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 I tell you, there are times when you just don't want to stop singing.

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! What a great time of worship.

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 Reminders of what Jesus has accomplished for us.

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 The victory, and you probably have seen this, a victory that we have in Jesus.

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 That has been the theme of our singing and the theme of this morning's message

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 as we look into his word in Romans chapter 8.

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 It might not seem apparent what the connection is to Father's Day,

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 but there cannot be a better one.

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 Because you cannot be a father, and you cannot be a mother independent of the power

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 and the victory that Jesus has obtained for you,

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 and the victory that he wants to accomplish in and through your parenting.

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 Psalm 127.

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 Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it.

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 That's the message.

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 Essentially, repeat it again for us in Romans chapter 8

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 that we're going to see this morning as we look into the word.

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 Victory in Jesus.

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 I was reminded of a story related to victory

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 and kind of related to kind of the impossibility of victory.

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 Several years ago, back in actually the 1980s,

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 there was, and I think continuing on even to this day,

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 there is a race that takes place in Australia.

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 I don't know the specific name, but essentially,

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 this race begins in Sydney and goes all the way to Melbourne, Australia,

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 which is 544 miles away.

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 A race that usually takes about seven days to complete.

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 They're running over 77 miles in a given day.

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 So like three times the length of a marathon they're doing every single day.

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 Well, in this race, of course, as you would expect,

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 there were the big names.

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 There were those who had these big sponsors, corporate sponsors.

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 They were the elite racers.

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 They came prepared.

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 They had all the right gear.

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 And one guy in particular who was racing this race

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 had already just previously won a 1,000-mile race in South Africa earlier that year.

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 He was kind of the favorite to win this 544-mile race in Sydney, Australia.

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 And up to the line, along with these elite athletes,

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 comes this old man, older man.

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 I want to be careful.

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 Older man.

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 I'm getting there myself.

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 So I got to, you know, age is relative, and it's not so old anymore.

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 So he was 61 years old, and he comes with his boots,

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 and he comes with his overalls,

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 and he is stepping up to the line ready to race.

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 His name was Cliff Young.

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 Well, these elite athletes look over at Cliff Young and say,

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 you've got to be kidding me.

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 Has anyone informed him that this is a race?

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 We're not in the pasture land.

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 This is Cliff Young.

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 He was a shepherd in Australia.

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 And one of the things that he would have to do oftentimes

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 was he would have to run after the sheep,

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 and he had this huge amount of property,

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 and no horse and no vehicle to get him to where the sheep were.

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 So his only mode of transportation was to run after the sheep

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 and to try to herd them before a big storm would come.

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 And he would literally run for two consecutive days

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 just trying to round up these sheep and get them to the right spot.

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 So he thought, hey, I am well equipped for this race.

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 Well, they got started, and as you would expect,

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 the elite racers left Cliff Young in the dust.

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 And the strategy was we race for 18 hours and then rest for six

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 so that every day you could maximize your speed and also your rest

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 and so compress the number of hours of rest

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 and maximize the hours of running,

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 and that was the strategy.

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 Well, no one told Cliff Young what the conventional wisdom of this race was.

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 He had absolutely no idea.

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 He had never raced a day before in his life.

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 Well, Cliff Young, of course, lumbering along

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 and more of a shuffle than a run,

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 he is making his way and never stops

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 except for a couple of hours the first night

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 and only one hour the second night.

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 He just kept running and running and running.

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 And after that first evening where everyone else was resting,

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 in the morning of that second day,

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 he ends up passing this group of elite racers.

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 Well, that wasn't a problem because, you see,

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 by the second day they had taken off

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 and they had covered that ground and increased that gap once again.

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 But after the second day and then the third day

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 and now into the fourth day of racing,

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 Cliff Young had put enough distance between him

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 and the rest of the racers

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 that he was beginning to create a measure of fear in their lives.

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 Hmm.

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 Maybe he's not going to stop after all.

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 Maybe we need to get a move on

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 and try to cover this distance as fast as we can.

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 And on the fifth day,

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 Cliff Young shattered the record of seven days

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 by crossing the finish line,

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 ten hours before the second place runner.

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 It was a feat that was incomprehensible,

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 impossible in everyone's opinion.

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 It was something that was never considered to be a logical conclusion,

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 but in fact, Cliff Young had victory in that race.

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 As we've been talking about no condemnation in Romans 8, verse 1,

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 it begins with,

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 there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free

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 from the law of sin and death.

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 For God did what the law weakened by the flesh could not do.

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 By sending his Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin,

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 he condemned sin in the flesh.

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 In order that the righteous requirement of the law

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 might be fulfilled in us

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 who walk not according to the flesh,

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 but according to the Spirit.

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 As we've been walking through this passage,

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 we have been realizing that the declaration of no condemnation

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 is not because you do not deserve condemnation.

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 It is not because I don't deserve condemnation,

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 but because there was a declaration of God of righteousness on you

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 because of Jesus Christ, His Son.

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 And what He accomplished for you,

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 He continues that work with the Holy Spirit,

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 creating a whole new law in your life,

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 a whole new power,

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 a whole new principle,

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 that that law of the Spirit of life

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 turns you loose

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 and sets you free

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 from the law of sin and death.

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 You no longer have to succumb

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 to the sin that is in you.

