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 While you're getting yourself settled, please go ahead and take out your copy of God's Word and turn to the book of Romans, chapter 13.

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 Father, we truly do need you.

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 We need you in everything that we do, in every hour and moment of our short days.

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 We need you, Father, to sing praises to your name.

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 We certainly need you for the understanding of your Word.

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 So I pray, Father, this morning that you will bless the words that I speak,

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 that they will be right and true,

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 that they will properly send us in a direction that honors and glorifies you in everything.

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 And I pray for all of us, Lord, you will apply it by your Spirit to our hearts,

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 that no one who's here this day will leave the same,

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 that we will leave this place with a greater and deeper appreciation for the personal work of Christ,

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 that we will want to make him known everywhere that we go.

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 We pray all of this in his precious name. Amen.

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 So we've been preaching through the book of Romans, and we have arrived at verses 11 through 14.

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 We dealt last week primarily with the first two verses there, verses 11 and 12.

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 But join me in reading, and I'm actually going to back up a bit and begin reading in verse 8.

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 Oh, no one anything except to love each other.

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 For the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

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 For the commandments, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not covet,

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 and any other commandment are summed up in this word.

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 You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

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 Love does no wrong to a neighbor, therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

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 Besides this, you know the time, that the long hour has come for you to wake from sleep,

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 for salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

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 The night is far gone, the day is at hand.

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 So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

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 Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness,

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 not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy,

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 but put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh to gratify its desires.

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 So recall, as we've been working through Romans, that we get to the end of chapter 11

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 and Paul sums up his doxological statements, right?

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 He's finished laying out the truth of the gospel for us,

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 that we're saved by grace alone, through faith alone, and Christ alone forever.

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 And he praises God for that in the doxology there found at the end.

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 And then he turns at the beginning of chapter 12 to appeal to us,

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 to say to us, in light of these great truths, these mercies of God, as he calls it there in verse 1 of chapter 12,

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 we are to present our bodies as living sacrifices.

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 That is, all of us.

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 We're meant to give all of who we are now in response to the fact that God has redeemed our souls.

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 He goes on to talk about what this is now going to look like,

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 how it's going to play out in our living.

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 And in verse 9 of chapter 12, he says,

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 Let love be genuine.

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 Abhor what is evil.

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 Hold fast to what is good.

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 And I propose to you that the very essence of godliness,

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 if I ask for a word to explain what godliness is,

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 a proper response would be love.

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 Not the love that we speak about in the world,

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 not the romantic comedy type of love,

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 but the superseding, the unconditional, the Christ-like type of love.

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 And he went on to expound about that,

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 what this love looks like in various ways to different peoples and people groups.

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 And then in verse 8 of chapter 13,

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 he expands that to speak of this continuing debt of love.

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 Something that we're going to be constantly working towards,

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 constantly paying back.

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 Our lives are to be characterized by this very love.

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 Because love is the fulfilling of the law.

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 In the beginning in verse 11, he says,

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 Besides this, in addition to the fact that love is the fulfilling of the law,

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 you know the time.

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 You have a knowledge of the time.

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 And we talked about what that time is in verse 11 and 12.

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 There's a metaphor of the daytime and the night.

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 He uses this metaphor to explain to us a truth.

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 And that truth is that the salvation is nearer to us than when we first believed.

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 Not that we are working in these days to gain salvation,

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 but that we are eagerly awaiting the full and final realization of that salvation,

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 the glorification, if you will.

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 When all things will be complete and all things will be made new.

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 When the kingdom of God that's been begun in Christ will be finally and fully finished.

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 So we see that we live between the times.

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 We're kind of at a juncture there.

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 And not that we're in this gap between the times,

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 but in the overlap between the two.

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 Between the reign of sin and death

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 and the coming full and final reign of Christ.

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 I also propose to you that our knowledge of time

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 also includes the knowledge of who we are.

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 We are the ones who live with the revelation of Jesus Christ

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 in this sinful world.

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 We have the weight of our flesh pulling us one direction.

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 We have the Spirit of God guiding us in the other.

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 And this Paul is proposing to us

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 is how it is that we are to cast off and put on.

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 So what is it then that we are to cast off?

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 We're going to be looking at the last half of verse 12 and 13 and 14.

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 He gives us some specific things,

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 which I believe are just a sampling of things.

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 I don't believe this is an exhaustive list

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 of what we're to cast off,

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 but we can categorize these things here.

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 He talks about in 13,

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 orages and drunkenness,

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 sexual immorality and sensuality,

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 quarreling and jealousy.

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 And if you'll allow,

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 I'll categorize them in this way.

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 One, we're to cast off being outside of our minds.

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 The word here translated in the ESV

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 is orages,

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 means carousal.

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 It was the Greek term used initially

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 to speak of the celebration of a war,

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 or a victory over war,

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 or in a game,

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 in a competition of sport.

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 It was the celebration that followed it,

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 but it had developed

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 into much, much, much more than that.

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 It developed into a licentious celebration,

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 a losing your mind

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 over the celebration that you're having.

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 And interesting here,

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 it's connected to

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 this idea of substance abuse,

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 which often accompanied

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 that type of celebration.

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 as well as,

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 as the word translated here,

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 orages.

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 People stepped out of their rational thinking

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 in the celebration of things,

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 and he's coupled those together

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 as he's done in Galatians 5.21,

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 and Peter does it as well

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 in chapter 4, verse 3,

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 of 1 Peter.

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 So that's the picture

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 that we're being given here

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 of an example,

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 a sampling of something

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 that we are to cast off,

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 being outside of our minds,

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 not being in control

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 of our very faculties.

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 Secondly,

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 improper sexual desire.

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 He says to cast off

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 sexual immorality

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 and sensuality.

