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

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 And it's my joy to bring God's Word to you today.

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 A special welcome if you're new or visiting with us. We're glad that you're here.

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

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

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

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

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

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 We're continuing this morning our series in the book of Romans.

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 And you'll remember that the book of Romans is a letter.

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 It's a letter written by the Apostle Paul in the 50s AD.

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

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 This letter is about the gospel. It's about the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection.

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 And Paul's hope in writing it is that these churches would be established in the gospel.

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 That's what he goes on to say just a few verses later in chapter 1, verse 11.

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 And there are many applications that show up throughout this book,

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 but Paul has a special focus on the mission and the unity of the church.

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 There are many spokes that are going to shoot out, but as we've seen before,

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 and we'll see again this morning, those spokes are constantly returning back to the hub of the gospel.

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 And as I've told you many times now,

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 if you're nervous about the fact that we're moving so slowly through the book of Fear Not,

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 we will speed up a little bit, especially next week.

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 We're just working slowly through the introduction because there's so much for us to unpack here.

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 You'll remember last time we were in the book of Romans,

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 we took a look at verse 5 and we asked this big question,

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 what does success look like?

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 What does it look like when it comes to the mission of the church in God's people?

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 And we saw that the success was to bring about the obedience of faith.

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 Paul also gave us the why, why that actually matters,

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 and it matters because it's for the sake of his name.

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 We discussed the fact that it is in God's glory that we discover our good.

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 And then Paul gave us the scope that this is for all the world,

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 that it's for all people everywhere.

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 As we turn from verse 5 to verses 6 and 7,

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 we're asking a different question, which is,

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 who are you?

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 What is the basic definition of the Christian?

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 And if I ask you, who are you, really what I'm asking you is this,

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 what is most important?

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 What is the thing in life that matters more than anything else?

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 Now this might sound a little coming out of left field,

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 and that's because it is.

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 I'm going to ask you another question.

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 If you were going to get a tattoo, what would you get it of?

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 Now in asking that, I realize some of you already have tattoos,

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 and so you can already answer, oh, I already know.

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 I already have it.

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 Okay.

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 With that in mind, I'm going to invite you to turn with me to Romans 1.

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 For the sake of context, we're going to start at verse 1.

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 And as we do this, remember that this is God's word.

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 And God tells us that his word is more precious than gold,

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 even the finest gold,

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 and it's sweeter than honey,

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 even honey that comes straight from the honeycomb.

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 And that's why we read it now, Romans 1, starting at verse 1.

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 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle,

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 set apart for the gospel of God,

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 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

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 concerning his son who was descended from David,

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 according to the flesh,

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 and was declared to be the son of God in power,

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 according to the spirit of holiness,

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 by his resurrection from the dead,

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 Jesus Christ our Lord,

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 through whom we have received grace and apostleship

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 to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name,

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 among all the nations,

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 including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

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 To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints,

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 grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

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 Our Father in heaven, we do thank you,

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 as we do every week, for your word that you've given to us.

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 You haven't abandoned us to figure things out on our own,

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 but instead, you make good on your promise.

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 You tell us that we belong to you,

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 and so you give us everything that we need.

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 We ask that you would do that this morning by your word,

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 that you would instruct us, you'd guide us, you'd shape us.

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 More than all of that, you'd show us Jesus,

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 that we would see his beauty and his power and his holiness and his majesty and his glory.

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 We'd be able to grow in knowing his mercy and his grace and his love.

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 And we thank you that we don't worry this morning

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 about whether we've earned or deserved these things.

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 We know, in fact, we haven't.

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 And so we simply ask them in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 If you pay attention to things like this,

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 you may have noticed exactly three weeks ago today,

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 the Postal Service did what it does,

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 if not every year, every few years,

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 which is they raised the price of first-class stamps

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 from 68 cents to 73 cents.

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 It's about double what postage was back in 2002.

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 And it's no secret that the USPS is struggling

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 and has been struggling for some time.

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 struggling both with financial problems and also slow delivery.

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 In 2023, they had a net loss of $6.5 billion.

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 Now, there's many factors.

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 The most obvious factor in all of these things

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 is the emergence of email,

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 which is replacing much of snail mail.

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 And so there's just less volume in the Postal Service

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 because now, instead of sending each other letters,

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 we send each other texts and emails.

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 The current Postmaster General is a man named Louis DeJoy.

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 And in April of this year, he was interviewed,

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 and he said,

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 the Postal Service across the board is facing a crisis.

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 We have seen a dramatic decline in first-class mail delivery

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 as more and more people communicate online.

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 And so there's a dramatic shift that's happening in our world,

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 as all of us know,

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 dramatic changes in communication.

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 And in the midst of those changes,

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 there are some things that never change.

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 Whether you send an email or a letter,

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 you do something that people have done for millennia,

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 which is this.

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 You've got to say who it's to.

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 You have to say who it's from.

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 All right?

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 Some things never change.

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 And that's what's happening in this letter

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 that Paul is writing to the Romans.

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 We are finishing this week his introduction,

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 which takes up verses 1 through 7.

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 Verses 1 through 5 are Paul's introduction.

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 Paul has been saying in these last five verses,

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 here is who the letter is from.

