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 Good morning. My name is Matthew Capone and I'm the pastor here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church.

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 And it's my joy to bring God's word to you today. A special welcome if you are new or visiting with us.

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 We're glad that you're here. And we're glad that you're here not because we're trying to fill seats,

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 but because we're following Jesus together as one community.

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 And as we follow Jesus together, we become convinced that there's no one so good.

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 They don't need God's grace and no one so bad that they can't have it,

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 which is why we come back week after week to hear what God has to say to us in his word.

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 This morning, we are continuing our series in the book of Romans, but we're also finishing it in one sense.

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 I warned you last week that we are going to make it to the end of chapter three and then we're going to pause.

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 Okay, so we will not return to chapter four of Romans until perhaps summer or fall of 2025.

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 And so I'm about to tell you for the last time this year about the letter to Romans.

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 Romans is a letter written by the Apostle Paul in the 50s AD.

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 It is called Romans for a very simple reason, which is that it is written to the churches in the city of Rome.

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 This letter to the Romans is about the gospel.

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 It is about the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection.

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 Paul's hope in writing this letter is that these people in these churches would be established in the gospel.

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 And as he does that, Paul makes many applications and explores many things,

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 but he constantly returns to and is focused on the mission and the unity of the church.

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 And while there are many spokes in the book of Romans,

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 they always return back to the hub of the gospel.

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 Last week, we took a look at verses 25 and 26,

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 understanding the wrath of God and his goodness as our Father,

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 how he is bringing evil once and for all to an end.

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 And now we look at the very last verses of chapter three of Romans,

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 the point that in a sense Paul has been driving to

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 after his explanation of the gospel in verses 23 and 24,

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 which is that if it is true what he's told us in chapter one and chapter two and chapter three,

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 that's true,

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 then what we need to do,

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 what we must do is rely and trust on God alone.

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 That's how Paul ends this chapter.

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 And so with that, I invite you to turn with me to Romans chapter three.

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 You can turn in your Bible.

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 You can turn on your phone.

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 You can turn in your worship guide.

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 No matter where you turn, remember that this is God's word.

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 And Proverbs chapter 30, verse five tells us,

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 every word of God proves true.

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 He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

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 And so that's why we read now Romans chapter three,

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 starting at verse 27.

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 Then what becomes of our boasting?

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 It is excluded.

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 By what kind of law?

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 By a law of works?

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 No, but by the law of faith.

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 For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

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 Or is God the God of Jews only?

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 Is he not the God of Gentiles also?

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 Yes, of Gentiles also.

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 Since God is one who will justify the circumcised by faith

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 and the uncircumcised through faith,

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 do we then overthrow the law by this faith?

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 By no means.

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 On the contrary, we uphold the law.

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 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's word.

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 Our Father in heaven, we do praise you and we thank you as we do every week

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 that you have called us to worship you

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 and you've spoken to us in your word.

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 We confess this morning that we are easily distracted,

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 that our hearts are attracted to many things,

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 that often we lose the plot and forget what you've told us in your word,

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 the hope that you've set out for us in the gospel.

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 And so we ask for your help again.

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 We ask that you would pour out your Holy Spirit in a special way among us now

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 to open our ears and our eyes and our hearts,

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 that you would help us to see and understand clearly what you have for us

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 in Romans chapter 3.

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 And we ask that you would use it to transform us,

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 to make us more and more into the image of your Son.

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 And we ask these things in his mighty name.

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 Amen.

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 In 2009, Jeanette Walls came out with her book called Half Broke Horses,

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 in which she tells the story of her grandmother named Lily,

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 Lily Casey Smith, who grew up in West Texas in the early 1900s.

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 And her book opens with a story from Lily's childhood,

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 when Lily was 10 years old.

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 So this is around 1910 or 1911.

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 And there is a flash flood in the month of August.

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 And so they're in West Texas.

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 This flash flood happens.

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 And Lily realizes that her and her two younger siblings

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 will not be able to outrun the flood.

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 And so they're stuck in this cow pasture.

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 The water is coming too fast.

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 Lily is the oldest, takes responsibility for her younger siblings.

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 They find a cottonwood tree,

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 and they climb up into it just in time.

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 As they make it onto the branch of the cottonwood tree,

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 this six-foot wall of water hits the tree.

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 And so they realize they've just made it in the nick of time.

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 Now, that's just the first step, right,

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 to make it up into the tree.

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 They have something that's actually more challenging,

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 which is that night is coming.

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 And for them to survive, they must stay awake.

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 Because what happens if you're sitting on the limb of a tree and you fall asleep?

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 You're going to head into the water, right?

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 The six-foot wall.

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 And so Lily, as the oldest, takes responsibility for her two younger siblings and goes to work.

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 She has them switch places on the branch when their arms begin to get tired

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 so they can have new muscles holding themselves up.

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 She keeps her siblings awake by quizzing them with all the things that they know.

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 She quizzes them on their multiplication tables.

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 She runs through presidents and state capitals with them.

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 She runs through the definition of words,

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 anything that will help them make it through the night.

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 Her youngest sister, Helen, at one point says,

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 I can't hold on any longer.

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 And Lily says, yes, you can.

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 You can because you have to.

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 And so these three children miraculously make it through the night.

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 The next day, the water recedes, just in time for another conflict to begin.

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 They make it down the tree.

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 Lily and her siblings make it to their childhood home,

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 where their parents, as you can imagine, are worried sick to receive them.

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 Her mother comes running out of the house, and we're told this.

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 She sank to her knees, clasped her hands in front of her,

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 and started praying up to the heavens,

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 thanking the Lord for delivering her children from the flood.

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 It was she, the mom, who had saved us, she declared,

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 by staying up all night praying.

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 And so she says to her children,

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 you get down on your knees and thank your guardian angel,

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 and thank me too.

