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 I'm glad that you were here this morning and I'm glad to be here with you.

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 Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in Philippians chapter 3.

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 Our text for today is Philippians chapter 3 verses 10 through 21.

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 Before I begin reading this morning's text, I have a brief note for our guests.

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 Many churches this morning will spend extensive time making an apologetic case for the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 They will do so because they will be inundated with guests this morning.

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 And the resurrection of Jesus is the linchpin to a camelline case for the Christian faith.

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 Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verse 19 and 20.

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 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

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 But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

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 Without the resurrection, we have no Christianity.

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 However, this inundation of guests is not typically the case for us.

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 Our gatherings most regularly consist of devoted followers of Jesus Christ.

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 So we think it best to press on in our exposition of the book of Philippians as we have arrived at a text that speaks to the sanctifying implications of the resurrection.

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 That said, if you have found yourself here this morning, we do not believe that this is an accident and hope.

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 If you haven't already turned from your sin and thrown yourself on the mercy of God found in the personal work of Jesus Christ, that you will do so today.

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 If Jesus was not raised from the dead, then he was a liar and a lunatic.

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 If he was, then he is God.

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 And we should listen to all that he said and all that was written concerning him in the scripture.

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 To help you believe that Jesus is God, if you don't find yourself in that position this morning,

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 there's a little book available out in the book, Nick, called Your Verdict on the Empty Tomb.

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 It looks like this.

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 I think there's about a dozen of them out there and they're available for free.

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 And I would just strongly encourage you to take one and read it.

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 It won't take you very long to read and see if God doesn't work believing faith in you as a result.

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 So today, Philippians chapter 3, beginning in verse 10 is our text formally for this morning.

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 But I would like to begin by reading, starting at verse 7.

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 Let me remind you before I do, beloved, that this is God's word to us, written for his glory and our good.

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

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 Beginning in verse 7.

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 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

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 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord.

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 For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish,

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 in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him,

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 not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,

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 but that which comes through faith in Christ,

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 the righteousness from God that depends on faith,

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 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection

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 and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

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 that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

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 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect,

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 but I press on to make it my own because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

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 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own,

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 but one thing I do,

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 forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

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 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

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 Let those of us who are mature think this way,

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 and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.

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 Only let us hold true to what we have attained.

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 Brothers, join in imitating me

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 and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.

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 For many of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears

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 walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.

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 Their end is destruction.

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 Their God is their belly,

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 and they glory in their shame with minds set on earthly things.

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 But our citizenship is in heaven,

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 and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body

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 by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.

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 If we are to have any hope in this world at all,

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 it must be a gospel hope.

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 This world is a terribly wretched and broken place.

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 If you don't feel this to be true, you just haven't lived very long.

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 Begin to pay attention to the world around you.

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 Something is deeply wrong with it.

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 I think that I feel this especially as a pastor.

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 Much of what I do is dealing with the brokenness,

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 the sin ravages of the world in which we live.

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 And I find that if I'm going to have any motivation for living at all,

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 it must be rooted in the transforming, resurrected power of Jesus Christ.

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 My gospel hope has to outbound all of the misery that I experience around me.

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 So I look for joy in this.

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 This text is packed full of it,

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 and we won't have time this morning to look at every one of these phrases.

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 I really wish we did.

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 I'd love to keep you here until 2 o'clock this afternoon.

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 But there would be a mutiny, I'm quite sure.

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 So we're going to keep the main point of this text in mind,

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 and I may have to skip over some phrases as we do that together.

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 But this large, this overarching hope that is out in front of us

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 is what we are looking to today.

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 We must have it.

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 I will say also, as an aside, as a pastor,

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 I look for tiny joys, right?

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 This is the large joy.

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 I need the large joy, the hope of the gospel.

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 But I look for tiny joys as well.

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 And alliteration brings me a tiny bit of joy.

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 And so the outline in advance of our study is as follows.

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 It's five points, and they alliterate.

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 Number one, new motivation.

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 Number two, new memory.

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 Number three, new mindset.

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 Number four, new mentors.

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 And number five, new mediator.

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 First, let's look at a new motivation.

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 We can see this in verses 10 and 11.

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 And we'll spend the majority of our time here

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 with the other points supporting and building on this one.

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 We see Paul say in verse 10,

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 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection

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 and may share his sufferings,

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 becoming like him in his death.

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 Now, he has just begun to address

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 with these Philippian believers

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 a heresy that was going around in their day.

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 And it was common.

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 He wrote about it to other churches as well.

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 And we know these people, these teachers,

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 as the Judaizers.

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 They were saying, yes, faith in Christ is good,

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 but you must add to that faith the law.

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 You must be circumcised specifically

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 in order to be found righteous before God.

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 They were suggesting that salvation comes by works.

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 And Paul does not mince words about this.

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 He is clear to say, no, no.

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 Righteousness comes by faith.

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 And so he uses himself as an example.

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 He says, if anybody should have any confidence

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 in the flesh at all, I should.

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 He uses himself.

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 I, the Jew of Jews, should have confidence in the flesh.

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 Who are these men to tell you to have confidence in the flesh?

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 But then he says that he counts all of that gain,

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 all the things that would have been

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 in that Judaic system of benefit to him as loss.

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 He puts it in a loss column.

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 And what he puts in the gain column is Christ.

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 Paul is willing to lose all things.

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 He now counts them as loss.

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 Why?

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 Verse 7 tells us, for the sake of Christ.

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 And verse 8 tells us, because of the surpassing worth

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 of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord.

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 And, in verse 8, in order that I may gain Christ.

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 Paul wrote in Philippians chapter 1 and verse 21,

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 for to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

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 Because?

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 More.

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 Christ.

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 Here in verse 10, he says,

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 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection,

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 and may share his sufferings,

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 becoming like him in his death,

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 identified with him in his death.

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 All of Paul's spiritual fervor has a new motivation.

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 Christ himself.

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 And it has a new aim.

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 He says in verse 11,

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 that by any means possible,

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 I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

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 Let's look first at the first part of this verse,

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 that by any means possible,

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 I may attain,

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 or you can think,

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 arrive at,

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 the resurrection from the dead.

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 James Montgomery Boyce,

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 this is on your bulletin this morning,

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 said of this text,

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 Paul wanted to know Jesus in the truest

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 biblical sense,

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 personally and experientially.

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 And he wanted this to affect his day-to-day living.

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 And so here we find the doctrine of progressive sanctification.

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 Those who are in Christ will persevere in holiness and be preserved to the end.

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 If you are saved,

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 you will grow in Christlikeness until the end,

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 until your life is over or until the Lord returns.

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 We are saved by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in Christ alone.

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 And we are kept by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in Christ alone.

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 But this saving and this keeping

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 will be evidenced in our living.

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 How, after all,

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 are we to know that we are saved?

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 How can you know that you are saved?

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 Should we tie our confidence

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 to a particular pastor

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 or ministry

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 or event?

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 What does the Bible have to say

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 about this?

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 Does it tell us to know that we are in Christ

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 because we

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 prayed a prayer

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 or raised a hand

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 or walked an aisle?

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 No.

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 A thousand times no.

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 The scripture does not say this.

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 Although many in our day

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 do.

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 Listen to the teaching

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 of the apostles.

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 John in 1 John chapter 5.

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 Everyone who believes

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 that Jesus is the Christ

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 has been born of God.

