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 I'll turn back to the passage that we read in Romans. Romans chapter 8 verse 1.

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

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 As we read through this section here together, admittedly it's not the easiest passage to read.

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 It's not the simplest to follow. It's best read slowly.

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 And that probably goes for the rest of the chapters previous in Romans as well.

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 Paul goes into great theological truths.

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 He goes back to Abraham's faith. He goes back to Adam's son.

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 And as he walks his way through these chapters to the one we're at here,

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 it's almost as if he's developing things by asking questions.

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 You read Romans yourself and you'll see all these questions he's asking

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 as he goes through these subjects or whatever he's discussing, the faith, sin, the law.

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 He's asking questions all the way through it.

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 It's like he's taking stepping stones in his developing theology and his teaching.

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 He asks as he's going, what of these things?

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 If we say this, what now?

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 And therefore, if we are in this place, what is the result of that?

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 What shall we say then?

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 What then?

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 As he's dwelling on these theological truths, he's then going to the next step and the next step and the next step.

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 And these steps that he takes, he comes to the relevance of the law here.

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 The law to the new believer and where it fits in their lives.

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 And he considers this law by which should be lived in obedience to.

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 And he then naturally shifts when he considers this law into a personal assessment of himself.

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 And as he does that self-assessment on himself, it's a reassurance to us.

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 When we read his words here, that the great apostle, the great theologian, the great epistle writer battles with sin.

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 We read here there's a conflict going on within him.

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 There's two differing sides, two differing wills at war.

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 The old and the new man.

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 The spirit of life and the spirit of the flesh.

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 Fighting against each other.

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 The power of sin.

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 Maybe we thought when we became a Christian, things would be easy.

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 There would be no struggles.

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 There would be no battles.

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 But when we see Paul here, looking in the depths of his own heart, we see this war going on.

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 And it's a war that I'm sure many of us can relate to.

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 A conflict that many of us had felt in our lives.

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 And the power of sin comes in.

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 And it goes against what the Lord Jesus Christ has done for us.

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 As we come to this passage, he considers the law.

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 Maybe just simplify what he's saying for us.

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 Trying to break it down a wee bit.

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 Paul is saying the law here is a good thing for him because it shows him what sin is.

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 It shows him who he is in the sight of God.

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 It highlights to him that he has broken the law.

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 He's broken the law just as we would break any law.

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 If you're speeding in your car, you've broken the law.

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 The law tells you that you've done something wrong.

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 It highlights your guilt.

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 Maybe it speaks to your conscience.

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 And if you're caught having broken the law, you'd be expected to be charged.

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 You'd expect that there would be some form of punishment for breaking the law.

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 But if you went to another country where there was no speed limits and no laws, you could do whatever speed you wanted.

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 And there would be no condemnation.

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 There would be no charge.

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 There would be no guilt.

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 You would not make any error.

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 There would be no punishment for you because there was no law.

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 So Paul recognizes the law here.

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 It points out his sin.

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 It points out and highlights that he would know sin.

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 He feels the guilt of sin in his life.

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 So we read there in verse 7.

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 The law is, if it had not been for the law, I would have not known sin.

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 It tells him when he's offended God, not when he's offended the government.

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 And as we go through this passage, when he sees what is recorded there, the covetousness in his own life,

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 he keeps going and it seems like the sins are prevailing in his life.

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 It seems like every avenue of his life has some sort of sin in it.

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 And as we continue reading it, the battle that goes on, it says that he is captive to the law of sin in verse 23.

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 He's captive to it.

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 It's like there's no escape from it.

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 The law condemns Paul.

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 But in spite of all these sins in his life,

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 he knows that there is an escape from the punishment that should be his through the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Where all that guilt is washed away,

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 where the charge is non-existent,

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 where there is nothing to condemn him,

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 Jesus pays the price so that he can be free.

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 And to use that imagery of the speeding ticket again,

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 it's like as if someone else is paying the fine that is given to you.

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 Justice is done.

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 The fine is paid.

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 The government are happy.

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 It's been settled.

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 But if someone else pays it for you,

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 it is of no cost to you.

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 Someone else has taken the punishment and paid the price.

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 And it's just like that is what Christ has done for us.

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 He satisfies God's justice.

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 He pays the price of our sins and all our offences against the law.

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 And it is of no cost to us.

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 It is all done for us.

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 It is all of his grace and mercy towards us.

