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 I had a break. I think we were in Acts like three weeks ago, maybe, or something like that. I can't quite remember.

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 But I appreciate you being patient with me. I got pretty sick a couple weeks ago. I should say three weeks ago.

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 I feel like I've been sick for over a month, really, and just kind of out of the game.

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 So thanks for all your prayers. I really, really am grateful.

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 Kathleen and I had a really great week at UAB Hospital, to be honest.

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 It was really a good time together, even though I wasn't feeling good.

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 And during that time, whenever I go to the hospital, whenever I go back to Birmingham, it's a lot of memories of death,

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 a lot of memories of wrestling with whether or not I was going to live or die, and contemplating eternity and all of that.

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 So I come back definitely renewed with a hope that I will live for eternity and not just what we see right here.

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 Because what we see here is fleeting. It's short. It doesn't last.

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 And so I kind of come even with a lot of that in thinking about our text today.

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 So just join me in a word of prayer.

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 Father, this is your time to work amongst the hearts of your people who are gathered.

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 And I just ask that our mind's attention and our heart's affection will be placed completely on you.

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 God, just protect us from the heart of your heart.

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 Not what happened before this time or not what's going to happen after this time.

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 That you would free us of all distractions.

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 God, just protect this time.

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 And may your word encourage, challenge, convict, and build up the body of Christ.

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 In his name, amen.

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 Amen.

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 So we're in Acts 15.

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 And typical good preaching rules, just to read the text first.

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 And then we'll dive into it.

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 So I'm going to just rewind a little bit though.

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 Just so you know what's been going on before we dive in.

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 But thus far, really, in Acts, if you look at chapter 14,

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 you see that Paul and Barnabas have kind of gone into the Gentile world.

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 And they're preaching the gospel to non-Jews.

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 Like the people in the Roman Empire, Greeks, and others.

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 And the gospel is taking effect in people's hearts.

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 People are coming to Christ.

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 People are surrendering all they have to the gospel.

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 And it hasn't really come easy.

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 They've suffered persecution.

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 Paul is even stoned, even to the point of death at one point.

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 And so let's just start at verse 27 of chapter 14.

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 Then we'll go down to 15.

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 So it says,

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 When they arrived, they gathered the church together

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 and declared all that God had done with them,

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 and how he opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

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 And they remained no little time with the disciples.

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 So that's sort of the backdrop,

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 is the gospel is going forward to the Gentiles,

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 and people are coming to Christ.

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 So, in chapter 15, we're going to see a kind of a hiccup,

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 I guess you could say, to the whole mission going to the Gentiles.

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 All right, starting in chapter 15, verse 1.

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 But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers,

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 Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses,

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 you cannot be saved.

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 And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them,

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 Paul and Barnabas and some others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem

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 to the apostles and the elders about this question.

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 So being sent on their way by the church,

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 they passed by Phoenicia and Samaria,

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 describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles

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 and brought great joy to all the brothers.

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 And when they came to Jerusalem,

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 they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders,

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 and they declared all that God had done with them.

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 But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees

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 rose up and said,

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 it is necessary to circumcise them in order to keep the laws of Moses.

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 The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter.

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 And after there had been much debate,

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 Peter stood up and said to them,

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 Brothers,

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 you know that in the early days God made a choice among you

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 that by the mouth of the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.

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 And God, who knows the heart,

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 bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did.

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 And he made no distinction between us and them,

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 having cleansed their hearts by faith.

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 Now, therefore,

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 why are you putting God to the test

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 by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples

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 that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

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 But we believe that we will be saved

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 through the grace of our Lord Jesus,

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 just as they will.

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 And the assembly fell silent.

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 And they listened to Barnabas and Paul

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 as they related what signs and wonders

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 God had done through them among the Gentiles.

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 After they finished speaking,

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 James replied,

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 Brothers, listen to me.

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 Simeon, that's a form of Peter's name,

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 has related how God first visited the Gentiles

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 to take from them a people for his name.

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 And with this, the words of the prophet agreed,

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 just as it was written,

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 After this, I will return

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 and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen.

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 I will rebuild its ruins

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 and I will restore it.

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 And the remnant of mankind

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 may seek the Lord.

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 And all the Gentiles who are called by my name,

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 says the Lord who makes these things

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 known from old.

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 Therefore, my judgment

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 is that we should not trouble

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 those of the Gentiles who turn to God,

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 but should write to them

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 to abstain from the things

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 polluted by idols,

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 from sexual immorality

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 and from things that have been strangled

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 and from blood.

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 The ancient,

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 excuse me,

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 for from ancient generations,

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 Moses has had in every city

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 those who proclaim him.

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 For he is,

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 excuse me,

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 for he is read every Sabbath

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 in the city of God.

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 So,

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 we're going to unpack all this slowly,

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 kind of scene by scene.

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 But this is a

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 kind of known church-wide

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 as the Council of Jerusalem.

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 48 or 49 A.D.

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 probably.

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 And it was between

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 the apostles

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 and some other church elders,

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 kind of against the backdrop

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 of the Pharisees

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 and what we would say

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 as the Judaizers.

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 And I just kind of want to

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 take a moment and say,

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 I challenge you to

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 to read church history,

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 particularly looking at

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 councils of the church

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 throughout the ages.

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 Some well-known ones

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 that particularly reform people

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 kind of hold very close.

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 Council of Nicaea

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 in 325 A.D.

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 That was when

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 they condemned

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 the Arian heresy.

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 So,

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 Jesus isn't fully God.

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 That was the heresy

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 and they universally

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 condemned that.

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 Jesus is fully God

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 but also fully man.

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 The Council of Carthage

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 in 418 A.D.

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 That's when

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 St. Augustine

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 and some other

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 church leaders

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 condemned

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 Pelagius

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 for saying

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 that man was born

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 with a clean slate.

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 Man was born sinless.

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 So,

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 that was universally

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 condemned.

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 And then also

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 to a lot of people

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 in 1618

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 the Senate of Dort

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 which condemned

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 Arminianism.

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 So,

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 a lot of

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 big councils

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 out there

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 but

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 but why,

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 right?

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 Tell me why I should care.

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 Why should I even

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 look at or read

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 these things?

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 Well,

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 look on your

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 your church bulletin

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 if you have it

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 and

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 this is a pretty

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 great statement

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 that R.C.

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 Spurl made

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 just about

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 looking at our history,

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 looking at our

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 tradition,

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 looking at church

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 councils

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 and so

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 this is why

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 you should care.

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 This is what I said.

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 Although tradition

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 does not rule

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 our interpretation

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 of scripture,

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 it does guide it.

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 If upon reading

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 a particular passage

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 you have come up

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 with an interpretation

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 that has escaped

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 the notice

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 of every other

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 Christian

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 for 2,000 years

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 or has been

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 championed

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 by universally

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 recognized

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 heretics,

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 chances are

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 pretty good

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 that you have

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 better abandoned

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 your interpretation.

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 Is it really good?

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 There's no new

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 truth,

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 there's no new

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 gospel,

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 there's no new

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 things added

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 to what we believe.

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 It's been passed

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 down throughout

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 the ages.

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 So if you

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 come up with

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 something completely

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 new that has

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 that no one's

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 noticed before

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 or has been

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 universally condemned

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 by the church,

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 there's reason

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 to fear.

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 So this is

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 one of the

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 earliest,

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 really,

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 church councils

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 we see

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 and it seems

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 to be by those

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 who are on the

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 fringe of the church

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 and not necessarily

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 mainstream.

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 And so

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 for history people

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 you could just say

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 this is

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 the Jerusalem

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 council,

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 the Magna Carta

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 of the Christian

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 church.

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 For people

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 of a more

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 competitive nature

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 you could say

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 this is

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 the apostles

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 versus the

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 Judaizers.

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 And then

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 one of my

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 favorites

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 for you

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 really,

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 really nerdy

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 theological

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 Puritan

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 types,

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 this is

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 the title

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 of the message,

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 man's fallen

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 tendency

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 to add

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 or improve

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 upon the grace

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 of God

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 in order to

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 prepare himself

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 there unto

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 the final judgment.

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 If you like

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 that title,

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 personally I like

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 that one.

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 To improve

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 upon the grace

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 of God

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 in order to

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 prepare yourself

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 unto the final

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 judgment.

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 so,

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 again,

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 I'm going to

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 tell you why

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 you should

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 care.

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 Because

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 if you knew

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 that you were

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 about to

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 go through

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 physical death

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 and then

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 spiritually

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 entering

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 to eternity

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 and to

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 the judgment,

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 what are you

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 placing your

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 hope in?

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 It's all

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 cool and

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 theological

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 just on

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 paper,

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 but deep

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 down

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 you're going

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 to want

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 to hope

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 in something

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 that's true

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 and secure

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 that gives

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 your soul

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 peace and

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 not in the

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 back of your

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 mind is

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 saying,

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 I hope

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 I did

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 what I

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 had to

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 do.

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 I hope

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 that I

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 did all

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 the good

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 things I

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 could do

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 and that I

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 believed all

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 the right

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 things.

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 Where is

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 your hope

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 going to

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 be?

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 Is it

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 going to

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 be in

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 your own

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 goodness

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 and your

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 works

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 or is

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 it going

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 to be

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 in the

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 finished,

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 completed,

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 work of

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 Jesus

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 Christ?

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 So there's

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 three points

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 and then we'll

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 get into some

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 more application

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 later.

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 But I'm

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 kind of doing

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 this as a

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 scene one,

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 scene two,

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 scene three

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 of all this.

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 But in

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 verses one

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 through five

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 you see the

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 first point

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 which is

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 scene one,

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 the dissension.

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 So this is

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 the problem

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 that's going

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 on.

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 And as I

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 said before,

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 Paul and

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 Barnabas have

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 been out

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 in the

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 Gentile

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 world

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 preaching

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 the gospel.

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 People have

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 been coming

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 to faith.

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 Great

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 things are

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 happening.

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 They have

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 pressed on

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 regardless of

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 persecution or

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 any other

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 thing.

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 And now

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 all that

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 they've done

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 is being

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 called into

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 question by

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 those who

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 hold to the

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 law of

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 Moses.

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 So these

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 are Jews

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 who say,

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 yeah,

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 like Jesus,

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 he was the

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 Messiah,

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 amen,

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 but we

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 have to

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 keep all

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 the old

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 stuff as

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 well if

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 we're going

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 to continue

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 to do

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 this.

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 And we

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 have to

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 instruct

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 the Gentiles

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 to also

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 observe all

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 these things.

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 So their

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 mission was

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 being called

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 them to

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 question.

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 And so

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 I guess in

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 the early

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 days you

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 could say

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 that you

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 might think

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 that the

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 biggest threats

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 to the

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 church were

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 from the

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 outside,

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 physical

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 persecution,

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 but really

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 I'm fully

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 convinced that

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 the greater

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 threats,

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 the greater

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 dangers come

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 from within

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 the church

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 by way of

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 false teaching.

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 It destroys

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 it from the

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 inside out.

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 In 2 Peter

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 chapter 2,

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 Peter says,

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 just as there

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 will be false

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 teachers among

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 you who will

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 secretly bring

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 in destructive

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 heresies,

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 even denying

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 the master

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 who bought

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 them,

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 bringing upon

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 themselves

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 swift

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 destruction.

