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 Good morning everyone. We're going to be reading from Romans chapter 2 from verse 1 all the way through the end of the chapter and then we'll read Romans chapter 3 up to verse 8.

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 Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.

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 We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. Do you suppose, O man, you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God?

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 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

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 But because of your hard and impenitent heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

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 He will render to each one according to his works.

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 To those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.

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 But for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.

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 There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek.

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 But glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.

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 For God shows no partiality.

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 For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law.

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 And all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

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 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

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 For when Gentiles who do not have the law by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

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 They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness,

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 and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.

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 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God and know his will and approve what is excellent,

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 because you are instructed from the law, and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind,

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 a light to those who are in darkness, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children,

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 having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth, you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself?

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 While you preach against stealing, do you steal?

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 You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery?

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 You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

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 You who boast in the law, dishonor God by breaking the law.

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 For as it is written, the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.

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 For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.

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 So if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

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 Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision, but break the law.

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 For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.

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 But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the spirit, not by the letter.

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 His praise is not from man, but from God.

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 Then what advantage has the Jew?

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 Or what is the value of circumcision?

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 Much in every way.

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 To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.

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 What if some were unfaithful?

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 Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?

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 By no means.

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 Let God be true, though everyone were a liar.

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 As it is written, that you may be justified in your words and prevail when you are judged.

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 But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God,

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 what shall we say?

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 That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us?

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 I speak in a human way.

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 By no means.

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 For then how could God judge the world?

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 But if through my lie, God's truth abounds to his glory,

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 why am I still being condemned as a sinner?

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 And why not do evil that good may come?

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 As some people slanderously charge us with saying,

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 their condemnation is just.

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 Well, my one-year-old boy, Samuel,

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 he was starting to say his first words,

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 mama, dada, blue-blue for blueberries.

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 I probably shouldn't have said that.

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 He's now going to be craving that.

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 Last time I said cheese in a sermon,

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 apparently the rest of the sermon he's just going,

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 cheese.

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 Enjoy that, Emma.

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 So I thought it's about time he learned some good solid doctrine.

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 So he's already got one or two words.

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 So as a bit of fun,

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 I asked him the first question in the New City Catechism.

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 So here's the first question.

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 I asked Samuel,

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 what is our only hope in life and death?

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 And I was shocked by the answer.

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 Me.

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 Me.

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 Once I got over the wave of fear

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 that my boy had already determined

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 that the rest of his life he would get rid of God,

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 Emma and I thought,

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 oh, that's kind of funny.

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 It's quite an ironic response.

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 It's rather cute for a one-year-old to answer that way

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 because he has no idea what I was saying.

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 But it's a little less cute

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 when a young person or adult

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 who knows what that question means says,

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 me.

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 It's a bit less cute, isn't it?

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 Considering yourself the absolute master of your life,

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 my own wisdom in making choices,

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 it's what I do, what I can achieve

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 that will give me the good life,

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 the blessed life now,

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 and I'll handle the crisis of death later.

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 Me is the hope in life and death.

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 That's declaring autonomy from God.

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 God, you're not going to be God over my life.

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 My hope is in me.

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 And we've already seen in Romans chapter 1

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 that such human autonomy

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 that looks at all that God has made,

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 don't you just get blown away by the stars

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 every time you look up.

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 Every person who looks at that and goes,

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 I'm not going to treat you as God.

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 I can be master of my own life.

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 That willful failing to thank God

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 and treat him as God,

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 God says there will be punishment for that.

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 He will hand that person over.

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 You want to rule your own life?

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 Okay, see how that goes for you.

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 At the end of the chapter,

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 just relationships are destroyed

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 when we try and rule our own life.

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 Look at the fruit of that.

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 It doesn't work.

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 And one day there will be a permanent cutting off

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 from God's blessings.

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 So at this point,

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 some of us might be cheering Paul on.

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 Preach it, brother.

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 Yeah, those immoral people, preach it.

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 They deserve what's coming to them.

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 But the question we need to be asking,

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 and it's the question that Paul is answering

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 in these chapters, one to three,

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 who needs the gospel to be saved?

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 Who's in danger of experiencing the anger of God

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 on that final day of judgment?

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 And why?

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 Is the gospel only for those

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 who are flagrantly immoral?

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 Just obviously everyone counts them as immoral,

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 even themselves.

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 What about the morally sensitive person?

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 What about the religiously privileged person?

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 Surely they're safe.

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 Surely we are safe.

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 Surely we deserve life now

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 and any afterlife to come.

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 How could we be in danger of the wrath of God?

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 And besides,

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 isn't holding yourself morally accountable a good thing?

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 I am in charge of my life and my choices.

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 I'm responsible.

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 I'm a morally responsible person.

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 Isn't that attitude a good thing?

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 Isn't that what produces a good life

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 and makes you a good person?

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 What's wrong with that sort of autonomy?

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 I think Paul in chapter two and three

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 doesn't just say,

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 well, that's the way it is, accept it.

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 I think he actually meets us in our thinking.

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 He comes to us,

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 both the morally sensitive person

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 and the religiously privileged person

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 and goes,

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 okay, well, let's see how you go with that.

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 He doesn't just say,

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 accept it.

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 He says,

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 okay, let's take a look at how you live.

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 So we're about to jump into the detail.

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 So I hope you got your Bibles open

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 to Romans two and three.

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 Feel free to listen and check it later.

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 But I just want to start,

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 if you hear nothing else today,

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 I just want to give you

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 the overall main point of these chapters.

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 Here's the main point

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 of what God's saying through Paul here.

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 Who needs the gospel to be saved?

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 The answer is in chapter three, verse 23.

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 This is where he's leading to.

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 All have sinned

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 and fall short of the glory of God.

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 Everyone needs the gospel.

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 Everyone is in danger

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 of God's righteous judgment.

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 But no one will be held accountable

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 for what they don't know.

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 You will only be held accountable

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 for what you do know.

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 But equally true,

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 whatever you know,

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 whatever degree of knowledge

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 of what is right you do know,

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 none of us live up to what we know.

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 So God's righteous judgment is just.

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 It's deserved.

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 Okay, so let's take a look at it.

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 Moral person.

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 So chapter two.

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 There's two views

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 of who Paul is talking to here.

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 Either he's talking

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 to the Jewish person,

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 so he's jumping straight

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 to the religious,

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 or he's talking to

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 the average Roman of the day

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 who felt morally superior

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 to everyone who's not a Roman.

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 I've got a conscience.

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 I'm a good person.

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 I don't think it really matters too much.

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 There's a slight nuance

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 in argument there.

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 The main point is the same.

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 Okay, morally sensitive person.

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 You who have been sitting

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 in the jury,

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 looking at immoral people,

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 going,

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 yeah, I agree, Paul.

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 Those people do deserve

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 what's coming to them.

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 They deserve the fruit

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 of their deeds.

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 You've been sitting in the jury.

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 Okay, hop up.

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 Come sit in the dock.

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 You think your internal

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 moral compass means

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 you will escape

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 God's righteous judgment.

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 That's not so,

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 because God is righteous

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 in his judgment.

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 Because first,

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 look at verses one to five,

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 the first paragraph there.

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 You do the same things

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 as you condemn others for.

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 Chapter two, verse one.

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 Therefore, you have no excuse,

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 O person.

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 Every one of you who judges,

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 for in passing judgment

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 on another,

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 you condemn yourself.

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 Because the judge,

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 you the judge,

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 practice the very same things.

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 You claim to know

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 what is right

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 and what is wrong,

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 but do you live

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 according to what

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 you say is right and wrong?

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 That's what matters.

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 Just think of the past week.

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 Have you cast someone

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 in a negative light

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 as you've spoken about them

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 to someone else?

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 If someone did that to you,

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 wouldn't you be outraged

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 by that?

