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 at primary schools in New South Wales,

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 or at least at the primary school that our two eldest are attending at the moment,

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 the school organised a Father's Day gift system.

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 The kids would bring in some money,

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 and they'd get a gift for their dad to keep for Sunday.

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 So I gave little Sonia some money for this system.

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 And when she came home, she was crying.

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 And I said, why are you crying?

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 And she said, because I didn't get a Father's Day gift for you.

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 And I said, oh, why not?

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 Were there not any left?

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 Did they run out?

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 She said, no, that wasn't the problem.

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 I said, what was the problem?

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 She said, Daddy, I spent all the money on cupcakes and ate them all.

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 One of life's biggest mysteries is that we don't always do what we want to do.

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 She wanted desperately to buy a Father's Day present,

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 and she was so sad after the fact that she didn't.

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 But it just didn't turn out that way.

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 I was reading in the newspaper this weekend a little segment on Clive James,

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 who I really enjoy as a writer and an organiser of comedy.

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 And he was lamenting the fact of some things in his personal life that he'd done

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 that had wrecked his own marriage and somebody else's as well.

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 And he said, you know, I knew it was wrong, and I knew it was silly,

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 but I did it anyway, and I wish I hadn't.

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 It's not just little children that do this sort of thing, but grown people as well.

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 If you're human, you'll know what I'm talking about.

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 If you're not, you probably need to replace your batteries.

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 We don't like self-centred people, but frequently enough, that's us.

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 We know what God requires of us,

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 but we're keen to spot it when it doesn't happen in others.

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 People having an affair with a married person know that it's wrong,

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 hence the secrecy, but we still do it, nonetheless.

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 And afterwards we say how silly we were.

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 Well, the Apostle Paul had the same kind of experience of this life.

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 And he writes in verse 21,

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 so I find this law at work.

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 Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

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 And I wonder if that's your experience of life.

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 And have you got any ideas about why that might be the case?

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 Why is it that even though we know what the right thing is to do,

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 and even though we want that right thing,

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 we still sometimes don't do it.

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 Why is that?

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 Some philosophers put this down to our fleshly bodies

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 as if we're a rational mind,

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 but we're contaminated every now and then

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 by a polluted stomach.

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 You know, my rational mind knew the right thing to do,

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 but my libido overcame me in a moment of fleshly weakness.

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 And so as a result, what they recommended

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 to overcome this problem was a strict regime of discipline.

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 Other people maintained that what we needed was more education.

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 And so jails famously became places of re-education,

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 not of punishment.

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 And there are many disagreements about what this source

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 of this recalcitrant streak within us is

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 and where it comes from.

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 Well, the Apostle Paul, in our reading from Romans today,

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 also experienced this weakness.

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 And for him,

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 it proved that knowing the right thing

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 can't make you good

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 and wanting the right thing

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 can't make you good either.

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 Listen to him in verse 22.

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 For my inner being,

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 I delight in God's law.

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 He was not an evil, malicious man by nature.

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 But verse 23,

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 but I see another law at work in me,

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 waging war against the law of my mind

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 and making me a prisoner

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 of the law of sin at work in me.

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 Now, Paul was nothing if not self-disciplined.

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 He was also very well educated.

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 But yet, Paul complains

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 that he's not the good, righteous, kind person

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 that he wanted to be.

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 And what he's also saying,

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 although he won't write it explicitly,

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 is that we too are not the good, kind, righteous people

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 that we would like to be.

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 Now, I don't mean this

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 in a trivial sense

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 of simply not being perfect.

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 Paul is not sweating the small stuff here.

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 He's not lamenting the fact

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 that he forgot to help some old lady

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 over the road,

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 cross the road,

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 or that he admitted to give somebody

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 a cup of tea at his home one day.

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 He's talking about real matters

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 where he caused real hurt

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 to real people.

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 What a wretched man I am, he says.

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 Who will rescue me

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 from this body

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 that is subject to death?

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 What a wretched man I am.

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 He's not talking about

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 trivial matters

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 of

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 niceness here.

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 He's talking about

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 the real gritty issues

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 of human life.

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 What a wretched man I am.

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 How could he stand

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 before God

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 knowing

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 who he was?

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 God had given Moses

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 very plain instructions.

