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 I started doing park run last year.

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 It was a regular gathering on Saturday.

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 I said in the morning to run, or in my case, to walk,

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 5K around Ataman and Willoughby,

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 with a big group of people.

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 And at the end of the run,

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 we scanned a barcode that records our time of the day.

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 Apart from the exercise,

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 I enjoyed being a walker in a lap-around course.

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 I got to say hello to the same group of people,

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 people that I actually know,

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 two to three times as they passed me in a different direction.

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 I often finish the top five longest time,

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 in real time, which means the last five.

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 And I try not to be the last one to finish.

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 As I walk the course slowly,

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 it was most encouraging

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 when someone joined to finish a course together

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 at the same pace as me.

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 When we're working on something hard or require endurance,

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 having a pace setter or companion

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 can make the journey more doable and enjoyable.

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 Sometimes that may be the key to a breakthrough

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 in our quest or journeys.

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 Paul provides the best companion

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 or a pace setter for us

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 to follow in the passage we are looking at today.

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 Abraham, a great figure in the Old Testament,

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 is well-known by the original audience,

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 also become well-known by three of the major religions

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 in our modern days.

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 Judaism, Christianity, and Muslim.

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 He had the right relationship with God

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 based on faith alone.

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 He is someone from way past

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 to show us how God has always been

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 crediting righteousness by faith.

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 Abraham was a man, a human being,

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 just like any one of us when God called him.

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 Let me explain.

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 Abraham was a child to his parents,

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 a husband to his spouse,

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 and a parent to his children.

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 He cared for his deceased brother's children

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 and earned a living as a migrant in a foreign land.

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 He was well-to-do,

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 but at the same time,

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 he cared a lot about his close relatives.

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 He knew what to do to protect them

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 if they get into trouble,

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 willing to take a fight when needed.

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 He was generous

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 and valued relationship above other things.

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 He was also a man of principles,

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 giving honors where honors are due,

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 and not taking advantage of any situation

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 to profit for himself.

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 However, driven by fear,

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 he also did some not very honorable things.

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 He told only a half-truth about his marital status

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 on a few occasions

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 and almost caused irreparable consequences.

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 He took things into his own hands

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 to ensure there was someone

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 to look after his family

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 and his wealth when he died.

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 If you do not know much about Abraham,

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 let me encourage you to read

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 the Old Testament book of Genesis,

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 starting from chapter 12.

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 But from what I just described,

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 what do you think of him?

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 He sounded like all kinds of guys,

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 just a normal human being,

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 isn't he?

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 He sounds all right, isn't he?

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 Paul states in our chapter today,

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 in verse 1 to 2,

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 what then shall we say about Abraham,

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 our forefather according to the flesh,

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 discovered in this matter?

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 If in fact Abraham was justified by works,

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 he has something to boast about,

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 but not before God.

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 Even Paul says,

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 looking at what Abraham did,

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 based on his works,

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 he has something to boast about,

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 but not before God.

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 Why is it not before God?

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 Because the scripture said,

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 Abraham believed God

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 and it was credited to him as righteousness.

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 Abraham's right standing with God

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 does not come from his obedience or works.

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 It was credited to him.

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 The word credited appears 10 times

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 in this passage,

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 with the word Kant in verse 8,

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 which both come from

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 the same original language of the New Testament.

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 They are all accounting terms,

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 meaning to Kant as.

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 So far in our journey in Romans,

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 one observation I have is that

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 Paul tends to repeat the same phrase or word

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 to highlight his points.

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 In Steve's introduction,

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 a few weeks back on chapter 1,

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 he pointed out that the word gospel

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 shows up more in the first 17 verses

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 than anywhere else in Romans.

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 The word gospel appears more per face

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 in these verses than anywhere else in the Bible.

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 In the second half of chapter 1,

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 Paul shows us a long and devastating

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 critics of human nature

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 and how we deserve only God's wrath

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 and his righteous anger.

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 And in chapter 2,

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 the theme judgment shows how

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 our religiosity and hypocrisy

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 further inflame God's wrath

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 and justify God's righteous judgment against us.

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 And last week,

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 in chapter 3,

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 the word righteousness

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 took a podium position

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 after leaving all the other runners behind.

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 In our chapter today,

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 in chapter 4,

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 Paul shows us that

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 the righteousness

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 that was leading the pack of runners

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 has a special name.

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 It was credited righteousness.