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 Now, Lily is completely put out by this.

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 She says this,

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 The way I saw it, I was the one who'd saved us,

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 not mom and not some guardian angel.

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 No one was up in that cottonwood tree except the three of us.

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 Then Lily goes to her talk to her dad and says,

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 There weren't no guardian angel, dad.

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 She explains how she had been the one who got them into the cottonwood tree.

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 She was the one who figured out how to have them switch places.

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 She was the one who ran them through what they knew to keep them awake.

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 Her mom wants credit for her prayers.

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 Lily wants credit for her work.

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 And is there any space or room for God in the midst of that?

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 Romans chapter 3, verses 27 through 31 asks one piercing and critical question.

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 Who do you give credit to for your life?

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 Who do you give credit to for your life?

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 For your success?

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 Who do you believe deserves the thanks?

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 Lily has a lot of clarity on who should be thanked.

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 Lily's mom has tremendous clarity on who should be thanked,

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 although they have different answers.

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 This passage raises even further a question,

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 not just who do you thank,

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 can you thank yourself?

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 That's what Lily and her mom are arguing about.

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 Okay, there was this flood.

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 Everyone was saved.

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 Who gets the credit?

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 I think if we're honest,

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 many of us feel that story,

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 even if we don't say it out loud.

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 Yes, I know as a good Christian,

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 I'm supposed to give thanks to God, right?

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 I'm supposed to recognize his sovereign work in the world

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 and that everything that I have comes from him.

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 And what about my credit?

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 What about what I did?

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 Sure, I'll thank God.

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 I want my due too.

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 That's what Paul's getting at here in verse 27.

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 He asks this question,

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 then what becomes of our boasting?

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 And he's asking this question

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 because of everything that's come before

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 in the book of Romans.

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 Remember, I've told you that chapters one through three

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 are driving in one direction.

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 Paul has been moving,

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 while it may not have seemed this way,

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 in a straight line.

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 So when he says what becomes of our boasting,

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 he means what becomes of our boasting

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 in light of everything that has come before?

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 What becomes of our boasting

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 in light of the fact that chapter one,

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 the Gentiles or the non-religious deserve God's wrath?

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 What becomes of our boasting in light of chapter two

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 that the Jews or religious people

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 also deserve God's wrath?

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 What becomes of our boasting in light of chapter three

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 that our only hope is in the gospel.

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 If the gospel is true,

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 can we congratulate ourselves?

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 That's what Paul's asking.

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 If the gospel is true,

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 can we pat ourselves on the back?

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 If the gospel is true,

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 can we take credit for our salvation?

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 If the gospel is true,

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 do we look down on people

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 who haven't made it as far as we have?

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 What becomes of our boasting?

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 And the answer,

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 the answer to the question,

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 can we pat ourselves on the back,

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 is this, no.

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 No.

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 Bet you didn't see that coming.

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 Verse 27,

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 it is excluded.

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 There is no room

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 for anyone but God and God alone

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 to receive the credit.

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 If you're rich,

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 or at least well off,

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 who do you thank for your wealth?

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 If you're successful,

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 or at least you've done good enough,

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 who do you thank for your accomplishments?

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 If you're healthy,

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 or at least healthy enough,

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 who gets the credit

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 for your lifestyle?

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 When the doors are closed,

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 and all hearts are exposed,

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 what do you really believe

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 is the foundation of your life?

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 when the truth comes out,

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 what will we see

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 as our real North Star?

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 And what do our hearts

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 and lives

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 and minds

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 reveal

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 about our anchor?

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 Remember,

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 I repeated this many times

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 in the book of Judges.

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 Psalm 127,

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 Unless the Lord

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 builds the house,

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 those who build it

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 labor in vain.

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 Unless the Lord

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 watches over the city,

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 the watchman

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 stays awake

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 in vain.

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 I didn't quote

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 the second part,

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 though.

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 Same psalm.

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 It is in vain

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 that you rise up early

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 and go late to rest,

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 eating the bread

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 of anxious toil,

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 for he gives

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 to his beloved sleep.

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 Who gets credit

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 for your life?

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 During the book of Judges,

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 I also told you

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 about Psalm 20,

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 verse 7.

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 Some trust in chariots

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 and some in horses,

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 but we trust

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 in the name

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 of the Lord,

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 our God.

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 And we just sang this

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 a few minutes ago,

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 right before the sermon.

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 To this I hold,

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 my hope is only Jesus.

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 All the glory

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 evermore to him.

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 When the race

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 is complete,

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 still my lips

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 shall repeat,

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 yet not I,

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 but through Christ

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 in me.

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 Then what

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 becomes

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 of our boasting?

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 It is

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 excluded.

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 of course,

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 Paul here

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 is ultimately

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 discussing more

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 than wealth

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 and accomplishments

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 and health.

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 Ultimately,

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 what he's discussing

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 is salvation.

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 Those who've been

00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:14.480
 redeemed by God,

00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:15.079
 who've been bought

00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:15.660
 by him,

00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:16.500
 who've been purchased

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 at a price.

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 You might ask this,

00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:20.240
 Christian,

00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:22.920
 why did God

00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:23.840
 redeem you?

00:17:26.340 --> 00:17:27.200
 Did God

00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:27.840
 redeem you

00:17:27.840 --> 00:17:28.620
 because you were

00:17:28.620 --> 00:17:29.660
 smart enough

00:17:29.660 --> 00:17:30.880
 or cunning enough?

00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:34.299
 Why did you end up

00:17:34.299 --> 00:17:35.100
 at Cheyenne Mountain

00:17:35.100 --> 00:17:36.299
 Presbyterian Church

00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:37.100
 worshiping God

00:17:37.099 --> 00:17:37.659
 with his people?

