

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 to give that allegiance

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 to?

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 Is it going to be sin

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 based on our text?

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 Is it going to be sin

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 where then our body

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 is used for unrighteousness?

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 Our members

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 are used for unrighteousness?

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 Or will it be to God

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 where our body

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 is used

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 as instruments

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 for righteousness?

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 These are the questions.

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 This is the questions

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 that we need to be asking

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 ourselves

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 based on our text.

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 Now,

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 the word present

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 here in our text

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 is not an offering

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 or a yield

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 in a passive way.

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 It's not,

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 okay,

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 here it is.

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 I present this gift

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 to you.

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 It's not that.

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 The language

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 is much stronger

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 than that.

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 It's more like

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 I give in service

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 to.

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 Like war.

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 I give in service

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 to fight.

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 I give in service

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 to go into battle

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 for you.

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 You are giving

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 your loyalty

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 as a subordinate

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 to a superior.

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 So for us

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 as Christians,

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 we're giving

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 our loyalty

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 to God

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 and it puts

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 everything in

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 proper order.

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 So what we have

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 is we have

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 creator,

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 creation.

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 Man,

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 God.

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 This is a proper

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 order of way

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 that things should be.

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 Adam and Eve

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 in the garden

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 had it the other

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 way around.

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 Remember,

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 they were deceived

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 to think that they

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 could become

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 like God.

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 Man,

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 God,

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 not God,

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 man.

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 See,

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 when we pledge

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 our allegiance

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 to God,

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 then we put

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 things in

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 proper order.

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 And this is

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 important.

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 We must,

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 we must,

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 must,

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 must,

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 as Christians,

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 we bear His

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 name,

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 we must put

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 ourselves under

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 the authority

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 of God

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 and His

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 ruling.

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 And the

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 gospel,

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 the truth

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 about Jesus

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 Christ,

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 the good

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 news is

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 what empowers

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 us to do

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 that.

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 The gospel

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 tells us

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 who we

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 were.

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 Romans

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 chapter 1,

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 2,

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 and 3.

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 We were

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 dead in

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 our sins.

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 There was

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 nothing good

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 in us.

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 We could

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 not achieve

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 righteousness.

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 It shows

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 us what

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 we deserve.

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 We deserve

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 death.

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 We deserve

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 damnation.

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 Our sin

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 deserves a

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 punishment.

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 It reveals

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 to us what

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 God has done

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 through Christ's

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 life,

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 death,

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 and

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 resurrection.

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 which is

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 He has

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 made us

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 righteous.

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 He has

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 given us

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 His

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 righteousness

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 and taken

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 from us

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 our sin.

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 And then

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 finally,

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 the gospel

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 compels us

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 to give

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 our allegiance

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 to God.

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 Or at least

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 it should.

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 And there's

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 where the

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 rubber meets

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 the road.

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 The gospel

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 isn't just

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 a one-time

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 decision

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 made for

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 the unbeliever.

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 And then

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 once you

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 become a

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 Christian,

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 there's no

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 need for

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 it.

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 That's

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 not the

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 gospel.

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 The gospel

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 is the

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 fuel of

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 the

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 Christian

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 life.

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 It is

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 what

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 fuels

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 us

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 and

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 empowers

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 us to

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 keep

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 going.

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 And it

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 is what

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 compels

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 us to

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 surrender

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 our

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 allegiance

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 to God

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 and not

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 to sin.

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 The beginning

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 of verse 13

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 says,

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 do not

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 present your

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 members.

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 This is

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 not a

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 one-time

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 thing.

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 This is

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 a lifelong

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 action.

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 Continuous

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 action.

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 I wish

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 it was a

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 one-time

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 thing.

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 That would

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 be so

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 much

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 easier.

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 So many

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 less

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 struggles,

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 but that's

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 not what

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 it says.

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 Our

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 allegiance is

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 worth fighting

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 for.

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 We must

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 make a

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 decision.

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 And that

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 decision is

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 whether or not

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 we're going to

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 give to the

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 enemy or

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 give to

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 God.

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 God.

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 In a

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 speech before

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 the Battle

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 of Long

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 Island in

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 1776,

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 George

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 Washington

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 said,

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 the fate

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 of unborn

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 millions will

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 now depend

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 under God

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 on the

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 courage and

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 conduct of

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 the army.

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 Our cruel

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 and unrelenting

00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:54.580
 enemy leaves

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 us only the

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 choice of

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 brave resistance

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 or the

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 most abject

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 submission.

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 We have

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 therefore to

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 resolve to

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 conquer or

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 die.

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 Our

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 enemy,

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 our enemy

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 is not

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 terrorism.

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 It is not

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 Iran.

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 It is not

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 North Korea.

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 It is not

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 the crazy

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 kooks up in

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 the mountains

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 somewhere

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 hoarding

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 weapons.

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 Our

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 enemy is

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 sin and

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 it is cruel

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 and unrelenting.

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 And we

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 must be

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 brave and

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 unrelenting

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 in our

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 allegiance to

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 God.

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 God has

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 already

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 defeated

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 that sin.

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 Our

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 enemy is

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 cruel and

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 unrelenting

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 and it

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 will tell

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 you anything

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 to gain

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 your

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 allegiance.

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 It will

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 tell you

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 anything.

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 John 8

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 says that the

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 devil is a

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 liar and the

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 father of

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 lies.

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 He is the

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 owner of

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 sin.

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 He lies

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 sin.

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 So that

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 we can

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 give our

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 allegiance to

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 the enemy.

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 Jesus has

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 already fought

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 the fight

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 and he

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 has won.

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 He has

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 already fought

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 the fight.

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 We must

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 now live

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 like it.

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 Live like

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 we have

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 been brought

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 from death

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 to life

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 as our

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 text says.

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 live.

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 Jesus made

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 that possible

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 for us

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 because we

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 have been

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 brought from

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 death to

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 life.

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 He makes

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 it possible.

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 He it

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 is.

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 He empowers

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 us over

00:13:33.139 --> 00:13:33.939
 the enemy.

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 to give

00:13:37.140 --> 00:13:37.740
 your allegiance

00:13:37.740 --> 00:13:38.460
 to God

00:13:38.460 --> 00:13:39.340
 isn't a

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 fatal move.

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 It's not

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 this passive

00:13:41.900 --> 00:13:43.060
 okay God

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 I'm yours.

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 No.

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 There's a

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 fight to be

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 had.

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 There's a

00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:48.580
 battle to

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 be won.

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 It's a

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 decision with

00:13:51.140 --> 00:13:51.860
 action.

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 Look at

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 verse 16

00:13:53.880 --> 00:13:54.320
 of chapter

00:13:54.320 --> 00:13:54.580
 4.

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 Looking

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 ahead just

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 a little

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 bit.

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 Verse 16

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 says do

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 you not

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 know that

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 if you

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 present

00:14:00.680 --> 00:14:01.120
 yourselves

00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:01.680
 to anyone

00:14:01.680 --> 00:14:02.340
 as obedient

00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:03.780
 slaves you

00:14:03.779 --> 00:14:04.379
 are slaves

00:14:04.379 --> 00:14:04.639
 of the

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 one whom

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 you obey

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 either of

00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:07.399
 sin which

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 leads to

00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:08.500
 death or

00:14:08.500 --> 00:14:09.159
 of obedience

00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:09.799
 which leads

00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:10.860
 to righteousness.

00:14:12.100 --> 00:14:12.899
 There's no

00:14:12.899 --> 00:14:13.839
 neutral ground.

00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:14.360
 You are

00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:15.279
 one or

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 the other.

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 You are

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 on one

00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:17.299
 side or

00:14:17.299 --> 00:14:18.259
 the other.

00:14:20.259 --> 00:14:21.199
 We must

00:14:21.199 --> 00:14:21.600
 make our

00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:22.360
 decision based

00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:22.639
 on what

00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:23.199
 God has

00:14:23.199 --> 00:14:23.539
 done.

00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:25.339
 And not

00:14:25.339 --> 00:14:25.839
 what we

00:14:25.839 --> 00:14:26.639
 can do.

00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:27.759
 Not what

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 we think

00:14:28.319 --> 00:14:29.059
 we can do

00:14:29.059 --> 00:14:29.319
 or what

00:14:29.319 --> 00:14:29.819
 we have

00:14:29.819 --> 00:14:30.240
 done.

00:14:30.740 --> 00:14:31.100
 See when

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 we do

00:14:31.459 --> 00:14:31.819
 that when

00:14:31.819 --> 00:14:32.220
 we base

00:14:32.220 --> 00:14:32.799
 our decision

00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:33.059
 and we

00:14:33.059 --> 00:14:33.419
 make our

00:14:33.419 --> 00:14:33.740
 decision

00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:34.680
 of who

00:14:34.680 --> 00:14:34.840
 we're

00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:35.039
 going to

00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:35.320
 give our

00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:35.639
 allegiance

00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:36.180
 to based

00:14:36.180 --> 00:14:36.460
 on what

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 we do.

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 And there's

00:14:38.659 --> 00:14:39.139
 only two

00:14:39.139 --> 00:14:39.680
 outcomes.

00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:40.580
 Those outcomes

00:14:40.580 --> 00:14:40.980
 are either

00:14:40.980 --> 00:14:41.879
 moralism or

00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:42.560
 legalism.

