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 Tonight, we're going to start with, here he comes. Raise your hand if you didn't get one of those.

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 I know we're pretty short. Plenty extra. Yeah.

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 I would say the main reason is that we need to be humbled first to understand just how bad our condition is before you ever will be open to talking about election.

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 That's like my, I learned it that way.

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 And I think a lot of times when people will try to share about election with me, it would be like, come on, I'm not that bad.

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 Like, come on. Like, I seem to think that sin wasn't as bad as it actually was.

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 And so a few quotes for us.

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 And these men likewise believed in what we're talking about.

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 But Augustine in the fourth century, the whole humility of man consists in the knowledge of himself.

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 Yep. So the more you actually learn about you, the more humble you will become through God's eyes. Right.

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 And Calvin said, man is never sufficiently touched and affected by an awareness of his lowly state until he has compared himself with God's majesty.

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 It is evident that man never attains a true self-knowledge until he has previously contemplated the face of God and come down after such contemplation to look into himself.

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 So we all think much of ourselves. Right.

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 But when compared to God, we tend to shrink and be very, very small.

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 That's what Calvin's saying.

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 We need to humble ourselves.

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 If you want to look on your sheet, your handout here.

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 Each week I'll begin with an example, a quotation.

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 This was Spurgeon.

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 And so and so one of the things that I guess experientially confirmed this truth for me.

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 So I will tell you from the beginning, but your convictions have to come from Scripture first and then your experience after that,

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 because your experience doesn't trump what's what's true and what lasts forever.

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 But what happened to me was I read these things in the scriptures and then I began to kind of think about how I saw them in my life.

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 And one of those realities is I'm aware of what God's pursuit of me before I was a Christian.

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 I could see God tracking me.

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 I could see him following me and pursuing me.

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 Yeah, even though I was pursuing and doing my own thing, he was he was on my track.

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 He was going to and he was going to catch me.

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 He was going to run me to ground when he was ready to.

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 And that's something I'm like thankful for because he didn't have to do that.

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 And that's what Spurgeon said.

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 So something I want you to think about is trace back the steps of your life and look at all the ways that God has shown you grace

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 and all the ways that he has put people in your life.

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 He's put Bibles in your life.

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 He's put a church in your life.

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 Maybe parents that have taught you about Christ.

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 This is what Spurgeon did.

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 So let's read this together.

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 He said one one weeknight when I was sitting in the house of God, I was not thinking about the preacher's sermon for I didn't believe it.

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 That's a nice start, right?

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 The thought struck me.

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 How did I come to be a Christian?

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 I sought the Lord.

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 But how did you come to seek the Lord?

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 The truth flashed across my mind in a moment.

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 I should not have sought him unless there had been some previous influence in my mind to make me seek him.

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 I prayed, thought I.

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 But then I asked myself, how came I to pray?

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 I was induced to pray by reading the scriptures.

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 How came I to read the scriptures?

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 How did I read them?

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 But led me to do so.

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 Then in a moment I saw God was at the bottom of it all.

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 That he was the author of my faith.

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 And so the whole doctrine of grace opened up to me.

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 And from that doctrine I have not departed to this day.

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 I desire to make this my constant confession that I ascribe my change wholly to God.

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 So I hope that that's encouraging to you to begin to think about, well, how did this happen?

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 You keep looking back and you see that God was underneath every little bit of what was going on in your life at the time.

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 So, let me see here.

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 When we talk about these things, we're looking at them, most of us, from a post-Christian perspective.

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 Most of us are believers in here.

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 But we have to look back and see what our condition was before we were in Christ.

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 And for a lot of us, we might have become a believer at a very early age.

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 So that's awesome.

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 Don't go any further.

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 Right?

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 Some of us will testify.

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 Like, that's awesome.

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 But if we look back, we don't really realize how bad our condition is until we see it in hindsight.

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 And let me give you an example.

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 So I had that lung transplant.

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 I knew I was pretty sick.

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 I knew I was very sick, actually.

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 But I didn't realize how close to death I actually was, though.

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 And after the transplant, the surgeon said to me,

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 well, no, actually, he didn't say it to me.

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 He said it to my family.

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 He's like, those are the worst set of lungs I've ever seen.

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 And I don't know how he was alive on those.

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 I had no idea.

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 Like, how he was still breathing on those.

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 And so, you know, so thankful the Lord spared me.

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 But what I have the impression of, if you're like me, you tend to think sin is bad.

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 Sin is not desirable.

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 Sin is, you know, to be walked away from.

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 But it is really, really bad.

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 Like, it is, like, so bad beyond our minds.

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 And I think most of my early Christian life, I thought, yeah, sin's bad.

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 I'm a sinner.

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 Yep.

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 And I never really knew how much the Scripture actually had to say about it.

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 Until the doctrines of grace or Calvinism or Augustinism, whatever you want to call it, whatever label you want to put on it.

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 My personal favorite is what John Newton called it, the doctrine or the gospel of amazing grace.

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 That's what we're just going to call this.

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 It's pretty easy to remember, right?

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 It's the doctrines of amazing grace.

