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 All right, well this morning is the first Sunday of May and so we want to spend some time reflecting on the gospel, on the good news of Jesus.

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 So we're going to push off 2 Timothy and our journey through that till next Sunday.

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 And we're going to spend some time looking at another passage of scripture this morning.

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 We're looking in the New Testament letter of Romans.

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 This is what we're working through as adults in Sunday school, just before the service every Sunday.

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 And we've already covered this passage here in Romans chapter 8, but I thought that it was worth spending a little bit more time on it and just drinking in the good news of Jesus.

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 In case you're wondering, what we're about to read in Romans was written a good while before Paul wrote his second letter to Timothy.

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 It was written before Paul even ever made it to Rome, before his first imprisonment, before his second imprisonment.

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 And Paul's entire goal in the book of Romans is just to set forth the gospel, the good news of Jesus, so that the people there in Rome can understand it and live in accordance with it.

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 And he does it in a unique kind of way.

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 He doesn't tell the story of what happened with Jesus like all the events in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

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 And those people already know.

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 And so it's more of an explanation of what's the significance of it.

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 What has Jesus accomplished through his life and death and resurrection?

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 And we're just kind of parachuting today right into Romans chapter 8.

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 But up until this point in the letter, Paul has already covered a lot of ground.

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 In the first three chapters of Romans, he's made the case that all people stand guilty before God because of our sins against him.

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 He's made the case that it doesn't matter whether you're a Jew or a Gentile.

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 We've all sinned.

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 None of us is righteous in God's sight.

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 We're all deserving of justice from God, punishment from God.

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 But the good news of Jesus that Paul's been explaining is that there is a way to be made right with God again.

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 There is a way to be spared and saved from that punishment.

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 And it comes through Jesus and what he has done.

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 And he goes on at length to explain that.

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 We'll get to hear more of that in just a moment here.

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 One of the big challenges that Paul addresses here in the church in Rome is the mixture of Jewish and Gentile Christians.

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 And I'm not going to press too far into this, but the Jewish people tended to view a good relationship with God as something that you had to earn by keeping the law,

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 by keeping the commands that God had given through Moses.

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 That's those first books of the Bible.

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 They saw that as the standard of living by which they could attain righteousness in the sight of God.

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 And this, of course, was just not true.

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 And Paul has been laboring throughout this letter to the Romans to make this clear.

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 Just one quick statement where he makes it clear.

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 Romans chapter 9, verse 31.

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 He says there,

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 The people of Israel who pursued the law as the way of righteousness have not attained their goal.

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 Why not?

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 Because they pursued it not by faith, but as if it were by works.

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 You cannot be made right with God by keeping the law, by keeping commandments.

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 We've already fallen short of that.

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 And as we'll see, the law does not even have the ability.

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 It doesn't give us the power that we need to live up to its demands.

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 And we'll see that in a moment here.

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 In chapter 7, Paul has got quite the discussion of this.

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 He talks about how the law is good, but how there's something going on inside of us that is not good.

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 Which makes the law almost like fatal to us.

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 And we'll see that in a moment.

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 But there's good news, says Paul.

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 And let's hear what he has to say to us in Romans chapter 8, verse 1.

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 Paul says,

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

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 Because through Christ Jesus, the law of the Spirit who gives life has set me free from the law of sin and death.

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 For what the law was powerless to do, because it was weakened by the flesh,

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 God did by sending his son, his own son, in the likeness of sinful flesh, to be a sin offering.

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 And so he condemned sin in the flesh in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us,

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 who do not live according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

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 These are some of the most precious words in the Bible.

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 Paul's main point, God's main point through the apostle is simply this.

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

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 This is a place to pause.

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 This is a place to reflect deeply.

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 There is now no being condemned for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 There is now no getting what we deserve for our sins for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 There is now no death and hell as our final ultimate end for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 There is now no punishment from God for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 God is telling us that there is a remedy.

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 There is a way to be saved.

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 There is a way to be spared what we deserve.

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 There is a way to have our status with him changed from condemned to not condemned.

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 Who does this apply to?

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 Paul says it applies to those who are in Christ Jesus.

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

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 Now you might be wondering, what does that mean?

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 What does it mean to be in Christ Jesus?

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 It's kind of a weird way of saying things.

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 What does it mean to be in a person?

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 Listen, Paul uses this phrase a lot in his letters.

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 And we're not going to go all over the place and see how he uses it without getting to all those passages.

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 To be in Christ Jesus refers to us being united to Christ Jesus.

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 It refers to a spiritual reality in which Jesus Christ lives in us by his spirit joining us to himself so that we are one with him.

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 So much so that it could be rightly said that we are in him just as he is in us.

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 And this is certainly not an easy thing to explain or to describe or to understand.

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 But this is the reality for those who are born again of God's spirit.