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 And everyone who loves the Father

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 loves whoever has been born

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 of Him.

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 So if you're in Christ,

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 you're going to love the church.

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 By this we know

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 that we love the children of God

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 when we love God

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 and obey

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 His commandments.

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 For this is the love of God

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 that we keep

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 His commandments.

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 And His commandments

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 are not

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 burdensome.

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 God, by the power of His Spirit,

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 makes us new creations.

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 Sets us on a different trajectory.

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 Not a trajectory of rebellion

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 against His good commands,

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 but one of grateful obedience

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 to them.

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 Peter,

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 the Apostle Peter,

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 after a list of divine qualities

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 found in 2 Peter chapter 1,

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 says in verse 10,

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 Therefore,

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 brothers,

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 be all the more diligent

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 to confirm

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 your calling and election.

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 For if you practice

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 these qualities,

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 you will never

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 fall.

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 So he's saying,

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 look at your life.

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 Examine it.

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 Be sure that it's exemplifying

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 these things.

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 Be diligent

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 in this practice

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 to confirm

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 your calling and election.

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 And Paul in Philippians chapter 2,

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 verse 12 and 13,

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 says,

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 Therefore, my beloved,

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 as you have always obeyed,

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 so now,

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 not only as in my presence,

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 but much more in my absence,

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 work out your own salvation

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 with fear

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 and trembling.

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 For it is God

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 who works in you

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 both to will

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 and to work

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 for His good pleasure.

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 So if God is in you,

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 these efforts to obey

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 will be rewarded

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 with obedience.

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 We'll be able to see that,

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 yes, in fact,

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 I am growing in grace.

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 And finally,

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 if you just say,

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 well, those are the apostles,

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 I hope you don't do that

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 with the scripture,

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 but just in case you do,

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 some people only want

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 to listen to red letters,

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 so here they are.

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 Jesus in Matthew chapter 7,

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 verse 17 and 18,

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 says,

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 So every healthy tree

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 bears good fruit,

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 but the diseased tree

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 bears bad fruit.

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 A healthy tree

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 cannot bear bad fruit,

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 nor can a diseased tree

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 bear good fruit.

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 And in John chapter 14

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 and verse 15,

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 he says,

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 If you love me,

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 you will keep

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 my commandments.

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 Now, we must be so careful

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 at this point.

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 No one is suggesting

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 that we are saved

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 by our works.

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 None of us are perfect.

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 I have a confidence

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 that I am redeemed.

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 I can see that God

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 works mightily in my life,

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 but I am far

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 from perfect.

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 But the trajectory

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 of my life,

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 the graph,

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 if I were able to graph

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 holiness day to day,

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 would trend

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 toward holiness.

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 It's got its ups

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 and it's got its downs,

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 but it would trend

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 toward holiness.

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 We cannot be saved

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 by our works.

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 We will never be good enough

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 to meet God's standard

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 because God's standard

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 is perfection.

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 Every one of us,

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 every person

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 who has ever lived

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 has fallen short

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 of perfection.

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 We are saved

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 by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in Christ alone.

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 And any holiness

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 we possess

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 is because of God.

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 It's divine

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 because we are kept

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 by grace alone,

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 through faith alone,

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 in Christ alone.

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 Let's not lose sight

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 as Paul's going to talk

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 about attaining

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 and striving

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 that he stated

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 in Philippians 3,

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 verse 9,

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 which I read

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 as part of the intro

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 to today's text,

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 that he would be found

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 in Christ,

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 not having a righteousness

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 of his own

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 that comes from the law,

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 but that which comes

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 through faith

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 in Christ,

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 the righteousness

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 from God

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 that depends

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 on faith.

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 Reese referenced earlier,

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 Martin,

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 last week,

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 Martin Luther

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 called this

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 an alien righteousness,

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 a righteousness

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 from outside

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 given to us

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 by God.

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 We are saved

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 by grace alone,

00:16:18.259 --> 00:16:18.819
 through faith alone,

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 in Christ alone,

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 and we are kept

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 by grace alone,

00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:21.759
 through faith alone,

00:16:21.819 --> 00:16:22.439
 in Christ alone,

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 but this saving

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 and this keeping

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 will be evidenced

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 in our living.

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 This is what Paul

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 is talking about.

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 Showing himself

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 to be in Christ

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 to the very end.

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 And, beloved,

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 the way of Christ

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 is the way of suffering.

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 We will give up

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 every advantage

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 that this world

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 has to offer

00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:49.440
 for the sake

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 of Christ

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 in order to know

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 him

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 and be known

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 by him.

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 Why would someone

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 do

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 such a thing?

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 It's divine.

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 It's supernatural.

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 God gives us

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 a new

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 motivation.

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 He

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 recreates us

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 as we

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 were meant

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 to be.

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 To be in fellowship

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 with him

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 in this life

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 and

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 forevermore.

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 this is so

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 important

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 to understand

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 for your Christian

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 living.

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 So that,

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:29.619
 by any means

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 possible,

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 I may attain

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 the resurrection

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 of the dead.

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 One day,

00:17:36.900 --> 00:17:38.019
 those who are in Christ

00:17:38.019 --> 00:17:38.779
 will have

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 resurrection

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 bodies.

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 We are saved,

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 soul and body.

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 And the work

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 of redemption

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 is not fully complete

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 until we are

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 transformed

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 transformed to be

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 like Christ.

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 Embodied.

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 The embodied

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 Christ

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 will be like

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 him with

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 resurrection

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 bodies.

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 In Romans

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 chapter 8,

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 verse 23

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 and 24,

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 Paul stated

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 that we

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 wait eagerly

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 for the redemption

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 of our bodies.

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 And he adds,

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 for in this

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 hope

00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:12.899
 we were saved.

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 saved.

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 This is also

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 called

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 glorification.

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 We run

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 across those

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 texts from

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 time to

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 time.

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 Paul wrote

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 further in

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 Romans chapter

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 8,

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 this is

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 verse 30,

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 and those

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 whom he

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 predestined

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 he also

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 called.

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 Those whom

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 he called

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 he also

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 justified,

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 and those

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 whom he

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 justified

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 he also

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 glorified.

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 Because

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 you're saved,

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 if you're

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 in Christ,

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 there's a

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 future

00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:38.420
 guarantee

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 that you

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 will have

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 a resurrected

00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:41.539
 body.

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 You will

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 be glorified,

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 set free

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 from the

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 bondage of

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 sin

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 forever.

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 Wayne

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 Grudeman's

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 seminal

00:18:49.140 --> 00:18:49.800
 work,

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 Systematic

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 Theology,

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 defines

00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:52.860
 glorification

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 this way.

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 Glorification

00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:55.480
 is the

00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:56.279
 final step

00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:56.620
 in the

00:18:56.620 --> 00:18:57.200
 application

00:18:57.200 --> 00:18:57.960
 of redemption.

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 It will

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 happen when

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 Christ returns

00:19:00.420 --> 00:19:00.960
 and raises

00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:01.340
 from the

00:19:01.340 --> 00:19:01.640
 dead the

00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:02.080
 bodies of

00:19:02.080 --> 00:19:02.779
 all believers

00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:03.400
 for all

00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:03.980
 time who

00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:04.519
 have died,

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 and reunites

00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:06.320
 them with

00:19:06.320 --> 00:19:07.019
 their souls,

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 and changes

00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:08.779
 the bodies

00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.220
 of all

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:09.559
 believers

00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:10.139
 who remain

00:19:10.139 --> 00:19:10.879
 alive,

00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:11.960
 thereby giving

00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:12.859
 all believers

00:19:12.859 --> 00:19:13.500
 at the same

00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:14.920
 time perfect

00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:15.519
 resurrection

00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:17.039
 bodies like

00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:17.420
 his own.