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 And this morning,

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 as we look at the Scripture,

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 we look at verses 3 and 4,

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 we will begin to see

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 what is truly incomprehensible

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 in relationship to how victory was obtained.

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 It was a logical impossibility

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 that Jesus Christ Himself,

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 God, would become flesh

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 and dwell among His people

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 in the likeness of sinful flesh

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 and then conquer sin in His flesh.

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 This morning, I want to look at three,

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 three ways that Jesus Christ

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 claimed victory for Himself

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 and makes victory possible for you.

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 But before we do that, let's pray.

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 Lord, this morning,

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 as we look into Your Word,

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 at the amazing truths that we will see,

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 we pray that You will impress those truths

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 on our heart and life

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 and that You will make them true for us

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 to Your glory.

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 That the victory that You have obtained

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 through Your Son, Jesus Christ,

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 is a victory that would be realized in us.

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 Not just a victory that You declare,

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 not just a righteousness that You give,

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 but a righteousness that we live

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 through the power of the Holy Spirit,

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 working victory through us for Your glory.

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 We pray that You would be pleased

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 with all that is communicated this morning

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 through Your Word.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 First, I want you to see in verse 3

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 that we have victory

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 because Jesus fulfilled the law.

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 Jesus fulfilled the law.

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 It says in verse 3,

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 For God has done with the law

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 weakened by the flesh,

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 could not do

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 by sending His own Son

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 in the likeness of human flesh.

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 Jesus fulfilled the law.

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 And He did that two ways.

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 First, He fulfilled the law

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 through His humanity.

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 He fulfilled the law

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 through His humanity.

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 God has done with the law

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 weakened by the flesh,

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 could not do

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 by sending His own Son

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 in the likeness of sinful flesh.

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 We've seen that there is no condemnation.

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 We have come to realize

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 that God has given us this gift,

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 this declaration of righteousness

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 over those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 That is the condition.

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 It is not over the world in its entirety,

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 but over those who are in Christ.

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 Those are the ones who get to enjoy

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 the benefits of this gift.

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 No condemnation.

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 Paul wants us to understand

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 that it was not because

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 the law was not good.

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 It was not because God did not give us

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 something that was perfect

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 and right and helpful in the law.

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 But the law could not be fulfilled

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 because it was conditioned upon

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 the weakness of human flesh.

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 because of humans' sinfulness,

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 because of our tendencies

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 through Adam to sin.

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 Even though the law was good,

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 it could not do for us

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 what it was intended to accomplish.

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 Just turn back with me for a moment

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 to Romans chapter 7,

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 and I'll just walk through this

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 briefly for you.

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 Beginning in verse 7.

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 Romans chapter 7, verse 7.

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 If you're a guest with us,

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 you'll find that on page 943 and 944.

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 That's Romans 7 and Romans 8.

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 Here's what Paul says.

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 He says,

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 What shall we say?

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 That the law is sin?

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 By no means.

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 Yet if it had not been for the law,

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 I would not have known sin.

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 Now verse 8.

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 But sin, seizing an opportunity

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 through the commandment,

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 produced in me all kinds of covetousness.

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 For apart from the law,

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 sin lies dead.

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 Now down to verse 10.

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 The very commandment that promised life

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 proved to be death to me.

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 Verse 12.

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 So the law is holy,

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 and the commandment is holy,

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 and righteous, and good.

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 Verse 13.

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 Did that which is good

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 then bring death in me?

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 By no means.

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 It was sin producing death in me

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 through what is good,

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 in order that sin might be shown to be sin,

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 and through the commandment

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 might become sinful beyond measure.

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 Paul's point is this.

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 The law is not the problem.

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 You and I are the problem.

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 It was not that God didn't communicate

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 or give the perfect standard,

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 and that perfect standard

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 being very good for us to receive.

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 But the law couldn't accomplish

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 its intended objective

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 because the law was weakened

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 by the tendencies

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 and the sinful corruption

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 of those who were seeking

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 to carry out the law's demands.

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 So,

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 what does God do

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 to address the weakness

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 of sinful flesh?

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 What does God do

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 to help correct the sin problem?

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 Well,

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 He decides

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 to send His Son.

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 To send His Son

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 in the likeness,

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 and that's a really important word,

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 to send His Son

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 in the likeness

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 of sinful flesh

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 so that He could conquer sin

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 once and for all.

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 He accomplished it

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 in a way

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 that defied all of logic.

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 God became man.

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 God Himself

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 took on human flesh,

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 the likeness of sinful flesh,

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 and He was able

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 to live a perfect life.

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 Philippians chapter 2, 7

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 puts it this way,

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 He made Himself

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 of no reputation,

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 taking the form

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 of a servant

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 and coming

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 in the likeness

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 of men.

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 Jesus was willing

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 to subject Himself

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 to every human emotion,

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 every human temptation,

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 every human weakness,

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 so that He could not only

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 experience it for Himself,

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 but so that He could conquer it

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 once and for all.

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 He was willing to weep.

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 He was willing

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 to be grieved.

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 He got hungry.

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 He showed compassion.

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 He displayed righteous anger.

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 He depended on God the Father.

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 He was guided

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 by the Holy Spirit.

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 He was tempted

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 in the wilderness

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 and also before the cross.

