WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:25.879 As a means of review, there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus makes a connection now with verse 2. 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:25.879 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:31.699 The Spirit of life has set you free. 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:41.200 And what's going to be really important for us this morning is to work out and to understand what is that connection. 00:00:42.359 --> 00:00:44.759 How does one relate to the other? 00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:47.140 How does one lead to the other? 00:00:47.700 --> 00:00:50.060 What is first and what is second? 00:00:50.060 --> 00:00:54.859 What is the beginning and what is the end? 00:00:54.859 --> 00:01:03.799 And I appreciate as a summary statement and helping to provide some clarity to our message this morning, 00:01:04.700 --> 00:01:06.920 John Piper has put it this way. 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:07.900 He says this, 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:15.620 The only sin that you can defeat in life is a forgiven sin. 00:01:17.219 --> 00:01:23.920 The only sin that you can defeat in life is a forgiven sin. 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:28.240 Now, how in the world does that relate to our passage this morning? 00:01:29.620 --> 00:01:31.859 Well, because in verse 1, 00:01:32.240 --> 00:01:40.020 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus describes the work of justification. 00:01:41.099 --> 00:01:48.260 Now, that is a really technical word, a theological word for something as simple as to be declared righteous. 00:01:48.260 --> 00:01:55.380 You, if you are in Christ, have been declared righteous. 00:01:56.340 --> 00:02:01.900 A verdict has been given by God the Father on you. 00:02:02.780 --> 00:02:05.880 Righteous because of Jesus. 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:09.699 And then what we find in verse 2, 00:02:10.379 --> 00:02:11.199 For there is, 00:02:11.960 --> 00:02:15.759 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free from the law of sin and death, 00:02:15.900 --> 00:02:21.519 Now begins to describe for us the work of the Spirit in our life to sanctify, 00:02:21.939 --> 00:02:23.060 To purify, 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:26.879 And to make us more like God. 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:30.099 Now, what comes first, 00:02:30.939 --> 00:02:32.479 And what comes second, 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:36.359 Will make all the difference in your eternal destiny. 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:39.319 Because if you get this wrong, 00:02:39.939 --> 00:02:41.859 You are not in Christ. 00:02:42.859 --> 00:02:44.460 If you get this wrong, 00:02:44.539 --> 00:02:47.079 You have everything turned upside down, 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:49.060 And you, like the Pharisees, 00:02:49.259 --> 00:02:50.539 Will be called the father, 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:53.560 Or the son of your father, the devil. 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:56.259 That's what Jesus said to the Pharisees, 00:02:56.379 --> 00:02:57.879 Who got it all wrong. 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:03.699 This is gigantic for us this morning, 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:09.439 In terms of understanding the significance of the work of justification, 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:16.120 In leading and necessitating the work of sanctification in our lives. 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:21.680 We must begin with a right standing before God, 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:27.020 Before we can begin to move to right actions for God. 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:36.099 There must first be a work of justification that will empower sanctification in you. 00:03:37.379 --> 00:03:39.939 Your eternity depends on this. 00:03:40.780 --> 00:03:45.659 Your life with God springs from a correct understanding of verse 2. 00:03:45.659 --> 00:03:51.219 And that's why we're going to take the time this morning to develop this truth, 00:03:51.419 --> 00:03:55.139 And hopefully lock it in to our thinking. 00:03:56.740 --> 00:04:01.439 We saw a summary of no condemnation last week. 00:04:01.900 --> 00:04:06.400 The declaration of the Apostle Paul there at the beginning of chapter 8, 00:04:06.659 --> 00:04:09.280 There is therefore now no condemnation. 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:13.460 And what preceded it is seven chapters, 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:17.420 Not to try to describe why there is no condemnation, 00:04:17.579 --> 00:04:21.420 But describing why there should be condemnation. 00:04:22.279 --> 00:04:26.860 See, every one of us in this room deserve condemnation from God. 00:04:28.259 --> 00:04:31.339 There is condemnation, as we saw last week, 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:34.040 That should come because of creation. 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:40.040 The testimony of God in creation that calls attention to who He is, 00:04:40.040 --> 00:04:46.580 And instead of exalting Him and His attributes that we can clearly see in creation, 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:50.480 Instead, we defer to our own flesh and decide, 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:52.580 We're just going to worship the creation, 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:55.460 Rather than worshiping the creator. 00:04:56.420 --> 00:04:58.480 We are condemned by creation. 00:04:59.340 --> 00:05:01.280 We're also condemned by conscience. 00:05:01.279 --> 00:05:06.279 We're condemned by that inner moral compass that is inside, 00:05:06.500 --> 00:05:11.059 Helping us to understand that the very things that we condemn in others, 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:12.979 We should be condemning in ourselves. 00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:18.659 That God has hardwired us to understand a bit of the moral code, 00:05:18.799 --> 00:05:21.279 And it in turn then condemns us. 00:05:22.719 --> 00:05:25.219 We're also condemned by the commandments, 00:05:25.219 --> 00:05:28.379 The written laws that God has given. 00:05:28.379 --> 00:05:31.899 And condemned by the human condition, 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:35.600 By the sinful tendencies that we have in ourselves, 00:05:35.740 --> 00:05:41.439 And also condemned by the ongoing captivity of sin in our lives. 00:05:42.139 --> 00:05:44.800 That even after we are saved, 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:47.719 Even after we have the indwelling Holy Spirit, 00:05:47.819 --> 00:05:51.279 There is still these fleshly tendencies in us, 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:54.599 That, in a sense, bind us, 00:05:54.699 --> 00:06:00.179 And seemingly move us into sinful, ungodly behaviors. 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:04.599 Paul talks about the wrestling warfare that takes place. 00:06:04.739 --> 00:06:06.559 He talks about that in chapter 7. 00:06:07.239 --> 00:06:10.079 All of these things should actually condemn us, 00:06:10.179 --> 00:06:14.000 But the statement that he makes at the beginning of chapter 8, 00:06:14.059 --> 00:06:16.159 Is no condemnation. 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:20.400 So what in the world has taken place? 00:06:21.400 --> 00:06:24.200 And we find, and we'll look at a little bit more later, 00:06:25.660 --> 00:06:28.300 We find that the purpose for no condemnation, 00:06:28.460 --> 00:06:30.920 Is because of the work of Christ, 00:06:31.060 --> 00:06:33.400 In absorbing the wrath of God, 00:06:33.620 --> 00:06:37.180 In receiving the condemnation in our place. 00:06:38.500 --> 00:06:40.280 Romans 5.8 says this, 00:06:40.279 --> 00:06:43.699 But God has demonstrated his own love for us, 00:06:43.859 --> 00:06:46.699 In that while we were yet sinners, 00:06:46.919 --> 00:06:49.119 Christ died for us. 00:06:50.599 --> 00:06:53.779 He took your condemnation, 00:06:54.019 --> 00:06:55.239 If you are in Christ. 00:06:56.679 --> 00:07:02.099 And because of his life-giving sacrifice, 00:07:03.459 --> 00:07:04.699 The justification, 00:07:05.219 --> 00:07:07.819 The declaration of God on your life, 00:07:07.819 --> 00:07:11.000 That great eternal exchange, 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:13.199 Jesus taking your sin, 00:07:13.300 --> 00:07:16.920 And replacing it on you with his righteousness, 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:18.519 That is the great exchange. 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:22.480 We have been justified because of Christ, 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:23.480 And as a result, 00:07:23.620 --> 00:07:25.180 No condemnation, 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:26.839 No penalty, 00:07:27.620 --> 00:07:28.319 No debt, 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:29.819 No punishment. 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:34.500 The wrath of God lands on Christ, 00:07:35.139 --> 00:07:36.339 Rather than you. 00:07:37.819 --> 00:07:40.199 So what is the relationship then, 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:42.740 Between verse 1 and verse 2? 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:47.259 It begins with this word for. 00:07:47.620 --> 00:07:48.040 For, 00:07:48.959 --> 00:07:50.860 The law of the spirit of life, 00:07:50.939 --> 00:07:53.000 Has set you free from the law of sin and death. 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:55.480 Now, that can be really confusing, 00:07:55.699 --> 00:07:57.639 Because the word for, 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:00.159 Both in English and in Greek, 00:08:00.259 --> 00:08:02.800 Can be taken two different ways. 00:08:02.800 --> 00:08:07.160 It can be the basis or ground of reason, 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:09.280 For which something happens, 00:08:09.420 --> 00:08:09.780 Or, 00:08:10.139 --> 00:08:12.740 It can be the evidence that something is true. 00:08:13.740 --> 00:08:14.579 For example, 00:08:14.900 --> 00:08:19.120 My daughter took the ACT yesterday, 00:08:19.720 --> 00:08:22.199 And any of you students who have taken the ACT, 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:24.879 Will know how difficult that is. 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:25.879 And so, 00:08:26.040 --> 00:08:27.600 She could tell me, 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:28.159 Hey, 00:08:28.300 --> 00:08:28.639 Dad, 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:31.959 I know I did very well on this test, 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:34.340 Because of all of the hours, 00:08:34.340 --> 00:08:35.580 That I put into this. 00:08:35.939 --> 00:08:37.220 That would be the basis, 00:08:37.500 --> 00:08:38.139 Or ground, 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:39.340 Or reason, 00:08:39.799 --> 00:08:41.220 Maybe even the cause, 00:08:41.340 --> 00:08:43.539 For why she has this confidence. 