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 Together they have become worthless. No one does good, not even one. For those of you across the hall, that was Romans 3, verse 10 and through 12. Right. We can't separate from the course of the argument that he's making in the book. So Paul is here diagnosing the great common problem of all people.

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 This problem started in the garden and it proceeds in various form and varying degree to this day. Certainly at times in progressive ways. What I'm pressing hard to get us to see is that you and I need this text as much as anyone else.

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 It's not just a text for the other. We each and every one of us are found here before any of us encountered the saving power of the gospel. We were identified in some way in this text.

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 We should not make the tragic mistake of thinking that this text only describes other people. It does do that, but it also describes us apart from the power of the gospel.

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 This text is used again and again and again as a diagnostic tool to look at the culture around us. And it does that for us, but it also diagnoses our hearts.

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 If we treat it in that other way, we will entirely miss what Paul wants to lead our hearts to.

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 That said, we see in this text the resolute rejection of God.

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 Verse 25, the first part says,

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 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God.

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 Paul here is repeating in this text some things that he said in our previous text, which began in verse 18.

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 You recall the wrath of God being revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and righteousness of men who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

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 And he doesn't leave us wondering what that truth is.

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 He says in verse 19 that what could be known about God has been made plain to them in the creation.

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 Namely, verse 20, his eternal power and divine nature.

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 That there is in fact a creator who has the right to rule over his creation.

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 Later in the letter, we're going to see clearly that the law of God is written on the conscience of man.

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 Verse 21 says,

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 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him.

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 Rather, they rejected him.

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 Resolutely, they set themselves against him.

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 In verse 23,

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 And exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images.

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 Resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

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 And this idolatry takes on many forms and leads to much unrighteousness.

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 Paul does not leave us able to say,

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 Well, I don't bow my knees to any graven images, so I must be okay.

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 No, he goes on to give us a list of sins that result from this kind of idolatry.

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 From this resolute rejection of God.

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 He leaves us unable to wiggle out of it at all.

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 Thomas Adams, who was a late 16th, early 17th century English Puritan, said,

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 That which a man spits against heaven shall fall back on his own face.

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 And so let's look at some of that.

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 What results there because of the resolute rejection of God?

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 And this is the second point.

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 The wrath of moral insanity.

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 You may recall us speaking briefly about the phrase found in verse 18.

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 For the wrath of God is revealed.

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 Which time I told you that our translations did well not to say will be revealed, although it will.

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 But the particular tense of this verb, it rightly says is revealed or is being revealed.

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 God's wrath is presently being revealed against the rejection of him in a startling way.

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 Paul says three times in today's text.

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 You'll see it in verse 24, verse 26, and verse 28.

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 God gave them up.

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 I hope that this phrase strikes fear in you.

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 It doesn't mean one who finds himself in Christ, accepted in the beloved before God.

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 The idea that God would give me up to myself is frightening.

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 Paul was saying that God abandoned them to their ways.

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 God says to a people who reject him.

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 OK, then go your own way.

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 And this is a form of judgment to give us over to our own moral relativism, which always concludes in a moral insanity.

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 Because, my friends, we are not qualified to call the shots.

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 If you think that you have the ability to set the direction for your life, you need a massive dose of humility.

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 I might just ask the question, how's that going for you so far?

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 Life working out the way it hoped that it would?

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 We're not qualified for the task.

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 Our creator, although, is.

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 And he's spoken a good word, not a burdensome word, a good word that we would obey it.

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 We are creation.

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 We need the creator.

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 Hierarchy, rightly recognized and applied, is a glorious gift to us.

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 Here, Paul says, God gave them up.

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 He allows the futile minds and foolish hearts of man to conceive and create all sorts of evil.

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 He begins his list, and I believe spends a bit more time at the beginning of his list,

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 with a sin that is so particularly contrary to creation order.

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 I think he starts here because the sin of homosexuality is an obvious rejection of God's design for humanity,

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 which, to be clear, was one man and one woman in lifelong monogamy,

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 and all variations, I'll repeat, all variations of this created design are rejections of God.

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 I think he starts here because it's just such a simple, it's an easy example of the rejection of God.