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 And among

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 these destructive

00:13:53.740 --> 00:13:54.360
 heresies,

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 the longest

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 living one,

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 the longest

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 living heresy

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 ever, and it

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 comes in so

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 many different

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 forms,

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 religions,

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 traditions,

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 cultural

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 ideals,

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 it's the

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 heresy that

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 you can

00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:13.039
 achieve the

00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:13.879
 right standing

00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:15.279
 and salvation

00:14:15.279 --> 00:14:16.000
 with God

00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:17.480
 by your

00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:18.100
 own merit,

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 by how you

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 work,

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 by how good

00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:21.139
 you are,

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 by the good

00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:22.100
 things that

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 you do,

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 because it

00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:27.200
 is within our

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 fallen nature,

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 it is the

00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:30.399
 hardest thing

00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:31.080
 for a fallen

00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:31.799
 man to

00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:33.179
 admit that

00:14:33.179 --> 00:14:33.779
 he needs

00:14:33.779 --> 00:14:34.179
 the grace

00:14:34.179 --> 00:14:34.639
 of God.

00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:36.639
 We are so

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 works-driven

00:14:38.019 --> 00:14:38.919
 in all that we

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 do, all of you

00:14:39.740 --> 00:14:41.539
 are, no matter

00:14:41.539 --> 00:14:42.039
 what you do.

00:14:42.100 --> 00:14:42.419
 You do it in

00:14:42.419 --> 00:14:43.139
 school, you do it

00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:43.779
 in sports, you

00:14:43.779 --> 00:14:44.039
 do it in

00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:44.779
 friendships and

00:14:44.779 --> 00:14:46.699
 relationships, you

00:14:46.699 --> 00:14:47.019
 feel like you

00:14:47.019 --> 00:14:49.079
 have to earn, you

00:14:49.079 --> 00:14:49.419
 feel like people

00:14:49.419 --> 00:14:50.059
 have to pay you

00:14:50.059 --> 00:14:52.059
 back, it's a

00:14:52.059 --> 00:14:52.779
 merited-based

00:14:52.779 --> 00:14:53.579
 thing, you feel

00:14:53.579 --> 00:14:54.240
 like you're loved

00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:55.079
 by people based

00:14:55.079 --> 00:14:57.259
 on your own

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 goodness a lot

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 of the time.

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 It's in us, it's

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 in our deepest

00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:02.620
 part to think

00:15:02.620 --> 00:15:03.259
 that we can

00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:05.259
 achieve this, and

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 it carries into

00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:06.819
 the spiritual realm,

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 like we can do

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 enough good in

00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:09.699
 order to be

00:15:09.699 --> 00:15:10.799
 right before God.

00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:13.539
 that's in us

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 very deeply, and

00:15:16.979 --> 00:15:18.000
 I love how it

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 kind of says

00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:20.279
 there was no

00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:22.299
 small dissension

00:15:22.299 --> 00:15:23.240
 and debate, like

00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:24.099
 they were ticked

00:15:24.099 --> 00:15:25.099
 that these guys

00:15:25.099 --> 00:15:25.879
 were saying this

00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:27.339
 stuff, and so

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 they kind of

00:15:28.059 --> 00:15:28.679
 went right at

00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:29.759
 them, and so

00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:30.500
 what is the

00:15:30.500 --> 00:15:31.139
 dissension, like

00:15:31.139 --> 00:15:31.699
 what is the

00:15:31.699 --> 00:15:32.059
 question?

00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:33.259
 And so you

00:15:33.259 --> 00:15:33.799
 see that in

00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:35.759
 verse 1 and

00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:36.519
 in verse 5,

00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:38.620
 these Jews

00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:39.259
 were saying,

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 unless you are

00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:40.879
 circumcised

00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:41.620
 according to the

00:15:41.620 --> 00:15:42.500
 custom of Moses,

00:15:42.740 --> 00:15:44.079
 you cannot be

00:15:44.079 --> 00:15:44.399
 saved.

00:15:46.579 --> 00:15:47.319
 Then in verse

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 5, it is

00:15:47.939 --> 00:15:49.579
 necessary to

00:15:49.579 --> 00:15:50.600
 circumcise them,

00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:52.500
 the Gentiles, and

00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:53.439
 to order them to

00:15:53.439 --> 00:15:54.620
 keep the law of

00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:54.919
 Moses.

00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:56.659
 So that was a

00:15:56.659 --> 00:15:57.559
 huge point of

00:15:57.559 --> 00:15:58.319
 contention in the

00:15:58.319 --> 00:15:59.139
 early church, and

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 that is simply,

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 how much does a

00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:03.980
 Gentile convert to

00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:05.159
 Christ, how much

00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:06.039
 of the law of

00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:06.819
 Moses did they

00:16:06.819 --> 00:16:07.620
 need to obey?

00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:10.000
 Because Gentiles

00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:10.459
 are sort of

00:16:10.459 --> 00:16:11.219
 newcomers, right?

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 Israel were the

00:16:13.139 --> 00:16:13.899
 people that God

00:16:13.899 --> 00:16:14.620
 had shown himself

00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:15.199
 to, and given

00:16:15.199 --> 00:16:15.939
 his law to.

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 So this is a

00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:17.860
 big deal.

00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:19.620
 Should Gentile

00:16:19.620 --> 00:16:20.419
 believers submit

00:16:20.419 --> 00:16:21.059
 to all the

00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:21.740
 requirements of

00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:22.879
 the law of

00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:24.559
 Moses given to

00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:24.959
 the Jewish

00:16:24.959 --> 00:16:26.959
 nation, especially

00:16:26.959 --> 00:16:28.259
 circumcision, in

00:16:28.259 --> 00:16:28.779
 order to be a

00:16:28.779 --> 00:16:29.120
 part of the

00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:29.439
 church?

00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:31.139
 You get asked

00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:31.599
 that question

00:16:31.599 --> 00:16:31.939
 today.

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 I can't tell

00:16:32.439 --> 00:16:32.839
 you how many

00:16:32.839 --> 00:16:33.379
 times on the

00:16:33.379 --> 00:16:34.019
 college campus

00:16:34.019 --> 00:16:34.639
 you get asked

00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:35.799
 a question by

00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:38.059
 either a, you

00:16:38.059 --> 00:16:39.099
 know, an

00:16:39.099 --> 00:16:39.799
 unbeliever who

00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:41.099
 will say, well,

00:16:41.219 --> 00:16:41.639
 what about

00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:42.139
 Leviticus?

00:16:42.219 --> 00:16:42.579
 What about all

00:16:42.579 --> 00:16:43.319
 those laws in

00:16:43.319 --> 00:16:43.500
 there?

00:16:43.579 --> 00:16:44.399
 You say you

00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:44.759
 believe the

00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:45.539
 Bible literally,

00:16:46.199 --> 00:16:46.719
 so what about,

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 are you supposed

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 to do this,

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 this, and this,

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 and this?

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 So it's

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 applicable very

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 much to

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 everyone here.

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 How much of

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 the law are we

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 supposed to

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 follow?

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 So the Jewish

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 law, I'm going

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 to get into that

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 more next week.

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 I'm just going

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 to talk about

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 the law, and

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 so give you a

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 one-on-one on

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 the law, but

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 very simple, you

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 know, glazing

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 over it, there

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 are moral laws,

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 that's the Ten

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 Commandments, that

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 is like, tells us

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 what sin is and

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 how to honor God.

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 Those are actually

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 still in effect for

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 us today as

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 believers, those

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 have not been done

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 away with at all.

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 Other ones are a

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 more ceremonial

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 nature, circumcision,

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 rituals, festivals,

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 purity and cleansing

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 that they had to do,

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 the way that they

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 dressed.

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 I love when I get

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 asked the question

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 about tattoos, like

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 I love that question.

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 So, like, so what

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 do you do about

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 that, right?

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 So there's these

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 things that God

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 gave the nation of

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 Israel to act like

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 and to do, to set

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 themselves apart from

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 other nations.

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 So circumcision,

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 though, seems to be

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 the biggest one, a

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 big one.

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 And that comes

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 from, really,

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 Genesis 17, 9-14.

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 And circumcision

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 was an outward sign

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 that you belong to

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 the people of God.

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 And it also was an

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 outward expression that

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 you were devoted to

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 keeping the law of

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 Moses.

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 But, I'll just go

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 ahead and throw this

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 out there.

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 Circumcision, in its

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 truest form, was an

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 outward expression of

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 an inward need.

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 it was saying, like,

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 I need God to

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 circumcise my heart.

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 What Daniel just

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 read a little while

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 ago is a perfect

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 picture of that.

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 We need new hearts.

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 God has to take out

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 our heart of stone

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 and put in a heart

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 of flesh so that we

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 can walk in a way

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 that pleases God.

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 So that's really what

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 circumcision was.

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 But these guys saw it

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 as, like, a cultic

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 right to be

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 circumcised, to have

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 male converts who are

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 Gentile go through

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 this process.

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 So, here's the

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 danger.

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 Here's the two

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 points of contention.

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 Okay?

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 Number one, it's

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 dangerous to the

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 gospel, the true

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 gospel, because they

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 were arguing that

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 Gentiles had to do

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 all this stuff in

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 order to be made

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 right with God.

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 So, therefore, it is

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 a works-based

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 righteousness and

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 salvation.

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 So, the true

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 essence of the

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 gospel is being

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 threatened.

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 Secondly, a big

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 one, the church's

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 unity.

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 The church's unity

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 is being threatened.

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 So, Gentiles have

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 to adhere to all

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 of the Mosaic

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 law.

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 That means that

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 they have to leave

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 their own communities

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 and leave the

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 Gentiles to be

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 separated from

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 them.

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 They wouldn't be

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 able to eat with

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 them, to have

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 fellowship with

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 them, because they

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 would be considered

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 ceremonially unclean

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 by Jewish law.

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 And even taking the

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 Lord's Supper, they

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 wouldn't have been

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 able to do that

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 with their fellow

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 Gentiles who

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 believed.

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 So, just for further

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 reading on that, look

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 at Romans, you don't

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 got to turn there, but

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 just write Romans 2,

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 25 through 29, for

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 just some more

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 reading on just the

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 law itself.

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 So, false teaching

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 was threatening the

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 gospel itself and the

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 church's unity.

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 So, this is a big

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 deal.

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 And the attitude of

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 the Judaizers seems

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 to be like self-appointed

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 leaders.

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 Seems to be haughty.

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 Seems to be superior.

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 We are holier than you

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 guys.

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 And so, we're going to

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 come down here and

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 inform you, you

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 ignorant Gentiles, that

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 that's great you have

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 Jesus, but you also

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 need this other stuff

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 in order to rightly

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 honor God.

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 Like, your faith is

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 not sufficient.

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 You have to have

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 this plus.

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 And in their minds,

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 you've got to think

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 about where they're

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 coming from.

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 They're like, we're

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 the Jews.

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 Like, we are the

00:21:02.820 --> 00:21:03.900
 people that God has

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 disclosed himself to

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 for thousands of

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 years.

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 Like, he's given us

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 his laws, given us

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 his statutes.

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 And even when Jesus

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 was here, he was a

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 Jew, and he upheld

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 the law of Moses.

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 But he did it to

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 fulfill it.

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 Insert that.

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 But surely, right,

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 they must be

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 thinking, it's God's

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 will for us to go

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 and educate and

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 teach these ignorant

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:29.180
 Gentiles about all

00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:29.819
 the stuff that they

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 don't know in order

00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:32.259
 to make them more

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:34.039
 holy, acceptable,

00:21:34.399 --> 00:21:36.279
 and devoted to God.

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 Yeah, Jesus is good,

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 but you need plus

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:42.139
 the Mosaic law to be

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 right before God.