00:14:43.820 --> 00:14:44.340
 Moralism,

00:14:44.419 --> 00:14:44.940
 the idea

00:14:44.940 --> 00:14:45.759
 that we

00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:46.200
 can be

00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:47.139
 holy and

00:14:47.139 --> 00:14:48.000
 do acts

00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:48.580
 of righteousness

00:14:48.580 --> 00:14:49.120
 as verse

00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:50.060
 13 says,

00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:50.580
 just by

00:14:50.580 --> 00:14:52.019
 doing them,

00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:52.399
 just by

00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:53.120
 being good,

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 just by

00:14:53.680 --> 00:14:56.159
 not cursing

00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:56.740
 or just by

00:14:56.740 --> 00:14:57.379
 loving our

00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:57.799
 neighbor,

00:14:58.740 --> 00:14:59.200
 being a

00:14:59.200 --> 00:14:59.960
 good person.

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 Holiness

00:15:02.139 --> 00:15:02.639
 does not

00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:03.120
 come from

00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:03.440
 what we

00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:03.700
 do.

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 Okay?

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 Does not

00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:06.180
 come from

00:15:06.180 --> 00:15:07.160
 what we

00:15:07.160 --> 00:15:07.580
 do.

00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:08.520
 The other

00:15:08.520 --> 00:15:08.960
 side of

00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:09.760
 it is

00:15:09.760 --> 00:15:10.800
 legalism.

00:15:11.040 --> 00:15:11.580
 The idea

00:15:11.580 --> 00:15:12.040
 that if we

00:15:12.040 --> 00:15:12.920
 follow rules

00:15:12.920 --> 00:15:13.320
 and if we

00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:14.400
 make rules

00:15:14.400 --> 00:15:16.400
 to live by,

00:15:16.540 --> 00:15:17.400
 then that

00:15:17.400 --> 00:15:17.720
 will make

00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:18.240
 us holy.

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 If we just

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 make a list

00:15:20.460 --> 00:15:20.820
 and check

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 them off.

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 I've done

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 this and

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 I've done

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 this and

00:15:22.660 --> 00:15:22.960
 I've done

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 this.

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 If I stay

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 away from

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 this sin,

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 then I

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 won't cross

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 that line

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 and do

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 that sin,

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 so I'm

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 just

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 going

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 to step

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 further

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 back.

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 It does

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 not lead

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 to holiness

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 either.

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 Both

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 are a

00:15:42.139 --> 00:15:42.659
 deception

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 of sin

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 and the

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 evidence

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 that your

00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:46.719
 members,

00:15:47.199 --> 00:15:47.799
 your body

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 has been

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 used for

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 unrighteousness.

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 So the way

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 you defeat

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 both of

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 these tendencies,

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 the way you

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 don't fall

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 off one

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 side or

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 the other

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 is by

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 being who

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 you are.

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 Or another

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 way to put

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 it,

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 become who

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 you are

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 becoming.

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 In other

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 words,

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 you have

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 been brought

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 from death

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 to life.

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 Now live

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 like it.

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 That's

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 where the

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 rubber meets

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 the road.

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 You have

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 been brought

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 from death

00:16:17.820 --> 00:16:18.800
 to life.

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 Now live

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 like it.

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 It's the

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 indicative

00:16:22.540 --> 00:16:23.240
 of what God

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 has done

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 and who

00:16:24.320 --> 00:16:24.920
 we are

00:16:24.920 --> 00:16:25.759
 in Christ

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 followed

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 by the

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 imperative.

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 What we

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 should do.

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 What should

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 we be

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 like?

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 How we

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 should

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 live.

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 When we

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 think about

00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:35.659
 what Jesus

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 did and

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 who we

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 are now,

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 that we

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 are made

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 righteous,

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 we are

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 standing

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 before God

00:16:41.139 --> 00:16:41.559
 righteous

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 because of

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 the blood

00:16:42.460 --> 00:16:43.080
 of Jesus

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 Christ,

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 we should

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 be compelled

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 to place

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 our allegiance

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 to God

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 and not

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 to sin.

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 Place our

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 allegiance

00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:51.159
 to God

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 because of

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 what He

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 has done

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 for us.

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 Galatians

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 5.16

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 says,

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 walk by

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 the Spirit

00:16:59.659 --> 00:17:00.319
 and you

00:17:00.319 --> 00:17:00.659
 will not

00:17:00.659 --> 00:17:01.480
 gratify the

00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:02.159
 desires of

00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:02.679
 the flesh.

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 Now if you're

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 in Galatians

00:17:03.700 --> 00:17:04.359
 chapter 5,

00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:04.839
 you look a

00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:05.220
 little further

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 down and

00:17:05.619 --> 00:17:05.859
 you get

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 the list.

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 Not an

00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:08.519
 exhaustive

00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:08.759
 list,

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 but you

00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:09.480
 look through

00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:09.920
 that list

00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:10.160
 and you

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 go,

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 yep,

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 yep,

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 yep,

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 I got

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 that.

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 I see

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 that.

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 The list

00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:14.759
 of the

00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:15.220
 fruits of

00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:15.799
 the flesh.

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 If you

00:17:17.940 --> 00:17:18.519
 don't want

00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:19.180
 to gratify

00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:19.819
 the desires

00:17:19.819 --> 00:17:20.140
 of the

00:17:20.140 --> 00:17:20.539
 flesh,

00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:21.339
 if you

00:17:21.339 --> 00:17:21.700
 have a

00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:22.420
 sincere,

00:17:22.819 --> 00:17:23.299
 convicting

00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:23.960
 desire to

00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:24.559
 not sin,

00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:25.240
 and walk

00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:26.359
 by the

00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:26.659
 Spirit.

00:17:29.339 --> 00:17:29.940
 But,

00:17:30.539 --> 00:17:31.679
 we cannot

00:17:31.679 --> 00:17:32.480
 walk by the

00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:33.119
 Spirit without

00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:34.019
 allegiance to

00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:34.319
 God.

00:17:35.379 --> 00:17:35.859
 You cannot

00:17:35.859 --> 00:17:37.079
 walk by the

00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:37.740
 Spirit without

00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:38.839
 being in

00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:39.539
 service to

00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:39.940
 God.

00:17:40.399 --> 00:17:40.980
 If you're in

00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:41.619
 service to

00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:41.980
 sin,

00:17:43.139 --> 00:17:43.940
 you cannot

00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:44.519
 walk by the

00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:44.759
 Spirit.

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:46.759
 There is

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 sin.

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 There is

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 no

00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:50.379
 neutral

00:17:50.379 --> 00:17:51.099
 stance.

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 You're

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 one side

00:17:52.900 --> 00:17:53.240
 or the

00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:53.539
 other.

00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:54.299
 God

00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:55.019
 or sin.

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 So,

00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:01.099
 verse 13

00:18:01.099 --> 00:18:01.359
 says,

00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:02.019
 do not

00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:03.000
 present your

00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:03.619
 members to

00:18:03.619 --> 00:18:04.460
 sin as

00:18:04.460 --> 00:18:05.220
 instruments for

00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:05.779
 unrighteousness,

00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:06.819
 but present

00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:07.559
 yourselves to

00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:08.140
 God as

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 those who

00:18:08.619 --> 00:18:08.859
 have been

00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:09.460
 brought from

00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:10.400
 death to

00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:10.900
 life,

00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:12.000
 and your

00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:12.640
 members to

00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:13.180
 God as

00:18:13.180 --> 00:18:13.980
 instruments

00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:14.759
 for

00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:15.220
 righteousness.

00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:16.799
 not only

00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:17.440
 does God's

00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:18.160
 grace cost

00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:18.640
 the Christian

00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:18.880
 their

00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:19.319
 allegiance,

00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:20.960
 it also

00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:21.519
 costs the

00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.380
 Christian

00:18:22.380 --> 00:18:22.640
 their

00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:23.160
 obedience.

00:18:25.539 --> 00:18:26.000
 Verse 12

00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:26.319
 says,

00:18:26.620 --> 00:18:27.079
 let not

00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:27.880
 sin therefore

00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:28.559
 reign in

00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:29.400
 your mortal

00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:30.059
 body to

00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:30.620
 make you

00:18:30.620 --> 00:18:31.720
 obey its

00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:32.460
 passions.

00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:34.100
 Therefore,

00:18:34.100 --> 00:18:34.740
 it connects

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.440
 us to what

00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:35.740
 has been

00:18:35.740 --> 00:18:36.240
 previously

00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:36.759
 said.

00:18:37.180 --> 00:18:37.500
 In other

00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:37.819
 words,

00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:38.839
 since you

00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:39.539
 are dead

00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:40.259
 to sin

00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:41.220
 and alive

00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:41.640
 to God,

00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:42.019
 since you

00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:42.279
 have been

00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:42.839
 brought from

00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:43.759
 death to

00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.279
 life,

00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:46.319
 do not

00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:47.039
 let sin

00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:47.740
 reign.

00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:50.039
 And the

00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:50.559
 only way that

00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:51.319
 happens is if

00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:52.119
 you are a

00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:52.440
 Christian,

00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:53.059
 if you love

00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:53.539
 Jesus and

00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.099
 He is your

00:18:54.099 --> 00:18:54.440
 Lord,

00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:55.440
 can you

00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:56.059
 not let

00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:56.440
 sin

00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:57.200
 reign?

00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:01.379
 You have

00:19:01.379 --> 00:19:02.279
 died to

00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:02.559
 sin.

00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:03.799
 When Jesus

00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:04.839
 died on the

00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:05.299
 cross,

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:06.879
 He paid

00:19:06.879 --> 00:19:07.519
 the price.

00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:08.759
 He paid

00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:09.240
 the price

00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:09.779
 for us.

00:19:10.660 --> 00:19:11.180
 And in so

00:19:11.180 --> 00:19:11.500
 doing,

00:19:11.579 --> 00:19:11.960
 He took

00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:12.579
 on our

00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:13.139
 sin and

00:19:13.139 --> 00:19:13.639
 gave us

00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:14.100
 His

00:19:14.100 --> 00:19:14.980
 righteousness.