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 Did you keep your word

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 and were you honest?

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 Or did you fail

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 that other person

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 because it was just

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 more convenient

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 to not keep your word?

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 Are there secrets

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 in your life

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 that you really hope

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 that it never come

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 to the light of day?

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 That's true for all of us,

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 isn't it?

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 Whatever you're condemning

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 in others,

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 do you do the same things?

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 You hear what Paul's saying?

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 Your own voice

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 is like an advanced echo

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 of what God's voice

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 will be on that final day.

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 Your own voice

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 is condemning you

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 as you condemn others

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 for doing the very same things.

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 It's a pre-warning

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 of God's judgment.

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 God is righteous

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 in his judgment.

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 So why do we often

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 not feel like a bad person

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 if we can't even live up

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 to our own standards?

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 I think maybe that's what

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 verses four and five

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 are about.

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 Verse four,

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 we look at the good circumstances

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 in our life

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 and we conclude

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 that we deserve them.

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 Things are going well,

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 reasonably,

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 at least some of the things.

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 So what do you think?

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 When do people say

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 life isn't fair?

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 This isn't fair.

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 Is it when things

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 are going well

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 or when things

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 are going badly?

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 I'm not sure

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 I've heard many people go,

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 I'm having a really good day.

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 I don't deserve this.

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 I haven't heard that

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 too often.

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 I don't think that way

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 too often.

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 Even though we condemn

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 others to reap

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 the fruit of their ways,

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 we fail to see

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 what we deserve.

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 Our condemnation

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 of others

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 when we do

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 the very same thing

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 tells us

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 we don't deserve

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 the blessings

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 we have

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 today or tomorrow

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 and yet

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 we take

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 the riches

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 of God's

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 forgiveness,

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 not forgiveness

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 but his kindness,

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 his patience,

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 his forbearance

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 and we confuse

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 that for approval.

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 I deserve this.

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 So sometimes

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 I'm in the park

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 or by the lake

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 at Lake Macquarie

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 and there's just

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 so much bustling life

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 and people enjoying life.

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 Sometimes I'm just

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 blown away.

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 Look how much

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 kindness

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 God gives people.

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 He gives me

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 so much

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 like I know

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 there's hard things

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 in our lives

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 but there's just

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 so much good

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 he gives people.

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 But that's not

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 evidence of his

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 approval.

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 That's evidence

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 of his kindness

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 wanting you to

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 turn to him.

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 He's giving you

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 time to turn.

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 He's righteous.

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 He's giving you

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 time.

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 In verse 5

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 we think

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 all this way

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 because we

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 willfully

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 just push

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 death out of

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 our minds

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 in our culture.

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 We try and

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 hide it.

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 We all know

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 one day

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 our bodies

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 will die.

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 We have to

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 face death.

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 Each one of us.

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 We know it

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 and yet we just

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 push it out of

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 our minds.

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 Death is just

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 this loud alarm

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 that

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 something is

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 not right.

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 that we all

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 must face

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 death and

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 we all must

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 face the

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 consequences

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 of our

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 wrongdoing.

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 We will

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 face God

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 one day.

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 God is so

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 righteous.

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 He is patient

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 and forbearing

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 giving us time

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 to turn towards

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 him but we

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 confuse that

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 patience with

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 us deserving

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 it and that

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 we must be a

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 good person.

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 We deserve

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 this.

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 The third

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 reason God

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 is righteous

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 in his

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 judgment is

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 because we

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 see in

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 verses 6

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 to 11.

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 He is

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 righteous because

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 he has one

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 standard for

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 all people.

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 All of us

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 there is one

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 standard.

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 What you

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 actually do.

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 It is based

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 on truth.

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 What you

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 do.

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 That is the

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 one standard.

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 I think we

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 can think in

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 terms of how

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 school assessments

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 work where

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 there is the

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 bell curve and

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 we think we

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 as long as

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 we are in

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 the majority

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 bit of the

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 bell curve.

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 We are not

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 at the

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 tail end.

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 We are

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 okay.

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 We may not

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 be at the

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 upper end.

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 The really

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 high moral

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 achievers.

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 As long as

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 we are in

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 the main

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 pack we are

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 okay.

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 That is

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 comparative

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 assessment.

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 Some medical

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 exams for

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 instance have

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 a percentage

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 cut off.

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 It does

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 really matter

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 how well

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 you do as

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 long as

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 you do

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 better than

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 others.

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 God won't

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 do that.

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 He is

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 righteous.

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 He will

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 judge you

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 according to

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 what you

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 do.

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 You alone.

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 He is not

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 like the

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 classroom teacher

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 who keeps

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 the whole

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 year in

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 because of

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 a few bad

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 eggs.

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 He is

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 righteous.

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 He looks

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 at your

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 deeds alone,

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 my deeds

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 alone.

00:18:02.339 --> 00:18:02.799
 Verse 6,

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 he will render

00:18:03.399 --> 00:18:04.299
 to each one

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 according to

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 his works.

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 So here is

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 the one

00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:09.720
 standard for

00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:10.180
 all people,

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 verses 7

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 to 11.

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 To those

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 who by

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 patience in

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 well-doing

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 seek for

00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:14.980
 glory and

00:18:14.980 --> 00:18:15.420
 honour and

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 immortality,

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 he will

00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:17.540
 give eternal

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 life.

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 But for

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 those who

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 are self-seeking

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 and do

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 not obey

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 the truth,

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 but obey

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 unrighteousness,

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 there will be

00:18:25.100 --> 00:18:25.780
 wrath and

00:18:25.780 --> 00:18:26.180
 fury.

00:18:27.600 --> 00:18:28.140
 Verse 11,

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 God is

00:18:28.660 --> 00:18:29.080
 righteous,

00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:29.660
 he shows

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 no

00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:30.580
 favouritism,

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 no

00:18:31.580 --> 00:18:32.140
 nepotism,

00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:32.880
 no

00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:33.660
 discrimination.

00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:37.040
 He is

00:18:37.040 --> 00:18:37.820
 so righteous,

00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:38.320
 he looks

00:18:38.320 --> 00:18:38.820
 at your

00:18:38.820 --> 00:18:40.240
 life alone.

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 So if

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 you're a

00:18:42.800 --> 00:18:43.360
 good person

00:18:43.360 --> 00:18:44.700
 who always

00:18:44.700 --> 00:18:45.160
 seeks to

00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:45.440
 do what

00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:45.860
 is right,

00:18:46.300 --> 00:18:46.580
 if you

00:18:46.580 --> 00:18:47.320
 don't settle

00:18:47.320 --> 00:18:48.040
 for short-term

00:18:48.040 --> 00:18:48.600
 gain but

00:18:48.600 --> 00:18:49.120
 you're always

00:18:49.120 --> 00:18:49.900
 seeking that

00:18:49.900 --> 00:18:51.180
 eternal glory

00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:51.900
 and reward,

00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:52.960
 if you're not

00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:53.860
 motivated by

00:18:53.860 --> 00:18:54.660
 selfishness,

00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:55.920
 God will

00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:56.580
 give you

00:18:56.580 --> 00:18:57.300
 the blessings

00:18:57.300 --> 00:18:57.980
 of eternal

00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:58.420
 life.

00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:01.980
 This begs

00:19:01.980 --> 00:19:02.320
 the question,

00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:02.680
 doesn't it?

00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:03.160
 Who's Paul

00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:03.660
 thinking of

00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:03.840
 here?

00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:04.600
 Who fits

00:19:04.600 --> 00:19:05.240
 this category?