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 To credit something

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 is to confer a status

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 that was not there before.

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 It would be like

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 end of the pack run,

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 a person who ran first

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 waited for me at the finish line

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 and handed me his barcode

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 to scan as my record.

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 And not just that,

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 the person finished first,

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 not just him,

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 but everyone else

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 finished before or after me

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 was congratulating me,

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 celebrating and cheering

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 that I'm the first

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 with the shortest time.

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 Ridiculous sounds to be.

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 But faith counted as righteousness

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 means that God treated Abraham

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 as though he lived a righteous life.

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 His faith was not righteous,

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 but God counted it

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 as if it were.

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 Now, to the one who works,

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 wages are not credited

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 as a gift,

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 but as an obligation.

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 However,

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 to the one who does not work,

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 but trusts God,

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 who justifies ungodly,

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 their faith is credited

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 as righteousness.

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 Faith credited as righteousness

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 is a profound concept.

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 I believe it's much easier

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 for us humans

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 to understand the system

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 of obligation

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 that we live in

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 than to understand

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 what it means

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 to have faith credited

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 as righteousness.

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 People living

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 in a democratic country

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 often highlight

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 the freedom

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 and the right they enjoy

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 and decry

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 the lack of freedom

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 of those living in others.

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 But are you really

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 or truly free?

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 Are you truly?

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 Can you truly be

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 whoever

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 and whatever

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 you want to be?

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 Can anyone truly

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 disregard the law?

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 Relationally,

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 when someone is nice to me,

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 I feel obliged

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 to return the favor

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 or I feel indebted

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 to that person.

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 But on the other hand,

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 if someone harms me

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 or my family,

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 I feel I have the right

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 to harm them back.

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 I'm glad

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 I'm refrained

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 from doing so overly

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 due to our legal system.

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 A few weeks ago,

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 in my personal Bible reading

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 and reflection time,

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 I read about

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 a conversation

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 a father had

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 with him

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 when he was

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 in his last year

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 in high school.

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 And he said,

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 son,

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 you know,

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 as soon as you finish school,

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 you have to look

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 for a job

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 every day

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 until you find one.

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 Your success

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 or failure

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 will mean

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 a good

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 or bad repetition

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 for our family.

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 We are obliged

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 to do right

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 by our family

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 or our society.

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 By human standards,

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 we are considered

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 right

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 and good

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 if we abide

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 by the law

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 of our society.

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 Live within our means,

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 treat others nicely,

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 and be generous

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 and charitable.

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 We should

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 pack ourselves

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 on the back

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 and say,

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 well done, mate.

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 And it is so easy

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 for us

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 to misunderstand

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 God requires

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 the same thing

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 from us.

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 That we need

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 to earn

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 favor from God.

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 That we need

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 to work

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 for our righteousness.

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 But on the fifth side,

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 we can also

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 fall into thinking

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 that we deserve

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 God's grace.

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 As soon as we think

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 that we can earn

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 God's favor

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 and be righteous

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 in His sight

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 by our effort,

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 we cheapen

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 the grace

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 that God has shown

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 through His Son,

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 Jesus.

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 We steal

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 God's glory

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 and do not know

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 what saving faith

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 is about.

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 I'm glad

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 Abraham

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 has been highlighted

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 as our case study

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 of faith,

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 showing us

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 what saving faith

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 is about.

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 from verse 9

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 to 12,

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 it says this,

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 Abraham's faith

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 was credited

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 to him

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 as righteousness.

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 He received

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 a seal

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 of the righteousness

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 that he had

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 by faith,

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 so that he is

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 a father

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 of all who believe,

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 in order that righteousness

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 may be credited

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 to them,

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 who also follow

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 the footsteps

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 of the faith

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 that our father

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 Abraham had.

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 Abraham

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 is not just

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 our pay setter.

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 he is also

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 our guarantee

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 because Paul says

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 he is a father

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 of all

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 who believes,

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 of all

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 who follow

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 in the footsteps

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 of his faith.

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 We,

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 as we follow him,

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 we experience

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 the reality

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 of being loved

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 and accepted

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 by God

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 while we are

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 sinful

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 and imperfect.

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 Abraham

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 was not

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 himself

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 righteous,

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 perfect,

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 or blameless,

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 but God

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 treated him

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 as though

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 he were.