00:08:44.299 --> 00:08:44.720 Or, 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:47.980 She could get the ACT back, 00:08:47.980 --> 00:08:49.580 And she could see the grade, 00:08:49.899 --> 00:08:51.840 And she could show me what that grade is, 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:52.259 And say, 00:08:52.539 --> 00:08:52.860 See, 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:55.100 Here is the evidence, 00:08:55.180 --> 00:08:56.220 Why I believe, 00:08:56.600 --> 00:08:57.639 That this is true. 00:08:58.420 --> 00:08:59.800 And that's what we're praying for. 00:09:02.560 --> 00:09:04.180 But it's all in God's sovereignty, 00:09:04.300 --> 00:09:04.500 Right? 00:09:06.500 --> 00:09:06.980 So, 00:09:07.220 --> 00:09:08.560 That is the question. 00:09:10.039 --> 00:09:10.500 Is, 00:09:10.600 --> 00:09:11.600 Verse 2, 00:09:12.139 --> 00:09:12.960 The ground, 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:15.060 And the basis of justification? 00:09:15.860 --> 00:09:16.220 Meaning, 00:09:16.220 --> 00:09:18.379 That we are justified, 00:09:18.379 --> 00:09:19.060 Because, 00:09:19.899 --> 00:09:22.560 Of this working for God, 00:09:22.680 --> 00:09:25.779 That produces merit in His eyes. 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:26.860 Or, 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:30.420 Is, 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:32.460 The working for God, 00:09:32.540 --> 00:09:33.500 A result, 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:35.519 And the evidence, 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:38.139 Of what He has actually accomplished, 00:09:38.440 --> 00:09:39.180 In our life, 00:09:39.420 --> 00:09:40.620 Through justification. 00:09:41.560 --> 00:09:42.279 Does that make sense? 00:09:43.259 --> 00:09:44.360 What comes first, 00:09:44.360 --> 00:09:46.120 And what comes second, 00:09:46.220 --> 00:09:48.480 Will change everything for us, 00:09:48.700 --> 00:09:50.360 In terms of our eternal destiny. 00:09:51.300 --> 00:09:53.139 We cannot get this wrong. 00:09:53.899 --> 00:09:55.360 We must understand, 00:09:55.580 --> 00:09:56.820 What is taking place, 00:09:57.399 --> 00:09:58.139 In this verse. 00:09:59.160 --> 00:10:01.040 Which meaning is it? 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:02.779 Well, 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:05.800 As we look at this, 00:10:05.899 --> 00:10:07.240 I don't want to be, 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:08.899 Really technical this morning, 00:10:09.040 --> 00:10:09.120 But, 00:10:09.259 --> 00:10:10.940 But I want to draw your attention, 00:10:10.940 --> 00:10:13.060 To a part of the answer, 00:10:13.060 --> 00:10:14.180 Which will then now be, 00:10:14.540 --> 00:10:14.880 Begin, 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:16.900 The beginning of the message, 00:10:17.020 --> 00:10:17.280 And, 00:10:17.500 --> 00:10:19.520 What will start for us, 00:10:19.560 --> 00:10:20.420 In terms of, 00:10:20.860 --> 00:10:21.900 Of the evidence, 00:10:22.020 --> 00:10:22.260 Then, 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:22.600 Of, 00:10:23.100 --> 00:10:23.940 Of the life, 00:10:24.060 --> 00:10:25.100 That is marked, 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:26.200 By no condemnation. 00:10:26.880 --> 00:10:28.220 Look at Romans 8, 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:29.220 Verses 3 and 4. 00:10:30.820 --> 00:10:31.880 Because it's related, 00:10:32.020 --> 00:10:32.680 To verse 1. 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:34.259 For, 00:10:34.259 --> 00:10:35.979 There's that same word again, 00:10:36.659 --> 00:10:38.219 For God has done, 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:39.039 With the law, 00:10:39.479 --> 00:10:40.519 Weakened by the flesh, 00:10:40.599 --> 00:10:41.259 Could not do. 00:10:42.139 --> 00:10:43.759 By sending his own son, 00:10:43.839 --> 00:10:45.519 In the likeness of sinful flesh, 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:46.899 And for sin, 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:48.299 He condemned, 00:10:48.819 --> 00:10:50.419 Sin in the flesh. 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:51.919 Now that is your answer. 00:10:53.339 --> 00:10:54.679 In order that the righteous requirement, 00:10:55.459 --> 00:10:55.899 Of the law, 00:10:55.959 --> 00:10:57.339 Might be fulfilled in us, 00:10:57.740 --> 00:11:00.179 Who walk not according to the flesh, 00:11:00.179 --> 00:11:02.620 But according to the spirit. 00:11:02.899 --> 00:11:03.439 Do you see it? 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:06.919 We'll talk about this more next week. 00:11:07.979 --> 00:11:09.259 Jesus came, 00:11:09.599 --> 00:11:11.239 In the likeness of flesh, 00:11:11.599 --> 00:11:12.519 To absorb, 00:11:12.899 --> 00:11:14.179 The wrath of God, 00:11:14.259 --> 00:11:15.779 And the condemnation, 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:17.739 Of God that you deserved, 00:11:18.059 --> 00:11:19.120 So that you wouldn't have to. 00:11:20.599 --> 00:11:21.759 And that's the relationship, 00:11:22.419 --> 00:11:24.399 Between the cause, 00:11:24.479 --> 00:11:25.319 And the effect. 00:11:25.979 --> 00:11:26.899 The cause, 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:28.319 Is the work of Christ, 00:11:28.319 --> 00:11:29.579 The reason, 00:11:29.580 --> 00:11:32.300 Pointing to no condemnation, 00:11:32.500 --> 00:11:33.580 And now the evidence, 00:11:33.680 --> 00:11:34.879 Is what we find in verse 2. 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:37.780 A life that is marked, 00:11:37.980 --> 00:11:38.460 By the spirit, 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:39.320 Shows, 00:11:39.860 --> 00:11:41.100 That the work of Christ, 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:42.139 Has taken place, 00:11:42.259 --> 00:11:42.820 Already, 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:44.520 Declaring, 00:11:45.259 --> 00:11:46.300 No condemnation. 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:48.620 And as a result, 00:11:48.940 --> 00:11:49.180 Then, 00:11:49.520 --> 00:11:50.360 As evidence, 00:11:50.500 --> 00:11:51.360 Of that work, 00:11:51.560 --> 00:11:52.360 In verse 2, 00:11:53.060 --> 00:11:54.620 Now there is a life, 00:11:54.700 --> 00:11:55.740 That is dominated, 00:11:55.740 --> 00:11:56.820 And marked, 00:11:57.140 --> 00:11:58.320 By the law, 00:11:58.320 --> 00:11:59.100 The law of the spirit, 00:11:59.520 --> 00:12:00.020 Working, 00:12:00.420 --> 00:12:01.040 In your life. 00:12:03.540 --> 00:12:04.840 There are three things, 00:12:04.900 --> 00:12:05.980 That we find in verse 2. 00:12:06.660 --> 00:12:07.300 Three things, 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:09.340 That must always be true, 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:10.920 Of an individual, 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:12.420 Whose life, 00:12:12.500 --> 00:12:13.460 Is marked then, 00:12:13.540 --> 00:12:14.660 As evidence, 00:12:15.040 --> 00:12:15.800 Of one, 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:18.120 Who has no condemnation, 00:12:18.379 --> 00:12:19.140 One who is, 00:12:19.260 --> 00:12:20.420 In Christ Jesus. 00:12:21.520 --> 00:12:22.560 There are three things, 00:12:22.560 --> 00:12:23.200 That are going to be, 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:24.460 Brand new for us, 00:12:24.460 --> 00:12:26.200 If you are in Christ. 00:12:26.740 --> 00:12:27.300 First, 00:12:27.740 --> 00:12:28.780 Is that there is, 00:12:28.820 --> 00:12:30.259 A new law. 00:12:31.040 --> 00:12:32.540 There is a new, 00:12:33.220 --> 00:12:33.800 Law. 00:12:35.820 --> 00:12:36.580 Verse 2, 00:12:36.660 --> 00:12:37.820 Talks about the difference, 00:12:37.900 --> 00:12:39.280 Between the law, 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:40.040 Of the spirit, 00:12:40.900 --> 00:12:41.780 And the law, 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:42.500 Of sin. 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:44.460 I want to just take, 00:12:44.500 --> 00:12:45.180 A brief look, 00:12:45.300 --> 00:12:46.519 At some of the, 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:47.060 Standard, 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:48.700 Understandings, 00:12:48.700 --> 00:12:49.780 And the ways, 00:12:49.780 --> 00:12:50.519 That the scripture, 00:12:50.660 --> 00:12:51.680 Conveys law, 00:12:51.679 --> 00:12:52.579 So that we can kind of, 00:12:52.939 --> 00:12:54.379 Get an appreciation, 00:12:54.379 --> 00:12:55.199 For where, 00:12:55.479 --> 00:12:56.799 Where Paul is, 00:12:56.839 --> 00:12:57.479 In all of this. 00:12:57.559 --> 00:12:58.819 What is he talking about, 00:12:59.099 --> 00:13:00.239 When he's talking about, 00:13:00.479 --> 00:13:00.759 Law? 00:13:01.359 --> 00:13:02.000 Well first, 00:13:02.159 --> 00:13:03.079 I want to just briefly, 00:13:03.079 --> 00:13:04.179 Look at the standard, 00:13:04.419 --> 00:13:05.359 Use of law, 00:13:05.479 --> 00:13:06.199 In the New Testament. 00:13:07.899 --> 00:13:08.799 There are at least, 00:13:08.859 --> 00:13:09.699 A couple of ways, 00:13:09.819 --> 00:13:11.539 That law is used, 00:13:11.599 --> 00:13:12.659 Throughout the New Testament, 00:13:13.299 --> 00:13:14.779 To speak of, 00:13:14.779 --> 00:13:15.719 The scriptures. 00:13:16.620 --> 00:13:17.039 First, 00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:17.879 To speak of the, 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:18.500 Scriptures, 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:19.579 Specifically, 00:13:20.219 --> 00:13:21.319 Related to, 00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:22.240 The Torah, 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:23.540 Or the first five books, 00:13:23.580 --> 00:13:24.040 Of the Bible. 00:13:24.640 --> 00:13:25.040 Genesis, 00:13:25.720 --> 00:13:26.080 Exodus, 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:26.900 Leviticus, 00:13:27.180 --> 00:13:27.660 Numbers, 00:13:28.040 --> 00:13:28.660 And Deuteronomy. 00:13:29.340 --> 00:13:29.960 These would be, 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:30.700 The laws, 00:13:30.820 --> 00:13:31.580 That God had given, 00:13:31.760 --> 00:13:32.340 To Moses, 00:13:32.820 --> 00:13:34.040 For the people of Israel, 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:34.920 Who were part, 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:35.879 Of the old covenant, 00:13:35.980 --> 00:13:36.600 To help them, 00:13:36.800 --> 00:13:37.940 Be a people, 00:13:38.100 --> 00:13:38.680 Of God. 00:13:39.620 --> 00:13:40.220 We find, 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:41.440 One of these uses, 00:13:41.660 --> 00:13:42.480 In Luke chapter, 00:13:42.940 --> 00:13:44.300 24 verse 44, 00:13:44.420 --> 00:13:44.879 Let me just, 00:13:45.100 --> 00:13:45.660 Listen as, 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:46.780 As I read, 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:47.160 It says, 00:13:47.260 --> 00:13:48.020 Then he said, 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:49.460 This is Jesus speaking, 00:13:50.020 --> 00:13:51.300 These are my words, 00:13:51.299 --> 00:13:52.579 That I spoke to you, 00:13:52.579 --> 00:13:54.240 While I was still with you, 00:13:54.579 --> 00:13:56.519 That everything written about me, 00:13:56.639 --> 00:13:58.240 In the law of Moses, 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:00.000 And the prophets, 00:14:00.319 --> 00:14:01.139 And the Psalms, 00:14:01.219 --> 00:14:02.120 Might be fulfilled. 