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 Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in Romans chapter 8.

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 Our text for today is Romans chapter 8 verses 1 through 4.

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 Romans would be the gem that enhanced that ring.

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 And Romans 8 would be the brilliant splendor that emanated from that ring.

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 This is perhaps my favorite chapter in the Bible.

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 In fact, when I suggested that we study Romans as a church to your elders,

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 I had this chapter in mind.

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 So the rest of it is of great value.

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 The entirety of the book is good for us.

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 But oh, chapter 8.

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 I have been long awaiting getting to this text.

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 So let's not delay as we have planned to look at the first four verses today.

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 Before I read it, let me remind you, beloved.

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 This is God's Word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and our good.

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 And so we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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

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 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

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 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do.

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 By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh.

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 In order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who walk not according to the flesh,

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 but according to the Spirit.

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 Our text this morning begins with,

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 There is therefore now.

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 So let's briefly think about what he means by this opening phrase.

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 He certainly means something that he's going to say in the text,

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 but I also think he's generally referencing back to the entire letter up to this point.

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 So let's draw a straight line through his argument to get our bearing for today.

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 You may remember back in Romans chapter 1, verse 16 and 17,

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 Paul's thesis statement for the entirety of his letter.

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 There he says,

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 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, or hear it in the positive,

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 I am proud of the good news of Christ,

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 for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes,

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 to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

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 For in it, the gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith.

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 As it is written, the righteous shall live by faith.

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 And we have been driving the point that we are saved,

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 we are declared righteous, justified before God by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in the person and work of Jesus Christ alone.

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 And I have been contending to you that this is not a thing that should be assumed in our day,

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 but it's a thing that should be held onto and held tightly onto and contended for.

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 He then begins to set up the great problem of sin in the world.

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 We'll pick up in chapter 2, verse 12 and 13.

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 There he says,

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

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

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 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God,

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 but the doers of the law who will be justified.

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 But then he goes on to talk about in chapter 3 how none is righteous.

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 No, not one.

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 So if it's the doers of the law who will be justified,

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 then we have a great problem.

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 We cannot be justified by our doing of the law

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 because we have already failed in our keeping of the law.

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 So chapter 5 and verse 1, there he says,

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 Therefore, since we have been justified by, not our works, but by faith,

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 we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Justified by grace through faith in Christ.

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 And then chapter 6 and verse 6, there he writes,

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 We know that our old self was crucified with him

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 in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing

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 so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

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 And we've been working out all that this means

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 through the rest of chapter 6 and through chapter 7.

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 But I think not only is Paul generally referencing back to the entire letter,

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 but he is also certainly specifically referencing the end of chapter 7.

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 So read with me from verse 23 to the end.

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 There he says, he's stated that he's been set free from the power of sin,

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 but here he says,

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 I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind

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 and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.

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 There's this struggle still in this life with his old self.

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 He's got new desires and yet he seems to be at competition within.

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 In verse 24 he breaks out and says,

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 Wretched man that I am,

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 who would deliver me from this body of death?

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 And the answer is that question,

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 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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 And that's where we pick up.

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 Sometimes our chapter breaks are very helpful to us in our Bibles.

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 And sometimes they are not.

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 This is one of the cases I wish that there was not a chapter break here.

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 Because it goes right into this,

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 There is therefore now

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 no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 No condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 The Greek word here rendered condemnation

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 relates to the sentencing of a crime,

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 but focuses not on the verdict,

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 but on the penalty the verdict demands.

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 Its emphasis is not on the declaration of guilt,

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 but on the price that must be paid

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 for the crime of rebellion against our God.

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 Paul tells us that for those who are in Christ Jesus,

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 there is no longer any condemnation.

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 There's no longer a price that must be paid

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 for it was paid for us.

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 However, the implication is that for those who are not in Christ Jesus,

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 there is condemnation.

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 And we must take some time to consider this.

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 If we're to rightly appreciate what it means

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 for there to be no condemnation,

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 what does it mean for there to be condemnation?

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 Paul has told us previously in the letter

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 what sin has purchased for us

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 if we are not in Christ Jesus.

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 Chapter 6 and verse 23,

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 For the wages of sin is death.

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 Death, not just temporal, which we will all experience,

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 but eternal death awaits all who are not in Christ Jesus.

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 death forever.

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 We get some perhaps hint of what that may look like,

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 although it's a horror I don't want to imagine.

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 Jesus says in Luke chapter 13, verse 27 and 28,

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 I tell you, I do not know where you come from.

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 Depart from me, all you workers of evil.

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 In that place, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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 When you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob,

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 and all the prophets in the kingdom of God,

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 but you yourselves cast out.

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 So at very least, it's a place of great sorrow and concern.

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 Death forever.

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 Do not be mistaken this morning.

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 The most important thing about you,

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 the most important thing,

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 we have so many things we tend to want to define ourselves by,

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 but the most important thing about you

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 is whether or not you are in Christ Jesus.

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 At the end of all things,

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 nothing else will matter.

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 The American pastor, Jonathan Edwards,

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 once preached a sermon called

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 Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.

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 He preached it in 1741,

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 which is in the midst of the Great Awakening,

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 and it was an exposition of Deuteronomy chapter 32 and verse 35.

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 I want to read to you just a short excerpt from this sermon.

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 I'm going to do my best to read it well,

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 but history tells us that he read this standing at the back of this room.

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 He wasn't facing anybody.

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 Nobody was looking at him,

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 and he read it extremely flat.

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 And yet people were begging him to stop reading

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 because of the conviction they were feeling.

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 But I'll try to read it better for your benefit.

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 He said this,

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 There is the dreadful pit of the glowing flames of the wrath of God.

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 There is hell's wide, gaping mouth open,

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 and you have nothing to stand upon,

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 nor anything to take hold of.

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 There is nothing between you and hell but the air.

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 It is only the power and mere pleasure of God that holds you up.

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 You probably are not sensible of this.

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 You find you are kept out of hell,

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 but you do not see the hand of God in it,

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 but look at other things,

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 at the good state of your bodily constitution,

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 your care of your own life,

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 and the means you use for your own preservation.

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 But indeed, these things are nothing.

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 If God should withdraw his hand,

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 they would avail no more to keep you from falling

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 than the thin air to hold up a person

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 that is suspended in it.