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 For this reason, God gave them up to dishonorable passions.

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 For women exchanged natural relations for those contrary to nature,

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 and men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another.

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 Men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error.

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 But let's be careful to note that Paul's list does not end there.

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 He goes on.

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 Again, avoid the temptation to think that this text is merely a text for some other out there.

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 Do not become his longest, which drives hard his point.

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 We need the saving power of the gospel.

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 Oh, that God would rescue us from our moral insanity.

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 Verse 28 says,

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 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God,

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 God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.

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 God gave them up to thinking that they knew best for themselves,

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 that we might possibly know best for ourselves.

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 He let them do it.

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 And then he rattles off a list.

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 And I'm not one to hyperanalyze these types of lists.

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 I think there's some danger in that.

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 I do believe that he's being led by the Spirit to jot these things down.

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 I don't think it's just random.

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 But I also think we can overthink these types of things.

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 He's pressing this all-encompassing rejection,

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 this resolute rejection of God through this.

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 But it's interestingly broken into three sections.

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 Now, you can look, if you have an ESV like me, at the punctuation.

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 But our commas and our periods did not appear in the original text.

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 And so these have been added for readability.

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 And in this case, for us to more readily see the pattern.

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 But even without the punctuation, notice the phrases.

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 They were filled.

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 They are full of.

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 And they are.

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 These are all found in verse 29.

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 They were filled.

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 They are full of.

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 And they are.

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 Now, again, I don't think that there's some kind of hyperanalyzation that needs to go on about that categorically.

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 The point I want to press is that it's an all-encompassing thing.

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 If you resolutely reject God himself,

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 and you're given over to this kind of moral insanity,

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 it defines who you are.

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 You're filled with, full of, and you are.

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 You identify in these ways.

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 So let's look at some of them together.

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 Let's not just glance over them.

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 Also, many of them are very self-explanatory.

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 But verse 29 begins,

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 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice.

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 All manner of unrighteousness and evil.

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 This is an all-encompassing phrase and word.

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 By all rights, Paul could have stopped at that point and moved on beyond it.

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 But he feels compelled.

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 He believes it's important to give us examples of this.

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 We're so quick to justify our own sin, to write it off,

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 to not put it categorically in this type of rejection of God,

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 this type of moral insanity.

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 So he doesn't let any of us off the hook here.

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 Covetousness, which is greedy, exploitive, consuming ambition.

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 Malice, which is a wickedness aimed at another.

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 They're full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness.

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 That's that next section.

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 They are full of, filled with the desire for other people's things.

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 To the degree that they might actually murder,

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 or as Jesus says, have hatred in our hearts toward another,

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 which is murder in the heart.

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 Full of strife, conflict, fighting.

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 Deceit, which is treachery for personal gain.

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 Maliciousness, which is a character that intends to do harm.

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 You might still want to wiggle a little,

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 well, I don't know that I'm all that bad.

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 In verse 29 he says,

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 they are gossips, slanders.

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 He goes big view again.

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 Haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil,

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 disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.

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 To gossip is to speak about others with unconfirmed information.

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 To slander is to speak something false,

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 to damage another's reputation.

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 And I can just about guarantee you,

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 if you have liked or shared something on social media

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 this past couple of years,

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 you're guilty of both of these sins.

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 Insolent, haters of God.

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 Insolentness is an arrogant rudeness.

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 Haughtiness is arrogant disdain for others.

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 Boastfulness is arrogant bragging.

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 Inventors of evil,

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 coming up with new ways to sin against God.

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 Children,

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 Paul inserts here to not let you off the hook,

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 disobedient to parents.

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 foolish,

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 foolish,

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 faithless,

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 heartless,

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 ruthless.

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 None of us are wiggling out of this.

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 I wore a cardigan today instead of a jacket

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 to tell you how wicked you are.

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 Verse 32 says,

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 though they know God's righteous decree

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 that those who practice such things deserve to die.

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 And the Old Testament commanded death

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 specifically for many of these things.

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 I think Paul here has a higher view than that.

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 He's not talking just to those who know the Old Testament,

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 know the law,

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 but to Gentiles as well.

