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 letter from doctrine to practice, from theology to ethics, from foundation to application.

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! Paul states in Romans 12 verses 1 and 2, I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God,

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 that's everything that he has said in those previous 11 chapters, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice,

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 holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship, whole self offering to God.

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 Verse 2 says, do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind,

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 that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

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 The work we find before us today is that work of being transformed by the renewal of our minds,

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 testing to discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

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 The last time that we were studying Romans together, we considered Paul's exhortation to Christian love.

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 That was two weeks ago. Paul tells us in Romans chapter 13 and verse 8 that the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

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 And in verse 10, love does no wrong to a neighbor, therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

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 And the end of chapter 13 develops this idea further.

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 Before we read the text, I'd like to remind you, beloved, that this is God's word to us 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 to obey its commands.

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 Romans chapter 13, beginning in verse 11.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 In these four verses, as Paul continues to drive this idea of love as fulfilling of the law,

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 he employs an analogy of rising in the morning.

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 The outline for our study will follow the text arc through that analogy in the following three points.

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 Number one, wake up.

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 Number two, cast off.

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 And number three, put on.

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 So firstly, wake up, verse 11 and the first part of verse 12.

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 He begins verse 11 with this phrase,

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 besides this.

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 And we should deal with that phrase first.

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 It could be more simply rendered,

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 do this as the New American Standard does,

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 or most simply,

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 and this.

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 That's what the Greek literally translates to,

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 and this.

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 Paul is stating in addition to the fact that love fulfills the law,

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 you should love because...

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 Why?

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 You should love because...

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 You know the time.

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 Paul here is not referring to chronological time,

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 otherwise he would have used the Greek word chronos.

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 Instead, he uses the word kairos,

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 which means season or age.

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 You see, this letter is addressed to Christians,

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 those who have believed,

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 you'll see there at the end of verse 11.

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 So this is the age when Christians are to wake from sleep.

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 What does Paul mean by that?

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 He is encouraging the Roman believers and us this morning

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 to stir from spiritual lethargy.

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 It is not the time to be spiritually lazy,

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 but to be roused and fervent in our love for one another.

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 Why?

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 Is it because we have need to earn God's favor?

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 Is the finite clock of our lives hastening us to the infinite

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 and we must pocket as many credits as possible

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 to cash out when we stand in judgment?

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 No.

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 Surely, the finite clock of our lives is hastening us to the infinite.

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 But if you are in Christ,

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 then your salvation is a settled matter.

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 But Paul reasons that because our salvation is nearer to us now

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 than when we first believed,

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 that we should stir from our spiritual laziness.

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 Does he not?

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 He does.

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 But not because he intends to motivate us with fear.

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 He's not saying your days are fleeting

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 and you're approaching this moment quickly,

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 so you better get busy.

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 Paul intends to motivate us to fervent love

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 because of the great love that we have been shown in Christ.

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 Here Paul uses the noun salvation.

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 In its verb form, it means to save.

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 R.C. Sproul explains this verb well in his commentary on this verse.

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 He says,

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 The Greek word appears in the biblical text

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 in every possible tense,

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 indicating a sense in which

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 we are being saved,

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 and in a sense we have been saved.

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 The simple aorist tense is rendered,

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 you are saved.

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 The present tense is rendered,

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 you are being saved.

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 And the future tense reads,

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 you shall be saved.

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 The future perfect is rendered,

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 you shall have been saved.

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 These are all the rendering of the same Greek verb.

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 Salvation is unfolded biblically in all those increments.

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 Therefore, in the ultimate sense,

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 we do not experience salvation the moment we were born again.

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 That is just one aspect of salvation.

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 The fullness of our salvation will not take place until our glorification when we enter into heaven.

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 End quote.

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 Having been saved,

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 having been saved,

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 we are being saved,

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 we will be saved,

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 and we will have been saved.

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 And I'll let you try to wrap your mind around what that means exactly.

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 Right?

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 We are in the process.

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 Justification,

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 sanctification,

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 glorification.

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 All of the wonderful promises of God's love for us in Christ

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 should shake us from our stupor and motivate Christian love.

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 Wake up,

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 Paul says.

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 He means to encourage us.

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 Right?

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 The gospel is true for you.

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 Right?

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 You're in the process.

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 Having been,

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 you are being,

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 will be finally saved.

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 And that day is coming.

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 We live in this age where we are Christian.

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 And this should motivate Christian love.

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 Again,

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 Romans 12,

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 1 and 2.

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 I appeal to you,

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 therefore,

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 brothers,

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 by the mercies of God.

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 What are we to do?

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 Present ourselves,

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 our whole selves,

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 as a living sacrifice,

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 holy and acceptable,

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 which is our spiritual worship.

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 We're not to be conformed to this world,

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 the ways of this world,

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 but rather to be transformed,

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 the ways of God,

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 by the renewal of our mind.

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 And he goes then into chapter 12 and 13

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 and on to the end of the book

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 to help us understand

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 what that transformed life will look like.

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 Paul goes on in verse 12,

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 the night is far gone,

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 the day is at hand.

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 His analogy continues by juxtaposing

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 the night and the day,

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 darkness and light.

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 This imagery is employed all throughout the Bible

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 and perhaps resonated a little more

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 with the original readers of this letter

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 as the night was a place of danger.

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 The world was not quite as lit

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 as it now is.

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 It was a place of hiding

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 and a place of expressed wickedness

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 in the cover of dark.

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 Let me show you just one Old Testament example

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 and one New Testament example

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 of this analogy being employed.

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 Isaiah 5 and verse 20 says,

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 Woe to those who call evil good

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 and good evil reverse things.

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 Who put darkness for light

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 and light for darkness.

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 Who put bitter for sweet

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 and sweet for bitter.

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 And then John chapter 3, verse 16

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 and following,

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 For God so loved the world

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 that he gave his only son

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 that whoever believes in him

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 should not perish

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 but have eternal life.

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 For God did not send his son

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 into the world to condemn the world

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 but in order that the world

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 might be saved through him.

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 Whoever believes in him

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 is not condemned.

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 But whoever does not believe

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 is condemned already

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 because he has not believed

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 in the name of the only son of God.

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 Pause.

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 Jesus didn't come to bring the condemnation.

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 The condemnation already existed.

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 And this is the judgment,

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 verse 19 says,

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 The light has come into the world

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 and people loved the darkness

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 rather than the light

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 because their works were evil.

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 For everyone who does wicked things

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 hates the light

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 and does not come to the light

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 lest his works should be exposed.

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 So you know the time.

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 The night is far gone.

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 The day is at hand

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 because the light of Christ

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 has shown in our hearts.

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 So wake up.

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 If you are in Christ,

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 this is not the age

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 of spiritual slumber.

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 This is the age

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 of Christian love.

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 So we are to wake up.

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 But we are also,

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 secondly,

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 to cast off.

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 You see this in the middle part

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 of verse 12

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 and in verse 13.

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 He says there,

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 So then let us cast off,

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 or if you prefer,

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 put off,

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 the works of darkness.

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 So the middle of verse 12

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 continues this analogy.

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 Having awoken,

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 we are to take off the works

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 that are suited to slumber.