00:19:15.620 --> 00:19:15.920
 That

00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:16.360
 righteousness

00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:16.900
 makes it

00:19:16.900 --> 00:19:17.680
 possible to

00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:18.580
 live as

00:19:18.580 --> 00:19:19.500
 if we

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.000
 are dead

00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:20.600
 to sin.

00:19:21.120 --> 00:19:21.360
 That

00:19:21.360 --> 00:19:21.820
 righteousness

00:19:21.820 --> 00:19:22.460
 is also

00:19:22.460 --> 00:19:23.600
 how we

00:19:23.600 --> 00:19:24.180
 can approach

00:19:24.180 --> 00:19:24.780
 the throne

00:19:24.780 --> 00:19:25.240
 room with

00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:25.940
 boldness

00:19:25.940 --> 00:19:26.640
 and confidence

00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:27.240
 because it's

00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:28.080
 nothing of

00:19:28.080 --> 00:19:28.700
 our doing,

00:19:28.800 --> 00:19:29.300
 it's all

00:19:29.300 --> 00:19:30.300
 of Christ's

00:19:30.300 --> 00:19:30.600
 doing.

00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:32.800
 So Hebrews

00:19:32.800 --> 00:19:33.300
 4 and

00:19:33.300 --> 00:19:33.900
 Hebrews 10

00:19:33.900 --> 00:19:34.700
 tells us,

00:19:35.140 --> 00:19:35.700
 approach with

00:19:35.700 --> 00:19:36.400
 confidence.

00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:39.680
 Verse 12

00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:40.160
 of Romans

00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:40.900
 chapter 6,

00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:41.620
 let not sin

00:19:41.620 --> 00:19:42.340
 therefore

00:19:42.340 --> 00:19:43.040
 reign.

00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:43.920
 It's

00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:44.200
 actually

00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:44.620
 connected

00:19:44.620 --> 00:19:44.820
 to

00:19:44.820 --> 00:19:45.680
 verse 14.

00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:48.280
 Verse 12

00:19:48.280 --> 00:19:48.960
 without

00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:49.759
 verse 14

00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:50.140
 is like

00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:50.780
 telling somebody

00:19:50.780 --> 00:19:51.000
 who's

00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.480
 drowning,

00:19:52.120 --> 00:19:52.560
 just swim

00:19:52.560 --> 00:19:52.800
 to the

00:19:52.800 --> 00:19:53.020
 shore.

00:19:53.780 --> 00:19:54.100
 It

00:19:54.100 --> 00:19:54.340
 doesn't

00:19:54.340 --> 00:19:54.640
 help

00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:54.900
 them.

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:55.460
 If

00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:55.740
 somebody

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:55.940
 is

00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:56.360
 drowning,

00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:57.040
 you have

00:19:57.040 --> 00:19:57.360
 to get

00:19:57.360 --> 00:19:57.980
 in and

00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:58.280
 help

00:19:58.280 --> 00:19:58.540
 them.

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:58.960
 You have

00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.400
 to throw

00:19:59.400 --> 00:19:59.680
 them

00:19:59.680 --> 00:19:59.960
 something.

00:20:00.100 --> 00:20:00.360
 You have

00:20:00.360 --> 00:20:01.340
 to do

00:20:01.340 --> 00:20:01.860
 something

00:20:01.860 --> 00:20:02.380
 to help

00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:02.560
 them.

00:20:02.620 --> 00:20:02.700
 You

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:02.900
 can't

00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:03.060
 just

00:20:03.060 --> 00:20:03.360
 say,

00:20:03.780 --> 00:20:04.040
 man,

00:20:04.120 --> 00:20:04.259
 you're

00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:04.620
 drowning,

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 just swim

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 over to

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 the shore.

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 It's

00:20:05.840 --> 00:20:06.040
 right

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 there.

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 Ten

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 yards,

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 you got

00:20:08.800 --> 00:20:09.000
 it.

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 That

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.080
 doesn't

00:20:10.080 --> 00:20:10.400
 help

00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:10.400


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 them.

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 Verse 12

00:20:12.060 --> 00:20:12.440
 without

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:13.380
 verse 14

00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:14.280
 is the

00:20:14.280 --> 00:20:14.880
 same way.

00:20:15.120 --> 00:20:15.460
 Look at

00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:16.259
 verse 14.

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 For sin

00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:20.300
 will have

00:20:20.300 --> 00:20:21.480
 no dominion

00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:22.500
 over you.

00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:23.700
 Verse 12,

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 let not

00:20:25.080 --> 00:20:25.380
 sin

00:20:25.380 --> 00:20:25.860
 therefore

00:20:25.860 --> 00:20:26.319
 reign

00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:26.799
 in your

00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:27.319
 mortal

00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:28.039
 bodies.

00:20:30.120 --> 00:20:30.960
 I said

00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:31.440
 last week

00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:32.000
 that sin

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 is a

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 choice.

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 Sin

00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:34.539
 is

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 voluntary.

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 Voluntary.

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 We choose

00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.559
 to sin.

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 We choose

00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:39.720
 to give

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 sin

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 power.

00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:43.299
 Verse 12,

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 let not

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 sin

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.660
 therefore

00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:45.240
 reign

00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:45.920
 in your

00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:46.240
 mortal

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.720
 body

00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:47.620
 because

00:20:47.620 --> 00:20:48.200
 sin

00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:49.140
 will have

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 no

00:20:49.380 --> 00:20:49.920
 dominion

00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:50.759
 over

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 you.

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.900
 For us,

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:55.900
 without

00:20:55.900 --> 00:20:56.900
 verse 14,

00:20:57.799 --> 00:20:58.420
 verse 12

00:20:58.420 --> 00:20:59.059
 is useless.

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 Without

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.600
 verse 14

00:21:01.600 --> 00:21:02.279
 being dead

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:02.700
 to sin

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 and knowing

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:03.700
 that it

00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.100
 has no

00:21:04.100 --> 00:21:04.539
 dominion

00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:05.279
 over us,

00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:06.299
 verse 12

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:07.340
 does not

00:21:07.340 --> 00:21:07.840
 help.

00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:12.100
 God's

00:21:12.100 --> 00:21:12.460
 grace

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:13.160
 costs you

00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:13.559
 and me

00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:14.039
 our

00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:14.500
 obedience.

00:21:16.840 --> 00:21:17.580
 Look at

00:21:17.580 --> 00:21:17.920
 the last

00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:18.259
 part of

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.900
 verse 12.

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:21.660
 To make

00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:22.740
 you obey

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.259
 its

00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:23.799
 passions.

00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:25.000
 We will

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.299
 obey

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:25.759
 one

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.299
 or the

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.559
 other,

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.259
 but only

00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:27.680
 one.

00:21:31.119 --> 00:21:31.819
 We are

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.379
 at war

00:21:32.379 --> 00:21:33.680
 and you

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:33.920
 cannot

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.339
 fight

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:34.619
 both

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.059
 sides.

00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:37.799
 There's

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.039
 no

00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.379
 secret

00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:38.839
 spies.

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.180
 There's

00:21:39.180 --> 00:21:39.420
 no

00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:40.059
 double

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.519
 agents.

00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:41.359
 You

00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:41.640
 can't

00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:41.960
 do it.

00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:43.359
 It's

00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:43.799
 black and

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.259
 white here.

00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:46.960
 The battle

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.339
 is a

00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:47.720
 spiritual

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.079
 battle

00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:48.440
 that is

00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:48.920
 fought

00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:50.160
 and won

00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:51.039
 or lost

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.980
 on the

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.279
 daily

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:52.859
 decisions

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.299
 you and

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:53.740
 I make

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.059
 and how

00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:54.199
 we're

00:21:54.199 --> 00:21:54.459
 going to

00:21:54.459 --> 00:21:54.959
 use

00:21:54.959 --> 00:21:55.679
 our

00:21:55.679 --> 00:21:56.079
 body.

00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:56.479
 How

00:21:56.479 --> 00:21:56.619
 are we

00:21:56.619 --> 00:21:57.099
 going to

00:21:57.099 --> 00:21:57.559
 do

00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.839
 action?

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.579
 If I

00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:00.859
 told

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:01.279
 Britain,

00:22:02.879 --> 00:22:03.099
 my

00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:03.699
 beautiful

00:22:03.699 --> 00:22:04.000
 Britain,

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.279
 if I

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:04.619
 told her,

00:22:04.699 --> 00:22:04.859
 Britain,

00:22:04.919 --> 00:22:05.259
 go clean

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.639
 your room,

00:22:06.639 --> 00:22:07.759
 and 30

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.399
 minutes later,

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.000
 she comes

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.519
 back and I

00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:09.639
 said,

00:22:09.699 --> 00:22:09.879
 Britain,

00:22:09.919 --> 00:22:10.159
 did you

00:22:10.159 --> 00:22:10.559
 clean your

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:10.879
 room?

00:22:11.639 --> 00:22:11.919
 And she

00:22:11.919 --> 00:22:12.119
 says,

00:22:12.179 --> 00:22:12.439
 no,

00:22:13.439 --> 00:22:13.959
 but dad,

00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:14.759
 I thought

00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:15.740
 a whole

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.240
 lot about

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.579
 what you

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:16.879
 said.

00:22:17.479 --> 00:22:17.899
 I

00:22:17.899 --> 00:22:18.439
 memorized

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:19.580
 what you

00:22:19.580 --> 00:22:19.960
 said.

00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:22.600
 Britain,

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:24.840
 go back

00:22:24.840 --> 00:22:25.100
 to your

00:22:25.100 --> 00:22:25.740
 room and

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.140
 clean your

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:26.360
 room.