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 Your wickedness makes you, as it were, heavy as lead,

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 and to tend downwards with great weight and pressure towards hell.

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 And if God should let you go,

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 you would immediately sink and swiftly descend

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 and plunge into the bottomless gulf

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 and your healthy constitution

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 and your own care and prudence

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 and best contrivance

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 and all your righteousness

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 would have no more influence to uphold you

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 and keep you out of hell

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 than a spider's web would have

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 to stop a falling rock.

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 Were it not for the sovereign pleasure of God,

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 the earth would not bear you one moment,

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 for you are a burden to it.

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 The creation groans with you.

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 The creature is made subject to the bondage of your corruption.

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 The sun does not willingly shine upon you

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 to give you light to serve sin and Satan.

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 The earth does not willingly yield her increase

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 to satisfy your lusts,

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 nor is it willingly a stage for your wickedness to be acted upon.

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 The air does not willingly serve you for breath

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 to maintain the flame of life in your vitals

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 while you spend your life in the service of God's enemies.

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 God's creatures are good

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 and were made for men to serve God with

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 and do not willingly subserve to any other purpose

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 and groan when they are abused to purposes

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 so directly contrary to their nature and end.

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 And the world would spew you out

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 were it not for the sovereign hand of him

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 who has subjected it in hope.

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 There are the black clouds of God's wrath

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 now hanging directly over your heads,

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 full of the dreadful storm

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 and big with thunder.

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 And were it not for the restraining hand of God,

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 it would immediately burst forth upon you.

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 You don't hear preaching like that much anymore.

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 If you are not in Christ Jesus,

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 condemnation awaits you.

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 Death forevermore.

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 flee to Christ,

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 that you would be saved.

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 Believe that he paid the penalty for your sin on the cross.

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 He bore your condemnation

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 and that he perfectly kept the law on your behalf.

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 Find yourself in Christ Jesus

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 by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in him alone.

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 condemnation.

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 Because, oh,

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 in Christ Jesus,

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 there is no longer

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 any

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 condemnation.

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 Some of you may have been

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 asked to read in school

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 an excerpt

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 like the one I read

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 from Edward's famous sermon

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 to show how terrible

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 American Puritanism was.

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 I was asked to do this

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 in a college English class.

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 There is a reason

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 you were not assigned

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 the entirety

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 of the text.

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 I made a pretty grand point

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 of this

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 in my English class

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 in college.

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 Later in that same sermon,

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 Edward says,

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 And now,

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 you have an extraordinary

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 opportunity.

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 A day wherein Christ

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 has thrown the door

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 of mercy

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 wide open

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 and stands in

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 calling and crying

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 with a loud voice

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 to poor sinners.

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 A day wherein

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 many are flocking

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 to him

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 and pressing

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 into the kingdom

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 of God.

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 Many are daily

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 coming from the east,

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 west,

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 north,

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 and south.

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 Many that were

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 very lately

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 in the same

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 miserable condition

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 that you are in

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 are now

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 in a happy state

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 with their hearts

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 filled with love

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 to him

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 who has loved them

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 and washed them

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 from their sins

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 in his own blood

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 and rejoicing

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 in hope

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 of the glory

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 of God.

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 Beloved,

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 in Christ Jesus,

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 there is no

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 longer

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 any

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 condemnation.

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 Because of the

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 completed work

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 the sentence

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 that we

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 fully

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 deserved

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 has been

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 commuted.

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 We have passed

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 from death

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 to life,

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 from enemies

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 to friends.

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 We were once

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 estranged,

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 but now

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 we belong.

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 Hear me

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 carefully

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 this morning.

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 This declaration

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 of Paul's,

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 there is therefore

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 now no

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 condemnation

00:15:58.360 --> 00:15:58.960
 for those

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 who are in

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 Christ Jesus,

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 does not

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 depend

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 on you.

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 It does not

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 serve at the

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 whim of your

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 emotions.

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 It depends

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 entirely

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 on God,

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 so it

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 is

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 sure.

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 I hope

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 that you

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 can rest

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 in that.

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 God

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 accomplishes

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 all that

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 he sets

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 out to

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 and all

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 of his

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 promises

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 are kept.

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 Our salvation

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 finds its

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 confidence

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 in him.

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 But I know

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 that you

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 sometimes have

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 a hard time

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 believing this.

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 I sometimes

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 have a hard

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 time

00:16:43.100 --> 00:16:44.019
 believing

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 this.

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 You are

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 in good

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 company,

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 as am I.

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 Listen to

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 Paul once

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 again,

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 Romans 7,

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 23-25.

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 I see

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 in my

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 members

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 another

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 law

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 waging war

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 against the

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 law of

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 my mind

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 and making

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 me captive

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 to the

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 law of

00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:02.040
 sin that

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 dwells

00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:03.040
 in my

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 members.

00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:04.819
 Wretched

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 man

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 that I

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 am,

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 who will

00:17:08.140 --> 00:17:08.799
 deliver me

00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:10.000
 from this

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 body of

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 death?

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 What does

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 he say

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 next?

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 In verse

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 25,

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 does he

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 say that

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 he must

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 deliver

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 himself?

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 Does he

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 say that

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 perhaps

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 tomorrow

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 he will

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 perform

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 better

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 and feel

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 better?

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 No.

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 What does

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 he say?

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 Thanks be

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 to God

00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:30.019
 through Jesus

00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:30.699
 Christ,

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 our Lord.

00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:34.559
 God does

00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:35.219
 the saving

00:17:35.219 --> 00:17:36.039
 and the

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 keeping.

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 There is

00:17:37.439 --> 00:17:37.959
 therefore

00:17:37.959 --> 00:17:38.799
 now no

00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:39.659
 condemnation

00:17:39.659 --> 00:17:40.419
 for those

00:17:40.419 --> 00:17:40.919
 who are

00:17:40.919 --> 00:17:41.240
 in

00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:42.099
 Christ

00:17:42.099 --> 00:17:43.120
 Jesus

00:17:43.120 --> 00:17:44.240
 regardless

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 of how

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 you might

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 feel about

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 it.

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 Some of

00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:50.480
 you may

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 have

00:17:50.620 --> 00:17:50.960
 noticed

00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:52.220
 I brought

00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:52.620
 my copy

00:17:52.620 --> 00:17:52.740
 of

00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:53.039
 Pilgrim's

00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:53.259
 Progress

00:17:53.259 --> 00:17:53.680
 with me

00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:54.120
 today.