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 He's going to continue to make this case

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 on into chapter 2 and to 3.

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 I think what he's drawing back to here

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 is to verse 20.

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 God's eternal power and divine nature

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 because he says at the end of verse 20,

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 so they are without excuse.

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 They know that they're rebels against God.

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 They have resolutely rejected him

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 and therefore deserve the penalty due

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 an enemy of a king.

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 And yet they do them anyway.

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 Wholeheartedly participate

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 in this kind of sin.

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 And they not only do them,

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 but give approval to those

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 who practice them.

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 To justify your own sin is evil,

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 but here we see a digression

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 into the justification of others' sin as well.

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 To argue for the case

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 that people can live their life

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 however they might like.

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 Martin Luther,

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 this is the quote on your bulletin this morning,

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 once said,

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 iniquity consists in this,

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 that you fail to live up

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 to what you are bound to do

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 and do instead what seems right to you,

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 while uprightness, by contrast,

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 consists in this,

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 that you do whatever you ought to do

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 regardless of what seems right to you.

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 Beloved, we need to recognize

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 that we are all at times

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 guilty of letting our emotions

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 lead the charge.

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 Letting our emotions

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 define the truth.

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 This is the mantra of our day.

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 If it feels right,

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 then it must be right.

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 And if it feels wrong,

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 then it must be wrong.

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 And why is this the case?

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 It's because of the

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 resolute rejection of God.

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 What are we left with

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 if we reject God

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 and His good order

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 and design in the world?

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 With ourselves.

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 And the moral insanity

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 that ensues.

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 You must then assume

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 that you're the starting point

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 for what is good

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 and true

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 and beautiful.

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 And you are not.

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 You're not qualified

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 for the task.

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 And so you do

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 what feels good to you

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 or you don't do

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 what feels bad to you

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 rather than asking the question,

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 what should I do?

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 And recognizing that you

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 cannot be the source

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 of such information.

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 God has condescended

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 to become an author.

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 The maker of heaven

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 and earth

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 has spoken to us

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 for our good.

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 Never miss it.

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 For our great good.

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 His commands are good

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 for us.

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 Even when they don't feel good,

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 they are good

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 for us.

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 I used to sit

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 at the dinner table

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 as a child,

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 stubborn as I could be

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 to not eat

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 my vegetables.

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 They were good for me.

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 They didn't feel good

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 for me.

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 My mom would

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 threaten,

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 there's people in the world

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 who would love

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 to have this food

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 and I would say,

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 box it up

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 and ship it to them.

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 On a couple of occasions,

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 I sat until bedtime.

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 That's how stubborn

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 I was

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 as a child.

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 Thinking I knew best.

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 I just should have

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 ate the vegetables, right?

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 I just should have

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 ate them

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 and moved on.

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 There's a higher

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 and a greater

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 good for us

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 and it is defined

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 not by us

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 but by our God.

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 He tells us.

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 He shows us

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 lovingly,

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 compassionately

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 how it is

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 that we

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 should walk.

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 Now,

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 a brief but related

00:18:29.199 --> 00:18:29.599
 aside.

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 I think it deserves

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 some of our attention

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 particularly because

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 of the place

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 in which

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 we live.

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 We have

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 in our very own

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 backyard

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 not far

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 south of us

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 a pastor

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 who has

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 great influence.

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 And it is always

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 with a heavy heart

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 that I name names

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 but I think

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 we ought to be

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 cautioned

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 and we ought to be

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 prayerful

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 about Andy Stanley.

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 We've watched

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 for some time

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 a slow digression

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 that seems to have

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 picked up

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 some speed.

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 So some of you

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 may know

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 a little bit about

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 a conference

00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:05.700
 that was held

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 this year.

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 I believe it was

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 in May.

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 It was put on

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 by their church.

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 The 2022

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 Drive Conference

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 in which he said

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 some rather

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 scathing

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 things.

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 So I want to

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 read to you

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 just a bit.

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 This was from

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 an article

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 written by

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 Denny Burke

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 in World Magazine

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 a publication

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 I would commend

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 to you.