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 So you see,

00:19:19.220 --> 00:19:20.359
 glorification is

00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:21.859
 Paul's new

00:19:21.859 --> 00:19:23.039
 motivation.

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 It's the

00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:24.920
 thing that he

00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:25.539
 is looking

00:19:25.539 --> 00:19:26.960
 forward to,

00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:28.079
 this wonderful

00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:29.700
 forever state

00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.879
 of freedom

00:19:30.879 --> 00:19:31.259
 from the

00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:31.639
 death of

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 sin in the

00:19:32.420 --> 00:19:33.940
 presence of

00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:34.359
 our Savior.

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 We will

00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:36.879
 experience Christ

00:19:36.879 --> 00:19:37.899
 more fully

00:19:37.900 --> 00:19:38.220
 than we

00:19:38.220 --> 00:19:38.860
 could possibly

00:19:38.860 --> 00:19:39.440
 experience

00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:40.380
 him here

00:19:40.380 --> 00:19:41.360
 and now

00:19:41.360 --> 00:19:41.860
 because we

00:19:41.860 --> 00:19:42.140
 will be

00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:43.960
 freed from

00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:45.380
 sin forever.

00:19:46.340 --> 00:19:47.080
 The

00:19:47.080 --> 00:19:47.780
 resurrection of

00:19:47.780 --> 00:19:48.700
 Jesus Christ

00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:50.380
 guaranteed for

00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:51.259
 all who are

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:53.080
 in Christ a

00:19:53.080 --> 00:19:54.040
 resurrection and

00:19:54.040 --> 00:19:55.460
 future hope.

00:19:56.320 --> 00:19:56.720
 What a

00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:57.660
 wonderful truth.

00:19:59.080 --> 00:19:59.680
 I will close

00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.360
 this point with

00:20:00.360 --> 00:20:01.380
 one further

00:20:01.380 --> 00:20:02.019
 scripture reading

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:03.019
 which makes

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:04.180
 the point a

00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:05.360
 bit further.

00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:07.099
 Romans chapter

00:20:07.099 --> 00:20:08.399
 6 verses 1

00:20:08.399 --> 00:20:09.719
 through 6.

00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:11.379
 Paul says,

00:20:11.479 --> 00:20:12.199
 What shall we

00:20:12.199 --> 00:20:12.859
 say then?

00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.179
 Are we to

00:20:14.179 --> 00:20:14.819
 continue in

00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:15.479
 sin that

00:20:15.479 --> 00:20:16.139
 grace may

00:20:16.139 --> 00:20:16.740
 abound?

00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:18.159
 By no

00:20:18.159 --> 00:20:18.879
 means.

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.319
 How can

00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:19.639
 we who

00:20:19.639 --> 00:20:20.339
 died to

00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:20.879
 sin still

00:20:20.879 --> 00:20:21.379
 live in

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 it?

00:20:22.399 --> 00:20:22.679
 Do you

00:20:22.679 --> 00:20:23.059
 not know

00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:23.559
 that all

00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:23.979
 of us who

00:20:23.979 --> 00:20:24.199
 have been

00:20:24.199 --> 00:20:25.000
 baptized into

00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:25.559
 Christ Jesus

00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:26.139
 were baptized

00:20:26.139 --> 00:20:26.859
 into his

00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:27.240
 death?

00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.519
 We were

00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:28.799
 buried

00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:29.279
 therefore with

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:29.579
 him by

00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:30.319
 baptism into

00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:30.759
 death in

00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:31.399
 order that

00:20:31.399 --> 00:20:32.219
 just as

00:20:32.219 --> 00:20:32.719
 Christ was

00:20:32.719 --> 00:20:33.279
 raised from

00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:33.799
 the dead by

00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:34.359
 the glory of

00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:35.019
 the Father we

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.799
 too might

00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:37.079
 walk in

00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:37.559
 newness of

00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:37.980
 life.

00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:39.319
 For if we

00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:39.599
 have been

00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:40.200
 united with

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.819
 him in a

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.299
 death like

00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:42.339
 his we

00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:43.159
 shall certainly

00:20:43.159 --> 00:20:43.879
 be united

00:20:43.879 --> 00:20:44.819
 with him in

00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:45.399
 a resurrection

00:20:45.399 --> 00:20:46.480
 like his.

00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:47.899
 We know

00:20:47.899 --> 00:20:48.960
 that our old

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.559
 self was

00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:50.339
 crucified with

00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:50.740
 him in

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 order that

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 the body

00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.339
 of sin

00:20:52.339 --> 00:20:52.839
 might be

00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.859
 brought to

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 nothing so

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 that we

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 would no

00:20:55.599 --> 00:20:56.720
 longer be

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:58.319
 enslaved to

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 sin.

00:20:59.139 --> 00:20:59.879
 If you

00:20:59.879 --> 00:21:00.559
 are in

00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:02.059
 Christ the

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:03.299
 resurrection of

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:04.599
 Christ is a

00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:06.039
 foundation for

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.460
 a new

00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:07.619
 motivation.

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 Secondly,

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:11.000
 new memory.

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.779
 We see this in

00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.659
 verses 12

00:21:13.659 --> 00:21:14.960
 through 14.

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 Paul says

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 not that I've

00:21:18.139 --> 00:21:18.680
 already obtained

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.180
 this or I'm

00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:19.940
 already perfect.

00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.240
 Right?

00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:21.059
 He's being very

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:21.480
 clear.

00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.059
 We haven't

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.799
 reached sinlessness.

00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:24.099
 He's saying as

00:21:24.099 --> 00:21:25.000
 an apostle I've

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.440
 not reached

00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:26.879
 sinlessness but I

00:21:26.879 --> 00:21:27.759
 press on to

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.359
 make it my

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:29.159
 own because

00:21:29.159 --> 00:21:29.940
 Christ Jesus

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.759
 has made me

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:32.139
 his own.

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.419
 Right?

00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:33.360
 grateful

00:21:33.360 --> 00:21:33.980
 obedience.

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 A response

00:21:34.860 --> 00:21:35.500
 to the grace

00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:35.940
 of God to

00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.580
 him in

00:21:36.580 --> 00:21:37.580
 Christ.

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 Verse 13.

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 Brothers, I do

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.180
 not consider

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 that I've

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:39.880
 made it my

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 own but

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 one thing

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 I do

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 forgetting

00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:44.539
 what lies

00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:45.660
 behind and

00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:46.420
 straining

00:21:46.420 --> 00:21:47.060
 forward to

00:21:47.060 --> 00:21:47.480
 what lies

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:47.940
 ahead.

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 I press

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.740
 on toward

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 the goal

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:50.519
 for the

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.120
 prize of

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 the upward

00:21:51.560 --> 00:21:52.160
 call of

00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:53.440
 God in

00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:54.220
 Christ Jesus.