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 So, big deal.

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 So, this didn't go

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.619
 without opposition,

00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:49.619
 as we see.

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 The apostles, I love

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 that, like it says,

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.359
 that Paul and

00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:54.700
 Barnabas had no small

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.680
 dissension and debate

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 with them.

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 So, they're like,

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.960
 whoa, if you think

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.839
 you're going to go and

00:21:58.839 --> 00:22:00.500
 corrupt them, think

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:00.839
 again.

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.319
 We're going to go to

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:03.099
 Jerusalem, we're going

00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:03.919
 to sort this out.

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.599
 So, that's where they

00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:05.839
 go.

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.440
 They're going to go

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:08.500
 deal with this.

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:11.019
 It's just an issue

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:13.000
 that's too big for

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:14.460
 just a small local

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.440
 congregation to figure

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:15.740
 out.

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:17.259
 So, this is a

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:18.440
 church-wide thing.

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:20.099
 So, that's what,

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.759
 that's the problem.

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:23.220
 That's the dissension.

00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:24.059
 That's the question

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:24.859
 that's being asked.

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 I'm going to tell you

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.859
 why you should care

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:27.880
 later if you don't

00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:28.519
 already care.

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.420
 But then let's just

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:31.400
 move into scene two.

00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:34.220
 Scene two is the

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.759
 discussion.

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.480
 So, the dissension

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:38.400
 and now the discussion.

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.160
 And that's seen

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:41.200
 in verses six

00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:42.039
 through eighteen.

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:44.220
 So, just sort of

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:44.880
 setting the scene.

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.820
 It says the apostles

00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:46.620
 and the elders.

00:22:47.060 --> 00:22:48.620
 So, they're providing

00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:49.400
 like the main

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:51.700
 opposition, the main

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:53.440
 debate in leadership

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:54.400
 over the council.

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:56.060
 But I want you to

00:22:56.060 --> 00:22:56.800
 kind of see this.

00:22:57.640 --> 00:22:57.920
 Okay?

00:22:58.900 --> 00:23:00.020
 This is why we are

00:23:00.020 --> 00:23:01.980
 a elder-led, but we

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:03.220
 are also congregational

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.840
 here at Christ's

00:23:03.840 --> 00:23:04.100
 Family.

00:23:04.600 --> 00:23:05.460
 But if you look at

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:06.200
 verse twenty-two,

00:23:07.580 --> 00:23:08.640
 it says that the

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:10.580
 whole church was

00:23:10.580 --> 00:23:11.420
 present for this

00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:12.280
 momentous occasion,

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:13.399
 and they also gave

00:23:13.399 --> 00:23:15.039
 consent to the

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.740
 final outcome.

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.319
 It wasn't like,

00:23:17.399 --> 00:23:17.960
 we're just these

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:19.220
 humble people down

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.839
 here and we have

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:21.059
 to rely on these

00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:22.460
 apostles to be like

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:23.519
 a direct connection

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:24.119
 to God.

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:26.079
 So, it was a

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:28.000
 church-wide thing

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.740
 that was consented

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:28.980
 to.

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 So, whenever there

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:33.779
 is a serious

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:35.859
 spiritual, doctrinal

00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:36.500
 issue under

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.180
 consideration,

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.240
 congregation,

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.420
 okay?

00:23:39.320 --> 00:23:40.080
 How should we

00:23:40.080 --> 00:23:40.580
 deal with it?

00:23:41.820 --> 00:23:42.460
 Think about it,

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:42.980
 just here in our

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.660
 own congregation.

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.860
 Our example is

00:23:45.860 --> 00:23:46.500
 right here in our

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:46.840
 text.

00:23:47.840 --> 00:23:48.340
 Look at verse

00:23:48.340 --> 00:23:48.680
 seven.

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 It says,

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:50.820
 after there was

00:23:50.820 --> 00:23:51.480
 much debate.

00:23:53.080 --> 00:23:54.000
 So, important

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.880
 decisions are not

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:56.759
 decided by haunches

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.299
 we have,

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:58.019
 feelings,

00:23:58.680 --> 00:23:59.279
 our opinions.

00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:01.620
 They are decided

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:03.480
 by prayer,

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:04.060
 humility,

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:04.580
 wisdom,

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:05.840
 careful logic,

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.859
 and reason from

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:08.480
 the scriptures.

00:24:09.159 --> 00:24:09.839
 That happens

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.299
 right here.

00:24:10.399 --> 00:24:10.980
 They use the

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.679
 scripture to back

00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:12.159
 up what they're

00:24:12.159 --> 00:24:12.939
 trying to say.

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:15.799
 So, the first

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.639
 guy to kind of

00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:18.519
 weigh in is

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:18.839
 Peter.

00:24:19.419 --> 00:24:20.019
 So, if I could

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.579
 think I have some

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.339
 guys on my team,

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:21.959
 I would want Peter

00:24:21.959 --> 00:24:22.579
 on my team and I

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:22.980
 would want Paul

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.379
 on my team.

00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:24.459
 And I think that

00:24:24.459 --> 00:24:24.939
 would be probably

00:24:24.939 --> 00:24:25.740
 it in regard to

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:27.259
 dealing with, in

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:28.079
 terms of how much

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:28.859
 of the Jewish law

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.399
 do we have to

00:24:29.399 --> 00:24:29.740
 obey.

00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:31.619
 I just wish I

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:32.220
 could have been

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.779
 there, but this

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.639
 is a big deal.

00:24:34.419 --> 00:24:35.359
 So, Peter kind of

00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:35.899
 weighs in.

00:24:37.439 --> 00:24:38.359
 And he says,

00:24:38.419 --> 00:24:39.059
 like in the early

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:39.879
 days, probably

00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:41.619
 referring to when

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:43.299
 he was used to

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.879
 go to the house

00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:45.559
 of Cornelius and

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:46.279
 to take the gospel

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:47.219
 to the Gentiles.

00:24:48.179 --> 00:24:48.719
 But I'm going to

00:24:48.719 --> 00:24:49.799
 show you, just

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.619
 with Peter, three

00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:52.519
 arguments that he

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.339
 kind of uses to

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:55.000
 say, no

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.839
 circumcision for

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:57.219
 the Gentiles, no

00:24:57.219 --> 00:24:58.279
 mosaic law for

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.000
 the Gentiles.

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.759
 So, you see the

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:02.659
 first argument in

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.180
 verse 8.

00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:05.779
 And he's saying

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.620
 that like God

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.700
 has given approval

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:09.300
 of the faith of

00:25:09.300 --> 00:25:11.120
 the Gentiles, who

00:25:11.120 --> 00:25:11.940
 placed their faith

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:13.259
 in Christ by

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.160
 giving them the

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.740
 Holy Spirit.

00:25:15.540 --> 00:25:16.700
 So, they received

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.560
 the Holy Spirit

00:25:17.560 --> 00:25:20.400
 without being

00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:21.480
 circumcised and

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.080
 without the

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:22.860
 mosaic law.

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:24.639
 So, he was

00:25:24.639 --> 00:25:26.839
 saying, they

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.519
 didn't do those

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:27.859
 things.

00:25:28.479 --> 00:25:28.899
 And God

00:25:28.899 --> 00:25:29.619
 himself, through

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:30.139
 the power of

00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:30.659
 the gospel,

00:25:31.379 --> 00:25:32.199
 regenerated their

00:25:32.199 --> 00:25:32.959
 hearts and gave

00:25:32.959 --> 00:25:33.579
 them the Holy

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:33.879
 Spirit.

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:37.039
 Maybe today, you

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.719
 might compare it to

00:25:37.719 --> 00:25:38.159
 people in the

00:25:38.159 --> 00:25:38.659
 church and say,

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.259
 you have to be

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:40.679
 baptized in

00:25:40.679 --> 00:25:41.339
 order to have,

00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:43.039
 in water, in

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.639
 order to have

00:25:43.639 --> 00:25:44.439
 the Holy Spirit,

00:25:45.159 --> 00:25:45.799
 or at

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.259
 conversion.

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:48.379
 So, that's

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:48.759
 his first

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.140
 argument.

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.220
 God gave

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.640
 them the Holy

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:51.000
 Spirit.

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:53.220
 Argument 2

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:54.640
 is in

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.299
 verse 9.

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:57.640
 And he's

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.420
 referring to

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.019
 the reality

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.660
 that God

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.579
 had cleansed

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.660
 their hearts

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:02.480
 by faith,

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:04.319
 not by

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.779
 works of

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.200
 the law

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:06.220
 or by

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.839
 circumcision.

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.640
 He might

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:08.900
 have even

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.579
 had a memory

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:11.140
 of Cornelius

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:11.879
 again when God

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.500
 spoke to him

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:13.019
 in that vision

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.379
 and said,

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.519
 hey, what

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:14.960
 God has

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.640
 called clean,

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.200
 do not

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.080
 call common.

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.480
 God has

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.180
 cleaned them,

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.860
 so don't look

00:26:19.860 --> 00:26:20.480
 on them and

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:20.980
 say that your

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.759
 faith is not

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.420
 good enough and

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:22.940
 that you are

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:24.759
 still unclean.

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.700
 That Spirit-born

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.180
 faith.

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.040
 Okay?

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:29.520
 God had

00:26:29.520 --> 00:26:30.020
 cleansed them.

00:26:31.040 --> 00:26:31.500
 The third

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:33.220
 argument in

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.780
 verse 10,

00:26:35.060 --> 00:26:35.680
 and I love

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.200
 this because he

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.640
 just kind of

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.540
 poses a rhetorical

00:26:37.540 --> 00:26:38.060
 question,

00:26:39.020 --> 00:26:39.680
 kind of like

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.759
 revealing that no

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.620
 human being can

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.340
 keep the law

00:26:42.340 --> 00:26:43.600
 of God

00:26:43.600 --> 00:26:44.259
 perfectly.

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.339
 perfectly.

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:46.259
 So, again,

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:46.960
 the law,

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:47.339
 we're going to

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:47.799
 give you a quick

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.500
 rundown next

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:50.400
 week, but I

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:50.839
 hope it was

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.440
 more appropriate

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.099
 for next week.

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:54.140
 But Peter says

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:54.720
 in regard to

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.480
 the Mosaic

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.980
 Law, like,

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.599
 why in the

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.559
 world are we

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:01.779
 Jews trying to

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.539
 place such a

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.460
 heavy burden,

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.539
 a heavy yoke,

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:05.859
 on the shoulders

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.779
 of the Gentiles

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.500
 when none of

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.299
 our forefathers,

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.359
 and we,

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.339
 cannot carry it?

00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:11.039
 Like, are you

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.500
 crazy?

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.220
 We cannot

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:13.299
 place this

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:14.039
 burden on

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.319
 them.

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.440
 And the

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:16.779
 metaphor,

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.220
 just look at

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:19.839
 the word in

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.240
 the verse

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.680
 yoke,

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.940
 it's like this

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.519
 heavy burden,

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:23.980
 something that

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.779
 an oxen would

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.420
 carry.

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:27.599
 It refers to

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.500
 the law,

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.119
 not just

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:29.799
 circumcision,

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.579
 but the

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.680
 entire Mosaic

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.079
 Law.

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:34.240
 Paul refers to

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.480
 the law as a

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:35.920
 yoke of

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.359
 slavery.