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 Denny says this

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 and I quote

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 Stanley contends

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 that churches

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 must adapt

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 and learn

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 how to include

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 gay people

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 in the life

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 of the church.

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 After all

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 we should be

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 in awe

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 of the self-sacrifice

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 of gay people

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 whose prayers

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 God did not answer

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 and yet who still

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 love God

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 in spite

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 of the clobber

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 verses

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 from the Bible

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 that condemn

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 homosexuality.

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 That's

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 Andy's

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 term

00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:55.279
 clobber

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 verses

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 one of them

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 Romans chapter 1

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 verse 26

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 and 27.

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 Now to be fair

00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:02.619
 to Andy

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 that kind of

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 attitude

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 he may be

00:20:05.939 --> 00:20:06.619
 speaking about

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 is the kind of

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 thing I want

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 to condemn

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 as well

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 where we don't

00:20:10.179 --> 00:20:11.059
 see ourselves

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 in the text.

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 It's always

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.199
 about another.

00:20:13.439 --> 00:20:13.759
 It's always

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 about pointing

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.759
 our finger

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 someplace else.

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 It's always

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 done

00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:18.180
 self-righteously.

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 We're all

00:20:19.360 --> 00:20:19.880
 in the text

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 everybody.

00:20:20.820 --> 00:20:20.960
 We're all

00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:21.420
 in the text.

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 Christians

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 have a lot

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 to learn

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 from gay

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 men and

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 women

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 quote

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 says Stanley

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 who love

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 Jesus

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 that much

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 and who

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 want to

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 worship

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 with us

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 end quote.

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 If churches

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 want to have

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 a future

00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:36.920
 then they

00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:37.340
 must be

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 more like

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 Jesus

00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:38.860
 who

00:20:38.860 --> 00:20:39.940
 when ministering

00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:40.400
 to sinners

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 never

00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.660
 quote

00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:42.279
 started

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:42.580
 with

00:20:42.580 --> 00:20:43.160
 theology

00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:44.420
 but

00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:44.740
 started

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 with

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 the

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 people

00:20:45.360 --> 00:20:45.600
 in

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 front

00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:46.040
 of

00:20:46.040 --> 00:20:46.360
 him.

00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:48.100
 Furthermore

00:20:48.100 --> 00:20:48.620
 Stanley

00:20:48.620 --> 00:20:49.200
 argues

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:49.600
 that

00:20:49.600 --> 00:20:50.140
 quote

00:20:50.140 --> 00:20:50.500
 if your

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 theology

00:20:51.060 --> 00:20:51.480
 gets in

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:51.740
 the way

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:51.900
 of

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.380
 ministry

00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:53.000
 like

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 if

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 there's

00:20:53.360 --> 00:20:53.660
 somebody

00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:53.880
 you

00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:54.200
 can't

00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:54.500
 minister

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:54.680
 to

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 because

00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.060
 of

00:20:55.060 --> 00:20:55.180
 your

00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:55.720
 theology

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.500
 you

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:56.820
 have

00:20:56.820 --> 00:20:57.000
 the

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:57.400
 wrong

00:20:57.400 --> 00:20:58.700
 theology.

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 Stanley's

00:21:00.820 --> 00:21:01.100
 message

00:21:01.100 --> 00:21:01.860
 comes across

00:21:01.860 --> 00:21:02.220
 as a

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.880
 straightforwardly

00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:03.420
 affirming

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:03.420


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 position

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:05.180
 on

00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:06.080
 homosexuality

00:21:06.080 --> 00:21:06.400
 in

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:06.600
 the

00:21:06.600 --> 00:21:07.120
 church.

00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:08.240
 He

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.200
 valorizes

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:09.759
 the faith

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:09.900
 of

00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:10.660
 homosexuals

00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:11.140
 as head

00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:11.620
 and shoulders

00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:12.300
 above the

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:12.680
 faith

00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:12.919
 of

00:21:12.919 --> 00:21:13.319
 straight

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:13.940
 Christians.