00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:06.660
 Some

00:19:06.660 --> 00:19:07.240
 take this,

00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:08.059
 there's lots

00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:08.500
 of different

00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:09.700
 ideas but

00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:11.799
 if I just

00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:12.700
 can summarise

00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:13.400
 it quickly,

00:19:13.880 --> 00:19:14.279
 some take

00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:14.680
 this as

00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:15.099
 saying that

00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:15.740
 some people

00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.180
 will be

00:19:16.180 --> 00:19:16.880
 rewarded by

00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:17.500
 being Christian,

00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.259
 by faith in

00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:18.700
 Jesus and

00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:19.339
 then others,

00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:20.579
 if they don't

00:19:20.579 --> 00:19:21.039
 know about

00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.299
 Jesus,

00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:22.240
 if they're

00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:23.140
 sincere in

00:19:23.140 --> 00:19:23.680
 doing good,

00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:24.420
 then they

00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:25.339
 will live.

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.620
 But it

00:19:27.620 --> 00:19:28.200
 doesn't fit

00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:28.559
 with the

00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:29.380
 flow of

00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:29.759
 Paul's

00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:30.359
 argument like

00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:30.720
 we've seen

00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:31.079
 in Romans

00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:32.099
 3.23

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 already.

00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.519
 The point

00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:34.779
 of his

00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:35.220
 argument is

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:36.200
 that all

00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:36.640
 of us

00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:37.980
 are in

00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.240
 need of

00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:38.700
 the gospel.

00:19:39.600 --> 00:19:40.079
 He says

00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:40.680
 very clear

00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:41.039
 in the rest

00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:41.220
 of the

00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:41.420
 letter,

00:19:41.819 --> 00:19:42.339
 no one

00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:42.880
 is saved

00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:43.339
 by their

00:19:43.339 --> 00:19:43.799
 works.

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.240
 So,

00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:47.039
 let's assume

00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:47.519
 that Paul

00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:48.620
 doesn't totally

00:19:48.620 --> 00:19:49.140
 contradict

00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:49.940
 himself here.

00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:51.299
 What's he

00:19:51.299 --> 00:19:51.559
 doing?

00:19:52.600 --> 00:19:53.079
 Who's he

00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:53.600
 thinking of?

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 I think

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 he's saying

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 God is

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 just.

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 He certainly

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 would reward

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 those who

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:04.500
 are always

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 seeking good.

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 He will.

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 That is

00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:07.720
 true.

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 The question

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 is,

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 is that

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 you?

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 Is that

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 me?

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 Is that

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 anyone?

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 Like,

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 I'm sick

00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:19.140
 of the

00:20:19.140 --> 00:20:19.380
 phrase,

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 to be honest.

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 I'm not

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 perfect.

00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:23.500
 I'm sick

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 of it because

00:20:23.859 --> 00:20:24.440
 people use it

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 as an

00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.400
 excuse not

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 to own

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 what they've

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 done.

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 But we

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 all admit

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 no one's

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 perfect and

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 yet somehow

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 we think

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 we fit

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 this

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 category.

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 It is

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 true that

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:38.819
 God will

00:20:38.819 --> 00:20:39.379
 reward

00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:40.639
 someone who's

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 totally

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 righteous.

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 The problem

00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:43.099
 is,

00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.460
 who is

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 that?

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 There is

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 one standard.

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 He is so

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 righteous.

00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.220
 He doesn't

00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:53.460
 show

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.039
 favouritism.

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 God is

00:20:55.599 --> 00:20:56.400
 righteous in

00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:56.559
 his

00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:56.920
 judgment.

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 judgment.

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 And the

00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:01.460
 fourth reason

00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:01.860
 God is

00:21:01.860 --> 00:21:02.539
 righteous in

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 his judgment,

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 which we

00:21:04.620 --> 00:21:05.100
 see in

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 12 to

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 16,

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 verses 12

00:21:07.620 --> 00:21:08.220
 to 16,

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 is that

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 he's given

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 you a

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 conscience.

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 You do

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:16.700
 know what

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 is right

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 and wrong.

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 But if

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 you're a

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.680
 religious person

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.140
 right now,

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 if you know

00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:22.460
 what the

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:23.180
 Bible says

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 fairly well,

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 don't think

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 that somehow

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.700
 that gives

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 you an

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 advantage

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 because,

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 to some

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 degree,

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 God's law

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:31.779
 is also

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 written on

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 every person's

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 heart.

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 We all

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 have a

00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:35.460
 conscience.

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 To some

00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.059
 degree,

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:38.539
 God has

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:38.920
 given

00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:42.080
 his idea

00:21:42.080 --> 00:21:42.400
 of what

00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:42.779
 is right

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:43.200
 and wrong

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:43.860
 to every

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 single

00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:44.660
 person.

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 And he

00:21:46.580 --> 00:21:47.259
 will assess

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 each person

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 according to

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:48.980
 what they

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 know.

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 If you

00:21:49.580 --> 00:21:50.160
 just have

00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:50.500
 a moral

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.000
 compass,

00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:52.059
 God will

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:53.140
 assess you

00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:53.819
 according to

00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:54.279
 how you

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:55.400
 live up to

00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:55.620
 that.

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.160
 If you

00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:56.680
 have God's

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.240
 law and

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:57.580
 you know

00:21:57.580 --> 00:21:57.980
 it very

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.320
 well,

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.160
 he will

00:21:59.160 --> 00:21:59.720
 assess you

00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:00.380
 according to

00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:01.519
 how you

00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:02.000
 live up to

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.180
 that.

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 I think

00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:05.400
 verse 15

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:06.200
 is really

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.900
 key here.

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:07.500
 So have a

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:07.740
 look at

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.480
 verse 15

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:08.820
 with me.

00:22:09.800 --> 00:22:10.519
 They show

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:10.779
 that,

00:22:11.080 --> 00:22:11.580
 this is the

00:22:11.580 --> 00:22:11.880
 morally

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.279
 sensitive

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:12.720
 person,

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:13.279
 they show

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.600
 that the

00:22:13.600 --> 00:22:14.080
 work of

00:22:14.080 --> 00:22:14.460
 the law

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.019
 is written

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.380
 on their

00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:15.779
 hearts

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.820
 while their

00:22:16.820 --> 00:22:17.240
 conscience

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:18.000
 also bears

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.460
 witness,

00:22:19.100 --> 00:22:19.519
 and their

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.160
 conflicting

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:20.740
 thoughts

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:22.100
 accuse or

00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:23.040
 even excuse

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.440
 them.

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.740
 So if

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:26.899
 you've

00:22:26.899 --> 00:22:27.220
 seen the

00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:27.420
 movie

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:27.779
 Inside

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.139
 Out,

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:28.639
 where you

00:22:28.639 --> 00:22:30.159
 got these

00:22:30.159 --> 00:22:32.319
 emotions in

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.839
 your mind,

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.659
 metaphorical,

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.299
 I think

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:35.839
 picture a

00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:36.619
 courtroom in

00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:37.099
 our mind,

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.740
 we each have

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.159
 a conscience,

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:38.799
 and we've

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.240
 got a little

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:39.920
 lawyer in

00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:40.440
 there trying

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:40.819
 to get us

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.079
 off the

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:41.819
 hook all

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.299
 the time.

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.659
 That lawyer

00:22:43.659 --> 00:22:44.000
 is pretty

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.359
 effective,

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:44.960
 but we've

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.500
 also got a

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:45.839
 judge,

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:47.819
 and that

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.359
 judge can be

00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:48.920
 pretty harsh

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.399
 sometimes,

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:49.799
 can't it?

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:54.559
 Even in

00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:55.220
 our society

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.519
 at the

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:55.859
 moment that

00:22:55.859 --> 00:22:56.299
 is so

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:57.039
 adamant that

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.779
 each person

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.919
 can decide

00:22:58.919 --> 00:22:59.299
 what is

00:22:59.299 --> 00:22:59.659
 right and

00:22:59.659 --> 00:23:00.000
 wrong for

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.460
 themselves,

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.819
 we still

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.500
 have this

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.019
 conscience.