00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:41.819
 And by

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.559
 speaking of

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.259
 the law as

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.899
 an unbearable

00:27:44.899 --> 00:27:45.339
 yoke,

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:46.699
 Peter is not

00:27:46.699 --> 00:27:47.439
 denying that the

00:27:47.439 --> 00:27:48.279
 law is still a

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.699
 good thing.

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.159
 It's a good

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:49.759
 thing, because it

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.939
 tells us what

00:27:50.939 --> 00:27:51.839
 dishonors God and

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.740
 what pleases God.

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.740
 It was a gift

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.659
 from God, but

00:27:54.659 --> 00:27:56.039
 it was not

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:57.699
 intended to

00:27:57.699 --> 00:27:58.719
 be the means by

00:27:58.719 --> 00:27:59.179
 which you were

00:27:59.179 --> 00:27:59.799
 made right with

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.059
 God.

00:28:00.159 --> 00:28:01.219
 It's to expose

00:28:01.219 --> 00:28:02.699
 the reality that

00:28:02.699 --> 00:28:03.559
 you can't be made

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.159
 right with God

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:04.799
 according to your

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.379
 own works.

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:06.800
 you can't keep

00:28:06.800 --> 00:28:07.220
 the law

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.800
 perfectly.

00:28:08.580 --> 00:28:09.080
 The law

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:11.280
 itself never

00:28:11.280 --> 00:28:12.380
 provides people

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:13.560
 with the spiritual

00:28:13.560 --> 00:28:14.400
 power to keep

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:14.540
 it.

00:28:15.280 --> 00:28:15.760
 We need

00:28:15.760 --> 00:28:16.520
 something else

00:28:16.520 --> 00:28:17.000
 in order to

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.620
 keep the law.

00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:19.000
 It's what Daniel

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.560
 read earlier.

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.000
 It's like we

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.660
 need God to

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.260
 change our

00:28:21.260 --> 00:28:21.660
 hearts.

00:28:23.020 --> 00:28:23.500
 We need to be

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.060
 born again.

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.540
 We need to be

00:28:24.540 --> 00:28:26.280
 regenerated by

00:28:26.280 --> 00:28:26.780
 the power of

00:28:26.780 --> 00:28:27.420
 the Spirit to

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:28.380
 keep the law

00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:28.940
 perfectly.

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:31.920
 So, that's

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.340
 what he's trying

00:28:32.340 --> 00:28:32.740
 to say.

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.420
 This law was

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.200
 to show you

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.880
 that you

00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.460
 can't do

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.680
 it.

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.740
 It was to

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.420
 point you

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:39.319
 to the

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:40.019
 Savior who

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.440
 could do

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:40.620
 it.

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.039
 You need

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.660
 deliverance.

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.140
 You need

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:43.779
 the Savior.

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.360
 So, then he

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:45.940
 kind of wraps

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:47.600
 up in verse

00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:48.319
 11 with that

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:49.779
 closing, kind

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.259
 of going back

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.819
 to the thesis

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.140
 here.

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.600
 He kind of

00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.700
 closes and

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.100
 he says,

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:53.759
 but we

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:55.440
 believe that

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:55.860
 we will be

00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:57.900
 saved through

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.960
 the grace of

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.340
 the Lord

00:28:59.340 --> 00:29:01.200
 Jesus just as

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.720
 they will.

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:03.500
 the only

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:04.039
 means of

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.759
 salvation for

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.319
 both Jew

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:06.180
 and Gentile

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:07.539
 comes only

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.059
 as a gift

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.460
 of God

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:08.880
 by his

00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:09.279
 grace.

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.460
 And the

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:10.960
 connecting

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.420
 point of

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:11.839
 that is

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.960
 our faith,

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.680
 our complete

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:15.140
 trust in

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:15.620
 the Savior

00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:16.160
 to save

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.440
 us.

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:17.980
 So, that's

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.279
 Peter.

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:18.720
 Then he

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.779
 does a

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.319
 mic drop

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:21.059
 and everybody's

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.400
 quiet.

00:29:22.360 --> 00:29:23.180
 And then

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:23.839
 Paul and

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.339
 Barnabas

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:25.640
 stand up

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:27.800
 and they

00:29:27.800 --> 00:29:28.500
 speak out

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:28.960
 in defense

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.460
 of God's

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:29.980
 work through

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.320
 them and

00:29:30.320 --> 00:29:31.000
 the Gentiles.

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.580
 Look at

00:29:32.580 --> 00:29:33.380
 the verses.

00:29:33.580 --> 00:29:34.140
 They related

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:35.680
 what signs

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.320
 and wonders

00:29:36.320 --> 00:29:36.820
 God had

00:29:36.820 --> 00:29:37.340
 done through

00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:37.980
 them among

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.700
 the Gentiles.

00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:40.360
 So, he

00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:40.640
 had given

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.020
 them great

00:29:41.020 --> 00:29:41.780
 success in

00:29:41.780 --> 00:29:42.300
 their mission

00:29:42.300 --> 00:29:42.660
 to the

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:43.180
 Gentiles.

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:44.740
 And I

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:46.220
 want to be

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.680
 clear here.

00:29:46.780 --> 00:29:47.120
 Paul and

00:29:47.120 --> 00:29:47.520
 Barnabas

00:29:47.520 --> 00:29:48.060
 aren't using

00:29:48.060 --> 00:29:49.980
 experience to

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.680
 prove what

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.920
 happened or

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.280
 to prove

00:29:52.280 --> 00:29:52.900
 something true.

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.259
 They're just

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.759
 trying to say

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:55.380
 like, this

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:56.080
 happened and

00:29:56.080 --> 00:29:56.740
 we experienced

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.140
 it because

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:57.760
 God said

00:29:57.760 --> 00:29:58.100
 it would.

00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.440
 He promised

00:29:59.440 --> 00:29:59.800
 that this

00:29:59.800 --> 00:30:00.260
 would happen

00:30:00.260 --> 00:30:00.540
 and now

00:30:00.540 --> 00:30:01.000
 we're seeing

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.220
 it.

00:30:01.860 --> 00:30:02.220
 He's not

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.800
 saying, well,

00:30:03.340 --> 00:30:04.380
 these good

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:04.940
 things happen

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.440
 so it must

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:05.840
 be true.

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.420
 They're saying,

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:06.760
 he's saying,

00:30:06.840 --> 00:30:07.600
 God promised

00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:08.540
 these things

00:30:08.540 --> 00:30:08.980
 would happen

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.620
 and now we

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:10.020
 see them

00:30:10.020 --> 00:30:10.560
 and God

00:30:10.560 --> 00:30:11.060
 is true.

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:13.200
 Big difference.

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.920
 So, that's

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.180
 what they

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.740
 kind of say.

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.060
 We saw

00:30:17.060 --> 00:30:17.740
 God work

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.360
 among us.

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:18.560
 He did

00:30:18.560 --> 00:30:19.260
 wonders

00:30:19.260 --> 00:30:20.300
 among the

00:30:20.300 --> 00:30:20.840
 Gentiles.

00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:22.260
 And then

00:30:22.260 --> 00:30:22.660
 lastly,

00:30:22.780 --> 00:30:23.180
 James

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:24.800
 stands up.

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:26.220
 And this

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.860
 is James,

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.260
 the brother

00:30:27.260 --> 00:30:27.780
 of Jesus.

00:30:28.780 --> 00:30:29.340
 He kind

00:30:29.340 --> 00:30:29.760
 of weighs

00:30:29.760 --> 00:30:30.280
 in on the

00:30:30.280 --> 00:30:30.680
 argument.

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.060
 And he

00:30:32.060 --> 00:30:32.620
 says, well,

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.500
 you heard

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:35.140
 Peter, you

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:35.580
 heard Paul

00:30:35.580 --> 00:30:36.180
 and Barnabas,

00:30:36.600 --> 00:30:37.540
 but I want

00:30:37.540 --> 00:30:38.200
 to tell you

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:39.460
 that what

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:39.820
 they just

00:30:39.820 --> 00:30:40.380
 said is

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:40.820
 supported

00:30:40.820 --> 00:30:42.000
 heavily by

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.360
 Scripture.

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.940
 That's kind

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.300
 of what he

00:30:44.300 --> 00:30:44.940
 stands up

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.280
 and says

00:30:45.280 --> 00:30:45.480
 here.

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.960
 And he

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.580
 refers to

00:30:48.580 --> 00:30:49.160
 the prophets

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.720
 in verse

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.260
 15.

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.940
 And he

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.879
 really could

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:53.319
 appeal to

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:53.660
 many,

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:53.980
 many,

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.619
 many Old

00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:54.980
 Testament

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:56.740
 texts that

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:58.180
 defend the

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.960
 inclusion of

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.819
 the Gentiles

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.180
 and the

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.599
 people of

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:00.879
 God.

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.359
 Isaiah

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:03.119
 45,

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:04.279
 21 is

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:04.819
 one verse.

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:05.259
 Isaiah

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.759
 45,

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.319
 21.

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.779
 But James

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:09.519
 refers to

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:10.440
 Amos 9,

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:11.960
 11 through

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.299
 12,

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:12.779
 the prophet

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.279
 Amos.

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:15.319
 And Amos

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.819
 is speaking

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.539
 of a time

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:18.099
 when God

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.839
 would include

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.779
 the Gentiles

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.899
 called by

00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:21.420
 his name.

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.480
 If you

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.899
 were called

00:31:22.899 --> 00:31:23.500
 by God's

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:23.759
 name,

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.420
 it implies

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.240
 relationship.

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:26.220
 It implies

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.879
 salvation.

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:27.980
 And he's

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.579
 saying that

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.420
 the Gentiles

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:29.720
 will be

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.259
 included

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:31.399
 in the

00:31:31.399 --> 00:31:31.819
 people of

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.099
 God.

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.460
 They will

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.579
 be included

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.000
 in the

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.480
 rebuilding

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.639
 of the

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:36.059
 house of

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.399
 David.

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.200
 Pretty

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.519
 awesome.

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.839
 So this

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.680
 was foretold.

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:41.680
 So he

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:41.899
 kind of

00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:42.240
 is saying,

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:42.500
 you know,

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:42.960
 I concur

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.519
 with them,

00:31:43.659 --> 00:31:43.980
 but I

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.299
 just want

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.519
 you to

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.059
 know that

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:46.159
 God is

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.640
 always

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.160
 foretold

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.500
 this.

00:31:47.820 --> 00:31:48.180
 He was

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:48.680
 going to

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.000
 do it,

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.480
 and now

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:49.759
 we're

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.400
 seeing it.

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.240
 It's

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:51.640
 happening

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.380
 right now.

00:31:54.040 --> 00:31:55.519
 So that's

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:55.740
 the,

00:31:55.860 --> 00:31:57.560
 you know,

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.860
 the discussion,

00:31:59.100 --> 00:31:59.580
 the debate.

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.420
 Brings us

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:01.940
 to the

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.519
 third thing,

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:03.200
 scene three,

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:05.019
 is the

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.500
 decree,

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.860
 the decree,

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:08.960
 or he

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.220
 could say

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.840
 the decision.

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:11.000
 So what's

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.440
 the outcome

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:11.800
 here?

00:32:12.580 --> 00:32:12.900
 That's

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:13.519
 verse 19

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:14.220
 through 21.

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:16.299
 So here's

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.660
 the final

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:16.980
 decree.

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.420
 How much

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:17.880
 of the

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.200
 law,

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.480
 the

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.900
 mosaic

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.279
 law,

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:19.799
 does a

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.240
 Gentile

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.680
 believer

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:21.960
 have to

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.500
 obey to

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:24.259
 be saved?