00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:56.160
 Paul's

00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:56.840
 sanctification

00:21:56.840 --> 00:21:58.900
 depends on

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 a reorientation

00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:02.119
 of his

00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:02.399
 memory.

00:22:03.139 --> 00:22:03.799
 You see that

00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.339
 he's going to

00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:05.779
 apply a

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.399
 great deal

00:22:06.399 --> 00:22:07.599
 of effort.

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 He's

00:22:08.639 --> 00:22:09.279
 forgetting and

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.299
 he's straining

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:11.039
 and he's

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:12.419
 pressing towards

00:22:12.419 --> 00:22:13.559
 this goal.

00:22:13.919 --> 00:22:14.319
 The upward

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:15.019
 call of God

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:16.019
 in Christ

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:16.839
 Jesus.

00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:17.220
 The

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:18.000
 resurrection

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:19.679
 of his

00:22:19.679 --> 00:22:20.019
 body.

00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:21.419
 He states

00:22:21.419 --> 00:22:21.779
 that in his

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:22.299
 effort to

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:22.740
 attain the

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.059
 resurrection

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:23.480
 from the

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:23.700
 dead,

00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.259
 he is

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:25.279
 forgetting

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:26.759
 what lies

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.720
 behind.

00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:28.960
 What's he

00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:29.720
 referring to

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.019
 there?

00:22:30.899 --> 00:22:31.619
 I think he

00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:32.039
 means all

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.420
 the things

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:32.859
 that he

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:34.579
 thought were

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:35.059
 his game

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.299
 that he

00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:35.579
 has now

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.139
 countered at

00:22:36.139 --> 00:22:36.680
 his loss

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.240
 right back

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.639
 in verses

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:38.379
 five through

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 six of the

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:39.460
 chapter.

00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:39.920
 I think he's

00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:40.799
 referring to

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.319
 all of those

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.980
 things but I

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.879
 also think

00:22:42.879 --> 00:22:43.779
 that he is

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.359
 referring more

00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:45.639
 broadly to

00:22:45.639 --> 00:22:46.220
 a sin

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:47.139
 because he

00:22:47.139 --> 00:22:48.619
 is forgetting.

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.420
 He hasn't

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:50.200
 just forgotten

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:51.220
 but it says

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:52.279
 forgetting and

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:52.940
 this is one of

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.319
 those wonderful

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:53.980
 places where

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.480
 the English

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.319
 nails it

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:55.740
 right on

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.140
 the head.

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:57.440
 The original

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:57.880
 Greek word

00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:58.440
 for this

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.059
 is in the

00:22:59.059 --> 00:23:00.039
 present tense

00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:01.039
 which means

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:02.420
 it's active

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:03.360
 and it's

00:23:03.360 --> 00:23:03.839
 incomplete.

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:05.059
 So he's

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.460
 continually

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:05.900
 forgetting.

00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:06.480
 He's forgetting

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:06.759
 and he's

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.019
 forgetting

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.279
 and he's

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:07.599
 forgetting

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:08.160
 and he's

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:08.500
 forgetting

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.779
 as he's

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.519
 straining

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:12.380
 and pressing.

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.319
 The power

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:14.900
 of the gospel

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.779
 has set us

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.559
 free from

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.819
 bondage to

00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:18.599
 present and

00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:19.380
 future sin

00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:20.720
 and it has

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.500
 set us free

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.700
 from the guilt

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:24.240
 of past

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.580
 sin.

00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:26.539
 Remember that

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.460
 Paul was a

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:28.380
 persecutor of

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:28.759
 the church.

00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.220
 He mentions

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:29.720
 this in

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:31.440
 verse 6.

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:32.740
 He stood

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.000
 over the

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.819
 execution of

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.360
 Stephen the

00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:35.180
 very first

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:35.840
 Christian

00:23:35.840 --> 00:23:37.140
 martyr.

00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:39.200
 A highly

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.960
 psychologized

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.440
 version of

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:40.819
 Christianity

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.360
 would give

00:23:41.360 --> 00:23:41.920
 Paul a

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.700
 free pass

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.400
 to be

00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:44.100
 forlorn

00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:44.900
 and

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.440
 listness.

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.019
 Would just

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.420
 say like

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.039
 oh we get

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.220
 it.

00:23:47.340 --> 00:23:47.680
 You were

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.279
 that guy

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.840
 that put

00:23:48.840 --> 00:23:49.299
 Stephen to

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.680
 death.

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.400
 You got a

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:50.720
 lot of

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.240
 baggage you're

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.819
 carrying around

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.359
 with us.

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.059
 We're not

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:53.500
 going to

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.440
 expect much

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.299
 of you.

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.680
 But he

00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:57.160
 says he's

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:58.039
 forgetting what

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:59.380
 lies behind

00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:00.480
 and straining

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.920
 forward to

00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.519
 what lies

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.599
 ahead.

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.220
 Now as

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:06.099
 Paul's stating

00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:06.559
 that he's

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:06.980
 forgotten

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.859
 everything as

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.440
 as he's had

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.059
 a brain

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:10.019
 wipe on

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:11.339
 his encounter

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:12.000
 with Christ

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:13.259
 he got his

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:15.259
 brain zipped

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.620
 out.

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.339
 Absolutely

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:17.720
 not.

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.819
 He's still

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.180
 a human

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.519
 man who

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.319
 had memories.

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:20.940
 We're going

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.519
 to have

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.680
 memories but

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.320
 I suggest

00:24:23.320 --> 00:24:23.900
 that the

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.320
 prominent

00:24:24.320 --> 00:24:24.840
 thought of

00:24:24.840 --> 00:24:25.420
 the past

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:26.360
 was what

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:27.200
 Christ had

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:28.100
 done to

00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:28.840
 deliver him

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:30.039
 from his

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:30.299
 sin.

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.519
 That as

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.059
 he considered

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.920
 his past

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:34.539
 when he

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.200
 calls himself

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:35.900
 the worst

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.460
 of sinners

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.000
 why?

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.019
 So that

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.440
 God could

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:38.980
 show his

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:40.360
 great mercy

00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:41.840
 in Christ.

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:42.740
 As he

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.320
 thought about

00:24:43.320 --> 00:24:44.000
 his past

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.940
 what he

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.680
 remembers is

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.320
 what Christ

00:24:46.320 --> 00:24:47.500
 did for

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:47.740
 him.

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.799
 How unworthy

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:50.259
 he is but

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:51.019
 what Christ

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:52.279
 has done.

00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:53.559
 Which is why

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.079
 I'm suggesting

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.660
 that Paul

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:55.160
 had a

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.900
 new

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:57.299
 memory.

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.859
 He knew

00:24:58.859 --> 00:24:59.140
 that the

00:24:59.140 --> 00:24:59.720
 past had

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.779
 no bearing

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.240
 on his

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.640
 future

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:03.119
 because Jesus

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:03.680
 had paid

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.140
 the penalty

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:04.799
 for sin

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:06.279
 and confirmed

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.980
 his redemption

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:08.379
 by being

00:25:08.379 --> 00:25:08.799
 raised

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.700
 from the

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:09.940
 dead.

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.819
 Beloved,

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.119
 I wonder

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:12.519
 how many

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.079
 of you

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:14.940
 live in

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.460
 the past

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:17.559
 would suggest

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.420
 in some

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:19.019
 way that

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.279
 Jesus'

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:19.980
 death was

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:21.080
 not enough

00:25:21.080 --> 00:25:21.660
 for your

00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:22.000
 sin.