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 He needed to be strengthened.

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 He was limited in knowledge

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 and He limited His knowledge

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 based upon what the Father

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 gave to Him access to.

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 He had friendships.

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 He built community.

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 All of the things

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 that we would experience

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 in life as humanity,

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 Jesus was willing to embrace

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 so that He could then

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 conquer sin

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 once and for all for us.

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 but in His humanity,

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 He did not submit

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 to human sinfulness.

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 We find from Hebrews 4, verse 15

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 that He was tempted

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 in all points,

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 just as we are,

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 yet without sin.

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 And that leads us

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 to this next point.

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 He fulfilled the law

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 in His humanity,

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 but He also fulfilled the law

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 through His holiness.

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 through His holiness.

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 God did what the law

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 could not do.

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 God was able

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 in holiness

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 to meet the standard

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 of the law.

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 He says in Matthew,

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 chapter 5, verse 17,

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 this is Jesus speaking,

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 Sermon on the Mount.

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 He says,

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 Do not think that I have come

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 to abolish the law

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 or the prophets.

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 I have not come

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 to abolish them,

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 but to fulfill them.

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 For truly I say to you,

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 unless,

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 until heaven and earth

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 pass away,

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 not an iota,

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 not a dot,

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 will pass from the law

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 until all is accomplished.

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 Because,

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 Jesus came

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 to fulfill the law.

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 To do

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 what no one before Him

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 had ever been able

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 to accomplish.

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 There had been no man,

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 no woman,

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 no priest,

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 no prophet,

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 no king,

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 not even Moses

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 or Daniel

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 or anyone

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 was able

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 to fulfill

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 the law

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 as God

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 had prescribed.

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 Only Jesus

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 was able

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 to do this.

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 Only Jesus

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 was the fulfillment

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 of the law.

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 And we see

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 even in the earliest

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 stages of Jesus' life,

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 this conformity

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 and compliance

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 to the requirements

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 of the law itself.

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 even His parents

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 on the eighth day

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 circumcising Him

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 and then on the

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 fortieth day

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 bringing Him

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 to be consecrated

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 in the temple.

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 That's where we find

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 in Luke chapter 2

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 He's brought

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 in the company

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 of Simeon

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 who sees

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 the future Redeemer

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 right there

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 in His hands.

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 He took pilgrimages

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 with His parents

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 to Jerusalem

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 on Passover.

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 He honored

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 His parents.

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 He obeyed

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 the commands

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 of the Sabbath.

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 He spoke the truth.

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 He paid

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 the temple tax.

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 And even in healing

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 on the Sabbath

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 He conformed

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 His life

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 to the standards

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 of the Sabbath

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 and that was mercy.

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 Mercy for those

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 who needed it.

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 He confronted sin.

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 He washed feet.

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 He served the crowds.

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 In every way

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 Jesus was the

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 composite

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 of perfection.

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 And as Jesus

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 describes in

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 Matthew chapter 5

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 and 6

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 and 7

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 it wasn't just

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 the outward expression

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 of the law

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 that was important

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 it was also

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 the secret intentions

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 of the heart

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 the motives

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 that were also

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 significant.

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 And so Jesus

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 didn't murder

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 but even more

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 Jesus did not

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 get angry

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 at His brother.

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 Jesus did not

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 commit adultery

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 but He also

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 did not lust

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 after another person.

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 He did not

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 demand eye

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 for an eye

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 or tooth

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 for a tooth

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 and He also

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 was willing

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 to turn

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 the other cheek.

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 When reviled

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 He did not

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 revile in return

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 as we find

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 in 1 Peter

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 chapter 2.

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 He did not

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 curse His enemies

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 but loved them

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 and prayed for them

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 and asked

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 the Father

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 to forgive them.

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 He did not

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 perform His righteous

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 deeds

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 out in the open

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 so that people

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 could revere Him

00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:04.080
 but He prayed

00:20:04.080 --> 00:20:04.660
 in private

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 and even

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 so many of His

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:08.580
 prominent miracles

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 were done

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 in privacy

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 of home.

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 He concealed

00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:14.140
 His glory

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 in the

00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:16.660
 transfiguration.

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 The glory

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 that He

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 had access to

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 He was willing

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 to conceal

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 for the sake

00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:24.160
 of humility.

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 He honored

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 the law

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 to the letter

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 both internally

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 and externally.

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 And by fulfilling

00:20:31.560 --> 00:20:31.980
 the law

00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:32.920
 Jesus then

00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:33.980
 positioned Himself

00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:35.279
 to condemn

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:36.080
 sin

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 in the flesh

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 as we find

00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:40.640
 continuing on

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 in this passage.

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 Jesus not only

00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:44.320
 fulfilled

00:20:44.320 --> 00:20:45.440
 the law

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 but He

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:47.700
 condemned sin

00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.300
 as we see

00:20:48.300 --> 00:20:49.600
 in the second part

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 of verse 3.

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 Jesus

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 condemned

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 sin.

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 It says

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:57.480
 by sending

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.000
 His own

00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.400
 Son

00:20:58.400 --> 00:20:59.220
 in the likeness

00:20:59.220 --> 00:20:59.700
 of sinful

00:20:59.700 --> 00:21:00.100
 flesh

00:21:00.100 --> 00:21:01.160
 and for sin

00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:02.519
 He condemned

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.519
 sin

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:04.579
 in the flesh.