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 So I'll

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 read a bit

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 more to

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 you from

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 it.

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 The driving

00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:01.720
 point I'm

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 making here

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 is that the

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 experience is

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 common

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 that we

00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:06.579
 might feel

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 at times

00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:08.299
 this strain.

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 how can

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 it be

00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:11.099
 true of

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 me

00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:11.599
 that there's

00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:11.799
 no

00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:12.419
 condemnation

00:18:12.419 --> 00:18:12.879
 for me?

00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:13.700
 Look at

00:18:13.700 --> 00:18:14.099
 the way

00:18:14.099 --> 00:18:14.899
 I willingly

00:18:14.899 --> 00:18:16.480
 sin once

00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:16.859
 again.

00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:18.579
 Beloved,

00:18:18.700 --> 00:18:19.299
 if you're

00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:20.220
 in Christ

00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:21.079
 there is

00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:21.379
 no

00:18:21.379 --> 00:18:22.240
 condemnation

00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:23.480
 for you.

00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:24.740
 This is

00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:25.559
 much of

00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:25.980
 the Christian

00:18:25.980 --> 00:18:26.700
 experience.

00:18:27.740 --> 00:18:28.419
 This book

00:18:28.419 --> 00:18:29.059
 is called

00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:29.579
 The

00:18:29.579 --> 00:18:30.859
 Pilgrim's

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 Progress.

00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.079
 And the

00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:33.740
 main character

00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:34.299
 in the book

00:18:34.299 --> 00:18:34.740
 is not

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.059
 named

00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:35.659
 Pilgrim.

00:18:36.139 --> 00:18:36.559
 His name

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 is Christian.

00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:39.819
 John Bunyan

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 meant for

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 this to

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 be understood

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 as the

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 typical

00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.879
 experience

00:18:44.879 --> 00:18:45.419
 of the

00:18:45.419 --> 00:18:45.779
 Christian

00:18:45.779 --> 00:18:46.819
 life.

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 Maybe we

00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:48.379
 don't get

00:18:48.379 --> 00:18:48.919
 every bit

00:18:48.919 --> 00:18:49.359
 and piece

00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:49.680
 of it,

00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:50.019
 but we

00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:50.440
 pick up

00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:50.980
 much of

00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:51.379
 this

00:18:51.379 --> 00:18:52.619
 across

00:18:52.619 --> 00:18:52.799
 our

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:52.960
 life.

00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:53.500
 I find

00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:54.079
 myself

00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:54.480
 in it

00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:54.879
 more

00:18:54.879 --> 00:18:55.579
 and more

00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:56.619
 the

00:18:56.619 --> 00:18:56.859
 longer

00:18:56.859 --> 00:18:57.059
 I

00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:57.500
 follow

00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:58.299
 Jesus.

00:18:59.379 --> 00:18:59.799
 So the

00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:00.019
 short

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:00.319
 little bit

00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:00.539
 I want

00:19:00.539 --> 00:19:00.799
 to read

00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.079
 to you,

00:19:01.379 --> 00:19:01.779
 Christian

00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:02.299
 has met

00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:02.500
 a

00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:02.919
 companion

00:19:02.919 --> 00:19:03.720
 named

00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:04.859
 Faithful.

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:05.980
 And

00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.279
 Faithful

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:07.339
 is recounting

00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:07.899
 the story

00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:08.220
 of how

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:08.380
 he

00:19:08.380 --> 00:19:08.980
 arrived

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.240
 at

00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:09.700
 this

00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:10.019
 spot

00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:10.360
 on the

00:19:10.360 --> 00:19:10.680
 journey

00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:11.700
 along

00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:12.519
 with

00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:12.900
 Christian.

00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:13.960
 And just

00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:14.420
 before he

00:19:14.420 --> 00:19:14.840
 has headed

00:19:14.840 --> 00:19:15.320
 up a

00:19:15.320 --> 00:19:15.560
 hill

00:19:15.560 --> 00:19:16.100
 called

00:19:16.100 --> 00:19:17.000
 Difficulty,

00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.140
 he was

00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:18.540
 tempted

00:19:18.540 --> 00:19:19.060
 by

00:19:19.060 --> 00:19:19.820
 Adam

00:19:19.820 --> 00:19:20.800
 I.

00:19:21.040 --> 00:19:21.280
 I should

00:19:21.280 --> 00:19:21.500
 mention

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:21.740
 if you're

00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:22.040
 unfamiliar

00:19:22.040 --> 00:19:22.420
 with this,

00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:22.720
 it's an

00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:23.140
 allegory.

00:19:23.800 --> 00:19:24.420
 He's

00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:24.640
 tempted

00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:25.380
 by Adam

00:19:25.380 --> 00:19:26.340
 I.

00:19:26.340 --> 00:19:27.000
 to go

00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:27.820
 with him

00:19:27.820 --> 00:19:28.259
 to the

00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:28.820
 town

00:19:28.820 --> 00:19:29.840
 of

00:19:29.840 --> 00:19:30.400
 Deceit.

00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:31.680
 And Faithful

00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:32.240
 considers

00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:32.640
 this

00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:33.620
 for a

00:19:33.620 --> 00:19:33.960
 time.

00:19:34.840 --> 00:19:35.060
 And so

00:19:35.060 --> 00:19:35.700
 he begins

00:19:35.700 --> 00:19:36.120
 up the

00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:36.380
 hill

00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:37.220
 difficulty

00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:38.380
 feeling

00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:39.299
 the guilt

00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:40.299
 of being

00:19:40.299 --> 00:19:40.840
 tempted

00:19:40.840 --> 00:19:41.880
 by Adam

00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:42.279
 I,

00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:42.680
 tempted

00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:43.080
 by

00:19:43.080 --> 00:19:43.840
 his

00:19:43.840 --> 00:19:44.840
 flesh

00:19:44.840 --> 00:19:45.600
 to go

00:19:45.600 --> 00:19:46.019
 to this

00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:46.500
 town

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:46.660
 of

00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:47.080
 Deceit

00:19:47.080 --> 00:19:47.819
 and to

00:19:47.819 --> 00:19:48.480
 fill

00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:48.980
 himself

00:19:48.980 --> 00:19:49.480
 with the

00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:50.000
 desires

00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:51.340
 of this

00:19:51.340 --> 00:19:51.700
 life.