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 Was it because

00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:41.819
 you lined up

00:17:41.819 --> 00:17:42.759
 the right things

00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:43.679
 in the right way?

00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:47.099
 Was it because

00:17:47.099 --> 00:17:48.119
 you figured out

00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:48.939
 some secret

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 that other people

00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:51.059
 were just not

00:17:51.059 --> 00:17:51.859
 smart enough

00:17:51.859 --> 00:17:53.319
 to figure out?

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 Is it because

00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:55.959
 you made

00:17:55.959 --> 00:17:56.839
 the sacrifices

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 required to live

00:17:58.179 --> 00:17:59.039
 a holy life

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 before God?

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 No.

00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:06.480
 Paul tells us

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 it's this

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 and this alone

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 because

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 and only

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 because

00:18:10.639 --> 00:18:11.819
 God

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 had mercy

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 on you.

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 Then what

00:18:19.099 --> 00:18:19.740
 becomes of our

00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:20.099
 boasting?

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 It is

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 excluded.

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 Why though?

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 Why is it

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 that boasting

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 is excluded?

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 Paul goes on

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 to answer that.

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 He says,

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 By what kind

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 of law?

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 By a law

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 of works?

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 No,

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 but by the

00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:37.160
 law of faith.

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 And here

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 the word

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 law is used

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 differently

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 at different

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 times in the

00:18:41.860 --> 00:18:42.460
 book of Romans.

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 In this instance

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 he's using

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 law to mean

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 a principle.

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 And so we

00:18:47.100 --> 00:18:47.460
 could read

00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:48.160
 verse 27

00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:48.820
 in this way.

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 By a

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.259
 principle

00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:50.980
 of works?

00:18:51.900 --> 00:18:52.420
 No,

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 by the

00:18:52.940 --> 00:18:53.440
 principle

00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:54.740
 of faith.

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 And so to

00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:56.720
 understand that

00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:57.060
 we have to

00:18:57.060 --> 00:18:57.640
 understand the

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 difference between

00:18:58.400 --> 00:18:59.039
 works and

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 faith.

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 Works

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:01.620
 is a

00:19:01.620 --> 00:19:02.940
 life in

00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:03.480
 which you

00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:05.279
 rely on

00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:05.759
 what you

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.960
 have done

00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:07.900
 and will

00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:08.339
 do.

00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:10.640
 If you live

00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:11.079
 a life of

00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:11.420
 works,

00:19:12.140 --> 00:19:13.420
 you rely on

00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:13.779
 what you

00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:14.900
 have done

00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:16.039
 and will

00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:16.700
 do.

00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:18.079
 By the

00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:18.339
 way,

00:19:18.440 --> 00:19:18.779
 if that's

00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.440
 your principle,

00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:20.860
 you can

00:19:20.860 --> 00:19:21.160
 boast.

00:19:24.360 --> 00:19:24.980
 If your

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:25.620
 life rests

00:19:25.620 --> 00:19:26.160
 on what you

00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:26.660
 have done

00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:26.980
 and will

00:19:26.980 --> 00:19:27.279
 do,

00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:28.420
 boasting

00:19:28.420 --> 00:19:28.819
 should not

00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.380
 be excluded.

00:19:30.220 --> 00:19:31.660
 you should

00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:32.000
 be able to

00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:32.299
 boast in

00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:32.640
 whatever you

00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:33.000
 want to,

00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:33.240
 right?

00:19:35.900 --> 00:19:36.380
 Faith,

00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:37.140
 very different.

00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:38.940
 A life

00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:39.700
 relying on

00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:40.440
 what God

00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:41.339
 has done

00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:42.079
 and will

00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:42.279
 do.

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:44.779
 Faith

00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:46.059
 is the

00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:46.920
 life relying

00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:47.420
 on what

00:19:47.420 --> 00:19:48.279
 God has

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:48.720
 done

00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:49.660
 and will

00:19:49.660 --> 00:19:50.299
 do.

00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.079
 And of

00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:52.240
 course,

00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:52.759
 if that's

00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:53.319
 your principle,

00:19:53.600 --> 00:19:54.180
 you can't

00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:54.559
 boast

00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:57.240
 because God

00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:57.839
 is the

00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:59.240
 one who

00:19:59.240 --> 00:19:59.579
 has done

00:19:59.579 --> 00:19:59.759
 it.

00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:01.460
 You'll

00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:01.700
 see this

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.000
 on page

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.559
 eight of

00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:03.000
 your worship

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.299
 guide,

00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:04.240
 clarifying

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:05.140
 this contrast

00:20:05.140 --> 00:20:05.700
 for us

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.360
 between faith

00:20:06.360 --> 00:20:07.220
 and works.

00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:08.620
 Faith is

00:20:08.620 --> 00:20:09.860
 self-renouncing.

00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:11.380
 Works are

00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:13.339
 self-congratulatory.

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.259
 Faith looks

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:16.120
 to what God

00:20:16.120 --> 00:20:16.720
 does.

00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:18.039
 Works have

00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:18.900
 respect to

00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:19.680
 what we

00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:20.539
 are.

00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:22.600
 These two

00:20:22.600 --> 00:20:23.360
 things could

00:20:23.360 --> 00:20:23.779
 not be

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.220
 farther

00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:25.200
 apart.

00:20:26.100 --> 00:20:26.579
 Lower down

00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:26.799
 on the

00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:27.639
 same page.

00:20:27.639 --> 00:20:29.379
 Works earn,

00:20:30.099 --> 00:20:31.019
 but faith

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:32.019
 only

00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.919
 receives.

00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.980
 Works earn,

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.679
 but faith

00:20:37.679 --> 00:20:38.899
 only

00:20:38.899 --> 00:20:40.099
 receives.