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.240
 30

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.900
 minutes later,

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.360
 she comes

00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:30.680
 back.

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:30.900
 I said,

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.100
 Britain,

00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:31.320
 did you

00:22:31.320 --> 00:22:31.620
 clean your

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:31.840
 room?

00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:32.940
 She

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.140
 says,

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.440
 no,

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:35.059
 but dad,

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.420
 I thought

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:36.980
 about it a

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.299
 lot.

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.019
 I thought

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.440
 about what

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:38.940
 you said.

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:40.140
 I looked

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.620
 up in the

00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:41.160
 Greek what

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:41.600
 you meant

00:22:41.600 --> 00:22:42.080
 to say,

00:22:42.340 --> 00:22:43.019
 what it

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.340
 really

00:22:43.340 --> 00:22:43.860
 means.

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:46.419
 that's not

00:22:46.419 --> 00:22:46.799
 obedience,

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.359
 is it?

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.019
 That's

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.639
 disobedience.

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:48.959
 That's

00:22:48.959 --> 00:22:49.619
 straight sin.

00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:50.399
 Good

00:22:50.399 --> 00:22:51.000
 intentions,

00:22:51.159 --> 00:22:51.399
 maybe.

00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:52.559
 Good

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.119
 thinking,

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.519
 but that's

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:54.859
 not

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.399
 obedience.

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.699
 It's the

00:23:02.699 --> 00:23:03.139
 same for

00:23:03.139 --> 00:23:03.439
 us.

00:23:04.159 --> 00:23:04.819
 The same

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.259
 for us

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.639
 as we

00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:06.519
 know

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.659
 what God

00:23:07.659 --> 00:23:07.859
 has

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:09.000
 commanded

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.459
 us to

00:23:09.459 --> 00:23:09.719
 do,

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.019
 and yet

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.379
 we don't

00:23:10.379 --> 00:23:10.779
 do it.

00:23:12.679 --> 00:23:13.119
 God,

00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:14.000
 I've

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.659
 memorized

00:23:14.659 --> 00:23:15.399
 half of

00:23:15.399 --> 00:23:15.859
 Romans.

00:23:18.139 --> 00:23:18.619
 Okay,

00:23:18.699 --> 00:23:19.019
 but have

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.379
 you lived

00:23:19.379 --> 00:23:19.759
 it out?

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.599
 Did you

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.079
 clean your

00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:21.399
 room?

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.519
 Did you

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.079
 put things

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.459
 away?

00:23:25.179 --> 00:23:25.579
 God,

00:23:25.699 --> 00:23:26.439
 I know

00:23:26.439 --> 00:23:27.339
 exactly what

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:28.279
 verses 12

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.899
 through 14

00:23:28.899 --> 00:23:29.519
 means in

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:29.879
 the Greek,

00:23:29.979 --> 00:23:30.299
 what it's

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:30.639
 saying.

00:23:30.739 --> 00:23:31.019
 I know

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:32.099
 the tenses

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.539
 of the

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.039
 words,

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:34.239
 and I've

00:23:34.239 --> 00:23:34.559
 actually

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.000
 memorized

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.539
 it in

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:35.979
 Greek.

00:23:36.399 --> 00:23:36.759
 And I

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.179
 can tell

00:23:37.179 --> 00:23:37.479
 you the

00:23:37.479 --> 00:23:37.719
 Greek

00:23:37.719 --> 00:23:38.099
 alphabet,

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:38.500
 and I

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:38.839
 can tell

00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:39.099
 you the

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.399
 Hebrew,

00:23:39.719 --> 00:23:40.759
 and God,

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.159
 I'm doing

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.539
 a lot

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:41.959
 for you.

00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:44.899
 Are you

00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.659
 living out

00:23:45.659 --> 00:23:47.199
 my words

00:23:47.199 --> 00:23:47.719
 to you?

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:50.739
 That's

00:23:50.739 --> 00:23:51.059
 where the

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.619
 rubber meets

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:52.159
 the road.

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:53.839
 See,

00:23:53.879 --> 00:23:54.339
 we are at

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:54.779
 war.

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.359
 We are in

00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:55.879
 a battle.

00:23:56.679 --> 00:23:57.039
 And the

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.699
 question to

00:23:57.699 --> 00:23:58.119
 you,

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.519
 and to

00:23:59.519 --> 00:23:59.859
 me,

00:24:01.239 --> 00:24:01.959
 is are we

00:24:01.959 --> 00:24:02.319
 willing to

00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:02.619
 pay the

00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:03.119
 price of

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.500
 obedience

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.179
 to God?

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.179
 Are we

00:24:07.179 --> 00:24:07.459
 just going

00:24:07.459 --> 00:24:07.819
 to skip

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.179
 out on

00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:08.559
 obeying

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:08.859
 Him and

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:09.299
 continue

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:09.799
 in sin?

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:13.440
 God's

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:13.839
 grace

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:14.879
 costs us

00:24:14.879 --> 00:24:15.539
 our

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:15.980
 obedience.

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:16.740
 When Jesus

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.379
 called His

00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:18.359
 disciples in

00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:19.240
 Matthew 4,

00:24:19.419 --> 00:24:19.700
 what does

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.079
 He say?

00:24:20.139 --> 00:24:20.519
 He says,

00:24:20.899 --> 00:24:21.519
 follow Me

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:21.960
 and I

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.299
 will make

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.859
 you fishers

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.259
 of men.

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.599
 I'm pretty

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:25.079
 sure that

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.879
 follow is

00:24:25.879 --> 00:24:26.460
 a verb.

00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:27.259
 There is

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:28.259
 action there.

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.440
 And He

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:30.059
 doesn't give

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.419
 them,

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.639
 follow Me

00:24:32.639 --> 00:24:33.299
 and I'll

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:33.740
 do this

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.200
 for you

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:34.559
 and it'll

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:35.099
 be happy

00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:36.039
 and it'll

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.619
 be great

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:36.980
 and you'll

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.319
 do a lot

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:37.659
 of things.

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:37.980
 He doesn't

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.440
 really give

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:38.940
 them a lot

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.640
 of information.

00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:40.700
 He doesn't

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.299
 give them

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:42.120
 the core

00:24:42.120 --> 00:24:42.620
 syllabus

00:24:42.620 --> 00:24:43.279
 of what's

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.720
 going to

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.779
 turn out.

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.400
 The

00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:49.220
 disciples

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:50.400
 obeyed.

00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:54.700
 Action.

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.120
 In

00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:57.059
 Matthew 13,

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.220
 Jesus is

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:58.720
 teaching

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.740
 some

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.220
 of the

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.680
 parables

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.440
 and in

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.100
 verse 44

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.620
 He says,

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.380
 the kingdom

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:03.860
 of heaven

00:25:03.860 --> 00:25:04.420
 is like a

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:04.820
 treasure

00:25:04.820 --> 00:25:05.299
 hidden in

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:05.700
 a field

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.700
 which a

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.420
 man found

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:07.920
 and covered

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.240
 up.

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.640
 Then in

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:10.200
 his joy

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:10.680
 he goes

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.080
 and sells

00:25:11.080 --> 00:25:11.680
 all that

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.259
 he has

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.380
 and buys

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:14.240
 that field.

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:15.960
 And again,

00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:16.420
 the kingdom

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:16.820
 of heaven

00:25:16.820 --> 00:25:17.380
 is like a

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:17.740
 merchant

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.700
 in search

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.299
 of fine

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.799
 pearls

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.480
 who on

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.320
 finding one

00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:21.880
 pearl of

00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:22.799
 great value

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:24.080
 went and

00:25:24.080 --> 00:25:24.640
 sold all

00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:24.880
 that he

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.420
 had and

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:25.779
 bought it.

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.320
 There is

00:25:26.320 --> 00:25:27.380
 great price.

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.080
 God's

00:25:29.080 --> 00:25:30.059
 grace is

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.720
 costly.

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.299
 And there's

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:33.279
 action

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:34.220
 that needs

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.519
 to

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:36.039
 follow

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.480
 our

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:36.820
 obedience.

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.019
 obedience.

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.700
 A kingdom

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.879
 of heaven

00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:45.480
 requires

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.059
 obedience.

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.460
 Will you

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:47.779
 obey?

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.679
 Will you

00:25:48.679 --> 00:25:49.399
 obey God?

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.099
 If you

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.679
 obey God,

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.079
 you cannot

00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:51.659
 obey the

00:25:51.659 --> 00:25:52.240
 passions of

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.439
 your bodies.

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.279
 If you

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.839
 obey God,

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.240
 no matter

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:56.819
 what happens,

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.480
 no matter

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:57.980
 where that

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.619
 takes you,

00:26:00.179 --> 00:26:00.599
 no matter

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.240
 how hard

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.759
 it seems

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.319
 to be,

00:26:03.419 --> 00:26:03.740
 see,

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.259
 the disciples

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.680
 didn't

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.000
 know.

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.400
 Peter

00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:07.220
 had no

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.859
 clue,

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.759
 no clue

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.000
 that he

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.240
 was going

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.460
 to be

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:10.799
 crucified

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.200
 upside

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.579
 down.

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:14.000
 But he

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.279
 did,

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.019
 and he

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.299
 went.

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.180
 The

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:17.579
 disciples

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:18.079
 gave up

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.640
 everything

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.339
 they knew.

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.420
 They were

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:20.960
 fishermen.

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.680
 This is what

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.299
 they did.

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.259
 That was

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.920
 their livelihood.

00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:26.359
 That's how

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:26.960
 they did

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.500
 things.

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.160
 That's how

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.660
 they paid

00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:29.079
 for things.

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:29.379
 That's how

00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:30.119
 they lived.