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:05.519
 We can't

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.839
 escape our

00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:07.619
 inner judge.

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.700
 In fact,

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.480
 if you want

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.480
 a life of

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:12.859
 loving

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.579
 relationships,

00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:15.000
 then that

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.759
 places a

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.700
 moral demand

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.099
 on you.

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.480
 If you

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.500
 want loving

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:20.160
 relationships

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.619
 in your

00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:20.960
 life,

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.440
 that places

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:23.079
 a moral

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.880
 demand on

00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:24.099
 you.

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:25.920
 I'm going

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.279
 to quote

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:26.720
 Jordan

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.180
 Peterson

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:27.579
 here,

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.460
 a behavioural,

00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:29.839
 he's quite

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:30.259
 popular,

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.039
 I'm not sure

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.279
 if you've

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.599
 heard of him

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:31.920
 before,

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:32.799
 Canadian

00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.900
 behavioural

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.359
 psychologist.

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.500
 He said

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.839
 this really

00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.079
 well,

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:38.299
 and I'm

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:38.519
 not sure

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:38.779
 if I've

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.059
 thought of

00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.319
 it this

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:39.720
 way before,

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.519
 so here's

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:40.720
 what he

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:40.920
 said.

00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:42.059
 If you

00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.859
 view someone

00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:43.980
 with love,

00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:45.740
 then it's

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.660
 incumbent upon

00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:47.119
 you to

00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:47.759
 treat them

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.059
 as if

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:48.259
 they're

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:48.700
 valuable.

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.359
 And then

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:50.720
 the more

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.259
 you treat

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.799
 other people

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.440
 as valuable,

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.980
 the better

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.559
 person you

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:54.779
 are.

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:55.380
 That just

00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:55.859
 comes along

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.140
 for the

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.420
 ride.

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.039
 So the

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.920
 more love

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.619
 you view

00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.339
 other people

00:23:59.339 --> 00:23:59.720
 with,

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:01.140
 the higher

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:02.460
 the moral

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.359
 demand that's

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:04.279
 placed on

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:04.460
 you.

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:06.039
 It requires

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:06.559
 you to treat

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:06.819
 them as

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.180
 valuable.

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.039
 Then I'd

00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:09.559
 say too,

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:09.920
 well,

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.019
 there's another

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.480
 reason why

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:11.920
 it's so

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.519
 important to

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.160
 be truthful

00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:13.819
 and in

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.259
 some sense

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.700
 to be good,

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.660
 because it

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.319
 isn't obvious

00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:16.819
 to me that

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.119
 you can

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.639
 withstand

00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:18.480
 that moral

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.700
 load if

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:19.939
 you're

00:24:19.939 --> 00:24:20.439
 compromised

00:24:20.439 --> 00:24:21.480
 by too

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.059
 much sin.

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.619
 It's just

00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:24.259
 too much.

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.139
 So he's

00:24:26.139 --> 00:24:26.379
 not a

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:26.579
 Christian.

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:26.879
 He's

00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:27.200
 sympathetic

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.539
 to

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:27.919
 Christianity,

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:28.299
 but he's

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.579
 not a

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:28.819
 Christian.

00:24:30.159 --> 00:24:30.439
 If I

00:24:30.439 --> 00:24:30.799
 can try

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.439
 and reword

00:24:31.439 --> 00:24:31.740
 what he's

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.200
 saying here,

00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:32.779
 or just

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.299
 summarise,

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:34.599
 the more

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.019
 you love

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.379
 someone,

00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:36.700
 you've

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.000
 got to

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.519
 treat them

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.240
 as valuable.

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.099
 And if

00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:40.819
 you treat

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.059
 them as

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.279
 valuable,

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:41.779
 that places

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.339
 a moral

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:44.119
 obligation to

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.539
 do that.

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.460
 And the

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.019
 question is,

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.940
 do we

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.519
 treat people

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.039
 as valuable?

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.559
 You can't

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.099
 have love

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.339
 in your

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:54.740
 life and

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.680
 no moral

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.299
 accountability.

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:56.839
 They go

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.279
 hand in

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.559
 hand.

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.839
 So the

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.259
 question is,

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:02.579
 what does

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.319
 your conscience

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:04.119
 tell you?

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.980
 When our

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.779
 inner judge

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.960
 approves of

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.460
 what we do,

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.059
 it shows

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.519
 that we have

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:11.839
 a moral

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.259
 compass.

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:12.940
 It says,

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.319
 you are

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:13.859
 right in

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.319
 doing that.

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:17.779
 But even

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.000
 there,

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.259
 there's a

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.500
 problem.

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.180
 It shows

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.399
 we have

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:19.680
 a moral

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:19.940
 compass,

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.259
 but we

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.480
 don't

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.879
 always do

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:22.440
 that right

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:22.960
 every single

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.339
 time.

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.079
 God is

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:27.559
 righteous,

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.639
 he gives

00:25:29.639 --> 00:25:30.559
 you his

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.299
 moral compass,

00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:32.940
 and he is

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.599
 aware of

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.039
 your secret

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.539
 thoughts.

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.799
 He knows

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.379
 each of our

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:36.819
 conscience.

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.879
 And again,

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.680
 our conscience

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.899
 is the

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:43.319
 voice that

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.680
 is an

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.299
 echo of

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:44.899
 what God

00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:45.399
 will say

00:25:45.399 --> 00:25:45.700
 on that

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.279
 final day

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.579
 to each

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:46.839
 one of

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:47.079
 us.

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.379
 It's a

00:25:49.379 --> 00:25:49.799
 warning.

00:25:55.399 --> 00:25:56.180
 So after

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:56.919
 looking at

00:25:56.919 --> 00:25:57.379
 those

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:59.159
 paragraphs,

00:25:59.419 --> 00:25:59.940
 I wanted

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.539
 to speak to

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.180
 Christians for

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.539
 a moment.

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.519
 Do you see

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.240
 the principle

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.919
 Paul is

00:26:04.919 --> 00:26:05.480
 using here?

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.200
 I think

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.519
 we can

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.099
 sometimes

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:08.779
 condemn

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.919
 unbelievers

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.320
 for the

00:26:10.320 --> 00:26:10.519
 law.

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:10.920
 It's

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:14.640
 because they

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:15.019
 don't live

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.700
 up to what

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.200
 we know

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.700
 is right,

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:18.360
 but if we

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:18.720
 know the

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.019
 Bible,

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:20.640
 that standard

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:21.060
 is for

00:26:21.060 --> 00:26:21.480
 us.

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.920
 I don't

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.240
 think it's

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.940
 always appropriate

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.779
 to demand

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.800
 of unbelievers,

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:30.019
 family or

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.399
 friends,

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:31.000
 what they

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.659
 don't yet

00:26:31.659 --> 00:26:32.059
 know.

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.139
 But they

00:26:35.139 --> 00:26:35.700
 still need

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.159
 the gospel.

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.079
 Just ask

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.460
 them, do

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.919
 they live

00:26:38.919 --> 00:26:39.419
 up to what

00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:39.839
 they do

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.359
 know, their

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:41.119
 moral compass,

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:42.519
 what they

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.859
 condemn others

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:44.139
 for?

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.779
 And if they

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.359
 don't live up

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.899
 to that, how

00:26:47.899 --> 00:26:48.539
 do they reconcile

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:48.859
 that?

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.339
 Okay, so

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.819
 Christian,

00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:57.759
 religious person,

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.440
 religiously

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:59.539
 privileged person,

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.680
 claiming you

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.319
 have more

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:02.859
 knowledge of

00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:03.899
 God, of

00:27:03.899 --> 00:27:04.500
 God's law,

00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:05.359
 God's ways,

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.940
 it gives you

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.659
 an advantage,

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:08.259
 doesn't it?

00:27:10.139 --> 00:27:10.759
 Well, it

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.119
 doesn't,

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.839
 actually.