00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.599
 You can

00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:43.119
 have one

00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:45.199
 or you

00:20:45.199 --> 00:20:45.599
 can have

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.079
 the other.

00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:48.740
 You cannot

00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:50.079
 have them

00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:51.259
 both.

00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:51.319
 faith.

00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:56.740
 In fact,

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.079
 we also

00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:57.759
 sang that

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:59.539
 earlier this

00:20:59.539 --> 00:20:59.879
 morning.

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.460
 Back on

00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:02.119
 page six.

00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:03.680
 I will

00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.099
 boast

00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:05.180
 ever only

00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:06.379
 in the

00:21:06.379 --> 00:21:06.819
 Lord my

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.220
 God,

00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:08.500
 for I

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:09.019
 know

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:10.440
 his glory

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:12.160
 is my

00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:12.859
 good.

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:15.059
 Those are

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.500
 the words

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.059
 of faith,

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:17.240
 not the

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:17.700
 words

00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:19.160
 of works.

00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:23.120
 Paul goes

00:21:23.120 --> 00:21:23.420
 on to

00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:24.120
 explain this

00:21:24.120 --> 00:21:24.680
 for us

00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:25.559
 even more

00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:26.380
 in verse

00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:27.000
 28.

00:21:27.860 --> 00:21:28.180
 He says,

00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:28.539
 For we

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.240
 hold that

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:29.640
 one is

00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:30.259
 justified

00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:31.100
 by faith

00:21:31.100 --> 00:21:32.120
 apart from

00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:32.779
 works of

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.180
 the law.

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.340
 If you've

00:21:34.340 --> 00:21:34.759
 been with

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:34.940
 us,

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.360
 you remember

00:21:35.360 --> 00:21:36.600
 the concept

00:21:36.600 --> 00:21:37.779
 of justification

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:39.140
 has two

00:21:39.140 --> 00:21:39.759
 parts to

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:39.940
 it.

00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:41.059
 There's one

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.559
 part where

00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:42.039
 justification

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.720
 is the

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.180
 theological

00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.920
 term that

00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:44.400
 means God

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:45.100
 makes it

00:21:45.100 --> 00:21:46.259
 just as if

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.799
 we never

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.400
 sinned.

00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:48.700
 He removes

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.200
 the record

00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:49.560
 of our

00:21:49.560 --> 00:21:49.860
 guilt.

00:21:51.100 --> 00:21:51.660
 It also

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:52.220
 has another

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:52.800
 side to

00:21:52.800 --> 00:21:52.960
 it.

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:53.759
 Justification

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:55.060
 doesn't only

00:21:55.060 --> 00:21:55.519
 make it

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.060
 just as if

00:21:56.060 --> 00:21:56.440
 we'd never

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:56.940
 sinned.

00:21:57.280 --> 00:21:57.800
 Justification

00:21:57.800 --> 00:21:58.900
 also means

00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.380
 that God

00:21:59.380 --> 00:22:00.560
 gives us

00:22:00.560 --> 00:22:01.380
 Jesus'

00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.060
 righteousness.

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:03.460
 It's not

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:03.960
 just that he

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.660
 removes the

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.180
 bad things

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.480
 that we've

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.660
 done.

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.259
 He gives

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:06.800
 us Jesus'

00:22:07.120 --> 00:22:08.019
 record of

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.320
 the good

00:22:08.320 --> 00:22:08.700
 things.

00:22:09.600 --> 00:22:10.140
 One is

00:22:10.140 --> 00:22:10.780
 justified.

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.220
 In other

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.400
 words,

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.040
 one is in

00:22:12.040 --> 00:22:13.060
 right standing,

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:14.340
 right relationship

00:22:14.340 --> 00:22:15.680
 with God,

00:22:15.780 --> 00:22:16.920
 not based on

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:17.640
 anything you

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.460
 have done,

00:22:18.560 --> 00:22:18.960
 but on

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:20.220
 Christ and

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:21.460
 Christ alone.

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.180
 Justification

00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:25.640
 restores our

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:26.880
 relationship with

00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:27.980
 God, and

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.740
 out of that

00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.519
 flows all our

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.480
 other relationships.

00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:31.700
 Our relationship

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.259
 with others,

00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:32.940
 our relationship

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:34.080
 with ourself,

00:22:34.560 --> 00:22:35.460
 our relationship

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:37.039
 with God's

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:38.700
 word, God's

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.360
 world, excuse

00:22:39.360 --> 00:22:39.620
 me.

00:22:41.560 --> 00:22:42.500
 Verses 29

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.360
 through 30 go

00:22:43.360 --> 00:22:44.940
 on to expand

00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:46.019
 on that same

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:47.340
 basic point,

00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:47.820
 and the basic

00:22:47.820 --> 00:22:48.539
 point of verses

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.680
 29 and 30

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.420
 is that grace

00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:51.340
 operates the

00:22:51.340 --> 00:22:52.140
 same for

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:53.059
 every person.

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.480
 Remember,

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:56.000
 Paul has this

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:57.019
 burden in

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.759
 chapters 1 and

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.320
 2 to say,

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.140
 look, it's

00:22:59.140 --> 00:23:00.140
 religious and

00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:00.799
 non-religious

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.779
 people who

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.460
 deserve God's

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.799
 wrath.

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:03.960
 Here he's

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.600
 simply saying

00:23:04.600 --> 00:23:05.080
 in these two

00:23:05.080 --> 00:23:05.779
 verses, 29

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.400
 through 30,

00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:07.680
 religious and

00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:08.320
 non-religious

00:23:08.320 --> 00:23:09.400
 people, Gentile

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:10.100
 and Jew,

00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:11.779
 they all receive

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.860
 grace in the

00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:13.940
 same way.