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:03.699 Jesus speaking, 00:14:03.819 --> 00:14:05.439 Specifically of the law of Moses, 00:14:05.959 --> 00:14:07.199 The first five books, 00:14:07.259 --> 00:14:07.719 Of the Bible. 00:14:08.979 --> 00:14:09.439 The second, 00:14:09.699 --> 00:14:10.919 Law is used, 00:14:11.019 --> 00:14:11.599 In the scriptures, 00:14:11.839 --> 00:14:12.500 To address, 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:13.919 The totality, 00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:14.819 Of the old testament. 00:14:15.819 --> 00:14:16.139 Jesus, 00:14:16.439 --> 00:14:17.679 In a different occasion, 00:14:17.819 --> 00:14:18.899 In John chapter 10, 00:14:18.899 --> 00:14:19.899 Is speaking, 00:14:19.899 --> 00:14:19.919 Is speaking, 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:21.500 To the religious leaders, 00:14:22.059 --> 00:14:22.500 And he's, 00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:23.959 Addressing their, 00:14:23.959 --> 00:14:24.819 Ignorance, 00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:25.840 Of the law, 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:26.879 And he's speaking, 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:27.720 Specifically, 00:14:28.220 --> 00:14:29.559 Drawing from a quote, 00:14:29.659 --> 00:14:30.840 In Psalms, 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:31.840 And he says this, 00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:33.819 Is it not written, 00:14:34.019 --> 00:14:34.799 In your law? 00:14:35.860 --> 00:14:36.579 And then he, 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:37.959 Quotes a phrase, 00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:39.500 Directly from the Psalms, 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:40.720 Which helps, 00:14:40.939 --> 00:14:41.620 Them understand, 00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:42.740 And helps us understand, 00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:43.480 That the law, 00:14:43.539 --> 00:14:44.939 Can also refer to everything, 00:14:45.319 --> 00:14:46.240 In the old testament. 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:49.340 The writings of God, 00:14:49.419 --> 00:14:50.139 For the people, 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:51.080 To help them, 00:14:51.480 --> 00:14:52.259 Live a life, 00:14:52.379 --> 00:14:52.919 That is, 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:54.039 Consistent, 00:14:54.560 --> 00:14:55.039 In alignment, 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:55.720 With God's, 00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:57.100 Standard for them. 00:14:58.259 --> 00:14:59.759 From a Jewish perspective, 00:14:59.960 --> 00:15:00.820 The law dominated, 00:15:01.019 --> 00:15:02.139 Everything in life. 00:15:02.720 --> 00:15:03.299 Absolutely, 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:04.340 Everything. 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:06.000 The religious, 00:15:06.460 --> 00:15:07.259 And relational, 00:15:07.620 --> 00:15:08.659 Aspects of life. 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:09.700 Marriage, 00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:10.639 And worship, 00:15:11.220 --> 00:15:12.180 Both resting, 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:13.139 And working, 00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:14.480 Interacting, 00:15:14.659 --> 00:15:15.379 With strangers, 00:15:15.379 --> 00:15:17.000 And those who were foreigners, 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:18.399 From them. 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:20.439 There were codes of morality, 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:21.379 Codes, 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:24.799 Codes even related to their clothing, 00:15:24.939 --> 00:15:25.820 And what they would wear. 00:15:27.259 --> 00:15:28.620 Dictating the feast days, 00:15:28.700 --> 00:15:29.539 They were to observe. 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:32.919 Dictating the year of sabbatical, 00:15:33.019 --> 00:15:34.360 That they were supposed to take off, 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:35.620 The year of jubilee. 00:15:36.460 --> 00:15:37.519 How to treat servants, 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:39.460 How to deal with physical issues, 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:40.679 Among themselves, 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:41.799 Blemishes, 00:15:42.179 --> 00:15:43.139 And leprosy, 00:15:43.259 --> 00:15:44.659 And other various things. 00:15:45.379 --> 00:15:47.220 How to deal with rebellious children, 00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:49.460 How to interact with war, 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:51.360 How to farm your fields, 00:15:51.539 --> 00:15:53.159 And how to pay your laborers, 00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:55.340 How to raise cattle and sheep, 00:15:55.980 --> 00:15:57.639 How to plant orchards, 00:15:57.939 --> 00:15:59.939 How to eat various foods, 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:01.799 How to honor the elderly, 00:16:02.220 --> 00:16:03.299 Buying and selling, 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:04.700 Mortgaging property, 00:16:05.019 --> 00:16:05.379 Making vows, 00:16:05.379 --> 00:16:06.340 Every aspect of life, 00:16:06.340 --> 00:16:08.500 Every aspect of life, 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:10.679 Was dominated by the law, 00:16:11.379 --> 00:16:16.720 So that it was all encompassing, 00:16:16.980 --> 00:16:19.179 And there were blessings, 00:16:19.379 --> 00:16:20.559 And there were curses, 00:16:20.659 --> 00:16:21.580 That were attached, 00:16:21.980 --> 00:16:22.939 To obedience, 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:24.919 And disobedience to the law, 00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:27.959 We find that in Deuteronomy chapter 28, 00:16:28.079 --> 00:16:30.079 In Leviticus chapter 26, 00:16:30.620 --> 00:16:32.179 I will bless you if you obey, 00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:34.919 I will curse you if you disobey, 00:16:35.299 --> 00:16:36.740 And of course, 00:16:36.839 --> 00:16:38.719 This led to some unhealthy assumptions, 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:42.899 And we see some of those unhealthy assumptions, 00:16:42.899 --> 00:16:44.839 When we look in the Old Testament, 00:16:44.959 --> 00:16:46.419 We evaluate the life of Job, 00:16:46.939 --> 00:16:48.519 And his great friends, 00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:49.939 Come alongside him and say, 00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:50.560 Hey Joe, 00:16:51.400 --> 00:16:54.020 You know that bad things are happening to you, 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:56.260 Because you must be a bad person, 00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:57.880 Because you know, 00:16:58.020 --> 00:16:59.400 Based upon the law, 00:16:59.620 --> 00:17:02.680 That those who are doing what is right, 00:17:02.780 --> 00:17:03.800 Get favor from God, 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:05.500 And those who do what is wrong, 00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:07.460 Get cursed by God, 00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:08.519 So obviously, 00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:10.500 You must be cursed by God, 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:11.720 And disobedient, 00:17:12.320 --> 00:17:15.100 The Pharisees, 00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:16.840 And the scribes of the New Testament, 00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:17.519 Were no different, 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:22.539 They were those who elevated their righteousness, 00:17:22.879 --> 00:17:27.220 And wanted to make sure that everyone around knew about it, 00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:31.059 They thought they were a cut above everyone else, 00:17:31.420 --> 00:17:33.819 And were a little displeased with Jesus, 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:36.879 For mixing it up with sinners and tax collectors, 00:17:37.660 --> 00:17:39.559 If he was really a righteous guy, 00:17:39.619 --> 00:17:41.000 If he was really a holy man, 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:42.839 If he was really from God, 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:43.740 The Father, 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:47.500 Then certainly he would have a different set of requirements, 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:49.960 In terms of who he associates with, 00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:54.579 But Jesus makes it clear to them, 00:17:55.019 --> 00:17:56.799 You have no part with me, 00:17:57.359 --> 00:18:00.740 Because they got it all mixed up, 00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:04.539 They got the working ahead, 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:06.019 Of the declaring, 00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:10.339 They got the obedience ahead, 00:18:10.339 --> 00:18:13.019 Of the declaration of righteousness, 00:18:13.019 --> 00:18:16.319 They thought they could earn righteousness from God, 00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:17.660 They did not realize, 00:18:17.660 --> 00:18:21.079 That God had to establish righteousness for them, 00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:22.839 Through Jesus, 00:18:23.059 --> 00:18:24.940 Who alone could fulfill, 00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:27.359 All of the moral standards of the law, 00:18:27.859 --> 00:18:30.920 Paul, 00:18:31.420 --> 00:18:33.839 In his use of law throughout Romans, 00:18:34.339 --> 00:18:36.480 Has at least three different ways, 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:38.059 That he uses law, 00:18:38.059 --> 00:18:39.519 And briefly, 00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:41.179 We find in Romans chapter 2, 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:41.619 15, 00:18:42.179 --> 00:18:44.339 That he is dealing with the law, 00:18:44.399 --> 00:18:45.839 In terms of moral code, 00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:46.639 Just, 00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:47.539 If you would, 00:18:47.639 --> 00:18:48.519 Turn back with me, 