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:22.820
 That he

00:25:22.820 --> 00:25:23.259
 needs to

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:23.559
 come back

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:23.920
 down from

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.580
 heaven and

00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:25.039
 get back

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.460
 up on the

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:25.960
 cross to

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.980
 complete that

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.519
 work.

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.380
 That you

00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:29.580
 fail functionally

00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:30.080
 to believe

00:25:30.080 --> 00:25:30.440
 that when

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.120
 Jesus says

00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:31.860
 it is

00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:32.460
 finished,

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.559
 it really

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.200
 is

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:35.320
 finished.

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:37.180
 Your past

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:38.640
 sin has

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:40.120
 been expunged

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:41.759
 as has

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.299
 your present

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:43.559
 and your

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:43.899
 future.

00:25:44.699 --> 00:25:45.659
 Jesus died

00:25:45.659 --> 00:25:46.079
 for you.

00:25:46.179 --> 00:25:46.639
 He died

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:47.399
 for every

00:25:47.399 --> 00:25:48.019
 sin that

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.379
 you have

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:49.259
 ever or

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:50.099
 will ever

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:51.079
 commit.

00:25:51.959 --> 00:25:52.399
 Praise be

00:25:52.399 --> 00:25:52.779
 to God.

00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:53.939
 When we

00:25:53.939 --> 00:25:54.439
 think about

00:25:54.439 --> 00:25:55.259
 the past,

00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:56.759
 our minds

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.299
 ought to be

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:58.199
 set on what

00:25:58.199 --> 00:25:59.579
 Jesus has

00:25:59.579 --> 00:25:59.839
 done.

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.859
 And,

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.479
 thirdly,

00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:03.579
 we should

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.119
 have a new

00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:04.679
 mindset.

00:26:05.399 --> 00:26:05.739
 This is

00:26:05.739 --> 00:26:06.299
 related, I

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.739
 understand.

00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:08.159
 One maybe

00:26:08.159 --> 00:26:08.419
 is the

00:26:08.419 --> 00:26:08.899
 negative, the

00:26:08.899 --> 00:26:09.259
 other the

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.639
 positive.

00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:11.299
 Verses 15

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:12.559
 and 16,

00:26:12.719 --> 00:26:13.219
 he says,

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:13.879
 let those

00:26:13.879 --> 00:26:14.299
 of us who

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:14.959
 are mature

00:26:14.959 --> 00:26:16.459
 think this

00:26:16.459 --> 00:26:17.079
 way.

00:26:17.199 --> 00:26:17.659
 Which way

00:26:17.659 --> 00:26:17.819
 is he

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.439
 talking about?

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:18.679
 Right?

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.619
 This forgetting

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:20.099
 what lies

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.659
 behind and

00:26:20.659 --> 00:26:21.279
 straining

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.839
 forward to

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.479
 what lies

00:26:22.479 --> 00:26:23.659
 ahead.

00:26:24.439 --> 00:26:25.199
 And he

00:26:25.199 --> 00:26:25.759
 says that

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.519
 this is a

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.439
 mark of

00:26:27.439 --> 00:26:27.939
 Christian

00:26:27.939 --> 00:26:29.239
 maturity.

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.219
 The

00:26:30.219 --> 00:26:30.839
 mature

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:32.199
 think this

00:26:32.199 --> 00:26:33.119
 way.

00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:34.619
 A

00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:35.419
 functionally

00:26:35.419 --> 00:26:36.219
 active belief

00:26:36.219 --> 00:26:36.479
 in the

00:26:36.479 --> 00:26:36.879
 gospel of

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.479
 Jesus Christ

00:26:37.479 --> 00:26:38.219
 will evidence

00:26:38.219 --> 00:26:39.339
 itself in

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.779
 the day

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.240
 to day

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.779
 of one

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.059
 who is

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.879
 growing in

00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:42.039
 their

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.819
 understanding

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.939
 of all

00:26:43.939 --> 00:26:44.299
 that the

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:45.419
 gospel means

00:26:45.419 --> 00:26:46.579
 for them.

00:26:47.439 --> 00:26:48.079
 It affects

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:49.819
 every iota

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.720
 of our

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.159
 life.

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:53.119
 I just got a

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:53.699
 text message and

00:26:53.699 --> 00:26:54.379
 flipped it away and

00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:55.279
 lost my place in my

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.519
 notes.

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.159
 So give me a

00:26:56.159 --> 00:26:56.339
 second.

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.959
 UPS just

00:26:58.959 --> 00:26:59.379
 text me.

00:26:59.699 --> 00:27:01.159
 So thanks

00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:01.619
 UPS.

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:03.459
 my package

00:27:03.459 --> 00:27:03.819
 arrived.

00:27:03.899 --> 00:27:04.299
 You guys will

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.799
 all be glad to

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.179
 hear that.

00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:09.719
 Man, I

00:27:09.719 --> 00:27:10.119
 really lost.

00:27:10.159 --> 00:27:10.419
 Oh, here we

00:27:10.419 --> 00:27:10.539
 are.

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:10.959
 Okay, here we

00:27:10.959 --> 00:27:11.099
 go.

00:27:11.179 --> 00:27:11.319
 Good.

00:27:11.479 --> 00:27:11.939
 Hey, back

00:27:11.939 --> 00:27:12.279
 on track.

00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:15.419
 Let me say

00:27:15.419 --> 00:27:16.039
 that again because

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.659
 I lost my

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:17.000
 mindset.

00:27:17.939 --> 00:27:18.599
 A functionally

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.319
 active belief in

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.799
 the gospel of

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.459
 Jesus Christ will

00:27:20.459 --> 00:27:21.299
 evident itself in

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.039
 the day-to-day of

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:23.039
 one who is

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.839
 growing in their

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.519
 understanding of

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.119
 all that the

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:27.359
 gospel means for

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:27.659
 them.

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.879
 It'll inform

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:30.940
 everything, right?

00:27:31.040 --> 00:27:31.980
 This ought to be

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.940
 our mindset.

00:27:33.780 --> 00:27:34.920
 Our knee-jerk

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:36.600
 reaction to our

00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:38.260
 sin as we press

00:27:38.260 --> 00:27:39.080
 on toward the

00:27:39.080 --> 00:27:39.700
 goal for the

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.260
 prize of the

00:27:40.260 --> 00:27:40.960
 upward call of

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.620
 God in Christ

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.960
 Jesus should be

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:44.740
 repentance and

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.600
 faith, right?

00:27:46.100 --> 00:27:47.060
 Forgetting and

00:27:47.060 --> 00:27:48.340
 straining.

00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:49.860
 Often with

00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.980
 counselees, I use

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.640
 an example of

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.300
 running a race,

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:52.500
 right?

00:27:52.560 --> 00:27:53.220
 Paul uses this

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:54.460
 kind of language.

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:55.900
 And we're running

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:57.140
 a race and sin in

00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:57.860
 our life causes us

00:27:57.860 --> 00:27:58.500
 to stumble and we

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:58.860
 fall, right?

00:27:58.880 --> 00:28:00.120
 We skin up our

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:01.820
 knees, look at the

00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:02.500
 children sometimes,

00:28:02.580 --> 00:28:03.340
 their noses, right?

00:28:03.340 --> 00:28:03.820
 They don't catch

00:28:03.820 --> 00:28:04.640
 themselves that way.