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 Worship no other gods,

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 do not murder,

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 do not best bear false witness

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 against your neighbour

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 and so on.

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 In church in earlier times,

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 Christians used to read out

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 this law of Moses each week.

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 It was not that they had forgotten

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 some of the laws,

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 as if they were to

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 suddenly chirp up,

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 oh, do not murder,

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 oh, that's right.

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 I thought there was

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 something wrong this week

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 when I killed my neighbour.

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 But it reminded them

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 that they would experience

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 and did experience

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 this same problem.

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 That whilst they knew

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 what was right

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 and whilst they even

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 wanted what was right,

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 they frequently caved in

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 to what was wrong.

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 And so Paul then concludes,

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 so I myself,

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 in my mind,

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 am a slave to God's law

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 in that best sense

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 of the word.

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 But in my sinful nature,

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 I am a slave

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 to the law of sin.

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 Well, at this point,

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 you may think that Paul

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 is overreacting

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 and you may want to tell Paul

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 to lie down on a couch,

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 take a Valium

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 or something like that.

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 But Paul is not

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 talking about

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 some personal crisis.

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 He's describing

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 a big picture problem,

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 not just of his own,

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 but of all people.

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 You may think

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 that Paul's view of God

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 is too strict,

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 his standards too high.

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 Maybe God doesn't mind

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 so much

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 about wrong

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 in the world.

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 But Paul's

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 not addressing

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 how high

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 God's standards are here.

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 He's talking about

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 why there is

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 that thing within us

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 that drives us

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 in the wrong direction.

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 But by the way,

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 be careful about

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 wanting God

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 to lower his standards.

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 In any case,

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 Paul considers

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 that this bentness

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 within us

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 makes us unfit

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 for God

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 and unfit

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 for living

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 the good life

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 for we cannot do

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 what we want to do.

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 Well, this conclusion

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 is very offensive

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 to many people

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 because it implies

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 for a start

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 that Moses

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 and the prophets

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 were achieving

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 very little

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 when they spoke

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 the words of the law

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 over and over again

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 to the people

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 of Israel

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 as if that would help.

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 In my context,

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 in the Middle East,

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 the laws of Islam

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 are recounted

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 over and over again

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 and people are urged

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 to pray five times

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 a day

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 and you can't avoid it.

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 The loudspeakers

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 really fill your ears

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 five times a day.

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 But what Paul is saying

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 is that

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 even when people

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 know God's law

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 and even when

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 they want to do it,

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 this principle of evil

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 still lies within them

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 and makes them do

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 the opposite

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 of what they both do,

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 opposite of what they want

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 and opposite of what they know.

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 They may delight

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 in God's law

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 but that sinful nature

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 inside them

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 pushes them

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 the wrong way

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 just as it does us.

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 No amount of learning

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 religious laws,

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 no amount of Bible study,

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 no amount of meditating

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 on God's law

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 can fix this problem.

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 The problem is so much

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 inside of us

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 that Paul calls it

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 part of our flesh,

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 part of our makeup.

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 It's like a recalcitrant streak

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 within us.

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 Paul details this problem

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 because he doesn't want

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 the people in Rome

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 to whom he's writing

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 be under any illusions

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 about where

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 their hope comes from.

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 And he gives us

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 this hope

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 in chapter 8

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 verses 1 to 4.

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 It's a very dense paragraph

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 but the ideas

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 are simple enough

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 so please follow along

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 if you've got it open

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 in front of you.

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 And he begins in verse 1

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 and he says,

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 you see,

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 there is now

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 no condemnation

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 for those

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 who are in Christ Jesus.

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 No condemnation.

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 God knows

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 what we are like.

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 No fear

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 before God's

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 justice.

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 No fear

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 of the future

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 for those

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 who are in

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 Christ Jesus.

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 And why?

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 Well, in the next verse

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 he explains,

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 and it turns out

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 that both

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 the death

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 of Christ

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 and the resurrection

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 of Christ

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 play a role.

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 He says in verse 2,

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 because through

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 Christ Jesus

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 the law

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 of the Spirit

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 who gives life

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 has set you free

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 from the law

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 of sin and death.

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 death.

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 This

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 recalcitrant

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 streak

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 within us,

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 this

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 law

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 of sin

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 and death,

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 Paul says,

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 can only be broken

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 by the Spirit

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 who gives life.