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 It's from me, Paul.

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 And now if that surprises you,

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 remember,

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 because we've talked about a lot of things

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 that are not related to Paul, right?

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 We've talked about Jesus Christ

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 and the fact that he was descended from David

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 and that he's here to bring about the obedience of faith.

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 That's because Paul has used the introduction

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 about himself as an excuse to talk about Jesus.

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 So he says,

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 hey, this is from Paul,

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 and here's all these things you need to know

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 about me and my mission in Jesus.

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 Okay?

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 So verses 1 through 5,

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 that's the from part of the letter.

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 Verses 6 through 7,

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 we turn to the to.

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 Verses 1 through 6 then,

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 or 1 through 5,

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 who is Paul?

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 Who is the letter from?

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 Verses 6 through 7,

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 who is it to?

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 Who is Paul writing to?

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 And we're asking not just the name of the recipients here,

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 we're also asking about their identity.

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 And the very first thing he tells them

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 about their identity is this.

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 Verse 6,

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 you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

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 This shouldn't sound new to you at all

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 if you've been here the last several weeks

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 in the book of Romans

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 because Paul has been circling

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 around the same themes over and over.

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 He is again saying something that he has said before.

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 We already knew that Paul belonged to Christ, right?

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 What did we see in verse 1?

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 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ.

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 And then we talked about it again last time

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 when we were at verse 5.

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 We talked about the why of Paul's mission,

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 that it is for the sake of his name.

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 In other words,

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 everything should lead back to Jesus Christ.

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 Everything revolves around

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 and centers on Jesus Christ.

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 That's why I've been telling you

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 that there are many spokes

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 that tie back to one hub.

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 And so I'm going to tell you

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 the same thing I told you

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 in verses 1 and 5.

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 There are three different options

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 for who we belong to.

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 Remember, option one,

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 you can belong to another person.

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 And I don't need to convince you

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 that that's probably not a great idea.

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 Because what you know

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 is that at the end of the day,

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 any human in this world

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 will ultimately choose themselves over you.

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 So option one,

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 belong to another person or an institution,

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 not great.

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 Option two,

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 this is the option that is tempting,

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 appealing, alluring.

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 We can belong to ourselves.

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 And as we talked about in verse 1 and verse 5,

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 that is not as good as it sounds.

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 And it's not as good as it sounds

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 for a variety of reasons.

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 First, we think we know what's best for us.

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 We actually don't.

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 Second, even if we do find out

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 what's best for us,

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 we don't actually do it.

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 And so each time we've discussed this,

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 I've given you a different quote,

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 looking at a different angle

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 of why it is in fact a terrible idea

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 to belong to yourself.

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 And I'm going to give you another one this morning.

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 Page 8 of your worship guide,

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 Third, autonomy offered us freedom

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 and gave us alienation.

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 Belonging to yourself

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 actually doesn't end very well.

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 Option three,

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 belong to God.

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 Belong to someone who loves you

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 more than you love yourself.

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 And that's what we discussed back in verse 5.

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 Last time we said,

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 it is in God's glory

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 that we discover our good.

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 It's in God's glory

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 that we discover our good.

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 That's actually what leads us

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 to the good life.

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 That brings me back to the question

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 I asked you just a few minutes ago.

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 What would you get a tattoo of?

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 And why?

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 If you've been paying attention

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 the last number of years

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 in our culture,

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 tattoos have been skyrocketing.

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 We now are at a place

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 where roughly one-third

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 of American adults

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 have a tattoo of some sort.

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 I've actually noticed

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 over the last couple years,

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 if you look at advertising

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 from clothing companies,

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 more and more

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 you'll see models

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 that are covered in tattoos.

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 I don't remember that being the case

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 five years ago.

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 So this is increasingly

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 a factor in our culture.

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 There was an article

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 in World Magazine

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 that quoted Kevin Dougherty,

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 a professor of sociology

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 at Baylor University,

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 and he said,

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 Americans have embraced tattoos

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 as a way to say,

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 I get to choose for myself

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 who I am

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 and who I declare myself to be.

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 Think about that.

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 I get to choose for myself

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 who I am

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 and who I declare myself to be.

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 Now, there are lots

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 of different places

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 you might get a tattoo.

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 There are lots of different

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 types of tattoos.

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 Some tattoos are about

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 memories and experiences.

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 Some of them are about

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 family members,

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 those we love,

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 those who have passed.

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 There's one type of tattoo

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 that typically shows up

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 on someone's forearm

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 or their wrist.

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 And the forearm

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 or the wrist tattoo

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 is often meant

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 as a reminder

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 of a core value.

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 It's a core value

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 or a guiding principle,

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 a north star,

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 a first principle.

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 There's a phrase

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 or a word

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 that someone will pick

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 and it will remind them,

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 oh yes,

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 this is how I want

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 to live life.

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 This is the thing

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 that I want to guide me

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 in every decision.

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 Why the forearm

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 or the wrist?

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 Because I can always

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 look and see it.

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 Right?

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 When I'm faced

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 with a challenge in life,

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 when I'm faced

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 with a decision,

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 when I don't know

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 which way to go,

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 I can just pull out my arm

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 and be reminded

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 what it is

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 that guides me

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 most of all.