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 Now sexual immorality here

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 is not the Greek term

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 pornea,

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 which is where we get

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 the term pornography from,

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 but rather koite,

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 which is the improper use

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 of the marriage bed.

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 The improper use

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 of the marriage bed.

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 Sex outside of marriage

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 or sex within marriage

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 done improperly.

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 Right?

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 But gentlemen,

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 you're not off the hook

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 because the Greek term

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 doesn't mean that,

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 because the term

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 sensuality would include,

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 would be all inclusive

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 of those types of acts.

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 Shameless excess

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 and absence of restraint.

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 That's what it means.

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 We're to cast this off

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 as well.

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 Thirdly,

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 we're to cast off

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 the desire

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 for preeminence

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 or control.

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 We see this

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 in quarreling

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 and jealousy.

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 The idea here

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 behind quarreling

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 is an antagonistic

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 competitiveness

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 that seeks

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 the highest recognition

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 possible,

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 the Greek phrase here.

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 And jealousy,

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 zealos,

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 it's where we get

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 the word zeal from.

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 Right?

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 Used in the positive

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 in a number of places

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 in the scriptures,

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 but it's used negatively

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 when the self

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 is the object

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 of one's zeal.

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 So,

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 the seeking of gain

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 for yourself,

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 we're meant to

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 cast that off

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 as well.

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 Now,

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 some translations

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 use this term

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 cast off

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 and they say

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 instead,

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 lay aside,

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 which is a good

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 way to think of it.

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 To toss it away.

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 It's the idea

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 of disrobing

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 without the intention

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 of putting the garments

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 or garment

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 back on.

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 To put it off.

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 To lay it aside.

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 I kind of like

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 cast off in the ESV

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 because it has

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 this picture

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 of tossing it

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 away from your

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 very being.

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 If you've ever

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 done much manual labor,

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 you've probably

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 found yourself

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 in a situation

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 where you've so

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 disgusted your clothing

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 that the serious

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 consideration is

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 just to throw it away.

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 I don't know

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 that I ever even

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 through cycles of washing

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 want to re-wear

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 this clothing.

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 I've done that.

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 I've just said,

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 put it in a bag

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 and get rid of it.

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 It's that idea.

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 I'm going to take it off

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 without the intention

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 of ever putting it

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 back on.

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 It's a discardment

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 of it.

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 It's a rejection

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 of it.

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 Have any of you ever,

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 I'm asking this rhetorically,

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 have any of you ever

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 received pajamas

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 at Christmas?

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 You get the Christmas PJs,

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 right?

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 You get up in the morning

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 and you've got on

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 your pajamas,

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 you're comfortable,

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 you're lounging around,

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 you get the new pajamas

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 and you're likely

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 at that moment

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 to take a break

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 in the opening

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 of Christmas presents

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 to go put on

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 the new comfortable clothes,

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 right?

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 You're going to run off,

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 you never go put on

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 the nice clothes

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 that you get for Christmas

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 to sit around the house

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 and open things,

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 but if it's a new pair

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 of sweatpants,

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 right?

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 When I was a kid,

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 I got the sweatpants

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 with the new elastic band

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 because you had to have

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 a good tight elastic band

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 around your ankle

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 in those days,

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 right?

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 You want to go put on

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 the new comfy pants

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 and bring them back.

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 My mother buys

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 for all the grandkids

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 for Christmas every year

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 a new pair of pajamas

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 and we do this

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 on Christmas Eve

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 and my favorite child

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 to,

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 that changes,

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 we change all the kids,

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 we take a picture of them,

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 it's really fun.

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 The older ones,

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 Jed and Britton,

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 they run off to their rooms

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 and go change.

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 My favorite though

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 is LJ,

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 who is three,

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 who wherever he is,

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 whatever he's wearing

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 is coming off

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 right there

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 and he's putting on

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 the new pajamas,

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 he's so excited about them

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 and this picture's in my mind

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 of casting off

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 because he does not care

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 what happens

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 to the old pajamas,

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 right?

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 He's getting them off

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 as fast as he can,

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 he throws them to the side

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 and there they would stay

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 if somebody else

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 didn't come along

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 and pick them up

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 on his behalf.

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 That's this picture

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 of casting it off,

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 of putting it away

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 from us.

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 So,

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 what then are we to

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 put on?

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 Right?

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 At the end of verse 12

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 he says,

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 let us cast off

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 the works of darkness,

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 which he's expounded

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 upon here now,

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 and we're to put on

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 the armor of light.

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 The implication here

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 is that we're dressing

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 for a battle.

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 If we're to walk

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 as those

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 who walk properly

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 in the daytime,

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 Paul's suggesting to us

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 that that's not going

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 to be a stroll.

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 That's not going to be

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 an easy little jaunt

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 through the park,

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 but it's going to be

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 a battle.

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 He uses this term

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 armor.

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 We must necessarily

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 put on the armor

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 of light.

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 In a parallel text

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 to this one found

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 here in Romans,

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 1 Thessalonians 5,

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 5-9,

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 Paul writes,

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 you are all

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 children of light.

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 Children of the day,

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 we are not of the night

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 or of the darkness.

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 So then let us not

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 sleep as others do,

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 but let us keep awake

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 and be sober.

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 For those who sleep

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 sleep at night,

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 and those who get drunk

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 are drunk at night.

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 But since we belong

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 to the day,

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 let us be sober.

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 Here's the point

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 I'm driving to.

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 Having put on

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 the breastplate

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 of faith and love,

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 and for a helmet

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 the hope of salvation.

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 For God has not

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 destined us for wrath,

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 but to obtain salvation

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 through our Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Christ.

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 So it's safe here

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 to say,

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 when Paul's talking

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 about this armor

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 of light,

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 that he's talking

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 about the armor

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 of faith,

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 and love,

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 and hope.