00:21:15.139 --> 00:21:15.319
 He

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:15.940
 says

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.559
 quote

00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:16.779
 the

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.159
 men

00:21:17.159 --> 00:21:17.379
 and

00:21:17.379 --> 00:21:17.619
 women

00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:17.859
 I

00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.159
 know

00:21:18.159 --> 00:21:18.399
 who

00:21:18.399 --> 00:21:18.559
 are

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:18.899
 gay

00:21:18.899 --> 00:21:19.599
 their

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:20.119
 faith

00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:20.339
 and

00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:20.500
 their

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:21.119
 confidence

00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:21.419
 in

00:21:21.419 --> 00:21:21.779
 God

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.579
 dwarfs

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.180
 mine.

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:24.259
 So

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.720
 not only

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.059
 is there

00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:25.480
 room

00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:25.839
 there's

00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:26.279
 plenty

00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:26.579
 of

00:21:26.579 --> 00:21:26.879
 room

00:21:26.879 --> 00:21:27.099
 for

00:21:27.099 --> 00:21:27.440
 them

00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:28.419
 in

00:21:28.419 --> 00:21:28.539
 the

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:28.879
 church.

00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:30.940
 Now

00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:31.659
 hear me

00:21:31.659 --> 00:21:31.899
 very

00:21:31.899 --> 00:21:32.259
 carefully

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:33.240
 there

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.379
 is

00:21:33.379 --> 00:21:33.960
 always

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.180
 a

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:34.519
 place

00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:34.720
 for

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:35.119
 people

00:21:35.119 --> 00:21:35.759
 who

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.099
 wrestle

00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:36.339
 with

00:21:36.339 --> 00:21:36.659
 sin

00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:36.899
 to

00:21:36.899 --> 00:21:37.259
 come

00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:37.559
 and

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:37.919
 gather

00:21:37.919 --> 00:21:38.159
 with

00:21:38.159 --> 00:21:38.599
 God's

00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:39.039
 people

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.740
 to

00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.099
 hear

00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:40.299
 the

00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:40.579
 truth

00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:40.759
 of

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:40.980
 God

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.700
 proclaimed

00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:41.700


00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:43.519
 boldness

00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:44.180
 and

00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:44.379
 with

00:21:44.379 --> 00:21:44.559
 an

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.159
 invitation

00:21:45.159 --> 00:21:45.599
 to

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:46.079
 flee

00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:46.960
 to

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.379
 Christ.

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:47.700
 There's

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.259
 always

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:48.619
 room

00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:48.940
 for

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.819
 that.

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.220
 There's

00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:51.559
 never

00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:52.099
 room

00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:52.740
 to

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.099
 call

00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:53.460
 someone

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:53.680
 who

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.579
 identifies

00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.159
 as

00:21:55.159 --> 00:21:55.379
 their

00:21:55.379 --> 00:21:56.000
 sin

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.759
 a

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.139
 Christian.

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 If I

00:21:58.859 --> 00:21:59.079
 were to

00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.480
 go around

00:21:59.480 --> 00:21:59.919
 and say

00:21:59.919 --> 00:22:00.500
 I'm a

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.159
 slandering

00:22:01.159 --> 00:22:01.720
 Christian

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.639
 you would

00:22:02.639 --> 00:22:02.839
 say

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.240
 that is

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.419
 the

00:22:03.419 --> 00:22:03.759
 dumbest

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:03.940
 thing

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.119
 I've

00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:04.319
 ever

00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:04.819
 heard.

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.599
 Have

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:06.759
 I

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:06.899
 at

00:22:06.899 --> 00:22:07.379
 times

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:08.200
 spoken

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.639
 something

00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:09.000
 untrue

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.240
 about

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.680
 somebody

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:09.960
 in

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.140
 order

00:22:10.140 --> 00:22:10.480
 to

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.140
 damage

00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:11.360
 their

00:22:11.360 --> 00:22:11.920
 reputation

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.940
 to

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.160
 my

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:13.680
 shame

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.100
 I

00:22:14.100 --> 00:22:14.680
 have

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:16.100
 which

00:22:16.100 --> 00:22:16.200
 is

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.300
 the

00:22:16.300 --> 00:22:16.480
 thing

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:16.620
 I

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:16.800
 should

00:22:16.800 --> 00:22:17.300
 repent

00:22:17.300 --> 00:22:17.660
 of

00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:18.240
 and

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:18.460
 flee

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:18.600
 to

00:22:18.600 --> 00:22:19.020
 Christ

00:22:19.020 --> 00:22:19.360
 for

00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:19.580
 his

00:22:19.580 --> 00:22:20.060
 righteousness

00:22:20.060 --> 00:22:21.360
 as a

00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:21.860
 result.