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 When we repent, when we believe in Jesus, we are born again of the spirit.

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 We are then united by Jesus through the spirit of God to him.

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 And if this has become the reality for you, says Paul, then there is now no condemnation for you.

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 You will not be condemned.

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 The punishment you deserve is no longer coming to you.

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 And the next three verses here is Paul explaining how that works and why.

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 Let's see this starting in verse 2.

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 He says,

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 In this verse alone, verse 2, there's two laws.

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 There's the law of the spirit.

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 And there's the law of sin and death.

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 And then if we go to the next verse, there's another law.

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 It's the law of Moses, the commandments.

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 But we'll get there in a minute.

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 Let's look at these first two laws that are mentioned.

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 The law of the spirit.

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 And the law of sin and death.

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 You could argue that the law of sin and death are two distinct laws.

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 But probably we can think of sin and death as together kind of making up one law.

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 Because they're very closely related, as we'll see in a moment.

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 It's important to notice here that Paul is not referring to a specific written law when he says the law of the spirit.

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 Or the law of sin.

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 The law of death.

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 He's talking about a binding principle.

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 A binding set of principles that always applies consistently and has no exceptions.

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 Think of the law of gravity.

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 So let's consider these two laws.

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 First, what is the law of sin and death?

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 Well, Paul has just introduced these ideas in the preceding chapter.

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 In chapter 7.

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 Let's just go back up and look at that for a moment.

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 And I'll read it for you.

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 Look back up to verse 14 of chapter 7.

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 This is Paul writing.

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 He says,

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 We know that the law, that's the law of Moses, the commandments, is spiritual.

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 But I am unspiritual.

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 Sold as a slave to sin.

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 I do not understand what I do.

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 For what I want to do, I do not do.

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 But what I hate, I do.

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 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.

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 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.

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 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me.

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 That is in my sinful nature.

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 For I have the desire to do what is good.

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 But I cannot carry it out.

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 For I do not do the good I want to do.

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 But the evil I do not want to do.

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 This I keep on doing.

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 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

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 And here it is.

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 So I find this law at work, he says.

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

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 For in my inner being, I delight in God's law.

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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 and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.

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 What a wretched man I am.

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 Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?

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 Now I know there is a lot there.

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 We could do probably a whole series of sermons right through that passage.

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 But did you catch Paul's statement about how there is a law at work within us?

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 It is a consistent binding principle that has us enslaved.

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 Where even though we know what is good, even though we know what is right, we do the opposite.

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 We have this gravity within us towards sin.

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 Away from obedience to God.

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 And it is powerful.

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 By this bent within us, we all sin just like Paul describes.

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 We all do the things that we know are wrong.

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 And we all fail to do the things we know are right.

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 This is the law of sin that Paul is talking about.

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 What is the law of sin?

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 It is the reality that we are inwardly bound to do that which makes us liable to judgment.

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 And the punishment for our sins is death.

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 And so the law of sin at work within us, it inevitably leads us toward that law of death.

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 That those who break the law will face the punishment that God has decreed for it, which is death.

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 But now, God has made a way for us to have no condemnation.

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 And how does it work?

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 He says,

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 It's the law of the Spirit.

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 And the Spirit of God gives life, he says.

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 Yes, we are hopelessly bound by the law of sin that's at work within us.

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 And therefore deserve the punishment of death.

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 But there's a counteracting law by which we can be set free from that.

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 And it's the law of God's Spirit.

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 God's Spirit who gives life.

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 And now Paul is going to explain what that even means.

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 What is this law of the Spirit?

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 How does it work?

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 How does it take away the condemnation that we deserve for our sins?

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 Well, let's keep going.

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 Verse 3.

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 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh,

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 God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering.

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 And so God condemns sin in the flesh in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us.

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 So Paul now introduces us to this third law.

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 He's back to talking about the Old Testament law, the commands that were given through Moses.

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 All those centuries ago, God gave his law through Moses.

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 And Paul says here very clearly that the law given through Moses by God,

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 it was powerless to do something for us.

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 And we kind of have to skim down to the end of verse 4 to see what it was powerless to do for us.

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 You can see it there at the end in verse 4.

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 However, the law was powerless to make us meet its righteous demands.

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 Its righteous requirements.

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 So think of the Ten Commandments.

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 Just pick a commandment.

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 You shall not bear false witness.

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 Okay?

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 So don't...

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 You shall not lie.

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 Well, that does two things.

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 It describes for us what the standard of righteousness is.

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 Righteousness is never lying.

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 It's never bearing false witness, especially in a court of law.

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 And it's not just a description of what's right and wrong.

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 It's a commandment.

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 It's actually God telling us, you shall not do this.

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 You must not do this.

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 So he's calling us in the command to obey it.

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 But just calling us to obey it, there's no power in that to help us obey it.