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.039
 Well how did

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.960
 Jesus do this?

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.440
 How did He

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:07.960
 condemn

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.380
 sin

00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:09.019
 in the flesh?

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 And I

00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:11.100
 just want to make

00:21:11.100 --> 00:21:11.700
 sure we understand

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.220
 we're all on the

00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:12.880
 same page.

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 When it says

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:15.160
 He condemned

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:15.460
 sin

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.039
 it's not just

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.620
 talking about

00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:17.059
 the fact that

00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:18.079
 He proclaimed

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:18.680
 judgment

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.660
 against sin

00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:20.579
 that He called

00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:21.400
 it what it was

00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:21.819
 that it was

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.180
 wicked

00:21:22.180 --> 00:21:23.240
 and wrong.

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:23.880
 It wasn't

00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:24.480
 that He just

00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:26.240
 assigned a label

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:26.980
 to it as

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:28.000
 being condemned

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.579
 by God

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.460
 but that Jesus

00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:31.240
 in actuality

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:33.579
 received the

00:21:33.579 --> 00:21:34.700
 punishment for sin

00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:35.480
 and it was

00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:36.019
 condemned.

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:37.120
 The sentence

00:21:37.120 --> 00:21:38.500
 and the penalty

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.200
 for sin

00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:40.339
 was absorbed

00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:40.940
 by Jesus

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.460
 Himself.

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.079
 Of course

00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:44.620
 our minds

00:21:44.620 --> 00:21:45.180
 go immediately

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:46.799
 to His death

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.559
 on the cross

00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:48.180
 as being

00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:49.160
 the foremost

00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:50.079
 way in which

00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:50.980
 Jesus condemned

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.339
 sin.

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:52.720
 But I want to

00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.339
 just back up

00:21:53.339 --> 00:21:53.819
 for a moment

00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:54.179
 and I want

00:21:54.179 --> 00:21:54.740
 to suggest

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.220
 to you

00:21:55.220 --> 00:21:55.980
 that Jesus

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:57.159
 also condemned

00:21:57.159 --> 00:21:57.980
 sin through

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.980
 His ministry.

00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:00.379
 And He did

00:22:00.379 --> 00:22:01.079
 that in at least

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:01.679
 three different

00:22:01.679 --> 00:22:02.139
 ways.

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.519
 He condemned

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.279
 sin through

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:05.059
 His ministry.

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.839
 First we see

00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:07.740
 the condemnation

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.199
 of sin

00:22:08.199 --> 00:22:08.919
 and even

00:22:08.919 --> 00:22:09.579
 the purpose

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.279
 statements

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:10.899
 that Jesus

00:22:10.899 --> 00:22:12.079
 has for

00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:12.740
 the ministry

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.819
 that He

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.179
 had.

00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:15.859
 Luke chapter

00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:16.579
 4 verses

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:17.359
 18 and 19

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.099
 says this

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:36.839
 Now we'll get

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:37.500
 to this in just

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:37.959
 a moment.

00:22:38.899 --> 00:22:39.519
 But I want you

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.079
 to recognize

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:41.299
 that in this

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:42.159
 purpose statement

00:22:42.159 --> 00:22:42.719
 what Jesus

00:22:42.719 --> 00:22:43.359
 is saying

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:44.419
 is He came

00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:45.180
 to free

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:45.700
 oppression.

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.640
 And not just

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.580
 spiritual

00:22:48.580 --> 00:22:49.120
 oppression

00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:49.660
 but we will

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.380
 see in just

00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:50.820
 a moment

00:22:50.820 --> 00:22:51.940
 that Jesus

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:53.160
 wanted to

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:54.160
 illustrate the

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.900
 work that He

00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.840
 intended to do

00:22:55.840 --> 00:22:56.779
 in a physical

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:58.440
 way by reversing

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:58.980
 the effects

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.620
 of sin

00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:00.600
 and healing

00:23:00.600 --> 00:23:01.560
 people

00:23:01.560 --> 00:23:02.700
 of those

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.480
 very things

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:04.820
 that sin

00:23:04.820 --> 00:23:06.160
 ravaged bodies

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.880
 experience.

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.279
 The effects

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:09.140
 and consequences

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:09.620
 of sin

00:23:09.620 --> 00:23:10.740
 Jesus came

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.300
 to deliver.

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.279
 We'll get there

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:13.039
 in just a

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.240
 moment.

00:23:13.399 --> 00:23:14.180
 But this

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.579
 verse

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:15.539
 particularly

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.180
 in pointing

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.920
 to the

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.440
 work of

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:17.759
 God

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.920
 in freeing

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.960
 the real

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.480
 oppression

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:20.899
 that we

00:23:20.899 --> 00:23:21.480
 experience

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.019
 not just

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.700
 in a physical

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.039
 way

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:24.000
 but especially

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.720
 in a spiritual

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.000
 way.

00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:26.960
 His purpose

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.500
 statement in

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:27.980
 Mark chapter

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 10 verse

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 45 says

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:29.859
 this

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 For even

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.339
 the Son

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:31.740
 of Man

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.779
 came not

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.119
 to be

00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:33.700
 served

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 but to

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.339
 serve

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:35.740
 and to

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.099
 give His

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:36.559
 life a

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:37.059
 ransom for

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.279
 many.