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:23.920
 This

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.240
 kind

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.400
 of

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:24.900
 language

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.480
 is

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.080
 anti

00:22:26.080 --> 00:22:26.700
 gospel.

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 It

00:22:27.840 --> 00:22:28.080
 doesn't

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 say

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 that

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 people

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 are

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 set

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 free

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 from

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 their

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 sin

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 that

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 they

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 might

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 walk

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 in

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 the

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 truth

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 that

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 perfectly

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 fulfilled

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 the

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 righteousness

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 that's

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 demanded

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 of

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 God

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 and

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 we

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 can

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 have

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 our

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 righteousness

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 found

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 in

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 him

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 and

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 therefore

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 put

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 off

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 these

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 sins

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 it

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 does

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 quite

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 the

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 opposite.

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 It's

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 devoid

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 of the

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 bad

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 news

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 and

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 beloved

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 we

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 will

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 never

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 grasp

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 the

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 good

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 news

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 as

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 we

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 should

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 if

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 we

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 don't

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 first

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 understand

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 the

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 bad

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 news.

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 Verse

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 18

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 the

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 wrath

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 of

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 God

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 is

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 revealed

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 from

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 heaven

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 against

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 all

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 ungodliness

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 and

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 unrighteousness

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 of men

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 who

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 by

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 their

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 unrighteousness

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 suppress

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 the

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 truth.

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 This

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 is

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 moral

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 insanity.