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:14.980
 And Paul's

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.279
 about to

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.059
 explain why.

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.460
 So the

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.119
 Jew or the

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:18.539
 person who

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:19.039
 grows up in

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.539
 the church,

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.279
 who knows

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.779
 their Bible,

00:27:21.439 --> 00:27:22.019
 they do

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.619
 know more.

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.039
 There are

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:24.039
 real privileges

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.959
 that come

00:27:24.959 --> 00:27:25.359
 along with

00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:25.579
 that.

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.299
 But you

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:29.099
 too, me

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:29.839
 too, I

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.159
 am in

00:27:30.159 --> 00:27:30.779
 danger of

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.139
 the wrath

00:27:31.139 --> 00:27:31.679
 of God.

00:27:35.399 --> 00:27:36.259
 Pre-Jesus.

00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.519
 We can

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:38.919
 often think

00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.299
 that the

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.199
 privilege means

00:27:40.199 --> 00:27:40.899
 advantage,

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.939
 like the

00:27:41.939 --> 00:27:42.679
 child of a

00:27:42.679 --> 00:27:43.500
 rich and

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.539
 powerful parent

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:46.159
 who, they're

00:27:46.159 --> 00:27:46.779
 just accepted

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.679
 into university

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:49.500
 by virtue of

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:49.759
 who their

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.519
 dad is, who

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:50.940
 their parent

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.660
 is, who

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:51.980
 their mum

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.880
 is, or

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.299
 they get

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.779
 the job

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.340
 just because

00:27:54.340 --> 00:27:54.680
 of that

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.240
 privilege.

00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:56.980
 We can

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.320
 think that

00:27:57.320 --> 00:27:58.380
 privilege means

00:27:58.380 --> 00:28:00.759
 advantage, but

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.380
 that's not the

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:01.980
 case with God

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:03.820
 because he is

00:28:03.820 --> 00:28:04.259
 righteous.

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.539
 God is

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.100
 righteous, he

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:08.500
 has one

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.519
 standard, what

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.200
 you actually

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.480
 do in light of

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.820
 the knowledge

00:28:11.820 --> 00:28:12.279
 you have.

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:14.279
 God is

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.819
 a

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.759
 religious

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.220
 person.

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:16.819
 If you

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.740
 count yourself

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.059
 as a

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.279
 religious

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:19.299
 person, hop

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:19.740
 out of the

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:21.279
 jury box, it's

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:22.559
 your turn to

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:22.940
 be in the

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.220
 dock.

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.139
 Let's have a

00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:24.319
 look.

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.339
 Why is there

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:25.920
 no advantage?

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:26.859
 Why are you

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:27.480
 in danger of

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:27.940
 the wrath of

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.200
 God?

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.259
 So verse

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.859
 17 and

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:31.180
 following.

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.160
 So

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:35.779
 Paul's speaking

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.319
 to the Jewish

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.960
 people, but I

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.339
 think there's a

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:38.019
 lot of parallels

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.960
 for Christians

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.339
 today.

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.939
 If you

00:28:39.939 --> 00:28:40.439
 call yourself

00:28:40.439 --> 00:28:41.879
 a Jew and

00:28:41.879 --> 00:28:42.599
 rely on the

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.339
 law and

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:44.480
 boast in God

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.159
 and know his

00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:46.059
 will, that

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.759
 boasting is good

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:48.339
 by the way, and

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:49.240
 approve what is

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:51.779
 excellent, how

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.599
 could God's

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.539
 people, God's

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.759
 special chosen

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:56.500
 people experience

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.379
 God's wrath?

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.359
 Surely we're

00:28:58.359 --> 00:29:00.579
 safe, says the

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:00.859
 Jew.

00:29:02.439 --> 00:29:03.359
 But God is

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:04.480
 righteous in his

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.240
 judgment because

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:07.179
 firstly, you

00:29:07.179 --> 00:29:08.419
 don't practice

00:29:08.419 --> 00:29:08.899
 what you

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.320
 preach.

00:29:11.860 --> 00:29:12.620
 I don't

00:29:12.620 --> 00:29:12.980
 think the

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.680
 criticism is

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.160
 in verses

00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:14.880
 19 and

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:16.600
 20, claiming

00:29:16.600 --> 00:29:17.480
 to be a

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.460
 guide to the

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.060
 blind, a

00:29:19.060 --> 00:29:19.460
 light to

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.800
 those who

00:29:19.800 --> 00:29:19.920
 are in

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.240
 darkness.

00:29:20.600 --> 00:29:21.160
 I don't

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:22.240
 think it's

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.720
 wrong to

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:23.040
 think of

00:29:23.040 --> 00:29:23.519
 yourself that

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.240
 way, that

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.519
 you have

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.160
 more knowledge

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.620
 of God's

00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:26.019
 ways than

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.280
 others.

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:27.280
 If that's

00:29:27.280 --> 00:29:28.820
 true, that's

00:29:28.820 --> 00:29:29.080
 okay.

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.320
 I don't

00:29:30.320 --> 00:29:30.600
 think the

00:29:30.600 --> 00:29:31.220
 criticism is

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.460
 there.

00:29:32.820 --> 00:29:33.259
 The

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.220
 criticism comes

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:34.700
 in verse

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.259
 21.

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.840
 You then who

00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:37.460
 teach others,

00:29:37.620 --> 00:29:38.640
 do not teach

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.340
 yourself, while

00:29:39.340 --> 00:29:39.940
 you preach

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.640
 against stealing,

00:29:40.780 --> 00:29:41.180
 do you

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.660
 steal?

00:29:45.080 --> 00:29:45.700
 You who

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.400
 say that one

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:46.840
 must not

00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:47.540
 commit adultery,

00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:47.860
 do you

00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:48.620
 commit adultery?

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.060
 You who

00:29:49.060 --> 00:29:50.280
 abhor idols,

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:50.860
 do you rob

00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:51.259
 temples?

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.160
 So these

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.860
 three examples,

00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:58.540
 they confuse

00:29:58.540 --> 00:29:59.180
 me a bit

00:29:59.180 --> 00:30:01.460
 because it's

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.320
 not clear how

00:30:02.320 --> 00:30:03.420
 every Jew would

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:04.360
 be convicted of

00:30:04.360 --> 00:30:04.600
 this.

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.519
 So either

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:05.939
 we've got to

00:30:05.939 --> 00:30:06.559
 take these

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:08.699
 three accusations

00:30:08.699 --> 00:30:11.240
 that you've

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:12.079
 committed adultery,

00:30:12.159 --> 00:30:12.740
 either we've got

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.399
 to take them a

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:13.839
 bit less

00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:15.000
 literally as

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:17.099
 lust, that

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.639
 everyone's

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:18.459
 committed lust.

00:30:18.959 --> 00:30:19.539
 So that's one

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.319
 option that's

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.699
 possible.

00:30:22.179 --> 00:30:23.179
 I slightly

00:30:23.179 --> 00:30:24.079
 prefer a second

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:25.059
 option, which is

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:26.419
 that Paul is

00:30:26.419 --> 00:30:27.159
 establishing the

00:30:27.159 --> 00:30:28.319
 point that it's

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:30.099
 not by virtue of

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:31.039
 being one of God's

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.579
 people that

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:32.859
 guarantees that

00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:33.579
 you're saved.

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.979
 And he points

00:30:35.979 --> 00:30:36.619
 out a few

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.219
 people that

00:30:37.219 --> 00:30:37.919
 that's not

00:30:37.919 --> 00:30:39.579
 true for, and

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.740
 if it's not

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.500
 true for a few,

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.019
 then it's not

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.759
 true for all.

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:45.819
 So I think it

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.559
 works like this.