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 Paul, as he's going through this later,

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 he's writing about the law.

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 He looks at himself.

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 He sees that he is guilty.

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 The sins that lie within him.

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 He comes to that point

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 where he sees that Christ has set him free

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 from all the guilt that he deserves.

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 And in light of what Christ has done,

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 he goes on to write

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 one of the most comforting chapters for the believer,

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 where he emphasizes the great promises and privileges

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 that the believer receives through Christ Jesus there in chapter 8.

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 It's a wonderful chapter for us to come back to

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 now and again in our lives

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 and come back to often,

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 even if it is only that first verse that we read.

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 There is now therefore no condemnation

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 for those that are in Christ Jesus.

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 Jesus has satisfied the righteous requirements

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 of the law for us there in chapter 8, verse 4,

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 so that we are free from all condemnation.

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 Just to give our minds,

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 give a few thoughts to that verse,

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 that there is now therefore no condemnation

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 for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 Firstly,

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 we must consider,

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 well,

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 what was the condemnation?

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 What does it mean that he was condemned before?

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 That there is therefore now no condemnation?

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 And then secondly,

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 we'll ask then,

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 well,

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 what does it mean to have no condemnation?

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 So firstly,

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 what does it mean to be condemned?

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 What is the condemnation that Paul felt prior

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 to knowing that there is no condemnation?

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 Well,

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 if anyone's condemned,

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 there is an accusation or a charge made against them.

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 And the law is condemning Paul here.

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 The law is making a charge against Paul.

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 For all his sins that he has committed

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 and he admits he has sinned.

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 He's holding his hands up

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 and saying that he is guilty.

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 He says that the sins in his life

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 are blindingly obvious

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 and sinful beyond measure

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 there in verse 13 of chapter 7.

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 they're completely evident to him.

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 He holds up his hands.

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 He says he is guilty.

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 And as he makes a confession of his sin

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 and he looks probing into himself,

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 he can feel the frustration as he writes.

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 He's still committing sin,

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 even as a believer.

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 He's still condemning himself

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 by the law

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 before God.

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 He explains the battle

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 and turmoil within himself.

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 He continues fighting

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 and warring

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 between the old man and the new.

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 The flesh still has its desires.

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 The body is still seeking

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 its natural inclinations.

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 You can almost hear his groaning

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 as he writes

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 from verse 15

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 through to verse 20.

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 Where he looks at himself

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 and he's saying,

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 I do this

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 and I do that

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 and I don't want to be doing these things

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 but I keep doing it.

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 He can't stop himself

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 from sinning.

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 It just keeps happening

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 over and over again.

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 For I do not do the good I want

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 but the evil I do not want

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 is what I keep doing.

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 He moans that he does not

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 understand his own actions

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 in verse 15 even.

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 Because that power of sin

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 that power of the flesh

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 has him captive

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 in verse 23.

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 The war that is going on

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 the law of my mind

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 and making me captive

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 to the law of sin

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 that dwells in his members.

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 There's no ability within him

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 to escape this power of law.

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 In every way he feels condemned.

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 When he looks at himself

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 he's broken the law.

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 He deserves to be punished.

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 And then that great cry

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 comes from him

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 in verse 24.

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 Ah, wretched man that I am.

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 Wretched man that I am.

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 And I wonder if we've ever said that

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 of ourselves.

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 When we look in the depths of our heart

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 and we see the desires of our flesh

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 waging war against the life

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 that we want to live.

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 I wonder do we feel like Paul tonight.

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 When we consider the things

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 that we've done

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 the things that we continue to do

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 we look at ourselves

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 and we can be appalled with ourselves.

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 We can groan when we look at ourselves.

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 Maybe we've said the wrong thing to someone.

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 Maybe we've said something

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 we should never have said.

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 Especially

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 when I consider myself

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 one of the Lord's people.

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 Why do I keep doing these things

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 that I hate?

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 Maybe

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 the sinfulness of our thoughts

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 are miles away

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 from where they should be.

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 And we're lusting after

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 the things of the flesh continually.

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 And we question ourselves

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 how on earth can I be a Christian?

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 Maybe you're saying to yourself

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 how on earth can I sit at the Lord's table

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 when sin is so prevalent

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 within me and my heart?

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 I'm sure

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 as you know

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 there are

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 many days

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 when we say to ourselves

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 as believers

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 what on earth can I do?