00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:52.480
 So

00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:53.500
 he's

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:53.779
 headed up

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:53.980
 the hill

00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.440
 difficulty

00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:55.640
 and he

00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:55.980
 says,

00:19:56.080 --> 00:19:56.700
 now when

00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:56.980
 I had

00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.400
 climbed

00:19:57.400 --> 00:19:57.680
 about

00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:58.180
 halfway

00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:58.539
 up,

00:19:59.100 --> 00:19:59.480
 I

00:19:59.480 --> 00:19:59.779
 looked

00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.320
 behind

00:20:00.320 --> 00:20:00.600
 and

00:20:00.600 --> 00:20:00.880
 saw

00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:01.340
 someone

00:20:01.340 --> 00:20:01.759
 coming

00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.100
 after

00:20:02.100 --> 00:20:02.320
 me

00:20:02.320 --> 00:20:02.779
 swift

00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.019
 as

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.200
 the

00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:03.559
 wind.

00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:04.860
 Soon

00:20:04.860 --> 00:20:05.039
 he

00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:05.500
 overtook

00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:05.640
 me

00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:05.920
 just

00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:06.140
 about

00:20:06.140 --> 00:20:06.320
 the

00:20:06.320 --> 00:20:06.759
 place

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.039
 where

00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:07.180
 the

00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:07.480
 arbor

00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:08.200
 stands.

00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:09.140
 That

00:20:09.140 --> 00:20:09.340
 is the

00:20:09.340 --> 00:20:09.580
 place,

00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:09.740
 said

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:10.019
 Christian,

00:20:10.080 --> 00:20:10.320
 where I

00:20:10.320 --> 00:20:10.559
 sat

00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:10.799
 down

00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:10.960
 to

00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:11.259
 rest,

00:20:11.360 --> 00:20:11.519
 fell

00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:12.019
 asleep,

00:20:12.600 --> 00:20:12.880
 and

00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:13.140
 lost

00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:13.360
 my

00:20:13.360 --> 00:20:13.759
 scroll.

00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:14.640
 Christian

00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:14.900
 lost

00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:15.039
 the

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.360
 assurance

00:20:15.360 --> 00:20:15.660
 of his

00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:15.980
 faith

00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:16.340
 by

00:20:16.340 --> 00:20:17.100
 napping.

00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:18.500
 Dear

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:18.779
 brother,

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 hear me

00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:19.420
 out,

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 Faithful

00:20:19.860 --> 00:20:20.299
 urged.

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 So

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 as soon

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:22.000
 as the

00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.259
 man

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:22.740
 overtook

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 me,

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 without

00:20:23.120 --> 00:20:23.620
 saying

00:20:23.620 --> 00:20:23.840
 a

00:20:23.840 --> 00:20:24.080
 word,

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 he

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 struck

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.039
 me

00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:25.259
 and

00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:25.580
 knocked

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 me

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.220
 down

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 unconscious.

00:20:28.680 --> 00:20:29.080
 When I

00:20:29.080 --> 00:20:29.460
 came to,

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 I asked

00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.400
 him why

00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:30.759
 he had

00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:31.100
 thus

00:20:31.100 --> 00:20:31.620
 assaulted

00:20:31.620 --> 00:20:31.920
 me.

00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:32.920
 He

00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:33.220
 said

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:33.400
 that it

00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:33.480
 was

00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:33.840
 because

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 of my

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 secret

00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:35.279
 inclination

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:35.539
 to

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 follow

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 Adam

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 the

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:36.900
 first,

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 and

00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:37.580
 with

00:20:37.580 --> 00:20:37.799
 that

00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:37.960
 he

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.380
 struck

00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:38.559
 me

00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:38.720
 with

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 another

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 deadly

00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:39.840
 blow

00:20:39.840 --> 00:20:40.140
 on the

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 chest

00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:41.000
 and

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.340
 beat

00:20:41.340 --> 00:20:41.539
 me

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 down

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 backward,

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 and

00:20:43.340 --> 00:20:43.460
 I

00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:43.700
 lay

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 at

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 his

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 feet

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 as

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 if

00:20:44.840 --> 00:20:45.720
 I

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:45.860
 were

00:20:45.860 --> 00:20:46.180
 dead.

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 So

00:20:47.840 --> 00:20:47.960
 when

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:48.100
 I

00:20:48.100 --> 00:20:48.440
 came

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 to,

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 I

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:49.680
 cried

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:49.860
 to

00:20:49.860 --> 00:20:50.160
 him

00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:50.980
 for

00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.380
 mercy,

00:20:51.860 --> 00:20:52.480
 but

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:52.620
 he

00:20:52.620 --> 00:20:52.940
 said,

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.100
 I

00:20:53.100 --> 00:20:53.279
 do

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:53.480
 not

00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:53.680
 know

00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:54.079
 how

00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:54.299
 to

00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:54.500
 show

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 mercy,

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:55.620
 and

00:20:55.620 --> 00:20:55.799
 with

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.160
 that

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:56.600
 knocked

00:20:56.600 --> 00:20:56.779
 me

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.259
 down

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:58.620
 again.

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.240
 Now

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:00.460
 this

00:21:00.460 --> 00:21:01.519
 figure

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:02.680
 is

00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:03.360
 Moses

00:21:03.360 --> 00:21:04.059
 beating

00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:04.279
 him

00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:04.620
 down

00:21:04.620 --> 00:21:04.860
 with

00:21:04.860 --> 00:21:05.039
 the

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.380
 law.

00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:06.180
 Why?

00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:06.900
 Because

00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:07.079
 he

00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:07.259
 had

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:07.420
 an

00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:08.120
 inclination

00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:08.900
 to

00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:09.259
 Adam

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.920
 the

00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:10.319
 first,

00:21:10.900 --> 00:21:11.279
 and

00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:11.440
 the

00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:12.039
 law

00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:12.400
 comes

00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:12.579
 to

00:21:12.579 --> 00:21:12.759
 bear

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.360
 witness

00:21:13.360 --> 00:21:13.680
 of

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:13.980
 that

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:15.019
 transgression.