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 We're to put these

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 things on,

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 and more specifically,

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 in verse 14,

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 we're to put on

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 the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Back in Romans.

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 We're to put on

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 the armor of light,

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 which is,

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 to put on

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 the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Christ.

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 There's another place

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 in the New Testament

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 that Paul speaks

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 of putting on Christ,

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 and that's found

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 in Galatians 3.27,

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 where he says,

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 for as many of you

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 as were baptized

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 into Christ

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 have put on Christ.

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 Notice the change

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 in time frame here.

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 Those of us

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 who are believers,

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 who have been baptized

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 into Christ,

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 have put on Christ.

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 So the understanding,

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 then, again,

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 is that we're

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 between two worlds.

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 We have put on Christ

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 as Christ's redeemed ones,

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 and yet we're also

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 to continually

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 put him on.

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 We're to put him on

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 because we've already

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 put him on,

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 if you'll allow.

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 So that begs

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 a question, then.

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 How?

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 How?

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 What does that even mean

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 to put on

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 the Lord Jesus Christ?

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 It's not a garment

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 that we can wear,

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 you see?

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 How do we put on

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 the Lord Jesus Christ?

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 2 Corinthians 4.6

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 gives us a clue to this.

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 God who said,

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 let light shine

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 out of darkness,

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 has shown in our hearts

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 to give the light

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 of the knowledge

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 of the glory of God

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 in the face

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 We have beheld Christ.

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 Christ.

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 We have seen him

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 in all his magnificent glory.

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 Anybody can read

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 of him in the scriptures.

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 We have the revelation

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 of him.

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 This is why I will

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 always and forever

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 argue

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 that the call of God

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 in our lives

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 is an effectual call.

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 That when he shows us

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 Christ,

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 we will necessarily

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 respond,

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 yes,

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 and please.

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 Right?

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 We have beheld

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 the most glorious thing

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 we can possibly behold

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 in all of eternity,

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 forever,

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 in the person

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 and work

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 So why is it then?

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 Why do we so easily,

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 so readily,

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 turn back

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 to sin?

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 Why do we put off

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 the garment

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 and pick it back up

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 and put it back on?

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 And I think the answer

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 to that,

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 at least in part,

00:15:50.140 --> 00:15:51.320
 is that we are

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 finite

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 in our senses.

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 We can touch things

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 and feel things

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 and taste things

00:16:00.140 --> 00:16:01.300
 and smell

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 and see,

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 if I haven't said that already.

00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:03.740
 Right?

00:16:03.800 --> 00:16:05.259
 We experience the world

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 in these ways.

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 And sin

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 is easy

00:16:10.119 --> 00:16:11.019
 to gratify

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 those types

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 of senses.

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 Right?

00:16:13.699 --> 00:16:14.239
 It's easy

00:16:14.239 --> 00:16:15.219
 to see the value,

00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:16.799
 the short-term value,

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 albeit,

00:16:17.479 --> 00:16:18.279
 in some of these things

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 because it's so readily

00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:21.239
 available for us.

00:16:23.059 --> 00:16:23.539
 So,

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 if then we choose

00:16:25.019 --> 00:16:25.919
 sin

00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:28.059
 over the glorious

00:16:28.059 --> 00:16:29.500
 ways of Jesus Christ,

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 what I propose to you

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 is that we're not

00:16:32.059 --> 00:16:32.539
 tasting,

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 we're not seeing,

00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:34.759
 we're not

00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:35.939
 feeling

00:16:35.940 --> 00:16:37.780
 Jesus Christ.

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 You set the

00:16:40.340 --> 00:16:41.360
 pleasures that are

00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:42.440
 available to us

00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:44.080
 from the things

00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:44.640
 of the world

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 and the things

00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:45.780
 of Christ

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 on a scale

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 and the scale

00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:48.760
 in an amazing,

00:16:48.920 --> 00:16:49.580
 immeasurable way

00:16:49.580 --> 00:16:50.880
 tips to Christ.

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 The things of earth

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 will go strangely dim

00:16:54.980 --> 00:16:56.420
 in the light of what?

00:16:57.160 --> 00:16:58.660
 Christ's glorious

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 grace.

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 So,

00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:04.360
 so let's talk about this

00:17:04.360 --> 00:17:04.960
 a little bit more,

00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:05.640
 this idea,

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 and to further

00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:07.220
 explain it,

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 I want to use

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 another biblical metaphor.

00:17:09.420 --> 00:17:09.540
 So,

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 Paul's been talking

00:17:10.100 --> 00:17:11.720
 about not being

00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:12.440
 of the night,

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 but rather being

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 children of the day,

00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:16.320
 walking as those

00:17:16.320 --> 00:17:17.280
 who walk

00:17:17.280 --> 00:17:18.100
 in the day.

00:17:19.060 --> 00:17:19.980
 Another common

00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:20.660
 biblical metaphor,

00:17:20.800 --> 00:17:21.380
 which is found

00:17:21.380 --> 00:17:22.320
 often,

00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.880
 particularly in the

00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:24.320
 Psalms,

00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:26.000
 is of men

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 with divided hearts.

00:17:28.420 --> 00:17:29.320
 For example,

00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:30.780
 Psalm 119,

00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:31.800
 verses 2 and 3,

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 reads,

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 blessed are those

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 who keep

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 his testimonies,

00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:36.480
 who seek him

00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:38.099
 with their whole heart,

00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:39.799
 who also do no wrong,

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 but walk in his ways.

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 And here we see

00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:42.720
 that language of walking,

00:17:42.819 --> 00:17:43.599
 just like we've seen

00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:45.699
 in Romans chapter 13.

00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:46.379
 Right?