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 If you prefer,

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 I don't mean to make pajamas

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 seem evil,

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 but if you prefer in the analogy,

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 to take off those things

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 that are suited for sleeping.

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 Paul then states

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 at the beginning of verse 13,

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 let us walk properly

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 as in the daytime,

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 and then gives us negative examples

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 in the rest of the verse.

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 So if we are to walk properly,

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 we are to not do

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 the following things.

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 He begins,

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 Nod in,

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 orgies,

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 and drunkenness.

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 And this phrase

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 is likely a reference

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 to the Roman worship

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 of the pagan god Bacchus

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 at a festival called Bacchanalia.

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 All of the details

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 of this nighttime festival

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 that you need to know

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 are found there

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 in the phrase.

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 Not a lot more really

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 to know about what took,

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 what happened

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 in this particular festival.

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 Now,

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 it may well be

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 that the Roman Christians

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 needed not to hear

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 that particular rebuke.

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 I hope that all of you

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 this morning

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 have not participated

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 in such a festival.

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 They may have thought,

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 oh,

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 of course not,

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 right?

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 Of course we shouldn't

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 participate in such things.

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 But,

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 Paul continues.

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 He's building out

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 his argument.

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 He's saying,

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 of course we wouldn't do

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 that kind of

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 nighttime activity.

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 But he goes on to say,

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 in a broadening sense,

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 not in sexual immorality

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 and sensuality.

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 And these two sins

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 are closely related.

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 The first referring

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 to the perversion

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 of the marriage bed.

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 The second,

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 to flagrant debauchery

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 of all kinds.

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 Note here,

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 Paul is using

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 this kind of

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 extreme example

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 and getting wider

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 and wider.

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 Which certainly

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 are actions

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 that should

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 in no way

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 characterize

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 Christian love.

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 These are all,

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 so far,

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 these two first

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 prohibitions

00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:17.840
 are perversions

00:13:17.840 --> 00:13:20.540
 of Christian love.

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 What it ought

00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:22.200
 to look like

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 to love.

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 These are the

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 opposite of

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 that.

00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:27.500
 Paul writes

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 in 1 Thessalonians

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 chapter 4,

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 this is verse 3

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 through 5,

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 for this is the will

00:13:32.379 --> 00:13:32.879
 of God,

00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:34.620
 your sanctification,

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 that you abstain

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 from sexual

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 immorality.

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 Each one of you

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 know how to control

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 his own body

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 in holiness

00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:43.680
 and honor.

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 Not in the passion

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 of lust

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 like the Gentiles

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 who do not

00:13:47.659 --> 00:13:49.740
 know God.

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 Christians should be

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 distinct

00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:54.420
 in this way

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 amongst many

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 other ways,

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 which is the

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 broadening

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 that Paul

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 does

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 next.

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 But here,

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 here,

00:14:05.180 --> 00:14:06.340
 we might

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 quickly be able

00:14:07.259 --> 00:14:07.860
 to dismiss

00:14:07.860 --> 00:14:08.600
 the first

00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:09.379
 prohibition.

00:14:09.779 --> 00:14:10.159
 Sure, sure.

00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:11.139
 no orgies

00:14:11.139 --> 00:14:13.000
 and drunkenness.

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 I hope,

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 I pray,

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 that we can also

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 not find ourselves

00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:18.100
 rebuked

00:14:18.100 --> 00:14:19.779
 in the second.

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 Not in

00:14:21.100 --> 00:14:22.339
 sexual immorality

00:14:22.339 --> 00:14:24.719
 and sensuality.

00:14:26.339 --> 00:14:26.860
 Now,

00:14:26.899 --> 00:14:27.299
 if this is

00:14:27.299 --> 00:14:28.600
 true of us,

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 right,

00:14:29.779 --> 00:14:31.339
 Paul broadens

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 it a bit

00:14:31.959 --> 00:14:32.799
 more.

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 And note,

00:14:33.779 --> 00:14:34.240
 we are still

00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:35.299
 tracking Paul's

00:14:35.299 --> 00:14:35.879
 argument

00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:35.879


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 for Christian

00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:38.379
 love.

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 Don't think

00:14:39.659 --> 00:14:40.279
 he's departed

00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:40.879
 altogether

00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:41.860
 from the topic,

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 right?

00:14:42.299 --> 00:14:43.279
 He says next,

00:14:43.740 --> 00:14:44.939
 not in

00:14:44.939 --> 00:14:45.639
 quarreling

00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:47.539
 and jealousy.

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 I think we

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 should just

00:14:50.059 --> 00:14:50.620
 find this

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 progression

00:14:51.299 --> 00:14:53.019
 staggering.

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 I have

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 been using

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 the term

00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:57.580
 broadening,

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 right,

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 by which I

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 just mean

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 including

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 more

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 of his

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 listeners

00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:02.940
 in these

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 prohibitions,

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 failures.

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 But perhaps

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 I should be

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 saying

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 tightening

00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:09.500
 like

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 concentric

00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:10.720
 rings

00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:11.180
 on a

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 bullseye,

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 Paul's

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 bringing

00:15:14.560 --> 00:15:15.299
 the issue

00:15:15.299 --> 00:15:16.120
 to our

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 hearts.

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 Look at

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 the way

00:15:19.340 --> 00:15:19.799
 in which

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 love is

00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:20.720
 perverted

00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:21.120
 in the

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 world.

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 We should

00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:21.759
 have

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 nothing

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 to do

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 with

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 that,

00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:24.320
 right?

00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:25.399
 Not in

00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:26.139
 orgies

00:15:26.139 --> 00:15:26.720
 and drunkenness,

00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:27.159
 not in

00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:27.419
 sexual

00:15:27.419 --> 00:15:27.779
 immorality

00:15:27.779 --> 00:15:28.419
 and sensuality,

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 not in

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 quarreling

00:15:30.620 --> 00:15:32.340
 and jealousy.

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 Quarreling

00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:36.379
 or strife

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 refers to

00:15:38.060 --> 00:15:38.960
 contention,

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 arguing,

00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:42.200
 disagreement

00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:43.299
 over trivial

00:15:43.299 --> 00:15:44.000
 things.

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 It connotes

00:15:45.899 --> 00:15:46.639
 competitiveness

00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:47.240
 that seeks

00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:47.740
 its own

00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:48.899
 way and

00:15:48.899 --> 00:15:49.560
 preference.

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 It is

00:15:51.180 --> 00:15:51.960
 self-seeking

00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:53.299
 and it is

00:15:53.299 --> 00:15:54.659
 not humble.

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 It forgets

00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:57.080
 that God

00:15:57.080 --> 00:15:57.740
 in Christ

00:15:57.740 --> 00:15:58.460
 forgave you

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 and does

00:15:59.240 --> 00:15:59.820
 not

00:15:59.820 --> 00:16:00.860
 extend

00:16:00.860 --> 00:16:02.720
 forgiveness.

00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:05.200
 is your

00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:05.399
 life

00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:05.899
 characterized

00:16:05.899 --> 00:16:06.379
 by this

00:16:06.379 --> 00:16:06.779
 kind of

00:16:06.779 --> 00:16:07.639
 contention,

00:16:08.040 --> 00:16:08.300
 this

00:16:08.300 --> 00:16:11.040
 self-preference?