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 The power

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 that God,

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 that Paul

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 sees in himself,

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 making him do

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 the opposite

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 of what he wants

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 and what he knows,

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 this can only

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 be dealt with

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 by God's

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 Holy Spirit,

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 the power

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 of the Spirit

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 who gives life.

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 And this is

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 fairly close

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 to what

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 systematic theologians

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 call

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 sanctification,

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 if you ever

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 read theology,

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 the breaking

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 of sin's

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 power

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 in us.

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 And notice

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 that this new life

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 comes from nothing

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 that we do,

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 it comes from

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 the Holy Spirit

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 in Christ.

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 It's not a result

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 of years

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 of spiritual

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 discipline,

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 it's a gift.

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 Now look

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 at verse 3.

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 For what the law

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 was powerless

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 to do,

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 because it was

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 weakened

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 by the flesh,

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 God did

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 by sending

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 his own

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 son

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 in the likeness

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 of sinful flesh

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 to be a sin

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 offering.

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 And so

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 God condemned

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 sin

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 in the flesh.

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 Verse 2

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 talked about

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 the Holy Spirit

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 and the new life,

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 but this verse

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 speaks of another

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 aspect,

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 the killing off,

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 the condemning

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 of that recalcitrant

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 streak

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 within us,

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 the condemning

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 of sin,

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 the death

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 of Jesus

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 as a sin

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 offering.

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 sin.

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 The problem

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 we've been

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 talking about,

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 this sin

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 in our life,

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 needs to be

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 addressed

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 honestly

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 by God.

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 Sin

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 needs to be

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 condemned,

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 otherwise

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 it will still

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 continue to live

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 amongst us.

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 God acts

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 here

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 something like

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 a judge

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 in removing

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 criminals

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 from society.

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 He condemns

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 sin

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 so that it

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 might no longer

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 be present.

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 But God

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 is a little bit

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 different

00:14:24.939 --> 00:14:25.620
 to human

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 judges.

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 Human judges

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 send people

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 to jail

00:14:29.100 --> 00:14:30.440
 and find them

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 and God

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 condemns sin

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 too,

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 but differently.

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 There are

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 two main

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 differences.

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 Firstly,

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 he absorbs

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 the punishment

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 in his

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 own

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 son.

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 Now,

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 in the original,

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 there is

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 an emphasis

00:14:44.800 --> 00:14:46.340
 on the words

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 his own

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 son.

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 I've got

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 three sons

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 and a

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 daughter.

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 And by using

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 this phrase

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 his own

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 son,

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 Paul is

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 reminding us

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 that

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 God's

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 love for

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 us is

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 so great

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 that even

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 his affection

00:15:04.980 --> 00:15:05.439
 for his

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 own

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 son

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 was called

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 into account

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 and was

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 sacrificed

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 at great

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 cost.

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 By his

00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:16.079
 own

00:15:16.079 --> 00:15:16.500
 son,

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 God

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 condemned

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 sin.

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 And that's

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 why there is

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 no more

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 condemnation

00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:25.259
 remaining

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 for us.

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 God

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 is

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 not

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 free

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 from

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 condemnation

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 because

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 we now

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 live

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 perfect

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 lives.

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 I

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 certainly

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 don't

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 and you

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 don't

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 either.

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 It's

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 not that

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 there's

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 no

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 condemnation

00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:40.899
 because

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 God

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 has

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 suddenly

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 relaxed

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 his

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 standards.

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 It's

00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:46.720
 not that

00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:46.940
 there's

00:15:46.940 --> 00:15:47.180
 no

00:15:47.180 --> 00:15:47.980
 condemnation

00:15:47.980 --> 00:15:49.580
 because

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 we hope

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 to do

00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:50.700
 better

00:15:50.700 --> 00:15:50.920
 in the

00:15:50.920 --> 00:15:51.200
 future.

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 There's

00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:55.000
 no

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 condemnation

00:15:55.620 --> 00:15:55.920
 because

00:15:55.920 --> 00:15:56.220
 God

00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:56.379
 has

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 dealt

00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:56.960
 with it

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 with

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 his

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 own

00:15:58.320 --> 00:15:58.840
 son.