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.220
 And yet,

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.619
 they gave

00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:31.960
 it up to

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.680
 follow Jesus.

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.060
 And the

00:26:33.060 --> 00:26:34.620
 same call

00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:35.360
 is on

00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:35.960
 your life

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.279
 and my

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.700
 life.

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.299
 God said

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.759
 to Abram

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.180
 the same

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.539
 thing.

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.420
 Go.

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:43.900
 Just go.

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.160
 And I'll

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:45.480
 show you

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:45.840
 the way.

00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:46.759
 Didn't give

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.519
 any details,

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:48.140
 but Abram

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.940
 was obedient

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.539
 to God

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:49.960
 and he

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:51.019
 acted on

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.480
 God's

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:51.880
 commands.

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.180
 He

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.720
 obeyed

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:52.980
 with

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.900
 action.

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:55.600
 See,

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.180
 the good

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.740
 news is

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.500
 that as

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:57.980
 daunting

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.420
 as it

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:58.960
 may sound,

00:26:59.140 --> 00:27:00.380
 as crazy

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:01.240
 or dangerous

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.980
 or radical

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.779
 as the

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.160
 command

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.539
 that God

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:03.960
 has in

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.539
 your life.

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.220
 No matter

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:07.059
 the situation,

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.960
 for some

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.220
 of you,

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.680
 it may be

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.500
 obeying

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.099
 and not

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.880
 dating a

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.200
 certain

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.799
 person.

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:13.980
 For some

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.160
 of you,

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.539
 it may be

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.599
 quitting a

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.019
 job.

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.200
 For some,

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.680
 it may be

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.299
 having to

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:18.920
 have a talk

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.380
 with somebody

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:19.779
 that's going

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.019
 to be

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.440
 difficult

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:20.839
 and a

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:20.980
 little

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.440
 scary.

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.660
 It may

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.200
 be raising

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.779
 your kids

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.339
 an entire

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:24.960
 new way.

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:25.960
 A paradigm

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.620
 shift.

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.400
 Shifting

00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:28.099
 what you

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.480
 know.

00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:30.819
 It may

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.759
 be stop

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.200
 drinking

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.640
 certain

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.059
 things.

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:33.379
 It may

00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:33.759
 be giving

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.180
 up your

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.680
 addictions.

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.640
 Whatever

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.319
 it is,

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.839
 God gives

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.200
 us the

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.700
 strength

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.119
 and the

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:39.500
 endurance

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:39.859
 and the

00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:40.200
 ability

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.819
 to do

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.579
 these

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.240
 things.

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.720
 He will

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.220
 not let

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.759
 us flop

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.339
 around like

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.759
 a fish

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.160
 out of

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.519
 water,

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:48.140
 gasping

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:48.720
 for air.

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:54.079
 He enables

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:55.920
 us to

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.279
 do what

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.779
 He commands.

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.640
 Augustine

00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:58.940
 put it

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.500
 this way,

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:01.180
 grant

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:01.460
 what

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.680
 thou

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:02.200
 command

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.460
 and

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.660
 then

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.079
 command

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.380
 what

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:03.619
 thou

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:03.940
 will.

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.420
 Grant

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.440
 what

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:06.599
 thou

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.059
 command.

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.160
 Enable

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.559
 me to

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.119
 do it

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:10.319
 and

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:10.519
 then

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:10.980
 command

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:12.299
 what

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.480
 thou

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:12.740
 will.

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:13.380
 In other

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:13.539
 words,

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:14.000
 I'll do

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.359
 what you

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:14.960
 say if

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.599
 you enable

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.000
 me to

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.420
 do it.

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.700
 God

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.240
 will guide

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.640
 and help

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:19.819
 His

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.160
 children.

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.460
 The

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.099
 question is,

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.579
 will you

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:22.920
 obey?

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:23.799
 Are you

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:24.259
 willing to

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.660
 pay

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:26.380
 your

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:26.980
 obedience

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.720
 to Him?

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.480
 We are

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.000
 at war

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.980
 and our

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.380
 obedience

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:33.000
 determines

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.580
 which side

00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:34.080
 we're on.

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.240
 Plain and

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.519
 simple.

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.080
 Which side

00:28:37.080 --> 00:28:37.700
 are you

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.460
 fighting for?

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.740
 Are you

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.200
 fighting for

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:40.519
 God?

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:40.800
 Are you

00:28:40.800 --> 00:28:41.300
 fighting for

00:28:41.300 --> 00:28:41.640
 sin?

00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:42.440
 Are you

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:42.840
 obeying

00:28:42.840 --> 00:28:43.300
 God or

00:28:43.300 --> 00:28:43.400
 are you

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:43.720
 obeying

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.140
 sin?

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:46.580
 So not

00:28:46.580 --> 00:28:47.019
 only does

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.400
 God's

00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:48.440
 grace cost

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:48.779
 us our

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.180
 allegiance

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:50.720
 and our

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.240
 obedience,

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:52.120
 but thirdly,

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.700
 it costs

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.380
 the Christian

00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:54.100
 their

00:28:54.100 --> 00:28:54.800
 security.

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.840
 Now this

00:28:56.840 --> 00:28:57.260
 is a little

00:28:57.260 --> 00:28:57.660
 bit of a

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.020
 play on

00:28:58.020 --> 00:28:58.400
 words,

00:28:58.560 --> 00:28:59.560
 but you'll

00:28:59.560 --> 00:28:59.860
 see what

00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:00.200
 I mean.

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.260
 It costs

00:29:02.260 --> 00:29:02.860
 the Christian

00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:03.240
 their

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.880
 security.

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.200
 Verse

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.960
 13 again,

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.980
 do not

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.600
 present your

00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:09.280
 members to

00:29:09.280 --> 00:29:09.880
 sin as

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:10.640
 instruments for

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:11.520
 unrighteousness,

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.760
 but present

00:29:12.760 --> 00:29:13.480
 yourselves to

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.420
 God as

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:14.920
 those who

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.160
 have been

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.700
 brought from

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.780
 death to

00:29:16.780 --> 00:29:17.260
 life,

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.500
 and your

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.200
 members to

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.800
 God as

00:29:19.800 --> 00:29:20.360
 instruments

00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:21.340
 for

00:29:21.340 --> 00:29:22.160
 righteousness.

00:29:22.820 --> 00:29:23.220
 Now the

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.579
 word

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.039
 instrument

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.539
 here can

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.100
 also be

00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.600
 translated

00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:26.019
 weapon.

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:30.000
 So your

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.339
 member,

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:30.680
 do not

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.120
 present your

00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:31.539
 members to

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:31.960
 sin as

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.740
 weapons for

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.579
 unrighteousness,

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.400
 and your

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:35.860
 members to

00:29:35.860 --> 00:29:36.339
 God as

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:37.700
 weapons for

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.640
 righteousness.

00:29:39.120 --> 00:29:39.880
 Our bodies

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.360
 are either

00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:41.079
 weapons for

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.880
 righteousness or

00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:42.720
 unrighteousness.

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:44.319
 When we

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:44.900
 place our

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.600
 allegiance to

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.000
 God, we

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.440
 are giving

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:46.940
 up our

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:48.740
 security to

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.200
 live under

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.900
 His rule and

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.519
 His commands.

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:51.900
 Sounds

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.540
 confusing.

00:29:52.780 --> 00:29:53.240
 Here's what I

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.440
 mean.

00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:55.720
 When our

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.259
 bodies are

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.800
 weapons of

00:29:56.800 --> 00:29:57.500
 unrighteousness,

00:29:57.580 --> 00:29:58.360
 we fight for

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:58.900
 only one

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.460
 person and

00:29:59.460 --> 00:29:59.759
 that's

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.240
 ourselves.

00:30:01.080 --> 00:30:01.860
 We fight for

00:30:01.860 --> 00:30:02.340
 ourselves.

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.860
 We're on the

00:30:02.860 --> 00:30:03.600
 side of sin.

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:04.640
 We obey

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.040
 sin.

00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:05.780
 We obey the

00:30:05.780 --> 00:30:06.660
 passions of

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.340
 our flesh.

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.880
 And our

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:13.259
 security is

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.860
 found in

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.900
 what we do.

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:18.740
 We think

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.840
 as long as

00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:20.340
 we're fighting

00:30:20.340 --> 00:30:20.980
 that we have

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.460
 security.

00:30:21.580 --> 00:30:21.980
 As long as

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.220
 we have

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.180
 weapons, we

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:24.259
 are secure.

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.180
 It's kind of

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.640
 like the

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:27.140
 Occupy Wall

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:28.200
 Street stuff

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.759
 going on.

00:30:28.840 --> 00:30:29.460
 Occupy Wall

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:30.080
 Street, New

00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:30.780
 York, Oakland,

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.920
 whatever city

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.680
 you name.

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:35.340
 It's like that

00:30:35.340 --> 00:30:37.019
 because no

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:39.160
 one knows why

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:39.720
 they're doing

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.100
 what they're

00:30:40.100 --> 00:30:40.460
 doing.

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.720
 Inside the

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.160
 camp or

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.820
 outside the

00:30:42.820 --> 00:30:43.320
 camp, nobody

00:30:43.320 --> 00:30:43.759
 can really,

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.420
 there's no

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:45.940
 unity to

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.640
 what they're

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:47.180
 trying to

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:47.660
 accomplish.

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:51.240
 And the

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.740
 only thing

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.579
 positive, the

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:52.920
 only thing

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.799
 coming out of

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.119
 that is

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:54.519
 they're

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.200
 accomplishing

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:56.019
 more work

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.339
 for the

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:57.759
 police, more

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.519
 work for the

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.259
 street cleaners,

00:30:59.319 --> 00:30:59.640
 and more

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.259
 work for the

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:01.019
 coffee shops.