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 Paul says

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 I don't understand

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 my own actions.

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 But

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 he realises

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 that sin

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 is present in him.

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 He confesses his sinfulness

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 they shall

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 resentment towards sin

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 they shall hatred

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 for sin in his life.

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 And that is because

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 the spirit is at work

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 in him.

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 The war has begun.

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 The flesh and the spirit

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 are fighting against each other.

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 The spirit

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 may be pushing you one way

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 and the flesh

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 pulling you in another direction.

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 the spirit

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 is pushing you

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 to read your Bible

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 to pray

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 and the flesh

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 is pulling you

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 to pick up your phone

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 or to pick up the paper.

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 and you groan

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 over

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 that battle.

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 And you

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 hate

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 the time

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 that

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 that sinfulness

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 takes up.

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 You spend time

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 doing things

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 that you shouldn't.

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 You spend time

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 doing things

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 that you wish

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 you wouldn't.

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 And yet

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 we still

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 come back

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 to doing them

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 again

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 and again

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 and again.

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 it's just as if

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 we are captive

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 to the power

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 of sin.

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 And that is a

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 constant battle

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 for the Christian.

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 A constant battle

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 that we must be prepared

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 to fight for

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 but it's a constant battle

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 that we'll experience

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 while we are in

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 this body

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 of flesh.

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 And yes

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 we have

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 broken

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 the law

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 and when we

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 come before

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 God's

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 justice

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 we confess

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 that we are

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 due

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 our punishment.

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 When we look

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 at ourselves

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 probingly

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 we see

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 I'm guilty

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 I'm guilty

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 I'm guilty

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 I'm guilty

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 I'm guilty

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 we see

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 just like

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 Paul

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 in verse 18

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 where he says

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 that

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 there is

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 nothing good

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 dwelling within

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 me

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 within my

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 flesh

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 but that's

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 often the place

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 where the Lord

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 takes us

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 before

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 we profess

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 our faith

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 and trust

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 and need

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 in the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 we see

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 that there is

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 nothing good

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 in us

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 we must

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 turn

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 and put

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 our trust

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 in someone

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 else

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 because I

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 cannot

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 trust

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 myself

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 we have

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 seen

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 her helplessness

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 before

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 God

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 and his

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 justice

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 and we

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 too

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 have cried

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 out like

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 Paul

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 wretched

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 man

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 that I

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 am

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 who

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 will

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 deliver

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 me

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 from

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 this

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 body

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 of

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 death

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 captive

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 to the

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 power

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 of sin

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 justly

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 condemned

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 to death

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 is there

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 any way

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 for us

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 to escape

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 but of course

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 there is

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 there is only

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 one way

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 and the escape

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 is found

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 in Jesus

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 Christ

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 and Paul's

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 groaning

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 is then

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 turned

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 when he

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 looks towards

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 Christ

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 and prays

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 saying

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 with thankfulness

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 thanks be to God

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 through Jesus Christ

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 our Lord

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 he turns

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 to the Lord

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 he turns

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 to the Lord

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 because he has

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 nowhere else

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 to go

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 and that is

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 where we must

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.740
 turn

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 to the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 when we have