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 And then

00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.279
 in Matthew

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:40.440
 chapter 9

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.359
 verse 13

00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:42.459
 I desire

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 mercy

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 and not

00:23:43.959 --> 00:23:44.779
 sacrifice

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.819
 for I

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 did not

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:46.959
 come to

00:23:46.959 --> 00:23:47.500
 call the

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:47.899
 righteous

00:23:47.899 --> 00:23:49.519
 but sinners

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:51.000
 to repentance.

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:53.019
 Does that

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.359
 leave any

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:54.019
 question in

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.459
 your mind?

00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:56.279
 What Jesus

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:56.939
 came to

00:23:56.939 --> 00:23:57.319
 do

00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:58.619
 the purpose

00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.219
 of His

00:23:59.219 --> 00:23:59.879
 ministry

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:01.439
 which means

00:24:01.439 --> 00:24:02.119
 not just

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:03.279
 the final

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:04.099
 objective

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.500
 of His

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:04.839
 ministry

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.339
 but His

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:05.939
 purpose

00:24:05.939 --> 00:24:06.319
 of His

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:06.619
 ministry

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.039
 all the way

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.299
 through

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:09.119
 every one

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:09.599
 of those

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.219
 three years

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.980
 was committed

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.799
 to this

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.240
 purpose

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.860
 and to

00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:13.400
 demonstrate

00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:14.140
 it in a

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:14.759
 vivid

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.980
 illustrative

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.759
 way

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.960
 to give us

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.480
 a portrait

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.059
 of what

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:20.000
 God desires

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.539
 to do

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.759
 for sinners.

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.339
 Second

00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:24.779
 we see

00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.279
 throughout His

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:25.640
 ministry

00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:26.259
 that He

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:27.339
 occasionally

00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:27.940
 says

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.759
 your sins

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.360
 are forgiven

00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:29.720
 you.

00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:32.039
 He says

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.620
 to the

00:24:32.620 --> 00:24:33.299
 paralytic

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:34.720
 he says

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.180
 when the

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:36.100
 men bring

00:24:36.100 --> 00:24:36.559
 him in

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.539
 the first

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:37.920
 thing he

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.460
 does is

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:38.819
 say your

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.180
 sins

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.700
 is forgiven

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.000
 you.

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.080
 And the

00:24:41.080 --> 00:24:41.559
 Pharisees

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:41.880
 and the

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.319
 scribes

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:42.840
 in objective

00:24:42.840 --> 00:24:43.279
 say who

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.759
 is this

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.120
 person?

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:44.980
 Only God

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.539
 can forgive

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.080
 sins.

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:46.880
 To which

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.779
 Jesus responds

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.860
 yeah that's

00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:49.460
 exactly what

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:49.799
 I'm trying

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.200
 to say.

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.440
 Is it

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.000
 easier for

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.340
 me to

00:24:52.340 --> 00:24:52.900
 say rise

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.340
 and walk

00:24:53.340 --> 00:24:53.700
 or is it

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.120
 easier for

00:24:54.120 --> 00:24:54.400
 me to

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:55.360
 say your

00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:56.019
 sins are

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.380
 forgiven

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:57.680
 you?

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.019
 And to

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.720
 demonstrate I

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.059
 have power

00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:00.340
 to do

00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:01.299
 both I'm

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:01.539
 going to

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.360
 say rise

00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:02.660
 up and

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.559
 walk so

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:03.799
 that you

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.319
 know that

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.660
 God has

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.039
 given me

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.660
 the authority

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.000
 to do

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.480
 both.

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.900
 Jesus

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:09.240
 came to

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.519
 forgive

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.039
 sins.

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.740
 He says

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.339
 the same

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.839
 to the

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.400
 blind man

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:14.279
 who he

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.519
 healed.

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:14.980
 One of my

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.559
 very favorite

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.220
 stories in

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:17.059
 the book of

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:18.259
 John where

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.079
 this really

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:20.000
 smart mouthed

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:21.039
 blind man comes

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.620
 to faith in

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.279
 Jesus Christ

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:23.519
 and he goes

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:23.880
 into the

00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:24.380
 temple and

00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:24.920
 he's confronted

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.319
 by the

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.900
 Pharisees and

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.220
 he says

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:27.460
 hey what are

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:27.980
 you doing

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.240
 here?

00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:28.860
 And he has

00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:29.220
 this little

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:30.420
 interaction with

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:31.140
 the Pharisees and

00:25:31.140 --> 00:25:31.720
 he said hey you

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.140
 want to be

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:33.079
 disciples of

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.680
 Jesus too?

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:35.560
 and I

00:25:35.560 --> 00:25:36.100
 just gotta love

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:36.500
 that guy.

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:39.259
 He was able

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:39.880
 to say what

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.720
 Jesus couldn't

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.460
 in some ways.

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:43.700
 His sarcasm

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.580
 really got to

00:25:44.580 --> 00:25:45.060
 the heart

00:25:45.060 --> 00:25:46.640
 of the

00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:48.420
 difficulty that

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:49.360
 these Pharisees

00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:50.140
 had with

00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:50.400
 Jesus'

00:25:50.600 --> 00:25:51.060
 ministry.