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 And the reason why is because we have this law of sin at work within us that Paul has been talking about.

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 So he refers to it again here when he says,

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 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh.

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 So there's a bit of a metaphor in there.

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 It's not that the law somehow got weaker.

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 It's that its ability to produce the change in us that should have happened,

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 it was handcuffed, it was tied because there was this law of sin at work within us.

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 This propensity to disobey, to rebel, to go our own way.

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 And so he says,

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 What the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh.

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 And here's the good news.

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 God did.

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 So what the law couldn't do,

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 it could not give us a right standing with God.

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 It couldn't get us to meet its demands.

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 It couldn't make us righteous.

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 So God did that.

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 He made that happen for us.

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 How?

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 It says he did it by sending his own son

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 in the likeness of sinful flesh

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 to be a sin offering.

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 He sent his son from heaven

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 into our world

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 to become one of us,

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 to become like us.

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 And we have to read this carefully here.

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 It's not saying that he became a sinner like we're a sinner.

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 It's saying that he took on the likeness of sinful flesh.

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 We're the sinful flesh.

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 He took on the likeness of us

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 in that he became human.

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 He became a man.

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 He became one of us.

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 Not only that,

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 but he became one of us

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 to be a sin offering.

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 Some translations say,

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 and for sin.

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 And good translators recognize that phrase

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 that points back to the Old Testament

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 that was used in the sacrificial laws,

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 giving sacrifices,

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 offering them up to God for sin.

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 That's the same language here.

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 What God did by sending his own son

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 in the likeness of sinful flesh

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 to be a sin offering,

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 a sacrifice for us.

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 This is what the sacrifices

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 in the Old Testament law all pointed to.

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 They pointed to this reality

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 that God is just

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 and that sin must be punished.

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 In God's mercy,

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 for a long time,

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 he permitted the Israelites

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 to bring an animal

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 and sacrifice it

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 instead of themselves

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 having to die

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 for the sins that they had committed.

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 And that innocent animal

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 functioned as like a substitute.

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 It was like a stand-in.

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 It got what the man who brought it

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 truly deserved

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 for his sin.

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 That was provisional.

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 That was for a time.

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 All along it was pointing forward

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 to this day

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 when God would send

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 his own son

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 to be that sin offering

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 for us.

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 To stand in our place

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 and get what we deserved

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 for our sins

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 upon himself.

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 Listen to how Paul explains

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 the final details

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 of how this worked

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 in the case of Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 And so God

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 condemned

00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:45.940
 sin

00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:48.720
 in the flesh

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 in order that

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 the righteous requirement

00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:52.420
 of the law

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 might be fully met

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 in us.

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 These words

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 are some of the most

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 amazing words.

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 And so God

00:19:59.460 --> 00:20:00.079
 condemned

00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:00.860
 sin

00:20:00.860 --> 00:20:03.120
 in the flesh.

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 What is Paul saying?

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 God did

00:20:07.379 --> 00:20:08.819
 condemn sin.

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 He didn't leave it

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 forever unpunished.

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 He did condemn sin.

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 He did punish

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 human sin.

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 He punished

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 a man

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 with flesh

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 like we have

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 for the sins

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 of humanity.

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 He condemned

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 our sins

00:20:28.439 --> 00:20:30.219
 in his

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 son's

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 flesh.

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 why?

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 In order

00:20:38.979 --> 00:20:39.399
 that the

00:20:39.399 --> 00:20:39.739
 righteous

00:20:39.739 --> 00:20:40.359
 requirement

00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:41.079
 of the law

00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:42.739
 might be

00:20:42.739 --> 00:20:43.339
 fully met

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 in us.

00:20:47.099 --> 00:20:47.899
 As we've

00:20:47.899 --> 00:20:48.099
 said,

00:20:48.219 --> 00:20:48.479
 the law

00:20:48.479 --> 00:20:49.199
 requires

00:20:49.199 --> 00:20:50.259
 punishment

00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:51.419
 for sin.

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 It requires

00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:52.479
 death.

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 And so God

00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:54.739
 gave the

00:20:54.739 --> 00:20:55.139
 punishment

00:20:55.139 --> 00:20:55.899
 that our

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 sins deserve

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 to his

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 son.

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 Who,

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 by the way,

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 was willing

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 to take that

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 upon himself.

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 It wasn't

00:21:03.139 --> 00:21:03.579
 a forced

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 thing.

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 God gave

00:21:05.199 --> 00:21:05.759
 the punishment

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 that our

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 sins deserve

00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:08.359
 to his

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 son so

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 that the

00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:10.539
 law would

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 be upheld.

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 So that

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.639
 justice would

00:21:13.639 --> 00:21:14.039
 be done.