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 I can remember

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 what's more important

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 than anything else.

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 I had a pastor

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 in college

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 who said

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 if he were going

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 to get a tattoo,

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 he would put it

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 not on his wrist

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 or his forearm,

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 he would put it

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 on his forehead

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 right here,

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 which is a place

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 that you can put a tattoo.

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 It's a bold move.

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 And he said

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 he would do

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 one thing

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 and one thing only.

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 He would get

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 the Hebrew word

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 that shows up

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 in the Old Testament

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 and means

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 treasured possession.

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 The Hebrew word

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 segula,

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 which is the word

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 that God uses

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 to talk about

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 his people Israel.

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 He tells them

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 over and over,

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 this is how

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 I think of you.

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 This is how

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 I consider you.

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 You aren't

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 just my possession,

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 you're my treasured

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 possession.

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 And you're not

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 just treasured,

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 you're my possession.

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 Now, I'm not

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 endorsing tattoos

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 this morning.

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 I'm not saying

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 you should

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 or should not

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 get one.

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 I am simply

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 bringing this up

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 to say one thing.

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 If you are

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 a Christian,

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 I can tell you

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 right now

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 what your

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 North Star

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 should be.

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 I can tell you

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 this morning

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 what your

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 guiding principle

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 is.

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 And it is this.

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 You are

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 a treasured

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 possession.

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 What should you

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 pull out

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 to remember

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 your way

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 when you think

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 you've lost it?

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 What is it

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 that determines

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 your decisions

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 when they're

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 difficult?

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 what is it

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 that is

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 your first

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 principle?

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 Paul tells us

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 right here

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 in verse 6.

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 You

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 who are

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 called

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 to belong

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 to Jesus

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 Christ.

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 I get

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 to choose

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 for myself

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 who I am

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 and who

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 I declare

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 myself

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 to be.

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 No.

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 You actually

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 don't.

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 You in

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 fact

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 belong

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 to Jesus

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 Christ.

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 He has

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 already

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 decided

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 who you

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 are

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 and who

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 you will

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 be.

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 Now you

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 don't need

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 to get a

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 tattoo of

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 that.

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 One of the

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 reasons is

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 this.

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 God already

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 has one.

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 He tells

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 Israel in

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 Isaiah

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 chapter 49,

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 behold,

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 behold,

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 I have

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 engraved

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 you on

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 the palms

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 of my

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 hands.

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 That's

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 where the

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 reminder

00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:31.860
 is.

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 You don't

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 need to write

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 me on your

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 body.

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 I've already

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 written you

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 on mine.

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 Christian,

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 that is

00:16:45.560 --> 00:16:46.300
 your first

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 principle.

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 that is

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 your

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 north star.

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 Jesus

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 says this

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 in John

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 chapter 10,

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 my sheep

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 hear my

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 voice and

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 I know

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 them and

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 they follow

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 me.

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 Brothers

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 and sisters,

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 this is

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 radically

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 different than

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 what the

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 world around

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 us is

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 saying at

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 this moment

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 in 2024.

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 This is on

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 page 8

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 again of

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 your worship

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 guide.

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 Taylor Swift

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 gave a

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 commencement

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 address at

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 New York

00:17:17.639 --> 00:17:18.419
 University in

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 2022 and

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 she had

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 many things

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 to say.

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 One of the

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 things she

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 had to say

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 was this,

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 I have

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 some good

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 news.

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 It's

00:17:26.059 --> 00:17:26.740
 totally up

00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.139
 to you.

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 I have

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 some terrifying

00:17:29.159 --> 00:17:29.679
 news.

00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:30.699
 It's

00:17:30.699 --> 00:17:31.839
 totally up

00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:32.439
 to you.

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 One of

00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:34.539
 those statements

00:17:34.539 --> 00:17:35.159
 is correct.

00:17:36.179 --> 00:17:37.199
 She has

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 some terrifying

00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:38.759
 news.

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 That's what

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 our culture

00:17:41.199 --> 00:17:41.579
 is telling

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 you right

00:17:41.939 --> 00:17:42.159
 now.

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 It is

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 entirely

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 up.

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 It's

00:17:46.159 --> 00:17:46.399
 up to

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 you to

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 figure out

00:17:47.459 --> 00:17:48.519
 what exactly

00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:49.559
 your sexuality

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 or your

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 expression

00:17:50.339 --> 00:17:50.839
 should be.

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 It's

00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:52.119
 up to

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 you to

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 determine

00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:53.559
 what is

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 right or

00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:54.679
 wrong.

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 It's

00:17:55.259 --> 00:17:55.639
 up to

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 you to

00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:56.519
 decide

00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:56.980
 ultimate

00:17:56.980 --> 00:17:57.639
 reality

00:17:57.639 --> 00:17:57.959
 through

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 whichever

00:17:58.319 --> 00:17:58.879
 political

00:17:58.879 --> 00:17:59.339
 party

00:17:59.339 --> 00:17:59.559
 you

00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:00.000
 affiliate

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:00.579
 with.

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 And

00:18:03.619 --> 00:18:04.759
 that is

00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:05.399
 a crushing

00:18:05.399 --> 00:18:06.539
 weight.

