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 We pray that you would bless us with an understanding of your word.

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 Help us to not just hear words, but to consider them.

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 And not just to consider them, but Lord, we ask that they would go deep into our souls

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 and that we would live by your word, trusting that your word is a light to lighten our path.

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 Lord, that it is food for our souls, that it is a blessing from you.

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 Lord, as we consider these words, we pray that your Holy Spirit will be at work.

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 We pray this in Christ's name. Amen.

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 In January 2015, two French-born Algerian brothers, Saeed and Sharif Kouachi,

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 opened fire on the staff of Charlie Hebdo in France, a satirical cartoon magazine.

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 They killed a dozen people and they injured 11.

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 And they were acting on behalf of an Al-Qaeda cell

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 because Charlie Hebdo published pictures of the Muslim prophet Muhammad.

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 In Islam, this is blasphemy.

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 And blasphemy is a capital crime in the Quran.

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 They were carrying out, in a sense, the wishes of their God.

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 Christianity, likewise, has categories for blasphemy.

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 Blasphemy.

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 Like, I mean, not completely the same, but similar to Islam.

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 Blasphemy is not taken lightly in God's word, in the Christian faith.

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 So it's hard, in a sense, for us moderns to grasp the idea of blasphemy

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 because we live in a tolerant age,

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 an age where people can choose which God to follow,

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 which things to believe in,

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 who to have relationships with.

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 There's the ideals of freedom and free speech.

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 Mind you, that, in a sense, is not always the case,

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 especially in a time where people are getting cancelled,

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 which, for moderns and for people that live in 2024 Ottawa

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 and in the West in 2024,

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 it's a form of blasphemy that is dealt with,

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 but on a secular level.

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 But the question is, what is real blasphemy?

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 Is it what we saw in 2015 in Paris with the Charlie Hebdo murders?

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 Is it something in the Bible where there's similar blasphemy laws?

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 So on one hand, we can look down our nose at Islam,

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 but we kind of have that junk in our own faith.

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 Or is it just offending somebody and their sensibilities?

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 What is real blasphemy?

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 And why does this matter to us today?

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 This morning, we continue on in Jude.

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 Jude, verses 8 to 16.

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 Jude will talk about blasphemy in the Christian faith.

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 What a wonderful thing to talk about on a Sunday morning.

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 Blasphemy.

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 But Jude's going to draw our attention

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 to the importance of understanding what it is.

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 He will tell us what it is,

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 what it does, and how it will ultimately be dealt with,

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 and why we ought to be aware of it

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 and fight against it.

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 But do we fight against it like the Kuwachi brothers?

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 Jude's going to draw our attention

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 to three aspects of blasphemy this morning.

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 The shape of blasphemy.

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 The second thing is the activity of blasphemy.

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 What blasphemy does.

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 How it plays out.

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 And then finally, the end of blasphemy.

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 How blasphemy will ultimately be dealt with.

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 So let's first look at the shape of blasphemy.

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 We'll be in verses 8 to 10.

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 But we'll look at just verse 8 this morning.

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 By the way, if you want to grab a Bible,

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 there's still a couple Bibles there.

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 Feel free at any time to get up and grab it.

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 You won't interrupt me whatsoever.

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 But if you can, follow along.

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 Verse 8.

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 Yet in like manner, these people,

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 also relying on their dreams,

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 defile the flesh,

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 reject authority,

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 and blaspheme the glorious ones.

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 If you remember last week,

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 verse 8,

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 I briefly touched on it,

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 but verse 8 is an interesting verse.

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 There's verses in the Bible

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 that act as a summary of everything

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 that has gone before,

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 while at the same time point to

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 what will be talked about

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 in the verses that will come.

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 Verse 8 is one of those.

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 It looks back,

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 but it also simultaneously looks ahead.

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 And we'll see here that blasphemers

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 will indeed prove to be false prophets.

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 If this is the first time in the Jude series,

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 you missed the first couple weeks,

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 Jude was planning to write a letter

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 to the church.

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 We're not sure exactly which church it is.

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 It was supposed to be,

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 at least we kind of gather

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 an encouragement to them.

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 But it became very clear

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 that there were some false teachers

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 in the church,

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 and he had to address the issue

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 because they were causing a lot of harm

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 and disrupting the life of God's people.

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 So when he says,

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 yet in like manner,

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 these people,

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 he's referring to these false teachers.

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 These false teachers are blasphemers

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 who make up their own type of religion.

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 It's like a curated religion.

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 And in the case here,

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 it is all freedom, no law.

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 It is all liberty,

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 but no rules.

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 God has freed us to be whoever we want to be.

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 We don't have to obey him,

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 or at least not the laws that we don't like.

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 They've created and curated their own religion.

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 And as a result,

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 they are benefiting.

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 The purpose of what they have done

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 is to engage in their own selfish

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 and self-serving sensuality.

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 It does not see pleasure as a gift from God,

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 but rather an ultimate end in itself.

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 They're greedy.

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 They are corrupt.

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 They see people as a means to an end.

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 They're not serving the congregation.

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 They're abusing the congregation.

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 They are constantly rejecting divine authority.

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 And this is blasphemy against God and his word.

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 Look with me at verse 9.

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 But when the archangel Michael,

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 contending with the devil,

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 was disputing about the body of Moses,

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 he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment,

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 but said to Satan,

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 the Lord rebuke you.

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 This is a bit of a bizarre story.

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 Jude here is quoting a book

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 that is not in the Bible.

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 Most likely it's called

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 The Assumption of Moses.

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 And he is,

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 Jude quotes a number of different books

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 that aren't in the Bible.

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 So if you remember last week,

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 he almost certainly touched on

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 this book called Sirach.

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 Now it's The Assumption of Moses,

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 later on in our text,

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 he will quote,

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 First Enoch,

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 all not in our Bible.

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 Jude isn't trying to make a case

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 that these books need to be in the Bible.

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 But what he is doing is quoting,

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 most likely he is quoting books of the Bible,

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 or sorry,

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 books that aren't in the Bible

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 that are well known to his readers.

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 They were likely in common circulation at the time,

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 and they would have wisdom.

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 They would have lessons.

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 They would refer to the Bible

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 in some bits and pieces,

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 but they weren't the Bible,

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 a part of the canon itself.

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 It would be like if I quoted to you,

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 say, C.S. Lewis,

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 to make a point,

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 or drew on a story

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 from, say,

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 Lord of the Rings,

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 something that,

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 maybe not all of you guys know this stuff,

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 but at least the majority of you

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 would be familiar with

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 certain stories

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 that would contain truth,

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 biblical truth,

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 that would emphasize a point.

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 In a way,

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 Jude is speaking the vernacular

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 to his people,

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 and this is

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 kind of the vernacular story

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 of first century

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 people in the Church of God,

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 interestingly enough.

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 So we don't have this full manuscript

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 of the assumption of Moses,

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 and what's interesting

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 is that scholars say

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 we actually don't have this portion

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 that Jude quotes

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 in this extra-biblical book

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 called the assumption of Moses,

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 but scholars have kind of

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 pieced together

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 hypothetically

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 what it might have said,

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 and it would go something like this,

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 or at least the narrative

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 would go something like this.

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 Satan comes to accuse Moses

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 of being a slanderer.

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 He is not fit for heaven,

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 Satan says.

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 He belongs in hell.

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 On one hand,

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 Satan is right.

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 I mean,

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 Moses was not squeaky clean.

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 Moses,

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 he struggled with obedience,

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 he struggled with faith.

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 In the desert,

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 he struck a rock

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 rather than looking for water,

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 feeling pressure from the people

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 who were grumbling

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 rather than looking to God.

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 Moses,

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 actually,

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 because of his sin,

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 did not see

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 the promised land.

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 Moses,

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 in a sense,

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 does not belong in heaven.

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 Satan is right.

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 But the archangel Michael

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 did not leave

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 his God-ordained

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 place of authority

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 as one of God's

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 key angels,

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 unlike the fallen angels

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 that Jude mentions,

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 again,

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 if you remember,

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 in verse 6 last week.

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 refusing,

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 he refuses

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 to put himself

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 in the judgment seat

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 of God.

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 Michael

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 is not

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 blaspheming God

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 by

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 presuming

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 to be God himself.

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 This is what

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 is

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 referring to,

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 this is what Jude

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 is referring to

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 when he says that

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 Michael did not

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 presume to pronounce

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 a blasphemous judgment,

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 and that is

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 upon Moses,

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 but said,

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 the Lord rebuke you.

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 He simply

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 pushes back

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 against Satan.

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 He is faithful

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 to God,

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 and Jude is drawing

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 our attention

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 to this

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 to convey

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 the truth

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 of the matter,

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 of what blasphemy

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 really is,

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 and how,

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 at its core,

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 blasphemy

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 is downstream

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 from idolatry.