00:16:13.040 --> 00:16:13.920
 Similarly,

00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:14.480
 jealousy

00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:15.920
 wants all

00:16:15.920 --> 00:16:16.420
 that someone

00:16:16.420 --> 00:16:17.279
 else has

00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:18.639
 for you.

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 It is

00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:21.080
 selfish

00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:22.620
 and refuses

00:16:22.620 --> 00:16:23.360
 to rejoice

00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:24.460
 with those

00:16:24.460 --> 00:16:25.840
 who rejoice.

00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:26.940
 It does

00:16:26.940 --> 00:16:27.720
 not serve

00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:28.120
 others.

00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:28.480
 It is

00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:29.560
 always

00:16:29.560 --> 00:16:30.200
 seeking

00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:31.240
 a beneficial

00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:32.500
 angle.

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 in every

00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:34.000
 circumstance,

00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:34.800
 in every

00:16:34.800 --> 00:16:36.379
 relationship.

00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:39.040
 These sins

00:16:39.040 --> 00:16:39.680
 are what

00:16:39.680 --> 00:16:40.379
 cause

00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:41.060
 division,

00:16:41.420 --> 00:16:41.940
 partisanship

00:16:41.940 --> 00:16:42.560
 in the

00:16:42.560 --> 00:16:42.960
 church,

00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:44.000
 and they

00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:44.840
 are not

00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:45.660
 fitting for

00:16:45.660 --> 00:16:46.340
 those who

00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:46.639
 walk

00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:47.399
 properly

00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:49.040
 as in

00:16:49.040 --> 00:16:49.519
 the daytime.

00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:51.240
 You see

00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:51.560
 what Paul

00:16:51.560 --> 00:16:51.820
 has done

00:16:51.820 --> 00:16:52.259
 to us?

00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:54.920
 I think

00:16:54.920 --> 00:16:55.340
 he's brought

00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:55.759
 all of us

00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:56.200
 to a place

00:16:56.200 --> 00:16:56.500
 where we

00:16:56.500 --> 00:16:57.060
 must go,

00:16:57.259 --> 00:16:57.460
 ooh,

00:16:58.180 --> 00:16:59.279
 I may

00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:00.360
 be guilty

00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:01.680
 at this

00:17:01.680 --> 00:17:02.539
 point.

00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:03.460
 I likely

00:17:03.460 --> 00:17:04.079
 have some

00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:04.860
 space

00:17:04.860 --> 00:17:06.339
 for repentance,

00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:07.880
 extending

00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:08.460
 forgiveness,

00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:09.360
 having

00:17:09.360 --> 00:17:10.160
 conversations,

00:17:10.860 --> 00:17:11.360
 working to

00:17:11.360 --> 00:17:11.500
 heal

00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:12.220
 relationship.

00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:15.599
 I'm one

00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:15.980
 who has been

00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:16.480
 delivered by

00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:16.880
 Christ.

00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:17.559
 I should be

00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.059
 one who is

00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:18.860
 awake and

00:17:18.860 --> 00:17:19.700
 putting off

00:17:19.700 --> 00:17:20.900
 the works

00:17:20.900 --> 00:17:22.000
 of darkness.

00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:24.359
 We are

00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:25.140
 to cast

00:17:25.140 --> 00:17:25.900
 off the

00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:26.339
 works

00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:27.220
 that are

00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:27.759
 suited

00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:29.539
 to slumber.

00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:30.759
 These

00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:31.160
 things

00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:31.940
 ought not

00:17:31.940 --> 00:17:33.480
 define us.

00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:35.019
 Paul

00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:35.559
 teaches

00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:36.240
 similarly

00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:36.980
 elsewhere.

00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:38.400
 Join me

00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:38.819
 if you will

00:17:38.819 --> 00:17:39.440
 for a moment

00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:40.200
 in Ephesians

00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:41.319
 chapter 5.

00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:54.819
 I'll

00:17:54.819 --> 00:17:54.960
 begin

00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:55.180
 reading

00:17:55.180 --> 00:17:55.319
 in

00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:55.559
 verse

00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:56.000
 8.

00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:56.400
 This

00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:57.740
 should

00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:58.140
 sound

00:17:58.140 --> 00:17:58.740
 so

00:17:58.740 --> 00:17:58.980
 very

00:17:58.980 --> 00:17:59.359
 familiar.

00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:01.039
 It

00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:01.220
 says,

00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:01.599
 there at

00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:02.500
 one time

00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:03.640
 you were

00:18:03.640 --> 00:18:04.220
 darkness,

00:18:04.819 --> 00:18:05.920
 but now

00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:06.319
 you are

00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:07.240
 light in

00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:07.819
 the Lord.

00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:09.440
 Walk

00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:10.460
 as children

00:18:10.460 --> 00:18:11.799
 of light,

00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:13.099
 for the

00:18:13.099 --> 00:18:13.480
 fruit of

00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:13.859
 light is

00:18:13.859 --> 00:18:14.380
 found in

00:18:14.380 --> 00:18:14.839
 all that

00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:15.500
 is good

00:18:15.500 --> 00:18:16.299
 and right

00:18:16.299 --> 00:18:17.740
 and true.

00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:19.200
 And try

00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:19.839
 to discern

00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:20.240
 what is

00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:20.660
 pleasing

00:18:20.660 --> 00:18:21.700
 to the

00:18:21.700 --> 00:18:21.960
 Lord.

00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:23.480
 Take no

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:23.980
 part in

00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:24.099
 the

00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:24.720
 unfruitful

00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.299
 works of

00:18:25.299 --> 00:18:25.700
 darkness,

00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:26.640
 but instead

00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:27.920
 expose them.

00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:29.180
 For it is

00:18:29.180 --> 00:18:29.779
 shameful even

00:18:29.779 --> 00:18:30.359
 to speak of

00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:30.700
 the things

00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:31.140
 they do

00:18:31.140 --> 00:18:31.619
 in secret.

00:18:32.660 --> 00:18:33.079
 But when

00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:33.599
 anything is

00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:34.400
 exposed by

00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:34.920
 the light,

00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:35.640
 it becomes

00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:36.059
 visible.

00:18:36.579 --> 00:18:37.200
 For anything

00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:37.819
 that becomes

00:18:37.819 --> 00:18:38.900
 visible is

00:18:38.900 --> 00:18:39.480
 light.

00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:40.579
 Therefore,

00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:41.420
 it says,

00:18:42.099 --> 00:18:42.339
 awake,

00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:43.019
 O sleeper,

00:18:43.380 --> 00:18:43.980
 and arise

00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:44.319
 from the

00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:44.579
 dead,

00:18:44.619 --> 00:18:45.140
 and Christ

00:18:45.140 --> 00:18:45.880
 will shine

00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:47.059
 on you.