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.240
 Does he

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.600
 have to be

00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:26.319
 circumcised?

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:27.640
 And the

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:28.299
 answer is

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:29.019
 a resounding

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.519
 no.

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:31.279
 Keeping

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.480
 the

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:31.860
 mosaic

00:32:31.860 --> 00:32:32.279
 law,

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:32.940
 rituals,

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.400
 sacrifices,

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.240
 customs,

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.400
 are not

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:37.759
 required of

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.259
 a Gentile

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.980
 believer to

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.380
 be a part

00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:39.579
 of the

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:39.900
 church.

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:41.740
 the only

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.180
 part of

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:42.480
 the law

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:42.700
 that's

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:42.880
 really

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.220
 valid,

00:32:43.320 --> 00:32:43.519
 which we'll

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:43.780
 get into

00:32:43.780 --> 00:32:44.340
 next week,

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:44.680
 is the

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.320
 moral law.

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.240
 And the

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.759
 next few

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:48.500
 verses are

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.100
 evidence of

00:32:49.100 --> 00:32:49.420
 that,

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:51.160
 to keep

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.500
 the moral

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:51.860
 law.

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:53.680
 But God

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.120
 has clearly

00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:54.820
 chosen to

00:32:54.820 --> 00:32:55.500
 include people

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:55.840
 of all

00:32:55.840 --> 00:32:56.380
 nations in

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:56.800
 the church.

00:32:57.640 --> 00:32:57.940
 So the

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.660
 old restrictions

00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:59.259
 that set

00:32:59.259 --> 00:33:00.040
 Israel apart

00:33:00.040 --> 00:33:01.500
 don't apply

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:01.920
 anymore.

00:33:03.060 --> 00:33:03.960
 Only by

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:05.300
 faith and

00:33:05.300 --> 00:33:05.840
 trusting in

00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:06.120
 Christ.

00:33:06.320 --> 00:33:06.600
 So I'm

00:33:06.600 --> 00:33:06.920
 just going to

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.320
 read to you

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:08.099
 Acts 13,

00:33:08.639 --> 00:33:09.899
 28,

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:10.700
 real fast.

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:11.919
 It says,

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.339
 Let it be

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:12.819
 known to

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:12.960
 you,

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.279
 therefore,

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:13.859
 brothers,

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:14.819
 that through

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.480
 this man

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.000
 Jesus,

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.379
 forgiveness

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:18.139
 of sins

00:33:18.139 --> 00:33:18.679
 is proclaimed

00:33:18.679 --> 00:33:19.240
 to you,

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.460
 and by

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.240
 him everyone

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:22.240
 who believes

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:23.519
 or has

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.899
 faith is

00:33:24.899 --> 00:33:25.559
 set free

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.539
 from everything

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.619
 from which

00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:28.000
 you could

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.639
 not be

00:33:28.639 --> 00:33:29.139
 free by

00:33:29.139 --> 00:33:29.480
 the law

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:30.019
 of Moses.

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.599
 Couldn't

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:31.939
 happen.

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.919
 So,

00:33:34.439 --> 00:33:36.079
 James goes

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:36.439
 on,

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.279
 and he

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:37.960
 proposes a

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.400
 solution.

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:38.820
 So,

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.740
 we know

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.200
 that Jews

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.840
 and Gentiles

00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:41.140
 are going

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:41.460
 to come

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.059
 into contact

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.420
 with each

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:42.660
 other.

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.799
 So what

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.039
 do we

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.500
 tell them?

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:44.860
 How do we

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.559
 move forward

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.720
 without saying

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.059
 you have to

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.380
 keep the

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:48.019
 whole Mosaic

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.400
 law?

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:48.779
 What do we

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.259
 tell them?

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:51.000
 How does

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.340
 the mission

00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:51.980
 go forward?

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:53.799
 And so,

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.640
 that's what

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:54.860
 we'll get

00:33:54.860 --> 00:33:55.420
 into a lot

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:55.920
 more next

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.279
 week.

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.299
 But he

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:57.840
 kind of has

00:33:57.840 --> 00:33:58.620
 a condition.

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:58.960
 It's like,

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.519
 this is what

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.400
 we need to

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:00.640
 do.

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:00.980
 This is what

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.259
 we need to

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:02.420
 tell the

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:03.019
 people out

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.500
 there in

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.039
 order to

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:05.080
 interact with

00:34:05.080 --> 00:34:05.519
 one another.

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:05.599
 other.

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.720
 So he

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.559
 humbly

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:08.199
 offers a

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.699
 suggestion

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:09.880
 for the

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.480
 fellowship of

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:10.840
 Jews and

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.400
 Gentiles.

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.920
 And this

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.559
 letter goes

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:14.159
 out to all

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.679
 the different

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:16.199
 churches as

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:16.639
 the gospel

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.759
 goes forward.

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.300
 So,

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:21.300
 that's kind of

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:21.920
 unpacking our

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.259
 text.

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:23.659
 So,

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.460
 some application.

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.539
 question.

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:28.320
 Why should

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:28.740
 you care?

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:30.619
 Okay?

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:32.059
 There's a few

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.780
 things I have

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.199
 for you.

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:35.099
 But one is,

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:35.579
 in a room

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.280
 this size,

00:34:37.240 --> 00:34:37.659
 I can

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.220
 guarantee

00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:39.920
 that there

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.260
 are some

00:34:40.260 --> 00:34:40.539
 of you

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:40.940
 here who

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.639
 are still

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.440
 convinced

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:44.559
 that you

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:44.880
 will be

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:45.380
 made right

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:45.820
 with God,

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.079
 that you

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.420
 will be

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.860
 saved by

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:48.300
 your own

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:48.920
 goodness and

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.179
 by your

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:49.740
 own works.

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:50.880
 You're

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.300
 convinced,

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:51.679
 like you're

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.780
 even not

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.260
 liking what

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:53.640
 I'm saying

00:34:53.640 --> 00:34:54.100
 right now.

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:56.140
 You really

00:34:56.140 --> 00:34:56.680
 are convinced

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:57.340
 that as long

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:57.780
 as your good

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:58.400
 deeds outweigh

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:58.820
 your bad

00:34:58.820 --> 00:34:59.200
 deeds,

00:34:59.460 --> 00:35:01.200
 or as long

00:35:01.200 --> 00:35:01.580
 as you go

00:35:01.580 --> 00:35:02.040
 to enough

00:35:02.040 --> 00:35:02.660
 religious

00:35:02.660 --> 00:35:04.440
 events,

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:05.760
 that you

00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:06.280
 try to do

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:06.820
 good to all

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.180
 people,

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:07.700
 that you're

00:35:07.700 --> 00:35:08.140
 moral,

00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:09.840
 that you

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.180
 will be

00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:11.760
 okay before

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:12.340
 God one

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:12.600
 day.

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:13.880
 If you've

00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:14.440
 been baptized,

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:15.120
 if you take

00:35:15.120 --> 00:35:15.640
 the Lord's

00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:15.900
 Supper,

00:35:16.640 --> 00:35:16.960
 if you're

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:17.560
 just a good

00:35:17.560 --> 00:35:18.040
 person,

00:35:18.160 --> 00:35:18.600
 then God

00:35:18.600 --> 00:35:19.200
 will accept

00:35:19.200 --> 00:35:19.460
 you.

00:35:20.560 --> 00:35:20.980
 No.

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:23.300
 You need

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.559
 to hear

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:25.079
 this short

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:25.519
 verse,

00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.559
 Romans 3,

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:28.420
 verse 20.

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:29.940
 Listen to

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.219
 this.

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.199
 For by the

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:32.800
 works of

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:33.240
 the law,

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:33.920
 you can

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.539
 insert good

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.159
 deeds or

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:35.619
 goodness,

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.000
 for by the

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.579
 works of

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:38.039
 the law,

00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:39.519
 no human

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.139
 being will

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:40.840
 be justified

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:41.659
 in God's

00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:41.920
 sight.

00:35:42.740 --> 00:35:43.059
 You will

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.740
 not be made

00:35:43.740 --> 00:35:44.360
 right with

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:45.639
 God at

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:46.480
 all by how

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.820
 good you

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.119
 are.

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.280
 Because the

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:48.900
 Bible says

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.199
 you are

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.539
 rotten.

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:50.280
 Jesus says

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:50.700
 you are a

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.300
 slave to

00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:51.640
 sin.

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.340
 You may

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:54.660
 be good

00:35:54.660 --> 00:35:55.180
 compared to

00:35:55.180 --> 00:35:55.460
 a lot of

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:55.860
 other people

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.160
 in this

00:35:56.160 --> 00:35:56.460
 world,

00:35:56.640 --> 00:35:56.880
 but you're

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.740
 not compared

00:35:57.740 --> 00:35:58.220
 to God.

00:35:58.960 --> 00:35:59.380
 God is

00:35:59.380 --> 00:35:59.800
 perfect.

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.220
 He is

00:36:00.220 --> 00:36:00.640
 holy.

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:01.040
 He is

00:36:01.040 --> 00:36:01.460
 flawless.

00:36:01.620 --> 00:36:02.000
 He can't

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.500
 abide

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:03.400
 evil.

00:36:04.720 --> 00:36:05.300
 Some of

00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:05.900
 you may

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.160
 be in

00:36:06.160 --> 00:36:07.200
 the group

00:36:07.200 --> 00:36:07.440
 of the

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:07.900
 Pharisees.

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.160
 What

00:36:08.160 --> 00:36:09.000
 other

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.700
 churchy

00:36:09.700 --> 00:36:11.019
 laws

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:12.140
 have you

00:36:12.140 --> 00:36:12.680
 added to

00:36:12.680 --> 00:36:12.840
 the

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.200
 gospel?

00:36:15.620 --> 00:36:16.300
 He can't

00:36:16.300 --> 00:36:16.560
 be a

00:36:16.560 --> 00:36:16.740
 Christian

00:36:16.740 --> 00:36:17.040
 if he

00:36:17.040 --> 00:36:17.320
 has a

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:17.540
 beer.

00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:18.680
 He can't

00:36:18.680 --> 00:36:18.920
 be a

00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:19.100
 Christian

00:36:19.100 --> 00:36:19.340
 if he

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:19.600
 has a

00:36:19.600 --> 00:36:19.940
 cigar.

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:21.100
 He can't

00:36:21.100 --> 00:36:21.320
 be a

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:21.500
 Christian

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:21.780
 if he

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.100
 doesn't

00:36:22.100 --> 00:36:22.480
 wear a

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:22.720
 suit and

00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:23.080
 tie.

00:36:24.240 --> 00:36:25.200
 Or you

00:36:25.200 --> 00:36:25.560
 can flip it

00:36:25.560 --> 00:36:25.800
 the other

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:26.300
 way around

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:27.140
 very easily.

00:36:28.180 --> 00:36:28.780
 What other

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.420
 laws have

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:29.900
 you added?

00:36:32.680 --> 00:36:33.460
 It's very

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.000
 dangerous.

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:35.300
 The gospel

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:35.960
 of Jesus

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.820
 plus this

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:37.200
 is not

00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:37.680
 the gospel.

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:38.640
 It's

00:36:38.640 --> 00:36:39.360
 adulterated.

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:40.740
 It's not

00:36:40.740 --> 00:36:41.060
 pure.