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:16.319
 But

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:16.460
 here

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:16.620
 he

00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:16.980
 finds

00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.299
 himself

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:17.480
 on

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:17.579
 the

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:17.700
 hill

00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.099
 difficult,

00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:19.099
 unable

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.480
 to

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:19.839
 get

00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:20.339
 up,

00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:20.559
 and

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.019
 maybe

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.539
 you

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:21.799
 find

00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:22.339
 yourself

00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:22.779
 in

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:22.900
 the

00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:23.059
 shoes

00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:23.220
 of

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.579
 faithful

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:24.360
 this

00:21:24.360 --> 00:21:24.740
 morning.

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 Listen

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.740
 to what

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:26.960
 Bunyan

00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:27.339
 writes

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:27.980
 next.

00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:29.480
 He

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:29.720
 would

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:29.940
 have

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.400
 beaten

00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:31.059
 me

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.819
 to

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.319
 death,

00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:33.559
 except

00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:34.059
 one

00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:34.440
 came

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:34.860
 by

00:21:34.860 --> 00:21:35.120
 and

00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:35.460
 told

00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:35.819
 him

00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:36.660
 to

00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:37.200
 stop.

00:21:38.620 --> 00:21:39.120
 Christian

00:21:39.120 --> 00:21:39.500
 asked,

00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:39.759
 who

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.039
 was it

00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:40.140
 that

00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:40.339
 told

00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:40.460
 him

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:40.599
 to

00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:40.960
 stop?

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:42.480
 Faithful

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:42.680
 went

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:42.900
 on,

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.059
 I

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.319
 did

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:43.539
 not

00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:44.019
 recognize

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.519
 him

00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:45.120
 at

00:21:45.120 --> 00:21:45.599
 first,

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.460
 but

00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:46.700
 as

00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:46.839
 he

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.019
 went

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.360
 by,

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:47.579
 I

00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:47.759
 saw

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.000
 the

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.420
 wounds

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:48.539
 in

00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:48.700
 his

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.259
 hands

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.880
 and

00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:50.019
 in

00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.200
 his

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:50.599
 side.

00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.660
 Then

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:51.819
 I

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.279
 concluded

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:53.180
 that

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:53.519
 he

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.380
 was

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:54.539
 our

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:54.880
 Lord.

00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:55.720
 So

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:55.900
 I

00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:56.500
 continued

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:57.700
 up

00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:57.860
 the

00:21:57.860 --> 00:21:58.120
 hill.

00:21:59.120 --> 00:22:00.039
 The

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.220
 Lord

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:00.460
 Jesus

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:01.039
 Christ

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.940
 came

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.420
 by

00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:02.740
 and

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.180
 said,

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.559
 stop.

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:05.480
 He

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.980
 said,

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.079
 mine

00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:08.079
 of

00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:08.460
 faithful,

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.420
 and the

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:09.799
 law

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.579
 stopped

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.039
 beating

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:11.920
 him

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:13.039
 down.

00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:15.099
 Do

00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.099


00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.240
 you

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.519
 sometimes

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:15.960
 still

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.460
 feel

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:16.839
 the

00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:17.319
 weight

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:17.559
 of

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:17.720
 a

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.000
 burden

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.200
 that

00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:18.379
 has

00:22:18.379 --> 00:22:19.019
 already

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.440
 been

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:20.059
 loosed

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.399
 from

00:22:20.399 --> 00:22:20.779
 your

00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:21.639
 back?

00:22:22.659 --> 00:22:23.079
 Our

00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:23.440
 Lord

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:24.059
 did not

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:24.659
 place

00:22:24.659 --> 00:22:24.980
 that

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.359
 weight

00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:25.819
 upon

00:22:25.819 --> 00:22:26.200
 your

00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:26.659
 shoulders.

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.220
 You

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.519
 did.

00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:29.940
 You

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.259
 stopped

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.680
 believing

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:31.440
 that there's

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:31.680
 no

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.299
 condemnation

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.740
 for those

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:32.960
 who are

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.099
 in

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:33.559
 Christ

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.200
 Jesus.

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.980
 Listen

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.220
 to the

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.500
 words of

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:36.720
 Jesus

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:36.899
 in

00:22:36.899 --> 00:22:37.139
 Matthew

00:22:37.139 --> 00:22:37.639
 11,

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:38.079
 verse

00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:39.059
 28 and

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.519
 29,

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.900
 find some

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.500
 solace

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:41.980
 there

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.940
 where he

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.480
 says,

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.700
 come to

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.079
 me,

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.519
 all who

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:46.980
 labor

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.980
 and are

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.759
 heavy laden

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.420
 and I

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:50.539
 will give

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:50.859
 you

00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:52.119
 rest.

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.500
 Take

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.039
 my yoke

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.500
 upon you

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:54.980
 and learn

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.359
 from me

00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:55.879
 for I

00:22:55.879 --> 00:22:56.460
 am gentle

00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:57.240
 and lowly

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.859
 in heart

00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:59.039
 and you

00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.579
 will find

00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.160
 rest

00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:01.559
 for your

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:01.980
 souls.

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.440
 Love

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:05.279
 still

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:06.259
 bids you

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.980
 welcome,

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:07.759
 dear

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.160
 Christian.

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.180
 Jesus

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:10.980
 calls to

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.259
 you

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.799
 in your

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.200
 failure,

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:12.720
 come

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.339
 to

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:14.420
 me.

00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:15.240
 He

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:15.440
 is

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.440
 unendingly

00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:17.059
 gracious

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:18.579
 and merciful

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.799
 to those

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.400
 who belong

00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:21.279
 to him.

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.700
 Your

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.299
 standing

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:23.819
 with him

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.059
 was

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:24.740
 accomplished

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.619
 by

00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:26.819
 him.

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.099
 You

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.299
 are

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:28.859
 his

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:29.759
 and he

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:29.980
 will

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.339
 not

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:31.440
 cast

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:31.599
 you

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:31.879
 out.

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.200
 There

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:33.400
 is

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.200
 therefore

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:35.160
 now

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:35.960
 no

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:37.000
 condemnation

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.920
 for those

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.400
 who are

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:39.700
 in Christ

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.220
 Jesus.