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 And so I look back on my simple condition now and I see just how bad it actually was.

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 And so if you don't realize how low you are, you're never going to be really willing to respond to anything from God.

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 Like, until you really realize how bad it is.

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 So, but one of the go-to passages for sin in the Bible, which we have been through on Sundays, is Romans chapter 1.

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 And this idea that God gave us over to our sin.

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 So let's just read this quickly.

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 For although they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks to Him.

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 But they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

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 All right.

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 Now, as we're going along tonight, think about, like, the anatomy.

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 Have any of you kids had anatomy in your classes yet?

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 A few of you have.

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 Okay.

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 Well, the human body, right?

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 So think about, like, a spiritual anatomy.

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 The mind, the heart, things like that.

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 But you see right here, it kind of says this idea that our foolish hearts were darkened.

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 Claiming to be wise, there's the mind idea.

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 Right before that, futile in our thinking.

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 We became fools.

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 We exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

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 Therefore, God gave them up in the lust of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,

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 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the creator who was blessed forever.

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 Now, that is like the essence of what sin is.

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 It's taking your love and your worship, the failure to fulfill the great commandment to love God and giving it to idols, giving it to the things of creation rather than the creator.

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 And we all have done it.

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 I could give you a list of mile long, the stuff that I have worshipped and put my value in that have let me down and destroyed me.

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 So that's a great example.

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 We worship and serve the creature rather than the creator who is blessed forever.

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 For this reason, God gave them up to dishonorable passions.

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 And jump forward to 28.

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 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.

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 OK, so this idea of giving them up, if you were here on Sunday, we were doing Romans 9.

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 It's God saying, all right, deal with the consequences of your sin.

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 It's giving him over to all the terrible things that follow our rebellion.

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 So it's an act of judgment for him to just go, OK, go do it.

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 And that's what in essence what we're saying.

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 So so in the doctrines of grace or Calvinism, whatever it is, we use this phrase total depravity.

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 Right. We've heard that phrase.

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 Anybody know what depravity means?

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 Biblically speaking, anybody?

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 I don't care.

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 Ty, we give a shot.

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 No, what you're eating.

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 It seems like a syndrome of corruption.

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 Yeah.

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 And you get a depravity of the worst it could possibly be.

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 Yeah.

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 So back on history, we talk about the worst we could possibly be.

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 Mm hmm.

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 Yeah.

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 That's all we're talking about.

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 Literally.

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 Look at that last verse, that debased word.

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 That's the word we're going to look at.

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 That's what depravity is.

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 Other translations may actually say depravity.

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 Let's just look at MacArthur here to define it for us.

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 He says, a godless mind is a depraved mind whose predetermined inevitable disposition is to do the things that are not proper.

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 The basic meaning of a dakamas, which is depraved, is that of notwithstanding the test.

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 And the term was commonly used for metals that were rejected by refiners because of impurities.

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 See that to the connection.

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 These impure metals were discarded and a dakamas.

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 Therefore, came to include the ideas of worthlessness and uselessness.

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 That's what we just read, right?

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 In Romans, it became worthless, became useless.

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 In relation to God, the rejected mind becomes a rejected mind and thereby becomes spiritually depraved, worthless and useless.

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 The mind that finds God worthless becomes worthless itself.

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 It is debauched, deceived, deserving only of God's divine wrath.

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 So, important to remember this.

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 Like, the reason, and this is hard, okay?

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 So again, it's humbling for me.

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 Before you were in Christ, you are worthless.

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 That's what this just said.

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 And the reason why is because we were created, again, we're going back to the beginning, in God's image for a purpose.

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 That purpose was, again, to walk with Him and to reflect His holy character in all that we do and to have that special relationship with God, to bring glory in Him in all our lives.

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 And so, sin has flipped that.

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 It means that you have not fulfilled your purpose of being created.

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 Therefore, you are depraved, right?

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 These metals have these impurities that are discarded.

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 Also important to remember, don't let anybody tell you if you are in Christ that you are depraved.

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 You're not.

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 There's a change that happens, okay?

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 Now you're accounted as God's family.

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 Now you're accounted as adopted, valuable, loved, cherished.

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 Alright?

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 So, and we have that.

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 We're having that image restored in us, as it says in the New Testament now.

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 So, we're learning.

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 We're following Christ and becoming more like Christ in the process.

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 So, I think, before we go further, pause for like maybe two minutes.

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 Any questions?

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 Hard words.

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 They suck.

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 But, how it is.

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 I mean, you saw it right there, right?

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 The Lord is talking about the mind.

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 Do you need to pray?

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 Just a word to pray.

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 But, he's referring specifically to verse 28 in this one.

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 It talks about being a debased mind or a depraved mind.

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 We're just taking the word depraved.

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 Yeah.

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 So, when you said that we're no longer depraved as a believer,

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 you're not speaking specifically of the mind being something different,

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 but rather something more fundamental.

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 Sure, yeah.

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 I was just giving you a biblical example where depravity is found in the Bible.

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 But, really, it's applied to our whole being as fallen people.

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 But, yeah.