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 In fact,

00:18:09.859 --> 00:18:10.079
 I would

00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:10.339
 tell you

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 it's more

00:18:10.699 --> 00:18:11.220
 than a crushing

00:18:11.220 --> 00:18:11.539
 weight.

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 weight.

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 It's a

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 weight that

00:18:13.180 --> 00:18:14.139
 humans are

00:18:14.139 --> 00:18:15.220
 not designed

00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:15.920
 to bear

00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:16.659
 up under.

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 It is

00:18:18.139 --> 00:18:18.599
 in fact

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 too much.

00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:21.579
 We should

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 not be

00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:22.879
 surprised that

00:18:22.879 --> 00:18:24.279
 anxiety and

00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:24.740
 depression

00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:27.119
 spike the

00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:27.599
 more we

00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:28.339
 tell people

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 it's totally

00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:31.579
 up to

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 you.

00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:34.539
 And Paul

00:18:34.539 --> 00:18:35.079
 here has a

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 radical and

00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:36.579
 transformative

00:18:36.579 --> 00:18:37.079
 word.

00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:38.619
 you who

00:18:38.619 --> 00:18:39.179
 are called

00:18:39.179 --> 00:18:40.240
 to belong

00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:41.240
 to Jesus

00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:42.419
 Christ.

00:18:44.159 --> 00:18:45.779
 That is

00:18:45.779 --> 00:18:46.359
 the fundamental

00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:47.259
 reality of

00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:47.720
 the Christian.

00:18:48.579 --> 00:18:49.659
 That is

00:18:49.659 --> 00:18:50.119
 the

00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:51.220
 foundation.

00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:54.379
 Why is

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 it as

00:18:54.679 --> 00:18:55.019
 Christians

00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:55.559
 that we

00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:56.179
 should turn

00:18:56.179 --> 00:18:56.519
 the other

00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:56.799
 cheek?

00:18:58.199 --> 00:18:59.099
 Why would

00:18:59.099 --> 00:18:59.460
 you not

00:18:59.460 --> 00:18:59.919
 vindicate

00:18:59.919 --> 00:19:00.619
 yourself and

00:19:00.619 --> 00:19:00.919
 get the

00:19:00.919 --> 00:19:01.519
 revenge that

00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:01.960
 you need,

00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:02.199
 right?

00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:03.259
 You're not

00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:03.639
 going to get

00:19:03.639 --> 00:19:04.519
 perfect justice

00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:05.199
 anywhere else.

00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:07.120
 why not

00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:07.660
 take it all

00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:08.080
 up into

00:19:08.080 --> 00:19:08.440
 your own

00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:08.779
 hands?

00:19:11.779 --> 00:19:12.720
 Because you

00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:13.400
 belong to

00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:14.160
 Jesus Christ

00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:16.340
 and therefore

00:19:16.340 --> 00:19:18.100
 you know

00:19:18.100 --> 00:19:19.000
 that he

00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:20.220
 will defend

00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:20.559
 you.

00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:25.900
 Even more

00:19:25.900 --> 00:19:26.380
 than that,

00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:26.940
 bringing

00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:27.539
 ultimate

00:19:27.539 --> 00:19:28.440
 justice is

00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:29.200
 his job,

00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:30.240
 not your

00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:30.559
 job.

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 And he

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 will do

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 it for

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 his

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 children.

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 Why

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 would you

00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.299
 be generous

00:19:42.299 --> 00:19:42.779
 with your

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 money

00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:45.279
 when the

00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:46.000
 future is

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 filled with

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 all sorts

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 of unknown

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 and frightening

00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:49.000
 things?

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 You do

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 it for

00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:53.099
 one reason

00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:53.440
 and one

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:54.079
 reason only,

00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:55.180
 because you

00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:56.519
 belong to

00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.839
 Jesus Christ.

00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:00.619
 And Jesus

00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:01.940
 Christ takes

00:20:01.940 --> 00:20:02.579
 care of

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 and preserves

00:20:03.439 --> 00:20:04.559
 and upholds

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 those who

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 belong to

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 him.

00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:11.000
 Why should

00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:11.480
 you embrace

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 hope?

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 As you

00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:15.899
 survey the

00:20:15.899 --> 00:20:16.299
 shameful

00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:16.939
 moments

00:20:16.939 --> 00:20:19.679
 and the

00:20:19.679 --> 00:20:20.159
 failures

00:20:20.159 --> 00:20:21.059
 and the

00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:21.659
 mistakes of

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 your life.

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 and as

00:20:25.459 --> 00:20:25.559
 you

00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:26.019
 realize

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 that the

00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:26.599
 older

00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:26.839
 you

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 get,

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 the

00:20:27.339 --> 00:20:27.599
 more

00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:27.779
 of

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 those

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 there

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 are

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 to

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 review.

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 For one

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 reason

00:20:35.179 --> 00:20:35.839
 and one

00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:36.419
 reason only,

00:20:37.139 --> 00:20:38.019
 because you

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 belong to

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And because

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:42.919
 you belong

00:20:42.919 --> 00:20:43.339
 to him,

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 you have a

00:20:44.939 --> 00:20:45.359
 future

00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:46.019
 and a

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.259
 hope.