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:48.759
 In our day, if

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.579
 we consider the

00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:50.500
 royal commission

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:53.559
 into the sex

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.299
 scandals and the

00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:55.839
 cover-ups, and

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.740
 from leadership in

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.719
 the church, no

00:30:57.719 --> 00:31:00.379
 less, hasn't that

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:01.399
 blasphemed the

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:02.099
 name of Jesus?

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.639
 In our society.

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.439
 So on the one

00:31:06.439 --> 00:31:07.199
 hand, these

00:31:07.199 --> 00:31:08.279
 leaders are

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:10.000
 boasting in

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:12.379
 knowing God, and

00:31:12.379 --> 00:31:12.839
 then by their

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.579
 behaviour, they've

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:15.039
 just, the

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:16.039
 reputation of God

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:17.019
 is in the mud

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.819
 now, isn't it, in

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.279
 society?

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.740
 I think Paul's

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.459
 point here is

00:31:22.459 --> 00:31:23.759
 that clearly for

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:25.019
 some Jewish

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.659
 people back

00:31:25.659 --> 00:31:27.059
 then, and the

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.639
 principle still

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:28.259
 applies today,

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:30.659
 that they might

00:31:30.659 --> 00:31:31.500
 claim it all they

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.359
 want, but

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:33.339
 clearly they're

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:34.759
 showing by their

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.279
 behaviour, they

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.720
 don't actually

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:37.440
 believe it, and

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:38.160
 they're under the

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:39.960
 condemnation of

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.900
 God, they're in

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.539
 danger of the

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.140
 wrath of God.

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:44.000
 I think he's just

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.559
 making the simple

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:46.160
 point, by virtue of

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:47.460
 being a Jew, that

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.339
 doesn't mean you're

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:48.640
 safe.

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:52.359
 God is righteous, he

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:52.960
 will judge you

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.799
 according to what

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.160
 you do.

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:58.019
 And then in

00:31:58.019 --> 00:32:00.259
 verses 25 to 29, he

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:01.759
 goes broader to

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.880
 challenge every

00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:03.160
 Jew.

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.860
 Everyone who

00:32:05.860 --> 00:32:06.660
 claims to be one

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:07.519
 of God's people and

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:08.519
 therefore automatically

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:09.620
 safe from God's

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:09.920
 wrath.

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.720
 Talking about

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.920
 circumcision and

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.680
 having the law.

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:15.840
 Those were the two

00:32:15.840 --> 00:32:17.060
 marks of being a

00:32:17.060 --> 00:32:17.279
 Jew.

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:19.580
 Do you belong to

00:32:19.580 --> 00:32:20.060
 God's people?

00:32:20.580 --> 00:32:21.440
 Then you've got the

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:23.160
 law and you're

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:24.200
 circumcised if you're

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.500
 a male.

00:32:25.300 --> 00:32:26.060
 They were the two

00:32:26.060 --> 00:32:27.880
 marks of belonging

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.680
 to God's people.

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.880
 But as God has

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:32.060
 always said, even in

00:32:32.060 --> 00:32:33.060
 his law, Deuteronomy

00:32:33.060 --> 00:32:34.060
 10, says,

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.320
 circumcise the

00:32:35.320 --> 00:32:36.100
 foreskin of your

00:32:36.100 --> 00:32:38.759
 heart and be no

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.480
 longer stubborn.

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.519
 Fear the Lord your

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.640
 God, walk in all

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.700
 his ways, love him

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.620
 and serve the Lord

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:44.480
 your God with all

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:46.040
 your heart and with

00:32:46.040 --> 00:32:47.220
 all your soul and

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:48.040
 keep the commandments.

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.140
 It's what's on the

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:50.320
 inside that matters.

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:52.180
 The external marks

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:53.140
 of circumcision and

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:54.080
 the law are just

00:32:54.080 --> 00:32:55.020
 meant to be symbolic

00:32:55.020 --> 00:32:56.000
 of what's true on

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.700
 the inside.

00:32:58.280 --> 00:32:59.900
 So much so that

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.520
 even if you don't

00:33:00.520 --> 00:33:01.560
 have those marks,

00:33:02.620 --> 00:33:03.820
 so if you're not a

00:33:03.820 --> 00:33:05.100
 Jew but you keep

00:33:05.100 --> 00:33:06.900
 the law and you

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:08.800
 confess your sin to

00:33:08.800 --> 00:33:10.320
 God, God will count

00:33:10.320 --> 00:33:11.160
 you as the true

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:11.720
 Jew.

00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:13.380
 You are really part

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:14.040
 of God's people.

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.640
 It's what's on the

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:18.120
 inside that matters

00:33:18.120 --> 00:33:19.080
 is the point.

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:24.899
 So Christians in the

00:33:24.899 --> 00:33:28.980
 room on Zoom, what

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:30.859
 external marks of

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:31.980
 being a Christian, of

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:33.099
 being one of God's

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:34.279
 people are you relying

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:35.559
 on to be sure that

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:36.240
 you are saved?

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:40.179
 It could be as

00:33:40.179 --> 00:33:41.500
 simple as owning a

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:42.519
 Bible or the number

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:43.779
 of Christian books in

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.379
 your library.

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:48.660
 It could be as your

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:49.700
 general knowledge of

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.100
 the Bible.

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:51.400
 You take pride in

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:52.760
 knowing which chapter

00:33:52.760 --> 00:33:53.880
 and verse a quote is

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.160
 from.

00:33:55.760 --> 00:33:57.220
 It could be the badge

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:58.380
 that you identify as.

00:33:58.540 --> 00:33:59.860
 I'm Catholic, I'm

00:33:59.860 --> 00:34:00.580
 Anglican, I'm

00:34:00.580 --> 00:34:02.200
 Baptist, or maybe it's

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.900
 I'm not just a

00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:03.460
 Christian, I'm

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.180
 Reformed.

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:08.420
 Is it the badge that

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.240
 you're relying on?

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:12.320
 Do you put store in

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:13.000
 your baptism?

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:16.400
 I was baptized or I

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.440
 prayed that prayer.

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:19.240
 I must be born again

00:34:19.240 --> 00:34:20.059
 because of those

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.460
 things.

00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:24.579
 Is it some spiritual

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:26.519
 mystical encounter with

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:26.820
 God?

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.920
 I had a spiritual

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:29.059
 experience with God

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.619
 surely.

00:34:30.200 --> 00:34:30.900
 I'm one of his

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.280
 people.

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:35.060
 Is it the role or

00:34:35.060 --> 00:34:36.160
 status that you have

00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:36.920
 in this church?

00:34:38.300 --> 00:34:39.940
 I teach at Fresh.

00:34:40.100 --> 00:34:42.000
 I teach Grace Kids.

00:34:42.100 --> 00:34:42.740
 I'm a small group

00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:42.940
 leader.

00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:44.800
 I'm a preacher.

00:34:45.240 --> 00:34:46.680
 Do you think by

00:34:46.680 --> 00:34:47.720
 virtue of preaching

00:34:47.720 --> 00:34:50.100
 this sermon that

00:34:50.100 --> 00:34:51.460
 makes me acceptable to

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:51.720
 God?

00:34:54.540 --> 00:34:55.880
 Is it the role or

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.740
 status you have?

00:34:58.600 --> 00:34:59.680
 Is it the Christian

00:34:59.680 --> 00:35:01.019
 upbringing you've

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.220
 had?

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:05.800
 your parents cannot

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:07.500
 answer for you when

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:08.460
 you face God in

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:08.760
 judgment?

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:14.019
 There's probably more

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:15.360
 marks that we can rely

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:17.040
 on but if we rely on

00:35:17.040 --> 00:35:18.160
 any of these things to

00:35:18.160 --> 00:35:19.180
 have confidence that we

00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:19.980
 are safe from the

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:24.360
 wrath of God, Paul's

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:25.740
 point is it's what's on

00:35:25.740 --> 00:35:27.500
 the inside that counts.