00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:00.759
 At

00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:01.259
 the cross

00:16:01.259 --> 00:16:02.519
 God

00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:03.320
 condemned

00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:03.779
 sin.

00:16:08.420 --> 00:16:09.000
 That

00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:10.139
 absorbing

00:16:10.139 --> 00:16:10.879
 of the

00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:11.560
 condemnation

00:16:11.560 --> 00:16:12.320
 of sin

00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:12.639
 into

00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:13.120
 himself,

00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:13.399
 into

00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:13.580
 his

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 own

00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:14.639
 son,

00:16:15.560 --> 00:16:15.899
 makes

00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:16.080
 God

00:16:16.080 --> 00:16:16.360
 different

00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:16.639
 to a

00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:16.840
 human

00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:17.259
 judge.

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 But

00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:19.019
 there's

00:16:19.019 --> 00:16:19.460
 also a

00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:19.720
 second

00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:20.139
 way in

00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:20.279
 which

00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:20.519
 God

00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:20.680
 is

00:16:20.680 --> 00:16:21.019
 different

00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:21.480
 to an

00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:21.800
 ordinary

00:16:21.800 --> 00:16:22.420
 judge.

00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:24.500
 And

00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:24.620
 that

00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:24.800
 God

00:16:24.800 --> 00:16:24.920
 is

00:16:24.920 --> 00:16:25.200
 interested

00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:25.420
 in

00:16:25.420 --> 00:16:26.180
 imparting

00:16:26.180 --> 00:16:26.879
 new

00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:27.300
 life

00:16:27.300 --> 00:16:27.519
 to

00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:27.860
 people.

00:16:29.580 --> 00:16:30.120
 The

00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:30.379
 image

00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:30.580
 of

00:16:30.580 --> 00:16:31.060
 dying

00:16:31.060 --> 00:16:31.980
 and

00:16:31.980 --> 00:16:32.159
 then

00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:32.539
 facing

00:16:32.539 --> 00:16:32.960
 God's

00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:33.220
 judgment,

00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:33.580
 how

00:16:33.580 --> 00:16:33.879
 people

00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:34.259
 often

00:16:34.259 --> 00:16:34.560
 think

00:16:34.560 --> 00:16:34.840
 about

00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:35.060
 this

00:16:35.060 --> 00:16:35.360
 life,

00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:35.500
 you

00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:35.600
 know,

00:16:35.680 --> 00:16:35.800
 you

00:16:35.800 --> 00:16:36.440
 live

00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:36.560
 your

00:16:36.560 --> 00:16:36.879
 life

00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:37.019
 and

00:16:37.019 --> 00:16:37.120
 you

00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:37.420
 die

00:16:37.420 --> 00:16:37.580
 and

00:16:37.580 --> 00:16:37.700
 then

00:16:37.700 --> 00:16:37.820
 you

00:16:37.820 --> 00:16:37.960
 go

00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:38.240
 before

00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:38.560
 God's

00:16:38.560 --> 00:16:38.820
 judgment

00:16:38.820 --> 00:16:39.159
 seat.

00:16:40.539 --> 00:16:41.080
 That's

00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:41.279
 true

00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:41.620
 enough,

00:16:41.700 --> 00:16:41.920
 but it

00:16:41.920 --> 00:16:42.740
 overlooks

00:16:42.740 --> 00:16:43.740
 the

00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:43.960
 fact

00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:44.139
 that

00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:44.340
 God

00:16:44.340 --> 00:16:44.460
 is

00:16:44.460 --> 00:16:44.639
 not

00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:44.899
 just

00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:45.319
 interested

00:16:45.319 --> 00:16:45.679
 in

00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:46.299
 evaluating

00:16:46.299 --> 00:16:46.600
 our

00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:46.899
 lives

00:16:46.899 --> 00:16:47.039
 at

00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:47.159
 the

00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:47.319
 end

00:16:47.319 --> 00:16:47.459
 of

00:16:47.459 --> 00:16:47.679
 them.