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 And so

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 Jesus,

00:21:16.439 --> 00:21:17.059
 the sinless,

00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:18.159
 spotless

00:21:18.159 --> 00:21:19.139
 lamb of

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 God,

00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:20.719
 received the

00:21:20.719 --> 00:21:21.359
 punishment we

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 deserve for

00:21:21.979 --> 00:21:22.459
 our sins

00:21:22.459 --> 00:21:23.199
 on himself

00:21:23.199 --> 00:21:24.000
 so that we

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 could be set

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 free

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 from what

00:21:27.099 --> 00:21:27.759
 we deserve.

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:27.819
 deserve.

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 So that

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:30.940
 God would

00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:32.099
 not have

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 to give

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:33.420
 us what

00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:34.140
 we deserve

00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:35.279
 according to

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:35.920
 his righteous

00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:36.319
 law.

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 One of the

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.619
 amazing things

00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:40.160
 about this

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:40.980
 truth is that

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:42.279
 this was

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:42.960
 God's plan

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.660
 all along.

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 Hundreds of

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.140
 years before

00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:46.519
 this,

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 this is what

00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:48.079
 God spoke

00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:48.480
 through the

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.200
 prophet Isaiah

00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:49.660
 in Isaiah

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:50.660
 chapter 53

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.879
 verse 4.

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 Surely

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 he took

00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:56.700
 up our

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.200
 pain

00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:58.860
 and bore

00:21:58.860 --> 00:21:59.520
 our

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 suffering

00:22:00.260 --> 00:22:02.320
 yet we

00:22:02.320 --> 00:22:03.220
 considered him

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:04.240
 punished by

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:04.640
 God,

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.900
 stricken by

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.360
 him and

00:22:06.360 --> 00:22:07.100
 afflicted.

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 But he

00:22:09.560 --> 00:22:10.760
 was pierced

00:22:10.760 --> 00:22:11.740
 for our

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.600
 transgressions.

00:22:13.280 --> 00:22:14.240
 He was

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.740
 crushed

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:16.020
 for our

00:22:16.020 --> 00:22:16.860
 iniquities.

00:22:17.800 --> 00:22:18.560
 The punishment

00:22:18.560 --> 00:22:19.060
 that brought

00:22:19.060 --> 00:22:19.820
 us peace

00:22:19.820 --> 00:22:20.600
 was upon

00:22:20.600 --> 00:22:21.080
 him.

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 And by

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:24.080
 his wounds

00:22:24.080 --> 00:22:26.540
 we are

00:22:26.540 --> 00:22:26.960
 healed.

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:31.580
 We all

00:22:31.580 --> 00:22:32.200
 like sheep

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:33.040
 have gone

00:22:33.040 --> 00:22:33.520
 astray.

00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:35.540
 Each of us

00:22:35.540 --> 00:22:36.020
 has turned

00:22:36.020 --> 00:22:36.720
 to our own

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.340
 way and the

00:22:37.340 --> 00:22:37.780
 Lord has

00:22:37.780 --> 00:22:38.680
 laid on him

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:40.140
 the iniquity

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.880
 of us all.

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.020
 That's what

00:22:42.020 --> 00:22:42.340
 the Lord

00:22:42.340 --> 00:22:43.420
 declared hundreds

00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:44.440
 of years before

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:45.180
 this moment

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:45.780
 when Jesus

00:22:45.780 --> 00:22:46.240
 came.

00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:49.840
 God

00:22:49.840 --> 00:22:50.460
 condemned

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:51.740
 our sin

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:54.240
 in Jesus

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.819
 flesh.

00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:57.160
 He

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:57.980
 satisfied the

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.680
 just demands

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.180
 of his

00:22:59.180 --> 00:23:00.200
 righteous law

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:01.480
 for our

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.400
 transgressions

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:03.259
 in Jesus

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.799
 death,

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:04.819
 in Jesus

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.359
 body

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:06.839
 on the

00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:07.240
 cross.

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.299
 And so

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:09.720
 let's just

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.200
 trace this

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:11.120
 quickly back

00:23:11.120 --> 00:23:11.559
 up to the

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:12.160
 main point.

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:15.180
 if God

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:15.980
 has already

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.680
 condemned

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.840
 our sins

00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:18.779
 in the

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.220
 flesh

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:20.279
 of Jesus

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.720
 in the

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.160
 death of

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:21.460
 Jesus

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.040
 is there

00:23:22.040 --> 00:23:22.440
 any

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:23.220
 condemnation

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:24.180
 now left

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:25.019
 for us

00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.900
 who are

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.279
 in

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:27.140
 Christ

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:27.580
 Jesus?

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.079
 Jesus

00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:31.319
 think about

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:31.699
 this.