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 nowhere else

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 to go

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 and we turn

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 towards him

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 the deep

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 hatred

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 against that

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 sin

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 that is

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 in our

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 lives

00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:29.580
 the sin

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 that condemns

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 us

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 the sin

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:33.360
 that makes

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 us guilty

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 but when we

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 turn to

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 Christ

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 we find

00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:39.860
 a hope

00:19:39.860 --> 00:19:40.620
 of escape

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 we find

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 that he

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 is the one

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 who has

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 redeemed us

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 we find

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 that what

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 Paul says

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 here in

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 verse 1

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 that there is

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 now therefore

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 no condemnation

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 for those

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 that are in

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 Christ Jesus

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 is true

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 because he

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 has taken

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 away

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 all our

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 guilt

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 all our

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 sin

00:20:06.320 --> 00:20:07.560
 he has

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 paid the

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 price

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 he has

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 set us

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 free

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 from the

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 things that

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 held us

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 captive

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 and though

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 we are

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 rightly

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 accused

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 by the

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 law

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.079
 of being

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 guilty

00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:23.279
 when we

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 think

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 about it

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 Christ

00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:29.259
 sets us

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 free

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 chapter 8

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 verse 1

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 brings a

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 massive

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 sigh of

00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.200
 relief

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:37.279
 for the

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 Christian

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 the

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 verdict

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 of

00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:41.379
 condemnation

00:20:41.379 --> 00:20:41.779
 has been

00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.140
 turned

00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:42.519
 around

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 where we

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 were

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.599
 condemned

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.660
 there is

00:20:46.660 --> 00:20:47.019
 now

00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:47.660
 therefore

00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:48.900
 no

00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:50.319
 condemnation

00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:52.259
 what does

00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:52.700
 it mean

00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:53.480
 to have

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 no

00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:54.660
 condemnation

00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:55.339
 what does

00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:55.680
 it mean

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.220
 to say

00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:56.559
 that we

00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:57.000
 are not

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:57.500
 condemned

00:20:57.500 --> 00:21:00.220
 well

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:01.019
 in simple

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.299
 terms

00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:01.740
 it means

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.700
 there's

00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:03.200
 no guilt

00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:04.299
 there's

00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:05.019
 no sentence

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:05.359
 and there's

00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:06.200
 no punishment

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:07.160
 due to

00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:07.579
 us

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:10.119
 and though

00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:10.659
 we know

00:21:10.659 --> 00:21:12.359
 the law

00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:13.179
 condemns us

00:21:13.179 --> 00:21:13.599
 we are

00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:14.379
 captive to

00:21:14.379 --> 00:21:14.899
 the power

00:21:14.899 --> 00:21:15.519
 we cannot

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.460
 set ourselves

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:16.919
 free

00:21:16.919 --> 00:21:19.119
 it is a

00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:19.480
 fundamental

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.399
 point of the

00:21:20.399 --> 00:21:21.199
 reformed faith

00:21:21.199 --> 00:21:22.399
 that it is

00:21:22.399 --> 00:21:22.819
 not of

00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.379
 ourselves

00:21:23.379 --> 00:21:25.079
 it is

00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:25.639
 nothing of

00:21:25.639 --> 00:21:26.119
 ourselves

00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:27.119
 it is all

00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:27.819
 of grace

00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:29.500
 it is nothing

00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:30.079
 of our own

00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:30.399
 goodness

00:21:30.399 --> 00:21:31.119
 it is nothing

00:21:31.119 --> 00:21:31.679
 of our own

00:21:31.679 --> 00:21:32.039
 merit

00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:34.559
 we cannot

00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:35.359
 work our

00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:35.619
 own

00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:36.259
 salvation

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:38.720
 we cannot

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.659
 undo

00:21:39.659 --> 00:21:40.740
 old sins

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:42.759
 by obeying

00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:43.240
 the law

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.759
 for a

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.139
 time

00:21:44.139 --> 00:21:46.539
 we cannot

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.460
 pay

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:48.619
 the judgment

00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:49.720
 that is due

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.339
 to us

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:53.720
 the only

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.339
 reason we

00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:54.819
 can say

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.420
 there is no

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:56.279
 condemnation

00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:58.159
 is because

00:21:58.159 --> 00:21:59.759
 someone else

00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:00.599
 has acquired

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.579
 that for us