00:17:47.059 --> 00:17:47.959
 Blessed are those

00:17:47.959 --> 00:17:48.799
 who keep his testimonies,

00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:49.399
 who seek him

00:17:49.399 --> 00:17:50.319
 with their whole heart,

00:17:50.459 --> 00:17:51.919
 who also do no wrong,

00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:53.539
 but walk in his ways.

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 Walk in the Greek

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 means to behave,

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 the act of behavior.

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 In the Hebrew,

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 it's a manner of life.

00:18:01.379 --> 00:18:02.639
 Same thing, right?

00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:03.339
 Synonymous here

00:18:03.339 --> 00:18:04.339
 in this way.

00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:06.619
 Psalm 119.10 reads,

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 With my whole heart

00:18:08.139 --> 00:18:08.980
 I seek you.

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.839
 Let me not wander

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 from your commandments.

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 Psalm 86.11,

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 Teach me your way,

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 O Lord,

00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:18.279
 that I may walk

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 in your truth.

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 Unite my heart

00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:23.159
 to fear your name.

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 Do you see

00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:25.179
 the connectivity

00:18:25.179 --> 00:18:26.559
 between us

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 having undivided hearts,

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 hearts that are together

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 and focused

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 and the obedience

00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:34.439
 that comes with that.

00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:34.879
 Right?

00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:36.919
 Putting on the Lord Jesus Christ

00:18:36.919 --> 00:18:38.239
 that we may walk

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 as those who walk

00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:40.219
 in the day.

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 John Calvin said

00:18:42.439 --> 00:18:43.599
 of Psalm 86.11,

00:18:44.159 --> 00:18:44.979
 those of you

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 who think he's a scary guy,

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 listen to these

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 beautiful words.

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 Right?

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 In the word unite,

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 there is a very

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 beautiful metaphor

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 conveying the idea

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 that the heart of man

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 is full of tumult,

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 drawn asunder

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 and as it were

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 scattered about

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 in fragments

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 until God

00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.860
 has gathered it

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 to himself

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 and holds it together

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 in a state of steadfast

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 and persevering

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 obedience.

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 To cap off

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 the Psalm,

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 Psalm 119.32

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 and I love this one,

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 it says,

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 I will run

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 in the way

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 of your commandments

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 when you enlarge

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 my heart,

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 which can also

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 be rendered

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 when you set

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 my heart free.

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 Right?

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 Here is Psalm 119,

00:19:30.420 --> 00:19:31.619
 more than likely,

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 David wrote it,

00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:33.259
 right?

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 I will run

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 in the way

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 of your commandments

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 when you set

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 my heart free.

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 Children of light,

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:41.700
 our hearts

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 have been set free.

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 We're no longer

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 slaves to sin.

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 We've been,

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 the bondage of that

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 has been broken for us.

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 We don't have to go

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 on sinning.

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 We don't have to be those

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 who dwell in dark places.

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 We've been granted

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 to be those

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 who walk in the light

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 and that is the point

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 that Paul is driving us to.

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 This knowledge of the time,

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 recognize who you are.

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 Right?

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 Not only that you should

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 live this way,

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 it's the fulfilling

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 of the law.

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 Right?

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 But that you can.

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 It's possible

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 that you might live

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 sinless lives.

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 It's been granted to us.

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 You recall the story

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 of when the Pharisees

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 brought the woman

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 to Jesus,

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 wanted him to condemn her.

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 You know the story.

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 He reaches down

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 and writes in the sand.

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 We don't know

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 what he wrote in the sand.

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 I would presume

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 it was the sins

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 of the men,

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 the accusers.

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 Don't really know.

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 But then he stands up

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 and he says,

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 you who is without sin,

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 throw the first stone.

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 And of course

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 they all drop their rocks

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 and walk away.

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 Right?

00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:46.960
 What does he say

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 to her after that?

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 Go and sin no more.

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 It does not mean

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 that we will.

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 I'm not standing here

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 to tell you

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 that I live

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 a sinless life.

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 I do not.

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 But it has been granted

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 to me

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 the ability

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 to do so.

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 And we should live

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 as those

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 who've been set free

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 from the bondage

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 of sin.

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 So back in

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 our text,

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 Romans chapter 13,

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 here's kind of

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 a further clue

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 trying to bring us

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 back around

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 and pull this idea

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 together for you.

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 Verse 14 says,

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 but put on the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 and make no provision

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 for the flesh

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 to gratify its desires.

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 The one is subservient

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 to the other.

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 So notice

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 that the putting

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 on the Lord Jesus

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 is the way

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 in which

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 we make no provision

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 for the flesh.

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 And here's how.

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 The word provision

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 translated here

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 means literally

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 forethought.

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 Forethought.

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 So put on

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 the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 This is how this

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 could read.

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 And don't let

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 any thought

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 in your head

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 that will lead

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 to a sinful desire.

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 Not just

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 to the gratification

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 of the sinful desire,

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 but even

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 the desire

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 itself.

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 Paul's not saying

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 here,

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 put away

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 those things

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 that are a temptation

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.860
 to you

00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:08.299
 to act on sin.

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.980
 He's saying here,

00:22:10.340 --> 00:22:11.220
 cast off things

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:12.019
 that will even

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 tempt you

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 to desire

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 sin.

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 He's getting again

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 at the very root

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 of who we are,

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 which is what?

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 It's the heart.

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 If we're putting

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 on the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 we will be people

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 of undivided hearts.

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 And we will

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 then necessarily,

00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.519
 as an outflow

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:30.860
 of that,

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 we'll walk

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 in his ways.

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.620
 Romans 12.2.

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 Let me back you up.

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.440
 I always want to

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:39.339
 show you context.

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 It's so important.