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:52.900
 And Jesus

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.680
 tells him

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.340
 your sins

00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:54.880
 are forgiven

00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:55.700
 go and

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.279
 sin no more.

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.259
 And also

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:59.200
 to the woman

00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.759
 who was caught

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.620
 in adultery

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:02.380
 his compassion

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:02.980
 and forgiveness

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.480
 for him

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.120
 for her

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.740
 but also

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.500
 sending her

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:05.880
 out and

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.740
 saying go

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.319
 and sin

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.200
 no more.

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.019
 There was

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:11.620
 in Jesus'

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:13.000
 life in

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.599
 ministry a

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:14.079
 commitment

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:15.339
 to forgiveness.

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.200
 He was the

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.200
 friend of

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:18.279
 sinners and

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:19.120
 tax collectors.

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:19.900
 That was the

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:21.279
 focus and

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.920
 the objective

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:23.360
 of his

00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:23.799
 ministry.

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.500
 But third

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.920
 he condemned

00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:27.860
 the consequences

00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:28.980
 of sin by

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:30.500
 healing broken

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.339
 bodies.

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.900
 By healing

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:35.040
 sin ravaged

00:26:35.040 --> 00:26:35.820
 bodies.

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:38.100
 By reversing

00:26:38.100 --> 00:26:38.900
 the effects

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.540
 of the

00:26:39.540 --> 00:26:40.240
 consequences

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.880
 of sin

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:42.420
 Jesus said

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:43.620
 I am here

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.840
 to fix

00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:45.540
 all of

00:26:45.540 --> 00:26:46.080
 this.

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:49.240
 Raising

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.980
 Lazarus

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.640
 from the

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:50.940
 dead.

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:52.840
 Healing

00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:53.620
 leprosy.

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:55.040
 Overcoming

00:26:55.040 --> 00:26:56.100
 years of

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:56.720
 paralysis.

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:58.280
 Restoring

00:26:58.280 --> 00:26:59.080
 sight to the

00:26:59.080 --> 00:26:59.440
 blind.

00:26:59.800 --> 00:27:00.540
 Casting out

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:00.980
 demons.

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.220
 Jesus

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:03.220
 states

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:04.379
 emphatically

00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:05.420
 I am here

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:07.359
 to resurrect.

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.859
 I am here

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.500
 to save.

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:10.200
 I am here

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.819
 to deliver.

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.500
 I am here

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.279
 to turn

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.899
 the effects

00:27:12.899 --> 00:27:13.740
 of sin

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.960
 upside down.

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:17.139
 But as we

00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:17.839
 know even

00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.700
 in that

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.599
 physical way

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.240
 it was only

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.740
 temporary.

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.480
 It was only

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.379
 meant really

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:24.579
 to point

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.159
 people

00:27:25.159 --> 00:27:26.759
 to the

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.680
 enduring

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:29.180
 reversal

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:30.100
 of sin

00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:30.500
 that could

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.460
 only come

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:32.120
 through

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.680
 Jesus'

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.259
 death.

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:33.900
 It was

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.600
 a picture.

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.440
 A temporary

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:37.279
 picture

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.080
 however it

00:27:38.080 --> 00:27:38.580
 was

00:27:38.580 --> 00:27:39.860
 to point

00:27:39.860 --> 00:27:40.420
 to the

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:41.000
 enduring

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.620
 picture

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.320
 of what

00:27:42.320 --> 00:27:42.860
 his death

00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:43.360
 was meant

00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:44.180
 to accomplish.

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.840
 To totally

00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:47.360
 and ultimately

00:27:47.360 --> 00:27:48.759
 and finally

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.539
 reverse the

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.940
 effects

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.880
 of sin

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.580
 through

00:27:51.580 --> 00:27:52.380
 his

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:53.200
 death

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:54.259
 he condemned

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.960
 sin

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:56.500
 in the

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.019
 flesh.

00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:59.000
 Jesus

00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:00.140
 in condemning

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:00.819
 sin in the

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.140
 flesh

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:02.180
 through his

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.860
 death

00:28:02.860 --> 00:28:04.640
 agrees

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.340
 with the

00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:05.680
 father

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.480
 that sin

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.340
 is worthy

00:28:07.340 --> 00:28:08.640
 of eternal

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.160
 punishment.

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:10.519
 Jesus

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.299
 in submitting

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.720
 himself

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.240
 to the

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.680
 will of

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.180
 the father

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:14.180
 stepping

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.819
 into

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:16.240
 the cross

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.840
 and into

00:28:16.840 --> 00:28:17.319
 death

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:18.120
 a willingness

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:19.100
 to endure

00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:20.140
 the suffering

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:21.140
 and the pain

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:21.740
 and the

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.480
 condemnation

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.380
 for us

00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:24.660
 agrees

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.180
 with the

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.520
 father

00:28:25.520 --> 00:28:26.160
 to say

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.960
 sin

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:28.160
 is worthy

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:29.720
 of final

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.760
 punishment

00:28:30.760 --> 00:28:31.480
 eternal

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.800
 damnation.

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:34.620
 Jesus

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.140
 willingly

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.800
 on that

00:28:35.800 --> 00:28:36.480
 Passover

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.660
 becomes

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.860
 the Passover

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:39.260
 lamb.