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 God shows us

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 through Abraham

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 that our justification

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 or credited

00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:48.799
 righteousness

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 is by faith

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 in him alone.

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 So,

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 what does it mean

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 to follow

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 in faith?

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 What is the faith

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 that saved Abraham

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 and which will

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 save us also?

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 first five

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 tell us

00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:05.099
 that faith

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 equals

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 trust God

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 who justifies

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 the ungodly.

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 It does not

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 merely believe

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 God exists,

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 but believes

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 and trust

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 in what God

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 has

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 and will do

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 for us.

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 Verse 17

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 to 25

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 shows us

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 that

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 believe God

00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:23.839
 or trust God

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 has these

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 three things.

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 Firstly,

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 verse 18

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 to 19

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 against all hope

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 Abraham in hope

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 believed

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 and so become

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 the father

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 of many nations.

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 Just as it had

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 been said to him,

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 so shall your

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 offspring be.

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 Without

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 weakening

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 in his faith,

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 he faced

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 the fact that

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 his body

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 was as good

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 as dead

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 since he was

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 about a hundred

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 years old

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 and that

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 Sarah's room

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 was also dead.

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 God promised

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 Abraham

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 that his

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 offspring

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 would be

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 as numerous

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 as the stars

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 in the sky,

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 but he was

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 still

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 childless

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 when he was

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 about a hundred

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 years old.

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 Abraham's body

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 appeased

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 hopeless,

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 but he does

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 not go on

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 appearance.

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 Faith is

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 not opposed

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 to reason,

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 but it's

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 sometimes opposed

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 to feelings

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 and appearance.

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 it's not

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 simply

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 an optimism

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 about life

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 in general,

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 not going

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 on about

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 saying

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 always look

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 on the bright

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 side of life,

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 nor faith

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 in oneself.

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 It does not

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 keep saying,

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 I think I can

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 as we come

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 at the mountain.

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 Abraham

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 shows that

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 saving faith

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 is kind of

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 a death

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 to self-trust.

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 It's going

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 on something

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 despite our

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 weakness,

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 feeling,

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 and perceptions.

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 He goes

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 on God's

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 promise.

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 So first

00:14:01.460 --> 00:14:01.819
 things,

00:14:02.620 --> 00:14:03.179
 not go on

00:14:03.179 --> 00:14:03.699
 appearance,

00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:04.340
 but goes

00:14:04.340 --> 00:14:04.819
 on God's

00:14:04.819 --> 00:14:05.120
 promise.

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 Secondly,

00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:07.340
 verse 20

00:14:07.340 --> 00:14:07.960
 to 21,

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 yet he did

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 not wafer

00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:12.659
 to unbelief

00:14:12.659 --> 00:14:13.720
 regarding the

00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:14.240
 promise of

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 God,

00:14:15.019 --> 00:14:15.399
 but was

00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:15.899
 strengthened

00:14:15.899 --> 00:14:16.639
 in his

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 faith

00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:18.299
 and gave

00:14:18.299 --> 00:14:18.899
 glory to

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 God,

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 being fully

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 persuaded

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 things that

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 were not.

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 So he

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 insisted

00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:53.860
 on this

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 measured

00:14:54.719 --> 00:14:55.519
 reflection

00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:56.299
 about God.

00:14:58.039 --> 00:14:58.759
 Abraham

00:14:58.759 --> 00:14:59.759
 shows us

00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:00.139
 that

00:15:00.139 --> 00:15:01.439
 saving faith

00:15:01.439 --> 00:15:02.240
 and believing

00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:02.839
 in God

00:15:02.839 --> 00:15:03.839
 is not

00:15:03.839 --> 00:15:04.839
 the absence

00:15:04.839 --> 00:15:05.899
 of thinking,

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 but rather

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 a profound

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 insistence

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 on acting

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 out of our

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 focus on

00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:12.479
 the facts

00:15:12.479 --> 00:15:13.240
 about God.

00:15:14.719 --> 00:15:15.899
 Saving faith

00:15:15.899 --> 00:15:17.120
 is thinking

00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:17.740
 about who

00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.500
 God is

00:15:18.500 --> 00:15:19.460
 and his

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 power

00:15:19.980 --> 00:15:21.320
 and focusing

00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:23.680
 about the

00:15:23.680 --> 00:15:24.139
 facts of

00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:24.500
 him.