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 That is,

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 idolatry

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 puts ourselves

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 in the place

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 of God.

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 It looks to

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 uproot God

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 from his throne,

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 of his authority,

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 of who he is

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 as creator

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 over all things.

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 And it says,

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 actually,

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 we know what's best.

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 I mean,

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 we can put our

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 faith in

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 other things,

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 so it's not just

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 putting ourselves

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 in God's place,

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 but it certainly

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 does include that.

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 And what blasphemy

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 ultimately does

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 is it speaks

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 slander against God.

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 It speaks an ill word

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 against who God is.

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 It denies God's claims

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 of who he is

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 and what he has done

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 and who we are

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 in relationship to him.

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 It says

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 that his decrees

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 are not final

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 and his judgment

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 is not just

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 or universal.

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 It calls

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 blasphemy

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 BS

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 on God's word.

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 And yet,

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 it's only God

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 who is the ultimate judge.

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 Only God

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 who has

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 the ultimate authority.

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 Only God

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 who has

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 the power

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 to decree

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 all things.

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 And in this story,

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 Michael,

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 the archangel,

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 refuses to sit

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 in the judgment

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 seat of God

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 and as a result,

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 Jude says

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 that he did not

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 pronounce a blasphemous

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 judgment.

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 It's a good thing.

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 He did not

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 engage in blasphemy.

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 But Jude is saying this

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 because there are

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 false teachers,

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 remember,

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 that are blasphemous.

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 They're doing the opposite

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 of this.

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 They are claiming

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 divine authority,

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 divine judgment.

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 They are the ones

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 who are saying,

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 listen,

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 God's word

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 isn't to be followed.

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 At least not this part.

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 This part,

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 excellent.

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 liberty,

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 pleasure,

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 sensuality,

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 live and let live,

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 do your own thing.

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 In fact,

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 we know how to

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 really live

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 our lives

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 according to God's word.

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 Follow us.

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 Pay us.

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 Do the things

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 that we say.

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 And we see this

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 in verse 10.

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 Look with me here.

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 But these people,

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 that is the

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 false teachers,

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 but these people

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 blaspheme

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 all that they

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 do not understand

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 and they are destroyed

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 by all that they,

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 like unreasoning

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 animals,

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 understand

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 instinctively.

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 The blasphemous

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 false teachers

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 do not seek truth.

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 Their agenda

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 is greed

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 and selfish ambition

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 and it takes

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 predominance

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 over any

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 biblical doctrine

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 of God.

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 It's only

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 the parts

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 of the Bible

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 that fit

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 into their agenda

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 that are,

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 those parts

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 of the Bible

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 that are green-lighted,

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 that are deemed okay.

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 Earlier,

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 in verses 3 and 4,

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 Jude says

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 that they pervert

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 God's grace

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 by neglecting

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 obedience

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 to God's word.

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 Instead,

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 they embrace

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 illicit sensuality.

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 They embrace

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 a cheap grace

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 that neglects

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 obedience.

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 They are

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 ignorant

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 of the variety

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 that stays

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 in the dark

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 and does not

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 seek out the light.

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 They do not

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 care for truth.

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 So how do we

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 combat such

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 false teachers?

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 As Jude says

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 in verse 3,

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 how do we contend

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 for the faith

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 against such teaching?

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 we must be

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 like Bereans

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 and the Athenians

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 from Acts 17.

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 If you remember

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 that story,

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 these are people

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 that,

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 they didn't take

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 Paul's,

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 the Apostle Paul's

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 word

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 on face value,

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 but they wanted

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 to search

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 the scriptures.

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 They wanted

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 to make sure

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 that they understood

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 truth,

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 that they submitted

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 to God's word

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 and wanted

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 to ensure

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 that there were

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 aspects of God's word

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 that they were

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 a bit loose on.

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 They were

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 diligent

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 truth seekers.

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 The false teachers,

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 they bank

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 on their people

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 not knowing

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 God's word.

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 I mean,

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 in some ways,

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 because I've

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 developed

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 some trust

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 with the congregation,

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 I could slowly

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 slip in certain things,

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 certain parts

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 of the Bible

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 or certain parts

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 of my own agenda

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 that aren't

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 biblical

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 or I could get

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 fuzzy on aspects

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 of scripture.

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 And this isn't

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 like an issue

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 of, you know,

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 I've just made

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 a mistake,

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 but this is

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 like a willful

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 attempt at

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 trying to subvert

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 your gaze

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 from God

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 to something

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 that I want,

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 some kind

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 of reputation

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 or extra

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 dollars in my

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 pocket or

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 whatever it may be.

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 I could slowly,

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 slowly introduce

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 something like

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 that.

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 If you guys

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 weren't diligent

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 in searching

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 the scriptures,

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 if you didn't

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 read God's word,

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 if you weren't

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 students of

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 the Bible,

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 if you didn't

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 dig deep.

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 And for us,

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 it is a challenge

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 that we need

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 to be people

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 of God's word.

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 One of the reasons,

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 and I've said this

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 in the past,

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 one of the reasons

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 why we recite

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 the creed,

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 whether it be

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 the Apostles' Creed

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 or the Nicene

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 Creed,

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 isn't just to

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 affirm our faith

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 together,

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 which is very

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 important,

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 but it's to

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 act as a

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 check against

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 me,

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 that I won't

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 preach from

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 God's word

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 something that

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 is contrary

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 to the faith

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 that is handed

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 down.

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 I don't have

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 the liberty,

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 no teacher

00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.539
 has the liberty

00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:11.119
 to be new

00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:11.919
 with the Bible.

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 originality

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 isn't something

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 that I

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 am trained

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 for.

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 I'm,

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 in a sense,

00:17:20.460 --> 00:17:22.620
 trained to

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 pass on the

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 faith that I've

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 received to you,

00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:28.100
 you pass on the

00:17:28.100 --> 00:17:28.759
 faith to the next

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 generation,

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 and so on,

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 and so forth.

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 Now,

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 there's aspects to

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 it where it's

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 very contextual,

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 or maybe how

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 does the Bible

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 apply to this?

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 Yeah,

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 but by and large,

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 it's still the

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 same scriptures.

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 We need to be

00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:41.300
 people of God's

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 word.

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 We need to

00:17:42.900 --> 00:17:44.519
 make sure that

00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:45.380
 false teaching

00:17:45.380 --> 00:17:46.440
 doesn't come in

00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:48.180
 and take root in

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 our lives because

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 there are false

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 motives from

00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:53.000
 false teachers

00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:54.940
 that really is

00:17:54.940 --> 00:17:55.560
 a form of

00:17:55.560 --> 00:17:56.060
 blasphemy.

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 But these

00:17:59.300 --> 00:18:00.019
 false teachers,

00:18:00.500 --> 00:18:01.519
 they don't just

00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.500
 blaspheme the

00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:03.600
 parts of the

00:18:03.600 --> 00:18:04.519
 Bible that they

00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:05.560
 do not understand

00:18:05.560 --> 00:18:06.740
 or they have

00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:07.700
 no desire to

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 pursue,

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 but they also

00:18:09.560 --> 00:18:10.380
 get wrong the

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 things they do

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 understand,

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 understand,

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 which is,

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 in a way,

00:18:14.580 --> 00:18:15.360
 to say that

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 they also

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 don't understand

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 the things that

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 they do

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 understand.

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 What do I

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 mean?

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 The false

00:18:20.940 --> 00:18:21.340
 teachers,

00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:21.920
 verse 10,

00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.799
 tells us that

00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:24.539
 they understand

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 things at an

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 instinctive level,

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 a base level,

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 which implies

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 that they view

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 life through

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 their stomach,

00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:34.140
 through their

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 appetites and

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 passions and

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 feelings.

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 things.

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 That's their

00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:37.579
 hermeneutic.

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 That's the

00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:39.079
 lens by which

00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:40.500
 they read the

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 Bible,

00:18:41.100 --> 00:18:41.819
 they proclaim

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 the truth.

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 That's their

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 whole reason

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 for being.

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 Reason and

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 wisdom are

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 discarded for a

00:18:50.860 --> 00:18:51.980
 subjective way of

00:18:51.980 --> 00:18:53.120
 living and reading

00:18:53.120 --> 00:18:53.779
 God's word.

00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:55.079
 Their consciences

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 are seared,

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 so lies

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 seem like truth

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 to them.

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 You tell a

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 lie enough

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 times, it

00:19:05.659 --> 00:19:06.759
 seems awfully

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 truthful.

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 Proper moral

00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:10.940
 discernment is

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 impossible for

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 these false

00:19:12.099 --> 00:19:12.440
 teachers.

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 They think

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 that what

00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.519
 they're

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 proclaiming

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 is life

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 to our

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 souls, but

00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:21.159
 what it is

00:19:21.159 --> 00:19:22.740
 is decay

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:23.980
 setting in

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 and rot

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 setting in.