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 It is in

00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:48.899
 fact not

00:20:48.899 --> 00:20:49.819
 all up to

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.019
 you.

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:51.940
 he has

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 written your

00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:52.779
 story.

00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:54.200
 He is

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 still writing

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.299
 your story.

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 We already

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 sang this

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 this morning.

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 If you go

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 back to

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 page four

00:21:00.819 --> 00:21:01.160
 of your

00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:01.859
 worship guide,

00:21:02.660 --> 00:21:03.299
 look at

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:03.940
 verse four.

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 I am not

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 my own

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 and now

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:06.839
 my heart

00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:07.339
 is free.

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 O

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:08.740
 maker,

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 come and

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:09.759
 make what

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.599
 you will

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 of me.

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 There is

00:21:12.579 --> 00:21:13.059
 nothing

00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:13.519
 broken

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.440
 that you

00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:14.799
 cannot

00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.379
 repair.

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 So

00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:17.019
 Lord,

00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:17.559
 I leave

00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:18.299
 my life

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:19.359
 in your

00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:19.779
 loving

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.220
 care.

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:23.099
 We

00:21:23.099 --> 00:21:23.759
 embrace

00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:24.180
 hope

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:24.940
 because

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:25.940
 we

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.599
 belong

00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:27.019
 to

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.419
 Jesus

00:21:27.419 --> 00:21:28.319
 Christ.

00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.419
 Why are

00:21:32.419 --> 00:21:33.200
 we stingy

00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:33.639
 with our

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 bodies?

00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:37.599
 Why is it

00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:37.859
 that we

00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:38.319
 only have

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:38.759
 sex with

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.259
 people we're

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:39.879
 married to?

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:42.659
 Because

00:21:42.659 --> 00:21:44.359
 and only

00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:45.039
 because

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:46.359
 you belong

00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:47.079
 to Jesus

00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:47.799
 Christ.

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:49.399
 your body

00:21:49.399 --> 00:21:50.019
 is his,

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.339
 it is not

00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:52.279
 your own.

00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:54.680
 We sang

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.159
 that too.

00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:56.599
 We sang

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:56.980
 that in the

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.559
 second verse.

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 My body

00:21:58.980 --> 00:21:59.519
 is a temple

00:21:59.519 --> 00:21:59.839
 of the

00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:00.440
 living God.

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 I'll worship

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.139
 in this

00:22:02.139 --> 00:22:02.659
 house that

00:22:02.659 --> 00:22:03.180
 his blood

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 has bald.

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 As I

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:05.859
 bear his

00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:06.359
 image,

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 oh may

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 I not

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 profane

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.740
 the holiness

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.599
 I hold

00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:11.519
 in this

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 earthly

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:13.180
 frame.

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 what was

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.220
 the lie

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:17.900
 that Satan

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.440
 told Adam

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:18.700
 and Eve

00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:18.920
 in the

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.180
 garden?

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 The lie

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 was that

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.060
 they belonged

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 to themselves.

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:25.000
 The lie

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:25.360
 was that

00:22:25.360 --> 00:22:25.920
 God did

00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:26.279
 not want

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:26.660
 the best

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 for them.

00:22:28.340 --> 00:22:28.700
 The lie

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.039
 was that

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.580
 God was

00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:30.240
 not looking

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.680
 out for

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:30.900
 them.

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.400
 It was

00:22:31.400 --> 00:22:33.500
 all up

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:33.960
 to you.

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:36.180
 I have

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:36.539
 some good

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:36.860
 news.

00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:38.019
 It's

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.380
 totally

00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:38.779
 up to

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.000
 you.

00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:40.259
 I have

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.460
 some

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:40.880
 terrifying

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.420
 news.

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.259
 It's

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.660
 totally

00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:43.440
 up

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.240
 to

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.500
 you.

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.279
 And of

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:46.420
 course,

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.039
 it's only

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.720
 terrifying

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.180
 news.

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.279
 It's the

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:49.900
 lie that

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.340
 Adam and

00:22:50.340 --> 00:22:50.539
 Eve

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.120
 believed

00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:51.559
 so many

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:51.980
 decades

00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.319
 ago,

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:52.980
 millennia

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.440
 ago,

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.700
 in the

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:54.960
 garden.

00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:56.660
 It's the

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.039
 lie that

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.279
 you and

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.779
 I continue

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.360
 to believe

00:22:58.360 --> 00:22:58.940
 today.

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:02.340
 I belong

00:23:02.340 --> 00:23:02.660
 to the

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:02.920
 Lord.

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.779
 I am

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.160
 not my

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.420
 own.

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.880
 I will

00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:06.420
 honor him

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:07.039
 for this

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:08.120
 I know.

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.420
 Now,

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:17.660
 you might

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.019
 be thinking,

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:18.440
 thanks a

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:18.660
 lot,

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.420
 pastor.

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:20.940
 Of course,

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.200
 you're going

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.460
 to say

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:21.740
 that.

00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:23.340
 Realtors

00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:24.120
 always believe

00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:24.560
 it's a good

00:23:24.560 --> 00:23:24.900
 time to

00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.160
 buy.