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 Paul didn't

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.659
 write these

00:22:43.659 --> 00:22:44.079
 as little

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 jotted notes

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:46.180
 and then somebody

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:46.639
 put them together

00:22:46.639 --> 00:22:47.159
 in a collection

00:22:47.159 --> 00:22:47.759
 later on.

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.480
 He wrote this

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.019
 as a train

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.359
 of thought

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:49.799
 for us.

00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:51.440
 Romans 12.2,

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.079
 he says,

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.000
 do not be

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:54.279
 conformed

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:55.059
 to this world,

00:22:55.399 --> 00:22:55.960
 but be

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:57.419
 transformed

00:22:57.419 --> 00:22:58.700
 by the renewing

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.220
 of your mind.

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 Be transformed,

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.319
 changed,

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.200
 shaped.

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 It's continual

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.539
 action that's

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.419
 taking place here.

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:08.060
 that we might

00:23:08.060 --> 00:23:09.759
 have hearts

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:11.320
 that are

00:23:11.320 --> 00:23:11.920
 undivided.

00:23:13.060 --> 00:23:13.800
 So I ask

00:23:13.800 --> 00:23:14.240
 the question,

00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:14.900
 and some of you

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.300
 may feel like

00:23:15.300 --> 00:23:15.759
 I haven't answered

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.019
 it yet,

00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:16.620
 and that's okay,

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.360
 because I haven't

00:23:17.360 --> 00:23:17.740
 completely.

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.660
 How are we

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:21.180
 to put on

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:22.180
 the Lord Jesus

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.660
 Christ?

00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:24.180
 So in part,

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:24.759
 I've said

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:26.220
 that we experience

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:26.480
 him.

00:23:28.080 --> 00:23:29.000
 We behold

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.320
 him.

00:23:29.800 --> 00:23:30.900
 We see him

00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.840
 in our lives

00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.759
 and in the lives

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.420
 of others.

00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:35.200
 So how do we

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.900
 do that practically?

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:36.259
 Right?

00:23:36.340 --> 00:23:37.200
 If you want to

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.940
 jot the notes,

00:23:38.100 --> 00:23:38.440
 what am I going

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:39.300
 to do this week

00:23:39.300 --> 00:23:40.180
 to experience

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:41.220
 Christ in a newer

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.900
 and a deeper way

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.440
 that I might

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:43.680
 cast off the

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.380
 works of darkness?

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.500
 That I might not

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.860
 live in that way,

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:47.580
 but I might live

00:23:47.580 --> 00:23:48.380
 in the way of the

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:48.720
 light?

00:23:48.800 --> 00:23:49.420
 How am I going

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:49.960
 to do that

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.680
 practically?

00:23:50.900 --> 00:23:51.480
 Break it down.

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.240
 It's not all

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.840
 that complicated.

00:23:54.060 --> 00:23:55.040
 There's no mystic

00:23:55.040 --> 00:23:55.640
 answer I'm going

00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.080
 to give you.

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:57.100
 Some special

00:23:57.100 --> 00:23:58.400
 key to unlock

00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:58.780
 this.

00:23:59.820 --> 00:24:00.180
 Practice

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:01.660
 the graces

00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:02.340
 that have been

00:24:02.340 --> 00:24:02.880
 given to you.

00:24:04.280 --> 00:24:05.040
 For example,

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:06.259
 read your

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.579
 scripture.

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.559
 It is the

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.359
 revelation

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.879
 of Jesus Christ.

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.440
 We talked about

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:12.839
 this morning

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.440
 in Aletheia Way,

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:13.819
 didn't we?

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.460
 Even those

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:15.079
 Old Testament

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.720
 stories.

00:24:16.399 --> 00:24:17.279
 The grand

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:18.220
 heroes of the

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.740
 Old Testament.

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:20.200
 There are truths

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:21.119
 to be mined on the

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.720
 surface of all

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.240
 of those stories

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.259
 and there's the

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.920
 truth that we

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.579
 always want to

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.619
 get to and that

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:26.539
 is the person

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.279
 and work of

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.960
 Jesus Christ.

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.299
 Take, for example,

00:24:29.399 --> 00:24:29.879
 the story of

00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:30.680
 David and Goliath.

00:24:30.899 --> 00:24:31.079
 Right?

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.919
 A beautiful

00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:32.559
 story of an

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.439
 obedient boy

00:24:33.439 --> 00:24:34.759
 who, in the

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.919
 face of great

00:24:35.919 --> 00:24:37.539
 danger, faced a

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.439
 giant to deliver

00:24:38.439 --> 00:24:39.679
 the Israelites.

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.439
 Right?

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:42.240
 What's the truth

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.819
 in that?

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.480
 Can we learn

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.079
 things about being

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.879
 obedient to God?

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.579
 Sure.

00:24:45.939 --> 00:24:46.419
 Can we learn

00:24:46.419 --> 00:24:47.000
 things about God

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.399
 being able to

00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:48.240
 accomplish things

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:50.179
 with small means?

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:50.799
 Absolutely.

00:24:51.399 --> 00:24:51.539
 Right?

00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:52.199
 But what is the

00:24:52.199 --> 00:24:52.619
 truth?

00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:54.179
 That David is a

00:24:54.179 --> 00:24:55.139
 type of Christ.

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:58.059
 That coming to

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:59.139
 defeat sin and

00:24:59.139 --> 00:24:59.819
 death on our

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:01.419
 behalf, notice

00:25:01.419 --> 00:25:01.679
 that the

00:25:01.679 --> 00:25:02.700
 Israelites stood

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.960
 by and watched

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.779
 as he went and

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.879
 slayed the giant

00:25:05.879 --> 00:25:07.000
 that was Goliath.

00:25:07.899 --> 00:25:08.019
 Right?

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:09.460
 That's the

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:09.960
 truth.