00:16:48.819 --> 00:16:49.419
 He's

00:16:49.419 --> 00:16:49.600
 more

00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:49.899
 interested

00:16:49.899 --> 00:16:50.120
 in

00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:50.779
 now

00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.419
 changing

00:16:51.419 --> 00:16:51.699
 your

00:16:51.699 --> 00:16:52.059
 life

00:16:52.059 --> 00:16:52.379
 and

00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:52.840
 renewing

00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:53.100
 you

00:16:53.100 --> 00:16:53.340
 and

00:16:53.340 --> 00:16:53.500
 in

00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:53.679
 giving

00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:53.899
 you

00:16:53.899 --> 00:16:54.120
 new

00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:54.539
 life.

00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.379
 God

00:16:57.379 --> 00:16:57.639
 is

00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:58.299
 far

00:16:58.299 --> 00:16:58.519
 more

00:16:58.519 --> 00:16:59.139
 involved

00:16:59.139 --> 00:16:59.319
 in

00:16:59.319 --> 00:16:59.519
 our

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 lives

00:17:00.079 --> 00:17:00.559
 than

00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:00.740
 that

00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:01.059
 earlier

00:17:01.059 --> 00:17:01.500
 image

00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:01.799
 might

00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:02.319
 suggest.

00:17:03.959 --> 00:17:04.579
 He's

00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:04.700
 not

00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:05.079
 like a

00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:05.460
 judge

00:17:05.460 --> 00:17:06.019
 to whom

00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:06.299
 we are

00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:06.480
 a

00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:06.839
 stranger

00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:07.160
 until

00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:07.359
 we

00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:07.519
 give

00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:07.619
 an

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 account.

00:17:09.639 --> 00:17:10.279
 He

00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:10.420
 is

00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:10.619
 our

00:17:10.619 --> 00:17:11.000
 Father

00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:12.680
 who

00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:13.339
 condemns

00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:13.859
 sin

00:17:13.859 --> 00:17:14.979
 and wants

00:17:14.979 --> 00:17:15.179
 to

00:17:15.179 --> 00:17:15.679
 impart

00:17:15.679 --> 00:17:16.299
 new

00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:16.579
 life

00:17:16.579 --> 00:17:16.799
 to

00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:17.119
 us

00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:17.439
 even

00:17:17.439 --> 00:17:17.819
 now.

00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:19.079
 Judgment

00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:19.279
 is

00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:19.419
 not

00:17:19.419 --> 00:17:19.579
 the

00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:19.779
 end

00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:19.919
 of

00:17:19.919 --> 00:17:20.240
 life

00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:20.519
 in

00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:20.899
 God's

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 eyes

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 but

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 the

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 beginning

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 of

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 life.

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 And

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 you

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 can

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 see

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 this

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 new

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 life

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 mentioned

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 in

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 verse

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 2

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 and

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 in

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 the

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 next

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 verse

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 4

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 which

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 speaks

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 of

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 this

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 end

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 result

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 in

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 order

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 that

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 the

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 righteous

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 requirement

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 of

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 the

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 law

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 might

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 be

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 fully

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 met

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 in

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 us

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 who

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 live

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 not

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 according

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 to

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 the

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 flesh

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 but

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 according

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 to

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 the

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 spirit.

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 God

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 wants

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 the

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 good

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 life

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 for

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 us.

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 He

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 wants

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 that

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 righteous

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 life

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 for

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 us.

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 The

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 life

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 that

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 we

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 might

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 know

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 about

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 and

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 even

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 want

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 and

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 desire

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 but

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 we

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 cannot

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 attain

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 it.

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 God

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 wants

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 that

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 life

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 for

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 us

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 and

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 the

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 only

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 way

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 it

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 can

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 be

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 obtained

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 is

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 through

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 it

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 was

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 premature

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 to

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 think

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 of

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 God

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 as

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 being

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 overly

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 strict

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 or

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 lacking

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 generosity.

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 You

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 can

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 see

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 that

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 because

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 he

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 sent

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 his

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 own

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 son.

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 You

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 can

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 see

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 it

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 because

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 he's

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 interested

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 not

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 just

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 in

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 condemning

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 people

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 but

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 in

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 giving

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 them

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 new

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 life

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 according

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 to

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 his

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 own

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 spirit.

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 The

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 Christian

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 gospel

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 facts

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 are

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 that

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 Jesus

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 died

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 and

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 rose

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 again.