00:15:26.019 --> 00:15:26.620
 Abraham

00:15:26.620 --> 00:15:27.500
 did not

00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:28.080
 have much

00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:28.799
 to go on

00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:29.700
 except God's

00:15:29.700 --> 00:15:30.340
 word of

00:15:30.340 --> 00:15:30.680
 promise.

00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:33.039
 We have

00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:33.799
 far more

00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:34.700
 facts about

00:15:34.700 --> 00:15:35.600
 God to

00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:36.299
 focus on,

00:15:37.019 --> 00:15:37.460
 a far

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 greater

00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:38.680
 demonstration

00:15:38.680 --> 00:15:39.139
 of his

00:15:39.139 --> 00:15:39.560
 love and

00:15:39.560 --> 00:15:39.919
 power,

00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:41.659
 because we

00:15:41.659 --> 00:15:42.060
 know that

00:15:42.060 --> 00:15:42.600
 God raised

00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:42.960
 his own

00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:43.340
 son,

00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:43.779
 Jesus,

00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:44.480
 to life

00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:45.300
 as we

00:15:45.300 --> 00:15:45.500
 just

00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:46.039
 celebrated

00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:46.560
 Easter

00:15:46.560 --> 00:15:47.259
 only a

00:15:47.259 --> 00:15:47.720
 month ago.

00:15:49.340 --> 00:15:49.960
 So secondly,

00:15:50.340 --> 00:15:50.840
 he insists

00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:51.779
 on focusing

00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:52.639
 on facts

00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:53.240
 about God.

00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:55.200
 Thirdly,

00:15:55.460 --> 00:15:55.800
 which is

00:15:55.800 --> 00:15:56.200
 developed

00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:56.560
 from what

00:15:56.560 --> 00:15:56.820
 I just

00:15:56.820 --> 00:15:57.120
 said,

00:15:57.740 --> 00:15:58.379
 believe God

00:15:58.379 --> 00:15:58.960
 means to

00:15:58.960 --> 00:15:59.639
 trust the

00:15:59.639 --> 00:16:00.820
 bare words

00:16:00.820 --> 00:16:01.580
 of God.

00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:03.019
 Abraham

00:16:03.019 --> 00:16:03.560
 believed

00:16:03.560 --> 00:16:04.659
 that God

00:16:04.659 --> 00:16:05.019
 had the

00:16:05.019 --> 00:16:05.480
 power to

00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:05.899
 do what

00:16:05.899 --> 00:16:06.200
 he has

00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:06.539
 promised.

00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:08.019
 He

00:16:08.019 --> 00:16:08.539
 trusts in

00:16:08.539 --> 00:16:09.120
 his word.

00:16:10.460 --> 00:16:11.060
 Verse 21,

00:16:11.340 --> 00:16:11.960
 being fully

00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:12.440
 persuaded,

00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:12.880
 that God

00:16:12.880 --> 00:16:13.560
 had power

00:16:13.560 --> 00:16:14.000
 to do

00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.340
 what he

00:16:14.340 --> 00:16:14.900
 had promised

00:16:14.900 --> 00:16:15.140
 it.

00:16:17.300 --> 00:16:18.000
 Are you

00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:19.000
 willing to

00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:19.580
 take God

00:16:19.580 --> 00:16:19.920
 at his

00:16:19.920 --> 00:16:21.380
 word when

00:16:21.380 --> 00:16:22.240
 feeling

00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:23.260
 popular

00:16:23.260 --> 00:16:25.440
 opinion

00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:26.680
 and common

00:16:26.680 --> 00:16:27.180
 sense

00:16:27.180 --> 00:16:27.960
 contradict

00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:28.540
 God's

00:16:28.540 --> 00:16:28.840
 promise?

00:16:30.900 --> 00:16:31.560
 Are you

00:16:31.560 --> 00:16:31.900
 going to

00:16:31.900 --> 00:16:32.720
 look at

00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:33.200
 what he

00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:34.040
 has said

00:16:34.040 --> 00:16:34.780
 and let

00:16:34.780 --> 00:16:35.340
 that define

00:16:35.340 --> 00:16:36.240
 reality for

00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:36.520
 you?

00:16:39.580 --> 00:16:40.240
 So there

00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:40.440
 are three

00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:40.860
 things.