00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:29.320
 Do you have love for

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:29.560
 God?

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:32.980
 God's wrath will land on

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:35.299
 you if there's no love

00:35:35.299 --> 00:35:35.980
 on the inside.

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:41.059
 And verse 29 gives us a

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:42.960
 hint for what we need to

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:44.279
 get our inside in order.

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:47.500
 We don't need laws to

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.500
 obey, we need the

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.820
 spirit.

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:55.260
 Okay, we have one more

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:55.780
 paragraph.

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:58.680
 Chapter 3, 1 to 8.

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:01.160
 And I was kind of

00:36:01.160 --> 00:36:02.180
 comforted to read in a

00:36:02.180 --> 00:36:03.360
 commentary that this is

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:04.320
 one of the most

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:06.519
 perplexing paragraphs in

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:08.140
 the book because...

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:12.400
 but I can't skip it.

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:15.259
 And I often find the

00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:17.379
 harder bits in a text

00:36:17.379 --> 00:36:19.440
 often serve to make the

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.679
 point clearer if you

00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:21.339
 wrestle with it.

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:24.179
 So let's wrestle with it.

00:36:25.779 --> 00:36:27.299
 If what I say isn't

00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:29.079
 satisfying, there's a good

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:31.539
 chance of that, that's

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:32.900
 probably because Romans

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:35.500
 chapter 9 to 11 unpacks it

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:35.960
 even more.

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:37.519
 So feel free to go read

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:37.940
 that later.

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:41.780
 So, Paul anticipates the

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:43.360
 objection from the Jew,

00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:44.920
 from the religious person.

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:47.720
 What advantage is there

00:36:47.720 --> 00:36:47.900
 then?

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:51.159
 There's no advantage if

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.860
 you're right, Paul.

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:56.280
 Put as simply as I can, I

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:58.740
 think there's two final

00:36:58.740 --> 00:36:59.760
 attempts from the religious

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:01.519
 person to claim that I'm

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:03.139
 safe from the wrath of God.

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:05.220
 Verses 1 to 4.

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:09.480
 If what you're saying is

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:11.000
 right, Paul, if we, along

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:13.280
 with Gentile sinners, are

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:14.940
 equally guilty before God,

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:16.039
 then you're saying there's

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:17.599
 no advantage to being a

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:19.860
 Jew, which can't be right

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:23.079
 because we are God's

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:23.740
 special people.

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:28.139
 To which Paul responds,

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:30.360
 I'm not saying there's no

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:31.220
 Jewish privileges.

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.800
 You have all the

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.260
 privileges.

00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:35.040
 You have the word of God

00:37:35.040 --> 00:37:38.420
 to know him and love him

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:40.080
 and obey him.

00:37:40.580 --> 00:37:41.620
 You have all the

00:37:41.620 --> 00:37:42.020
 privileges.

00:37:44.580 --> 00:37:46.040
 But I am saying that

00:37:46.040 --> 00:37:47.420
 privilege doesn't

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:48.940
 automatically mean you're

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.980
 accepted by God.

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:51.660
 You don't live up to what

00:37:51.660 --> 00:37:53.020
 you know is right.

00:37:53.019 --> 00:38:00.300
 The second and last

00:38:00.300 --> 00:38:02.400
 ditch effort to avoid the

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:03.739
 wrath of God on your life

00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:05.900
 is in verses 5 to 8.

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:08.619
 And it's last

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:08.960
 ditch.

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:11.360
 It is twisted

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:12.000
 thinking.

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:13.420
 It is distorted

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:13.880
 thinking.

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:16.519
 It's so foolish that

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:18.340
 Paul, the response is

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:19.519
 really simple.

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:21.659
 But here's the thinking

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:23.259
 for the Jew back then

00:38:23.259 --> 00:38:24.239
 and I think it still

00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:25.800
 exists among Christians

00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:26.219
 today.

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:28.259
 The Jew might

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:29.559
 understand God's word

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:32.159
 so well, claiming the

00:38:32.159 --> 00:38:33.940
 promises of God on

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:34.940
 themselves and therefore

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:36.800
 thinking that their sin

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:38.759
 even highlights the

00:38:38.759 --> 00:38:39.559
 faithfulness of God.

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:42.239
 My wrongdoing shows how

00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:43.800
 patient God is and

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:45.759
 forgiving and committed to

00:38:45.759 --> 00:38:47.219
 his promises God is.

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:49.000
 my sin brings him

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.480
 glory.

00:38:50.739 --> 00:38:52.019
 And here's the twisted

00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:52.619
 thinking of it.

00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:53.759
 There's some truth to it.

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:56.000
 Here's where it goes

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.279
 wrong.

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:58.859
 The implication is

00:38:58.859 --> 00:38:59.799
 therefore my sin

00:38:59.799 --> 00:39:00.500
 doesn't matter.

00:39:01.819 --> 00:39:03.559
 I can't be judged

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.139
 for it.

00:39:04.779 --> 00:39:06.459
 Because it shows how

00:39:06.459 --> 00:39:08.000
 good God is.

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:09.519
 My sin doesn't matter.

00:39:12.299 --> 00:39:13.619
 It's just stupid

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:14.459
 thinking.

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:17.760
 Paul's simple

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:18.679
 response is

00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:22.059
 where is it?

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:25.519
 Verse 6

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:27.699
 By no means

00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:28.800
 for then how

00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:29.440
 could God

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:30.420
 judge the world?

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:32.539
 If what you're

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:33.260
 saying is right

00:39:33.260 --> 00:39:34.400
 that you are safe

00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:35.440
 because your sin

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:36.980
 just shows how

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.840
 great God is

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:39.240
 God couldn't

00:39:39.240 --> 00:39:39.800
 judge anyone.

00:39:41.240 --> 00:39:42.400
 You're clearly

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:43.079
 wrong in your

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:43.440
 thinking.

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:45.300
 because God

00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:45.980
 will judge

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:47.079
 the world.

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:50.980
 The presumption

00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:51.940
 fails to

00:39:51.940 --> 00:39:52.760
 appreciate the

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:53.599
 seriousness of

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:53.840
 sin.

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:56.200
 It just

00:39:56.200 --> 00:39:57.000
 fails to

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:57.539
 appreciate

00:39:57.539 --> 00:40:00.000
 that because

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:00.500
 you're a Jew,

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:01.019
 because you've

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:01.559
 grown up in the

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:01.900
 church,

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:03.559
 that you have the

00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:04.139
 promises of

00:40:04.139 --> 00:40:04.579
 salvation.

00:40:04.720 --> 00:40:05.200
 You're claiming

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:06.260
 that but you're

00:40:06.260 --> 00:40:07.019
 missing the fact

00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:07.679
 that God will

00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:08.460
 also keep his

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:09.619
 word to judge

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:10.800
 those who

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:11.820
 don't obey

00:40:11.820 --> 00:40:12.599
 his word.

00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:14.340
 You're picking

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:14.920
 and choosing

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:15.700
 what God

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 has said.

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 He will be

00:40:16.700 --> 00:40:17.059
 faithful.

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:17.760
 He'll be

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 faithful to

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 everything he

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 says.

00:40:24.200 --> 00:40:25.000
 Feel free to

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 come talk to me

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:26.179
 later if that's

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 not clear.

00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:27.359
 that I've

00:40:27.359 --> 00:40:27.380
 have.

00:40:30.839 --> 00:40:31.279
 Okay.

00:40:35.299 --> 00:40:36.019
 We've come a

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:36.500
 long way this

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:36.739
 morning.

00:40:37.659 --> 00:40:38.480
 That's a lot to

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:38.940
 take in.

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 And we've

00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:42.900
 really only

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:44.099
 skimmed the

00:40:44.099 --> 00:40:46.900
 top of these

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 paragraphs.