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:26.600
 Pastors

00:23:26.600 --> 00:23:27.200
 always believe

00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:27.660
 it's a good

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.220
 time to

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:28.640
 belong to

00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:28.940
 Jesus.

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:30.920
 Why?

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.400
 Why?

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:34.400
 Why is

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:35.259
 this the

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.860
 touchstone

00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:36.380
 above all

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:36.980
 other things?

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:38.519
 Why should

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.380
 this be

00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:40.880
 the north

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.500
 star?

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.460
 Even more

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:42.800
 than that,

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.640
 is it safe?

00:23:44.840 --> 00:23:45.580
 Is it

00:23:45.580 --> 00:23:45.980
 good?

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.100
 Will I

00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:48.660
 regret

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.700
 belonging

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.700
 to Jesus

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.160
 Christ?

00:23:52.860 --> 00:23:53.500
 Thankfully,

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.160
 Paul doesn't

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:54.860
 leave us to

00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:55.240
 wonder.

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.080
 He tells us

00:23:56.080 --> 00:23:56.580
 many other

00:23:56.580 --> 00:23:57.000
 things.

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.060
 He goes

00:23:58.060 --> 00:23:58.480
 on in

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.000
 verse 7

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.660
 to tell us

00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:00.039
 this.

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:01.159
 to all

00:24:01.159 --> 00:24:01.859
 those in

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.399
 Rome

00:24:02.399 --> 00:24:03.680
 who are

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.539
 loved

00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:06.039
 by God.

00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:08.399
 Remember,

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.000
 treasured

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.460
 possession.

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:11.460
 Verse 6,

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:11.859
 what we've

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.339
 talked about

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:12.960
 is possession.

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.940
 Verse 7,

00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:15.799
 what we're

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:15.980
 going to

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.519
 talk about

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.740
 is treasured.

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.240
 And what

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.500
 does he

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:19.960
 mean here

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.259
 that we're

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.920
 loved by

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.259
 God?

00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:22.859
 We talked

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.359
 about this

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:23.799
 back in

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.359
 verse 1.

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.259
 This gets

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.839
 us back

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.440
 from the

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:26.920
 spoke to

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.259
 the hub.

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.680
 This ties

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.099
 us back

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.500
 down to

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:28.899
 the heart

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:29.180
 of the

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.560
 gospel.

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.780
 The one

00:24:30.780 --> 00:24:31.460
 who died

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.360
 for us

00:24:32.360 --> 00:24:33.980
 is the

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.580
 only one

00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:34.880
 we can

00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:35.460
 give ourselves

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:35.960
 over to

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.420
 completely.

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:40.259
 The one

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.920
 who died

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.640
 for us

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:42.120
 is the

00:24:42.120 --> 00:24:42.540
 one we

00:24:42.540 --> 00:24:43.519
 can trust

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.720
 more

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.259
 than we

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:45.820
 trust

00:24:45.820 --> 00:24:46.820
 ourselves.

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:49.500
 Why is

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.000
 it good

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.400
 that we

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:51.100
 belong to

00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:51.420
 God?

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.540
 It's good

00:24:53.540 --> 00:24:53.860
 that we

00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:54.440
 belong to

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:54.740
 God

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.100
 because

00:24:55.100 --> 00:24:55.980
 we are

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.680
 loved

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.740
 by God.

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.900
 God

00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:02.200
 says,

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:02.420
 whether you're

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.860
 a Christian

00:25:02.860 --> 00:25:03.620
 or not

00:25:03.620 --> 00:25:03.980
 a Christian,

00:25:04.320 --> 00:25:04.960
 there is

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.860
 one thing

00:25:05.860 --> 00:25:06.220
 that I

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:06.720
 know that

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.140
 you need.

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.120
 You

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.700
 need to

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.160
 be cared

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 for

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 and protected

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 by someone

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.340
 who loves

00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:16.140
 you more

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:16.540
 than you

00:25:16.540 --> 00:25:17.000
 love

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.820
 yourself.

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.340
 Jesus

00:25:23.340 --> 00:25:24.000
 says this,

00:25:24.100 --> 00:25:24.600
 John chapter

00:25:24.600 --> 00:25:24.960
 10,

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:26.519
 I am

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.880
 the good

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.279
 shepherd.

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 I know

00:25:28.360 --> 00:25:29.039
 my own

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.420
 and my

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:29.900
 own

00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:30.539
 know me.

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 Just as

00:25:31.840 --> 00:25:32.259
 the father

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:32.759
 knows me

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.039
 and I

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.340
 know the

00:25:33.340 --> 00:25:33.700
 father

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.640
 and I

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.519
 lay down

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.680
 my life

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.600
 for the

00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:37.880
 sheep.

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.539
 That's

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:39.759
 what you

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:39.960
 need.

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.620
 You need

00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:42.059
 a shepherd

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:43.039
 who lays

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.759
 down his

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.240
 life

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.240
 for the

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.519
 sheep.

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.539
 You

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.079
 won't find

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:49.000
 that in a

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.240
 human

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.840
 institution.

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.539
 You

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.140
 won't find

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.700
 that in

00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:52.980
 another

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.400
 person.