00:18:48.579 --> 00:18:49.119 Just for a second, 00:18:49.220 --> 00:18:50.240 To Romans chapter 2, 00:18:50.579 --> 00:18:51.279 Verse 15, 00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:52.299 Let me read this for you, 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:53.659 So you can see it for yourself, 00:18:55.099 --> 00:18:55.659 Romans 2, 00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:56.099 15, 00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:56.819 Says this, 00:18:56.819 --> 00:18:58.099 They show, 00:18:58.099 --> 00:18:59.639 That the work of the law, 00:18:59.859 --> 00:19:01.379 Is written on their heart, 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:03.200 While their conscience, 00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:04.639 Also bears witness, 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:06.740 And their conflicting thoughts, 00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.500 Accuses, 00:19:07.639 --> 00:19:09.379 Or even excuse them, 00:19:10.159 --> 00:19:10.720 Now certainly, 00:19:10.879 --> 00:19:12.159 This isn't the sum total, 00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:13.519 Of the law, 00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:15.039 That was given to Moses, 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:16.079 Certainly not, 00:19:16.159 --> 00:19:17.700 Because it's defective, 00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:18.559 In so many ways, 00:19:18.679 --> 00:19:18.799 But, 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:21.220 But in terms of a moral compass, 00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:23.460 That was polluted, 00:19:23.579 --> 00:19:25.480 And corrupted in some respects, 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:27.660 There was still some sense, 00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:29.200 Of morality that God gives, 00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:30.259 To every individual, 00:19:31.299 --> 00:19:32.480 In Romans chapter 3, 00:19:32.579 --> 00:19:34.599 On the adjacent page, 00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:35.579 Verse 20, 00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:37.460 He's dealing with the law, 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:39.420 In terms of what we're familiar with, 00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:40.920 We've just talked about, 00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:41.960 The law of Moses, 00:19:42.099 --> 00:19:42.799 Here's what he says, 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:43.599 In Romans 3, 00:19:43.620 --> 00:19:43.920 20, 00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.259 For the, 00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:46.460 By the works of the law, 00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:47.860 No human will be justified, 00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:49.019 In his sight, 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:51.059 Since through the law, 00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:53.220 Comes knowledge of him, 00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:54.579 Speaking about, 00:19:54.579 --> 00:19:55.980 The written law, 00:19:56.099 --> 00:19:56.839 To the Jews, 00:19:57.139 --> 00:19:57.500 Through, 00:19:58.639 --> 00:19:59.699 The first five books, 00:19:59.859 --> 00:20:00.639 Of the Old Testament, 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:02.419 And then finally, 00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:04.519 In Romans chapter 7, 00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:05.240 Verse 22, 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:06.279 And 24, 00:20:07.159 --> 00:20:07.960 We find this, 00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:09.559 Paul is talking about, 00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:10.679 This inner struggle, 00:20:10.679 --> 00:20:11.639 That's taking place, 00:20:11.699 --> 00:20:12.579 And he says, 00:20:12.679 --> 00:20:13.779 Beginning in verse 22, 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.439 For I delight, 00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:16.799 In the law of God, 00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:17.819 In my inner being, 00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:20.199 But I see in my members, 00:20:20.399 --> 00:20:21.119 Another law, 00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:22.139 Waging war, 00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:23.480 Against the law, 00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:24.480 Of my mind, 00:20:24.800 --> 00:20:26.480 And making me, 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:27.680 Captive to the law, 00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.240 Of sin, 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:29.340 That dwells, 00:20:29.340 --> 00:20:30.600 In my members, 00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:32.200 Wretched man, 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:32.680 That I am, 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:34.180 Who will deliver me, 00:20:34.560 --> 00:20:35.780 From this body, 00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:36.840 Of death, 00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.940 Here, 00:20:39.120 --> 00:20:39.900 Paul is dealing, 00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:40.880 With a principle, 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:42.360 He's dealing, 00:20:42.360 --> 00:20:43.600 With an inner power, 00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:44.660 This inner struggle, 00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:46.360 This inner authority, 00:20:46.360 --> 00:20:47.020 That seeks, 00:20:47.020 --> 00:20:47.720 To overcome, 00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:48.900 The things, 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:49.880 That he wants to do, 00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:50.700 As a person, 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:51.759 Who has been, 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.839 Claimed by God, 00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:56.019 So three different ways, 00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:56.500 That we see, 00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:58.000 Throughout the letter, 00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:59.460 That Paul is using, 00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.460 This word law, 00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:02.779 So how is he using, 00:21:03.100 --> 00:21:04.079 Law here, 00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:05.460 In chapter 8, 00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.140 Verse 2, 00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.880 The law of the spirit, 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:09.920 Versus the law of sin, 00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:12.720 In what sense, 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.460 Are we to take, 00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:15.120 This law to mean, 00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:16.739 Well, 00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:17.259 I think, 00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:19.279 It's best for us, 00:21:19.459 --> 00:21:20.759 To understand, 00:21:20.939 --> 00:21:22.000 That chapter 8, 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:22.539 Verse 2, 00:21:22.739 --> 00:21:24.439 Is in the normal flow, 00:21:24.679 --> 00:21:25.899 Of conversation, 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:27.899 We take, 00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.039 Chapter 7, 00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:30.099 Verses 22, 00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.579 To 24, 00:21:31.939 --> 00:21:32.719 Into account, 00:21:33.139 --> 00:21:33.979 And we realize, 00:21:33.979 --> 00:21:35.500 That Paul has already begun, 00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:36.779 To define for us, 00:21:36.939 --> 00:21:37.819 What he means, 00:21:37.899 --> 00:21:38.679 In the flow, 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.599 Of this conversation, 00:21:40.699 --> 00:21:41.919 That in fact, 00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.659 What he is, 00:21:42.939 --> 00:21:43.759 Pointing to, 00:21:43.959 --> 00:21:45.079 In chapter 7, 00:21:45.139 --> 00:21:45.799 Verses 22, 00:21:45.859 --> 00:21:46.359 And 23, 00:21:46.939 --> 00:21:48.019 As a law, 00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:49.319 In his members, 00:21:49.659 --> 00:21:51.460 Could not actually be, 00:21:52.139 --> 00:21:54.019 A list of do's and don'ts, 00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:56.059 Because our hands, 00:21:56.179 --> 00:21:57.079 And our feet, 00:21:57.159 --> 00:21:58.379 And our legs, 00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.759 Don't contain, 00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:01.240 Do's and don'ts, 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.839 But actually, 00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.659 Principles, 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.639 Or powers, 00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:05.279 Or authorities, 00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.379 Things that seem, 00:22:06.379 --> 00:22:07.279 To overcome, 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.099 The other principles, 00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:10.139 That are in place, 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.539 And so, 00:22:11.699 --> 00:22:12.500 In that sense, 00:22:12.659 --> 00:22:14.139 The sense in which, 00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:15.580 It is a principle, 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:17.300 Or an authority, 00:22:18.020 --> 00:22:19.060 Or a power, 00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:20.980 Is what Paul seems, 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:22.960 To mean here, 00:22:23.080 --> 00:22:24.080 In this passage, 00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:27.440 It's a principle, 00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:29.280 That is making war, 00:22:29.560 --> 00:22:31.180 In your life, 00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:33.160 He refers to it, 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:35.400 As the law of sin, 00:22:35.820 --> 00:22:36.940 In chapter 7, 00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:39.000 He builds on that, 00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:40.380 Here as the law, 00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:41.380 Of sin, 00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:42.440 And death, 00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:43.539 