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:41.840
 Not

00:23:41.840 --> 00:23:42.540
 there is

00:23:42.540 --> 00:23:42.840
 therefore

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.100
 now

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:43.300
 no

00:23:43.300 --> 00:23:43.800
 condemnation

00:23:43.800 --> 00:23:44.200
 for those

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:44.800
 who feel

00:23:44.800 --> 00:23:45.100
 like

00:23:45.100 --> 00:23:45.420
 there is

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:45.660
 therefore

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:45.920
 now

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:46.200
 no

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:47.380
 condemnation.

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.519
 Charles

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:49.880
 Spurgeon

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:50.700
 once said,

00:23:50.780 --> 00:23:51.080
 this is the

00:23:51.080 --> 00:23:51.700
 quotation on the

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.060
 back of your

00:23:52.060 --> 00:23:52.480
 bulletin,

00:23:53.060 --> 00:23:53.740
 my hope

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.040
 that I

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 am saved

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 does not

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 lie in

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.380
 the fact

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 that I

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 preach

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 or that

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 I do

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 this or

00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:58.980
 that.

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 All

00:24:00.300 --> 00:24:00.920
 my hope

00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:01.820
 lies

00:24:01.820 --> 00:24:02.460
 in

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:02.980
 this,

00:24:03.840 --> 00:24:04.380
 that Jesus

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:04.780
 Christ

00:24:04.780 --> 00:24:05.180
 came to

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:05.420
 save

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:05.820
 sinners.

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:07.259
 I

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.399
 am

00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:07.559
 a

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:07.759
 sinner.

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.159
 I

00:24:08.159 --> 00:24:08.740
 trust

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.079
 him.

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:09.559
 Then

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:09.740
 he

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.079
 came

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.259
 to

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.539
 save

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:11.039
 me

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.740
 and

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.399
 I

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.279
 am

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:14.740
 saved.

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.259
 In

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.579
 Romans

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.240
 chapter

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 12

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.779
 and

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.000
 verse

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.419
 2,

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 Paul

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:21.980
 tells

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 us

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.859
 that

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.039
 we

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.179
 are

00:24:23.179 --> 00:24:23.259
 to

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.419
 be

00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:24.220
 transformed

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 by

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:24.939
 the

00:24:24.939 --> 00:24:25.359
 renewal

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:25.960
 of

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.579
 our

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:28.159
 minds.

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:30.039
 Beloved,

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:30.919
 by the

00:24:30.919 --> 00:24:31.139
 renewal

00:24:31.139 --> 00:24:31.460
 of our

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 minds,

00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:32.339
 not

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:32.960
 our

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:34.359
 emotions.

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:36.339
 I

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:36.619
 think we

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:36.859
 live in

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.279
 a day,

00:24:37.459 --> 00:24:37.979
 perhaps,

00:24:38.659 --> 00:24:39.419
 more than

00:24:39.419 --> 00:24:39.879
 any other

00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:40.299
 day,

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:40.879
 although I've

00:24:40.879 --> 00:24:41.579
 never lived

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:41.779
 in the

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.099
 others,

00:24:43.399 --> 00:24:44.500
 that emotions

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.799
 lead the

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.399
 charge.

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.000
 We are

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.559
 such a

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.000
 people

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.979
 batted

00:24:49.979 --> 00:24:50.659
 around by

00:24:50.659 --> 00:24:51.299
 the way

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.919
 we

00:24:51.919 --> 00:24:53.219
 feel.

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:54.799
 Perhaps

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.199
 because it's

00:24:55.199 --> 00:24:55.599
 difficult to

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:56.000
 know what

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.419
 the truth

00:24:56.419 --> 00:24:57.139
 is as

00:24:57.139 --> 00:24:57.579
 we walk

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.139
 in such

00:24:58.139 --> 00:24:58.339
 a

00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:58.979
 confused

00:24:58.979 --> 00:24:59.899
 world.

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.639
 We have

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:01.979
 an

00:25:01.979 --> 00:25:02.699
 absolute

00:25:02.699 --> 00:25:03.619
 word.

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.579
 a

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.279
 clear

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:06.500
 text

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:06.759
 that

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.099
 tells

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.339
 us

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:07.519
 what

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:07.699
 the

00:25:07.699 --> 00:25:07.979
 truth

00:25:07.979 --> 00:25:08.259
 is

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.559
 as

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:08.699
 it

00:25:08.699 --> 00:25:09.159
 concerns

00:25:09.159 --> 00:25:09.399
 the

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:09.799
 most

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.799
 important

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.939
 things.

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:12.699
 Do not

00:25:12.699 --> 00:25:13.319
 let your

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:14.019
 feelings

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.459
 lead the

00:25:14.459 --> 00:25:14.899
 charge

00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:15.339
 and try

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:15.599
 to get

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:15.739
 the

00:25:15.739 --> 00:25:15.959
 truth

00:25:15.959 --> 00:25:16.139
 to

00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:16.339
 catch

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:16.479
 up

00:25:16.479 --> 00:25:16.579
 to

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:16.719
 your

00:25:16.719 --> 00:25:17.119
 feelings.

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.599
 Rather,

00:25:18.179 --> 00:25:18.539
 let your

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.039
 feelings

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.379
 catch

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:19.779
 up

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.359
 to

00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:20.559
 the

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.159
 truth.

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.459
 We're

00:25:22.459 --> 00:25:22.659
 to be

00:25:22.659 --> 00:25:23.179
 transformed

00:25:23.179 --> 00:25:23.779
 by the

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.199
 renewal

00:25:24.199 --> 00:25:24.619
 of

00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:25.000
 our

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.459
 minds.

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.599
 So

00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:28.979
 repeat

00:25:28.979 --> 00:25:29.319
 it

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.039
 until

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.199
 you

00:25:30.199 --> 00:25:30.539
 believe

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:30.839
 it.

00:25:31.959 --> 00:25:32.319
 There's

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:32.879
 therefore

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.720
 now no

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.580
 condemnation

00:25:34.580 --> 00:25:35.300
 for those

00:25:35.300 --> 00:25:35.560
 who are

00:25:35.560 --> 00:25:35.880
 in

00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.780
 Christ

00:25:36.780 --> 00:25:37.140
 Jesus.

00:25:37.780 --> 00:25:38.240
 There's

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.540
 therefore

00:25:38.540 --> 00:25:39.180
 now no

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.780
 condemnation

00:25:39.780 --> 00:25:40.180
 for those

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:40.400
 who are

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:40.600
 in

00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:41.180
 Christ

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.540
 Jesus.