00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:02.759
 Christ

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.240
 Jesus

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:04.679
 has acquired

00:22:04.679 --> 00:22:06.019
 that status

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.859
 for us

00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:08.359
 that we are

00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:09.339
 not condemned

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:10.399
 in the sight

00:22:10.399 --> 00:22:11.019
 of God

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:15.079
 he has

00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:15.699
 borne

00:22:15.699 --> 00:22:16.299
 all

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:16.960
 our

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.559
 punishment

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:19.480
 he has

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:19.980
 taken

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.879
 all that

00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:21.399
 sin

00:22:21.399 --> 00:22:22.379
 from us

00:22:22.379 --> 00:22:24.220
 but the

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:24.899
 sin is not

00:22:24.899 --> 00:22:25.339
 just

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:26.379
 taken away

00:22:26.379 --> 00:22:27.159
 and swept

00:22:27.159 --> 00:22:27.659
 under the

00:22:27.659 --> 00:22:28.000
 carpet

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:30.319
 the sin

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:30.639
 is not

00:22:30.639 --> 00:22:30.919
 just

00:22:30.919 --> 00:22:31.500
 waved

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.319
 as God

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.900
 would say

00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:34.299
 well I'll

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.619
 let you

00:22:34.619 --> 00:22:34.960
 off with

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.160
 it

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:36.079
 this time

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:39.240
 sin

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:39.779
 is still

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:41.359
 the price

00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:41.779
 of sin

00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.119
 is still

00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:42.779
 paid for

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:47.599
 Christ

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:47.619
 Christ

00:22:47.619 --> 00:22:48.399
 pays

00:22:48.399 --> 00:22:49.299
 for

00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:50.119
 our

00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:51.099
 sins

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:53.000
 all

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.299
 these

00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:53.779
 sins

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.639
 when you

00:22:54.639 --> 00:22:54.899
 look at

00:22:54.899 --> 00:22:55.339
 yourself

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.559
 when you

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:56.779
 look at

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.220
 the law

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:58.259
 when you

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:58.460
 look at

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:59.019
 the list

00:22:59.019 --> 00:23:01.660
 Christ

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.279
 paid for

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.599
 everyone

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:05.859
 they've all

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.119
 been

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.879
 transferred

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:08.420
 to him

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:10.779
 they've

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.259
 all been

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.920
 imputed

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.980
 to him

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:16.560
 he is

00:23:16.560 --> 00:23:16.800
 made

00:23:16.800 --> 00:23:17.300
 guilty

00:23:17.300 --> 00:23:19.080
 so that

00:23:19.080 --> 00:23:19.460
 you are

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:19.660
 made

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.019
 free

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:23.880
 and you

00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:24.120
 think

00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:24.440
 well

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:25.380
 is that

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:25.700
 fair

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.920
 is it

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:27.320
 fair

00:23:27.320 --> 00:23:27.660
 that

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.580
 Jesus

00:23:28.580 --> 00:23:30.220
 gets

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:30.620
 all of

00:23:30.620 --> 00:23:30.860
 our

00:23:30.860 --> 00:23:31.100
 sin

00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:32.200
 and we

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.580
 get all

00:23:32.580 --> 00:23:32.840
 of our

00:23:32.840 --> 00:23:33.240
 righteousness

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:34.099
 all of

00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:34.420
 his

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:35.180
 goodness

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.440
 and in

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.120
 many ways

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.920
 it isn't

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.240
 fair

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:40.980
 but it

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.279
 is what

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.620
 he did

00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:42.299
 for us

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:43.019
 because he

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.720
 loves us

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:46.099
 it is

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:47.480
 his

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.160
 compassion

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:49.319
 towards

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:49.559
 his

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:49.980
 people

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:51.920
 because

00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:52.799
 he sees

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:54.039
 your need

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:56.000
 he sees

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:57.220
 how captive

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:57.819
 you are

00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:58.460
 by sin

00:23:58.460 --> 00:24:00.900
 and he

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:01.380
 knows

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:02.099
 that the

00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:02.779
 only way

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.519
 that you

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:03.799
 will be

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.579
 set free

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.579
 is if

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:05.980
 he

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.639
 pays

00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:07.119
 the

00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:07.519
 price

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.720
 if he

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.379
 bears

00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:10.139
 the

00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:10.639
 punishment

00:24:10.639 --> 00:24:13.240
 his

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:13.920
 compassion

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.899
 is in

00:24:14.899 --> 00:24:15.279
 seeing

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.079
 your need

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:17.639
 your guilt

00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:19.859
 but is

00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:20.500
 accompanied

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:22.019
 by

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.960
 his great

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.399
 act

00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:24.319
 of redeeming

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:24.519
 you

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.859
 of setting

00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:26.500
 you free

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:28.639
 to bear

00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:29.639
 your sin

00:24:29.639 --> 00:24:31.460
 so that

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:31.960
 we can

00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.339
 say

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:33.500
 there is

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.559
 no more

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:35.980
 condemnation

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:37.339
 for those

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:38.119
 who trust

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.980
 in Jesus

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:40.079
 Christ

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:45.679
 the Lord

00:24:45.679 --> 00:24:46.119
 Jesus

00:24:46.119 --> 00:24:46.839
 has set

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.179
 us

00:24:47.179 --> 00:24:47.759
 free

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.980
 from that

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.720
 burden

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.419