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.240
 In our

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:33.579
 justice

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.139
 system

00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:34.619
 today

00:23:34.619 --> 00:23:35.859
 every

00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:36.220
 crime

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.699
 has its

00:23:36.699 --> 00:23:37.119
 punishment

00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:37.539
 or at

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:37.759
 least

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.279
 it

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:38.519
 should

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:40.480
 and a

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:40.720
 good

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.519
 justice

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:41.980
 system

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.419
 is one

00:23:42.419 --> 00:23:42.779
 in which

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.019
 the

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.419
 punishment

00:23:43.419 --> 00:23:44.079
 fits

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:44.299
 the

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:44.639
 crime

00:23:44.639 --> 00:23:47.199
 where you

00:23:47.199 --> 00:23:47.899
 only get

00:23:47.899 --> 00:23:48.559
 what you

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:49.000
 deserve

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.559
 no more

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:50.799
 no less.

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:53.619
 justice

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:54.279
 means that

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:54.799
 the criminal

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.279
 the law

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.539
 breaker

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.200
 gets only

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.539
 what he

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.039
 deserves

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.940
 no more

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:59.000
 and no less.

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.980
 So God

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.419
 has sent

00:24:00.419 --> 00:24:00.839
 his son

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.159
 and it

00:24:01.159 --> 00:24:01.539
 says that

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:01.899
 he has

00:24:01.899 --> 00:24:02.419
 condemned

00:24:02.419 --> 00:24:03.200
 our sins

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.839
 in his

00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:04.319
 flesh

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:06.559
 and so

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:06.940
 then is

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.440
 there any

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:08.000
 punishment

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.599
 left

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.559
 for us

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:11.839
 who have

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.399
 been united

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.480
 with Christ?

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:15.839
 No.

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.200
 None.

