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 Great to be here. We've been wanting to come to this church for quite some time, and it's great to be here. I get to be here on a Sunday.

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 Just a bit of background. My name is Seth, as I said. My wife is in the back. She's Jessica, and we've got a little two-year-old girl back there.

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 She just turned two, Rebecca, and two boys, Daniel and David, as well.

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 So, yeah, we both, as you can probably tell, are from America, but we've been living in y'all for the last about five and a half years,

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 working to help the team that is working to start that church there from Middleton.

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 So we did go to Middleton for a while, so we like Middleton. It's a good place.

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 But we also, we love it in y'all.

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 So, what I'm going to just share with you this morning, I think it's something that's maybe familiar, maybe even too familiar.

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 We've heard it a thousand times, many of us.

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 We've gotten to the point where we can really quite easily recite the main points without even thinking.

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 And we hear somebody else start talking about it, and we just can tune out because, oh, sure, I know this already.

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 But maybe, maybe we're not really familiar enough.

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 Maybe it's just words that we're saying, and it's, we've forgotten what they really mean.

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 Maybe the power and the wonder of what we're talking about is lost in familiarity,

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 is lost because it's just so ordinary to us, because we've just heard it too many times.

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 And that is, of course, the gospel, the good news.

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 The good news that starts with an amazing creator.

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 Like we were reading earlier, I didn't tell you to read it, but it is perfect, because in Psalm 8 it says,

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 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you've ordained,

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 what is man that you are mindful of him?

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 I want you to catch something in there.

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 He says the heavens, the whole universe, that God didn't even have to use his full strength to create these things.

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 He was able to make them, it says the picture is, with his fingers.

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 As if the universe is something so small that God had to use his fingers to make it.

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 This is how big a God we are talking about.

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 A God that is so big that the universe to him is something small that he makes with his fingers.

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 This is the same God who knits us together before we're born.

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 This is the God who is the perfection and the definition of everything good, of everything wonderful.

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 This is God.

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 But this is the God that we ignore.

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 This is the God that we decided wasn't really worth listening to, wasn't really worth our time or our attention.

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 This is the God that we decided doesn't really have a clue about what's best for me.

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 So I'm going to take matters into my own little tiny hands that can't create universes.

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 They can only take what God's already created and make different things out of them.

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 We're going to take matters into our own tiny little fingers and try to sort things out and say,

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 Well, God, you know what?

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 Leave me alone because I'm going to handle my own little universe myself.

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 Thank you very much.

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 And in so doing, we have made ourselves worthy of the wrath of this God.

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 And yet the gospel, the good news, is that this is the same God, the one that we rebelled against,

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 is the same God who didn't leave us to rot in our rebellion.

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 This is the God who died to take the punishment so that we, the tiny little specks of dust who hated him,

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 wouldn't have to take the punishment that we deserved.

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 And this is the God who defeated death once and for all so that he could give life and change treasonous rebels like us

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 into his adopted children.

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 That's good news.

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 And this is the God who no longer condemns his children, but works all things together for good.

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 That's the gospel.

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 That's good news.

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 It's not some feel-good fairy story.

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 It's not a hopeful fiction.

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 It's not some little thing that's written in an old book.

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 It's the foundation of reality.

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 And it's the foundation of our lives.

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 I want you to turn to, if you've got one of the church Bibles, it's 1161.

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 It's 2 Corinthians, chapter 5, page 1161.

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 And we'll start in verse 14, just read a few verses.

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 So 2 Corinthians 5, 14 says,

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 So from now on, we regard no one from a worldly point of view.

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 Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

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 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.

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 The old has gone.

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 The new has come.

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 And we were singing about that earlier.

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 The old has gone.

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 The new has come.

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 A new creation.

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 The new has come.

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 Everything is made new.

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 The gospel changes everything.

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 Like he was saying earlier, that it's the news that changes the whole thing.

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 That changes everything about everything.

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 It's more essential, and I'd say it permeates the world more completely than the air that we breathe.

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 And it affects everything.

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 So what we're going to do is this week, we'll look at how does the gospel change,

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 how does it change my perspective on myself?

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 Because it says here, we should no longer live for ourselves, but for him who dies.