00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:41.680
 Go on

00:16:41.680 --> 00:16:42.000
 God's

00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:42.380
 promise,

00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:43.740
 insist on

00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:44.420
 focus on

00:16:44.420 --> 00:16:45.020
 the facts

00:16:45.020 --> 00:16:45.680
 about God

00:16:45.680 --> 00:16:46.700
 and trust

00:16:46.700 --> 00:16:47.200
 the bare

00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:47.720
 words of

00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:47.940
 God.

00:16:49.220 --> 00:16:49.980
 You can

00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:50.580
 have lots

00:16:50.580 --> 00:16:51.040
 and lots

00:16:51.040 --> 00:16:51.560
 of strong

00:16:51.560 --> 00:16:52.320
 faith that

00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:53.020
 God exists,

00:16:53.640 --> 00:16:54.020
 that he

00:16:54.020 --> 00:16:54.560
 is loving,

00:16:55.160 --> 00:16:55.380
 that he

00:16:55.380 --> 00:16:55.860
 is holy.

00:16:56.580 --> 00:16:56.960
 You can

00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:57.500
 believe that

00:16:57.500 --> 00:16:58.040
 the Bible

00:16:58.040 --> 00:16:58.760
 is of

00:16:58.760 --> 00:16:59.140
 God's

00:16:59.140 --> 00:16:59.960
 holy word.

00:17:00.520 --> 00:17:00.760
 You can

00:17:00.760 --> 00:17:01.220
 show great

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:01.700
 reference

00:17:01.700 --> 00:17:02.120
 for God.

00:17:02.880 --> 00:17:03.380
 Yet,

00:17:03.920 --> 00:17:04.440
 seek to

00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:04.860
 be your

00:17:04.860 --> 00:17:05.200
 own

00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:05.620
 savior

00:17:05.620 --> 00:17:06.500
 and

00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:06.960
 justify

00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:08.120
 by trusting

00:17:08.120 --> 00:17:08.340
 your

00:17:08.340 --> 00:17:08.799
 performance

00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:09.600
 in religion,

00:17:10.380 --> 00:17:10.640
 moral

00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:11.160
 character,

00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:11.920
 job,

00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:12.480
 or parenting.

00:17:14.140 --> 00:17:14.940
 You can

00:17:14.940 --> 00:17:15.519
 let those

00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:16.200
 things define

00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:16.960
 reality for

00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:18.420
 you or

00:17:18.420 --> 00:17:19.140
 have saving

00:17:19.140 --> 00:17:20.480
 faith and

00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:21.300
 transfer your

00:17:21.300 --> 00:17:22.340
 trust to

00:17:22.340 --> 00:17:23.019
 God and

00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:23.560
 his word.

00:17:24.900 --> 00:17:25.600
 And when

00:17:25.600 --> 00:17:26.060
 you do,

00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:27.460
 you will

00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:29.220
 enjoy your

00:17:29.220 --> 00:17:30.120
 faith journey

00:17:30.120 --> 00:17:31.200
 with Abraham

00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:32.080
 and many

00:17:32.080 --> 00:17:33.120
 others who

00:17:33.120 --> 00:17:33.500
 have gone

00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:34.200
 before you

00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:34.779
 and after

00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.600
 you to

00:17:35.600 --> 00:17:36.360
 treasure Jesus

00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:36.819
 together.

00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:39.359
 So,

00:17:39.679 --> 00:17:40.539
 how are

00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:41.139
 we saved?

00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:43.699
 Paul says

00:17:43.699 --> 00:17:44.179
 in verse

00:17:44.179 --> 00:17:44.959
 23 to

00:17:44.959 --> 00:17:45.619
 25,

00:17:46.619 --> 00:17:47.599
 the word

00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:47.979
 it was

00:17:47.979 --> 00:17:48.619
 credited to

00:17:48.619 --> 00:17:49.439
 him were

00:17:49.439 --> 00:17:50.139
 written not

00:17:50.139 --> 00:17:50.539
 for him

00:17:50.539 --> 00:17:50.879
 alone,

00:17:51.399 --> 00:17:51.799
 but also

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 for us,

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 to whom

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 God will

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 credit

00:17:54.539 --> 00:17:55.079
 righteousness

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 for us,

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 who believe

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 in him,

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 who raised

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 Jesus our

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 Lord from

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 the dead.

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 He was

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 delivered over

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 to death

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 for our

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 sins and

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 was raised

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 to life

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 for our

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 justification.