 of sin

00:24:50.419 --> 00:24:52.119
 the Lord

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:53.119
 Jesus

00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:55.879
 satisfies

00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:56.899
 God's

00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.639
 justice

00:24:57.639 --> 00:25:00.039
 by dying

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.339
 on the

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:00.759
 cross

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.319
 and

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.939
 bailing out

00:25:01.939 --> 00:25:02.599
 punishment

00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:05.339
 satisfies

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:06.099
 the righteous

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.879
 requirement

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.080
 covenant

00:25:07.080 --> 00:25:07.920
 of the law

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.940
 for us

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:15.460
 we look at

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.020
 the list

00:25:16.020 --> 00:25:17.320
 of sins

00:25:17.320 --> 00:25:17.660
 in our

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.120
 lives

00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:21.740
 and it's

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.440
 not just

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.960
 that they are

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.720
 stroked off

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:26.240
 and we are

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.660
 therefore

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.940
 not condemned

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:30.539
 the sins

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.120
 are stroked

00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:31.500
 off

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:34.240
 but we are

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.420
 given Christ's

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:35.960
 righteousness

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:37.620
 in place

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:39.059
 of the sin

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:40.799
 that is taken

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.740
 away from us

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:43.640
 all our

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:44.259
 guilt

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:46.539
 is given

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.259
 to Christ

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:49.360
 all the

00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:49.840
 negative

00:25:49.840 --> 00:25:50.580
 aspects

00:25:50.580 --> 00:25:51.160
 that condemn

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:51.700
 us

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:53.000
 Christ

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.539
 bears

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:55.519
 and all

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.299
 the privileges

00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:57.359
 of Christ

00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:58.039
 that he

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:59.440
 deserves

00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:01.579
 is

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:02.899
 imputed

00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:03.659
 to us

00:26:03.659 --> 00:26:04.059
 it is

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:05.059
 given to us

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:07.180
 given to

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.659
 those who

00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:08.220
 believe in

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:09.099
 Jesus Christ

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:10.759
 we receive

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.480
 all the

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.180
 privileges

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:15.559
 that Christ

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.579
 deserves

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:18.680
 we receive

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.399
 the privileges

00:26:19.399 --> 00:26:19.940
 to be

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.359
 children

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:21.299
 of God

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.839
 and fellow

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.500
 heirs

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.539
 with Christ

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.200
 Jesus

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:26.259
 as he goes

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:27.079
 on to say

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:29.079
 in chapter

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.480
 8

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:35.079
 there is

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.740
 now therefore

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:37.059
 no condemnation

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:39.339
 because Christ

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:40.720
 has loved us

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.539
 with an eternal

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.059
 love

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:44.759
 he has

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.500
 sought to

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.019
 set us

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.440
 free

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.159
 from the

00:26:47.159 --> 00:26:47.720
 captivity

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.279
 of our

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:48.879
 sins

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:52.760
 that he

00:26:52.760 --> 00:26:52.940
 would

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.400
 redeem

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:54.640
 his

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:55.120
 people

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:56.860
 that he

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.100
 would

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:57.680
 proclaim

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.460
 liberty

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:58.920
 to the

00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.540
 captives

00:26:59.540 --> 00:27:00.900
 as Isaiah

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.560
 61

00:27:01.560 --> 00:27:02.200
 says

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:05.040
 Isaiah

00:27:05.040 --> 00:27:05.620
 61

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.260
 says

00:27:06.260 --> 00:27:06.640
 that

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.960
 he

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.100
 would

00:27:08.100 --> 00:27:08.500
 proclaim

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:08.900
 liberty

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.300
 to the

00:27:09.300 --> 00:27:09.860
 captives

00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:12.600
 opening

00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:13.040
 of the

00:27:13.040 --> 00:27:13.460
 prisons

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.180
 to those

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.480
 who are

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:14.960
 bound

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:17.259
 so

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.819
 Jesus

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.440
 has set

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:18.620
 you

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:19.039
 free

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.360
 from

00:27:19.360 --> 00:27:19.559
 that

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.220
 enslaving

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:20.720
 power

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.380
 of sin

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:23.680
 but he

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.259
 gives you

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.819
 the oil

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.880
 of gladness

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.799
 instead

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.480
 of mourning

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:29.299
 he gives

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.640
 you a

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.019
 garment

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.340
 of

00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:32.019
 praise

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:33.380
 instead

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:33.860
 of a

00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:34.140
 faint

00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:34.840
 spirit

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:36.480
 and then

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.180
 it says

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:38.660
 of those

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:40.720
 that he

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.100
 sets

00:27:41.100 --> 00:27:41.539
 free

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.659
 that

00:27:42.659 --> 00:27:42.779
 they

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:42.920
 will

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.099
 be

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:43.579
 called

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.200
 oaks

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.659
 of

00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:45.339
 righteousness