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 It also says, we regard no one from a worldly point of view.

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 That if anyone is in Christ, he's a new creation.

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 It changes everything.

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 So what we're going to focus on this week is to say,

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 how does the gospel change how I view myself?

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 My perspective on myself.

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 And then next week, we'll look more into how does the gospel change my view of others,

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 and how I relate to others.

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 What does it mean to not regard them from a worldly point of view,

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 and how does the gospel change my view of them?

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 But the first, for this week, we'll say,

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 how does the gospel change my perspective of myself?

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 And I think the first thing we can say about it,

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 if we're looking at God, and how great and big God is,

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 then the gospel really exposes who I really am.

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 It changes my view of myself because it exposes who I really am.

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 The first thing it shows us is that compared to God,

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 I'm pretty small.

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 Understatement of the century.

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 But compared to God, my fingers are small fingers.

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 They can't do very much.

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 The picture in Psalm 8 is that God's fingers create universes.

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 So I'm pretty small compared to that.

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 Another thing that we see when we look at the gospel

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 is that my sin is extremely serious.

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 It's not something I can brush aside.

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 It's not something, it doesn't really matter.

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 It's very serious because I've rejected my creator,

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 and I've rebelled against my rightful king.

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 And this is serious.

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 Because of who God is, my sin is serious.

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 And I fully deserve his wrath.

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 But the gospel also shows us that God,

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 well, like the song was saying,

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 I'm special because God has loved me.

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 Not because of something I've done,

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 but because God has loved me.

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 And he has been willing to give himself,

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 to die my death,

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 because I had no strength or ability to do it.

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 So the gospel shows us that basically God didn't,

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 God couldn't just tell us,

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 you know, 10 steps to get to heaven or something,

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 and we could just sort it out on our own.

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 There was no ability in us.

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 We couldn't do it ourselves.

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 My view of myself changes because I,

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 I have no ability to make it back to God.

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 But he had to die for me to do that.

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 But he was willing to do it.

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 Which shows both that I am totally unable to save myself,

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 and also that God loves me very much,

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 and values me,

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 and wants to.

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 So all of these things, I think,

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 have an effect on us.

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 And the fact,

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 the first effect, I think,

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 would be,

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 it just has to kill our pride.

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 There's no room for pride in the gospel.

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 I mean, what good can we claim in comparison to God's good?

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 What accomplishments can we claim in comparison to God's accomplishments?

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 And, I mean, it's laughable,

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 but what moral superiority could we ever claim

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 when our sin had to be paid for by Christ's death?

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 We have no pride.

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 We have no space for pride.

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 And Ralph was reading earlier,

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 when Paul said,

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 you know,

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 whatever was gained to me,

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 I consider loss

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 for the sake of Christ.

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 And what is more,

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 I consider everything a loss

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 because of the surpassing worth

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 of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord,

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 for whose sake I have lost all things,

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 and consider them rubbish,

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 that I may gain Christ,

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 and be found in Him,

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 not having a righteousness of my own

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 that comes from the law,

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 but that which comes through faith in Christ,

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 the righteousness that comes from God.

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 So even the good that we have

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 was not a good that we could create ourselves.

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 Even the good that we have

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 is a good that we were given from God.

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 So Paul says,

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 everything that he was proud of,

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 everything that he valued before,

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 is a loss to him

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 compared to the treasure that he's found in Christ,

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 and having Christ's righteousness.

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 So there's just absolutely no room

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 for pride in the gospel.

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 No room for it at all.

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 But on the other hand,

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 humility grows very well.

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 Humility grows very well

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 in the soil of the gospel.

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 But I don't want you to misunderstand me

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 because humility is not just

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 talking badly about myself.

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 That's not necessarily humility at all.

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 Because whether we're talking good about ourselves,

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 building ourselves up,

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 or whether we're downing ourselves

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 and talking badly about ourselves,

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 a lot of times,

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 they have something in common.

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 In both of those cases,

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 really the focus is ourselves.

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 So whether we're talking ourselves up

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 or we're talking ourselves down,

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 we're still talking about ourselves.

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 We're still putting ourselves in the spotlight.