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 God's

00:18:07.080 --> 00:18:07.680
 promise of

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 credited

00:18:08.120 --> 00:18:08.640
 righteousness

00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:09.500
 is for

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 us,

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 who believe

00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.740
 in God,

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 who raised

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 his son

00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:14.220
 Jesus for

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 our sins

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 and justification.

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 Tim Keller

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 sums it up

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 this way,

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 Abraham's

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 faith was

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 in the

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 promise of

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 a descendant.

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 Our

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 faith is

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 in what

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 God says

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 one of

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 his

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 descendants

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 has

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 achieved.

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 This is

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 a promise

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 which is

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 to define

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 our reality

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 and shape

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 our lives.

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 As I

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 illustrated

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 before,

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 being credited

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 or counted

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 as righteousness

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 is like

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 the runner

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 that finished

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 first in

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 a 5k

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 pack run

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 did under

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 20 minutes

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 and wait

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 at the

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 finish line

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 for another

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 30 or

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 40 minutes

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 to give

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 me his

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 barcode

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 to record

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 as my

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 time.

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 But not

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 just that,

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 he grabbed

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 my barcode

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 as his

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 record.

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 And so

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 I can

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 count

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 with his

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 best

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 record

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 and he

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 took my

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 bad

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 record

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 onto

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 himself.

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 The

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 person

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 who

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 come

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 out

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 victorious

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 and

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 waiting

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 and

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 trade

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 places

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 with

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 us

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 is

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 not

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 Abraham

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 but

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 our

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 savior

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 Jesus.

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 The

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 descendant

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 of

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 Abraham

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 that we

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 are

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 looking

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 to

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 is

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 an

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 author

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 and

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 perfecter

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 of

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 faith

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 who

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 endures a

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 cross for

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 the joy

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 set

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 before him.

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 Our

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 salvation

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 is

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:31.840
 nothing

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 to do

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 with

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 what

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 is

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 in

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 us

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 or

00:19:34.080 --> 00:19:34.280
 what

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 we

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 achieve

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 but

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 has

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 everything

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 to do

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 with

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 God's

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 work

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 of

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 grace

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 in

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 his

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 son

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 Jesus.

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 Abraham

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 is

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 one of

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 many

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 witnesses

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 that

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 point

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 us

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 to

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 Jesus

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 the

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 pioneer

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 and

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 perfecter

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 of

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 faith.

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 You

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 can

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 see

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 the

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 whole

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 list

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 of

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 examples

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 in

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 the

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 New

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 Testament

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 book

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 of

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 Hebrews

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 chapter

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 11.

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 12.

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 And in

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 chapter

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 12.

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 Verse 2-3

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 it says

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 this.

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 For the

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 joy set

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 before him

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 which

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 Jesus

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 he

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 endured

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 the

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 cross

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 scorning

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 his

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 shame

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 and sat

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 down

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 at the

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 right

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 hand

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 of the

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 throne

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 of

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 God

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 consider

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 him

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 who

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 endured

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 such

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 opposition

00:20:17.340 --> 00:20:17.660
 from

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 sinners

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 so that

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 you

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 will not

00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:20.280
 grow

00:20:20.280 --> 00:20:20.740
 weary

00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:21.520
 or lose

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 heart.

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 Jesus

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 endured

00:20:26.120 --> 00:20:26.720
 the cross

00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:27.440
 for God

00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:27.940
 to

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 credit

00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:28.840
 his

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 righteousness

00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:29.960
 to

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 us.

00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:32.200
 As

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 we

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:33.080
 receive

00:20:33.080 --> 00:20:33.420
 our

00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:33.900
 righteousness

00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:34.840
 we

00:20:34.840 --> 00:20:35.100
 also

00:20:35.100 --> 00:20:35.620
 join

00:20:35.620 --> 00:20:36.460
 in

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:36.620
 the

00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:37.059
 joy

00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:39.320
 that

00:20:39.320 --> 00:20:39.500
 was

00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:39.860
 before

00:20:39.860 --> 00:20:40.320
 Jesus

00:20:40.320 --> 00:20:41.080
 and

00:20:41.080 --> 00:20:41.340
 give

00:20:41.340 --> 00:20:41.660
 glory

00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:41.900
 to

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 God

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.799
 and

00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:42.960
 have

00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:43.120
 a

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 hopeful

00:20:43.600 --> 00:20:44.720
 humility

00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:45.200
 about

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 ourselves.