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:15.600
 it's not as

00:23:15.600 --> 00:23:16.039
 if Jewish

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.539
 people are

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:16.960
 able to

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.779
 receive grace

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.420
 by keeping

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:19.759
 the law and

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.500
 that the

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.799
 Gentiles receive

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.720
 grace by not

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.200
 keeping the

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.340
 law.

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:24.299
 No, everyone

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:26.039
 needs God's

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:27.440
 grace, whether

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.539
 they're circumcised,

00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:29.279
 that's the Jew,

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:30.620
 or uncircumcised,

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.820
 the Gentile.

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 That's why he

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:34.480
 says in verse 30,

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:35.680
 God is one.

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:36.860
 He's saying you

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.860
 can't split God

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:38.440
 up and make him

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:39.220
 operate in different

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.820
 ways with different

00:23:39.820 --> 00:23:40.160
 people.

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.200
 people.

00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:41.680
 No, his

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:43.940
 grace is the

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:45.580
 need of every

00:23:45.580 --> 00:23:46.800
 person.

00:23:50.320 --> 00:23:51.060
 And so in

00:23:51.060 --> 00:23:51.519
 those verses,

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.040
 he's simply

00:23:52.040 --> 00:23:52.840
 expanding on what

00:23:52.840 --> 00:23:53.220
 he's already

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.580
 said.

00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:55.240
 He's shown us

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.940
 our need in

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.620
 chapters 1 and

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:56.920
 2.

00:23:57.580 --> 00:23:58.380
 He's told us the

00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:59.259
 gospel in chapter

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.640
 3.

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.360
 He's now saying,

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.019
 okay, here's the

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:02.220
 logical conclusion,

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.480
 no boasting.

00:24:05.080 --> 00:24:06.200
 And no boasting

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:07.820
 because you're

00:24:07.820 --> 00:24:08.640
 standing with God

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:09.240
 is based on

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:10.020
 grace, not

00:24:10.020 --> 00:24:10.540
 works.

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.860
 And that

00:24:11.860 --> 00:24:12.420
 standing with

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:13.240
 God based on

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.020
 grace, not

00:24:14.020 --> 00:24:15.480
 works, is true

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.860
 or necessary

00:24:16.860 --> 00:24:17.740
 for everyone.

00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:19.040
 I don't mean

00:24:19.040 --> 00:24:19.540
 that everyone's

00:24:19.540 --> 00:24:20.300
 received God's

00:24:20.300 --> 00:24:20.600
 grace.

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.759
 I mean that is

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.800
 the way in

00:24:22.800 --> 00:24:23.520
 which everyone

00:24:23.520 --> 00:24:24.240
 must.

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.740
 If a person

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.680
 is to be in

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.280
 right standing

00:24:27.280 --> 00:24:28.080
 with God, it

00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:28.780
 must be by

00:24:28.780 --> 00:24:30.120
 grace, never

00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:31.360
 by works.

00:24:35.520 --> 00:24:36.280
 Now we've

00:24:36.280 --> 00:24:37.020
 discussed one

00:24:37.020 --> 00:24:37.500
 side.

00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.240
 of boasting,

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:39.860
 of taking

00:24:39.860 --> 00:24:40.240
 credit.

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:42.100
 I asked you

00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:42.960
 earlier, hey, if

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.720
 you're wealthy

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:45.340
 or successful

00:24:45.340 --> 00:24:47.240
 or healthy, who

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.520
 do you give

00:24:47.520 --> 00:24:47.980
 credit to?

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:49.840
 And you might

00:24:49.840 --> 00:24:50.580
 have thought in

00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:51.340
 that moment, well,

00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:51.800
 I don't need to

00:24:51.800 --> 00:24:52.640
 worry about that

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:54.040
 because I'm not

00:24:54.040 --> 00:24:56.060
 wealthy, I'm not

00:24:56.060 --> 00:24:57.980
 successful, and I

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.440
 don't have health.

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:01.200
 So I guess this

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.759
 doesn't apply to me.

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.100
 I don't need to

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.880
 worry, right?

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.660
 Well, no, the

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.520
 temptation, no

00:25:05.520 --> 00:25:06.080
 matter what our

00:25:06.080 --> 00:25:07.360
 situation is, the

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:08.539
 temptation is still

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:10.179
 present to have a

00:25:10.179 --> 00:25:12.359
 life based on

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:12.839
 works.

00:25:13.419 --> 00:25:14.519
 One pastor points

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.139
 out the other

00:25:15.139 --> 00:25:15.579
 side.

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:16.819
 He says the

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.319
 problem of

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:18.179
 boasting is not

00:25:18.179 --> 00:25:19.679
 just when we

00:25:19.679 --> 00:25:20.839
 take credit for

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.699
 the good things.

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.519
 The problem of

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.439
 boasting also

00:25:24.439 --> 00:25:25.439
 happens when we're

00:25:25.439 --> 00:25:26.719
 envious of what

00:25:26.719 --> 00:25:27.500
 other people have

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.159
 but we don't.

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.559
 Now that seems

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.299
 counterintuitive,

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.219
 but what he's

00:25:32.219 --> 00:25:32.759
 saying is this,

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.779
 if we're mad at

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:35.940
 God that others

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.539
 have more than

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:38.240
 we do, what

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:39.160
 we're saying in a

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:40.079
 sense is that the

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:41.140
 world should work

00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:42.140
 based on works.

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.299
 Hey, I don't

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:45.119
 understand, I've

00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:45.920
 worked longer and

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.220
 harder.

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:47.839
 Why did that

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.599
 person get it?

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:51.220
 Shows our hearts,

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:51.480
 right?

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.379
 Reveals us.

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:54.240
 We believe God

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:55.259
 should give us

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.700
 what we think

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:58.299
 we deserve.