00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:18.559
 There is

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.659
 no condemnation

00:24:19.659 --> 00:24:20.639
 anymore

00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:22.020
 this is

00:24:22.020 --> 00:24:22.320
 Paul's

00:24:22.320 --> 00:24:22.620
 point

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.200
 for all

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:23.580
 who are

00:24:23.580 --> 00:24:24.240
 in

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.960
 Jesus

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.380
 who are

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:25.940
 united

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.900
 with Christ

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.759
 the sentence

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.240
 for our

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:28.460
 sins

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.280
 has already

00:24:29.280 --> 00:24:30.780
 been served

00:24:30.780 --> 00:24:33.180
 the penalty

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.820
 paid

00:24:33.820 --> 00:24:35.980
 the suffering

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.660
 that we

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.200
 deserve

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.960
 the punishment

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:40.100
 it's already

00:24:40.100 --> 00:24:40.640
 been meted

00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:40.980
 out

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:42.840
 and therefore

00:24:42.840 --> 00:24:43.280
 the law

00:24:43.280 --> 00:24:43.660
 of God

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.240
 no longer

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:45.080
 condemns us

00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:46.880
 it no longer

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.700
 has

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.560
 authority

00:24:48.560 --> 00:24:49.600
 or power

00:24:49.600 --> 00:24:50.160
 over our

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.620
 lives

00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:51.140
 over our

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:51.580
 future

00:24:51.580 --> 00:24:52.480
 over our

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.380
 final destiny

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:55.000
 this union

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.880
 with Christ

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.519
 that we now

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:56.980
 have

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:58.220
 by God's

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:58.440
 spirit

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:59.060
 becomes the

00:24:59.060 --> 00:25:00.040
 new controlling

00:25:00.040 --> 00:25:01.480
 reality in

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:01.980
 our lives

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.820
 it sets us

00:25:02.820 --> 00:25:03.279
 free from

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.800
 that old

00:25:03.800 --> 00:25:04.180
 law

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.100
 of sin

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:06.060
 and death

00:25:06.060 --> 00:25:07.540
 as Paul said

00:25:07.540 --> 00:25:08.660
 back up in

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:08.960
 verse

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.779
 two

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:12.740
 let me say

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.060
 it another

00:25:13.060 --> 00:25:13.400
 way

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:14.540
 God's

00:25:14.540 --> 00:25:14.840
 spirit

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:16.959
 joins us

00:25:16.959 --> 00:25:18.319
 to Jesus

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.699
 to Jesus

00:25:19.699 --> 00:25:20.199
 himself

00:25:20.199 --> 00:25:20.819
 making us

00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:21.299
 one with

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.539
 him

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.259
 and if we

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 are truly

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 one with

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 him

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 then in

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 him

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 and through

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 him

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 our

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.519
 sentence

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.159
 has already

00:25:27.159 --> 00:25:27.919
 been served

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 the condemnation

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 we deserve

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 it's already

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 been done

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 once and for

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 all at the

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:36.460
 cross

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 which leaves

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:38.500
 us no longer

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 liable to

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.620
 punishment

00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:40.380
 of any

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 kind

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 from God

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:44.279
 the power

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:45.640
 of the law

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 of sin

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 and the law

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:47.900
 of death

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 is broken

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 let's just

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.640
 quickly glance

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 back up to

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 chapter 7

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:54.259
 where we left

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:54.860
 Paul a moment

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.220
 ago

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.880
 he said

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.240
 what a

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 wretched man

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 I am

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.519
 who will

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.100
 rescue me

00:25:58.100 --> 00:25:58.500
 from this

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.019
 body of

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.720
 that is

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.259
 subject to

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.579
 death

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:02.440
 thanks be

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.079
 to God

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:04.500
 who delivers

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:04.940
 me

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.980
 through

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.440
 Jesus

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:07.019
 Christ

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.819
 our

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.200
 Lord

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:11.960
 this is

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.440
 amazing

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:14.200
 this is

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.660
 wonderful

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:17.019
 and what

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.519
 we notice

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:17.940
 here is

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.259
 that we

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:19.059
 did nothing

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:20.519
 we did

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:20.900
 nothing

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.680
 to get

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.059
 this

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.880
 to deserve

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.200
 this

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.620
 to earn

00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:23.860
 it

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 I mean

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.240
 you look

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.860
 back over

00:26:25.860 --> 00:26:26.820
 these few

00:26:26.820 --> 00:26:27.160
 verses

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:27.540
 here

00:26:27.540 --> 00:26:28.360
 in chapter

00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:28.760
 8

00:26:28.760 --> 00:26:29.260
 verse 1

00:26:29.260 --> 00:26:29.700
 to 4

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 and you

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 look back

00:26:31.300 --> 00:26:31.940
 over those

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.480
 few verses

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.300
 in chapter

00:26:33.300 --> 00:26:34.000
 7 leading

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.580
 up to it

00:26:34.580 --> 00:26:35.460
 what did

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:35.940
 we do

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.800
 to save

00:26:36.800 --> 00:26:37.320
 ourselves

00:26:37.320 --> 00:26:39.300
 nothing

00:26:39.300 --> 00:26:39.760
 we were

00:26:39.760 --> 00:26:40.280
 prisoners

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 it says

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 we were

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 we were

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 like slaves

00:26:43.280 --> 00:26:43.680
 we were

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.140
 guilty

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.840
 we deserve

00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:45.340
 death

00:26:45.340 --> 00:26:46.280
 and God's

00:26:46.280 --> 00:26:46.760
 commands

00:26:46.760 --> 00:26:47.300
 his law

00:26:47.300 --> 00:26:47.940
 only helped

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.440
 us to see

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.040
 more of how

00:26:49.040 --> 00:26:49.580
 true that

00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:49.920
 is

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:52.140
 we did

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.640
 nothing to

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:53.040
 fix this

00:26:53.040 --> 00:26:53.740
 for ourselves

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:55.000
 God

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.400
 did

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.839
 what the

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.039
 law

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.359
 couldn't

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:57.539
 do

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:57.960
 for us

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.299
 God

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.559
 did

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.000
 what we

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.339
 couldn't

00:26:59.339 --> 00:26:59.640
 do

00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.240
 for

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.880
 ourselves

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:02.140
 out of

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:02.599
 his own

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.259
 compassionate

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.920
 grace

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:05.140
 and kindness

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:06.859
 he sent

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:07.259
 his son

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.799
 to be the

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.380
 sin offering

00:27:08.380 --> 00:27:09.259
 that we

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.620
 needed

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.960
 out of

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.259
 his own

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.700
 love

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.380
 and power

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:13.120
 he joined

00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:13.640
 us to

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.200
 Christ

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:15.120
 by his

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:15.480
 spirit

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.240
 so that

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:16.799
 what Christ

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.200
 did

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:18.019
 on that

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.500
 cross

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.640
 would apply

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:20.240
 to us

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:22.440
 we

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:22.940
 contributed

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.460
 nothing

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:25.960
 all we

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.299
 do to

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.680
 receive

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.039
 this

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.680
 amazing

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.039