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.500
 It's everywhere

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.460
 in the scriptures.

00:25:13.179 --> 00:25:14.159
 From the very

00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:15.679
 beginning to the

00:25:15.679 --> 00:25:17.339
 very end, it all

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:19.240
 speaks of Christ.

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:21.399
 Spend time in

00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:21.960
 this book.

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.819
 Church, we

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.899
 don't know the

00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:25.359
 scriptures the

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:25.859
 way we should.

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:27.779
 I put myself in

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.399
 that category.

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.019
 Right?

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:30.259
 It's a lot of

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.400
 words found in

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:32.440
 here, these 66

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:33.500
 books of the

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:33.740
 Bible.

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.519
 But if we would

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.519
 diligently study

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.599
 this, we would

00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:37.660
 know it so

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.759
 well.

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:40.180
 It's a book.

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.680
 So many of you

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.839
 can quote from so

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.879
 many other books.

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.319
 What about this

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.639
 one?

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.619
 The most precious

00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:49.019
 book ever written.

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.859
 It was written by

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.379
 our Lord.

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:53.160
 And beyond that,

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.779
 we have the

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:55.200
 Spirit of God to

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:56.019
 help us understand

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:57.460
 it, to discern

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.720
 it, to apply it to

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.519
 our living, to

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.100
 bring it to

00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:01.400
 remembrance as we

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:01.880
 need it.

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:03.880
 It is alive and

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.700
 it is active.

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:05.860
 And if you have

00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:06.559
 not experienced

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:08.420
 that, get busy

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:09.299
 experiencing it.

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.440
 Every day you

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:12.140
 open the scriptures,

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:13.799
 you will not have

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.620
 your affections turn

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:15.240
 towards Christ.

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.700
 Do it anyway.

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.360
 Keep after it.

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.279
 It is a discipline

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:20.299
 at times.

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.819
 A great, great joy

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.900
 at others.

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.660
 Make it a habit

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:25.980
 if you can.

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.380
 Time permits.

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.820
 Make it a habit

00:26:28.820 --> 00:26:29.779
 to do as George

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.380
 Mueller did,

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.340
 where when he

00:26:31.340 --> 00:26:32.080
 started reading his

00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:32.519
 scriptures in the

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.320
 morning, he read

00:26:33.320 --> 00:26:34.220
 them until his

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:35.400
 affections were set

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.600
 on Christ.

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:38.960
 Set on Christ.

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.600
 That's how he

00:26:39.600 --> 00:26:40.519
 began his day.

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.680
 That he might

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:42.840
 behold Christ at

00:26:42.840 --> 00:26:43.580
 the very beginning

00:26:43.580 --> 00:26:44.060
 of the day.

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:45.500
 That all that other

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.519
 stuff would then

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.440
 become filthy,

00:26:48.060 --> 00:26:48.820
 rags, to be

00:26:48.820 --> 00:26:49.540
 cast off.

00:26:50.540 --> 00:26:50.680
 Right?

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:52.500
 Are you feeling

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.960
 defeated in sin

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:55.019
 and you don't

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.740
 read your scriptures?

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.700
 It's a place to

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.019
 start.

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.519
 Secondly, pray.

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:05.039
 Church, we've been

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:06.880
 given a great grace

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.500
 in prayer.

00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:08.500
 We have been

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:10.320
 granted by Christ

00:27:10.320 --> 00:27:12.519
 to approach God

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.940
 at any time

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.860
 of the day

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:16.039
 with any

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.700
 concern.

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:17.840
 We can cast

00:27:17.840 --> 00:27:18.680
 all of our

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.539
 anxieties and cares

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.580
 on him because

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:22.399
 he cares for us.

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.639
 The Most High,

00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:25.059
 the Creator of

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.659
 the universe,

00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:27.039
 by his might

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.599
 and power,

00:27:27.699 --> 00:27:28.460
 he spoke it

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.119
 into existence.

00:27:29.439 --> 00:27:30.299
 He now holds it

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:30.980
 in its sway

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.759
 with that very

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.399
 same word,

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:33.179
 wants to have

00:27:33.179 --> 00:27:33.819
 a conversation

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.339
 with you.

00:27:35.919 --> 00:27:37.099
 Not just to hear

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.720
 what you have to

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.339
 say, but to

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:40.299
 respond to you.

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:42.259
 It's such a

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:44.199
 blessing to pray.

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:46.019
 If you appreciate

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.619
 the Father,

00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:48.220
 part of Father

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:49.399
 God, he wants

00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:49.899
 you to sit on

00:27:49.899 --> 00:27:50.500
 his lap.

00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:51.419
 Right?

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.240
 And chat

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.359
 about how your

00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:53.960
 day's going,

00:27:54.159 --> 00:27:54.899
 what's concerning

00:27:54.899 --> 00:27:55.279
 you.

00:27:55.699 --> 00:27:56.059
 And he wants

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.759
 to speak

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.960
 into your ear

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.699
 about how

00:27:58.699 --> 00:27:59.519
 he is going

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.299
 to work

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:00.799
 through you

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.720
 and for you

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.460
 to accomplish

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:03.419
 good in your

00:28:03.419 --> 00:28:03.779
 life.

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.460
 Why do we not

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.019
 pray?

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.740
 Thirdly,

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:12.119
 invest in the

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.480
 church.

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.919
 Notice that I

00:28:14.919 --> 00:28:15.279
 didn't say

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:16.759
 attend the

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.119
 church.

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.159
 church.

00:28:18.459 --> 00:28:19.339
 It's an easy

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:19.739
 thing.

00:28:19.919 --> 00:28:20.599
 I'm thankful

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:21.039
 that every

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.519
 single one of

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:21.779
 you are here

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.159
 this morning,

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:23.079
 that you took

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:23.559
 the effort to

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.479
 get up, get

00:28:24.479 --> 00:28:25.179
 ready, to

00:28:25.179 --> 00:28:25.659
 show up.