00:36:42.180 --> 00:36:42.660
 Some of

00:36:42.660 --> 00:36:43.140
 you are

00:36:43.140 --> 00:36:43.640
 the older

00:36:43.640 --> 00:36:44.260
 brother who

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:44.820
 is angry

00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:45.180
 at the

00:36:45.180 --> 00:36:46.360
 father who

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:46.580
 gives

00:36:46.580 --> 00:36:47.560
 salvation to

00:36:47.560 --> 00:36:48.140
 unworthy

00:36:48.140 --> 00:36:48.920
 prodigals.

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:50.800
 does that

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.360
 bother you

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:51.780
 that God

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:52.019
 gives

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.539
 salvation

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:52.840
 to

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.380
 unworthy

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:53.760
 people?

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:55.099
 Do you

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.400
 think,

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:55.840
 oh no,

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.139
 well,

00:36:56.639 --> 00:36:57.220
 I've been

00:36:57.220 --> 00:36:57.760
 good so I

00:36:57.760 --> 00:36:58.300
 deserve it?

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.820
 You don't.

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.440
 For by the

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:00.980
 works of the

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.240
 law,

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:01.760
 no human

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:02.220
 being will

00:37:02.220 --> 00:37:02.860
 be justified

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.440
 in God's

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:03.700
 sight.

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:05.360
 Your

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:06.059
 righteous deeds

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.840
 are filthy

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:07.380
 rags

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:08.980
 before God.

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:11.079
 So abandon

00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:11.340
 it.

00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:12.159
 Give it up.

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:13.500
 Lay it all

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:14.820
 down and

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:15.559
 only come

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:16.619
 to God

00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:17.159
 on God's

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.559
 terms,

00:37:17.759 --> 00:37:18.079
 which is

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:18.799
 by faith

00:37:18.799 --> 00:37:19.380
 in Christ

00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:19.739
 alone.

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:21.900
 Some of

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:22.079
 you,

00:37:22.699 --> 00:37:23.019
 kind of

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.420
 stepping it

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:23.719
 down a

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.259
 tiny notch

00:37:24.259 --> 00:37:24.679
 from there,

00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:26.699
 some of

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:27.380
 you may

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:27.739
 have a

00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:28.659
 partial trust

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:29.719
 in your

00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:30.239
 own goodness

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:30.960
 and behavior,

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.179
 just as a

00:37:32.179 --> 00:37:32.639
 little extra

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:33.179
 security,

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:33.940
 just in case

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:35.079
 you fear

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:35.360
 that your

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:35.900
 faith is

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.279
 not going

00:37:36.279 --> 00:37:36.460
 to be

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:36.820
 enough.

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:38.159
 I hope

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:38.559
 it is,

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:38.880
 but in

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.219
 case it's

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:39.500
 not,

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:40.679
 I'm going

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.860
 to go to

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:42.320
 church every

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:42.679
 Sunday.

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:43.139
 I'm going

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:43.539
 to feed

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:43.960
 the poor.

00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:44.360
 I'm going

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:45.240
 to be

00:37:45.240 --> 00:37:45.620
 nice to

00:37:45.620 --> 00:37:45.880
 everyone

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:46.240
 around

00:37:46.240 --> 00:37:46.519
 me.

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.180
 You may

00:37:49.180 --> 00:37:49.460
 have a

00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:50.260
 partial trust

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:50.480
 in your

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:50.940
 own goodness

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.300
 and you're

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:51.900
 afraid that

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.500
 your just

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:53.360
 plain,

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:54.099
 naked faith

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.620
 in Christ

00:37:54.620 --> 00:37:55.140
 is not

00:37:55.140 --> 00:37:55.700
 enough.

00:37:56.780 --> 00:37:57.480
 Turn to,

00:37:58.300 --> 00:37:59.000
 I finally

00:37:59.000 --> 00:37:59.400
 said it,

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:00.099
 turn to

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:01.180
 Ephesians

00:38:01.180 --> 00:38:01.860
 chapter 2

00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:02.400
 verse 8.

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:02.820
 I just want

00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:03.120
 to use a

00:38:03.120 --> 00:38:04.120
 very familiar

00:38:04.120 --> 00:38:05.160
 text.

00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:05.800
 Ephesians

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.260
 2

00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:08.220
 verse 8.

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:14.179
 This is

00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:14.679
 good for

00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:15.739
 everything

00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:16.039
 we've

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.439
 said so

00:38:16.439 --> 00:38:16.759
 far,

00:38:17.439 --> 00:38:17.939
 but if

00:38:17.939 --> 00:38:18.119
 you're

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:18.679
 afraid that

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.000
 you're

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.439
 afraid to

00:38:19.439 --> 00:38:19.859
 come before

00:38:19.859 --> 00:38:20.480
 the throne

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:20.879
 of God

00:38:20.879 --> 00:38:21.359
 one day,

00:38:21.819 --> 00:38:22.299
 the just

00:38:22.299 --> 00:38:22.799
 faith

00:38:22.799 --> 00:38:23.899
 alone,

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:24.899
 and you

00:38:24.899 --> 00:38:25.119
 feel like

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:25.299
 you have

00:38:25.299 --> 00:38:25.559
 to have

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:25.899
 some other

00:38:25.899 --> 00:38:26.379
 good stuff

00:38:26.379 --> 00:38:26.899
 piled on

00:38:26.899 --> 00:38:27.119
 it,

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:30.279
 chapter 2

00:38:30.279 --> 00:38:30.859
 verse 8,

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.459
 for by

00:38:32.459 --> 00:38:34.139
 grace you

00:38:34.139 --> 00:38:34.699
 have been

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:36.319
 saved through

00:38:36.319 --> 00:38:36.799
 faith.

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:38.280
 All right?

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:38.820
 So let's

00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:39.380
 look at

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.600
 this.

00:38:39.700 --> 00:38:40.060
 Grace,

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:42.160
 why has

00:38:42.160 --> 00:38:42.660
 this happened?

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.720
 Because of

00:38:43.720 --> 00:38:44.480
 the sheer

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:45.480
 undeserved,

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:47.140
 unmerited

00:38:47.140 --> 00:38:48.740
 favor of

00:38:48.740 --> 00:38:49.060
 God.

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:50.920
 He decided

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:52.039
 it out of

00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:52.400
 his own

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:52.740
 goodness,

00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:53.100
 though you

00:38:53.100 --> 00:38:53.940
 don't deserve

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:54.240
 it.

00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:55.420
 For by

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:57.080
 grace you

00:38:57.080 --> 00:38:57.500
 have been

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:58.019
 saved.

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:59.039
 Saved from

00:38:59.039 --> 00:38:59.380
 what?

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:01.200
 The wrath

00:39:01.200 --> 00:39:01.680
 of God,

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:02.280
 the judgment

00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:02.780
 of God.

00:39:03.560 --> 00:39:04.000
 That's what

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.300
 you've been

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:04.900
 saved from.

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:05.860
 And what

00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:06.200
 was that

00:39:06.200 --> 00:39:06.640
 instrument?

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:07.380
 That connected

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:07.920
 you to

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.360
 the Savior?

00:39:09.220 --> 00:39:09.680
 Faith.

00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:11.320
 Faith.

00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:13.240
 Trust and

00:39:13.240 --> 00:39:14.300
 confidence in

00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:14.900
 the body

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:16.519
 of Christ

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:17.039
 that was

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.640
 destroyed on

00:39:17.640 --> 00:39:18.120
 the cross.

00:39:18.640 --> 00:39:18.880
 And then

00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:19.600
 his resurrection.

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:21.160
 For by

00:39:21.160 --> 00:39:21.620
 grace you

00:39:21.620 --> 00:39:21.860
 have been

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.400
 saved through

00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:22.680
 faith.

00:39:22.720 --> 00:39:22.880
 And he

00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:23.080
 says,

00:39:23.160 --> 00:39:23.440
 and this

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:23.720
 is not

00:39:23.720 --> 00:39:24.100
 your own

00:39:24.100 --> 00:39:24.380
 doing,

00:39:25.240 --> 00:39:25.700
 it is the

00:39:25.700 --> 00:39:26.080
 gift of

00:39:26.080 --> 00:39:26.440
 God,

00:39:27.060 --> 00:39:28.019
 not a

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:28.620
 result of

00:39:28.620 --> 00:39:29.039
 works,

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:30.180
 so that

00:39:30.180 --> 00:39:30.660
 no one

00:39:30.660 --> 00:39:31.260
 may boast.

00:39:31.600 --> 00:39:31.960
 So if

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:32.480
 you think

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:33.620
 that your

00:39:33.620 --> 00:39:34.120
 works are

00:39:34.120 --> 00:39:34.660
 what saves

00:39:34.660 --> 00:39:34.940
 you and

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:35.240
 makes you

00:39:35.240 --> 00:39:35.720
 right before

00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:36.079
 God,

00:39:36.699 --> 00:39:37.079
 you could

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.719
 boast before

00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:38.239
 God like,

00:39:38.359 --> 00:39:38.859
 look how

00:39:38.859 --> 00:39:39.299
 good I

00:39:39.299 --> 00:39:39.599
 did,

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:40.459
 look how

00:39:40.459 --> 00:39:41.379
 terrible

00:39:41.379 --> 00:39:42.019
 this guy

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.339
 did.

00:39:42.839 --> 00:39:43.599
 I have

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:44.119
 more than

00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:44.559
 he did,

00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:44.980
 and God

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:46.259
 says that

00:39:46.259 --> 00:39:46.539
 he will

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:47.359
 not share

00:39:47.359 --> 00:39:47.899
 his glory

00:39:47.899 --> 00:39:48.419
 with any

00:39:48.419 --> 00:39:48.759
 of you.

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:50.019
 He will

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.379
 not.

00:39:50.459 --> 00:39:50.879
 He is the

00:39:50.879 --> 00:39:51.579
 only Savior.

00:39:52.959 --> 00:39:53.699
 He's giving

00:39:53.699 --> 00:39:54.139
 you no

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:54.759
 grounds to

00:39:54.759 --> 00:39:55.079
 boast.

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:56.939
 Right?

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.299
 So where

00:39:57.299 --> 00:39:57.619
 does good

00:39:57.619 --> 00:39:58.099
 works come

00:39:58.099 --> 00:39:58.359
 in?

00:39:58.879 --> 00:39:59.459
 Verse 10,

00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:00.559
 for we

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:01.740
 are his

00:40:01.740 --> 00:40:02.340
 workmanship,

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.159
 created in

00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:03.880
 Christ Jesus

00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:05.059
 for good

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:05.460
 works,

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.740
 which God

00:40:06.740 --> 00:40:07.199
 prepared

00:40:07.199 --> 00:40:07.940
 beforehand

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.260
 that we

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:08.679
 should walk

00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:09.039
 in them.

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:10.139
 So that

00:40:10.139 --> 00:40:10.440
 is a

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:11.000
 purpose that

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.420
 we do

00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:12.059
 as believers.

00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:13.139
 We do

00:40:13.139 --> 00:40:13.740
 good works

00:40:13.740 --> 00:40:14.780
 out of an

00:40:14.780 --> 00:40:15.619
 overflow of

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:16.460
 our thankfulness

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:17.019
 and goodness

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:17.860
 towards God,

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:19.800
 not because

00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:20.539
 it saves us.

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:21.460
 He just

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:21.920
 says it's

00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:22.480
 not a

00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:23.000
 result of

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:23.320
 this.

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:27.700
 true faith,

00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:29.280
 true belief,

00:40:30.100 --> 00:40:30.519
 is not

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:30.820
 just,

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.200
 oh yeah,

00:40:31.260 --> 00:40:31.519
 I know

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:31.820
 that.