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 It is a

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 gangrene

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 that seeps

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 deeper and

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 deeper in

00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.399
 and deeper

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 into the

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 hearers.

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 It needs

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 to be cut

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 out, it

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 needs to be

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 dealt with.

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 An easy

00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:39.599
 way to

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 understand these

00:19:40.879 --> 00:19:41.839
 false teachers

00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:42.519
 is that

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 they're

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 antinomian.

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 What does

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 that mean?

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 Anti,

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 against,

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 nomos is

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 law, it's a

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 way of saying

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 that they're

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 against God's

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 law.

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 They're

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 antinomian,

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 they're

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 anti-law.

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 They're all

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 grace.

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 The Bible

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 very clearly

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 in a

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 way to

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 be

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 in a

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 simpler

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 reductionistic

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 way, but

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 I think it

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 still stands.

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 The Bible

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 preaches

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 law and

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 grace.

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 That law

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 leads us

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 to grace,

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 but also

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.839
 grace helps

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 us to

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 follow God's

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 law.

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 This beautiful

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 back and

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 forth between

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 life.

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 God's

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 love and

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 love and

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 love and

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 love and

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 love and

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 love.

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 We're all

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 in a

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 freedom.

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 We are

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 motivated,

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 not out of

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 fear of

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 damnation,

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 but out of

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 gratitude for

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 salvation.

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 We obey

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 God.

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 It's back and

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 forth between

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 law and

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 gospel.

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 These guys

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 are all

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 gospel,

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 which really

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 is no

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 gospel at

00:20:37.579 --> 00:20:37.759
 all.

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 We must

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 remember,

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 God's

00:20:42.619 --> 00:20:43.299
 good design

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 for life

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 includes

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 limits and

00:20:46.419 --> 00:20:47.039
 boundaries,

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 not to

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 destroy or

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 frustrate us

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 into servitude

00:20:50.699 --> 00:20:51.220
 and slavery,

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 but to save

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 us from

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 servitude and

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 slavery.

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 To be all

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 about your

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 appetites,

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 all about

00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.299
 pleasure,

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 all the

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 time,

00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:01.220
 is a

00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:01.899
 life that

00:21:01.899 --> 00:21:03.339
 is shackled.

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 It's not

00:21:04.199 --> 00:21:04.619
 free.

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.519
 It is a

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:08.000
 life that

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.779
 lacks self

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 control,

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 that's

00:21:10.380 --> 00:21:11.400
 enslaved by

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 the things

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 that are

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 easily met

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 with food

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 or screens

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 or relationships

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 with pleasure.

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 Pleasure

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 becomes an

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 end in

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 and of

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.440
 itself.

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:27.940
 God's

00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:28.500
 law leads

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.060
 to life.

00:21:29.780 --> 00:21:30.080
 It leads

00:21:30.080 --> 00:21:30.620
 to grace.

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 And he

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 provides us

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 with limits

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 and boundaries

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 and, in a

00:21:35.780 --> 00:21:36.680
 sense, laws

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.820
 to obey for

00:21:37.820 --> 00:21:38.700
 our benefit,

00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:40.360
 for our

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 flourishing.

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 But don't

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.459
 we know this

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 to an extent,

00:21:45.379 --> 00:21:45.899
 whether we're

00:21:45.899 --> 00:21:46.539
 Christians or

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.259
 non-Christians?

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:49.000
 We know

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.639
 right from

00:21:49.639 --> 00:21:50.519
 wrong, deep

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:50.939
 in our

00:21:50.939 --> 00:21:51.579
 consciences.

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 Is this not

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:54.519
 proof that

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:55.259
 there is a

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:56.000
 God and that

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 he is a

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 good and

00:21:57.979 --> 00:21:59.899
 real, but

00:21:59.899 --> 00:22:00.699
 also very

00:22:00.699 --> 00:22:01.740
 fierce

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:03.019
 judge?

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:05.019
 God has

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:06.019
 done it.

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.259
 Where does

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:06.759
 this moral

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.599
 imperative come

00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:07.879
 from?

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.160
 Why is it

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.599
 that we

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.639
 deep down

00:22:10.639 --> 00:22:11.339
 know

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:12.779
 right from

00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:13.539
 wrong and

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.519
 that wrong

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:14.980
 will be

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.379
 punished?

00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:19.299
 The Bible

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:19.980
 would say

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.720
 it's an

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.339
 aspect of

00:22:21.339 --> 00:22:21.559
 what it

00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.079
 means to be

00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:22.420
 made in

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.019
 God's image,

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.119
 as image

00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:24.440
 bearers.

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:25.480
 Ecclesiastes 3

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:25.940
 says that

00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:27.059
 God has

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:28.059
 put eternity

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:28.620
 on the

00:22:28.620 --> 00:22:29.440
 hearts of

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:29.720
 men.

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:31.240
 That we

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.960
 know

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:33.160
 instinctively,

00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:34.140
 deep down

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:35.039
 in our

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.759
 souls,

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:36.519
 that there

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.220
 must be

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:37.519
 something

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:38.079
 greater than

00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:38.500
 the here

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:38.839
 and the

00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:39.180
 now,

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.279
 and that

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:41.140
 here and

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:41.460
 now,

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.259
 or that

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.480
 something

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:42.920
 greater than

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.240
 here and

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.420
 now,

00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:44.200
 it must

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:45.240
 be good,

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.839
 whatever it

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.160
 is.

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:48.500
 But also,

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:50.080
 the Bible

00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:51.000
 says that

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.400
 God has

00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:51.900
 given us

00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.580
 revelation

00:22:52.580 --> 00:22:53.220
 through his

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:54.040
 created order,

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:54.759
 that God

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.200
 has made

00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:56.140
 himself known

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:57.200
 through the

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.540
 world.

00:22:59.420 --> 00:22:59.640
 So,

00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.500
 in a sense,

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.240
 to deny

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:02.019
 this reality

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:03.060
 is to push

00:23:03.060 --> 00:23:04.000
 back against

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.820
 God's truth

00:23:04.820 --> 00:23:05.900
 and claim

00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.380
 something,

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:06.880
 anything,

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:09.080
 other than

00:23:09.080 --> 00:23:09.640
 his good

00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:10.320
 and beautiful

00:23:10.320 --> 00:23:10.820
 and true

00:23:10.820 --> 00:23:11.380
 reality.

00:23:11.840 --> 00:23:12.200
 And it

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.820
 says that

00:23:12.820 --> 00:23:14.120
 this is

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:15.080
 blasphemy.

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:17.900
 So,

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.660
 we see

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.340
 that blasphemy

00:23:19.340 --> 00:23:20.060
 isn't saying

00:23:20.060 --> 00:23:21.019
 Jesus is

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.460
 not the

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:21.840
 Son of

00:23:21.840 --> 00:23:22.160
 God,

00:23:22.320 --> 00:23:23.080
 or the

00:23:23.080 --> 00:23:23.820
 Holy Spirit

00:23:23.820 --> 00:23:24.460
 is not

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.440
 a part of

00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:26.160
 the Godhead,

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:26.400
 or,

00:23:26.540 --> 00:23:26.680
 you know,

00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.480
 you say

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.220
 something that

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:29.680
 is against

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.700
 maybe an

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.580
 aspect of

00:23:31.580 --> 00:23:32.200
 what we

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.660
 read about

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:32.860
 in the

00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:33.100
 Creed,

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.540
 or something

00:23:33.540 --> 00:23:34.380
 contrary to

00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:35.380
 God's

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:35.940
 Word,

00:23:37.100 --> 00:23:37.740
 which is

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.240
 blasphemy,

00:23:38.320 --> 00:23:38.840
 but blasphemy

00:23:38.840 --> 00:23:39.440
 runs deeper

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:40.000
 than that.

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:42.080
 It always

00:23:42.080 --> 00:23:42.920
 pushes God

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.259
 to the

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.700
 margins,

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.720
 and diminishes

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.180
 God,

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.440
 and saying

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:45.700
 that we

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:45.880
 are

00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:46.640
 greater

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:47.640
 than God.

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.260
 And this

00:23:48.260 --> 00:23:48.960
 is what

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.620
 Jude is

00:23:49.620 --> 00:23:50.380
 warning us

00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:50.820
 about.

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:52.760
 This is

00:23:52.760 --> 00:23:53.120
 the shape

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:53.700
 of blasphemy.

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.760
 So,

00:23:57.640 --> 00:24:00.280
 is God

00:24:00.280 --> 00:24:00.620
 indifferent

00:24:00.620 --> 00:24:01.160
 to this?

00:24:02.060 --> 00:24:02.640
 Look with

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:03.000
 me at the

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.320
 beginning of

00:24:03.320 --> 00:24:03.820
 verse 11,

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.380
 just the

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:05.200
 first three

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.560
 words of

00:24:05.560 --> 00:24:06.020
 verse 11.