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 His

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 death

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 mysteriously

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 took

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 the

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 place

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 of

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 our

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 death

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 and

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 his

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 life

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 is

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 mysteriously

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 imparted

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 to

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 us

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 through

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 his

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 which

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 gives

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 life

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 in

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 every

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 sense

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 not

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 just

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 in

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 the

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 sense

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 of

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 bodily

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 resurrection

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 which

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 we

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 await

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 but

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 in

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 that

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 new

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 obedience

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 to

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 God

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 by

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 which

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 we

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 can

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 even

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 resist

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 that

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 recalcitrant

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 spirit

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 within

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 us

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 when

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 you

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 become

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 a

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 Christian

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 both

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 this

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 freedom

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 from

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 condemnation

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 and

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 this

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 new

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:19.119
 life

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 become

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 yours

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 and

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 both

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 of

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 these

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 death

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 and

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 resurrection

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 are the

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 gift

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 of

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 God

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 God

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 we

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 will

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 still

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 continue

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 to

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 struggle

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 against

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 sin

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 and

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 we

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 will

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 still

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 sin

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 further

00:19:38.139 --> 00:19:38.439
 on

00:19:38.439 --> 00:19:38.639
 in

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 chapter

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 8

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 Paul

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 says

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 if

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 Christ

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 is

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 in

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 you

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 your

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 body

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 may

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 well

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 be

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 dead

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 because

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 of

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 sin

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 yet

00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:47.000
 your

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 spirit

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 will

00:19:47.579 --> 00:19:47.980
 live

00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:48.919
 because

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 of

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 righteousness

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 God

00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:53.240
 intends

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 for us

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 the new

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 life

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 the righteous

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 life

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 with

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 him

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 and

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 both

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 of

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 these

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 a

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 freedom

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 from

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 condemnation

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 and

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 a

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 life

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 freed

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 to

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 serve

00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:04.779
 God

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 in

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 all

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 righteousness

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:07.579
 are

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 God's

00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:08.279
 gift

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 God

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 is no

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 longer

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 just

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 a

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 judge

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 but

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 a

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 judge

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 who

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 gives

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 life

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 through

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 his

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 own

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 son

00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:20.360
 where

00:20:20.360 --> 00:20:20.460
 do

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 you

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 put

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 your

00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:21.660
 hope

00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:22.799
 for

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 a

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 right

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 standing

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 before

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 God

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 where

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 do

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 you

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 put

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 your

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 hope

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 for

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 a

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 renewed

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 life

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 of

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 righteousness

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 of

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 love

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 is it

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 in your

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 great

00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:41.840
 learning

00:20:41.840 --> 00:20:43.720
 that you

00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:44.200
 educate

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:44.840
 yourself

00:20:44.840 --> 00:20:46.259
 to resist

00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:47.400
 the recalcitrant

00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:48.019
 spirit within

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 you

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 no that

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 won't

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 work

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 is it

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 in

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 some

00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:55.000
 ascetic

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:55.660
 regime

00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:55.900
 of

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 strict

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 discipline

00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:59.119
 no that

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 will have

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 no effect

00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:01.039
 either

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 the only

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 place of

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 hope we

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 have for

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 a right

00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:07.039
 standing

00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.859
 before God

00:21:07.859 --> 00:21:09.099
 and the

00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:09.619
 hope of

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 living a

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 life

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 according to

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 God's

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 holy law

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 in righteousness

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 and love

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 is through

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 Christ

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 Jesus

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 let's

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 pray

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 our

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 father

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 especially

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 on this

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 father's

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 day

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 we praise

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 you

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 for showing

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 yourself to

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 be such

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 a kind

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 and generous

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 father

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 who knows

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 our weakness

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 and who

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 pays a

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 high price

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 to gain

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 our

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 freedom

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 father we

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 praise you

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 that you

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 want us

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 to lead

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 a new

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 life

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 in

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 Christ

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 Jesus

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 grant us

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 your spirit

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 that we

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 might live

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 according to

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 it

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 grant that

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 we might

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 live this

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 new life

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 grant that

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 we might

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 bear the

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 fruit of

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 that new

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 life and

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 that everyone

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 may see

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 how changed

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 we are

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 let our

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 light shine

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 in the

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 world

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 so that

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 people may

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 praise your

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 name

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 and we

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 ask it

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 for the

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 glory of

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 your son

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 Jesus

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 amen