00:40:32.680 --> 00:40:33.080
 I get

00:40:33.080 --> 00:40:33.280
 it.

00:40:34.240 --> 00:40:35.700
 It's such

00:40:35.700 --> 00:40:36.280
 a deeply

00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:36.900
 hearted

00:40:36.900 --> 00:40:37.480
 conviction

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:38.580
 that it

00:40:38.580 --> 00:40:39.660
 changes how

00:40:39.660 --> 00:40:40.140
 you live.

00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:41.340
 It's not

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:41.720
 just,

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:42.340
 I ascend

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:42.680
 to this

00:40:42.680 --> 00:40:42.900
 and I

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.240
 understand

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:43.539
 it.

00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:44.780
 I believe

00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:45.220
 this so

00:40:45.220 --> 00:40:45.480
 deep in

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:46.059
 my soul

00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:47.019
 that it's

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:47.260
 going to

00:40:47.260 --> 00:40:47.800
 affect how

00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:48.300
 I live

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:48.740
 out here.

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:49.780
 That's

00:40:49.780 --> 00:40:50.100
 what real

00:40:50.100 --> 00:40:50.620
 faith is.

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:52.300
 That's

00:40:52.300 --> 00:40:52.539
 how the

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:53.120
 Bible uses

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.599
 the term.

00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:55.119
 Some of

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:55.839
 you are

00:40:55.839 --> 00:40:56.839
 timid and

00:40:56.839 --> 00:40:57.319
 confused.

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:57.619
 You don't

00:40:57.619 --> 00:40:57.920
 really know

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.239
 what to

00:40:58.239 --> 00:40:58.460
 kind of

00:40:58.460 --> 00:40:58.759
 think of

00:40:58.759 --> 00:40:59.239
 all this.

00:40:59.859 --> 00:41:00.179
 But if

00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:00.480
 you've been

00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:00.980
 told that

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.420
 your faith

00:41:01.420 --> 00:41:01.859
 in Christ

00:41:01.859 --> 00:41:02.500
 alone isn't

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:02.960
 enough,

00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:03.940
 that you

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:04.519
 just feel

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:05.019
 the weight

00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:05.299
 of your

00:41:05.299 --> 00:41:05.679
 sin,

00:41:05.779 --> 00:41:06.039
 you're like,

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.579
 I can't

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:06.900
 be made

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:07.259
 right with

00:41:07.259 --> 00:41:07.639
 God.

00:41:08.359 --> 00:41:09.119
 I stink

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:09.519
 at this.

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:09.900
 I break

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.299
 the rules

00:41:10.299 --> 00:41:10.699
 all the

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:10.900
 time.

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:11.139
 I break

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:11.539
 my own

00:41:11.539 --> 00:41:11.900
 rules.

00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:13.059
 I can't

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:13.559
 much less

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:14.239
 keep God's

00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:14.460
 rules.

00:41:15.659 --> 00:41:15.960
 And you

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.460
 feel that

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:16.859
 burden,

00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:18.239
 that yoke

00:41:18.239 --> 00:41:19.599
 crushing

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:20.219
 you down.

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:21.719
 I can't

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:22.099
 do it.

00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:24.199
 Well,

00:41:24.739 --> 00:41:25.420
 let it

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:25.699
 go.

00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:27.199
 And simply

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:28.679
 place faith

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:29.880
 in Christ.

00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:31.199
 When Peter

00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:31.880
 calls the

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:32.859
 law a yoke,

00:41:33.259 --> 00:41:33.920
 he probably

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:34.559
 is referring

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:34.980
 to what

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.539
 Jesus said

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:35.900
 about it.

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:36.359
 Turn to

00:41:36.359 --> 00:41:37.460
 Matthew 11.

00:41:38.319 --> 00:41:38.679
 It's the

00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:39.119
 last place

00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:39.400
 you've got to

00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:39.619
 turn to

00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:40.279
 Matthew 11.

00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:44.620
 Matthew 11,

00:41:44.740 --> 00:41:45.700
 verse 28.

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.620
 And this

00:41:50.620 --> 00:41:50.900
 is what

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:51.380
 Jesus is

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:52.060
 referring to

00:41:52.060 --> 00:41:52.380
 when he

00:41:52.380 --> 00:41:53.060
 uses this

00:41:53.060 --> 00:41:53.440
 verse.

00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:54.440
 He's referring

00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:54.840
 to the

00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:55.180
 law.

00:41:57.680 --> 00:41:58.320
 So do you

00:41:58.320 --> 00:41:58.800
 feel that?

00:41:58.880 --> 00:41:59.160
 Do you feel

00:41:59.160 --> 00:41:59.360
 like you're

00:41:59.360 --> 00:41:59.700
 not good

00:41:59.700 --> 00:42:00.019
 enough?

00:42:00.100 --> 00:42:00.420
 That you're

00:42:00.420 --> 00:42:01.340
 being crushed

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:03.080
 by trying

00:42:03.080 --> 00:42:03.620
 to live up

00:42:03.620 --> 00:42:04.120
 to God's

00:42:04.120 --> 00:42:04.519
 standard?

00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:06.080
 And you're

00:42:06.080 --> 00:42:06.740
 afraid to

00:42:06.740 --> 00:42:07.100
 face him

00:42:07.100 --> 00:42:07.340
 on the

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:07.640
 judgment?

00:42:07.639 --> 00:42:08.779
 Well,

00:42:08.779 --> 00:42:09.379
 listen to

00:42:09.379 --> 00:42:09.819
 what Jesus

00:42:09.819 --> 00:42:10.299
 says.

00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:12.000
 Verse 28.

00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:12.299
 He says,

00:42:12.379 --> 00:42:12.719
 Come to

00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:13.039
 me,

00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:15.639
 all who

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:17.000
 labor and

00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:17.539
 are heavy

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:18.239
 laden,

00:42:18.839 --> 00:42:19.539
 and I

00:42:19.539 --> 00:42:20.000
 will give

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:20.579
 you rest.

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:22.500
 Take my

00:42:22.500 --> 00:42:23.519
 yoke upon

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:25.359
 you and

00:42:25.359 --> 00:42:25.940
 learn from

00:42:25.940 --> 00:42:27.259
 me, for I

00:42:27.259 --> 00:42:27.920
 am gentle

00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:28.719
 and lowly

00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:29.219
 in heart,

00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:30.339
 and you

00:42:30.339 --> 00:42:30.839
 will find

00:42:30.839 --> 00:42:31.679
 rest for

00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:32.279
 your souls.

00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:33.500
 For my

00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:34.219
 yoke is

00:42:34.219 --> 00:42:35.279
 easy and

00:42:35.279 --> 00:42:35.839
 my burden

00:42:35.839 --> 00:42:36.500
 is light.

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:37.559
 He's

00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:37.739
 saying,

00:42:37.960 --> 00:42:38.079
 give it

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:38.500
 to me

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:39.099
 and you

00:42:39.099 --> 00:42:39.659
 take mine

00:42:39.659 --> 00:42:40.699
 because I'm

00:42:40.699 --> 00:42:41.000
 the only

00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:41.380
 one that

00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:41.739
 can keep

00:42:41.739 --> 00:42:42.119
 the law

00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:42.539
 and I

00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:42.920
 kept it

00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:43.360
 perfectly.

00:42:44.300 --> 00:42:44.739
 Allow me

00:42:44.739 --> 00:42:45.099
 to take

00:42:45.099 --> 00:42:45.460
 that,

00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:46.619
 you,

00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:47.179
 and I

00:42:47.179 --> 00:42:47.500
 will give

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:48.000
 you mine.

00:42:49.139 --> 00:42:49.780
 It's an

00:42:49.780 --> 00:42:50.320
 invitation.

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:51.639
 God always

00:42:51.639 --> 00:42:52.380
 favors the

00:42:52.380 --> 00:42:53.659
 weak and

00:42:53.659 --> 00:42:54.619
 the despairing,

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:55.760
 the burden.

00:42:56.880 --> 00:42:57.300
 Blessed are

00:42:57.300 --> 00:42:58.099
 the poor in

00:42:58.099 --> 00:42:58.500
 spirit.

00:42:58.780 --> 00:42:59.119
 Blessed are

00:42:59.119 --> 00:42:59.460
 those who

00:42:59.460 --> 00:43:00.139
 hunger and

00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:00.800
 thirst for

00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:01.260
 righteousness.

00:43:02.199 --> 00:43:02.739
 Those of

00:43:02.739 --> 00:43:03.139
 you who are

00:43:03.139 --> 00:43:03.579
 bankrupt

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:04.480
 spiritually,

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:05.559
 come to

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:06.139
 Jesus and

00:43:06.139 --> 00:43:06.460
 he will

00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:06.960
 carry your

00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:07.259
 burden.

00:43:08.860 --> 00:43:09.119
 Okay?

00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:10.519
 So two

00:43:10.519 --> 00:43:10.880
 others.

00:43:12.139 --> 00:43:12.699
 There are

00:43:12.699 --> 00:43:13.119
 some of you

00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:13.659
 here who

00:43:13.659 --> 00:43:14.059
 are relying

00:43:14.059 --> 00:43:14.320
 on your

00:43:14.320 --> 00:43:14.880
 own goodness

00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:16.059
 and I'm

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:16.460
 guilty of

00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:16.820
 this one.

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:17.259
 Okay?

00:43:18.279 --> 00:43:18.840
 Some of

00:43:18.840 --> 00:43:19.099
 you who

00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:19.480
 are relying

00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:19.739
 on your

00:43:19.739 --> 00:43:20.460
 own goodness

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:21.980
 to possibly

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:23.340
 earn a

00:43:23.340 --> 00:43:23.980
 greater favor

00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:24.500
 with God.

00:43:25.139 --> 00:43:25.500
 Like you

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:25.940
 know God

00:43:25.940 --> 00:43:26.420
 loves you.

00:43:26.539 --> 00:43:26.820
 You know

00:43:26.820 --> 00:43:27.199
 God has

00:43:27.199 --> 00:43:27.579
 saved you

00:43:27.579 --> 00:43:27.920
 by his

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:28.179
 grace,

00:43:28.259 --> 00:43:28.460
 but you

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:29.039
 just think,

00:43:29.619 --> 00:43:30.360
 you know,

00:43:30.440 --> 00:43:30.639
 if I'm

00:43:30.639 --> 00:43:31.279
 just a little

00:43:31.279 --> 00:43:32.679
 better than

00:43:32.679 --> 00:43:33.119
 the average

00:43:33.119 --> 00:43:33.519
 Christian,

00:43:33.779 --> 00:43:34.380
 if I just

00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:35.160
 try hard,

00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:36.220
 God will

00:43:36.220 --> 00:43:36.640
 give me a

00:43:36.640 --> 00:43:37.220
 little extra

00:43:37.220 --> 00:43:38.000
 favor,

00:43:38.320 --> 00:43:38.579
 a little

00:43:38.579 --> 00:43:40.099
 extra love.

00:43:40.200 --> 00:43:40.640
 I'll be the

00:43:40.640 --> 00:43:41.860
 favorite and

00:43:41.860 --> 00:43:42.320
 he'll give me

00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:42.900
 something I

00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:44.320
 really desire.

00:43:45.460 --> 00:43:46.700
 So do you

00:43:46.700 --> 00:43:48.019
 seek to

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:48.640
 earn God's

00:43:48.640 --> 00:43:49.320
 approval through

00:43:49.320 --> 00:43:49.660
 your own

00:43:49.660 --> 00:43:50.059
 efforts?