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:08.060
 It says,

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:08.460
 woe to

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:08.660
 them.

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:13.960
 apart from

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.340
 Jude,

00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:16.080
 the only

00:24:16.080 --> 00:24:16.640
 person

00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:18.340
 that says

00:24:18.340 --> 00:24:18.980
 woe

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:20.120
 to,

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:21.960
 pronounces

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.420
 woe to

00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:23.200
 anybody in

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:23.420
 the New

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:23.960
 Testament is

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.259
 Jesus

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.779
 himself.

00:24:26.040 --> 00:24:26.800
 And this

00:24:26.800 --> 00:24:28.180
 woe that

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.640
 he is

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.360
 pronouncing

00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:29.720
 Jude,

00:24:29.860 --> 00:24:30.480
 that Jesus

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.519
 pronounces in

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.220
 the Gospels,

00:24:32.300 --> 00:24:33.519
 and also in

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.960
 St. John's

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.400
 Revelation,

00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:38.539
 is a woe that

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.879
 is pointing to

00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:40.700
 an everlasting

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.400
 and eternal

00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:42.700
 judgment of

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.019
 God.

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:43.859
 It's heavy.

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.700
 You say woe to

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:46.859
 them, it's like

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:48.460
 saying they're

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:50.059
 damned to

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.299
 hell.

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.039
 I mean,

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:52.299
 there is no,

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:54.019
 there is nothing

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.920
 that can be said

00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:56.139
 in the Bible that

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:57.160
 carries more

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.819
 weight.

00:24:57.819 --> 00:25:01.019
 Jude says to

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.579
 these false

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:01.939
 teachers,

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:02.779
 woe to

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.099
 you.

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:07.399
 This is the

00:25:07.399 --> 00:25:07.960
 shape of

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.579
 blasphemy.

00:25:09.679 --> 00:25:10.200
 This is,

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.159
 we'll begin to

00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:11.779
 see the end

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.419
 of blasphemy

00:25:12.419 --> 00:25:13.379
 after our next

00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:14.179
 point, which is

00:25:14.179 --> 00:25:15.579
 the activity of

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.000
 blasphemy.

00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:16.500
 So what does

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.240
 blasphemy look

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:19.119
 like even more

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.619
 than what we've

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.200
 seen already?

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.720
 Look with me

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.799
 verses 11,

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:24.259
 look at with

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:25.079
 me at verses

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:26.200
 11 to 13.

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.779
 Once again,

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.819
 Jude employs

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.500
 a triplet.

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.460
 Jude, he

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.460
 likes doing

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:31.839
 things in

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.139
 threes.

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.200
 So he has

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.799
 another triplet

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.480
 of examples

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.139
 to highlight

00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:35.579
 what this

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:35.879
 kind of

00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:36.379
 blasphemy

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:37.559
 looks like.

00:25:38.159 --> 00:25:38.720
 We'll actually

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.179
 just look at

00:25:39.179 --> 00:25:39.740
 verse 11

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.119
 first.

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:41.480
 Woe to

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.980
 them, for

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.519
 they walked

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:43.939
 in the way

00:25:43.939 --> 00:25:44.539
 of Cain

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.740
 and abandoned

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.339
 themselves for

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:47.539
 the sake of

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.119
 gain to

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:49.039
 Balaam's

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.720
 error and

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.460
 perished in

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:50.960
 Korah's

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:52.039
 rebellion.

00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:52.839
 Cain,

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.339
 Balaam,

00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:55.279
 Korah.

00:25:56.159 --> 00:25:56.819
 We don't

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.519
 have the time

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.759
 to recount

00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.700
 each story,

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.220
 but in

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.759
 all three

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.480
 cases we

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.440
 see biblical

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:04.779
 characters who

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:06.339
 willfully rebel

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:07.799
 against God's

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.319
 word, and in

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.819
 all three

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:10.039
 cases the

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:11.059
 rebellion pollutes

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.500
 not just

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.420
 themselves but

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:13.259
 others all

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.799
 around them.

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:15.920
 All act as a

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:17.240
 prototype of

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:19.639
 how blasphemy

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:22.379
 works out

00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:23.039
 amongst

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:24.379
 individuals and

00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:25.940
 spreads amongst

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:27.359
 God's people

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:28.759
 and how

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.220
 these false

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:30.079
 teachers are

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:31.759
 in line with

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:33.700
 these Cain,

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:34.619
 Balaam, and

00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:35.480
 Korah, these

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.920
 blasphemers.

00:26:39.159 --> 00:26:39.500
 In fact,

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.720
 Jude uses an

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.200
 increasingly

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:43.180
 strong series

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.960
 of words to

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:45.159
 describe each

00:26:45.159 --> 00:26:45.960
 successive story.

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.379
 So if you

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:47.519
 look with me

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.500
 again at

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.099
 verse 11,

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.279
 Jude says

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.619
 this, for

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:51.420
 they walked

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.220
 in the

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.539
 way of

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:54.319
 Cain, and

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:54.920
 then they

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.680
 abandoned

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.539
 themselves for

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.180
 the sake of

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:58.139
 gain to

00:26:58.139 --> 00:26:58.639
 Balaam's

00:26:58.639 --> 00:26:59.779
 heir, and

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.299
 then finally

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:01.420
 they perished

00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:02.079
 in Korah's

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.480
 rebellion.

00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:04.299
 It is a

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:05.039
 gradual

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:07.339
 growing towards

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:08.099
 rebellion that

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.879
 ultimately leads

00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:09.440
 to perishing.

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:10.980
 If you're

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.859
 familiar with

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.740
 Psalm 1,

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:15.160
 we see that

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:16.160
 progression as

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.960
 well in

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.519
 Psalm 1,

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:19.359
 how the

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:20.039
 wicked people,

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.000
 they first

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:22.480
 stand, or

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.099
 first they

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:24.599
 sit, they

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.099
 stand, they

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.460
 walk.

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.059
 It's this

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:27.359
 progression into

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:28.220
 greater and

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:30.500
 greater amounts

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.220
 of blasphemy,

00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:31.900
 greater and

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.799
 greater amounts

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:35.039
 of rebellion

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.839
 towards the

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.099
 Lord.

00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:38.599
 In all such

00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:39.180
 cases,

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.299
 Cain,

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.000
 Balaam,

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:42.980
 Korah, this

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:44.039
 rebellion is

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:45.119
 the activity

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:46.500
 of blasphemy,

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.380
 and in

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:47.980
 every case,

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.599
 the rebels,

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.279
 they knew

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:50.140
 God's will,

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.259
 yet they

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.039
 denied God's

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.819
 power and

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.660
 God's judgment

00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:55.039
 as if God

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.440
 was some

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:55.960
 neutered,

00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:56.519
 powerless,

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.519
 weak force,

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:59.000
 as if God

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.920
 couldn't see

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:02.539
 their scheming

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:04.140
 that somehow

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:05.460
 God was not

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.160
 who God

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.940
 claimed he

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.319
 was.

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.880
 Unbelief

00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:11.079
 replaced faith,

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.240
 generosity is

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.799
 replaced with

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.140
 greed,

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.839
 God's vision

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:15.039
 for goodness,

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:16.359
 truth,

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:16.920
 and beauty

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.579
 is replaced

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:17.879
 with a

00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:18.359
 distorted,

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.099
 perverted,

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:19.700
 and bent

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:21.619
 goodness that

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.059
 becomes a

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.579
 type of

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.159
 hellscape.

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.579
 There is no

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:26.279
 neutrality

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:28.539
 apart from

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:28.920
 God.

00:28:29.659 --> 00:28:30.299
 Either we

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:32.000
 are enjoying

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:33.099
 and following

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:33.920
 and obeying

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:35.000
 truth,

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.519
 beauty,

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.159
 and goodness

00:28:36.159 --> 00:28:37.119
 according to

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:37.500
 God,

00:28:37.639 --> 00:28:39.039
 or we are

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.680
 going in the

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.619
 opposite direction

00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:41.079
 of that.

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:44.599
 These rebels,

00:28:44.959 --> 00:28:46.500
 they are acting

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.000
 in such a

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.199
 way,

00:28:47.879 --> 00:28:48.639
 and these

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:49.199
 false teachers

00:28:49.199 --> 00:28:49.659
 are following

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:50.019
 suit.

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.399
 Like I

00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:53.019
 mentioned before,

00:28:53.219 --> 00:28:53.859
 such rebellion

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:54.819
 never affects

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.439
 an individual

00:28:55.439 --> 00:28:55.959
 alone.

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.439
 In all three

00:28:57.439 --> 00:28:58.039
 cases,

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.779
 ending in

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:01.679
 Korah,

00:29:01.979 --> 00:29:02.819
 many people

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.519
 die as a

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.500
 result in the

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:05.259
 biblical stories.