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.619
 See, nothing

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.599
 positive is

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.440
 being accomplished.

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.099
 But they

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:07.140
 think that

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:07.700
 because we're

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.819
 protesting and

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.259
 we're doing

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.920
 something, we

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:11.019
 are accomplishing

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:12.339
 something great.

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.279
 In reality,

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.759
 there's no

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.420
 unity there,

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:14.899
 there's nothing

00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:15.940
 being done.

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:18.200
 Likewise, when

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.779
 we use our

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.599
 bodies as

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:20.180
 weapons of

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:21.099
 unrighteousness,

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.920
 we think we're

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.700
 doing something,

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.680
 we think we're

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.440
 accomplishing

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:25.920
 something.

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:27.940
 And in

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:29.480
 reality, we

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.879
 are doing

00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:30.220
 nothing.

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.359
 Nothing is

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:32.059
 being accomplished.

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.180
 We, in

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:35.619
 fact, are

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.519
 being devoured

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:37.200
 by the

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.500
 enemy.

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.319
 And we

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:38.639
 don't even

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:39.079
 know it.

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.420
 If you take

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.740
 a frog and

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.139
 you throw

00:31:42.139 --> 00:31:42.599
 them in a

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.199
 hot boiling

00:31:43.199 --> 00:31:43.819
 pot of

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:45.379
 water, the

00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:45.899
 frog jumps

00:31:45.899 --> 00:31:46.439
 right out.

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.719
 A pretty

00:31:47.719 --> 00:31:48.519
 smart frog.

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:50.339
 But, if

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:50.799
 you take the

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.219
 frog and

00:31:51.219 --> 00:31:51.699
 you lay it

00:31:51.699 --> 00:31:52.099
 in cold

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.959
 water, take

00:31:52.959 --> 00:31:54.240
 the pot and

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.599
 put it on

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:55.159
 the stove and

00:31:55.159 --> 00:31:55.459
 you start

00:31:55.459 --> 00:31:55.899
 heating it

00:31:55.899 --> 00:31:57.240
 up, the

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.839
 frog stays

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.299
 in until

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:58.699
 it's finally

00:31:58.699 --> 00:31:59.119
 cooked.

00:31:59.719 --> 00:32:00.199
 Until it's

00:32:00.199 --> 00:32:00.559
 done.

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:01.219
 Until it's

00:32:01.219 --> 00:32:01.619
 ready to

00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:01.899
 eat.

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.879
 You and

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:05.019
 I, when

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:06.500
 we fight and

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:06.839
 use our

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.339
 weapons of

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:08.179
 unrighteousness,

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.559
 we're like the

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.419
 frog in the

00:32:10.419 --> 00:32:11.379
 pot being

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:12.700
 devoured, being

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.320
 cooked without

00:32:13.320 --> 00:32:13.920
 even knowing

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.200
 it.

00:32:16.580 --> 00:32:17.240
 See, as we

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.340
 walk towards

00:32:18.340 --> 00:32:19.080
 one direction,

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:20.300
 as we obey

00:32:20.300 --> 00:32:21.560
 and pledge our

00:32:21.560 --> 00:32:22.300
 allegiance to

00:32:22.300 --> 00:32:23.540
 sin, we're

00:32:23.540 --> 00:32:24.260
 walking away

00:32:24.260 --> 00:32:26.180
 from God.

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:26.920
 We're walking

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:28.200
 away from the

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:30.580
 other direction.

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:33.400
 The place where

00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:34.160
 Jesus made it

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:35.000
 possible for us

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.740
 to live without

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.200
 sin.

00:32:37.600 --> 00:32:38.760
 Having power

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.859
 and reign.

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:41.859
 So what we

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:42.500
 thought was

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:43.339
 security, what

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:44.220
 we thought was

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:45.440
 accomplishing

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:47.099
 something, was

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:47.640
 actually just

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:48.099
 smoke and

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:48.379
 mirrors.

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.299
 It was

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:49.640
 nothing.

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:53.640
 We must lay

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:54.200
 those weapons

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.539
 down.

00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:55.220
 We must lay

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.819
 our bodies

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.339
 down and

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.180
 pledge allegiance

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:57.819
 to God.

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.519
 Surrender

00:32:59.519 --> 00:32:59.879
 them.

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.339
 See, when a

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:01.879
 person or

00:33:01.879 --> 00:33:02.519
 army would

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.220
 surrender to

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.660
 the king,

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:04.960
 their weapons

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.599
 would be handed

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.259
 over to the

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.539
 enemy.

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.359
 The enemy

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:07.879
 would take

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:08.540
 those weapons.

00:33:11.260 --> 00:33:13.280
 God works in

00:33:13.280 --> 00:33:13.960
 such a way

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:15.000
 that those

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:16.500
 weapons, our

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:19.620
 bodies, instead

00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:20.600
 of taking them,

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.040
 instead of

00:33:21.040 --> 00:33:21.760
 removing them

00:33:21.760 --> 00:33:23.240
 from us, He

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:24.120
 uses them for

00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:24.860
 righteousness, for

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:26.160
 His glory, and

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:27.000
 for our joy.

00:33:28.760 --> 00:33:30.280
 So, when we

00:33:30.280 --> 00:33:30.800
 place our

00:33:30.800 --> 00:33:31.460
 allegiance to

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.020
 God, we are

00:33:32.020 --> 00:33:33.300
 giving up our

00:33:33.300 --> 00:33:35.260
 pseudo-security,

00:33:35.520 --> 00:33:36.320
 security that we

00:33:36.320 --> 00:33:37.260
 think we have,

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:39.000
 to live under

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.700
 His rule.

00:33:41.540 --> 00:33:42.260
 That will

00:33:42.260 --> 00:33:43.360
 mean that some

00:33:43.360 --> 00:33:44.940
 of us, God

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.800
 may take to an

00:33:45.800 --> 00:33:47.180
 unsafe place on

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:47.480
 earth.

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.860
 It may mean

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:51.520
 that He'll have

00:33:51.520 --> 00:33:52.240
 us in a place

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:53.160
 where our only

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:54.300
 security is in

00:33:54.300 --> 00:33:55.800
 Him, and not

00:33:55.800 --> 00:33:56.820
 in what we do,

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.600
 not in what we

00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:58.800
 achieve.

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.640
 And there,

00:34:02.360 --> 00:34:03.720
 we're bold.

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:05.400
 There, we're

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:05.820
 vocal.

00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:07.960
 There, we are

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.980
 dangerous because

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:10.160
 our dependence on

00:34:10.160 --> 00:34:11.200
 security is in

00:34:11.200 --> 00:34:11.500
 Him.

00:34:13.180 --> 00:34:14.280
 Our dependence on

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:15.099
 security will be in

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:16.639
 Him and not in

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:18.360
 our home, not in

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:20.240
 our normals, our

00:34:20.240 --> 00:34:21.660
 routines, not in

00:34:21.660 --> 00:34:23.539
 our job, but only

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:24.400
 in Him and His

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.860
 provision.

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.820
 See, God's

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:29.099
 grace costs us

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:30.240
 security.

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:34.979
 not only does it

00:34:34.979 --> 00:34:37.759
 cost us allegiance

00:34:37.759 --> 00:34:38.719
 and our obedience

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:40.439
 and security, but

00:34:40.439 --> 00:34:41.479
 finally it costs the

00:34:41.479 --> 00:34:42.639
 Christian their

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:43.079
 freedom.

00:34:44.359 --> 00:34:45.899
 It costs us our

00:34:45.899 --> 00:34:46.359
 freedom.

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:48.119
 When a person

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.899
 becomes a Christian,

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.819
 there are several

00:34:49.819 --> 00:34:50.699
 things that happen.

00:34:51.779 --> 00:34:52.479
 First of all,

00:34:52.479 --> 00:34:54.099
 their sin is removed

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:56.079
 by Jesus, and His

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.939
 righteousness is given

00:34:56.939 --> 00:34:57.359
 to them.

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:58.980
 the great exchange,

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:00.660
 our sin for His

00:35:00.660 --> 00:35:01.220
 righteousness.

00:35:02.640 --> 00:35:03.320
 Secondly, their

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:04.880
 standing with God is

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:06.160
 no longer as enemy,

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.460
 but as child,

00:35:07.620 --> 00:35:09.039
 adopted child of the

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.300
 King.

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:13.079
 Thirdly, the

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:16.180
 Christian is now at

00:35:16.180 --> 00:35:17.180
 peace with God, no

00:35:17.180 --> 00:35:18.120
 longer enemies.

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.460
 We are now at

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:21.200
 peace with God.

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:23.960
 And finally, the

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:25.300
 Christian is set free

00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:26.480
 from the bondage and

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:27.539
 power of sin.

00:35:29.240 --> 00:35:30.099
 Because on the

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:31.420
 cross, Jesus

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:32.420
 destroyed that

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:33.539
 power and that

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:35.880
 bondage of sin.

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.719
 Christians are

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:38.119
 free.

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.760
 Free from the

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:40.760
 first time to

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.119
 sin.

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:43.460
 The life that we

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:44.740
 were born into is

00:35:44.740 --> 00:35:45.380
 no more.

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:47.880
 That sin that

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.800
 once controlled

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:50.079
 and reigned over

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:51.039
 us no longer

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:52.679
 has control or

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.099
 power.

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:54.340
 The Christian has

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:55.679
 been set free.

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:59.059
 As Horatio

00:35:59.059 --> 00:36:00.039
 Spafford says,

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:01.420
 in it as well

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:02.039
 with my soul,

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:03.880
 my sin, oh, the

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:05.059
 bliss of this

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:06.260
 glorious thought.