00:43:50.200 --> 00:43:50.380
 And you

00:43:50.380 --> 00:43:50.800
 kind of said

00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:51.260
 to yourself,

00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:52.340
 I know he

00:43:52.340 --> 00:43:52.800
 loves me,

00:43:52.940 --> 00:43:54.099
 but if I

00:43:54.099 --> 00:43:54.640
 work extra

00:43:54.640 --> 00:43:56.079
 hard and

00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:56.660
 don't sin as

00:43:56.660 --> 00:43:57.079
 much as some

00:43:57.079 --> 00:43:57.740
 others do,

00:43:57.820 --> 00:43:58.300
 he'll love me

00:43:58.300 --> 00:43:58.880
 even more.

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:00.519
 Or do you

00:44:00.519 --> 00:44:01.039
 rely on a

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:01.820
 strict list of

00:44:01.820 --> 00:44:02.260
 do's and

00:44:02.260 --> 00:44:02.940
 don'ts to,

00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:03.679
 on the

00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:04.480
 daily flow

00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:04.900
 to gain

00:44:04.900 --> 00:44:05.720
 higher approval

00:44:05.720 --> 00:44:06.360
 from God?

00:44:07.340 --> 00:44:07.679
 Listen,

00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:08.300
 like,

00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:09.720
 if that's

00:44:09.720 --> 00:44:10.000
 how you

00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:10.380
 feel,

00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:14.519
 just hear

00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:15.000
 these words

00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:15.480
 echo in

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:15.900
 your head.

00:44:17.240 --> 00:44:17.980
 Don't look

00:44:17.980 --> 00:44:18.599
 any further

00:44:18.599 --> 00:44:19.019
 than the

00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:19.659
 cross for

00:44:19.659 --> 00:44:20.300
 any evidence

00:44:20.300 --> 00:44:20.659
 that God

00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:21.099
 loves you.

00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:22.579
 If he's

00:44:22.579 --> 00:44:23.099
 given his

00:44:23.099 --> 00:44:23.780
 own son

00:44:23.780 --> 00:44:24.240
 for you,

00:44:24.740 --> 00:44:25.079
 if he's

00:44:25.079 --> 00:44:25.440
 given you

00:44:25.440 --> 00:44:25.980
 his son,

00:44:26.079 --> 00:44:26.200
 like,

00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:26.800
 what else

00:44:26.800 --> 00:44:27.119
 could he

00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:27.679
 give to

00:44:27.679 --> 00:44:28.420
 prove that

00:44:28.420 --> 00:44:29.280
 he loves

00:44:29.280 --> 00:44:29.500
 you?

00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:31.639
 And if

00:44:31.639 --> 00:44:32.000
 he gives

00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:32.400
 you something

00:44:32.400 --> 00:44:32.760
 good,

00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:33.159
 it's because

00:44:33.159 --> 00:44:33.599
 he's good,

00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:33.980
 not because

00:44:33.980 --> 00:44:34.460
 you deserve

00:44:34.460 --> 00:44:34.699
 it.

00:44:36.239 --> 00:44:37.099
 Jesus said,

00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:38.280
 if you

00:44:38.280 --> 00:44:38.599
 who are

00:44:38.599 --> 00:44:39.099
 evil,

00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:40.460
 give good

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:40.860
 gifts to

00:44:40.860 --> 00:44:41.300
 your children,

00:44:41.380 --> 00:44:41.760
 how much

00:44:41.760 --> 00:44:42.380
 more will

00:44:42.380 --> 00:44:42.980
 your father

00:44:42.980 --> 00:44:44.460
 give you

00:44:44.460 --> 00:44:44.960
 all good

00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:45.340
 things,

00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:45.579
 right?

00:44:46.860 --> 00:44:47.420
 Trust in

00:44:47.420 --> 00:44:47.960
 his goodness.

00:44:49.340 --> 00:44:49.940
 Don't think

00:44:49.940 --> 00:44:50.280
 it's going to

00:44:50.280 --> 00:44:50.679
 gain you a

00:44:50.679 --> 00:44:51.199
 higher favor

00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:51.760
 with God.

00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:54.340
 And then,

00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:55.739
 if your

00:44:55.739 --> 00:44:56.179
 heart's kind

00:44:56.179 --> 00:44:56.659
 of right this

00:44:56.659 --> 00:44:56.980
 morning,

00:44:57.940 --> 00:44:58.380
 if mine

00:44:58.380 --> 00:44:59.039
 really hasn't

00:44:59.039 --> 00:44:59.360
 been,

00:44:59.500 --> 00:45:00.920
 in regard

00:45:00.920 --> 00:45:01.300
 to some

00:45:01.300 --> 00:45:01.739
 of this,

00:45:02.599 --> 00:45:03.440
 it's the

00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:03.980
 people here

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:04.219
 who are

00:45:04.219 --> 00:45:04.900
 rejoicing in

00:45:04.900 --> 00:45:05.179
 the true

00:45:05.179 --> 00:45:05.739
 gospel and

00:45:05.739 --> 00:45:05.980
 the true

00:45:05.980 --> 00:45:06.320
 Savior.

00:45:06.940 --> 00:45:07.360
 You're at

00:45:07.360 --> 00:45:07.860
 that piece.

00:45:07.920 --> 00:45:08.099
 You've

00:45:08.099 --> 00:45:08.340
 said,

00:45:09.199 --> 00:45:09.739
 I boast

00:45:09.739 --> 00:45:10.460
 of nothing

00:45:10.460 --> 00:45:11.059
 I've done

00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:11.559
 before the

00:45:11.559 --> 00:45:11.840
 throne.

00:45:12.539 --> 00:45:13.340
 I only

00:45:13.340 --> 00:45:14.599
 have the

00:45:14.599 --> 00:45:14.980
 righteousness

00:45:14.980 --> 00:45:15.679
 of Christ

00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:16.079
 to come

00:45:16.079 --> 00:45:16.699
 before the

00:45:16.699 --> 00:45:17.039
 throne of

00:45:17.039 --> 00:45:18.199
 God on

00:45:18.199 --> 00:45:18.599
 the final

00:45:18.599 --> 00:45:19.059
 judgments.

00:45:20.380 --> 00:45:20.920
 I will

00:45:20.920 --> 00:45:21.400
 plead what

00:45:21.400 --> 00:45:22.039
 Jesus has

00:45:22.039 --> 00:45:22.480
 done and

00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:22.940
 not what I

00:45:22.940 --> 00:45:23.340
 have done

00:45:23.340 --> 00:45:24.599
 before the

00:45:24.599 --> 00:45:25.079
 throne one

00:45:25.079 --> 00:45:25.340
 day.

00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:26.500
 I will

00:45:26.500 --> 00:45:26.940
 trust in

00:45:26.940 --> 00:45:27.599
 his merits.

00:45:28.719 --> 00:45:29.199
 That's

00:45:29.199 --> 00:45:29.779
 the only

00:45:29.779 --> 00:45:30.179
 place to

00:45:30.179 --> 00:45:30.399
 be.

00:45:30.939 --> 00:45:31.339
 We have

00:45:31.339 --> 00:45:31.699
 to fight

00:45:31.699 --> 00:45:31.980
 to be

00:45:31.980 --> 00:45:32.460
 there even

00:45:32.460 --> 00:45:33.099
 as believers

00:45:33.099 --> 00:45:33.480
 because you're

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:33.719
 going to be

00:45:33.719 --> 00:45:34.319
 convinced on

00:45:34.319 --> 00:45:34.619
 a daily

00:45:34.619 --> 00:45:36.019
 basis that

00:45:36.019 --> 00:45:37.519
 God's going

00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:37.899
 to love you

00:45:37.899 --> 00:45:38.379
 by how good

00:45:38.379 --> 00:45:39.719
 you are and

00:45:39.719 --> 00:45:40.139
 how much you

00:45:40.139 --> 00:45:40.399
 read your

00:45:40.399 --> 00:45:41.079
 Bible or how

00:45:41.079 --> 00:45:41.619
 much you pray

00:45:41.619 --> 00:45:42.199
 or anything.

00:45:42.339 --> 00:45:42.559
 You're going to

00:45:42.559 --> 00:45:42.799
 think,

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:43.779
 I've done all

00:45:43.779 --> 00:45:44.399
 these things so

00:45:44.399 --> 00:45:44.879
 God must be

00:45:44.879 --> 00:45:45.579
 really pleased

00:45:45.579 --> 00:45:46.079
 with me today.

00:45:46.739 --> 00:45:47.239
 His love

00:45:47.239 --> 00:45:47.919
 doesn't go like

00:45:47.919 --> 00:45:48.279
 this.

00:45:49.039 --> 00:45:50.159
 It's steady.

00:45:50.359 --> 00:45:51.000
 It's constant.

00:45:51.819 --> 00:45:52.419
 He's faithful

00:45:52.419 --> 00:45:52.960
 to us.

00:45:52.960 --> 00:45:55.400
 So, next

00:45:55.400 --> 00:45:55.800
 week we're

00:45:55.800 --> 00:45:55.920
 going to

00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:56.639
 unpack this

00:45:56.639 --> 00:45:57.619
 peculiar

00:45:57.619 --> 00:45:59.119
 letter that

00:45:59.119 --> 00:45:59.800
 still applies

00:45:59.800 --> 00:46:01.079
 really for

00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:01.679
 us today.

00:46:02.820 --> 00:46:03.420
 And what

00:46:03.420 --> 00:46:03.860
 should we,

00:46:04.159 --> 00:46:05.280
 as most of

00:46:05.280 --> 00:46:05.880
 us Gentile

00:46:05.880 --> 00:46:06.300
 believers,

00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:06.720
 what should

00:46:06.720 --> 00:46:07.260
 we follow?

00:46:07.380 --> 00:46:07.639
 What should

00:46:07.639 --> 00:46:08.659
 we think

00:46:08.659 --> 00:46:10.079
 about moving

00:46:10.079 --> 00:46:11.500
 forward as

00:46:11.500 --> 00:46:11.940
 a church?

00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:14.480
 So, let's

00:46:14.480 --> 00:46:15.039
 trust in the

00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:16.960
 undeserved

00:46:16.960 --> 00:46:17.780
 favor of God

00:46:17.780 --> 00:46:18.519
 and his grace

00:46:18.519 --> 00:46:20.320
 alone, only in

00:46:20.320 --> 00:46:20.619
 the true

00:46:20.619 --> 00:46:20.940
 Savior.

00:46:20.940 --> 00:46:22.119
 And when

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:22.539
 you close

00:46:22.539 --> 00:46:22.920
 your eyes

00:46:22.920 --> 00:46:23.280
 one day

00:46:23.280 --> 00:46:23.720
 and final

00:46:23.720 --> 00:46:25.740
 death, that's

00:46:25.740 --> 00:46:26.139
 where your

00:46:26.139 --> 00:46:26.579
 hope's got to

00:46:26.579 --> 00:46:26.820
 be.

00:46:26.940 --> 00:46:27.220
 Because you're

00:46:27.220 --> 00:46:27.820
 never going to

00:46:27.820 --> 00:46:28.440
 be good enough.

00:46:29.019 --> 00:46:29.460
 You're never

00:46:29.460 --> 00:46:29.880
 going to do

00:46:29.880 --> 00:46:30.460
 enough good.

00:46:31.340 --> 00:46:32.000
 Only in

00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:32.360
 Christ.

00:46:33.440 --> 00:46:34.059
 Just pray with

00:46:34.059 --> 00:46:34.159
 me.