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.939
 False teachers

00:29:06.939 --> 00:29:07.619
 do not care for

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:08.139
 the souls of

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:08.479
 those they

00:29:08.479 --> 00:29:08.779
 serve.

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:10.079
 they don't.

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:12.079
 They see them

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:12.920
 as fodder,

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:14.019
 and a means

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.579
 to achieve

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:15.299
 their distorted

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:15.920
 and sinister

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.339
 ends.

00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:17.539
 What does Jude

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:18.059
 say to them

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.420
 at the beginning

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:18.980
 of verse 11?

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:20.099
 Woe to them.

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.240
 In his

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:24.139
 commentary on

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:24.539
 Jude,

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:26.500
 Thomas Manton,

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.460
 he was a

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:28.039
 Westminster

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.720
 divine,

00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:29.399
 and he was a

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:29.920
 chaplain to

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.740
 Oliver Cromwell.

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.319
 He compares

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:33.099
 Christ and the

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.759
 false teachers

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:35.220
 like this.

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:38.379
 For Christ

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:39.400
 souls are a

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:40.360
 precious commodity,

00:29:41.260 --> 00:29:41.840
 Christ thought

00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:42.520
 worthy of

00:29:42.520 --> 00:29:42.840
 his own

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.260
 blood.

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.680
 But seducers

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.240
 count them

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.940
 cheap wear.

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.180
 For their

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.920
 own gain and

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.700
 worldly interests,

00:29:49.800 --> 00:29:50.500
 they care not

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.320
 how they betray

00:29:51.320 --> 00:29:51.840
 souls.

00:29:53.340 --> 00:29:54.260
 The difference

00:29:54.260 --> 00:29:55.300
 is unmistakable.

00:29:56.340 --> 00:29:57.100
 True teachers

00:29:57.100 --> 00:29:57.820
 and leaders

00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:58.960
 in Christ's

00:29:58.960 --> 00:30:00.280
 church mimic

00:30:00.280 --> 00:30:00.900
 Christ.

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:01.880
 How?

00:30:02.020 --> 00:30:02.620
 By laying

00:30:02.620 --> 00:30:03.100
 down their

00:30:03.100 --> 00:30:04.560
 lives for

00:30:04.560 --> 00:30:05.420
 his people,

00:30:05.580 --> 00:30:06.100
 for the sake

00:30:06.100 --> 00:30:06.900
 of their souls,

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:07.920
 giving of

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.500
 themselves,

00:30:08.780 --> 00:30:09.180
 emptying

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:09.759
 themselves,

00:30:10.060 --> 00:30:10.360
 blessing

00:30:10.360 --> 00:30:11.040
 themselves,

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.180
 being patient

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.440
 with,

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.180
 or not

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.440
 blessing

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:13.680
 themselves,

00:30:13.800 --> 00:30:14.019
 blessing

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.600
 other people,

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:16.200
 being patient

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:17.440
 with people,

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:18.540
 walking with

00:30:18.540 --> 00:30:19.259
 and guiding

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:21.380
 people that

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:21.840
 are put in

00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:22.300
 their care,

00:30:23.320 --> 00:30:24.140
 having a

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:24.800
 desire to

00:30:24.800 --> 00:30:25.860
 equip God's

00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.940
 people to

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.360
 do the

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:27.720
 things that

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.160
 God has

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:28.560
 called them

00:30:28.560 --> 00:30:28.960
 to do.

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.380
 They are

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:31.900
 under-shepherds

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:34.180
 to the one

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.960
 true shepherd

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.259
 who is

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.660
 Christ.

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:37.579
 And how

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:37.799
 do they

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.220
 do this?

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.880
 By sticking

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.519
 to God's

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.120
 most holy

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.420
 word.

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:41.819
 They cannot

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.420
 be rebels,

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.240
 for rebellion

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:44.420
 is blasphemy,

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.519
 and such a

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.140
 blasphemous

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:46.880
 activity never

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.880
 produces what

00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:48.600
 it promises.

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:51.360
 We can see

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:51.980
 that in the

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.660
 next two

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.160
 verses.

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.559
 Look at

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.819
 verses 12

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.360
 and 13

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:55.779
 with me.

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:58.460
 These are

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:59.440
 hidden reefs.

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.380
 Another

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:01.460
 translation talks

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.120
 about them

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:04.699
 being stains.

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:06.219
 They pollute.

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.819
 These are

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.539
 hidden reefs

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:08.939
 at your

00:31:08.939 --> 00:31:09.679
 love feasts

00:31:09.679 --> 00:31:10.639
 as they

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.279
 feast with

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.779
 you without

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.479
 fear.

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.579
 Shepherds

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.199
 feeding

00:31:14.199 --> 00:31:14.839
 themselves,

00:31:15.179 --> 00:31:15.699
 waterless

00:31:15.699 --> 00:31:16.539
 clouds swept

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.099
 along by

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.519
 winds,

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:18.759
 fruitless

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.579
 trees in

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.119
 late autumn

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.859
 twice dead

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:21.339
 uprooted,

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.719
 wild waves

00:31:22.719 --> 00:31:23.339
 of the sea

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:24.459
 casting up

00:31:24.459 --> 00:31:25.000
 the foam

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.439
 of their

00:31:25.439 --> 00:31:26.139
 own shame,

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:26.659
 wandering

00:31:26.659 --> 00:31:27.579
 stars for

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:28.000
 whom the

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.539
 gloom of

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.339
 utter darkness

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:30.599
 has been

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.459
 reserved forever.

00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:34.299
 these examples

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.939
 hit home

00:31:34.939 --> 00:31:35.719
 the point

00:31:35.719 --> 00:31:36.639
 that the

00:31:36.639 --> 00:31:37.319
 activity of

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:37.959
 blasphemy

00:31:37.959 --> 00:31:38.659
 is not a

00:31:38.659 --> 00:31:39.159
 source of

00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:39.599
 blessing,

00:31:40.219 --> 00:31:40.939
 for it

00:31:40.939 --> 00:31:41.899
 unplugs from

00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:42.339
 the source

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:42.919
 of light

00:31:42.919 --> 00:31:43.519
 itself.

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:44.839
 Instead,

00:31:44.979 --> 00:31:45.819
 it plugs

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.339
 into

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:47.919
 power

00:31:47.919 --> 00:31:49.119
 death.

00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:50.719
 Fruitless

00:31:50.719 --> 00:31:51.459
 trees in

00:31:51.459 --> 00:31:52.039
 late autumn

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.819
 twice dead

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.459
 uprooted,

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.859
 the image

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.759
 of stars

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:58.019
 leading people

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.519
 astray,

00:31:58.739 --> 00:31:59.279
 stars were

00:31:59.279 --> 00:31:59.619
 the source

00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:00.239
 of navigation

00:32:00.239 --> 00:32:00.579
 in the

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:01.239
 ancient world.

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:04.059
 stars

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:06.259
 moving directions.

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.120
 How do

00:32:07.120 --> 00:32:07.700
 they lead

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.720
 people to

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.700
 the right

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:11.500
 ports?

00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:12.180
 They can't.

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:14.779
 The number

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.259
 of pictures

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.779
 that Jude

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.900
 paints here

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.940
 are people

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.779
 that purport

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:20.019
 to bless,

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.599
 but ultimately

00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:22.220
 they curse.

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:25.359
 Jude reminds

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:25.960
 us that such

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.620
 blasphemous

00:32:26.620 --> 00:32:27.279
 activity will

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.980
 not go

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.819
 unpunished.

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:32.500
 but will

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:32.779
 have a

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.399
 total and

00:32:33.399 --> 00:32:34.200
 final end.

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.599
 But what

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:35.939
 will that

00:32:35.939 --> 00:32:36.419
 punishment

00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:37.079
 look like?

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.240
 Will it

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.539
 look like

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:38.859
 the two

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:39.379
 brothers

00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:41.220
 opening fire

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.759
 on a dozen

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.279
 journalists

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.000
 in 2015?

00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:46.119
 Let's take a

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:46.259
 look,

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:47.159
 verses 14 to

00:32:47.159 --> 00:32:47.500
 16,

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:47.839
 and we'll

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:48.460
 see the

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:50.159
 end of

00:32:50.159 --> 00:32:50.819
 blasphemy.

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:52.339
 once again,

00:32:52.439 --> 00:32:53.000
 Jude uses

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.539
 an example

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.139
 from a

00:32:54.139 --> 00:32:54.779
 non-biblical

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.220
 source,

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:55.619
 this time

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.339
 first Enoch.

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:59.240
 And we'll

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.619
 begin in

00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:00.220
 verse 14.