In chapter 8, 00:22:43.580 --> 00:22:44.100 Verse 2, 00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:45.500 Because he wants you, 00:22:45.580 --> 00:22:46.460 To understand, 00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:47.620 Inevitably, 00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.799 Where sin leads, 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.880 Sin, 00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:52.480 That is unchecked, 00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.460 Will inevitably, 00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.980 Lead to your, 00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.860 Destruction, 00:22:55.859 --> 00:22:58.079 And Paul, 00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.099 And Paul, 00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:58.839 Wants, 00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.319 You to understand, 00:23:00.439 --> 00:23:01.119 The significance, 00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:03.659 Of that contrast, 00:23:04.219 --> 00:23:04.740 That those, 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.599 Who are actually, 00:23:05.879 --> 00:23:06.879 In Christ, 00:23:07.479 --> 00:23:08.479 Who are actually, 00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:09.439 Not condemned, 00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.939 Will be existing, 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:12.279 In the power, 00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:13.559 Of the Holy Spirit, 00:23:14.699 --> 00:23:15.259 The spirit, 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:16.299 Who gives power, 00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:16.899 Over, 00:23:18.199 --> 00:23:19.219 The law, 00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:19.879 Of the flesh, 00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.479 The law, 00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.139 Of sin, 00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:21.859 And death, 00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:22.979 Again, 00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.959 Not another list, 00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:25.519 But the authority, 00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.519 Of the Holy Spirit, 00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:27.019 Himself, 00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:29.220 Who works contrary, 00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:31.700 And wages war, 00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:33.500 Against the sin, 00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.660 That is so present, 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.360 In our life, 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.920 Now notice, 00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.819 That he says, 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:39.200 It is the law, 00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:40.200 Of the spirit, 00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:42.079 Who is doing this work, 00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:44.660 It is the Holy Spirit, 00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:46.240 Who sanctifies, 00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.940 The believer, 00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:49.480 And that should give us, 00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.960 All great, 00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:52.120 Opportunity, 00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:53.039 To rejoice, 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:54.440 And to say, 00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:55.379 Thank you Lord, 00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:56.480 That you are the one, 00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.240 Who is working, 00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.139 Sanctification, 00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:59.240 Out in my life, 00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.639 Refined from, 00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.680 Philippians chapter 1, 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.000 6, 00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:04.359 I'm sure you all know this, 00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.059 He who began, 00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:06.940 A good work in you, 00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.779 Speaking of, 00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.420 Jesus, 00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:09.759 He who began, 00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.639 A good work in you, 00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.639 Will be faithful, 00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:13.599 To complete it, 00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.559 That is the work, 00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:15.319 Of sanctification, 00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.839 The Holy Spirit, 00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.639 Is accomplishing, 00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:18.339 In your life, 00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:20.500 A couple chapters later, 00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.159 In Philippians, 00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.980 He says this, 00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:23.900 It is God who works in you, 00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:25.160 Both to will, 00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:26.200 And to work, 00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:29.220 For his good pleasure, 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:32.779 We are meant, 00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:33.799 To serve God, 00:24:33.860 --> 00:24:34.519 In a whole new way, 00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:36.720 And we can, 00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.980 Do that through, 00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:40.140 This new law, 00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.579 The law of the spirit, 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:43.940 The power of the spirit, 00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.440 Working, 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:46.740 In our life, 00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:50.720 Because there is no condemnation, 00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:52.579 We are ushered, 00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:53.759 Into a whole new, 00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.620 Realm, 00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.940 Of existence, 00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:58.259 And in this sense, 00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.299 This does not, 00:24:59.299 --> 00:25:00.620 Lower the bar, 00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.240 For us, 00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.960 But it actually, 00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:03.519 Raises the bar, 00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:05.000 Of expectation, 00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:05.700 And standard, 00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.960 To a whole new level, 00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:09.819 If any of you, 00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.900 Remember the sermon, 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.480 On the bound, 00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:12.420 You know exactly, 00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.480 What Jesus is, 00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:14.380 Talking about, 00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.579 And how that relates, 00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.500 To our subject, 00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:18.480 You know that as he is, 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.859 Referring to the law, 00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:21.779 He is helping his hearers, 00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:23.740 Understand the significance, 00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:25.299 Of their faulty thinking, 00:25:26.159 --> 00:25:26.740 He says, 00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:28.559 You have heard it said, 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.599 And he fills in the blank, 00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:32.899 With the moral code, 00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:34.519 The code that had been written, 00:25:34.699 --> 00:25:35.500 In the law, 00:25:35.919 --> 00:25:37.699 But I say to you, 00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:39.159 And raises the bar, 00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:40.279 To impossible, 00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:41.879 And supernatural, 00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.179 Levels, 00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:46.120 It is only through, 00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:47.420 The power, 00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.600 Of the Holy Spirit, 00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.900 Working in our life, 00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:52.299 That doesn't help us, 00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:54.180 Just make it in life, 00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:56.220 And just happen to please God, 00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:58.000 Proportionately, 00:25:58.100 --> 00:25:59.460 But helps us to please God, 00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:01.039 To the nth degree, 00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.820 As the Holy Spirit, 00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.660 Is refining, 00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.759 And maturing, 00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:06.220 And growing us, 00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:07.420 And leading us, 00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.400 Into obedience, 00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:11.840 This is, 00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:12.840 The principle, 00:26:13.340 --> 00:26:14.660 Of the new law, 00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.680 Working within, 