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:27.199
 That's the

00:28:27.199 --> 00:28:27.699
 easy part.

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.039
 Right?

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.199
 And it's not

00:28:30.199 --> 00:28:31.000
 all there is to

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:32.159
 church life.

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:33.540
 invest in it.

00:28:34.080 --> 00:28:34.800
 Get to know

00:28:34.800 --> 00:28:35.259
 people.

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.160
 Share your

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.860
 life with

00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:37.140
 them.

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.019
 Right?

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:38.980
 Serve.

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.920
 Be involved

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.540
 in these

00:28:40.540 --> 00:28:41.080
 ways.

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:42.960
 Because if our

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.779
 goal is we're

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.040
 going to try to

00:28:44.040 --> 00:28:45.240
 behold Christ so

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.700
 that we can

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.920
 discard, we can

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:48.259
 cast away the

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.620
 works of

00:28:48.620 --> 00:28:48.960
 darkness.

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.200
 You want to

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:51.759
 see Christ in

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.240
 the world?

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.580
 Look at him in

00:28:53.580 --> 00:28:54.180
 his people.

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:56.360
 He is

00:28:56.360 --> 00:28:57.660
 transforming us

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.740
 day by day,

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:00.000
 little by little.

00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:00.840
 And if you

00:29:00.840 --> 00:29:01.440
 will take the

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:02.160
 time to get to

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:02.720
 know somebody

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.460
 beyond the

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.039
 surface of

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.880
 things and get

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.299
 into the

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:06.299
 spiritual of

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:07.000
 things, you

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.580
 will see that

00:29:07.580 --> 00:29:08.560
 he is working

00:29:08.560 --> 00:29:09.060
 in people's

00:29:09.060 --> 00:29:09.279
 lives.

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:09.920
 He's causing

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.320
 them to do

00:29:10.320 --> 00:29:10.640
 things that

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:10.920
 they wouldn't

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.480
 normally do.

00:29:11.820 --> 00:29:11.960
 Right?

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:12.680
 He's making

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.380
 them new

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:14.220
 creations.

00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:15.420
 It's a work

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.980
 that only can

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.460
 be accomplished

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.140
 by God.

00:29:18.820 --> 00:29:19.519
 You will be

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:21.120
 amazed as you

00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:21.680
 spend time with

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.140
 people in that

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:23.279
 way of how

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:24.660
 enthralled you

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.119
 will become

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:26.299
 with Christ.

00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:27.339
 So invest.

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.680
 Invest in the

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:28.799
 church.

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:29.639
 Not necessarily

00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:30.859
 this one,

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.700
 although we'd

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.139
 love to have

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:32.299
 you.

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.200
 Get involved

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:34.079
 with a group

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.539
 of believers

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.420
 and consistently

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.879
 march it out

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:37.200
 with them.

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:39.119
 And then

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:40.480
 fourthly, be

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:40.920
 radically

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.379
 obedient.

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:44.259
 Go where

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:45.240
 God calls

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.960
 you to go,

00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:47.399
 whether that

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:48.059
 is this

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:49.460
 afternoon to

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.859
 a neighbor or

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.279
 to the ends

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.839
 of the earth

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:52.480
 someday,

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:54.339
 wherever God

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.039
 leads, go

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.299
 there.

00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:56.779
 Because if

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.839
 you go where

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.400
 he's working

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:58.960
 and inviting

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.940
 you, you

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.519
 will experience

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.019
 him in that

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.400
 place.

00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:02.599
 You will see

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:02.940
 him in the

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.779
 same way you

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.059
 see him

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.440
 working in

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:04.779
 the lives

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.120
 of people

00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:05.360
 in the

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:05.599
 church.

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.099
 You will

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.400
 see him

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:07.339
 working in

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:08.500
 grand ways

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.079
 in the

00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:09.720
 lost world.

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.559
 Be

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.779
 obedient.

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.019
 Track

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.460
 him where

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.019
 he goes.

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.720
 Our God

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.539
 has a grand

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:17.940
 mission.

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.360
 He is calling

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:19.819
 his church

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.200
 out of this

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.460
 world.

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.000
 When he

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:21.600
 is done,

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.559
 all things

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.000
 here will

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.400
 come to an

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:23.640
 end and

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:24.240
 he'll establish

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.759
 a new

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.400
 heaven and

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:25.640
 a new

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:25.860
 earth.

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.360
 It's getting

00:30:26.360 --> 00:30:26.779
 done,

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.400
 everybody.

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.299
 It's not

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.799
 done yet,

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.140
 but it's

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.799
 getting done.

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:31.920
 He doesn't

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.759
 need us.

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:33.720
 Hear me

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.059
 carefully.

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.700
 He does

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.640
 not need

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.400
 you, but

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:36.980
 he loves

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.240
 you.

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.400
 He wants

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:39.640
 you to

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:40.620
 experience life

00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:41.220
 to the

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.680
 fullest.

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.539
 And you

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:42.799
 know where

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.360
 we're most

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:43.980
 likely to do

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.299
 that?

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.220
 With

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.519
 him.

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.980
 Go be

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.740
 where God

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.460
 is.

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.400
 Working

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:51.279
 in this

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.660
 world.

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.420
 And you

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:52.860
 will have

00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:53.460
 newer,

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.440
 grander,

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.099
 higher

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:56.120
 visions of

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:56.680
 Jesus Christ.

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.440
 And when

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.880
 you do

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:58.319
 that,

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.059
 casting the

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.579
 garment off

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.039
 and never

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.440
 putting it

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:01.980
 back on

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.700
 becomes

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.860
 easier and

00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:04.660
 easier and

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:04.960
 easier.