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.619
 It was

00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:02.319
 also about

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:02.659
 these,

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.119
 that is,

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.559
 the false

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:03.919
 teachers,

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.619
 that Enoch,

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.079
 the seventh

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.539
 from Adam,

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:06.119
 prophesied,

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.419
 saying,

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.419
 Behold,

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:07.779
 the Lord

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.259
 comes with

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.740
 ten thousand

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.119
 of his

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:09.679
 holy ones.

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:11.879
 We'll

00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:12.200
 continue,

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:12.519
 sorry.

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:14.779
 to execute

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.480
 judgment on

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.220
 all and

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.960
 to convict

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.460
 all the

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:18.220
 ungodly of

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:18.619
 all their

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:19.559
 deeds of

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.079
 ungodliness

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.639
 that they

00:33:20.639 --> 00:33:21.279
 have committed

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.859
 in such

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:22.539
 an ungodly

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:22.839
 way,

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:23.740
 and of

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.400
 all the

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:25.200
 harsh things

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:26.180
 that ungodly

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.700
 sinners have

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:28.119
 spoken against

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:28.339
 them.

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:28.920
 These are

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.559
 grumblers,

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:31.000
 malcontents,

00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:32.299
 following their

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:33.400
 sinful desires.

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:33.700
 They are

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:34.579
 loudmouthed

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:35.139
 boasters,

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:36.379
 showing favoritism

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:37.539
 to gain

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.119
 advantage.

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:40.400
 Jude is

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:40.839
 connecting

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.700
 first Enoch

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.039
 with

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:43.339
 Deuteronomy

00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:44.079
 32,

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.879
 verses 2

00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.299
 and 4,

00:33:45.399 --> 00:33:46.599
 which is

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:48.220
 very similar

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:49.039
 in content

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:50.659
 and speaks

00:33:50.659 --> 00:33:51.339
 to God's

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:52.299
 judgment in

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:53.259
 a comprehensive

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:54.099
 way.

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.240
 It says

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.980
 that God

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.819
 is the

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.539
 all-powerful

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.259
 judge and

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:59.740
 that he

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:01.059
 misses not

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:02.299
 one aspect

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:03.920
 of human

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:05.399
 experience

00:34:05.399 --> 00:34:05.839
 that he

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:06.259
 will not

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.659
 judge.

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:07.879
 We will

00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:08.420
 all stand

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.679
 before the

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.400
 just judge.

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:12.700
 notice how

00:34:12.700 --> 00:34:13.440
 Jude here

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.039
 emphasizes

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.800
 ungodliness.

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:16.280
 Verse 15,

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:17.000
 he mentions

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:18.400
 four times

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:19.740
 ungodliness

00:34:19.740 --> 00:34:22.900
 in verse 15

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.840
 is understood

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.539
 as the

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.579
 total moral

00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:26.300
 and spiritual

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:26.900
 breakdown,

00:34:27.660 --> 00:34:29.320
 an unrepentant

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:29.980
 impiety

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.680
 in thought,

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.059
 word,

00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:31.619
 and deed.

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:33.420
 It blasphemes

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:33.900
 God as

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.460
 creator,

00:34:35.220 --> 00:34:35.820
 sustainer,

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.420
 savior,

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:37.780
 and judge.

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.780
 It denies

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:39.740
 his word,

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:40.159
 it leads

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:41.000
 others astray,

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:42.320
 it is the

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:43.119
 antithesis of

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:43.539
 who God

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:43.800
 is.

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:44.440
 Literally,

00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:45.680
 it is

00:34:45.680 --> 00:34:46.720
 ungodliness,

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.639
 it is the

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.720
 opposite of

00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:49.119
 who God

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.460
 is.

00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:53.300
 We

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:55.079
 ought to

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.440
 expect

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.059
 ungodliness

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:57.300
 in the

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:58.720
 world to

00:34:58.720 --> 00:34:59.159
 those that

00:34:59.159 --> 00:34:59.559
 have not

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.180
 embraced the

00:35:00.180 --> 00:35:00.800
 Christian faith,

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.119
 that have

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:02.320
 not had

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:03.039
 their sins

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:04.059
 forgiven and

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:05.019
 strived by

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.619
 the Holy Spirit

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:05.900
 has helped

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.420
 to live a

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:07.039
 godly life.

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:08.380
 We ought

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:09.059
 to expect

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.340
 it.

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.239
 And I

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.539
 don't mean

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:11.119
 that in a

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.900
 we are

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:12.360
 better than

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.860
 them type

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.320
 of way,

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:17.119
 but the

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:18.280
 church is

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:19.119
 the group

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:19.599
 of people

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:19.980
 that God

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.539
 has saved,

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:21.159
 called out

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.659
 of darkness

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:22.420
 into light,

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:24.820
 and he

00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:25.639
 expects us

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:25.860
 and we

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.079
 ought to

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.739
 expect of

00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:27.139
 ourselves

00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:27.519
 that we

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:27.860
 would live

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.219
 godly

00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:28.639
 lives.

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:29.759
 Not

00:35:29.759 --> 00:35:30.159
 perfect

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:30.639
 lives,

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:31.940
 but godly

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.300
 lives.

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.219
 Lives that

00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:34.119
 when we

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.679
 fail,

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.380
 we are

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:36.320
 honest about

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:37.019
 our failure

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.880
 and our

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.599
 sin before

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.420
 God asking

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:39.880
 for his

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.340
 forgiveness

00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:42.480
 and receiving

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.420
 that and

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:44.019
 knowing that

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.840
 we have been

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:45.500
 forgiven on

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.059
 the cross

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.519
 once and

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:47.000
 for all.

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:48.639
 But when

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:49.519
 ungodliness

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.579
 takes root in

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.380
 the congregation,

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:53.320
 it's a

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:53.820
 problem.

00:35:55.259 --> 00:35:55.920
 When

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.940
 unrepentance

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:58.780
 takes root in

00:35:58.780 --> 00:35:59.420
 the congregation,

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.099
 it is

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:01.579
 a problem.

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.159
 When

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:04.119
 baptized

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:05.159
 members of

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:05.659
 the visible

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:06.199
 church

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:08.299
 have grown

00:36:08.299 --> 00:36:09.179
 very cold

00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:09.839
 towards the

00:36:09.839 --> 00:36:10.400
 Lord and

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:10.779
 the things

00:36:10.779 --> 00:36:11.099
 of his

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.480
 word,

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.739
 it's a

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:13.259
 problem.

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:15.079
 And it

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.699
 doesn't mean

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:16.179
 woe to

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:16.539
 you,

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:18.599
 but it

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:19.239
 does mean

00:36:19.239 --> 00:36:20.960
 today is

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.440
 the day

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:22.940
 to get

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:23.359
 back to

00:36:23.359 --> 00:36:24.079
 it by

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:24.599
 God's help,

00:36:24.859 --> 00:36:25.420
 by God's

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.759
 strength.

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:26.760
 God's

00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:26.800
 love.

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.600
 But

00:36:27.600 --> 00:36:29.160
 especially

00:36:29.160 --> 00:36:29.680
 woe to

00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:30.440
 them if

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:30.660
 they are

00:36:30.660 --> 00:36:31.140
 teaching

00:36:31.140 --> 00:36:32.280
 something

00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:32.860
 that is

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.540
 ungodly.

00:36:35.120 --> 00:36:35.960
 Our

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.260
 section

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:36.760
 concludes

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.160
 with verse

00:36:37.160 --> 00:36:38.160
 16 and

00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:38.800
 describes a

00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:39.460
 people that

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:40.040
 are utterly

00:36:40.040 --> 00:36:41.700
 selfish and

00:36:41.700 --> 00:36:42.800
 deeply worldly.

00:36:43.520 --> 00:36:44.100
 They are not

00:36:44.100 --> 00:36:44.920
 doing battle

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.360
 with the

00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:45.700
 flesh.

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:46.860
 They do not

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.800
 feel the

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:48.360
 pressure to

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:49.580
 resist the

00:36:49.580 --> 00:36:50.340
 cultural and

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:51.520
 societal temptations

00:36:51.520 --> 00:36:52.960
 that are always

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.900
 against God's

00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:54.659
 people.

00:36:55.740 --> 00:36:56.099
 They have

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:56.900
 embraced such

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.460
 realities.

00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:59.360
 In this case

00:36:59.360 --> 00:36:59.780
 of false

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.059
 teachers,

00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:00.340
 they have

00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:01.059
 baptized them

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.420
 into the

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:01.699
 church.

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:02.199
 They are not

00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:02.860
 contending for

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.340
 the faith.

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:04.760
 They are

00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:05.300
 living for

00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:05.800
 their own

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:06.519
 type of

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:06.900
 faith.

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.380
 Friends,

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:08.800
 either God

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:09.420
 will pardon

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:10.579
 because we

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:11.340
 are clothed

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:11.679
 in the

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:12.079
 righteousness

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:12.900
 of Christ

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:14.820
 and we

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:16.019
 have embraced

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.860
 that by

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:17.460
 faith,

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:20.340
 or punishment

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:21.240
 awaits those

00:37:21.240 --> 00:37:21.539
 who are

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:22.079
 ungodly.