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:42.240
 Why death?

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:42.700
 Well

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.940
 because the

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.700
 wages of

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.200
 sin is

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.600
 death

00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:46.260
 but

00:28:46.260 --> 00:28:47.240
 the gift

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.560
 of God

00:28:47.560 --> 00:28:47.960
 is eternal

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.400
 life

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:48.900
 through

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.340
 Jesus

00:28:49.340 --> 00:28:49.840
 Christ

00:28:49.840 --> 00:28:50.060
 our

00:28:50.060 --> 00:28:50.340
 Lord.

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.920
 Why blood?

00:28:52.080 --> 00:28:52.180
 Well

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.920
 because as we

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.360
 find in

00:28:53.360 --> 00:28:53.620
 Hebrews

00:28:53.620 --> 00:28:53.920
 9

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.320
 22

00:28:54.320 --> 00:28:55.580
 without

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:55.980
 the

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.200
 shedding

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.400
 of

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:56.600
 blood

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:56.800
 there

00:28:56.800 --> 00:28:57.060
 is

00:28:57.060 --> 00:28:57.779
 no

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.539
 forgiveness

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:58.960
 of

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.360
 sin

00:28:59.360 --> 00:29:00.500
 that

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.060
 life

00:29:01.060 --> 00:29:01.420
 would

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:02.039
 correlate

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.820
 excuse me

00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:03.440
 the blood

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:04.360
 would correlate

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:04.980
 to life

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.600
 it would be a

00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:06.019
 symbol

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:07.220
 of life

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:08.360
 and as the

00:29:08.360 --> 00:29:08.880
 priest would

00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:09.600
 sprinkle their

00:29:09.600 --> 00:29:09.980
 garments

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.420
 as they

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:11.200
 would sprinkle

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:12.160
 the people

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:12.740
 as they

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.360
 would sprinkle

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:14.039
 the altar

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.960
 it would be a

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.539
 representation

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.480
 of the

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.060
 blood

00:29:17.060 --> 00:29:17.660
 the life

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:17.960
 blood

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.740
 sacrifice

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.860
 the

00:29:19.860 --> 00:29:20.700
 costliness

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.519
 of sin

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.519
 that Jesus

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.279
 would ultimately

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.700
 pay

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.339
 through

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:24.799
 his

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.259
 blood

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.960
 and through

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.200
 his

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.680
 life

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.420
 on the

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.859
 cross

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:30.639
 1 Peter

00:29:30.639 --> 00:29:31.279
 1

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.559
 2

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.359
 says this

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:33.480
 we are

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.920
 elect

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.579
 according to

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.319
 the foreknowledge

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.859
 of God

00:29:35.859 --> 00:29:37.259
 the father

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:38.539
 in sanctification

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:39.200
 of the spirit

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:40.480
 for obedience

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:42.059
 and sprinkling

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:43.339
 of the blood

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:44.139
 of Jesus

00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:45.059
 Christ

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:47.419
 John

00:29:47.419 --> 00:29:47.720
 3

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.220
 17

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.740
 and 18

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:50.059
 confirms

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.740
 that

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.399
 by saying

00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:51.759
 this

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.399
 for God

00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:53.139
 did not

00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:53.720
 send his

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.139
 son into

00:29:54.139 --> 00:29:54.619
 the world

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:55.519
 to condemn

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.079
 the world

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:57.379
 but that

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.859
 the world

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.599
 through him

00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.259
 might

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:00.639
 be saved

00:30:00.639 --> 00:30:01.879
 he who

00:30:01.879 --> 00:30:02.220
 believes

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.500
 in him

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.919
 is not

00:30:02.919 --> 00:30:03.419
 condemned

00:30:03.419 --> 00:30:04.740
 but he

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.139
 who does

00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:05.799
 not believe

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.460
 is condemned

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.519
 already

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.220
 because he

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.779
 has not

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.319
 believed

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:10.019
 in the name

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.839
 of the

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.419
 only

00:30:11.419 --> 00:30:12.460
 begotten

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.319
 son

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:14.339
 of God

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:16.379
 now we

00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:16.619
 have a

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:16.779
 third

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.099
 point

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:18.480
 but we

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:18.740
 don't have

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.079
 time to

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.419
 get there

00:30:19.419 --> 00:30:20.000
 this morning

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.740
 and I

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.019
 don't want

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.399
 to rush

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:21.579
 it

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:22.099
 because

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.759
 I want

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:22.980
 to make

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.279
 sure

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:24.139
 we spend

00:30:24.139 --> 00:30:24.599
 some time

00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:25.099
 on this

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:27.079
 but I

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.339
 want to

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:27.779
 conclude

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.599
 just with

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.939
 just with

00:30:29.939 --> 00:30:30.199
 some

00:30:30.199 --> 00:30:30.879
 statements

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:33.019
 this morning

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.579
 if you

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.240
 are not

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.659
 one

00:30:34.659 --> 00:30:35.019
 who

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:36.079
 has

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:37.519
 believed

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:38.220
 in him

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:39.480
 you put

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:39.980
 yourself

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.359