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:07.699
 My sin, not in

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.719
 part, but the

00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:10.219
 whole, is nailed

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:11.199
 to the cross and I

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:12.300
 bear it no more.

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.719
 Praise the Lord,

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.500
 praise the Lord,

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:15.460
 oh, my soul.

00:36:17.240 --> 00:36:18.380
 We have been set

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:18.840
 free.

00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:20.219
 Look at verse

00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:21.260
 14 of Romans

00:36:21.260 --> 00:36:22.099
 chapter 6.

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:22.159
 grace.

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:24.480
 For sin will

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:26.400
 have no dominion

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:29.319
 over you since

00:36:29.319 --> 00:36:30.099
 you are not under

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.860
 the law, but

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:32.880
 under grace.

00:36:33.299 --> 00:36:34.039
 You have been

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:35.000
 set free.

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:37.119
 Now live like

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.360
 it.

00:36:39.259 --> 00:36:40.139
 Skipping down to

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:40.739
 verse 18,

00:36:40.839 --> 00:36:41.719
 looking ahead just

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:42.339
 a little bit,

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:43.139
 here's where our

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:43.880
 freedom is

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:45.920
 costly.

00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:48.339
 Verse 18 says,

00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:49.200
 And having been

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:50.160
 set free from

00:36:50.160 --> 00:36:51.680
 sin, have

00:36:51.680 --> 00:36:53.500
 become slaves of

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:54.039
 righteousness.

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:56.559
 That freedom,

00:36:57.300 --> 00:36:58.300
 the freedom that

00:36:58.300 --> 00:37:01.579
 we have from the

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:02.720
 control of sin,

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.420
 from the control

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:05.579
 of and having

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.900
 power over us,

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:08.420
 is no more.

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:09.039
 We have been set

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.920
 free from that.

00:37:10.700 --> 00:37:11.620
 But we are now

00:37:11.620 --> 00:37:12.539
 slaves to

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:12.960
 righteousness.

00:37:15.120 --> 00:37:16.700
 Sin that leads

00:37:16.700 --> 00:37:17.360
 to death and

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:18.140
 destruction, that

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:18.900
 leads to pain

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.460
 and suffering,

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.599
 that leads to

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:21.480
 remorse and

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:23.079
 strife, can no

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:25.420
 longer lead you

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:26.900
 to the stockyard.

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:28.440
 No longer

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:29.460
 lead you

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:30.480
 towards death.

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.279
 It no longer

00:37:32.279 --> 00:37:33.519
 has power over

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:33.839
 you.

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.639
 You've been set

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.519
 free all because

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.599
 of God's radical,

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.639
 amazing,

00:37:39.279 --> 00:37:40.219
 glorious grace.

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:42.559
 We are now

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:43.639
 slaves to

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.119
 righteousness.

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:45.819
 Which means

00:37:45.819 --> 00:37:47.000
 that we are at

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.940
 the service of

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.480
 the king of

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:48.940
 kings who

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.400
 will never

00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:50.320
 leave his

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:50.679
 throne.

00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:52.380
 You're in it.

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.760
 The king of

00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:55.220
 kings who

00:37:55.220 --> 00:37:55.780
 will never

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:57.280
 be defeated.

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:58.619
 The king of

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:59.179
 kings who has

00:37:59.179 --> 00:38:00.139
 defeated death

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:01.900
 that which no

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.720
 man could ever

00:38:02.720 --> 00:38:03.820
 have done.

00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:06.220
 Who will never

00:38:06.220 --> 00:38:07.179
 leave you or

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:08.000
 forsake you.

00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:09.019
 Who will not

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:10.119
 leave us as

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:10.840
 orphans.

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:12.740
 Who will guide

00:38:12.740 --> 00:38:13.820
 and direct us.

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:15.260
 Who is a

00:38:15.260 --> 00:38:16.220
 gracious God.

00:38:16.220 --> 00:38:17.880
 A ruler who

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:18.880
 is gracious and

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:19.360
 just.

00:38:19.540 --> 00:38:20.340
 Who is holy

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:21.560
 and righteous.

00:38:23.160 --> 00:38:23.940
 This is who

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.280
 we're in the

00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:24.920
 service to.

00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:27.100
 There should be

00:38:27.100 --> 00:38:28.040
 no worry in you

00:38:28.040 --> 00:38:29.140
 to ever be

00:38:29.140 --> 00:38:30.440
 gypped by God.

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:31.500
 You're not going

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.280
 to be gypped by

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:32.520
 God.

00:38:32.580 --> 00:38:33.500
 He cares for you

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:34.560
 and He loves you.

00:38:35.540 --> 00:38:36.640
 Pay the price.

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.340
 Give Him your

00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:39.140
 obedience and your

00:38:39.140 --> 00:38:40.000
 allegiance and your

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:40.900
 security and your

00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:41.260
 freedom.

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:43.540
 There should be

00:38:43.540 --> 00:38:44.400
 no worry that

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:45.360
 He'll not do

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:45.980
 what He says

00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:46.600
 He's going to

00:38:46.600 --> 00:38:47.340
 do because He

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:47.740
 will.

00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:49.920
 He cannot

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:50.540
 lie.

00:38:51.160 --> 00:38:52.100
 He is faithful.

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:58.260
 Before Christ

00:38:58.260 --> 00:38:58.860
 you were free

00:38:58.860 --> 00:38:59.400
 to sin.

00:39:00.540 --> 00:39:01.020
 You were free

00:39:01.020 --> 00:39:01.640
 to sin but

00:39:01.640 --> 00:39:03.240
 that freedom

00:39:03.240 --> 00:39:04.260
 was not freedom

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:04.600
 at all.

00:39:04.680 --> 00:39:05.140
 You were actually

00:39:05.140 --> 00:39:06.640
 enslaved to sin.

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:07.640
 Your master

00:39:07.640 --> 00:39:08.540
 was sin.

00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:10.960
 After Christ

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:12.420
 after becoming

00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:12.820
 a Christian

00:39:12.820 --> 00:39:13.500
 you are free

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:14.240
 to live holy

00:39:14.240 --> 00:39:14.820
 lives.

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.639
 But that freedom

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:17.119
 is not really

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.679
 freedom because

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:18.420
 you're enslaved

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:19.699
 to righteousness.

00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:22.519
 And being

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:23.360
 enslaved to

00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:23.860
 righteousness

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:25.240
 leads to a

00:39:25.240 --> 00:39:26.000
 life of

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:26.460
 righteousness.

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.960
 Being enslaved

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:29.659
 to sin leads

00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:30.300
 to a life

00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:31.199
 of sin.

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:33.760
 As a

00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:34.179
 Christian

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:35.500
 we are

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.420
 compelled to

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:37.179
 live lives

00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:37.980
 as if we've

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.500
 been brought

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.599
 from death

00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:40.199
 to life.

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:42.159
 because that

00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:42.800
 is who we

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:43.260
 are.

00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:44.340
 Because we

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:45.000
 have been

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:45.579
 brought from

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:46.000
 death

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:47.059
 to life.

00:39:48.679 --> 00:39:49.179
 And we

00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:49.659
 can only do

00:39:49.659 --> 00:39:50.099
 that because

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:50.619
 of the grace

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:51.480
 that God

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:51.880
 has shown

00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:52.159
 us.

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:52.960
 We can only

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.599
 do that because

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:53.940
 of His

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.460
 glorious

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:55.420
 grace.

00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:58.139
 We are

00:39:58.139 --> 00:39:58.920
 under grace

00:39:58.920 --> 00:40:00.159
 and not

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:00.780
 under law.

00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:01.260
 The last

00:40:01.260 --> 00:40:01.679
 part of

00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:02.480
 verse 14.

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:04.280
 Meaning sin

00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:05.280
 no longer

00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:05.980
 has reign.

00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:06.900
 It has

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:07.559
 no power.

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.619
 As I said

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.179
 a few minutes

00:40:09.179 --> 00:40:09.899
 ago what

00:40:09.899 --> 00:40:10.480
 power it

00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:11.059
 has we

00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:11.679
 give to

00:40:11.679 --> 00:40:12.960
 it as

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:13.379
 believers.

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:17.039
 And law

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:18.679
 which reveals

00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:19.399
 our sin no

00:40:19.399 --> 00:40:20.199
 longer reigns

00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:20.960
 over us as

00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:21.239
 well.

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.219
 Does it

00:40:23.219 --> 00:40:23.460
 mean we

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:24.179
 don't follow

00:40:24.179 --> 00:40:24.619
 the law?

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:24.919
 No,

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.359
 absolutely

00:40:25.359 --> 00:40:25.759
 not.

00:40:26.719 --> 00:40:27.299
 But it

00:40:27.299 --> 00:40:27.719
 does not

00:40:27.719 --> 00:40:28.019
 condemn

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:28.480
 us.

00:40:30.819 --> 00:40:31.419
 For we

00:40:31.419 --> 00:40:31.879
 are righteous,

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:32.239
 we are

00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:32.659
 perfect,

00:40:32.779 --> 00:40:33.159
 we are made

00:40:33.159 --> 00:40:34.059
 right before

00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:34.799
 God.

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:36.480
 God's grace

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:37.699
 is costly.

00:40:39.219 --> 00:40:39.940
 It requires

00:40:39.940 --> 00:40:40.639
 action on

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:41.179
 our part.

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:44.079
 When there

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:44.480
 is no

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:45.079
 action,

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:46.699
 when there

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:47.079
 is no

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:47.559
 action,

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.759
 we cheapen

00:40:48.759 --> 00:40:49.179
 the grace

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:49.619
 of God

00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:50.299
 into something

00:40:50.299 --> 00:40:50.960
 invaluable.