00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:22.659
 There is no

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:23.279
 in between.

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:24.359
 It is an

00:37:24.359 --> 00:37:24.899
 old-fashioned

00:37:24.899 --> 00:37:25.319
 type of

00:37:25.319 --> 00:37:25.960
 message of

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.519
 talking about

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:26.899
 judgment,

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.960
 but Jude

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.699
 is reminding

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:29.679
 us that

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:30.119
 there is

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:31.119
 the righteous

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:31.679
 who are

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:32.539
 clothed in

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:32.980
 Christ,

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:35.019
 and then

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.379
 there is the

00:37:35.379 --> 00:37:35.980
 ungodly

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:36.719
 who push

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:38.519
 away God's

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:39.619
 salvation.

00:37:40.899 --> 00:37:41.679
 God will

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:42.480
 not stand

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:44.819
 by idly.

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.599
 So if we

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:47.879
 look at

00:37:47.879 --> 00:37:48.500
 verse 16,

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.259
 if we are

00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:49.739
 honest with

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:50.199
 ourselves,

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.039
 have we

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.539
 not all

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:52.800
 committed

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:53.300
 some kind

00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:53.400
 of

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:53.880
 blasphemy

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:54.219
 against

00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:54.380
 the

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:54.579
 Lord?

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:58.460
 Have you

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:58.800
 gone through

00:37:58.800 --> 00:37:59.159
 a season

00:37:59.159 --> 00:38:00.659
 of your

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.320
 Christian life

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:03.840
 where you're

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:04.199
 just not

00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:04.519
 trying to

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:04.860
 repent,

00:38:05.279 --> 00:38:05.860
 you're making

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:06.400
 excuses,

00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:07.079
 you're making

00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:07.639
 allowances,

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:08.400
 you're finding

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:09.039
 nuance where

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.739
 there is none,

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:11.079
 you are acting

00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:11.840
 in an ungodly

00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:12.139
 way?

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.460
 Have you been

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:14.059
 blaspheming?

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:15.940
 And if

00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:16.400
 so,

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.820
 what hope

00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:18.719
 do you

00:38:18.719 --> 00:38:19.019
 have?

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:19.400
 What hope

00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:19.779
 do I

00:38:19.779 --> 00:38:20.099
 have?

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.759
 I'll end

00:38:22.759 --> 00:38:23.299
 with this.

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:25.639
 Matthew 26,

00:38:25.779 --> 00:38:26.440
 59,

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.079
 and following,

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:29.179
 Jesus stands

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:29.840
 arrested,

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:30.719
 beaten,

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:32.699
 before the

00:38:32.699 --> 00:38:33.440
 high priest,

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:34.900
 the entire

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:35.559
 Sanhedrin,

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:36.400
 that was the

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:37.259
 ruling party,

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.299
 the ruling

00:38:38.299 --> 00:38:39.079
 religious party

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:41.279
 in the temple

00:38:41.279 --> 00:38:41.719
 in the first

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:42.119
 century,

00:38:42.419 --> 00:38:43.159
 and they

00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:43.659
 are looking

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.379
 to find a

00:38:44.379 --> 00:38:45.119
 lawful reason

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.819
 to execute

00:38:45.819 --> 00:38:46.339
 Jesus.

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:48.579
 Finally,

00:38:48.859 --> 00:38:49.500
 they get out

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:49.939
 of him what

00:38:49.939 --> 00:38:50.480
 they wanted.

00:38:51.259 --> 00:38:51.759
 He would be

00:38:51.759 --> 00:38:52.359
 accused of

00:38:52.359 --> 00:38:52.919
 blasphemy.

00:38:53.879 --> 00:38:54.539
 I'll read

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:55.339
 verses 59

00:38:55.339 --> 00:38:55.899
 and following.

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.719
 Now the

00:38:57.719 --> 00:38:58.500
 chief priests

00:38:58.500 --> 00:38:58.799
 and the

00:38:58.799 --> 00:38:59.519
 whole council

00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:00.179
 were seeking

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:00.959
 false testimony

00:39:00.959 --> 00:39:01.759
 against Jesus

00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:02.739
 that they

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:03.399
 might put him

00:39:03.399 --> 00:39:03.879
 to death,

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:04.879
 but they

00:39:04.879 --> 00:39:05.500
 found none,

00:39:05.939 --> 00:39:06.339
 though many

00:39:06.339 --> 00:39:07.099
 false witnesses

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.919
 came forward,

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:09.259
 at least two

00:39:09.259 --> 00:39:09.919
 came forward,

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:10.359
 sorry,

00:39:10.439 --> 00:39:11.000
 the last two

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:11.639
 came forward,

00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:12.319
 and said,

00:39:12.399 --> 00:39:13.000
 this man

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.759
 said,

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:14.759
 I am able

00:39:14.759 --> 00:39:15.539
 to destroy

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:16.019
 the temple

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.439
 of God

00:39:16.439 --> 00:39:17.039
 and to rebuild

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.480
 it in three

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:17.839
 days.

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:18.919
 And the

00:39:18.919 --> 00:39:19.379
 high priest

00:39:19.379 --> 00:39:19.799
 stood up

00:39:19.799 --> 00:39:20.159
 and said

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:21.239
 to Jesus,

00:39:21.419 --> 00:39:21.859
 have you

00:39:21.859 --> 00:39:22.399
 no answer

00:39:22.399 --> 00:39:22.919
 to make?

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:24.539
 What is it

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:25.119
 that these

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:25.819
 men testify

00:39:25.819 --> 00:39:26.619
 against you?

00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:27.739
 But Jesus

00:39:27.739 --> 00:39:28.639
 remained silent

00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:28.939
 and the

00:39:28.939 --> 00:39:29.459
 high priest

00:39:29.459 --> 00:39:30.039
 said to him,

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:31.559
 I adjure

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.539
 you by the

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:33.319
 living God,

00:39:33.419 --> 00:39:34.119
 tell us if

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.679
 you are the

00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:35.079
 Christ,

00:39:35.379 --> 00:39:35.739
 the Son

00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:36.219
 of God.

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.359
 Remember,

00:39:37.459 --> 00:39:37.879
 Jesus is

00:39:37.879 --> 00:39:38.219
 beaten.

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:40.139
 He is

00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:41.579
 dragged away

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:42.360
 in chains,

00:39:43.199 --> 00:39:43.860
 blood is

00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:44.679
 dripping from

00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:45.340
 his body,

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:45.840
 he is

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:46.179
 weak,

00:39:46.259 --> 00:39:46.539
 he is

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:46.980
 broken.

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.360
 He says

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:48.799
 this to

00:39:48.799 --> 00:39:49.000
 them,

00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:50.059
 knowing full

00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:51.519
 well what's

00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:51.679
 going to

00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:52.139
 come about

00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:52.639
 because of

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:52.920
 what he is

00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:53.139
 saying.

00:39:53.860 --> 00:39:54.679
 Verse 64,

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:56.699
 Jesus said

00:39:56.699 --> 00:39:56.980
 to him,

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.319
 you have

00:39:57.319 --> 00:39:57.940
 said so,

00:39:58.699 --> 00:39:59.139
 but I

00:39:59.139 --> 00:39:59.719
 tell you

00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:00.279
 from now

00:40:00.279 --> 00:40:00.699
 on you

00:40:00.699 --> 00:40:01.039
 will see

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.500
 the Son

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:01.940
 of Man

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.539
 seated at

00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:02.879
 the right

00:40:02.879 --> 00:40:03.379
 hand of

00:40:03.379 --> 00:40:03.759
 power

00:40:03.759 --> 00:40:04.899
 coming on

00:40:04.899 --> 00:40:05.319
 the clouds

00:40:05.319 --> 00:40:05.779
 of heaven.

00:40:06.619 --> 00:40:07.000
 Then the

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:07.519
 high priest

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:08.339
 tore his

00:40:08.339 --> 00:40:09.460
 robes and

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:09.739
 said,

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:10.919
 he has

00:40:10.919 --> 00:40:11.440
 uttered

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:12.059
 blasphemy.

00:40:12.619 --> 00:40:13.299
 What further

00:40:13.299 --> 00:40:13.919
 witness do

00:40:13.919 --> 00:40:14.379
 we need?

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:14.739
 You have

00:40:14.739 --> 00:40:15.519
 now heard

00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:15.859
 his

00:40:15.859 --> 00:40:16.539
 blasphemy.

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:17.719
 What is

00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:18.419
 your judgment?

00:40:18.779 --> 00:40:19.199
 And this

00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:20.019
 whole Sanhedrin,

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:21.299
 they answered,

00:40:21.619 --> 00:40:22.219
 he deserves

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:22.619
 death.