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:55.019
 And I

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.240
 can

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.700
 guarantee

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.940
 you will

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.420
 not find

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:57.660
 it in

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.080
 yourself.

00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:00.000
 You

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.620
 cannot

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:01.259
 be

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.940
 your

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.500
 own

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.259
 shepherd.

00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:04.700
 At

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.100
 least not

00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:05.620
 very well.

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.460
 And so

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:07.940
 Paul is

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.560
 reminding us

00:26:08.560 --> 00:26:08.759
 at the

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.340
 very beginning

00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:09.880
 of the

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.140
 letter

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:11.000
 of this.

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 You

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:12.660
 need to

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.019
 belong

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.420
 not to

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:13.680
 someone

00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:14.019
 else.

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.060
 You

00:26:15.060 --> 00:26:15.280
 need to

00:26:15.280 --> 00:26:15.560
 belong

00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:16.060
 not to

00:26:16.060 --> 00:26:16.500
 yourself.

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.660
 You

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.259
 need to

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.680
 belong

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.120
 to your

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:19.759
 Lord and

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.080
 Savior

00:26:20.080 --> 00:26:20.860
 Jesus

00:26:20.860 --> 00:26:21.860
 Christ.

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:24.200
 the

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.480
 one

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:24.720
 whose

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.160
 love

00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:25.420
 led

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.560
 him

00:26:25.560 --> 00:26:25.720
 to

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:25.920
 lay

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:26.140
 down

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:26.340
 his

00:26:26.340 --> 00:26:26.720
 life

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.440
 for

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:27.680
 you.

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.780
 Now

00:26:31.780 --> 00:26:32.060
 how do

00:26:32.060 --> 00:26:32.440
 you get

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.240
 that

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.480
 kind

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:33.600
 of

00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:33.880
 shepherd?

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.500
 How do

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:36.740
 you get

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.120
 the care

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.259
 and

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.660
 protection

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.080
 that you

00:26:38.080 --> 00:26:38.420
 need?

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.180
 If it's

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.740
 true that

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.440
 non-Christians

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:40.920
 and Christians

00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:41.740
 both need

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:43.120
 someone who

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:43.780
 loves them

00:26:43.780 --> 00:26:44.200
 more than

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.600
 they love

00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:45.140
 themselves,

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:45.880
 what is

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:46.060
 it that

00:26:46.060 --> 00:26:46.280
 you need

00:26:46.280 --> 00:26:46.560
 to do?

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:50.980
 Wrong

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.400
 question.

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:53.360
 verse 7

00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:53.660
 of your

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:53.960
 worship

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.340
 guide.

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.960
 We are

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.400
 Christians

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:58.060
 for one

00:26:58.060 --> 00:26:58.860
 reason only

00:26:58.860 --> 00:26:59.400
 and that

00:26:59.400 --> 00:26:59.700
 is that

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.259
 God has

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.940
 set his

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.820
 love upon

00:27:01.820 --> 00:27:02.180
 us.

00:27:02.820 --> 00:27:03.460
 That is

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.000
 the thing

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.480
 that brings

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:04.920
 us out

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.180
 of the

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.480
 world

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.060
 and out

00:27:06.060 --> 00:27:06.380
 of the

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:06.960
 dominion

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.640
 of Satan.

00:27:08.300 --> 00:27:09.100
 We are

00:27:09.100 --> 00:27:09.500
 what we

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:09.860
 are,

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.060
 not because

00:27:11.060 --> 00:27:11.420
 of our

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:11.700
 goodness,

00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:13.280
 not because

00:27:13.280 --> 00:27:13.600
 of our

00:27:13.600 --> 00:27:14.100
 lives,

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:15.440
 not because

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:16.320
 of anything

00:27:16.320 --> 00:27:18.120
 in us.

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:19.919
 it all

00:27:19.919 --> 00:27:20.959
 comes from

00:27:20.959 --> 00:27:21.699
 the love

00:27:21.699 --> 00:27:22.959
 of God.

00:27:25.199 --> 00:27:25.879
 There is

00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:26.299
 nothing to

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.479
 do.

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:28.879
 There's

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:29.339
 nothing to

00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:30.019
 do except

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.819
 to accept

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.719
 and follow

00:27:31.719 --> 00:27:32.799
 Jesus as

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.359
 your Lord

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:33.919
 and King.

00:27:34.959 --> 00:27:35.759
 To know

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.179
 what Paul

00:27:36.179 --> 00:27:36.719
 tells us at

00:27:36.719 --> 00:27:37.019
 the end

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.359
 here, he

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:37.699
 says,

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.299
 called to be

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:38.619
 saints,

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.239
 grace to

00:27:39.239 --> 00:27:39.639
 you and

00:27:39.639 --> 00:27:40.019
 peace.

00:27:40.399 --> 00:27:40.759
 Grace,

00:27:40.919 --> 00:27:41.279
 Paul is

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.819
 reminding

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.619
 us of

00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.299
 God's

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.939
 undeserved

00:27:43.939 --> 00:27:44.639
 mercy and

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:45.399
 favor on

00:27:45.399 --> 00:27:45.899
 his people,

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.639
 that he

00:27:46.639 --> 00:27:47.299
 has given

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.859
 us what

00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:48.159
 we do

00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:48.359
 not

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:48.720
 deserve.