00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:48.519
 Look

00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:49.140
 carefully then

00:18:49.140 --> 00:18:49.500
 how you

00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:49.819
 walk,

00:18:49.900 --> 00:18:50.619
 not as

00:18:50.619 --> 00:18:51.240
 unwise,

00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:52.120
 but as

00:18:52.120 --> 00:18:52.559
 wise,

00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:53.700
 making the

00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:54.559
 best use

00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:55.039
 of the

00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:55.500
 time,

00:18:55.940 --> 00:18:56.460
 because the

00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:58.140
 days are

00:18:58.140 --> 00:18:58.440
 evil.

00:18:59.900 --> 00:19:00.660
 We're to be

00:19:00.660 --> 00:19:01.640
 distinguished as

00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:02.160
 those who have

00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:02.880
 been saved by

00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:03.339
 Christ.

00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:04.359
 We are

00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:05.240
 little

00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:06.200
 Christ's,

00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.039
 and the

00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:07.700
 primary thing

00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:08.059
 that's going

00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:08.640
 to characterize

00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:09.400
 us is the

00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:09.960
 putting off

00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:11.160
 of those

00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:11.900
 things that

00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:12.440
 no longer

00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:13.539
 belong to

00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:14.099
 who we

00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:15.680
 are in

00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:16.000
 him.

00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:17.980
 we are

00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:18.480
 also,

00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:19.440
 thirdly,

00:19:19.940 --> 00:19:20.460
 to put

00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:20.759
 on.

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 So we've

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 woken up,

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 we've cast

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 off,

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 and we

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 are to

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 put on,

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 and we

00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:25.799
 see this

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 at the

00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.180
 end of

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 verse 12

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.440
 and

00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:28.440
 verse 14.

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 Not only

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 are we to

00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:32.599
 cast off the

00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:32.900
 works of

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 darkness,

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 but we

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:34.619
 are to

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 put on

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 something

00:19:36.900 --> 00:19:37.259
 else.

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:38.740
 Having

00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.420
 risen,

00:19:39.579 --> 00:19:39.859
 we are to

00:19:39.859 --> 00:19:40.220
 take off

00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:40.980
 those works

00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:41.660
 suitable to

00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:42.039
 slumber,

00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:43.240
 but then

00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:44.119
 what are

00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:45.599
 we to

00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:45.859
 do?

00:19:47.219 --> 00:19:48.039
 J. Adams,

00:19:48.179 --> 00:19:48.799
 the modern

00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.299
 father of

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 the biblical

00:19:49.639 --> 00:19:50.059
 counseling

00:19:50.059 --> 00:19:50.459
 movement,

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 spoke often

00:19:51.459 --> 00:19:51.899
 of

00:19:51.899 --> 00:19:53.339
 dehabituation

00:19:53.339 --> 00:19:54.319
 by

00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:55.239
 rehabituation,

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 which is

00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:56.519
 just a

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 phrase I

00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:57.599
 love.

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 He once

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 wrote,

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 just as

00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.479
 indwelling

00:20:01.479 --> 00:20:02.339
 sin is a

00:20:02.339 --> 00:20:02.879
 matter of

00:20:02.879 --> 00:20:03.599
 habituated

00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:04.199
 behaviors,

00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:05.539
 so the

00:20:05.539 --> 00:20:06.199
 renewal of

00:20:06.199 --> 00:20:06.919
 sanctification

00:20:06.919 --> 00:20:07.439
 is a

00:20:07.439 --> 00:20:07.919
 matter of

00:20:07.919 --> 00:20:08.959
 rehabituating

00:20:08.959 --> 00:20:09.759
 behaviors.

00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:11.259
 The body

00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:12.219
 habituated to

00:20:12.219 --> 00:20:13.079
 sin wants

00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:13.599
 to continue

00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:14.019
 in it.

00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:15.299
 The spirit

00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:16.799
 must reprogram

00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.359
 the brain

00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:17.959
 and through

00:20:17.959 --> 00:20:18.319
 it the

00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:18.879
 members of

00:20:18.879 --> 00:20:19.479
 the body

00:20:19.479 --> 00:20:20.659
 to live

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 righteously.

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 You can

00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:22.559
 refer back

00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:22.919
 there to

00:20:22.919 --> 00:20:23.279
 Romans

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.899
 chapter 12

00:20:23.899 --> 00:20:25.479
 verse 1

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 and 2.

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 If there

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 were some

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:30.599
 moral

00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:31.259
 reason

00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:32.839
 that I

00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:33.279
 needed to

00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:33.819
 put my

00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.839
 left shoe

00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:35.719
 on before

00:20:35.719 --> 00:20:36.339
 my right

00:20:36.339 --> 00:20:36.619
 shoe,

00:20:36.719 --> 00:20:37.039
 many of you

00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:37.339
 have heard

00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:38.119
 this analogy

00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:38.799
 from me,

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 I would

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:40.699
 have some

00:20:40.699 --> 00:20:41.279
 work to

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:42.479
 do because

00:20:42.479 --> 00:20:43.019
 I

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:44.200
 invariably

00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:44.900
 put my

00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:45.639
 right shoe

00:20:45.639 --> 00:20:46.359
 on before

00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:47.160
 my left

00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:47.420
 shoe.

00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:48.799
 This is

00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:49.259
 amoral.

00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:49.720
 I know it

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.200
 doesn't matter,

00:20:50.579 --> 00:20:50.879
 but this is what

00:20:50.879 --> 00:20:51.119
 I do,

00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:51.599
 and I don't

00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:51.980
 know why I

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.279
 do it,

00:20:52.639 --> 00:20:53.139
 but I put

00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:53.660
 on my

00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:54.299
 right sock

00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:54.779
 and then my

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.319
 right shoe

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:55.859
 and then my

00:20:55.859 --> 00:20:56.500
 left sock

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.460
 and then my

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:58.200
 left shoe.

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:59.420
 every morning

00:20:59.420 --> 00:20:59.940
 this is what

00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:00.220
 I do.

00:21:00.840 --> 00:21:01.460
 Some people

00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:01.799
 have called

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.340
 me crazy

00:21:02.340 --> 00:21:02.980
 for doing

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.259
 so.

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:05.860
 If I

00:21:05.860 --> 00:21:06.160
 were,

00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:07.019
 for some

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.779
 moral reason,

00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:08.860
 supposed to

00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:09.539
 put on my

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:10.200
 left shoe

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.900
 first,

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:12.100
 I would

00:21:12.100 --> 00:21:12.420
 have to

00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:12.900
 take some

00:21:12.900 --> 00:21:13.340
 deliberate

00:21:13.340 --> 00:21:14.220
 action to

00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:14.640
 accomplish

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.480
 that task.

00:21:16.100 --> 00:21:16.799
 I couldn't

00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:17.460
 just hope

00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:17.759
 I would

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:17.960
 do it.

00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:18.340
 I do it

00:21:18.340 --> 00:21:18.880
 mindlessly.

00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:19.259
 It's just

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:19.740
 the way

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.120
 I put

00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:20.420
 on my

00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:20.860
 shoes.

00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:21.500
 I don't

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.160
 think about

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:23.039
 it at

00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:23.460
 all.

00:21:23.620 --> 00:21:24.039
 I'm going

00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:24.340
 to have

00:21:24.340 --> 00:21:24.779
 to do

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.740
 something

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.960
 deliberate.