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 We're still putting ourselves in the center.

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 And the gospel has the effect

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 of taking us out of the center.

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 C.S. Lewis says it this way,

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 that humility is not thinking less of yourself.

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 It's thinking of yourself less.

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 It's keeping ourselves in proper perspective.

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 It's realizing that we really are not

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 the center of the universe.

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 And it was a shocker.

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 It's hard for us to remember.

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 It's hard for us to keep that.

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 Even though we may know it's true,

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 it's hard to actually live that way.

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 Because we tend to look out for number one.

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 And we tend to look out for number one

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 because we feel like

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 nobody else is going to do it

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 as well as we will.

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 We tend to think that

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 if we don't look out for ourselves,

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 who else is going to do it?

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 We don't really trust that God is going to,

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 really has our best interest in mind.

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 But what does the gospel do to this?

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 The gospel proves,

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 without a shadow of a doubt,

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 that God is better at looking out

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 for our best interest than we are.

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 Much better.

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 Much better than we are.

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 So it frees us.

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 It frees us to take ourselves

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 out of the spotlight

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 and to put God there.

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 And it proves that

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 I don't deserve my own devotion.

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 I don't deserve my own love

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 as much as God does.

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 Really, He's the one

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 that's worthy of my love,

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 worthy of my total commitment,

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 that I'm not the one

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 that's worthy of those things.

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 So humility grows well in the gospel.

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 And it frees us

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 from our constant obsession

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 with ourselves.

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 It frees us to look to God.

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 To put Him in the center

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 where He belongs.

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 Which is a very, very freeing thing

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 when it comes to daily life.

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 So the gospel shows who I am.

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 That's the first thing.

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 It puts me in perspective

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 by showing me really who God is

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 and how I relate to Him.

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 But it does more than that.

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 It changes my view of myself

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 not only by showing me who I am

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 but also by freeing me

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 from the power of sin.

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 Paul said in Romans 8,

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 there is now no condemnation

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 for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 So the gospel frees me

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 from the power of sin

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 by freeing me from the guilt of sin.

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 Because of what Christ has done,

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 God does not condemn.

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 Forgiveness is offered,

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 forgiveness is given

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 and it is complete.

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 And that's extremely,

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 extremely important

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 for us to remember

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 in our daily lives.

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 1 John says that

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 if we confess our sins,

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 He is faithful to forgive us

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 and cleanse us

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 from all unrighteousness.

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 So we don't have to live

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 in the muck of guilt.

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 We don't have to live

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 with this weight

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 of condemnation over our heads.

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 We're free.

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 We really are free.

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 And even though we may feel guilty,

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 we have, the Bible says,

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 the accuser that tries to accuse us

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 before God.

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 The devil tries to make us feel guilty.

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 But you know,

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 even he doesn't really believe it.

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 I mean, he doesn't care

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 if we follow God's law.

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 He'd rather we didn't.

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 But he does care

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 if he can drive a wedge

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 between us and God

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 and our guilt

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 when it's already been paid for.

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 feeling guilty

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 after we're not

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 is a wedge

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 that is driven

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 between us and God.

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 So if we,

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 as God's children,

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 if we really are God's children,

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 if we're not,

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 then yes,

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 we are guilty.

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 But if we really are God's children

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 and Christ has really paid

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 for our sin,

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 then we're not guilty.

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 God doesn't see us that way.

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 Not even,

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 the devil doesn't even see us that way

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 because he doesn't,

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 he doesn't want us to obey God.

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 So really,

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 we'd be the only ones

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 that would see ourselves as guilty

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 if we're in Christ.

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 And the cure for that

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 is to trust God

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 and believe what he says.

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 That it really is true

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 that he has taken

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 all of our guilt.

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 That he really means

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 what he says

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 and that his forgiveness

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 is real.

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 And that he really can cleanse us

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 from all unrighteousness.

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 So if we look at ourselves,

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 it's easy to despair

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 because we see all the reasons

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 that we would be guilty.

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 But if we look to Christ,

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 we see that our sin

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 really is paid for.

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 And we have to trust,

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 trust him

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 that he really is saying the truth.