00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:17.120 New power, 00:26:17.540 --> 00:26:18.780 That now leads us, 00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:20.300 To new life, 00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.700 New life, 00:26:21.800 --> 00:26:22.220 That is, 00:26:22.800 --> 00:26:23.420 The second, 00:26:24.080 --> 00:26:25.019 Characteristic, 00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:26.100 The second feature, 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:27.320 Of what we have now, 00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:27.980 As those, 00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:30.200 Who have no condemnation, 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:32.140 New life, 00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:35.460 He refers to, 00:26:35.540 --> 00:26:36.960 The spirit of life, 00:26:37.080 --> 00:26:37.820 And he refers, 00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.259 To sin, 00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.340 And death, 00:26:40.780 --> 00:26:42.080 These two, 00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:42.920 Are at odds, 00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.660 With one another, 00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:45.640 And it might be beneficial, 00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:46.940 For us to understand, 00:26:47.540 --> 00:26:48.259 Since we're probably, 00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.680 More acquainted with sin, 00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:51.160 To understand sin, 00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:52.759 And then contrast it with, 00:26:53.320 --> 00:26:54.759 The spirit of life, 00:26:58.759 --> 00:27:00.240 If you want to turn back to me, 00:27:00.300 --> 00:27:02.000 With me to Romans chapter 3, 00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:04.440 Romans chapter 3, 00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.720 Gives us, 00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:06.840 Perhaps the, 00:27:07.040 --> 00:27:08.940 The most comprehensive, 00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:10.000 Understanding, 00:27:10.820 --> 00:27:11.300 In a, 00:27:11.300 --> 00:27:12.920 Short summary form, 00:27:13.040 --> 00:27:13.240 Of, 00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.580 Of where we are, 00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:16.980 In terms of the totality of sin, 00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:18.900 Confronting, 00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:20.220 And waging war, 00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:20.820 In our life, 00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:22.400 Romans chapter 3, 00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:24.780 Verses 10 to 18, 00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:26.380 It says this, 00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:28.300 As it is written, 00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:30.320 None is righteous, 00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:30.759 No, 00:27:30.840 --> 00:27:31.360 Not one, 00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:33.339 No one understands, 00:27:33.939 --> 00:27:35.359 No one seeks for God, 00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.859 All have turned aside, 00:27:37.199 --> 00:27:38.839 Together they have become worthless, 00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:41.000 No one does good, 00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:42.559 Not even one, 00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:45.539 Their throat is an open grave, 00:27:45.939 --> 00:27:47.719 They use their tongues to deceive, 00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:49.819 The venom of asps, 00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:51.099 Is under their lips, 00:27:51.679 --> 00:27:53.559 Their mouth is full of curses, 00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.059 And bitterness, 00:27:54.419 --> 00:27:55.779 Their feet are swift, 00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.639 To shed blood, 00:27:56.899 --> 00:27:57.939 In their paths, 00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:59.480 Are ruin and misery, 00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:01.620 And the way of peace, 00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.840 They have not known, 00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:05.779 There is no fear of God, 00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:07.620 Before their eyes, 00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:09.799 Now talk about, 00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.759 The absolute, 00:28:10.860 --> 00:28:12.279 Comprehensiveness, 00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:13.559 Of sin, 00:28:14.100 --> 00:28:15.580 This is a very, 00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:16.680 Dismal picture, 00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:18.039 Of you and I, 00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.840 Before Christ, 00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:23.139 The totality of individuals, 00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:24.899 Regardless of geography, 00:28:25.679 --> 00:28:28.319 The totality of wickedness, 00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:30.099 In every person that exists, 00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:32.480 That affects not only their feet, 00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.299 You notice this, 00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.579 And their mouth, 00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:36.439 But they're also their eyes, 00:28:36.439 --> 00:28:40.039 And they have all together become worthless, 00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:43.200 There is no part of us, 00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:44.740 Before Christ, 00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:47.139 As we know from the prophet Isaiah, 00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:49.440 That has any credibility, 00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.859 Any value, 00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:52.099 Any righteousness, 00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:55.500 All our righteousnesses, 00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.759 As Isaiah says, 00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:59.279 Are as filthy rags, 00:29:00.159 --> 00:29:01.200 The totality, 00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:03.839 Incomprehensive nature, 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:05.099 Of depravity, 00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:07.000 Within our lives, 00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:10.240 Should lead us to despair, 00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:11.059 If not, 00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:12.400 For the wonder, 00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.700 Of the grace, 00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.619 Of Christ, 00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:18.099 That is who we are, 00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:19.400 By nature, 00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:21.740 And once we are, 00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.779 Saved, 00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:24.059 Once we are delivered, 00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:25.119 And rescued, 00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.119 Unfortunately, 00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:28.000 The war continues, 00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.140 To reign, 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:31.160 The law, 00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:32.759 Only compounds, 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:34.519 The problem for us, 00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.319 As we find, 00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.960 In Romans chapter 7, 00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.799 Turn with me, 00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:39.140 There for a second, 00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.619 Romans chapter 7, 00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:42.019 Beginning in verse 7, 00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:46.160 It says, 00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:47.940 If it had not been for the law, 00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:50.180 I would not have known sin, 00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.960 But sin, 00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:53.339 Seizing an opportunity, 00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:54.640 Through the commandment, 00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.980 Produced in me, 00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:57.339 All kinds of covetousness, 00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.880 For apart from the law, 00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:01.740 Sin lies dead, 00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:04.019 I was once part from the law, 00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:06.160 But when the commandments came, 00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:07.460 Sin came alive, 00:30:07.540 --> 00:30:07.460 Sin came alive, 00:30:07.540 --> 00:30:08.160 And I died, 00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:10.240 The very commandment, 00:30:10.320 --> 00:30:11.320 That promised life, 00:30:11.580 --> 00:30:13.160 Proved to be death, 00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.800 For me, 00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.300 For sin, 00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:16.340 Seizing an opportunity, 00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.580 Through the commandment, 00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.920 Deceived me, 00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:20.340 And through it, 00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.200 Killed me, 00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:24.860 If it had not been for the law, 00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:26.680 I would not have known sin, 00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:29.440 Maybe you're familiar with the statement, 00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:31.000 Ignorance is bliss, 00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:33.980 But as human creatures, 00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:35.539 We are people, 00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:38.519 Who once we are given a prohibition, 00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:41.759 Long to have it satisfied, 00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:43.880 By doing the very things, 00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:46.039 We are told we are not supposed to do, 00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:47.440 So, 00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:48.200 For example, 00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:49.259 I'm going to put a picture, 00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:50.259 Up here for you, 00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:52.700 There we go, 00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.539 Up to this point, 00:30:54.639 --> 00:30:56.519 You were not thinking about food, 00:30:57.259 --> 00:31:01.139 And certainly not thinking about hamburgers, 00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:04.480 But now with that succulent, 00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:06.259 Piece of meat there, 00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:11.099 I am sure you can not only smell it, 00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:14.859 You can virtually taste it, 00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:17.319 And perhaps even now, 00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:20.299 There is this little rumbling in your tumbly, 00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:22.940 Is that Winnie the Pooh, 00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:24.180 Rumbly in the tumbly? 