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.720
 We're just all

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:07.500
 shredded by the

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.720
 texture of the

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.040
 track.

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:10.120
 And instead of

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:10.920
 getting up and

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:12.060
 continuing to run

00:28:12.060 --> 00:28:13.800
 because the race

00:28:13.800 --> 00:28:15.460
 has been assured,

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:15.860
 right?

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:17.020
 We will finish

00:28:17.020 --> 00:28:17.920
 the race.

00:28:18.320 --> 00:28:19.320
 We sit on the

00:28:19.320 --> 00:28:19.820
 track and we

00:28:19.820 --> 00:28:20.340
 cry.

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:22.020
 Oh, woe is

00:28:22.020 --> 00:28:22.400
 me.

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.800
 I fell down.

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.900
 Get up and run.

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:27.040
 That's what I say.

00:28:27.260 --> 00:28:27.940
 Yes, you fell.

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:29.039
 Yes, you fell.

00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:29.759
 Recognize that you

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.059
 fell.

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:32.299
 Repent and

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:32.779
 believe.

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.539
 Forget and

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:36.960
 strain forward.

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:39.539
 You may be

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.180
 familiar with this

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:40.779
 quote from

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.460
 Pastor John

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.120
 Piper, but I

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.640
 think it's so

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:43.200
 good at this

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.539
 point.

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:45.039
 He says, I

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:46.140
 hear so many

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:47.600
 Christians murmuring

00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:48.140
 about their

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:49.539
 imperfections and

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:50.700
 their failures and

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.880
 their addictions and

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.779
 their shortcomings,

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:54.059
 and I see so

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:55.559
 little war.

00:28:56.419 --> 00:28:56.899
 Murmur,

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.279
 murmur,

00:28:57.379 --> 00:28:57.619
 murmur.

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.659
 Why am I this

00:28:58.659 --> 00:28:58.940
 way?

00:28:59.099 --> 00:29:00.419
 Make war.

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.059
 If you wonder

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.599
 how to make

00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:04.619
 war go to

00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:05.179
 the manual,

00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:06.539
 don't just

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:07.579
 bellyache about

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.379
 your failures.

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:10.799
 Make war.

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:12.200
 That's what Paul

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:13.139
 is talking about

00:29:13.139 --> 00:29:13.480
 here.

00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:15.819
 Pressing on,

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:17.379
 putting behind,

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.179
 and straining

00:29:18.179 --> 00:29:19.159
 forward.

00:29:19.659 --> 00:29:20.559
 It should be the

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:22.259
 knee-jerk reaction.

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.740
 And a lot of

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.279
 people will ask

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.680
 me, but aren't

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.559
 we supposed to

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.720
 feel something

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.559
 when we sin?

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.359
 I'd say, yes,

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.539
 absolutely you

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:29.779
 should.

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.700
 Well, how much

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.240
 and for how

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.920
 long?

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:32.480
 I would say

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.539
 only as much

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.359
 as it takes to

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:35.000
 get you back to

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.839
 the cross of

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.119
 Christ.

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:38.480
 Let that sorrow

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.559
 drive you to the

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.180
 cross of Christ.

00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:41.359
 Forget.

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.400
 Remember what

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.440
 he has done and

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.980
 press on.

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.599
 How do we make

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:46.900
 war?

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:48.200
 By having this

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.460
 mindset.

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:51.039
 Paul wrote in

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.900
 Romans chapter 12

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.400
 verse 2.

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:52.900
 Do not be

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.440
 conformed to

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:53.840
 this world,

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.400
 but be

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:55.900
 transformed by

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.580
 the renewal

00:29:56.580 --> 00:29:58.180
 of your mind.

00:29:59.400 --> 00:29:59.980
 This ought to

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.560
 be the way we

00:30:00.560 --> 00:30:00.840
 think.

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.360
 The mature

00:30:01.360 --> 00:30:01.940
 will think

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:03.500
 in this way.

00:30:03.580 --> 00:30:04.060
 And Paul is

00:30:04.060 --> 00:30:04.860
 so sure of

00:30:04.860 --> 00:30:05.360
 the importance

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:05.800
 of this

00:30:05.800 --> 00:30:07.340
 mindset that

00:30:07.340 --> 00:30:08.240
 he encourages

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.960
 the immature

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:10.920
 that God

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.700
 will mature

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.080
 them.

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:12.940
 He's going

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.759
 to build

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.480
 you so that

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.160
 you'll think

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:16.300
 in this way.

00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.220
 To stay

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.940
 this course.

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.620
 And he

00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:20.040
 says,

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:21.259
 only let

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.720
 us hold

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.579
 true to

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.039
 what we

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.879
 have

00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:24.920
 attained.

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.399
 He's saying,

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:26.059
 but you have

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.920
 attained some

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.740
 maturity.

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:28.859
 So continue to

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.720
 walk in

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:31.059
 that.

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.859
 If we're going

00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:33.180
 to do this

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:33.519
 well,

00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:34.539
 fourthly,

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:36.180
 we need new

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.819
 mentors.

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.619
 Verses 17

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:40.259
 through 19.

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:43.240
 Paul says,

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.599
 brothers,

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.559
 join in

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.140
 imitating

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:46.319
 me and

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.700
 keep your

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.319
 eyes on

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:47.740
 those who

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.259
 walk

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.339
 according to

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:49.799
 the example

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.240
 you have

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.700
 in us.

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.259
 God created

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.859
 us for

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.379
 fellowship.

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:53.839
 We are

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.740
 easily

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.480
 influenced

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.519
 and need

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.299
 good

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:58.119
 influences

00:30:58.119 --> 00:30:59.640
 in our

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.000
 lives.

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.460
 Just think

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:01.900
 for a moment

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.240
 about how

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.759
 easily

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.440
 influenced

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.440
 you are.

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:05.960
 A simple

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.279
 matter,

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.079
 I have a

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:07.619
 brother-in-law

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:07.900
 who's

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.259
 British.

00:31:09.780 --> 00:31:10.400
 And I

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:11.160
 have no

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.940
 part of

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.120
 me,

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.340
 I mean,

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:12.560
 maybe

00:31:12.560 --> 00:31:13.360
 somewhere in

00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:13.560
 my,

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:13.780
 like,

00:31:13.880 --> 00:31:14.500
 generations

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.280
 ago past

00:31:15.280 --> 00:31:16.240
 was British,

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:16.920
 but if I

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.340
 spend a bit

00:31:17.340 --> 00:31:17.600
 of time

00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:18.140
 around him,

00:31:18.280 --> 00:31:18.680
 I start

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:18.960
 to use

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.380
 words I

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:20.100
 don't use

00:31:20.100 --> 00:31:20.519
 normally.

00:31:21.540 --> 00:31:22.120
 If you

00:31:22.120 --> 00:31:22.540
 ever have

00:31:22.540 --> 00:31:22.920
 me call

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.580
 you mate,

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.200
 it's probably

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.700
 because I've

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.019
 been hanging

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.640
 out with

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:27.320
 my brother-in-law

00:31:27.320 --> 00:31:27.660
 and you can

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.019
 just go,

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.360
 yeah,

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:28.580
 okay,

00:31:28.840 --> 00:31:29.060
 right?

00:31:29.540 --> 00:31:30.280
 We pick

00:31:30.280 --> 00:31:31.019
 up things

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:32.340
 from people.