00:40:51.900 --> 00:40:52.219
 Something

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:52.840
 worthless.

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:55.259
 Listen to

00:40:55.259 --> 00:40:56.019
 Dietrich

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:56.759
 Bonhoeffer

00:40:56.759 --> 00:40:57.380
 from his

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:57.679
 book,

00:40:58.820 --> 00:40:59.360
 The Cost

00:40:59.360 --> 00:41:00.239
 of Discipleship.

00:41:01.239 --> 00:41:01.619
 It says,

00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:02.460
 Cheap

00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:03.539
 grace is

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:04.159
 represented

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:05.679
 as the

00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:06.259
 church's

00:41:06.259 --> 00:41:07.239
 inexhaustible

00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:08.799
 treasury from

00:41:08.799 --> 00:41:09.319
 which she

00:41:09.319 --> 00:41:10.299
 showers blessings

00:41:10.299 --> 00:41:11.039
 with generous

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:11.819
 hands without

00:41:11.819 --> 00:41:12.880
 asking questions

00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:13.859
 or fixing

00:41:13.859 --> 00:41:14.400
 limits.

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:16.119
 Cheap

00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:16.799
 grace without

00:41:16.799 --> 00:41:17.400
 price,

00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:18.299
 grace without

00:41:18.299 --> 00:41:19.059
 cost.

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.460
 The essence

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:20.980
 of grace,

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.579
 we suppose,

00:41:21.739 --> 00:41:22.739
 is that the

00:41:22.739 --> 00:41:23.440
 account has

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:24.119
 been paid in

00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:24.519
 advance.

00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:25.000
 And because

00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:25.400
 it has been

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:25.759
 paid,

00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:26.639
 everything can

00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:27.480
 be had for

00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:27.859
 nothing.

00:41:29.079 --> 00:41:29.659
 Since the

00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:30.179
 cost was

00:41:30.179 --> 00:41:30.599
 infinite,

00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:31.359
 the possibility

00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:31.880
 that's using

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:32.539
 and spending

00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:32.920
 it are

00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:33.320
 infinite.

00:41:34.740 --> 00:41:35.280
 What would

00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:35.820
 grace be

00:41:35.820 --> 00:41:36.280
 if it were

00:41:36.280 --> 00:41:37.160
 not cheap?

00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:38.780
 Cheap

00:41:38.780 --> 00:41:39.099
 grace,

00:41:39.220 --> 00:41:39.539
 therefore,

00:41:39.640 --> 00:41:40.220
 amounts to

00:41:40.220 --> 00:41:40.740
 a denial

00:41:40.740 --> 00:41:41.440
 of the

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:41.740
 living

00:41:41.740 --> 00:41:42.620
 Word of

00:41:42.620 --> 00:41:43.019
 God.

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:44.000
 In fact,

00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:44.539
 a denial

00:41:44.539 --> 00:41:44.900
 of the

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:45.380
 incarnation

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:46.099
 of the

00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:46.680
 Word of

00:41:46.680 --> 00:41:47.079
 God.

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:48.240
 Cheap

00:41:48.240 --> 00:41:48.800
 grace is

00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:49.360
 the preaching

00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:50.240
 of forgiveness

00:41:50.240 --> 00:41:50.980
 without

00:41:50.980 --> 00:41:51.740
 requiring

00:41:51.740 --> 00:41:52.480
 repentance.

00:41:53.620 --> 00:41:54.300
 Baptism

00:41:54.300 --> 00:41:54.640
 without

00:41:54.640 --> 00:41:55.480
 church

00:41:55.480 --> 00:41:56.019
 discipline.

00:41:57.240 --> 00:41:57.920
 Communion

00:41:57.920 --> 00:41:58.740
 without

00:41:58.740 --> 00:41:59.400
 confession.

00:42:00.340 --> 00:42:01.019
 Absolution

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:01.440
 without

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:02.039
 personal

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:02.920
 confession.

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:04.179
 Cheap

00:42:04.179 --> 00:42:04.759
 grace is

00:42:04.759 --> 00:42:05.420
 grace without

00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:06.320
 discipleship.

00:42:06.739 --> 00:42:07.340
 Grace without

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:08.039
 the cross.

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:08.980
 Grace without

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:09.759
 Jesus Christ

00:42:09.759 --> 00:42:10.519
 living and

00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:11.219
 incarnate.

00:42:12.820 --> 00:42:13.119
 But,

00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:16.179
 costly grace,

00:42:16.739 --> 00:42:17.800
 costly grace

00:42:17.800 --> 00:42:18.579
 is the treasure

00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:19.199
 hidden in the

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:19.500
 field.

00:42:20.759 --> 00:42:21.440
 For the sake

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:21.699
 of it,

00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:22.259
 a man will

00:42:22.259 --> 00:42:23.259
 gladly go and

00:42:23.259 --> 00:42:24.059
 sell all

00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:25.099
 that he has.

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:26.119
 It is the

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:26.800
 pearl of

00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:27.679
 great price

00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:28.400
 to buy which

00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:28.860
 the merchant

00:42:28.860 --> 00:42:29.420
 will sell

00:42:29.420 --> 00:42:30.000
 all his

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.420
 goods.

00:42:30.820 --> 00:42:31.380
 It is the

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:32.159
 kingly rule

00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:33.000
 of Christ

00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:33.800
 for whose

00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:34.579
 sake a man

00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:35.039
 will pluck

00:42:35.039 --> 00:42:35.440
 out his

00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:35.940
 eye which

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:36.619
 causes him

00:42:36.619 --> 00:42:37.280
 to stumble.

00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:38.340
 It is the

00:42:38.340 --> 00:42:38.780
 call of

00:42:38.780 --> 00:42:39.519
 Jesus Christ

00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:40.159
 at which

00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:40.760
 the disciple

00:42:40.760 --> 00:42:41.420
 leaves his

00:42:41.420 --> 00:42:42.380
 net and

00:42:42.380 --> 00:42:43.599
 follows him.

00:42:44.280 --> 00:42:44.700
 Costly

00:42:44.700 --> 00:42:45.380
 grace is

00:42:45.380 --> 00:42:46.079
 the gospel

00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:46.920
 which must

00:42:46.920 --> 00:42:47.500
 be sought

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:48.559
 again and

00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:48.980
 again.

00:42:50.019 --> 00:42:50.760
 The gift

00:42:50.760 --> 00:42:51.519
 which must

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.139
 be asked

00:42:52.139 --> 00:42:52.480
 for.

00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:53.400
 The door

00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:54.019
 at which

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:54.500
 a man

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:55.039
 must

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:55.500
 knock.

00:42:56.559 --> 00:42:57.019
 God's

00:42:57.019 --> 00:42:57.559
 grace is

00:42:57.559 --> 00:42:58.119
 costly.

00:42:59.860 --> 00:43:00.420
 Are we

00:43:00.420 --> 00:43:00.840
 willing to

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 pay?

00:43:01.619 --> 00:43:01.960
 Let us

00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:02.760
 not cheapen

00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:03.179
 God's

00:43:03.179 --> 00:43:03.699
 grace into

00:43:03.699 --> 00:43:05.059
 some form

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:06.079
 of insurance

00:43:06.079 --> 00:43:07.019
 or some

00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:07.619
 form of

00:43:07.619 --> 00:43:08.400
 cheap potion

00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:08.739
 that we

00:43:08.739 --> 00:43:09.139
 can get

00:43:09.139 --> 00:43:09.480
 what we

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:10.340
 want so

00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:10.579
 that we

00:43:10.579 --> 00:43:11.260
 can live

00:43:11.260 --> 00:43:11.619
 how we

00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:11.980
 want to

00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:14.000
 live without

00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:14.739
 any rules

00:43:14.739 --> 00:43:15.800
 or regulations.

00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:17.539
 Let's not

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:18.039
 cheapen

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:18.460
 God's

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:18.780
 grace.

00:43:18.920 --> 00:43:19.119
 Let us

00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:19.400
 be a

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:19.840
 church of

00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:20.760
 action

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:23.540
 where our

00:43:23.540 --> 00:43:24.140
 bodies are

00:43:24.140 --> 00:43:24.660
 used for

00:43:24.660 --> 00:43:25.140
 righteousness

00:43:25.140 --> 00:43:25.860
 and not

00:43:25.860 --> 00:43:26.920
 unrighteousness.

00:43:28.240 --> 00:43:28.800
 God's

00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:29.580
 radical grace

00:43:29.580 --> 00:43:30.460
 is costly.

00:43:31.240 --> 00:43:31.860
 It costs

00:43:31.860 --> 00:43:32.360
 us our

00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:32.860
 obedience.

00:43:33.680 --> 00:43:34.160
 It costs

00:43:34.160 --> 00:43:34.520
 us our

00:43:34.520 --> 00:43:35.000
 allegiance,

00:43:35.620 --> 00:43:36.320
 our security

00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:36.740
 and our

00:43:36.740 --> 00:43:37.280
 freedom and

00:43:37.280 --> 00:43:37.580
 many,

00:43:37.680 --> 00:43:37.860
 many,

00:43:37.940 --> 00:43:38.460
 many more

00:43:38.460 --> 00:43:38.980
 things.

00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:41.760
 May God

00:43:41.760 --> 00:43:42.340
 help us

00:43:42.340 --> 00:43:43.800
 strive to

00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:44.240
 be used

00:43:44.240 --> 00:43:44.720
 by Him,

00:43:44.780 --> 00:43:45.460
 to glorify

00:43:45.460 --> 00:43:45.980
 Him and

00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:46.440
 to proclaim

00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:47.080
 the gospel

00:43:47.080 --> 00:43:47.980
 to the

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.260
 world.