 in a

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:40.720
 place

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:40.899
 of

00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.519
 condemnation

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:43.480
 you are

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.019
 rightly

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.700
 condemned

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:46.299
 as we

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:46.720
 all

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.339
 are rightly

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:47.940
 condemned

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:49.160
 because of

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.599
 sin

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:51.759
 the wages

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.779
 of sin

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.720
 is death

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.779
 but

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.900
 because

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.639
 of the

00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:57.099
 offering

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:57.559
 of Jesus

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:58.059
 Christ

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:59.000
 because

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.700
 of his

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.480
 work

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.960
 of

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.660
 death

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.079
 on the

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.480
 cross

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:02.740
 and

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.400
 resurrection

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:04.139
 life

00:31:04.139 --> 00:31:04.400
 he

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.920
 has

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.420
 obtained

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:06.059
 for us

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.559
 for any

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:07.440
 who believe

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:08.359
 he has

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:08.819
 obtained

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.440
 for us

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:10.279
 the gift

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.839
 of no

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.639
 condemnation

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:13.580
 so the

00:31:13.580 --> 00:31:13.920
 call

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.560
 for us

00:31:14.560 --> 00:31:14.920
 this

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.220
 morning

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.759
 the call

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.440
 to you

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:16.900
 this

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.259
 morning

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.480
 are you

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.360
 one

00:31:19.360 --> 00:31:19.800
 who can

00:31:19.800 --> 00:31:20.259
 say

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:21.120
 there is

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:21.540
 no

00:31:21.540 --> 00:31:22.380
 condemnation

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:22.740
 written

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.500
 over your

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:23.800
 life

00:31:23.800 --> 00:31:24.440
 because

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:25.540
 condemnation

00:31:25.540 --> 00:31:26.160
 landed

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.900
 on the

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.259
 shoulders

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:28.300
 of your

00:31:28.300 --> 00:31:28.600
 savior

00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:30.720
 it is

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.480
 an open

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:32.800
 call

00:31:32.800 --> 00:31:33.240
 it is

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.500
 a

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.200
 beckoning

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.680
 of our

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.040
 savior

00:31:35.040 --> 00:31:35.640
 come

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:37.240
 all those

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.520
 who are

00:31:37.520 --> 00:31:37.780
 weary

00:31:37.780 --> 00:31:38.280
 and heavy

00:31:38.280 --> 00:31:38.660
 laden

00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:39.340
 and you

00:31:39.340 --> 00:31:39.840
 will find

00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:40.400
 rest

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:40.920
 for your

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:41.480
 soul

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:42.480
 for my

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:42.820
 yoke

00:31:42.820 --> 00:31:43.640
 is easy

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.519
 my

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:44.920
 burden

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.420
 is light

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:46.200
 so come

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:47.060
 to me

00:31:47.060 --> 00:31:50.580
 one song

00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:50.860
 that has

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.100
 really

00:31:51.100 --> 00:31:51.720
 ministered

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.100
 to me

00:31:52.100 --> 00:31:52.779
 over the

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.200
 years

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:54.540
 is the

00:31:54.540 --> 00:31:54.920
 song

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.740
 alleluia

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.240
 what a

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.620
 savior

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:58.980
 says this

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.680
 man of

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.340
 sorrows

00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:00.800
 what a

00:32:00.800 --> 00:32:01.160
 name

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:02.580
 for the

00:32:02.580 --> 00:32:03.060
 son of

00:32:03.060 --> 00:32:03.420
 god

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:04.120
 who came

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:05.300
 ruined

00:32:05.300 --> 00:32:05.640
 the

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:06.000
 sinners

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:07.380
 to reclaim

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:08.600
 alleluia

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.859
 what a

00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.279
 savior

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:11.959
 bearing

00:32:11.959 --> 00:32:12.659
 shame

00:32:12.659 --> 00:32:13.299
 and

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:14.000
 scoffing

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.439
 rude

00:32:14.439 --> 00:32:15.579
 in my

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:16.219
 place

00:32:16.219 --> 00:32:16.919
 condemned

00:32:16.919 --> 00:32:18.199
 he stood

00:32:18.199 --> 00:32:19.679
 sealed

00:32:19.679 --> 00:32:19.899
 my

00:32:19.899 --> 00:32:20.279
 pardon

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:21.259
 with his

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.559
 blood

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:22.439
 alleluia

00:32:22.439 --> 00:32:23.719
 what a

00:32:23.719 --> 00:32:24.139
 savior

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:26.019
 guilty

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:27.139
 vile

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:28.199
 and helpless

00:32:28.199 --> 00:32:28.639
 we

00:32:28.639 --> 00:32:30.359
 spotless

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:30.799
 lamb of

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.059
 god

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.699
 was he

00:32:31.699 --> 00:32:33.279
 full

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:34.019
 atonement

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:35.139
 oh how

00:32:35.139 --> 00:32:35.539
 can it

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:35.839
 be

00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:37.039
 alleluia

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:38.119
 what a

00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:38.480
 savior

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:40.440
 lifted up

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:40.839
 was he

00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:41.279
 to die

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:42.460
 it is

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:43.099
 finished

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:44.440
 was his

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:44.860
 cry

00:32:44.860 --> 00:32:46.120
 now in

00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.599
 heaven

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.819
 exalted

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.599
 high

00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:50.259
 alleluia

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:51.200
 what a

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.500
 savior

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:52.539
 let's pray

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.700
 miracle

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:53.700


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