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.720
 So if we're

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.240
 going to follow

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.840
 after Christ

00:31:34.840 --> 00:31:35.300
 this way,

00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:35.519
 if we're

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:35.640
 going to

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.200
 attain this

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.800
 resurrection

00:31:36.800 --> 00:31:37.460
 from the

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:37.620
 dead,

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:37.879
 we're going

00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.099
 to need

00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:38.419
 good

00:31:38.419 --> 00:31:38.979
 influence

00:31:38.979 --> 00:31:39.879
 in our

00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:40.299
 lives.

00:31:41.199 --> 00:31:41.779
 Paul is

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.479
 not specific

00:31:42.479 --> 00:31:43.299
 about the

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:44.519
 good example,

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.759
 but we can

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.599
 infer that the

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.079
 example you

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.559
 have in us

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:48.339
 is found in

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:48.899
 the pressing

00:31:48.899 --> 00:31:49.439
 on toward

00:31:49.439 --> 00:31:49.799
 the goal

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.419
 for the prize

00:31:50.419 --> 00:31:50.659
 of the

00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:51.179
 upper call

00:31:51.179 --> 00:31:51.639
 of God

00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:52.439
 in Christ

00:31:52.439 --> 00:31:53.039
 Jesus.

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.899
 Surround

00:31:53.899 --> 00:31:54.459
 yourself by

00:31:54.459 --> 00:31:55.099
 people doing

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:55.599
 that,

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:56.179
 right?

00:31:56.739 --> 00:31:57.379
 Straining

00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:58.279
 forward,

00:31:58.619 --> 00:31:58.739
 right?

00:31:59.139 --> 00:31:59.979
 Pressing for

00:31:59.979 --> 00:32:00.439
 holiness,

00:32:00.879 --> 00:32:01.000
 right?

00:32:01.239 --> 00:32:01.899
 Looking to

00:32:01.899 --> 00:32:03.359
 please the

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:03.679
 Lord.

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:04.680
 God

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:04.980
 we can

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.220
 also

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.580
 infer

00:32:05.580 --> 00:32:05.900
 that's

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.080
 the

00:32:06.080 --> 00:32:06.600
 opposite

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:07.200
 of

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.299
 the

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.480
 bad

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:07.860
 example

00:32:07.860 --> 00:32:08.140
 that

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:08.299
 he

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:08.640
 lists

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.019
 out

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.420
 in

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:09.600
 some

00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:09.980
 detail

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.380
 here.

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.120
 People

00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:11.640
 whose

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:12.920
 end is

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.500
 destruction.

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:15.680
 Their God

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.019
 is their

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.519
 belly,

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.019
 meaning they

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.640
 serve all

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:17.880
 of their

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.460
 appetites,

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:18.720
 and he

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.220
 doesn't just

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:21.200
 mean food

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.940
 appetites,

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.779
 but all of

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.360
 the lusts

00:32:23.360 --> 00:32:23.640
 of the

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:23.960
 world,

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:24.960
 and they

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.460
 glory,

00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:26.680
 they're proud

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.380
 in things

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:27.880
 that ought

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.279
 to be

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:29.000
 to their

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:30.259
 shame.

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:31.480
 their

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.119
 minds

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.839
 are set

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:33.500
 on

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.000
 earthly

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.819
 things,

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.039
 right?

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.220
 They're

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.680
 concerned

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.200
 about

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.480
 the

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:36.960
 temporal,

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:37.259
 they're

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.720
 concerned

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.180
 about

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.420
 the

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:38.700
 now,

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.160
 instead

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.619
 of being

00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:40.220
 concerned

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:41.200
 about

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.359
 the

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:41.680
 eternal.

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.519
 You

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:42.779
 need to

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:42.960
 get

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.299
 yourself

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.740
 around

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.259
 people

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.920
 who are

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.420
 thinking

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:46.519
 heavenward,

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.480
 always

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:47.940
 thinking,

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.599
 how is

00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:48.900
 this

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.299
 life

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:49.920
 best

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.619
 spent

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:51.279
 for

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:51.740
 that

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.240
 life,

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:52.879
 that

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.680
 forever

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:55.039
 life?

00:32:55.859 --> 00:32:56.299
 And I

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:56.559
 can tell

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:56.900
 you now

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:57.160
 that if

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:57.460
 you live

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:57.859
 this way

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.119
 and you

00:32:58.119 --> 00:32:58.299
 think

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:58.539
 in this

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:58.839
 way,

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.119
 you're

00:32:59.119 --> 00:32:59.259
 going to

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.680
 be laying

00:32:59.680 --> 00:32:59.900
 down

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.039
 your

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.240
 life,

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.400
 you're

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:00.460
 going to

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:00.560
 be

00:33:00.560 --> 00:33:00.840
 suffering

00:33:00.840 --> 00:33:01.039
 the

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.240
 loss

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.360
 of

00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:01.480
 all

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:01.759
 things,

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:02.259
 you

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.480
 are

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:02.779
 going

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.000
 to

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.259
 be

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.940
 uncomfortable

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.420
 in

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:04.660
 this

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.060
 world

00:33:05.060 --> 00:33:05.480
 for

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.640
 the

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:05.960
 sake

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.820
 of

00:33:06.820 --> 00:33:06.920
 the

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.160
 next.

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:09.779
 And Paul

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.519
 exhorts us

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.440
 to be

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:11.900
 cautious

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.519
 about

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:12.779
 these

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.100
 kind

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:13.240
 of

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.600
 people,

00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:13.980
 right?

00:33:14.320 --> 00:33:15.200
 Mind set

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:15.500
 on

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:16.320
 earthly

00:33:16.320 --> 00:33:17.220
 things,

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:17.620
 right?

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.180
 We're

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.759
 to avoid

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.000
 them,

00:33:19.060 --> 00:33:19.440
 but I

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:19.779
 want

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.340
 to

00:33:20.340 --> 00:33:20.700
 note

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.519
 that

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:21.620
 he

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:21.840
 does

00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:21.940
 it

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.100
 with

00:33:22.100 --> 00:33:22.620
 heartbreak.

00:33:23.820 --> 00:33:24.180
 He's

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:24.519
 not just

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:25.140
 dismissive

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:25.279
 to

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.539
 them,

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.840
 but he

00:33:26.840 --> 00:33:27.259
 does it

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:28.039
 with

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.580
 heartbreak.

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:30.039
 He says

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.480
 with

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.519
 tears

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.139
 they

00:33:32.139 --> 00:33:32.619
 walk

00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:33.480
 as

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.819
 enemies

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.119
 of the

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:34.500
 cross

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.399
 of

00:33:35.399 --> 00:33:35.799
 Christ.

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.779
 Fifth

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:37.980
 and

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.299
 lastly,

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:40.240
 we

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.599
 need

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:41.199
 and in

00:33:41.199 --> 00:33:41.500
 Christ

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.679
 we

00:33:41.679 --> 00:33:42.000
 have

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.220
 a

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:42.659
 new

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:44.059
 mediator.

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:44.939
 The

00:33:44.939 --> 00:33:45.139
 last

00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:45.379
 two

00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:45.899
 verses

00:33:45.899 --> 00:33:46.859
 of our

00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:47.159
 text.