00:21:28.399 --> 00:21:28.839
 I don't

00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:29.200
 know what.

00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:29.599
 My right

00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:29.819
 shoe is

00:21:29.819 --> 00:21:30.420
 upside down

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:31.599
 when I

00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:31.980
 get to

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.180
 them in

00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:32.440
 the morning.

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:32.660
 I go,

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:32.839
 why is

00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:33.099
 my right

00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:33.220
 shoe

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:33.539
 upside down?

00:21:33.639 --> 00:21:33.839
 Oh,

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.119
 right.

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.339
 I'm supposed

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:34.480
 to put

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:34.660
 on my

00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:34.819
 left

00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:34.960
 shoe

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.319
 first.

00:21:35.639 --> 00:21:36.000
 Something

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.759
 to jog

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:37.240
 my memory

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.960
 that I'm

00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.599
 meant to

00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:40.220
 do this

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.680
 activity

00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:41.259
 in a

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:41.480
 different

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:41.960
 way.

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:42.980
 We

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:44.220
 dehabituate

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:44.639
 by

00:21:44.639 --> 00:21:46.619
 rehabituating

00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:47.119
 until it

00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:47.740
 becomes normal

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.059
 that my

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.399
 left shoe

00:21:48.399 --> 00:21:48.799
 goes on

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.539
 before my

00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:50.079
 right

00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:50.879
 shoe.

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.200
 None of

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:52.460
 this has

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:52.839
 anything to

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.019
 do with

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.359
 shoes.

00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:53.879
 So,

00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:55.039
 what are

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.299
 we to

00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:55.740
 put on?

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:57.799
 Paul does

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.099
 not give

00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.679
 us specific

00:21:58.679 --> 00:21:59.740
 activities in

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.799
 today's

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.779
 text.

00:22:01.919 --> 00:22:02.219
 He just

00:22:02.219 --> 00:22:02.759
 talked about

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.839
 Christian love,

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.779
 which has a

00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:06.059
 broad scope

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.579
 as we think

00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:06.959
 about it.

00:22:06.979 --> 00:22:07.299
 But in

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.859
 today's

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:08.279
 text,

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.099
 there's no

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:09.819
 specific

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.740
 activity

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:12.079
 that we're

00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:12.399
 meant to

00:22:12.399 --> 00:22:12.979
 put on

00:22:12.979 --> 00:22:13.799
 instead of

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.439
 those others.

00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:14.759
 You could

00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:15.219
 think about

00:22:15.219 --> 00:22:16.299
 the opposite

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:17.079
 of those

00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:18.299
 prohibitions,

00:22:18.459 --> 00:22:18.659
 but he

00:22:18.659 --> 00:22:18.879
 doesn't

00:22:18.879 --> 00:22:19.759
 address them

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.539
 specifically.

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.000
 But he

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.919
 does say

00:22:21.919 --> 00:22:23.059
 we're to

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:23.759
 put on

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:25.220
 the armor

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:26.740
 of light.

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:28.039
 Last part

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.299
 of verse

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:28.839
 12.

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:29.779
 We're to

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.619
 put on

00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:31.960
 the armor

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:33.000
 of light.

00:22:33.159 --> 00:22:33.819
 And here

00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.159
 Paul,

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:34.799
 he starts

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:36.480
 foundationally.

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:37.639
 We have

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:38.019
 to think,

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:38.759
 what is the

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.759
 truth that

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.059
 I'm supposed

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:41.059
 to understand

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.619
 that's going

00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:42.379
 to produce

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:43.059
 the fruit

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.619
 that God

00:22:43.619 --> 00:22:44.659
 intends?

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.319
 So,

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.480
 we're going

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:45.859
 to put on

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.119
 the armor

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:46.460
 of light.

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.059
 The battle

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.639
 of this age

00:22:47.639 --> 00:22:48.399
 is a spiritual

00:22:48.399 --> 00:22:48.819
 battle,

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.700
 and those

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:50.359
 in Christ

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:50.960
 by the power

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.200
 of the

00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:51.480
 spirit,

00:22:51.860 --> 00:22:52.900
 have every

00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:53.500
 resource

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:53.779
 at our

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.240
 disposal

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:55.279
 to walk

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:56.240
 in the

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.500
 light.

00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:56.880
 This is a

00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:57.220
 work of

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.700
 grace,

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.259
 but it

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:58.519
 has been

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:59.100
 granted

00:22:59.100 --> 00:22:59.759
 to us

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:01.019
 in Christ.

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:02.700
 Paul

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.160
 expands on

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.600
 this idea

00:23:03.600 --> 00:23:04.400
 in Ephesians

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:05.500
 chapter 6.

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:05.819
 If you happen

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.100
 to be in

00:23:06.100 --> 00:23:06.400
 Ephesians

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:06.700
 still,

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.059
 you might

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.299
 want to

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.640
 join me.

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.380
 Verse 11.

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.100
 There Paul

00:23:10.100 --> 00:23:10.340
 says,

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:10.700
 put on

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.019
 the whole

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.440
 armor of

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:11.759
 God,

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:12.440
 that you

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:12.620
 may be

00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:12.840
 able to

00:23:12.840 --> 00:23:13.200
 stand

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.460
 against

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:14.180
 the schemes

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.600
 of the

00:23:14.600 --> 00:23:14.880
 devil.

00:23:15.340 --> 00:23:15.539
 For we

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:15.779
 do not

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.200
 wrestle

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:16.500
 against

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:17.000
 flesh and

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.240
 bud,

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.660
 but against

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.180
 the rulers,

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.620
 against the

00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:19.079
 authorities,

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:19.599
 against the

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:20.059
 cosmic

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.939
 powers over

00:23:20.939 --> 00:23:21.439
 this present

00:23:21.439 --> 00:23:21.919
 darkness,

00:23:22.439 --> 00:23:22.980
 against the

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.460
 spiritual

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.159
 forces of

00:23:24.159 --> 00:23:25.279
 evil in

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.740
 the heavenly

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.919
 places.

00:23:27.939 --> 00:23:28.460
 Therefore,

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:30.299
 take up

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:30.879
 the whole

00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:31.379
 armor of

00:23:31.379 --> 00:23:31.619
 God,

00:23:31.679 --> 00:23:31.859
 that you

00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.099
 may be

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.359
 able to

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:32.740
 withstand

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.379
 in the

00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:33.919
 evil day,

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:34.679
 and having

00:23:34.679 --> 00:23:35.439
 done all

00:23:35.439 --> 00:23:36.319
 to stand

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:37.339
 firm.

00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:38.819
 Stand

00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.179
 therefore,

00:23:39.899 --> 00:23:40.659
 having fastened

00:23:40.659 --> 00:23:41.000
 on the

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.559
 belt of

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:42.039
 truth,

00:23:42.139 --> 00:23:42.359
 and having

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:42.819
 put on the

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.279
 breastplate

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:44.039
 of righteousness,

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.519
 and as

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:44.980
 shoes for

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.359
 your feet,

00:23:45.419 --> 00:23:45.779
 having put

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.559
 on the

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:46.879
 readiness

00:23:46.879 --> 00:23:47.359
 given by

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:47.879
 the gospel

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.539
 of peace.