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.360
 The scale

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:07.440
 always tips

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:08.559
 heavily in

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:09.019
 his favor.

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.559
 If you're

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:12.200
 finding yourself

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.819
 fighting this

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.299
 battle with

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:13.599
 sin,

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.980
 the woe is

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:16.039
 me type of

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.420
 Christian,

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:18.019
 just can't

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.539
 get a handle

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.000
 on it,

00:31:19.560 --> 00:31:20.200
 you're probably

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.820
 fighting it

00:31:20.820 --> 00:31:21.259
 wrong.

00:31:23.060 --> 00:31:23.720
 Fight it

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.460
 by putting

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.440
 on the

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.180
 Lord Jesus

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.700
 Christ.

00:31:27.600 --> 00:31:28.360
 Read about

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:28.580
 him in

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:29.019
 his scriptures.

00:31:29.560 --> 00:31:30.080
 Pray to

00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:30.380
 him.

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.080
 Meet with

00:31:31.080 --> 00:31:31.440
 the church

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:31.720
 that you

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.380
 might see

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.140
 Christ in

00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:33.680
 his people

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.680
 and go

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:34.960
 and be

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.519
 obedient with

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:35.720
 him in

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.160
 the world

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.560
 so that

00:31:36.560 --> 00:31:36.880
 you'll see

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.480
 him alive

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.259
 and active

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.560
 there.

00:31:38.860 --> 00:31:39.200
 I can

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.840
 promise

00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:40.120
 you,

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:40.840
 you will

00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:41.740
 not be

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.200
 disappointed.

00:31:43.560 --> 00:31:43.960
 Let's not

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.580
 act as though

00:31:44.580 --> 00:31:45.220
 this battle

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:45.740
 has no

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.320
 consequence.

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:48.259
 Get busy

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.940
 killing sin

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.539
 or it's

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:49.800
 going to

00:31:49.800 --> 00:31:50.279
 kill you.

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:52.000
 If you're

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.580
 a Christian,

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.600
 the final

00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:54.800
 full penalty

00:31:54.800 --> 00:31:55.380
 for sin

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.620
 has been

00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:56.120
 paid for

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:56.380
 you in

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:56.779
 Christ.

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:57.620
 But our

00:31:57.620 --> 00:31:58.340
 sin still

00:31:58.340 --> 00:31:59.720
 has temporal

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:01.019
 punishment.

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.620
 We still

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:03.779
 experience the

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.640
 downside

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:05.920
 of sin.

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.200
 We have

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.720
 momentary

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.600
 pleasure and

00:32:07.600 --> 00:32:07.900
 then the

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.620
 downside of

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:09.259
 all the

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.900
 things that

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:10.660
 come along

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:11.120
 with it.

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.240
 So don't

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.660
 act like

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:12.920
 it's not

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.960
 affecting you.

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:14.740
 That you

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.160
 can bop

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.660
 around,

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.300
 experiencing

00:32:16.300 --> 00:32:16.740
 God's

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.220
 grace as

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.700
 he forgives

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:17.960
 you for

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.279
 the things

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.519
 that you're

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:18.840
 doing.

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:20.140
 It has

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.920
 dire and

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.320
 serious

00:32:21.320 --> 00:32:21.960
 consequence

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.759
 in the

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.080
 here and

00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:23.440
 now.

00:32:24.340 --> 00:32:25.060
 Why would

00:32:25.060 --> 00:32:25.700
 you trade

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.519
 lesser

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.120
 things,

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.360
 greater

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:29.700
 things,

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.140
 for lesser

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:30.519
 things?

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.080
 Excuse me.

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.259
 Why would

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.620
 you trade

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.240
 joy and

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:33.860
 satisfaction,

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:34.940
 peace that's

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.320
 found in

00:32:35.320 --> 00:32:35.740
 Christ,

00:32:36.100 --> 00:32:37.200
 for trifling

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:38.040
 little,

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:38.960
 momentary

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.340
 pleasures?

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.500
 sinners.

00:32:40.899 --> 00:32:41.699
 You do it

00:32:41.699 --> 00:32:42.099
 because you're

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:42.480
 a sinner

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.079
 by nature

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:43.559
 and you

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.099
 don't

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:44.819
 behold

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.779
 Christ

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.439
 the way

00:32:46.439 --> 00:32:46.899
 you ought.

00:32:49.139 --> 00:32:49.899
 So beloved,

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.359
 we know

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:50.759
 the time

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.119
 we live

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.299
 in.

00:32:52.639 --> 00:32:53.299
 If we

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.599
 didn't,

00:32:53.659 --> 00:32:53.899
 we know

00:32:53.899 --> 00:32:54.259
 now.

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.199
 We live

00:32:56.199 --> 00:32:56.559
 between

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.059
 these two

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.519
 worlds,

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.459
 but we

00:32:58.459 --> 00:32:58.779
 have been

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.539
 set free

00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:00.119
 from the

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:00.439
 bondage

00:33:00.439 --> 00:33:00.879
 of sin.

00:33:01.919 --> 00:33:02.359
 So then

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:02.959
 let us

00:33:02.959 --> 00:33:04.019
 cast off

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:05.399
 the works

00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:05.819
 of darkness

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.240
 and let us

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.000
 put on the

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.399
 armor of

00:33:07.399 --> 00:33:07.659
 light.

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.700
 let us

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.000
 walk

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.880
 properly

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.800
 in the

00:33:10.800 --> 00:33:11.100
 daytime

00:33:11.100 --> 00:33:12.060
 because we

00:33:12.060 --> 00:33:12.940
 have

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.500
 Jesus

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:14.400
 Christ.

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.340
 Let's pray

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:15.620
 together.