00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:49.279
 Crucifixion

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:50.160
 is the

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 most

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.400
 shameful

00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:51.900
 way

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.700
 to be

00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:53.160
 punished.

00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:55.100
 Jesus

00:20:55.100 --> 00:20:55.800
 scorned

00:20:55.800 --> 00:20:56.340
 shame

00:20:56.340 --> 00:20:57.100
 and

00:20:57.100 --> 00:20:57.500
 credited

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:57.880
 us

00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:58.460
 righteous

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 so that

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 we

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 do not

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 need to

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:00.620
 be

00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:01.120
 ashamed

00:21:01.120 --> 00:21:01.420
 of

00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:01.680
 our

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.240
 sins

00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:02.820
 or

00:21:02.820 --> 00:21:03.300
 ourselves.

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 Instead

00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:05.340
 we

00:21:05.340 --> 00:21:05.540
 can

00:21:05.540 --> 00:21:05.779
 be

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.259
 honest

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:06.720
 about

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:06.960
 our

00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:07.279
 weakness

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:07.900
 and

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:08.140
 bring

00:21:08.140 --> 00:21:08.380
 them

00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:08.600
 out

00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:08.840
 into

00:21:08.840 --> 00:21:09.000
 the

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.360
 open

00:21:09.360 --> 00:21:09.800
 for

00:21:09.800 --> 00:21:10.040
 God

00:21:10.040 --> 00:21:10.220
 to

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.440
 deal

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:10.640
 with

00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:10.880
 them.

00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:13.080
 Jesus

00:21:13.080 --> 00:21:13.460
 sat

00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:13.720
 down

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:13.840
 at

00:21:13.840 --> 00:21:13.980
 the

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.180
 right

00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:14.420
 hand

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:14.560
 of

00:21:14.560 --> 00:21:14.700
 the

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:14.920
 throne

00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:15.100
 of

00:21:15.100 --> 00:21:15.340
 God

00:21:15.340 --> 00:21:15.740
 to

00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.019
 rule

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.220
 the

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.620
 world

00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:17.320
 and

00:21:17.320 --> 00:21:17.759
 through

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.400
 faith

00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:19.180
 we

00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:19.640
 also

00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:20.080
 rule

00:21:20.080 --> 00:21:20.440
 with

00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:20.680
 him.

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:22.080
 our

00:21:22.080 --> 00:21:22.640
 life

00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:23.220
 is

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.560
 never

00:21:23.560 --> 00:21:23.880
 out

00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:24.039
 of

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 control

00:21:24.560 --> 00:21:25.279
 under

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:25.539
 the

00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:26.039
 kingship

00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:26.240
 of

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:27.080
 Jesus.

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:29.340
 Our

00:21:29.340 --> 00:21:29.960
 purpose

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.680
 and

00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:31.259
 identity

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:31.700
 in the

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:31.980
 world

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.480
 are

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:32.660
 to

00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:33.000
 live

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:33.320
 as

00:21:33.320 --> 00:21:33.880
 children

00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:34.200
 of

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.720
 Jesus

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:35.799
 credited

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.500
 righteousness

00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:37.299
 and

00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:37.539
 rule

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:37.840
 with

00:21:37.840 --> 00:21:38.039
 him.

00:21:39.380 --> 00:21:39.900
 When

00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:40.100
 we

00:21:40.100 --> 00:21:40.460
 consider

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:40.920
 Jesus

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:41.560
 who

00:21:41.560 --> 00:21:41.940
 induced

00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:42.279
 such

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:42.860
 opposition

00:21:42.860 --> 00:21:43.200
 from

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:43.620
 sinners

00:21:43.620 --> 00:21:44.480
 we

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:44.680
 can

00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:45.100
 live

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 without

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 fear

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 of

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 the

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 future

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 and

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 despair

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 at

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 our

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 failing.

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 The

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 power

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 that

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 raised

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 Jesus

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 to

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 life

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 is

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 our

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 justification

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 and

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 assurance

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 that

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 we

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 will

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 be

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 raised

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 to

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 enjoy

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 eternal

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 life

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 in a

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 renewed

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 world.

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 Therefore

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 let us

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 fix our

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 eyes on

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 Jesus

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 the

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 pioneer

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 and

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 perfecter

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 of

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 faith

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 as we

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 continue

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 our

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 journey

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 of being

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 transformed

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 by the

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 gospel

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 through

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 Romans.