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:49.899
 And the

00:27:49.899 --> 00:27:50.279
 peace

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:51.159
 reminds us

00:27:51.159 --> 00:27:51.599
 that while

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.159
 at one

00:27:52.159 --> 00:27:52.759
 point we

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.139
 were at

00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:53.740
 enmity with

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.099
 God, we

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.399
 were at

00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:55.000
 war with

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.419
 him, we

00:27:55.419 --> 00:27:55.819
 have now

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.500
 been granted

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.220
 reconciliation

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:58.079
 through Jesus

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.579
 Christ.

00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.519
 In other

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.039
 words, you

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.940
 cannot pull

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.720
 yourself up

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.139
 by your

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:02.659
 bootstraps.

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.180
 You cannot

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:04.079
 do anything

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:05.259
 to prove

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:05.980
 something to

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.519
 God or

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.399
 earn anything

00:28:07.399 --> 00:28:08.039
 from him.

00:28:08.139 --> 00:28:09.519
 No, it's

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.299
 rooted and

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:11.099
 grounded in

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:11.799
 the love

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.940
 of God,

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.700
 the grace

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.619
 and peace

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.779
 of Jesus

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:17.240
 Christ.

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:19.919
 that's what

00:28:19.919 --> 00:28:20.500
 results in

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:20.639
 them.

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:20.980
 This is

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.460
 verse 7,

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:21.899
 called to

00:28:21.899 --> 00:28:22.359
 be saints.

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.339
 I was

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:24.700
 talking to

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.159
 someone about

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:25.480
 a month

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:27.259
 ago at

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.579
 a coffee

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.559
 shop and

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:28.940
 this person

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.279
 said, hey,

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.659
 I've really

00:28:29.659 --> 00:28:30.180
 started to

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.579
 study the

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:30.839
 saints

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.359
 recently.

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.139
 And I

00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:33.500
 said, you're

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:33.879
 a saint.

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.659
 Everyone who

00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:36.960
 is a

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.759
 Christian is

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.159
 a saint.

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.559
 How do I

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:39.779
 know?

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:41.000
 Paul tells

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.359
 us right

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:41.599
 here.

00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:43.419
 Saint simply

00:28:43.419 --> 00:28:44.220
 means set

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:45.539
 apart for

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:45.879
 God.

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.079
 Does it

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.420
 mean that

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:48.839
 we live in

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.200
 a certain

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.559
 way?

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.720
 Yes,

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.779
 because

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:54.379
 first we've

00:28:54.379 --> 00:28:54.859
 been set

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:55.940
 apart.

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:58.960
 God's

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.379
 unmerited

00:28:59.379 --> 00:28:59.980
 favor, his

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.879
 grace, favor

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:01.319
 we didn't

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.579
 earn.

00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:03.720
 God's

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.159
 peace,

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.299
 reconciliation,

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.759
 we don't

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.220
 deserve.

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:08.759
 We are

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.579
 Christians for

00:29:09.579 --> 00:29:10.600
 one reason

00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:11.779
 only, and

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.279
 that is that

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.740
 God has

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.200
 set his

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:14.019
 love upon

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.380
 us.

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.600
 That is the

00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:16.100
 thing that

00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:16.539
 brings us

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.100
 out of the

00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:18.240
 world and

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.440
 out of the

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:20.900
 dominion of

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.240
 Satan.

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:24.079
 I belong to

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.500
 the Lord.

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.559
 I am not

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.039
 my own.

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.299
 I will

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:28.100
 honor him

00:29:28.100 --> 00:29:28.960
 for this I

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.259
 know.

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.480
 I belong

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.220
 to the

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.539
 Lord.

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:32.700
 I am

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:34.140
 not my

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:35.200
 own.

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:37.360
 Let's

00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:37.539
 pray.

00:29:39.600 --> 00:29:40.039
 Our

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.480
 Father in

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:40.880
 heaven, we

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.420
 thank you

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.319
 and we

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:42.840
 praise you

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:44.340
 that you

00:29:44.340 --> 00:29:44.840
 have called

00:29:44.840 --> 00:29:45.200
 us to

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.700
 belong to

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.400
 Jesus Christ.

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.600
 We thank

00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:47.840
 you you

00:29:47.840 --> 00:29:48.220
 don't do

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.680
 it for

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.420
 anything we've

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:49.860
 done, to

00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:50.220
 earn it or

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.740
 deserve it.

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.340
 You do it

00:29:51.340 --> 00:29:51.779
 because you

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.180
 have set

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.759
 your love

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.299
 on us and

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:53.480
 you've

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:53.799
 called us

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.059
 to be

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.380
 saints.

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.620
 We ask

00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:55.799
 that you

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.400
 would remind

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:56.759
 us of

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.120
 that, that

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:57.420
 we would

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:58.000
 give up

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.519
 other

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.539
 belongings and

00:29:59.539 --> 00:29:59.740
 that we

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.500
 would embrace

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:01.140
 our identity

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 in you.

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 We ask

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 these things

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 in the

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 mighty name

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 of Jesus

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 Christ.

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 Amen.