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.779
 In all

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:50.439
 circumstances,

00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:50.899
 take up

00:23:50.899 --> 00:23:51.259
 the shield

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.779
 of faith,

00:23:52.179 --> 00:23:52.419
 which with

00:23:52.419 --> 00:23:52.699
 you can

00:23:52.699 --> 00:23:53.299
 extinguish

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:53.639
 all the

00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:53.919
 flaming

00:23:53.919 --> 00:23:54.399
 darks of

00:23:54.399 --> 00:23:54.679
 the evil

00:23:54.679 --> 00:23:54.960
 one,

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:55.579
 and take

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:56.000
 the helmet

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.639
 of salvation

00:23:56.639 --> 00:23:57.240
 and the

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.539
 sword of

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:57.939
 the spirit,

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.259
 which is

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.720
 the word

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.639
 of God,

00:23:59.939 --> 00:24:00.519
 praying at

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.319
 all times

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:01.619
 in the

00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:01.859
 spirit,

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.480
 with all

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.899
 prayer and

00:24:03.899 --> 00:24:04.639
 supplication.

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.299
 And John

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:05.759
 Bunyan in

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:07.039
 the Pilgrim's

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.460
 Progress,

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.119
 when Christian

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.619
 is fighting

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.299
 Apollyon,

00:24:09.419 --> 00:24:10.439
 includes this

00:24:10.439 --> 00:24:11.039
 weapon and

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.519
 calls it

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:13.039
 all prayer.

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.199
 Truth,

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.460
 righteousness,

00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:17.939
 the readiness

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.580
 of the gospel

00:24:18.580 --> 00:24:19.140
 of peace,

00:24:19.340 --> 00:24:19.640
 faith,

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.220
 salvation,

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:20.840
 the word

00:24:20.840 --> 00:24:21.380
 of God,

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.440
 and all

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:23.059
 prayer.

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.799
 These are

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.620
 all defensive

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:26.620
 and offensive

00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:27.660
 tools granted

00:24:27.660 --> 00:24:28.340
 to those

00:24:28.340 --> 00:24:28.700
 who are

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:30.559
 in Christ.

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.279
 Which is

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:33.039
 why I think

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.840
 that Paul

00:24:33.840 --> 00:24:34.519
 says in

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:36.259
 verse 14,

00:24:37.080 --> 00:24:37.900
 but put

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.920
 on the

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.440
 Lord

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:40.340
 Jesus

00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:42.039
 Christ.

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.400
 I think he

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:43.920
 means for our

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.440
 minds to draw

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:44.860
 a connection

00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:45.400
 between those

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:45.940
 two things.

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:46.460
 Put on the

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:46.759
 armor of

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:46.980
 light,

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.500
 put on

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:47.700
 the Lord

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:47.900
 Jesus

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.200
 Christ.

00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:48.799
 Not as

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.519
 two separate

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.000
 things,

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:50.559
 but as

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.539
 the same

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.079
 activity.

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:53.879
 Everything

00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:55.420
 necessary to

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:56.400
 realize our

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:57.740
 mere salvation

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:59.119
 is ours

00:24:59.119 --> 00:25:01.119
 in Christ.

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.079
 He accomplished

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.559
 it already

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.700
 by his life,

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.440
 death,

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.599
 and resurrection.

00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:08.299
 It is

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.740
 finished.

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.700
 Paul shares

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.200
 this sentiment

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.859
 in Philippians

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.460
 chapter 1

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.099
 and verse 6

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:14.579
 where he says,

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.039
 I am sure

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.480
 of this,

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.220
 that he

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.680
 who began

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.000
 a good

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.460
 work in

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:17.860
 you will

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.319
 bring it

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.160
 to completion

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.960
 at the

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:21.099
 day of

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.519
 Christ.

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:22.880
 Confident

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.279
 the work

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.799
 he began

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.519
 will come

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.180
 to its

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.140
 conclusion.

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.539
 We've been

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.319
 given everything

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:27.980
 we need

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.759
 in Christ

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.339
 for this

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:29.620
 to be

00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:29.940
 true.

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:31.539
 We have

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:31.839
 only to

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.299
 realize

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:33.559
 who we

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:33.940
 are.

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.259
 Children

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.779
 of light.

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.980
 If you

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.339
 are in

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:37.640
 Christ,

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:37.860
 if you

00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.160
 place

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.559
 believing

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.200
 faith in

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.480
 him,

00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:40.680
 then you're

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.099
 a child

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:42.160
 of light.

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:43.140
 and to

00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:43.580
 realize

00:25:43.580 --> 00:25:43.940
 this is

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.500
 to access

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.040
 the power

00:25:45.040 --> 00:25:45.740
 to walk

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.300
 as a

00:25:46.300 --> 00:25:46.620
 child

00:25:46.620 --> 00:25:47.060
 of

00:25:47.060 --> 00:25:48.160
 the

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.480
 light.

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:49.900
 Can we

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.460
 do this

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:51.360
 through the

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:51.860
 renewal of

00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.300
 our minds

00:25:52.300 --> 00:25:52.980
 by fixing

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.920
 our gaze

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.240
 on the

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:54.600
 completed

00:25:54.600 --> 00:25:55.040
 work

00:25:55.040 --> 00:25:56.320
 of Jesus

00:25:56.320 --> 00:25:56.800
 Christ?

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.900
 Paul writes

00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.519
 in Philippians

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.940
 chapter 3

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:02.580
 beginning in

00:26:02.580 --> 00:26:02.940
 verse 8,

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.140
 he says,

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:03.519
 I count

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.140
 everything is

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.680
 lost because

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:04.920
 of the

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.500
 surpassing

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:05.960
 worth of

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.320
 knowing

00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:06.680
 Christ

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.080
 Jesus,

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.320
 my Lord.

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.740
 Thank you,

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.059
 my love.

00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:10.919
 For his

00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:11.259
 sake,

00:26:11.419 --> 00:26:11.919
 I have

00:26:11.919 --> 00:26:12.220
 suffered

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:12.779
 the loss

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.339
 of all

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:14.059
 things and

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.599
 count them

00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:15.460
 as rubbish

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.039
 in order

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.399
 that I

00:26:16.399 --> 00:26:17.319
 may gain

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:18.059
 Christ

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:19.460
 and be

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:20.159
 found in

00:26:20.159 --> 00:26:20.399
 him,

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:20.899
 not having

00:26:20.899 --> 00:26:21.480
 a righteousness

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.099
 of my own

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.460
 that comes

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.740
 from the

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.000
 law,

00:26:23.159 --> 00:26:23.740
 but that

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.259
 which comes

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.980
 through faith

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.759
 in Christ,

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:26.399
 the righteousness

00:26:26.399 --> 00:26:27.059
 from God

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.859
 that depends

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:29.339
 on faith,

00:26:29.679 --> 00:26:30.240
 that I may

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:30.939
 know him

00:26:30.939 --> 00:26:31.419
 and the power

00:26:31.419 --> 00:26:31.659
 of his

00:26:31.659 --> 00:26:32.119
 resurrection

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.419
 and may

00:26:32.419 --> 00:26:32.939
 share his

00:26:32.939 --> 00:26:33.259
 suffering,

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:34.119
 becoming like

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:34.740
 him in

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.279
 his death,

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:35.960
 that by

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.799
 any means

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.359
 I may

00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:37.960
 attain

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.500
 the

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.019
 resurrection

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:40.240
 from the

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.579
 dead.