00:33:47.419 --> 00:33:47.839
 But our

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:48.339
 citizenship,

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.339
 we're not

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:49.879
 those who

00:33:49.879 --> 00:33:50.139
 are going

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:50.460
 to be

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:50.960
 destroyed.

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:51.139
 Our

00:33:51.139 --> 00:33:51.259
 end

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.460
 is not

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:51.839
 destruction.

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.220
 Our

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.599
 citizenship

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:53.039
 is in

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.339
 heaven,

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.179
 and from

00:33:54.179 --> 00:33:54.480
 it we

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:54.899
 await

00:33:54.899 --> 00:33:55.480
 a

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:55.859
 Savior,

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:56.199
 the

00:33:56.199 --> 00:33:56.699
 Lord

00:33:56.699 --> 00:33:57.839
 Jesus

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.339
 Christ.

00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:59.139
 We

00:33:59.139 --> 00:33:59.240
 will

00:33:59.240 --> 00:33:59.779
 transform

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.000
 our

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.220
 lowly

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.439
 body

00:34:00.439 --> 00:34:00.659
 to be

00:34:00.659 --> 00:34:00.879
 like

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.259
 his

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.759
 glorious

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.119
 body

00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:02.419
 by the

00:34:02.419 --> 00:34:02.740
 power

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:02.960
 that

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.259
 enables

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.419
 him

00:34:03.419 --> 00:34:03.759
 even

00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:04.419
 to

00:34:04.419 --> 00:34:04.699
 subject

00:34:04.699 --> 00:34:05.000
 all

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.439
 things

00:34:05.439 --> 00:34:06.519
 to

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:06.919
 himself.

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:07.720
 We

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.039
 have a

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.579
 resurrected

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:08.940
 Savior,

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.420
 the Lord

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.759
 Jesus

00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:10.259
 Christ.

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:11.000
 He

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.159
 is

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.639
 ascended

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:11.960
 to the

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.179
 right

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:12.460
 hand

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.599
 of

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:12.840
 God

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.000
 the

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.279
 Father

00:34:13.279 --> 00:34:13.579
 where

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:13.880
 he

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.719
 rules

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.239
 over

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:15.880
 all

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.920
 things.

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.219
 Right?

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:17.840
 Paul

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.159
 mentions

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.519
 that here

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:18.639
 in

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:18.779
 verse

00:34:18.779 --> 00:34:19.179
 21,

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.679
 by the

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.079
 power

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.299
 that

00:34:20.299 --> 00:34:20.679
 enables

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:20.880
 him

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.179
 even

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:21.400
 to

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:21.819
 subject

00:34:21.819 --> 00:34:22.279
 all

00:34:22.279 --> 00:34:22.819
 things

00:34:22.819 --> 00:34:23.179
 to

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:24.480
 himself.

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:24.719
!

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.179
 Or as

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.460
 our

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:30.119
 catechism

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.420
 question

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.599
 this

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:30.759
 morning

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:31.019
 said,

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:32.440
 interceding

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.759
 for us.

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.880
 God

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.040
 the

00:34:35.040 --> 00:34:35.300
 Father

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:35.540
 is

00:34:35.540 --> 00:34:36.040
 pleased

00:34:36.040 --> 00:34:36.240
 with

00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:36.660
 us

00:34:36.660 --> 00:34:37.160
 if

00:34:37.160 --> 00:34:37.460
 we

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:38.260
 are

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:38.440
 in

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:38.840
 Christ.

00:34:40.200 --> 00:34:40.720
 Further,

00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:40.880
 he

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.000
 has

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.180
 given

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:41.480
 us

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:41.760
 his

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.120
 good

00:34:42.120 --> 00:34:42.500
 word

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.660
 and

00:34:42.660 --> 00:34:42.740
 he

00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:42.900
 has

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.100
 sent

00:34:43.100 --> 00:34:43.400
 us

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:43.880
 his

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.620
 spirit.

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.100
 We

00:34:45.100 --> 00:34:45.260
 have

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:45.400
 the

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:45.640
 word

00:34:45.640 --> 00:34:45.780
 of

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:46.000
 Christ

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:47.680
 to

00:34:47.680 --> 00:34:47.960
 lead

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.240
 us

00:34:48.240 --> 00:34:48.400
 in

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:48.520
 the

00:34:48.520 --> 00:34:48.920
 truth

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.380
 and

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:49.860
 empower

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.340
 us

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:51.200
 in

00:34:51.200 --> 00:34:51.580
 holiness.

00:34:52.660 --> 00:34:53.280
 What

00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:53.440
 a

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:53.920
 confidence

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.580
 we

00:34:54.580 --> 00:34:54.740
 should

00:34:54.740 --> 00:34:55.100
 have

00:34:55.100 --> 00:34:55.440
 because

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:55.840
 Jesus

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:56.840
 is

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.340
 alive.

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.940
 One

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.380
 wonderful

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.740
 day

00:34:59.740 --> 00:35:00.500
 he

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 will

00:35:00.660 --> 00:35:01.140
 return

00:35:01.140 --> 00:35:01.320
 for

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:01.460
 the

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:01.740
 citizens

00:35:01.740 --> 00:35:01.960
 of

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.160
 his

00:35:02.160 --> 00:35:02.520
 kingdom

00:35:02.520 --> 00:35:03.720
 and

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:03.879
 will

00:35:03.879 --> 00:35:04.419
 transform

00:35:04.419 --> 00:35:04.859
 our

00:35:04.859 --> 00:35:05.179
 lowly

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.500
 bodies

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:05.819
 to be

00:35:05.819 --> 00:35:06.159
 like

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:06.759
 his

00:35:06.759 --> 00:35:08.219
 glorious

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:09.199
 body.

00:35:10.439 --> 00:35:11.199
 So let

00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:11.500
 me ask

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:11.739
 you in

00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:12.019
 closing

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.359
 this

00:35:12.359 --> 00:35:12.779
 Easter

00:35:12.779 --> 00:35:13.139
 Sunday

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:13.459
 do

00:35:13.459 --> 00:35:13.639
 you

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.199
 have

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:15.199
 new

00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:15.719
 motivation

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:16.339
 new

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 memory

00:35:16.859 --> 00:35:17.419
 new

00:35:17.419 --> 00:35:18.079
 mindset

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:18.559
 new

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:19.699
 mentors

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:20.319
 and a

00:35:20.319 --> 00:35:20.659
 new

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:21.919
 mediator?

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:22.899
 Do

00:35:22.899 --> 00:35:23.319
 you have

00:35:23.319 --> 00:35:23.919
 future

00:35:23.919 --> 00:35:24.480
 hope

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:24.799
 in the

00:35:24.799 --> 00:35:25.239
 resurrection

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:26.399
 of your

00:35:26.399 --> 00:35:26.719
 body?

00:35:27.319 --> 00:35:27.539
 Do

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:27.899
 you have

00:35:27.899 --> 00:35:28.219
 hope

00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:28.699
 in this

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.099
 life

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.519
 and

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:29.779
 the

00:35:29.779 --> 00:35:30.139
 life

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:31.139
 to

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.419
 come?

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:32.719
 You

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:33.139
 can

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:34.179
 because

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:34.619
 Jesus

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.500
 is

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.859
 alive.

00:35:36.379 --> 00:35:36.759
 Let's

00:35:36.759 --> 00:35:36.879
 pray

00:35:36.879 --> 00:35:37.159
 together.