00:25:58.299 --> 00:26:00.319
 If we're jealous

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:01.200
 and angry,

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:03.319
 when we see God's

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:04.099
 blessing in other

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:04.759
 people's lives,

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.700
 blessings that we

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.680
 desperately want,

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:06.960
 right?

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:09.940
 Think of the

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.579
 prophet Jonah.

00:26:11.419 --> 00:26:12.519
 He was mad that

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:13.480
 God had showed

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.519
 grace.

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.680
 We revealed our

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:16.940
 hearts.

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.619
 We've shown that

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.599
 we have abandoned

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:21.519
 faith for works.

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.500
 What I'm saying

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.339
 simply is this.

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:29.619
 sometimes God's

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.539
 grace to other

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.279
 people offends

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.619
 us.

00:26:34.199 --> 00:26:35.559
 And when God's

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.619
 grace to other

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.559
 people offends

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:39.899
 us, it shows we

00:26:39.899 --> 00:26:41.119
 do not have a

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:42.799
 life of faith.

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:45.319
 When we're filled

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:46.099
 with resentment,

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.859
 when other people

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:48.819
 get what we think

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.619
 we deserve,

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:52.099
 that's the

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:53.599
 language of

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.000
 someone who

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:55.579
 operates by

00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:55.939
 works.

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:59.019
 Now remember,

00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.339
 I've been

00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:00.000
 telling you as

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.399
 we've gone

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:00.799
 through the

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.099
 book of

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.579
 Romans that

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.119
 what Paul

00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:02.639
 teaches,

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.099
 Jesus taught

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:04.699
 first.

00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:05.819
 You may be

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.459
 familiar with

00:27:06.459 --> 00:27:07.220
 the parable in

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:08.059
 Matthew chapter

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:09.539
 20 of the

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.359
 workers in the

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:10.659
 vineyard.

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.279
 They're hired to

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.799
 work in a

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.259
 vineyard, but

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:14.099
 some, here's the

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:15.559
 catch, are hired

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.779
 to work for part

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.519
 of the day.

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:19.679
 Some are hired to

00:27:19.679 --> 00:27:20.379
 work for the

00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:21.419
 whole day.

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:23.300
 So they line up

00:27:23.300 --> 00:27:23.920
 at the end.

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.360
 The people who've

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:26.220
 only worked a

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.940
 little bit get

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.980
 paid first.

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:29.640
 So they receive

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.279
 their pay.

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.400
 The people who've

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:32.140
 worked all day

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:32.960
 look and they see

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.480
 what those people

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.060
 are getting paid

00:27:34.060 --> 00:27:34.480
 and they say,

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.779
 wow, you know,

00:27:35.800 --> 00:27:36.539
 if someone who

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.460
 worked half a day

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:39.600
 gets $2, then

00:27:39.600 --> 00:27:40.560
 obviously I'm

00:27:40.560 --> 00:27:41.480
 going to get $4.

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:44.700
 They come to the

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:47.120
 end and everyone

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:48.740
 has been paid the

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.220
 same.

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:51.299
 The folks who

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.980
 worked longer

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.519
 complained that

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.299
 look, this is not

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.900
 fair.

00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:56.460
 How dare you,

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:58.180
 referring to the

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.860
 master in this

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.480
 parable, but really

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:01.160
 to God, how dare

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:02.100
 you give us all

00:28:02.100 --> 00:28:03.380
 the same when

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:04.019
 some of us have

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:05.319
 worked more than

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:05.660
 others?

00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:07.980
 The master replies

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.579
 in this way,

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.579
 am I not allowed

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.500
 to do what I

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.819
 choose with what

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:14.279
 belongs to me?

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.900
 Or do you

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.779
 begrudge

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:20.099
 my generosity?

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.879
 So the last

00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:23.700
 will be first

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:25.299
 and the first

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:26.539
 last.

00:28:30.399 --> 00:28:31.200
 Do we

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:32.000
 understand

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:33.759
 God's grace

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.759
 enough

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:37.720
 to be okay

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.319
 with that?

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.500
 Or do we

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.099
 think that what

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:43.000
 we've done in

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.740
 this life

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:46.099
 has earned

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:47.140
 something from

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:48.799
 God or

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:50.059
 proved something

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:51.279
 to him?

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.599
 If we

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.700
 believe that,

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.660
 we are still

00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:57.579
 in the grip

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:59.299
 of boasting.

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:03.099
 What becomes

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.799
 of our boasting?

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.799
 It is

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:06.120
 excluded.

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:09.299
 all of this

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.119
 talk about

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:11.679
 different amounts

00:29:11.679 --> 00:29:12.059
 of work

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:13.359
 receiving the

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:14.439
 same pay,

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:14.719
 though,

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.839
 raises a fair

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.639
 question, a

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.279
 complication.

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.519
 It's what Paul

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.459
 gets to at the

00:29:19.459 --> 00:29:19.739
 end.

00:29:20.179 --> 00:29:20.759
 If we are

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.599
 operating not on

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.419
 the principle of

00:29:22.419 --> 00:29:23.199
 works, but on

00:29:23.199 --> 00:29:24.099
 the principle of

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:25.539
 faith, does

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:26.839
 that not mean

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:28.779
 that it does

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.839
 not matter

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:30.839
 what I do?

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:32.939
 If everyone

00:29:32.939 --> 00:29:33.659
 is getting paid

00:29:33.659 --> 00:29:34.319
 the same at

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.899
 the end of

00:29:34.899 --> 00:29:35.500
 the day,

00:29:36.439 --> 00:29:36.899
 man, that's

00:29:36.899 --> 00:29:37.539
 good to know.

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.879
 I guess I'll

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.319
 sit on my

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.879
 hands a little

00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:41.220
 bit.

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:42.919
 I guess I'll

00:29:42.919 --> 00:29:43.500
 do what I

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.039
 want when I

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.299
 want.