 gift

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.500
 is

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.660
 to

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:29.960
 humbly

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.400
 admit

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:31.000
 to God

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.319
 that we

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.420
 have

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:31.620
 blown

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:31.819
 it

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:33.019
 we

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.180
 have

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.480
 sinned

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:33.799
 against

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.120
 him

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:36.640
 that

00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:36.799
 we're

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.279
 powerless

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.880
 that we

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.240
 deserve

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.579
 to be

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:39.859
 punished

00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:40.339
 we admit

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.720
 that to

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:40.940
 God

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.220
 and we

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.579
 cast

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.000
 ourselves

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.400
 on his

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:42.819
 mercy

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:44.240
 asking

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.680
 for his

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.120
 forgiveness

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:46.000
 and trusting

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.400
 that he

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:46.960
 will save

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.480
 us as he

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:47.980
 has said

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.680
 and promised

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.420
 and he

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:49.759
 does

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:52.099
 and so

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:52.500
 back to

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:52.859
 the most

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.259
 important

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.779
 question

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:56.480
 are you

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.180
 in

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.879
 Christ

00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:58.539
 Jesus

00:27:58.539 --> 00:28:02.319
 this is

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:02.660
 the most

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.160
 important

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:03.720
 question

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:05.539
 no

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.400
 condemnation

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:07.859
 is for

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:08.379
 those

00:28:08.379 --> 00:28:09.460
 who are

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:09.839
 in

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.379
 Christ

00:28:10.379 --> 00:28:10.920
 Jesus

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:12.220
 are you

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.839
 in

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.359
 Christ

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:13.879
 Jesus

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:16.079
 all of

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.259
 these

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.700
 wonderful

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.059
 things

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.660
 Paul talks

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:17.879
 about

00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:18.160
 here

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.359
 and

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:18.720
 throughout

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.160
 the rest

00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:19.460
 of the

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:19.740
 scripture

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.180
 being

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.660
 raised

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:20.859
 to

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.120
 life

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.460
 someday

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:21.859
 after

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.099
 we

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.440
 die

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.000
 is

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.319
 only

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:23.559
 for

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:23.839
 those

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:23.980
 who

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.099
 are

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.380
 in

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:24.700
 Christ

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.140
 Jesus

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:26.660
 being

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.140
 adopted

00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:27.559
 into

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.059
 God's

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.559
 family

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.319
 as

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:30.259
 children

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.680
 and

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.120
 heirs

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.460
 of this

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:31.980
 wonderful

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.579
 inheritance

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.140
 that he

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:33.359
 has

00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:33.779
 promised

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.180
 his

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.720
 eternal

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.180
 kingdom

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.759
 it's

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.039
 only

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.279
 for

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.559
 those

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:36.700
 who

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:36.819
 are

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:37.120
 in

00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:37.460
 Christ

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:37.900
 Jesus

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:39.240
 are

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.559
 you

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.039
 in

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.559
 Christ

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.120
 Jesus

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:45.059
 or

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.079
 are

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.279
 you

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.500
 still

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:45.679
 a

00:28:45.679 --> 00:28:46.039
 slave

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:47.159
 and

00:28:47.159 --> 00:28:47.319
 a

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:47.659
 prisoner

00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:48.839
 with

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.219
 God's

00:28:49.219 --> 00:28:49.599
 dreadful

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:49.939
 words

00:28:49.939 --> 00:28:50.119
 of

00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:50.519
 punishment

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:50.979
 hanging

00:28:50.979 --> 00:28:51.279
 over

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.619
 you

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:55.000
 if

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.099
 you

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.399
 haven't

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:55.579
 done

00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:55.699
 it

00:28:55.699 --> 00:28:55.819
 I

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:55.979
 want

00:28:55.979 --> 00:28:56.099
 to

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.359
 urge

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:56.500
 you

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.819
 today

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.219
 humble

00:28:57.219 --> 00:28:57.739
 yourself

00:28:57.739 --> 00:28:58.199
 before

00:28:58.199 --> 00:28:58.539
 him

00:28:58.539 --> 00:29:00.619
 admit

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:01.000
 that

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.199
 you're

00:29:01.199 --> 00:29:01.379
 a

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:01.619
 sinner

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:03.319
 ask

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:03.500
 for

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:03.699
 his

00:29:03.699 --> 00:29:04.179
 forgiveness

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:05.900
 believe

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:07.060
 be

00:29:07.060 --> 00:29:07.660
 saved

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.640
 and

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:08.820
 be

00:29:08.820 --> 00:29:09.320
 joined

00:29:09.320 --> 00:29:10.220
 to

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.640
 Christ

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:12.080
 and

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:12.240
 be

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.480
 set

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:12.720
 free

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.100
 forever

00:29:13.100 --> 00:29:13.380
 from

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:13.600
 that

00:29:13.600 --> 00:29:14.000
 law

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.279
 of

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.600
 sin

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:15.180
 and

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.519
 death

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:18.740
 as

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:18.860
 we

00:29:18.860 --> 00:29:19.019
 come

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.120
 to

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:19.240
 the

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.519
 Lord's

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:19.840
 table

00:29:19.840 --> 00:29:22.019
 this

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.220
 is

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.920
 what

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.080
 the

00:29:23.080 --> 00:29:23.380
 Lord's

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:23.620
 table

00:29:23.620 --> 00:29:23.860
 is

00:29:23.860 --> 00:29:24.120
 meant

00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:24.320
 to

00:29:24.320 --> 00:29:24.580
 point

00:29:24.580 --> 00:29:24.799
 us

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.060
 to

00:29:25.060 --> 00:29:26.400
 the

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:26.640
 night

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:26.980
 Jesus

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:27.480
 was

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:29.080
 betrayed

00:29:29.080 --> 00:29:29.820
 before

00:29:29.820 --> 00:29:30.180
 that

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:30.400
 he

00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:30.740
 sat

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:30.980
 down

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.160
 with

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:31.320
 his

00:29:31.320 --> 00:29:31.740
 disciples

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.000
 and

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.160
 he

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:32.400
 broke

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:32.779
 bread

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:34.859
 and

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:34.960
 he

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.259
 passed

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 it

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 around

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 the

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 table

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 he

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 said

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 this

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 is

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 my

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 body

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 which

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 is

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 for

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 you

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 do

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 this

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 in

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 remembrance