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 God

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 defines

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 what is

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 good

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 and

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 best

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 regardless

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 of how

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 we

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 feel

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 and if

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 we are

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 breakers

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 of God's

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 commands

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 which

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 we

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 are

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 it

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 is

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 here

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 in

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 this

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 text

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 every

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 single

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 one

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 of

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 us

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 have

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 broken

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 God's

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 law

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 we

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 have

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 rejected

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 God

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 as

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 king

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 then

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 we

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 have

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 to

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 have

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 a

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 solution

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 we

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 must

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 have

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 some

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 way

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 of

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 fixing

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 this

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 grand

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 problem

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 which is

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 why I'm

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 very pleased

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 to come to the

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 third point

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 I'm glad

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 that we

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 get to

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 end

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 here

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 before

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 we

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 talk

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 about

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 the

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 glorious

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 solution

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.600
 of the

00:23:58.600 --> 00:23:58.960
 gospel

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.579
 people

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 so

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 desperately

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:00.900
 need

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 to

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 hear

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 let me

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 just

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 say

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 one

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 last

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 thing

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 about

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 Andy

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 Stanley

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 I

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 don't

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 know

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 what

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 to

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 do

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 with

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 a

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.140
 man

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 who

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 teaches

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 things

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 falsely

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 other

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 than

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 to

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 call

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 him

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 a

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 false

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 teacher

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 and

00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:19.319
 we

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 do

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 well

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.899
 to

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 warn

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 people

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 away

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 from

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 such

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 men

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 the

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 gospel

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 matters

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:27.019
 too

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:28.039
 much

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.680
 the

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 souls

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 of

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 people

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 matter

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 too

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 much

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.460
 for

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 them

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 to

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 be

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 deluded

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 away

00:24:33.639 --> 00:24:34.879
 from

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 their

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:35.660
 sin

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.180
 and

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:36.399
 the

00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:36.859
 rescue

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.059
 that

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 is

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.519
 found

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 in

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 the

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:38.740
 cross

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:38.899
 of

00:24:38.899 --> 00:24:39.279
 Christ

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:41.119
 so

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:41.539
 thirdly

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:42.579
 the

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.059
 glorious

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.480
 solution

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:43.740
 of the

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.039
 gospel

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.859
 we

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.059
 have

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.180
 to

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.440
 step

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:45.839
 outside

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:46.019
 the

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.279
 text

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.639
 just

00:24:46.639 --> 00:24:46.859
 a

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.160
 bit

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:47.460
 for

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:47.619
 this

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:47.859
 one

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.599
 but

00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:48.899
 not

00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:49.619
 far

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.740
 and

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:50.879
 we

00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:51.059
 can

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:51.680
 start

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.000
 with

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.180
 the

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 last

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:52.920
 part

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.139
 of

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 verse

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.720
 25

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:56.779
 God

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.220
 gives

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 them

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:57.839
 up

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 verse

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:58.740
 24

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.099
 in

00:24:59.099 --> 00:24:59.240
 the

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.460
 lust

00:24:59.460 --> 00:24:59.579
 of

00:24:59.579 --> 00:24:59.700
 their

00:24:59.700 --> 00:24:59.940
 heart

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.079
 to

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.639
 impurity

00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:00.819
 to

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:00.920
 the

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.379
 dishonoring

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:01.500
 of

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:01.599
 their

00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:01.899
 bodies

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.139
 among

00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:02.660
 themselves

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.460
 because

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:03.759
 they

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.420
 exchanged

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:04.619
 the

00:25:04.619 --> 00:25:04.819
 truth

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.059
 about

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.359
 God

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:05.539
 for

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:05.700
 a

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:05.920
 lie

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.139
 and

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:06.680
 worshiped

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:06.799
 and

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.099
 served

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.299
 the

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.839
 creature

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.839
 rather

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.160
 than

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.379
 the

00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:09.899
 creator

00:25:09.899 --> 00:25:10.500
 who

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:10.680
 was

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.180
 blessed

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.859
 forever

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:11.980
!

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 reading

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:17.940
 John

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:18.399
 MacArthur's

00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:18.720
 commentary

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.960
 he said

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.559
 perhaps

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.160
 Paul

00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:21.559
 in talking

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.059
 about all

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.299
 of this

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:22.720
 vileness

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.139
 just needed

00:25:23.139 --> 00:25:23.440
 to pick

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:23.740
 his head

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.319
 up for air

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.799
 for a

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 moment

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 I think

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 even more

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.200
 than that

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:29.559
 I think

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:29.960
 that Paul

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 in the midst

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:30.740
 of writing

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.299
 about such

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.899
 betrayal

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.819
 against God

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.879
 does not

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.359
 lose sight

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:34.799
 of the fact

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.519
 that regardless

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.099
 of how

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.720
 humanity

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.220
 regards

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.740
 God

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:39.240
 he is

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.099
 blessed

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:41.099
 forever

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:42.959
 whether

00:25:42.959 --> 00:25:43.559
 or not

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:44.759
 our

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.259
 society

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:46.059
 rejects

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.500
 God

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:46.980
 as

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.379
 God

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:47.619
 he

00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:48.500
 remains

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.740
 God

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:51.519
 God's

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:51.779
 worth

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.139
 is not

00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:52.559
 changed

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:52.939
 by our

00:25:52.939 --> 00:25:53.480
 recognition

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:53.980
 of his

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.379
 worth

00:25:54.379 --> 00:25:55.659
 and praise

00:25:55.659 --> 00:25:55.959
 God

00:25:55.959 --> 00:25:56.279
 that he

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.679
 works

00:25:56.679 --> 00:25:57.799
 for us

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:59.319
 in spite

00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.859
 of us

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 we have

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 great reason

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 to praise

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 God

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 just as

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 Paul did

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 because

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 he has

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 made a

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 way

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 for us

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 to be

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 delivered

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 from

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 our

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 rejection

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 of

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 him

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 this

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 is

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 why

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 Paul

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 says

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 he's

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 not

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 ashamed

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 of

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 the

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 gospel

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 for

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 it

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 is

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 the

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 power

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 of

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 God

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 for

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 salvation

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 to

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 everyone

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 who

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 believes

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 this

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 righteousness

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 he talks

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 about

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 in

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 verse

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 17

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 the

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 righteousness

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 of

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 God

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 Luther

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 called

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 it

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 the

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 alien

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 righteousness

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 that

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 we

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 need

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 a

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 righteousness

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 that

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 needs

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 to be

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 granted

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 to

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 us

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 that

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 was

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 fulfilled

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!