00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:28.740 And this is the plight, 00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:31.599 This is the human condition, 00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:34.519 When faced with a prohibition, 00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:36.220 We crave it, 00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:39.680 And the longer the prohibition exists, 00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:43.059 The more we want the forbidden fruit, 00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:47.099 But by God's grace, 00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:49.980 There is also new liberty, 00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:52.299 New liberty, 00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.680 New freedom, 00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:55.920 For the law of the spirit of life, 00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:57.440 Has set me free, 00:31:57.839 --> 00:32:00.440 Set you free in Christ Jesus, 00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:02.740 From the law of sin and death, 00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:04.640 Now there are several things, 00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:05.859 I want to draw to your attention, 00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:07.659 But focusing just on two here, 00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:10.639 And then building on this truth, 00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.740 In conclusion, 00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:13.719 First, 00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:14.879 I want you to notice, 00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:17.359 In this verse, 00:32:17.479 --> 00:32:18.139 Verse two, 00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:21.079 That every Christian, 00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:23.859 Has the Holy Spirit, 00:32:24.479 --> 00:32:26.979 Every believer, 00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:29.099 Whoever who is in Christ Jesus, 00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:32.299 Has the Holy Spirit, 00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:36.740 The Spirit is not a second leg, 00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:38.599 For those who are now, 00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:40.539 Becoming more sanctified, 00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:43.180 It's not a second step, 00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:44.680 But the Holy Spirit comes, 00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:45.680 Immediately, 00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:48.120 For those who are in Christ, 00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:49.319 Helping them, 00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:50.579 To live the way, 00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:52.099 God has commanded, 00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:56.419 But if you don't have Christ, 00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.159 As we find, 00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:59.899 In Romans chapter 8, 00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.619 Verse 9, 00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.439 If you don't, 00:33:02.439 --> 00:33:03.519 Have the spirit, 00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:05.539 Then you aren't, 00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.699 A Christian, 00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:10.099 You can't have, 00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.939 No condemnation, 00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:14.119 Without the spirit, 00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:16.519 You cannot be in Christ, 00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.740 Without, 00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:19.539 Without the spirit's work, 00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:21.559 That is, 00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:23.579 The next observation, 00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.880 No condemnation, 00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:26.920 Also comes, 00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:27.880 For those, 00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:29.019 Who are in Christ, 00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:31.420 If you are a, 00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:32.839 Believer this morning, 00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:34.359 You are not working, 00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.720 To get Christ, 00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:37.720 You're not working, 00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:39.299 To be justified, 00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.920 Because that transaction, 00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:43.160 Has already happened, 00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:44.579 Because of Jesus, 00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:48.599 There is, 00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:50.220 No condemnation, 00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:51.759 For those, 00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.899 Who are in Christ Jesus, 00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.939 And as a result, 00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:56.000 You can stand, 00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.299 As one, 00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.119 Who is, 00:33:58.439 --> 00:33:59.199 Reveling, 00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:00.119 In the wonder, 00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:01.079 In the mercy, 00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:01.740 Of God, 00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:03.139 In that, 00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:04.039 That work, 00:34:04.159 --> 00:34:04.879 That he has accomplished, 00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:05.579 For you, 00:34:05.939 --> 00:34:06.859 Through Jesus, 00:34:07.439 --> 00:34:08.259 On the cross, 00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:10.480 But it does, 00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.279 Raise the question, 00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:13.000 How does, 00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.679 The working, 00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.759 Of the power, 00:34:15.359 --> 00:34:15.960 That we find, 00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.739 In verse 2, 00:34:17.399 --> 00:34:18.559 The spirit power, 00:34:18.839 --> 00:34:19.639 How does that, 00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:21.480 Working of spirit power, 00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.799 Relate, 00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.980 To the declaration, 00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.819 Of no condemnation, 00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.919 In verse 1, 00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:29.079 Because we, 00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:29.960 Don't dare, 00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.659 Get this backwards, 00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:35.139 You turn that around, 00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:36.539 And we don't have, 00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:37.299 Christianity, 00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.579 We are either, 00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.119 Fighting, 00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:41.739 To get justified, 00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:43.539 Or, 00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:45.219 You are fighting, 00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.479 Confidently, 00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:48.019 Because you are, 00:34:48.459 --> 00:34:49.159 Justified, 00:34:49.919 --> 00:34:50.500 And that, 00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.319 Is an important, 00:34:51.899 --> 00:34:52.639 Understanding, 00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:54.439 It's a difference, 00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:55.619 Between freedom, 00:34:55.959 --> 00:34:56.899 And fear, 00:34:57.459 --> 00:34:58.459 It's the difference, 00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.179 Between giving, 00:34:59.579 --> 00:35:00.059 All the glory, 00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:00.599 To God, 00:35:00.799 --> 00:35:02.139 As the only one, 00:35:02.419 --> 00:35:03.379 Who can get credit, 00:35:03.479 --> 00:35:04.199 For salvation, 00:35:04.859 --> 00:35:05.239 Or, 00:35:05.879 --> 00:35:07.379 Embracing some, 00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.719 Of the credit, 00:35:08.819 --> 00:35:09.279 For yourself, 00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.500 