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:40.900
 Now,

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.100
 here,

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.460
 there,

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.420
 future

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:42.920
 salvation,

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.140
 the

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.980
 glorification

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:45.380
 that is

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:45.940
 Paul's

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.600
 and ours

00:26:46.600 --> 00:26:47.100
 in Christ.

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.380
 Then he

00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:47.559
 says,

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:48.120
 not that I

00:26:48.120 --> 00:26:48.400
 have already

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.759
 obtained

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.700
 this or

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.160
 am already

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.640
 perfect,

00:26:51.340 --> 00:26:51.759
 but I

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.299
 press on

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.660
 to make

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:52.980
 it my

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.680
 own because

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.480
 Jesus Christ

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:55.000
 has made

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.720
 me his

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.360
 own.

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:57.579
 Brothers,

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.000
 I do not

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.480
 consider that

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:58.819
 I have made

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.039
 it my

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.259
 own,

00:26:59.319 --> 00:26:59.740
 but one

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.120
 thing I

00:27:00.120 --> 00:27:00.420
 do,

00:27:00.840 --> 00:27:01.200
 forgetting

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:01.680
 what lies

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.259
 behind and

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.880
 straining

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.319
 forward to

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:03.740
 what lies

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.059
 ahead,

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.779
 I press

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.460
 on toward

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:06.000
 the goal

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.779
 for the prize

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.079
 of the

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.460
 upward

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:07.900
 call

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.560
 of God

00:27:08.560 --> 00:27:09.640
 in Christ

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:09.980
 Jesus.

00:27:11.040 --> 00:27:11.900
 Put on

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.880
 the Lord

00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:13.759
 Jesus Christ.

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.120
 Consider all

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:15.440
 that he's

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:15.880
 accomplished

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.940
 on your

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.620
 behalf and

00:27:17.620 --> 00:27:18.920
 access all

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.340
 the power

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:19.700
 he gives

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:19.900
 you by

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.360
 the Spirit

00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:21.280
 to turn

00:27:21.280 --> 00:27:23.000
 away from

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.340
 the works

00:27:23.340 --> 00:27:23.800
 of darkness

00:27:23.800 --> 00:27:24.720
 and to

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:26.120
 the works

00:27:26.120 --> 00:27:26.880
 of light.

00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:29.080
 If we have

00:27:29.080 --> 00:27:29.960
 believed in

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.360
 Christ,

00:27:30.800 --> 00:27:31.480
 then we have

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.080
 been united

00:27:32.080 --> 00:27:32.780
 to him.

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:34.040
 He is in

00:27:34.040 --> 00:27:35.160
 us and

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.660
 we are in

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:35.880
 him.

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:37.440
 We need

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:38.160
 daily

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:38.640
 reminders

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:39.180
 of this

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.540
 grand

00:27:39.540 --> 00:27:40.040
 reality.

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.180
 We need

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.600
 deep

00:27:41.600 --> 00:27:41.980
 Bible

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.540
 meditation

00:27:42.540 --> 00:27:43.060
 and

00:27:43.060 --> 00:27:43.620
 memorization.

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:44.860
 We need

00:27:44.860 --> 00:27:45.340
 faithful

00:27:45.340 --> 00:27:45.900
 brothers and

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:46.380
 sisters to

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:46.860
 speak the

00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:47.620
 truth to

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:47.980
 us.

00:27:48.520 --> 00:27:49.000
 We need

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.440
 to sing

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:49.980
 this truth

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.380
 and we

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:50.640
 need to

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.260
 pray this

00:27:51.260 --> 00:27:51.660
 truth.

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.220
 By grace

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:53.640
 alone,

00:27:54.280 --> 00:27:54.920
 through faith

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.420
 alone,

00:27:55.820 --> 00:27:56.460
 I am

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:57.400
 Christ and

00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:58.980
 he is

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.500
 mine.

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.340
 And I

00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:00.660
 think this

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.060
 is what it

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.679
 means to

00:28:01.679 --> 00:28:02.879
 put on

00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:03.639
 the Lord

00:28:03.639 --> 00:28:05.159
 Jesus

00:28:05.159 --> 00:28:05.700
 Christ.

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.619
 And then

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:08.399
 Paul concludes,

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.839
 and make

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:11.339
 no provision

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:11.839
 for the

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:13.099
 flesh to

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.679
 gratify

00:28:13.679 --> 00:28:15.259
 its desires.

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.099
 Now this

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:18.619
 is possibly

00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:19.019
 the most

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.859
 practical part

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.339
 of our

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:21.039
 text.

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.599
 Paul here

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:22.299
 speaks to

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:23.460
 deliberate

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.539
 action,

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.919
 careful

00:28:25.919 --> 00:28:26.639
 thinking,

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 and cautious

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:29.500
 planning.

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.900
 What sin

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:33.120
 entangles

00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:33.360
 you?

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.320
 How readily

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 do you

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.660
 provide the

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.420
 opportunity

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:39.160
 for works

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:40.560
 of darkness?

00:28:41.800 --> 00:28:42.280
 How

00:28:42.280 --> 00:28:42.840
 carefully

00:28:42.840 --> 00:28:44.140
 do you

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:44.860
 work at

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.160
 putting

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:45.500
 yourself

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.300
 out of

00:28:46.300 --> 00:28:46.420
 the

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:46.920
 situations

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.400
 where you

00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:48.560
 may be

00:28:48.560 --> 00:28:48.860
 tempted

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 to sin?

00:28:52.540 --> 00:28:52.900
 John

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.519
 Piper once

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.040
 wrote this

00:28:54.040 --> 00:28:54.759
 little dialogue

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 which I

00:28:55.280 --> 00:28:55.720
 just found

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 so very

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 helpful the

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 first time

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 I read

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 it.

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 That I

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 hunted and

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 hunted and

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 hunted and

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 found it

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 again this

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 week.

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 And so I

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 just want to

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 read it to

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 you as

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 we think

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 about this

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 idea of

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.580
 making no

00:29:06.580 --> 00:29:08.120
 provision for

00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:08.759
 the flesh to

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:10.320
 gratify its

00:29:10.320 --> 00:29:10.840
 desires.

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.500
 He writes,

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:12.960
 quote,

00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:14.519
 picture your

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 flesh,

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:16.740
 that old

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.580
 ego with

00:29:17.580 --> 00:29:18.160
 the mentality

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 of merit

00:29:18.780 --> 00:29:19.460
 and craving

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 for power

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:21.160
 and reputation

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.960
 and self

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.660
 reliance.

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 Picture it

00:29:24.280 --> 00:29:24.740
 as a

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.540
 dragon living

00:29:25.540 --> 00:29:26.000
 in some

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:27.100
 cave of

00:29:27.100 --> 00:29:27.660
 your soul.