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 But the gospel goes further

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 in freeing us from sin.

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 Not only does,

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 not only does God declare us

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 not guilty

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 because of Jesus,

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 but he also fills us

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 full of himself.

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 Paul prayed

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 to the Ephesians,

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 he prayed for the Ephesians

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 that they would be filled

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 up to the fullness of God.

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 Jesus also promised

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 that he who comes to me

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 will not hunger,

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 he who believes in me

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 will not thirst.

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 See, the power,

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 the draw of sin

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 is that it promises

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 to fill us.

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 It promises to fill

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 those places in us

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 where we are longing

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 for satisfaction.

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 We're longing for something

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 to fill our hungry,

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 our empty places.

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 And sin makes

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 all these promises

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 that yes,

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 it can fill us.

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 Of course it lies.

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 It can't.

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 It doesn't deliver

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 on the promises.

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 It leaves us more empty

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 than before.

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 But the draw of sin

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 is that it promises

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 all of these things

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 and it promises

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 to fill a hunger

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 that really is there.

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 We are hungry

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 for satisfaction.

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 But what if

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 we were full?

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 What if we were already

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 full of the goodness

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 of God?

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 What if we were full

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 of real satisfaction?

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 What would that do

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 to sin's draw for us?

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 Proverbs says it this way,

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 One who is full

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 loathes honey

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 from the comb,

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 but to the hungry

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 even what is bitter

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 tastes sweet.

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 That when we're full,

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 even things that look sweet,

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 we don't want them

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 because we're already full.

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 So the pull of sin,

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 the power of sin

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 to draw us

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 and attract us

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 is disarmed

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 when we're full

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 of God's goodness.

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 If we stay close to Him,

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 then sin actually

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 loses its power

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 to attract us

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 because we already

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 have the real thing.

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 We already have

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 real satisfaction

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 and all those

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 empty promises

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 start to lose

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 their power.

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 So the gospel,

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 it shows me

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 who I am,

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 but it also

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 grants me the freedom

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 to pursue

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 real joy

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 and real satisfaction

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 in God

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 without the burden

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 of trying to appease Him

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 or trying to pay

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 for the debt

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 that we've owed Him

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 because He's already

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 done that.

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 So it frees us up

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 to fill ourselves

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 full of God's goodness

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 without having to

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 try to earn that.

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 So it frees us

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 from sin,

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 from the guilt of sin

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 and from the power

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 of sin.

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 But even that,

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 that's not all

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 because the gospel

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 also gives us

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 a confident

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 hope for the future.

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 We already said

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 the gospel proves

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 without a doubt

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 that God

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 has our best interest

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 in mind.

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 I mean,

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 it's obvious

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 that God is willing

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 to do whatever it takes

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 to secure our goods

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 in His glory.

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 So,

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 I mean,

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 what we can say

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 is that,

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 you know,

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 like Paul said,

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 He who spared

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 not His own Son

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 but delivered Him

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 up for us all,

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 how shall He not

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 also with Him

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 freely give us

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 all things?

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 God was willing

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 to do

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 the ultimate thing

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 to save us.

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 So,

00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:44.579
 how can we not

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 trust Him

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 for all of the

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 smaller things as well?

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 Paul says that

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 all things work together

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 for good.

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 We've said it

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 a few times today.

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 All things work together

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 for good

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 for those who love God

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 and are called

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 according to His purpose.

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 He even said

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 that we can exalt

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 in our tribulations,

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 in the hard things,

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 because they make us

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 more like Christ.

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 There's a guy

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 called Milton Vincent.

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 He wrote a great

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 little book called

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 The Gospel Primer

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 for Christians.

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 I got some of the ideas

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 for the sermon

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 from that book,

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 actually.

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 I highly recommend it.

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 But he said it this way.

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 He said,

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 The Gospel

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 is not just

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 one piece

00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:19.899
 of good news

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 that fits into my life

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 somewhere

00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:23.079
 among all the bad things.

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 The Gospel

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 actually makes

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 genuinely good news

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 out of every

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 other aspect

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 of my life,

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 including

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 my severest trials.