00:25:42.060 --> 00:25:42.620
 No

00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:43.420
 condemnation,

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:43.820
 no

00:25:43.820 --> 00:25:44.540
 condemnation,

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:44.980
 no

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:46.340
 condemnation.

00:25:47.040 --> 00:25:47.540
 We've

00:25:47.540 --> 00:25:48.000
 been set

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.460
 free

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.000
 from it.

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.700
 Stop

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.400
 carrying it

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:52.220
 around like

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.780
 a burden

00:25:52.780 --> 00:25:53.320
 on your

00:25:53.320 --> 00:25:54.040
 back when

00:25:54.040 --> 00:25:54.720
 the burden

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.520
 has

00:25:55.520 --> 00:25:56.120
 been

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:57.080
 taken.

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.680
 You

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.120
 didn't do

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.440
 it.

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.000
 Praise

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.320
 God,

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.020
 you can't

00:26:01.020 --> 00:26:01.700
 undo it.

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:03.220
 the Lord

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:03.400
 has

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:03.620
 done

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:03.920
 it

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:05.400
 for the

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:05.779
 glory

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.580
 of his

00:26:06.580 --> 00:26:06.900
 grace

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.180
 to be

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.500
 expressed

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.279
 to us.

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.480
 What an

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:09.880
 incredible

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.279
 thing.

00:26:10.840 --> 00:26:11.200
 And we

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.840
 walk around

00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:12.299
 beating

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:12.799
 ourselves

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.180
 down

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.480
 as if

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:13.680
 we've

00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:14.039
 not

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.500
 been

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.319
 set

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:15.799
 free

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.559
 from

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:16.700
 the

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.319
 condemnation

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:17.900
 that

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.080
 comes

00:26:18.080 --> 00:26:18.259
 with

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.500
 sin.

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:21.140
 I

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.299
 want

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:21.400
 to

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:21.759
 ask

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.279
 and

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.640
 answer

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.840
 two

00:26:23.840 --> 00:26:24.380
 questions

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:24.660
 about

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:24.960
 verse

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.420
 one

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:26.559
 that

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:26.860
 find

00:26:26.860 --> 00:26:27.019
 their

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.440
 answers

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:27.680
 in

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.000
 verses

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:29.460
 two

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.519
 through

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:30.960
 four.

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:33.340
 But as

00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:33.580
 I look

00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:33.759
 at the

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.100
 time,

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:35.720
 yeah,

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:37.740
 I want

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.279
 to ask

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.660
 and answer

00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:38.980
 them at

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.360
 length

00:26:39.360 --> 00:26:40.539
 next week.

00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:42.680
 When you

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:42.960
 make the

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.180
 preaching

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.620
 schedule,

00:26:44.100 --> 00:26:44.700
 you get a

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:44.920
 little bit

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:45.279
 of liberty

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:46.299
 to do

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.620
 this.

00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:47.840
 But let's

00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:48.580
 consider them

00:26:48.580 --> 00:26:48.940
 briefly

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:51.420
 before I

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:51.799
 close.

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.220
 Maybe

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:53.539
 good just

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:53.819
 to set

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:54.440
 our minds

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:55.440
 on no

00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:57.059
 condemnation.

00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:58.360
 Let me

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:58.660
 ask them

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.000
 and answer

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.519
 them briefly.

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.079
 Number

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.460
 one,

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.839
 how is

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:02.980
 there

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.359
 therefore

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:03.980
 now

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.980
 no

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:06.119
 condemnation?

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.519
 Paul has

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:06.839
 been making

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.299
 this argument

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.660
 to us

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.139
 across the

00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:08.559
 entirety

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:08.940
 of the

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.160
 letter,

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:09.940
 but he

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.599
 sums it

00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:10.980
 up for

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.480
 us in

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:11.920
 verses

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.519
 two

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.660
 and

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.079
 three.

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.480
 Because

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.039
 if you

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.619
 are in

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:16.960
 Christ

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.299
 Jesus,

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:17.960
 you have

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.420
 been

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.940
 justified.

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.279
 This

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.680
 word is

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.119
 so

00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:21.619
 important.

00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:22.680
 Justification

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.900
 is a

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.599
 legal

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.599
 declaration

00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:26.839
 that your

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.299
 sins

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:27.720
 have been

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.220
 forgiven

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:30.000
 and that

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.259
 you have

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.880
 perfectly

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.680
 kept

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:33.079
 the law.

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:34.940
 The

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.279
 Mosaic

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.640
 Covenant

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.400
 requires

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:36.819
 this of

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.059
 us.

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.339
 If we're

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:37.519
 to be

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:37.880
 God's

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:38.140
 people,

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.500
 we have

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:38.720
 to be

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.200
 perfect

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.640
 law

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.339
 keepers.

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:40.900
 And we

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.380
 haven't.

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:41.900
 We have

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.440
 failed at

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:42.700
 this.

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.319
 We deserve

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.860
 the punishment

00:27:43.860 --> 00:27:44.299
 of our

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.579
 sin.

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.160
 That debt

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.779
 has to be

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.160
 canceled.

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:46.960
 But not

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.519
 just that,

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.140
 we also

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:48.640
 have to be

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:48.920
 perfect

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.200
 law

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.660
 keepers.

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:50.940
 And so

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.279
 we get

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:51.900
 both

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.799
 from

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.259
 Christ.

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.299
 It's the

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.759
 doctrine of

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.440
 double

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.220
 imputation.

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:56.839
 We'll talk

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.220
 about it

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.720
 at length.

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:59.100
 next week.

00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:00.019
 Our sin

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.539
 taken

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:02.039
 by Him,

00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:03.120
 given to

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 Him,

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 and His

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.860
 righteousness

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 given

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 to us.

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 So briefly

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:09.860
 see that

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 in verses

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 2 and

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 3.

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 The law

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 of the

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 spirit

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:12.740
 of life

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.079
 has set

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:13.680
 you free

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.380
 in Christ

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:14.740
 Jesus

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 from the

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.720
 law of

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 sin

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 and death.

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 For God

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 has done

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 what the

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 law,

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 weakened

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 by the

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 flesh,

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 could not

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 do.