Some of the glory, 00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.559 For yourself, 00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:14.099 But we find, 00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:14.699 There is, 00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:16.019 No condemnation, 00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:16.900 For those, 00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:17.559 Who are in, 00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.719 Christ Jesus, 00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.380 And, 00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:22.599 That the law, 00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.719 Of the spirit of life, 00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:25.519 Has set you free, 00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:26.460 In Christ, 00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.039 From the law, 00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:28.960 Of sin and death, 00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.880 Because, 00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:32.019 Of the work, 00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:32.860 Of God, 00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.500 In our life, 00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:33.920 Because, 00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.800 Of the declaration, 00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.539 Of God, 00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.179 Over you, 00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:38.960 You now have power, 00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.960 To live, 00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:41.539 In freedom, 00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:42.859 And obedience, 00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.539 Through the power, 00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.739 Of the Holy Spirit, 00:35:46.259 --> 00:35:48.139 He has set you free, 00:35:48.779 --> 00:35:50.139 To follow, 00:35:50.279 --> 00:35:51.079 In his footsteps, 00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:53.779 You have, 00:35:53.899 --> 00:35:54.559 The victor, 00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:55.639 Living within, 00:35:56.339 --> 00:35:57.559 The Holy Spirit, 00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:58.239 Who is, 00:35:58.379 --> 00:35:59.399 Triumphant, 00:35:59.899 --> 00:36:00.819 The Holy Spirit, 00:36:00.899 --> 00:36:01.739 Who is God, 00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:03.279 Who is sanctifying, 00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.440 Will help you, 00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:06.179 And deliver you, 00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:08.199 From the wickedness, 00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:09.279 Of your day to day, 00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:12.399 Close with, 00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.419 One more verse, 00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:14.460 Turn with me, 00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:14.980 If you would, 00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.839 To Galatians, 00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:17.039 Chapter 5, 00:36:17.759 --> 00:36:18.379 Galatians, 00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:19.199 Chapter 5, 00:36:19.279 --> 00:36:20.339 Verses 16, 00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.599 To 18, 00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:23.980 Galatians 5, 00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:24.899 16, 00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:26.159 To 18, 00:36:28.799 --> 00:36:30.259 Paul says this, 00:36:31.259 --> 00:36:32.579 But I say, 00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:34.259 Walk, 00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:34.360 Walk, 00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:36.000 By the Spirit, 00:36:36.620 --> 00:36:37.800 And you will, 00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:38.680 Not, 00:36:38.680 --> 00:36:39.900 Gratify, 00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:40.840 The desires, 00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:42.300 Of the flesh, 00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:43.460 Do you get that? 00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:46.380 Walk, 00:36:46.640 --> 00:36:48.000 By the Spirit, 00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:50.120 It doesn't say, 00:36:50.640 --> 00:36:51.160 You might, 00:36:51.660 --> 00:36:52.240 Not, 00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:53.380 Gratify, 00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:53.840 The desires, 00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.380 Of the flesh, 00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.560 It says, 00:36:55.700 --> 00:36:56.340 You will, 00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:57.460 Not, 00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.580 Gratify, 00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.580 The desires, 00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.360 Of the flesh, 00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:00.760 Why? 00:37:01.720 --> 00:37:02.120 Because, 00:37:02.700 --> 00:37:03.560 The desires, 00:37:03.560 --> 00:37:04.700 Of the flesh, 00:37:04.700 --> 00:37:05.880 Are against, 00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.580 The spirit, 00:37:07.180 --> 00:37:08.800 And the desires, 00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:09.760 Of the spirit, 00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:11.100 Are against, 00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:12.180 The flesh, 00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:14.280 For these are opposed, 00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:15.140 To each other, 00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:16.640 To keep you, 00:37:17.560 --> 00:37:18.420 Guard you, 00:37:19.180 --> 00:37:20.140 Prevent you, 00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:21.600 From doing, 00:37:21.700 --> 00:37:22.740 The things you want to do, 00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:25.000 If you are led, 00:37:25.080 --> 00:37:25.720 By the spirit, 00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:26.620 You are not, 00:37:26.620 --> 00:37:27.220 Under, 00:37:27.220 --> 00:37:28.120 The law, 00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:28.820 Because, 00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:30.100 You're under grace, 00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:32.739 You're under the control, 00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.719 And the principle, 00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:35.539 Of the law, 00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:36.319 Of the spirit, 00:37:36.839 --> 00:37:37.659 Of life, 00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:41.239 So this morning, 00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:43.980 If there is a perpetual, 00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:45.279 Struggle, 00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:46.039 With sin, 00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.699 In your life, 00:37:47.839 --> 00:37:48.819 If there is a, 00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:49.860 An unwillingness, 00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:50.259 Even, 00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.880 To rebel, 00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.900 Against the things, 00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.799 That God has said, 00:37:53.799 --> 00:37:55.019 Clearly in his word, 00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:56.940 I will not do them, 00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.599 Because, 00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:59.099 I don't want to, 00:37:59.099 --> 00:38:01.079 They're too hard, 00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:01.079 They're too hard, 00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:03.480 Then you may not, 00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:04.639 Be in Christ, 00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:05.239 At all, 00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.599 Because, 00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:07.799 To be in Christ, 00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:08.980 As we find, 00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:10.460 In Romans chapter 8, 00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:10.759 2, 00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:12.539 Is that the law, 00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:13.779 Of the spirit of life, 00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:15.139 Has set you free, 00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:16.239 From sin, 00:38:16.299 --> 00:38:16.819 And death, 00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:18.059 It will have nothing, 00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:18.679 To do, 00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:20.219 With controlling, 00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:22.559 And directing, 00:38:22.739 --> 00:38:23.319 Your life, 00:38:23.319 --> 00:38:25.420 The spirit, 00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:26.619 Will help you overcome, 00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:28.119 And conquer, 00:38:28.799 --> 00:38:29.839 And have triumph, 00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.940 And victory, 00:38:31.279 --> 00:38:32.219 Over that war, 00:38:32.339 --> 00:38:33.440 That rages within, 00:38:34.779 --> 00:38:35.799 And then, 00:38:36.279 --> 00:38:37.579 That is the evidence, 00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:39.460 Of those who are marked, 00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.739 By no condemnation, 00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:42.779 The verdict, 00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:44.039 Leads, 00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:45.359 To indwelling power, 00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.480 Let's pray, 00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:47.300 To indwelling power, 00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:47.639 To indwelling power, 00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:47.639 00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:47.639 00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:47.639 00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:47.639 00:38:47.639 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