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 The good news

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 about my trials

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 is that God

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 is forcing them

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 to bow

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 to His Gospel purpose

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 and to do good

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 unto me

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 by improving

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 my character

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 and making me

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 more conformed

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 to the image

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 of Christ.

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 And Paul

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 says it this way,

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 Our light

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 and momentary troubles

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 are achieving

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 for us

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 an eternal glory

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 that far

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 outweighs

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 them all.

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 So God

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 has promised us

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 that He will work

00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:01.439
 all things

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 and He means

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 all things

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 for good,

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 for those who love Him.

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 He's promised us

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 a future,

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 He's promised us

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 an inheritance

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 for those who are in Him

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 that is beyond anything

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 that we can imagine

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 and makes all the troubles

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 of this life

00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:17.059
 seem light

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 and momentary

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 in comparison.

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 And He's done more

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 than enough

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 to prove

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 that He is able

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 to keep His promises

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 and that He really

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 does mean

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 what He says.

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 Peter says

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 in His great mercy

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 He's given us

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 new birth

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 into a living hope

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 through the resurrection

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 of Jesus Christ

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 from the dead

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 and into an inheritance

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 that can never perish,

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 spoil,

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 or fade

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.859
 which is kept

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 in heaven for you.

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 So the gospel changes

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 how I view myself

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 because it changes,

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 it shows me really

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 who I am

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 in comparison

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 to who God is.

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 It puts me

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 in perspective

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 but it also

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 frees me

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 from guilt

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 which would be natural

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.480
 if it was just,

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 if the gospel

00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:05.740
 only showed me

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 myself

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 in comparison

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 to God,

00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:08.599
 it would make me

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.059
 despair.

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 But the gospel

00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:12.019
 frees me

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.680
 from the guilt

00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:13.519
 of my sin

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 and lets me

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 pursue joy

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.460
 in God

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 and real satisfaction

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 and real life

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.819
 in God

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 and lets me

00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.380
 go after that

00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:23.279
 freely

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:25.620
 to a God

00:22:25.620 --> 00:22:26.519
 who is

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:28.460
 happy to give

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 and wants to give

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 life to us.

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 and it gives me

00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:33.000
 this confident

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:34.039
 hope for the future

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 that no matter

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 what

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:37.119
 tomorrow brings,

00:22:37.659 --> 00:22:38.159
 no matter

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 what

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.819
 the future

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.500
 brings

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.079
 while I'm here

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:41.459
 on earth,

00:22:41.919 --> 00:22:43.859
 that I have

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.659
 this confident

00:22:44.659 --> 00:22:45.019
 hope

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.619
 that God

00:22:45.619 --> 00:22:46.199
 is working,

00:22:46.439 --> 00:22:47.019
 He is forcing

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.679
 all things

00:22:47.679 --> 00:22:49.519
 to work

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 for my good.

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 So what

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.460
 is our response

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 to all of this?

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.079
 Well,

00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:56.460
 I think there's

00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:57.079
 a few things.

00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:57.720
 Obviously,

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.400
 we've talked about

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:58.740
 it already,

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 but one is that

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 just,

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 we're humble,

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:02.779
 we're humbled

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:05.680
 because we recognize

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.240
 that God

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.960
 is ultimate.

00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:08.019
 He's the one

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.879
 in the center stage.

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.519
 He's the one

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.379
 that the universe

00:23:10.379 --> 00:23:10.940
 is about.

00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:13.940
 So we are humbled,

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.960
 we are put in our place,

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:17.019
 but not devalued

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 because God

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.259
 has shown

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.279
 great value for us

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:21.440
 and that He loved us

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:22.019
 and was willing

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.720
 to give His Son

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.160
 for us.

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:25.299
 So yes,

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:27.039
 humility

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:28.420
 is one response,

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 but also obedience.

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 And I think obedience

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 because we recognize

00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:34.480
 that God's commands,

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:36.140
 they're coming from

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:37.380
 this God who loved us

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:38.079
 and was willing

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.839
 to do anything,

00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:41.579
 so much to save us.

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.860
 So these commands

00:23:42.860 --> 00:23:43.519
 are coming from

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.200
 this God

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:45.740
 who has proven

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.319
 that He wants

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:47.200
 what's best for us.