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:29.920
 then you

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.300
 hear the

00:29:30.300 --> 00:29:31.460
 gospel and

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.000
 in it Jesus

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.880
 Christ comes

00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.660
 to you and

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.340
 says,

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.759
 I will make

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.460
 you mine

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.380
 and take

00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:38.160
 possession of

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.740
 the cave and

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.180
 slay the

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.580
 dragon.

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:40.800
 Will you

00:29:40.800 --> 00:29:41.279
 yield to

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:42.180
 my possession?

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.480
 It will

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.080
 mean a whole

00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:44.640
 new way of

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.300
 thinking and

00:29:45.300 --> 00:29:46.540
 feeling and

00:29:46.540 --> 00:29:46.960
 acting.

00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:49.140
 You say,

00:29:49.540 --> 00:29:50.420
 but that

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:51.279
 dragon is

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.900
 me.

00:29:52.320 --> 00:29:53.000
 I will

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.540
 die.

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:55.799
 He says,

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.379
 and you

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:57.059
 will rise

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.740
 to newness

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.319
 of life

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:59.039
 for I

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.659
 will take

00:29:59.659 --> 00:30:00.539
 its plan.

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.000
 I will

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:03.039
 make my

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.759
 mind and

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.279
 my will

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.659
 and my

00:30:04.659 --> 00:30:05.119
 heart

00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:06.299
 your own.

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.299
 You say,

00:30:08.639 --> 00:30:09.359
 what must

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:09.819
 I do?

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.659
 He answers,

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.940
 trust me

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.279
 and do

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.920
 as I say.

00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:14.879
 As long as

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.240
 you trust

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.480
 me,

00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:16.619
 we cannot

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:17.059
 lose.

00:30:18.659 --> 00:30:19.139
 Overcome

00:30:19.139 --> 00:30:19.460
 by the

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:19.920
 beauty and

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.339
 power of

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:20.639
 Christ,

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:21.220
 you bow

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.600
 and swear

00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:22.020
 eternal

00:30:22.020 --> 00:30:23.300
 loyalty and

00:30:23.300 --> 00:30:23.759
 trust.

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.380
 And as

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:24.920
 you rise,

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.380
 he puts a

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:25.980
 great sword

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.280
 in your

00:30:26.280 --> 00:30:26.800
 hand and

00:30:26.800 --> 00:30:27.280
 says,

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.500
 follow me.

00:30:29.300 --> 00:30:30.120
 He leads

00:30:30.120 --> 00:30:30.500
 you to the

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.920
 mouth of

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.380
 the cave

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:32.000
 and says,

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.759
 go in,

00:30:33.560 --> 00:30:33.920
 slay the

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:34.259
 dragon.

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.800
 But you

00:30:35.800 --> 00:30:36.120
 look at

00:30:36.120 --> 00:30:36.740
 him bewildered.

00:30:36.840 --> 00:30:37.440
 I cannot

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:38.080
 not without

00:30:38.080 --> 00:30:38.520
 you.

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.360
 He smiles.

00:30:41.280 --> 00:30:42.200
 Well said.

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.200
 You learn

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.620
 quickly.

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:45.280
 Never forget

00:30:45.280 --> 00:30:46.040
 my commands

00:30:46.040 --> 00:30:46.440
 for you to

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:46.920
 do something

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.420
 are never

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:48.120
 commands to

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:48.540
 do it

00:30:48.540 --> 00:30:49.440
 alone.

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:51.080
 Then you

00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:51.500
 enter the

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.460
 cave together.

00:30:53.340 --> 00:30:54.000
 A horrible

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.740
 battle follows

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.420
 and you feel

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:56.299
 Christ's hand

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:57.000
 on yours.

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.400
 At last,

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.100
 the dragon

00:30:59.100 --> 00:31:00.420
 lies limp.

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.200
 You ask,

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.420
 is it

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:03.759
 dead?

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.680
 His answer

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.320
 is this.

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.920
 I have

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.259
 come to

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:08.840
 give you

00:31:08.840 --> 00:31:09.539
 new life.

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:10.820
 This you

00:31:10.820 --> 00:31:11.460
 received when

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:11.880
 you yielded

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:12.100
 it to my

00:31:12.100 --> 00:31:12.740
 possession and

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.460
 swore faith

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:13.920
 and loyalty

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.559
 to me.

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.759
 And now

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.140
 with my

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:16.620
 sword in

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.039
 my hand,

00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:17.360
 you have

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:17.840
 felled the

00:31:17.840 --> 00:31:18.380
 dragon of

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.840
 the flesh.

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.319
 It is a

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.159
 mortal wound.

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:21.019
 It will

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.720
 die.

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:23.199
 That is

00:31:23.199 --> 00:31:23.639
 certain.

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.379
 But it

00:31:25.379 --> 00:31:25.699
 has not

00:31:25.699 --> 00:31:26.819
 yet bled

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.379
 to death.

00:31:27.899 --> 00:31:28.339
 And it

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:28.839
 may yet

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.619
 revive with

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.099
 violent

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.779
 convulsions

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.199
 and do

00:31:31.199 --> 00:31:32.019
 much harm.

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.599
 So you

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.319
 must treat

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:34.599
 it as

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:35.699
 dead and

00:31:35.699 --> 00:31:36.359
 seal the

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:37.059
 cave as

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.619
 a tomb.

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.019
 The Lord

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.459
 of darkness

00:31:39.459 --> 00:31:39.919
 may cause

00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:40.619
 earthquakes in

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:41.039
 your soul

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.519
 to shake

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:42.079
 the stones

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.379
 loose,

00:31:42.459 --> 00:31:42.859
 but you

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.559
 build them

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.399
 up again

00:31:44.399 --> 00:31:45.799
 and have

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.519
 this confidence

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.059
 with my

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.539
 sword and

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:47.980
 my hand

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.480
 on yours.

00:31:48.899 --> 00:31:49.159
 This

00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:49.899
 dragon's

00:31:49.899 --> 00:31:50.579
 doom is

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:51.099
 sure.

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:51.839
 He is

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:53.099
 finished and

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:53.460
 your new

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:54.879
 life is

00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:55.359
 secure.

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.420
 And then

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:58.220
 Piper continues,

00:31:59.220 --> 00:32:00.599
 Christ has

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.319
 taken possession

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:02.779
 of our soul.

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.180
 Our old

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.859
 self has been

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.480
 dealt reckoning

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.059
 of the flesh

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.839
 as dead,

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:08.159
 piling stones

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:09.460
 in its tomb

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:10.440
 and a

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.399
 constant relying

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:11.819
 on the

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.680
 present spirit

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.220
 of Christ

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.920
 to produce

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:15.680
 love and

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.980
 joy and

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.460
 peace

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.759
 within.

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:21.440
 So,

00:32:22.320 --> 00:32:24.019
 make no

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:25.060
 provision

00:32:25.060 --> 00:32:26.259
 for the

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.620
 flesh.

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.400
 Wake up,

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.279
 cast off,

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:32.140
 and put on.

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.340
 Let's pray

00:32:33.340 --> 00:32:33.600
 together.

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:54.899
 as

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