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 I recognise

00:40:48.799 --> 00:40:49.199
 that.

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 So I just want

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 to step back

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 and let's

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.219
 remember the

00:40:53.219 --> 00:40:54.079
 big picture of

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:54.759
 what God is

00:40:54.759 --> 00:40:55.460
 saying here in

00:40:55.460 --> 00:40:56.460
 these chapters.

00:40:57.280 --> 00:40:58.280
 Who needs the

00:40:58.280 --> 00:40:58.800
 gospel of

00:40:58.800 --> 00:40:59.079
 Jesus?

00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:00.960
 Who is in

00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:01.780
 danger of the

00:41:01.780 --> 00:41:02.220
 righteous

00:41:02.220 --> 00:41:03.199
 judgement of

00:41:03.199 --> 00:41:03.460
 God?

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 The answer is

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:05.720
 every single

00:41:05.720 --> 00:41:06.280
 one of us.

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 Whether the

00:41:07.860 --> 00:41:09.220
 flagrantly immoral

00:41:09.220 --> 00:41:10.699
 person, whether

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:11.320
 the morally

00:41:11.320 --> 00:41:12.920
 sensitive person

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:13.960
 or the

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.760
 religiously

00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:15.340
 privileged

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:17.119
 person, none

00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:18.380
 of us live up

00:41:18.380 --> 00:41:18.900
 to what we

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.599
 know to be

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:19.880
 right.

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:19.940
 Right.

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:19.960
 Right.

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:19.980
 Right.

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 Right.

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 Right.

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 Right.

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 Right.

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 Right.

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 Right.

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:22.519
 Right.

00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:22.579
 Right.

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:23.119
 Right.

00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:23.920
 Right.

00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:23.980
 Right.

00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:24.019
 Right.

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:24.079
 Right.

00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:24.519
 Right.

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:25.019
 Right.

00:41:25.019 --> 00:41:25.440
 Right.

00:41:25.659 --> 00:41:25.840
 Right.

00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:25.880
 Right.

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:26.059
 Right.

00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:26.559
 Right.

00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:27.980
 Right.

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 Right.

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:28.780
 Right.

00:41:28.800 --> 00:41:29.099
 Right.

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 Right.

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 Right.

00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:31.159
 Right.

00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:33.780
 Right.

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:34.059
 Right.

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 Right.

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 Right.

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 Right.

00:41:36.679 --> 00:41:36.960
 Right.

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 Right.

00:41:46.240 --> 00:41:46.800
 Right.

00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:47.340
 Right.

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:48.920
 Right.

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:49.340
 Right.

00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:52.039
 Right.

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:52.579
 Right.

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:52.639
 Right.

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 Right.

00:41:53.139 --> 00:41:54.139
 Right.

00:41:54.139 --> 00:41:58.440
 we don't live up to our privileges, what we know.

00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:01.420
 God shows no favouritism.

00:42:01.799 --> 00:42:02.440
 He is righteous.

00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:06.920
 These chapters strip us bare.

00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:09.539
 We have no leg to stand on.

00:42:12.359 --> 00:42:14.799
 They tell us that as the sun rises

00:42:14.799 --> 00:42:17.759
 and you enjoy blessing after blessing,

00:42:17.759 --> 00:42:19.980
 not a single one of us deserve it.

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:28.799
 It is evidence of God's kindness and patience.

00:42:28.980 --> 00:42:30.920
 He wants you to turn to him for life.

00:42:33.259 --> 00:42:36.420
 And remember that these chapters might feel harsh,

00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:39.639
 but remember that a warning is not the same thing

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:43.219
 as what the warning is pointing towards, the reality.

00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:48.659
 A truck hitting you head on is to be dreaded.

00:42:49.940 --> 00:42:52.980
 But if you enter the freeway on the wrong side of the road

00:42:52.980 --> 00:42:54.539
 and there's a big sign saying,

00:42:55.760 --> 00:42:57.099
 you better turn back,

00:42:58.500 --> 00:42:59.820
 that is a very loving thing.

00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:03.760
 God is not warning you today to condemn you.

00:43:04.240 --> 00:43:05.800
 He's warning you because he loves you.

00:43:12.760 --> 00:43:15.079
 None of us live up to the knowledge we have.

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:17.340
 We have no excuse.

00:43:17.340 --> 00:43:26.220
 So what is our only hope in life and death

00:43:26.220 --> 00:43:29.559
 when God's righteousness in his judgement

00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:32.800
 just feels so scary?

00:43:36.740 --> 00:43:40.160
 Our only hope must come from outside ourselves.

00:43:40.340 --> 00:43:42.280
 It must come from outside of ourselves

00:43:42.280 --> 00:43:44.140
 if we've got no leg to stand on.

00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:47.900
 It must come from outside society

00:43:47.900 --> 00:43:49.279
 if we're all part of the problem.

00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:54.819
 Our only hope is perhaps in the last place we want to look

00:43:54.819 --> 00:43:57.500
 because God's righteousness is so terrifying.

00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:03.059
 Our only hope is that God himself

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:05.599
 somehow clears my conscience.

00:44:05.599 --> 00:44:09.079
 My only hope is that somehow

00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:10.239
 knowing what I've done

00:44:10.239 --> 00:44:11.719
 declares me innocent

00:44:11.719 --> 00:44:13.599
 and deserving of life.

00:44:13.880 --> 00:44:14.819
 That somehow

00:44:14.819 --> 00:44:18.059
 God doesn't count my failures against me.

00:44:19.139 --> 00:44:20.400
 That somehow

00:44:20.400 --> 00:44:23.019
 he counts to my life

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:25.920
 a righteous life

00:44:25.920 --> 00:44:27.579
 that has always sought what is good

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:30.099
 and treated people

00:44:30.099 --> 00:44:31.099
 and treated God

00:44:31.099 --> 00:44:32.539
 with the value they have.

00:44:32.539 --> 00:44:39.860
 Our only hope is the righteousness of God

00:44:39.860 --> 00:44:41.440
 that he saves us

00:44:41.440 --> 00:44:42.340
 that he gives

00:44:42.340 --> 00:44:43.699
 righteousness

00:44:43.699 --> 00:44:45.179
 as a free gift

00:44:45.179 --> 00:44:47.300
 and that is the good news

00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:48.900
 of the gospel.

00:44:49.239 --> 00:44:50.960
 That is exactly what God has done.

00:44:54.219 --> 00:44:55.440
 It is in Jesus

00:44:55.440 --> 00:44:57.320
 that God shows

00:44:57.320 --> 00:44:58.539
 just how righteous he is.

00:44:58.599 --> 00:44:59.340
 He is righteous

00:44:59.340 --> 00:45:01.579
 almost beyond belief.

00:45:01.579 --> 00:45:04.460
 where he will count you

00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:05.259
 as innocent

00:45:05.259 --> 00:45:06.539
 and deserving of life

00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:08.559
 all because of what he has done.

00:45:14.039 --> 00:45:15.960
 Here's how the catechism puts it.

00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:21.940
 What is our only hope in life and death?

00:45:23.119 --> 00:45:25.219
 That we are not our own

00:45:25.219 --> 00:45:27.360
 but belong

00:45:27.360 --> 00:45:28.799
 body and soul

00:45:28.799 --> 00:45:31.279
 both in life and death.

00:45:31.579 --> 00:45:32.860
 to God

00:45:32.860 --> 00:45:34.500
 and to our saviour

00:45:34.500 --> 00:45:35.299
 Jesus Christ.

00:45:37.460 --> 00:45:39.819
 So what's your only hope

00:45:39.819 --> 00:45:41.279
 in life and death?

00:45:44.679 --> 00:45:46.299
 I'll leave you with that question.

00:45:46.300 --> 00:46:03.039
 the QUO

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 the necessity contar