00:23:48.120 --> 00:23:49.680
 So our obedience,

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:51.000
 even when we don't

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.680
 see clearly

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.599
 why it would be

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:53.319
 best for us,

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.599
 we can recognize

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:55.079
 that it's coming

00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:55.680
 from a God

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:57.440
 who does know

00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:58.440
 and does do

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:59.339
 what is best for us.

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 And so we delight

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.920
 to obey

00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:03.700
 because of the commands,

00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:04.360
 where the commands

00:24:04.360 --> 00:24:04.980
 are coming from

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.800
 and because they bring

00:24:05.800 --> 00:24:06.580
 us closer to Him.

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.920
 I think also

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.680
 all of this

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.539
 makes us thankful.

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:13.960
 Basically,

00:24:14.300 --> 00:24:15.259
 we deserved

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:16.160
 a cup

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:17.600
 full of God's wrath.

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.960
 We deserved,

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:21.460
 you know,

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:21.920
 a cup

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:23.039
 that just

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.920
 all the way

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.980
 full of God's wrath

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.560
 for our sin.

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:26.539
 and yet

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.319
 Jesus

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:28.159
 drank

00:24:28.159 --> 00:24:28.980
 all of that

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.319
 wrath

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:30.259
 for us.

00:24:31.139 --> 00:24:31.839
 But He didn't

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.659
 just leave it empty.

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.359
 If He had left it

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:34.419
 empty with no wrath,

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:34.940
 that would be

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.319
 something

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:37.059
 to be amazed at.

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.700
 But He didn't.

00:24:38.919 --> 00:24:39.940
 He didn't leave it

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.319
 empty.

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.819
 He filled it again.

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.259
 The Bible says

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:45.200
 He's given us

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:46.039
 every

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:47.119
 spiritual blessing.

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.559
 That He's filled us

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.559
 to overflowing

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:51.740
 with His blessings.

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.460
 So,

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.819
 not only has Jesus

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:55.299
 drained every drop

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:56.319
 of God's wrath

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:56.940
 against us,

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:58.319
 there's none of it left.

00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:00.259
 But He's also

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.880
 filled us

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.539
 so full

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:01.960
 that we are

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.660
 overflowing

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:04.000
 with God's blessings.

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:04.980
 That

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:06.079
 should make us

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.660
 overflow

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:08.019
 with thankfulness

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:09.140
 forever.

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:12.019
 Also,

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.359
 it results

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:14.539
 in our ability

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.420
 to love.

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.400
 The Bible says

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:17.039
 we love

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.680
 because He

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.660
 first loved us.

00:25:19.120 --> 00:25:19.920
 He's shown us,

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:21.120
 He's proved to us

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:22.000
 what love

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.559
 really is.

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:23.179
 He's defined

00:25:23.179 --> 00:25:24.279
 love for us.

00:25:25.199 --> 00:25:25.939
 And He's given us

00:25:25.939 --> 00:25:26.459
 the ability,

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.539
 by Him loving us,

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.359
 He's given us

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:28.759
 the ability

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.359
 to love Him

00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:29.859
 in return

00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.819
 and to even

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.419
 show that love

00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:31.879
 to others,

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.679
 which we'll talk

00:25:32.679 --> 00:25:33.059
 about more

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.559
 next week.

00:25:34.459 --> 00:25:35.099
 But also,

00:25:35.199 --> 00:25:35.699
 He's given us

00:25:35.699 --> 00:25:36.979
 access to Him

00:25:36.979 --> 00:25:38.000
 at all times.

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.119
 The Bible says

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.759
 that we can come

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.199
 boldly,

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.699
 we can come

00:25:40.699 --> 00:25:41.319
 confidently

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:42.479
 before the throne

00:25:42.479 --> 00:25:43.000
 of grace

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:44.839
 because

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:46.639
 there's nothing

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:47.539
 standing in the way

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.179
 because of what

00:25:48.179 --> 00:25:48.819
 Jesus has done.

00:25:48.939 --> 00:25:49.879
 Our sin is paid for.