00:29:44.899 --> 00:29:45.399
 I guess I'll

00:29:45.399 --> 00:29:46.419
 take not one

00:29:46.419 --> 00:29:47.000
 water break,

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.539
 but ten

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:48.579
 water breaks.

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:49.139
 I'll disappear

00:29:49.139 --> 00:29:50.319
 to the bathroom

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:51.379
 every hour.

00:29:52.699 --> 00:29:53.359
 If that's the

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.939
 principle, I'll

00:29:53.939 --> 00:29:54.579
 take advantage

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:54.980
 of it.

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:56.079
 If we all get

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:57.059
 the same wages,

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.819
 then who

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.399
 cares?

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:00.480
 That's what

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.120
 Paul is

00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:02.200
 addressing here

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:04.259
 in verse 31.

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.380
 Do we then

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:06.640
 overthrow the

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.900
 law by this

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:08.559
 faith?

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:10.000
 In other

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.440
 words, if

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:10.860
 we're not

00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:11.299
 based on

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:12.220
 works, why

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.579
 work?

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.319
 Why obey

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:15.740
 God?

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.079
 It sounds

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:16.400
 like we

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.640
 don't need

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.019
 to worry

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.680
 about that.

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:19.779
 And Paul

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:21.620
 says, by

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:24.079
 no means.

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.599
 Absolutely

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:27.059
 not.

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.960
 And he

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.420
 doesn't just

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:30.299
 say absolutely

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.639
 not.

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.099
 He tells

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.779
 us why.

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:32.940
 On the

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:34.539
 contrary, we

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:36.480
 uphold the

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.919
 law.

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.440
 And Paul

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:39.799
 is getting

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.119
 at this

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:40.639
 principle he

00:30:40.639 --> 00:30:41.579
 explains in

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.220
 other parts of

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.720
 scripture, which

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.899
 is this, true

00:30:43.899 --> 00:30:46.339
 faith overflows

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:47.440
 into obedience.

00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:50.259
 True faith

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:52.019
 overflows into

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.480
 obedience.

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.579
 In fact, it

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.460
 actually empowers

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.220
 and allows the

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:56.039
 only kind of

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.819
 obedience that's

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.480
 acceptable to

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:57.779
 God.

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.400
 If you

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:59.380
 obey outside

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:00.339
 of faith,

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.539
 what trap

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.059
 do you fall

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.420
 into?

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.400
 You fall

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.860
 into the

00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:05.579
 trap of

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.240
 boasting.

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:09.059
 The only

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:09.799
 way to

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.799
 truly and

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.860
 fully obey

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:13.299
 God is to

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:14.819
 obey out

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.599
 of his

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:16.039
 grace.

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:17.839
 And so in

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:19.000
 his letter to

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.440
 the church

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:20.539
 planter Titus,

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.640
 Paul says

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:22.039
 this,

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:23.379
 the grace

00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:23.839
 of God

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.519
 has appeared

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:24.920
 bringing

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:26.019
 salvation for

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.779
 all people,

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.079
 training us

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.920
 to renounce

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.879
 ungodliness

00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:30.779
 and worldly

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.319
 passions,

00:31:31.899 --> 00:31:32.579
 and to live

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.519
 self-controlled,

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.680
 upright, and

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.799
 godly lives

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.940
 in the present

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.799
 age.

00:31:38.659 --> 00:31:39.379
 Note what

00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:40.180
 Paul doesn't

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.579
 say.

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:42.200
 He doesn't

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:44.059
 say self-control

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:45.319
 and discipline

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:47.019
 and following

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.599
 the right

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.420
 regimen

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:50.619
 will teach

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:51.099
 us to

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.500
 renounce

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.179
 ungodliness

00:31:52.179 --> 00:31:52.719
 and worldly

00:31:52.719 --> 00:31:53.240
 passions.

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.559
 No, he

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:56.079
 says the

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:57.099
 grace of

00:31:57.099 --> 00:31:58.000
 God

00:31:58.000 --> 00:32:01.419
 training us

00:32:01.419 --> 00:32:02.199
 to renounce

00:32:02.199 --> 00:32:03.000
 ungodliness

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.659
 and worldly

00:32:03.659 --> 00:32:04.139
 passion.

00:32:04.959 --> 00:32:05.559
 It is

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.919
 God's grace

00:32:06.919 --> 00:32:08.539
 that allows

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.299
 and enables

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.919
 his people

00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:10.619
 to truly

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:11.240
 obey.

00:32:12.439 --> 00:32:12.939
 True

00:32:12.939 --> 00:32:13.779
 faith

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:15.279
 overflows

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:16.759
 into

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.899
 obedience.

00:32:19.399 --> 00:32:19.679
 And so

00:32:19.679 --> 00:32:19.879
 no,

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.639
 believers do

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:20.940
 obey.

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.460
 They do

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.240
 follow after

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.700
 God and

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.360
 his commands.

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:23.780
 They do

00:32:23.780 --> 00:32:24.600
 it for a

00:32:24.600 --> 00:32:25.380
 different reason

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:26.240
 and from a

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:27.180
 different source.

00:32:27.620 --> 00:32:28.180
 Obedience,

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.940
 not trying to

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:30.020
 earn salvation,

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.500
 that's the

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.080
 obedience that

00:32:31.080 --> 00:32:31.500
 leads to

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.040
 boasting.

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:32.920
 That's the

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.540
 obedience that

00:32:33.540 --> 00:32:34.140
 leads us to

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:34.520
 believe we

00:32:34.520 --> 00:32:35.020
 have something

00:32:35.020 --> 00:32:35.400
 that God

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.340
 owes us.