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 of

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 me

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 in

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 a

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 similar

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 fashion

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 he

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 took

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 his

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 own

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 cup

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 with

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 the

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 fruit

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 of

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 the

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 vine

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 in

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 it

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 grape

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 juice

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 wine

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 passed

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 it

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 around

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 and

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 he

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 encouraged

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 them

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 all

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 to

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 drink

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 of

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 it

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 he

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 said

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 this

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 is

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 my

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 blood

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 of

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 the

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 covenant

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 which

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 is

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 poured

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 out

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 for

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 you

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 for

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 the

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 forgiveness

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 of

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 do

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 this

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 in

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 remembrance

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 of

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 me

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 what

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 was

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 Jesus

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 saying

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 in

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 all

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 that

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 he

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 was

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 saying

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 that

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 God

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 is

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 about

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 to

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 condemn

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 your

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 sins

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 in

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 my

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 body

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 in

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 my

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 flesh

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 my

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 blood

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 is

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 about

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 to

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 be

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 shed

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 to

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 atone

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 for

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 your

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 sins

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 and

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 they

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 watched

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 as it

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 happened

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 the

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 next

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 day

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 an

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 amazing

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 gift

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 of

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 love

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 that's

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 what

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 we

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 reflect

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 on

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 as

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 we

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 come

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 to

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 this

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 table

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 each

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 month

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 as

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 we

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 partake

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 of

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 the

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 bread

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 and

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 the

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 cup

00:30:39.840 --> 00:30:40.960
 if

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 you

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 are

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.519
 in

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 Christ

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 I

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.200
 invite

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 you

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 to

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 partake

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 with

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 us

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 as

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 we

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 remember

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 as

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 we

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 reflect

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:47.720
 on

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 this

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 awesome

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 gift

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 if

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 not

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 please

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 refrain

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 we're

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 going to

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 wait

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 until

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 everybody

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 has

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 been

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 served

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 and

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 then

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 we'll

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.240
 partake

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 all

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 together

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 in

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 unison

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 so

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 in

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 just

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 a

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 moment

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 I'll

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 invite

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.380
 and

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 if

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:03.620
 you

00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:03.779
 don't

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:03.920
 want

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.080
 to

00:31:04.080 --> 00:31:04.560
 participate

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 feel

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 free

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 to

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 just

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 signal

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:06.860
 with

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:06.980
 your

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.299
 hand

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:07.779
 and

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.360
 they

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:08.480
 will

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:08.759
 pass

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:08.880
 you

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.100
 by

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:10.039
 so

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.240
 let's

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.360
 go

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:10.500
 to

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:10.740
 prayer

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.200
 and

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.380
 let's

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:11.700
 reflect

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.000
 now

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.480
 mood

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.299
 into

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.740
 or

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.440
 need

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:37.200
 to

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:38.220
 take

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.539
 okay

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.640
 everyone

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:42.240
 could

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:44.160
 as

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.580
 can

00:31:44.580 --> 00:31:44.900
 said

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:48.360
 Oh

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:50.000
 in

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.299
 I

00:31:50.360 --> 00:31:51.480
 can

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.120
 fly

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:54.340
 to

00:31:54.340 --> 00:31:55.860
 I

00:31:55.860 --> 00:31:56.759
 can

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:58.820
 get

00:31:59.440 --> 00:31:59.920
 big

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.019
 I

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.580
 we

00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:00.920
 can

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.500
 go

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.500
 Amen.

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.500
 Amen.

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.500
 Amen.

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:32.500
 Amen.

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.500
 Amen.

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:26.219
 Father in heaven, we say thank you that you have done what must have been horrible in your own heart to do in one sense,

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:28.920
 that you condemned your own son.

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:35.740
 And caused him to suffer and punish him for us.

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:50.760
 Thank you that you have put him forward, the sacrifice that we needed, so that we could be saved, so that we could be forgiven, so that we could have life.

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:55.760
 How can we express our gratitude?

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:57.360
 How can we express our love?

00:34:58.920 --> 00:35:01.200
 We give you praise.

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.760
 In Jesus' name.

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.180
 Amen.