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 in

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 Christ

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 we

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 desperately

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 need

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 and it

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 is

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 this

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 gospel

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 message

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 this

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 good

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 news

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 that

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 tells

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 us

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 that

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 by

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 faith

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 in

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 Christ

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 it's

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 ours

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 it's

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 granted

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 to

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 us

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 and

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 all we

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 have to

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 do

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 is

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 repent

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 and

00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:55.740
 believe

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 all we

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.440
 have to

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 do

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.360
 is

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 turn

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 our

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 minds

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 away

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 from

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 sin

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 to

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 recognize

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 that

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 it

00:27:02.280 --> 00:27:02.580
 is

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 a

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:03.100
 rejection

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 of

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 the

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 most

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 high

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 God

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 to

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 recognize

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 that

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:05.620
 he

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:05.900
 has

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.019
 a

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 more

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 excellent

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.220
 way

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 to

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 recognize

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 that

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 there

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 is

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 a

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 just

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 condemnation

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.299
 for

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.659
 our

00:27:11.659 --> 00:27:12.399
 sin

00:27:12.399 --> 00:27:13.379
 and

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:13.480
 that

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:13.599
 we

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:13.740
 would

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:13.919
 want

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 to

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 be

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 rescued

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.399
 from

00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:15.919
 such

00:27:15.919 --> 00:27:17.159
 wrath

00:27:17.159 --> 00:27:18.379
 to

00:27:18.379 --> 00:27:18.659
 flee

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 to

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.240
 Christ

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 his

00:27:19.939 --> 00:27:20.419
 completed

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 work

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 his

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 once

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 for

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 all

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:23.139
 sacrifice

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 on

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.359
 our

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 behalf

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 many

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 weeks

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.259
 ago

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.599
 as we

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 spent

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 our

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 first

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 week

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 on

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 verses

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 18

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 through

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 23

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:31.919
 I

00:27:31.919 --> 00:27:32.299
 stated

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 this

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 I

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 copied

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 And

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:34.339
 pasted

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.480
 this

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:34.659
 out of

00:27:34.659 --> 00:27:34.759
 my

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 notes

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:36.759
 at

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:36.899
 the

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.359
 conclusion

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:37.699
 of our

00:27:37.699 --> 00:27:37.960
 study

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.220
 of this

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.559
 chapter

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.659
 you

00:27:39.659 --> 00:27:39.899
 ought

00:27:39.899 --> 00:27:40.039
 to

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.299
 either

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.779
 feel

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.039
 a

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.419
 great

00:27:41.419 --> 00:27:42.399
 condemnation

00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:42.859
 for

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.039
 your

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.460
 lost

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:43.919
 state

00:27:43.919 --> 00:27:44.919
 and

00:27:44.919 --> 00:27:45.099
 I

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:45.519
 pray

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.319
 will

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.699
 flee

00:27:46.699 --> 00:27:46.919
 from

00:27:46.919 --> 00:27:47.079
 the

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:47.279
 wrath

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.439
 to

00:27:47.439 --> 00:27:47.699
 come

00:27:47.699 --> 00:27:47.879
 to

00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:48.019
 the

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.319
 mercy

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:48.599
 of

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:48.960
 Christ

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:50.579
 or

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:51.159
 you

00:27:51.159 --> 00:27:51.299
 ought

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.439
 to

00:27:51.439 --> 00:27:51.679
 feel

00:27:51.679 --> 00:27:51.919
 an

00:27:51.919 --> 00:27:52.579
 abundant

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.839
 overflowing

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.819
 gratefulness

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.699
 having

00:27:55.699 --> 00:27:56.039
 already

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.659
 received

00:27:56.659 --> 00:27:57.139
 Christ's

00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:57.460
 mercy

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.359
 in the

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:58.759
 salvation

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.879
 of your

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.179
 soul

00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:01.500
 so join

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:01.759
 me as

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:01.879
 I

00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:02.119
 pray

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.480
 to

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.679
 that

00:28:02.679 --> 00:28:02.960
 end

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.960
 to

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