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:23.879
 Then they

00:40:23.879 --> 00:40:24.339
 spit on

00:40:24.339 --> 00:40:24.819
 his face

00:40:24.819 --> 00:40:25.279
 and struck

00:40:25.279 --> 00:40:25.699
 him and

00:40:25.699 --> 00:40:26.500
 some slapped

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:26.959
 him saying,

00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:27.879
 prophesy to

00:40:27.879 --> 00:40:28.159
 us,

00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:29.359
 you Christ.

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:29.919
 They're not

00:40:29.919 --> 00:40:30.359
 calling him

00:40:30.359 --> 00:40:30.639
 Christ.

00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:30.919
 They're not

00:40:30.919 --> 00:40:31.279
 calling him

00:40:31.279 --> 00:40:31.679
 the Messiah.

00:40:31.799 --> 00:40:32.739
 They're mocking

00:40:32.739 --> 00:40:33.079
 him.

00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:34.099
 Who is it

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:34.659
 that struck

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:34.899
 you?

00:40:38.759 --> 00:40:39.759
 Christ Jesus

00:40:39.759 --> 00:40:41.719
 is falsely

00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:42.959
 accused of

00:40:42.959 --> 00:40:44.819
 blasphemy so

00:40:44.819 --> 00:40:45.599
 that we who

00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:46.079
 are rightly

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:47.179
 condemned for

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:47.980
 blasphemy may

00:40:47.980 --> 00:40:48.659
 turn to him

00:40:48.659 --> 00:40:49.859
 to be forgiven.

00:40:50.759 --> 00:40:51.719
 He suffers

00:40:51.719 --> 00:40:52.399
 the judgment

00:40:52.399 --> 00:40:53.119
 and punishment

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.559
 of a

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:54.899
 blasphemer so

00:40:54.899 --> 00:40:55.719
 that we may

00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:56.519
 go free.

00:40:58.079 --> 00:40:58.599
 You see,

00:40:58.679 --> 00:40:58.959
 even a

00:40:58.959 --> 00:40:59.679
 blasphemer who

00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:00.319
 turns from

00:41:00.319 --> 00:41:01.599
 his or her

00:41:01.599 --> 00:41:02.459
 wickedness and

00:41:02.459 --> 00:41:03.559
 puts his or

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:04.399
 her hope in

00:41:04.399 --> 00:41:05.219
 Christ's all

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:06.299
 sufficient work

00:41:06.299 --> 00:41:06.839
 on the cross

00:41:06.839 --> 00:41:07.799
 may be forgiven.

00:41:09.839 --> 00:41:10.639
 What is the

00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:11.339
 Christian response

00:41:11.339 --> 00:41:12.039
 to blasphemy?

00:41:12.819 --> 00:41:13.480
 I'll tell you

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:14.039
 what it is.

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:15.239
 It is not to

00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:17.000
 shoot up a

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:18.559
 magazine that

00:41:18.559 --> 00:41:20.159
 publishes pictures

00:41:20.159 --> 00:41:21.639
 of your

00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:22.019
 prophet.

00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:23.819
 It is not to

00:41:23.819 --> 00:41:25.019
 cancel those

00:41:25.019 --> 00:41:26.460
 that speak an

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:27.799
 ill word towards

00:41:27.799 --> 00:41:29.079
 the way you feel

00:41:29.079 --> 00:41:29.920
 or your identity.

00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:31.460
 It is the

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:31.899
 gospel.

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:33.500
 The good news

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:34.159
 that Christ has

00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:35.059
 died on the

00:41:35.059 --> 00:41:35.859
 cross for all

00:41:35.859 --> 00:41:36.219
 your sins,

00:41:36.299 --> 00:41:37.739
 including a

00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:39.079
 lifestyle of

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:39.759
 blasphemy,

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:41.079
 so that when you

00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:42.099
 repent and

00:41:42.099 --> 00:41:42.980
 believe and you

00:41:42.980 --> 00:41:43.719
 turn from your

00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:44.319
 wickedness,

00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:45.899
 there is

00:41:45.899 --> 00:41:46.539
 judgment,

00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:46.639
 judgment,

00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:48.179
 but it is

00:41:48.179 --> 00:41:49.860
 not on you,

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:50.519
 it is on

00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:51.059
 Christ.

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:51.940
 He has taken

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:52.360
 it upon

00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:53.719
 himself so

00:41:53.719 --> 00:41:54.539
 that we may

00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:56.360
 now enjoy

00:41:56.360 --> 00:41:57.360
 the benefits

00:41:57.360 --> 00:41:57.920
 of what it

00:41:57.920 --> 00:41:58.779
 means to be

00:41:58.779 --> 00:41:59.500
 a son of

00:41:59.500 --> 00:41:59.800
 God.

00:41:59.880 --> 00:42:00.559
 I say son

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:01.820
 because it

00:42:01.820 --> 00:42:02.300
 has in view

00:42:02.300 --> 00:42:03.900
 firstborn status.

00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:06.059
 In the

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:06.639
 ancient world,

00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:07.460
 the firstborn,

00:42:08.779 --> 00:42:09.519
 he was the

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:10.079
 one who

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:11.239
 enjoyed the

00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:12.779
 full benefit

00:42:12.779 --> 00:42:14.539
 of being a

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:15.920
 son of

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:16.739
 his father

00:42:16.739 --> 00:42:17.920
 and we

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:18.579
 get to enjoy

00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:19.460
 that ourselves

00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:20.039
 when we are

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:21.860
 made right

00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:22.860
 in the

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:23.559
 salvation of

00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:23.920
 Christ.

00:42:25.219 --> 00:42:26.199
 The punishment

00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:26.599
 that we

00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:27.139
 deserve,

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:27.920
 it is

00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:28.440
 doled out

00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:28.880
 on him.

00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:32.400
 If we

00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:33.139
 push back

00:42:33.139 --> 00:42:33.900
 against it

00:42:33.900 --> 00:42:34.239
 and we

00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:34.699
 say,

00:42:35.300 --> 00:42:35.639
 to hell

00:42:35.639 --> 00:42:36.039
 with you

00:42:36.039 --> 00:42:36.400
 God,

00:42:37.300 --> 00:42:39.239
 there is

00:42:39.239 --> 00:42:40.059
 punishment

00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:40.800
 for us

00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:42.739
 and we

00:42:42.739 --> 00:42:43.139
 do not

00:42:43.139 --> 00:42:44.019
 enjoy the

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:44.679
 salvation of

00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:45.019
 Christ.

00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:47.159
 So friends,

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:48.840
 let us be

00:42:48.840 --> 00:42:49.579
 honest about

00:42:49.579 --> 00:42:50.059
 our sin,

00:42:50.880 --> 00:42:52.119
 not because

00:42:52.119 --> 00:42:52.699
 we want to

00:42:52.699 --> 00:42:53.739
 wallow in

00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:54.980
 perpetual

00:42:54.980 --> 00:42:56.300
 sadness,

00:42:56.559 --> 00:42:57.000
 but so we

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:57.900
 can enjoy

00:42:57.900 --> 00:42:58.780
 life and

00:42:58.780 --> 00:42:59.280
 life to

00:42:59.280 --> 00:42:59.679
 its full.

00:43:00.579 --> 00:43:01.219
 In Christ

00:43:01.219 --> 00:43:01.780
 Jesus our

00:43:01.780 --> 00:43:01.960
 Lord.

00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:02.300
 Let us

00:43:02.300 --> 00:43:02.500
 pray.

00:43:02.500 --> 00:43:02.980
 Amen.

00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:03.440
 Amen.

00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:03.980
 Amen.

00:43:03.980 --> 00:43:04.099
 Amen.

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:04.480
 Amen.

00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:05.000
 Amen.

00:43:05.019 --> 00:43:06.039
 Amen.

00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:06.539
 Amen.

00:43:06.539 --> 00:43:06.619
 Amen.

00:43:06.619 --> 00:43:07.079
 Amen.

00:43:07.079 --> 00:43:08.099
 Amen.

00:43:08.239 --> 00:43:08.360
 Amen.

00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:09.579
 Amen.

00:43:09.579 --> 00:43:10.259
 Amen.

00:43:10.259 --> 00:43:10.719
 Amen.

00:43:10.719 --> 00:43:10.739
 Amen.

00:43:10.739 --> 00:43:11.059
 Amen.

00:43:11.059 --> 00:43:11.119
 Amen.

00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:11.159
 Amen.

00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:11.699
 Amen.

00:43:11.800 --> 00:43:12.239
 Amen.

00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:12.259
 Amen.

00:43:12.259 --> 00:43:12.659
 Amen.

00:43:12.659 --> 00:43:13.159
 Amen.

00:43:13.159 --> 00:43:13.719
 Amen.