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.560
 No,

00:32:37.780 --> 00:32:38.740
 obedience as

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.980
 a fruit of

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.620
 salvation,

00:32:41.300 --> 00:32:41.759
 something that

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.740
 comes out of

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.660
 God and his

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.740
 work for us.

00:32:44.860 --> 00:32:45.580
 That is what

00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:47.160
 true obedience

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.680
 is.

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.759
 In fact,

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.140
 that's the

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.759
 only way

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.180
 you can

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.940
 truly obey

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.960
 because any

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:53.200
 other way

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.920
 is an

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.580
 attempt to

00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:55.180
 manipulate

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.779
 God.

00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.820
 What is

00:32:57.820 --> 00:32:58.400
 boasting

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:59.080
 except the

00:32:59.080 --> 00:33:00.200
 principle that

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.880
 I can

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:02.120
 somehow get

00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:03.539
 God to

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.840
 owe me?

00:33:06.600 --> 00:33:07.299
 True obedience

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:08.140
 comes out of

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:09.160
 love for God,

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:10.660
 gratitude for

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:11.400
 what he has

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:12.539
 done for

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.039
 us.

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:16.059
 what is

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:18.139
 it that

00:33:18.139 --> 00:33:19.019
 God has

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:20.599
 done for

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.039
 us?

00:33:22.639 --> 00:33:23.420
 It's his

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:24.200
 grace in

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.899
 Jesus Christ.

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.740
 It's that

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.240
 justification

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:29.079
 that Paul has

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.680
 spoken about.

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.159
 It is that

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:30.940
 reconciliation

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:32.420
 with God in

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:33.159
 our relationship

00:33:33.159 --> 00:33:33.639
 to him.

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.240
 It's peace

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.779
 with God

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.299
 because of

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:36.180
 the work of

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.960
 Jesus Christ.

00:33:38.399 --> 00:33:39.000
 That he's

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.460
 done two

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:40.000
 things for

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.279
 us.

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.599
 He's taken

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:42.279
 the punishment

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.779
 that we

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.579
 deserve in

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:43.940
 his death

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.220
 on the

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.599
 cross.

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.859
 But not

00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.339
 just that,

00:33:46.379 --> 00:33:47.059
 he's also

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.879
 given us

00:33:47.879 --> 00:33:48.920
 his obedience,

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:49.819
 his correct

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.399
 and right

00:33:50.399 --> 00:33:51.139
 and perfect

00:33:51.139 --> 00:33:52.139
 record.

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:55.220
 That is the

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:57.000
 grace that

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.980
 leads us

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:59.319
 to obedience.

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:01.480
 That is what

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.559
 takes us away

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.379
 from boasting

00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:05.319
 and takes us

00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:06.700
 to praise.

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.180
 Christ.

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:12.320
 Christian,

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:16.900
 who do you

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.860
 give credit

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:19.199
 to for

00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:20.059
 your life?

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:24.539
 Who do you

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:26.539
 thank for

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.340
 your success?

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:30.699
 Who deserves

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.800
 all praise

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.699
 and glory

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:34.760
 for your

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.260
 salvation?

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:35.400
 salvation?

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:38.680
 Verse 27

00:34:38.680 --> 00:34:39.220
 asks it

00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:39.820
 this way,

00:34:40.580 --> 00:34:41.200
 then what

00:34:41.200 --> 00:34:42.420
 becomes

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:43.600
 of our

00:34:43.600 --> 00:34:44.140
 boasting?

00:34:45.660 --> 00:34:46.600
 The answer

00:34:46.600 --> 00:34:47.180
 is this.

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.380
 What becomes

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:48.720
 of our

00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:49.040
 boasting

00:34:49.040 --> 00:34:49.720
 is,

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.220
 to God

00:34:51.220 --> 00:34:51.520
 be the

00:34:51.520 --> 00:34:51.880
 glory,

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:54.180
 great things

00:34:54.180 --> 00:34:54.640
 he has

00:34:54.640 --> 00:34:54.960
 done,

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:56.780
 so loved

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.080
 you the

00:34:57.080 --> 00:34:57.440
 world

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.680
 that he

00:34:58.680 --> 00:34:59.580
 gave us

00:34:59.580 --> 00:35:00.480
 his son.

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:01.800
 Let's

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:02.000
 pray.

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:03.000
 God,

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:04.059
 we

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:05.340
 do

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:06.420
 praise

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:06.699
 you

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:06.960
 and

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.320
 thank

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:07.559
 you

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:07.780
 that

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.159
 we

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:09.820
 don't

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.260
 live

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:10.559
 on the

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.219
 tightrope

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.820
 of our

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.019
 own

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.639
 performance.

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.280
 We don't

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:14.880
 worry about

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.380
 whether we've

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:15.940
 done enough.

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:16.239
 We don't

00:35:16.239 --> 00:35:16.519
 need to

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:16.960
 worry about

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:17.320
 what you've

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:17.699
 given to

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.239
 other people.

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:18.760
 We know

00:35:18.760 --> 00:35:19.320
 that you

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:20.380
 are a good

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:20.820
 and gracious

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.280
 father,

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:21.619
 that you

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:22.420
 operate on

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:23.139
 a principle

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.900
 not of

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.199
 works,

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:24.519
 but of

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:24.860
 grace.

00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:25.820
 We ask

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:26.059
 that you

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.639
 would remind

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.199
 us of that

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:27.739
 this morning.

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.360
 You drive

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:28.800
 it deep

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.219
 into our

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:29.539
 hearts,

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:29.800
 that it

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.280
 would lead

00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:30.719
 us to

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.320
 praise and

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:31.980
 follow you.

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.059
 We ask

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.580
 these things

00:35:33.580 --> 00:35:33.960
 in Jesus'

00:35:34.160 --> 00:35:34.380
 name.

00:35:34.640 --> 00:35:34.880
 Amen.