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:47.720
 righteous

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.799
 in the

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.059
 sight

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.279
 of

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.700
 God

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:51.619
 righteous

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.659
 because

00:27:52.659 --> 00:27:52.879
 of

00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.200
 what

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.700
 Christ

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:53.940
 has

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.559
 achieved

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:54.879
 for

00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:55.220
 us

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:56.399
 and

00:27:56.399 --> 00:27:56.559
 in

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:56.819
 that

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.639
 confidence

00:27:57.639 --> 00:27:58.639
 we

00:27:58.639 --> 00:27:58.980
 draw

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.359
 near

00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.940
 to

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.359
 God

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:01.579
 not

00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:02.039
 resting

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.240
 in

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.539
 anything

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:02.779
 of

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.319
 ourselves

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.460
 but

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:04.920
 resting

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.599
 in

00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:05.779
 the

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.399
 perfect

00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:07.319
 obedience

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:08.319
 and

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.720
 work

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.039
 of

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.420
 Jesus

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:10.299
 Christ

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:11.460
 who

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:11.700
 has

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.000
 set

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.220
 us

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.619
 free

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:13.659
 so

00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:13.799
 that

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:13.919
 we

00:28:13.919 --> 00:28:14.059
 are

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.319
 not

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.779
 condemned

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:17.899
 Paul

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:18.359
 in

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:19.039
 Romans

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.500
 asks

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:19.819
 lots

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:19.980
 of

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.539
 questions

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.680
 and

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:21.799
 he

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.460
 develops

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.639
 this

00:28:23.639 --> 00:28:24.440
 letter

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:25.099
 asking

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.399
 these

00:28:25.399 --> 00:28:26.000
 questions

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:28.240
 how do

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.759
 we develop

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.500
 our lives

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.339
 knowing

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:30.619
 this

00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:31.079
 truth

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:32.759
 knowing

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.119
 that

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:33.619
 Christ

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:33.960
 has

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.259
 set

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.480
 us

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:34.859
 free

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.119
 from

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.299
 the

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.680
 power

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:35.899
 of

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.119
 sin

00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:36.319
 that

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.460
 has

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.019
 enslaved

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.359
 us

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:38.859
 and

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.000
 that

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.139
 there

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:39.279
 is

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.480
 now

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:39.859
 therefore

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:40.179
 no

00:28:40.179 --> 00:28:41.099
 condemnation

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:41.399
 for

00:28:41.399 --> 00:28:41.859
 those

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.119
 who

00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:42.399
 believe

00:28:42.399 --> 00:28:42.559
 in

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:42.839
 Jesus

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.459
 Christ

00:28:43.459 --> 00:28:44.919
 what

00:28:44.919 --> 00:28:45.240
 now

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:47.859
 what

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.099
 now

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:48.319
 for

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.599
 you

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:50.339
 what

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:50.459
 is

00:28:50.459 --> 00:28:50.599
 the

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:50.839
 next

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.299
 step

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:52.000
 for

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.339
 you

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:53.719
 knowing

00:28:53.719 --> 00:28:54.000
 this

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.459
 truth

00:28:54.459 --> 00:28:56.779
 where

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.000
 will

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.199
 this

00:28:57.199 --> 00:28:57.639
 take

00:28:57.639 --> 00:28:57.859
 you

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:59.740
 I

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.059
 pray

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:00.339
 that

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.500
 we

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:00.740
 put

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:00.899
 our

00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:01.339
 trust

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:01.959
 in

00:29:01.959 --> 00:29:02.099
 the

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.319
 Lord

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.759
 Jesus

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.779
 and

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.539
 recall

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:05.059
 and

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.819
 remember

00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.119
 to

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:06.319
 come

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 back

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 to

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 these

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 great

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 promises

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 that

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 we

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 have

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 in

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 scripture

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 remembering

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 the work

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 of

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 Christ

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 and

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 what

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 he

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 has

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 done

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 for

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 us

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 I

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 pray

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 these

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 thoughts

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 would

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 be

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 blessed

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 to

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 each

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 of

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 us

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 we'll

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 conclude

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 with