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 We could

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 not keep

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:24.200
 the law

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.799
 in our

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.380
 sinful

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:25.900
 flesh

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:25.940
 flesh.

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 By

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 sending

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 His

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 own

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 Son

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 in the

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 likeness

00:28:30.120 --> 00:28:30.480
 of

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:30.800
 sinful

00:28:30.800 --> 00:28:31.320
 flesh

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 and for

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 sin,

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 He

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 condemned

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.700
 sin

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 in

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.980
 the

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.280
 flesh.

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 Whose

00:28:36.560 --> 00:28:36.980
 flesh?

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.400
 In

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:38.620
 Christ's

00:28:38.620 --> 00:28:39.600
 flesh

00:28:39.600 --> 00:28:40.480
 on our

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:40.920
 behalf.

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 So you

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.440
 see,

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:42.800
 Jesus'

00:28:43.060 --> 00:28:44.259
 perfect

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.540
 law

00:28:44.540 --> 00:28:44.860
 keeping

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.700
 and His

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.180
 taking

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:46.800
 of our

00:28:46.800 --> 00:28:47.580
 condemnation

00:28:47.580 --> 00:28:49.060
 there in

00:28:49.060 --> 00:28:49.560
 the text.

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 Christ's

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 Christ's

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 But also

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:51.379
 we should

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:51.579
 ask,

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.079
 why

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:53.339
 have

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:53.799
 you been

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.019
 set

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.359
 free

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:55.099
 in

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.759
 Christ

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.639
 Jesus?

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.099
 So that

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:59.220
 we might

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.419
 be

00:28:59.419 --> 00:29:00.240
 sanctified.

00:29:00.659 --> 00:29:00.960
 Another

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.419
 important

00:29:01.419 --> 00:29:01.919
 term.

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.299
 Sanctification

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.919
 is the

00:29:03.919 --> 00:29:04.419
 growing

00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:05.179
 process

00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:05.940
 of becoming

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.859
 holy.

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:08.079
 When we're

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.599
 declared

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.019
 righteous,

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.519
 this is

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.519
 an eternal

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.599
 state in

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:11.980
 which we

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.440
 stand.

00:29:12.679 --> 00:29:13.019
 It's a

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.740
 positional

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.119
 thing,

00:29:14.419 --> 00:29:14.700
 but then

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.159
 we are

00:29:15.159 --> 00:29:15.859
 in this

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:16.379
 life

00:29:16.379 --> 00:29:17.579
 sanctified.

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.159
 Bit

00:29:18.159 --> 00:29:18.740
 by bit,

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.139
 one

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.680
 degree of

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.120
 glory to

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:20.520
 another,

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.880
 Paul says.

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.780
 We grow

00:29:22.780 --> 00:29:24.280
 in holiness.

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.780
 Justification

00:29:25.780 --> 00:29:27.160
 necessarily

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:28.720
 leads to

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.420
 sanctification,

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.040
 and much of

00:29:30.040 --> 00:29:30.340
 the rest of

00:29:30.340 --> 00:29:30.700
 this chapter

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.100
 is about

00:29:31.100 --> 00:29:31.320
 that.

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:31.580
 How do

00:29:31.580 --> 00:29:31.880
 we do

00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:32.140
 that?

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.360
 Well,

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:33.040
 we live

00:29:33.040 --> 00:29:34.020
 life by

00:29:34.020 --> 00:29:34.600
 the Spirit.

00:29:35.020 --> 00:29:35.300
 We're

00:29:35.300 --> 00:29:35.800
 empowered

00:29:35.800 --> 00:29:36.420
 by Him

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.940
 to keep

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.980
 God's

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.280
 law.

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:40.780
 Always

00:29:40.780 --> 00:29:41.620
 starting with

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:42.060
 the fact

00:29:42.060 --> 00:29:42.360
 that we're

00:29:42.360 --> 00:29:43.100
 no longer

00:29:43.100 --> 00:29:43.600
 condemned

00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:44.300
 in Christ,

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.040
 we're now

00:29:45.040 --> 00:29:45.940
 set free

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.580
 to be

00:29:46.580 --> 00:29:47.200
 obedient

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:48.300
 by the

00:29:48.300 --> 00:29:48.640
 power.

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:49.759
 of the

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.080
 Spirit.

00:29:51.020 --> 00:29:51.600
 Two

00:29:51.600 --> 00:29:51.940
 wonderful

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.300
 things.

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:52.640
 We will

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.480
 take up

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:53.900
 both of

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.040
 these

00:29:54.040 --> 00:29:54.480
 questions

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.040
 and we'll

00:29:55.040 --> 00:29:56.259
 answer them

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.920
 in depth

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.660
 next week

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:58.100
 as we

00:29:58.100 --> 00:29:58.520
 continue

00:29:58.520 --> 00:29:59.759
 to study

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.400
 together.

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:00.880
 So,

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.580
 we just

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:01.860
 skipped

00:30:01.860 --> 00:30:02.740
 four pages

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.100
 of notes.

00:30:04.100 --> 00:30:04.880
 We bring

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.300
 you back

00:30:05.300 --> 00:30:06.240
 to verse

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.540
 one.

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.040
 I hope

00:30:09.040 --> 00:30:09.340
 it just

00:30:09.340 --> 00:30:09.840
 resonates

00:30:09.840 --> 00:30:10.500
 around

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.240
 inside of

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.460
 you

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.800
 this morning.

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:14.180
 Christian

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.619
 brothers and

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:14.859
 sisters,

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:17.119
 almost all

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:17.460
 of the

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.819
 counseling

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.440
 I do

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:20.200
 is found

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.519
 in verse

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:20.859
 one.

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:22.000
 We come

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.220
 at it

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.500
 from many

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.079
 other places.

00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:23.539
 There's

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:23.919
 practical

00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:24.519
 applications

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.519
 to be

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:25.819
 done,

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.819
 but oh,

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:27.279
 if we

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.819
 would just

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.419
 believe

00:30:28.419 --> 00:30:29.279
 that there

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:30.079
 is therefore

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:31.359
 now no

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:32.240
 condemnation

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:33.079
 for those

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:34.019
 who are

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.319
 in

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.200
 Christ

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.500
 Jesus.

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.419
 Let's

00:30:36.419 --> 00:30:36.559
 pray

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:36.859
 together.

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.000