00:25:50.219 --> 00:25:50.699
 We can come

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.779
 boldly before God

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.720
 at any time

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:54.779
 and approach Him

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.200
 in prayer

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:57.400
 as we would

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:59.039
 approach our Father

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.640
 because He is

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:00.600
 our adopted Father

00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:02.240
 who loves to hear

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.319
 and loves to answer

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:04.019
 the prayers

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:04.600
 of His children.

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:06.299
 So we have

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:07.440
 this access to God.

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.240
 But also,

00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:09.819
 I think that

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.460
 all of this

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.640
 makes us,

00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:14.799
 gives us

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.440
 the ability

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:16.259
 to really

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.960
 just forget

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.519
 ourselves

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:19.660
 because

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.460
 our lives

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.039
 we're free

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.599
 to actually

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.200
 focus

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.960
 on the one

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.579
 who is really

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:24.019
 worthy

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:25.420
 of all of our

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.720
 love,

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:26.400
 all of our

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:26.799
 devotion,

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.700
 and all of the

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.480
 glory and honor

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.079
 and praise

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.440
 forever.

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.079
 And there's a

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.660
 huge amount

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.119
 of freedom

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.839
 in just being

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.400
 able to

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.599
 look outside

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.220
 of ourselves

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:36.299
 and not be

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:37.059
 so consumed

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:38.099
 with myself

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:39.900
 and all the

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:40.539
 things about me

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:41.019
 and trying to

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.559
 force everything

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:41.940
 to fit

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:43.599
 into what I want

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.679
 and to

00:26:44.679 --> 00:26:45.500
 actually live

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.679
 with an

00:26:46.679 --> 00:26:47.379
 outward focus

00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:48.139
 and with a

00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:49.179
 God focus.

00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:50.559
 So there's a

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:50.959
 huge amount

00:26:50.959 --> 00:26:51.359
 of freedom

00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:52.259
 in just

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.539
 self-forgetfulness.

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.659
 And I think

00:26:54.659 --> 00:26:55.099
 we could go

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.619
 on and on.

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.299
 This gospel,

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.339
 like I said,

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.639
 it's more

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.459
 essential and

00:27:00.459 --> 00:27:01.019
 it permeates

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.599
 the world much

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.019
 more than

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.459
 the air that

00:27:02.459 --> 00:27:02.939
 we breathe.

00:27:03.439 --> 00:27:04.219
 The implications

00:27:04.219 --> 00:27:05.179
 reach into

00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:05.959
 everything,

00:27:06.199 --> 00:27:06.539
 literally

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.599
 everything.

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.719
 But these

00:27:10.719 --> 00:27:11.599
 are a few

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:12.000
 things,

00:27:12.199 --> 00:27:12.439
 that it

00:27:12.439 --> 00:27:12.980
 changes the

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.779
 way that I

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.440
 view myself,

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.880
 that it

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:17.440
 changes my

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.099
 standing before

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.420
 God,

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.299
 it takes care

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.720
 of my guilt,

00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:21.220
 makes me free

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:22.019
 to pursue Him

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:23.539
 and joy in Him

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.579
 and it also

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.120
 gives me this

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.720
 confident hope

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.279
 for the future.

00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:29.620
 But I think

00:27:29.620 --> 00:27:30.460
 we can constantly

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:31.160
 just live our

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:32.059
 lives out of

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.720
 the overflow

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.740
 of all the

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.559
 amazing things

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.599
 that the gospel

00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:36.319
 teaches us

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:36.980
 about God

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.380
 and about

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:37.799
 ourselves

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.299
 because it

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.660
 just changes

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.740
 everything.

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:43.000
 So,

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.319
 yeah,

00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:43.900
 next week

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:45.000
 we'll continue

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.519
 by just

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.339
 seeing how

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:47.779
 this

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:49.120
 truth of the

00:27:49.120 --> 00:27:49.900
 gospel changes

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.599
 our relationships

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.120
 with others.

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.400
 So,

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.700
 I hope to see

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:52.900
 you then.

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:57.660
 just

00:27:58.040 --> 00:27:58.560
 do

00:27:58.680 --> 00:28:00.080
 now.

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.380
 I

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:00.640
 do

00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:01.080
 thing