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 But, the mind is corrupted for sure.

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 So, yeah.

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 But, as believers, what is our mind doing now?

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 Being transformed by the renewal of our mind.

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 So, it's changing.

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 So, this also should invoke pity and brokenheartedness for those who are around us, right?

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 Because, if they knew Christ, they could have that image restored again, right?

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 So, that's what leads us to share with other people.

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 But, yeah.

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 We're going to get to...

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 When we do the saving work of the Spirit,

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 we'll talk more about why missions and evangelism are so important

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 and why this is actually, like, fuel behind going, not a hindrance to it.

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 So, yep.

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 Let's walk through this first,

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 because it's important to go through the Scripture first.

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 Then I have just some other stuff for you on the PowerPoint.

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 But, for now, I want you to think about that anatomy idea.

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 You know, as I do this...

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 You know, let's do this first.

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 It's more important than going through that.

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 But, alright, so man is not sick.

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 Man is not injured.

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 He is dead spiritually.

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 Alright?

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 And there's a lot of Scriptures that say these things.

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 I just picked a few.

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 But, point number one, really,

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 as a result of Adam's transgressions,

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 men are born in sin

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 and by nature are spiritually dead.

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 Therefore, if they are to become God's children

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 and enter His kingdom,

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 they must be born anew by the Spirit.

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 So, think about that connection.

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 You've heard the phrase being born again.

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 You have to be born again

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 because your condition is dead.

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 Like, that's the point.

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 It's connecting the two.

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 Same thing as, like,

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 there's a need for us to be regenerated by the Spirit.

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 Let's just...

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 Let's just pick two of these.

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 This is the idea of original sin, right?

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 That Augustine kind of coined.

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 Let's look at Romans 5 there.

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 Just as sin came into the world

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 through one man

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 and death through sin.

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 And so death spread to all men

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 because all have sinned.

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 And then Ephesians 2.

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 You were dead in your trespasses and sin,

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 to which you once walked,

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 following the course of this world,

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 following the prince of the power of the air

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 and the Spirit that has not worked

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 in the sons of disobedience.

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 So...

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 But...

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 That's so important

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 because dead means corpse.

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 Dead means useless.

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 You can't do anything.

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 Like...

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 I may have never been to a funeral before

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 and seen the corpse there like I have.

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 They can't do anything.

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 I can't say,

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 hey, jump up and fix yourself.

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 Put yourself together.

00:16:32.659 --> 00:16:32.899
 You know,

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 my grandmother just went to be with the Lord

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 a few...

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 Like last summer.

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 And I couldn't say,

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 come on, Mildred,

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 just stand up.

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 Get yourself together.

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 You know?

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 She would have slapped me silly

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 if she had heard me say that.

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 But...

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 The corpse can't do anything.

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 That's the connection.

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 You need to be born again by the Spirit.

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 So...

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 And a dead person has no ability

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 to do anything for themselves.

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 Now, our spiritual senses

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 are likewise darkened.

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 Okay?

00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:05.480
 So think about your senses.

00:17:06.360 --> 00:17:06.759
 Sight.

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 Feel.

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 Touch.

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 Those sort of things.

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 As a result of the fall,

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 men are blind and deaf

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 to spiritual truth.

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 Minds are darkened by sin

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 and hearts corrupted by evil.

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 We just read that in Romans 1.

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 We just read it.

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 But to give you a few more,

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 I mean, right out of the gate,

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 right in Genesis,

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 the Lord saw the wickedness of man

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 was great on the earth

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 and every intention,

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 every intention

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 of the thoughts of his heart

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 was only evil continually.

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 Right?

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 That's the heart.

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 Look at Jeremiah 17.

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 We all know this one.

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 The heart is deceitful above all else.

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 Desperately sick.

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 Who can understand it?

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 Don't follow your heart.

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 Right?

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 So that's the heart.

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 Then Jesus talks about how

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 all sorts of evil

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 proceed from the heart of men.

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 Look at 1 Corinthians there.

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 The natural person,

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 or the person without God,

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 the person that's without Jesus,

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 the natural person

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 does not accept,

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 does not accept

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 the things of the Spirit of God.

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 For they are followed to Him

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 and He is not able

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 to understand them

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 because they are spiritually discerned.

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 Yeah.

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 So,

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 if you look at Ephesians,

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 oh shoot,

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 I have the wrong,

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 wrong one on here.

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 It's the right chapter,

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 wrong verse.

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 I found it in my bed.

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 I apologize.

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 But it says,

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 don't walk as the Gentiles

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 do in the futility

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 of their minds.

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 See that?

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 Like our minds

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 are directed towards them.

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 The darkened

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 in their understanding,

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 alienated from the life of God

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 because of the ignorance

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 of the image

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 and the hardness

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 of their heart.

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 So,

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 just look at that kind of language

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 that's there.

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 So yeah,

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 there's a lot of other verses

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 that kind of go with this.

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 But,

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 this is the scary one.

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 This one scared the death.

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 You know what?

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 I mean,

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 when I first read it,

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 I was like,

00:19:08.580 --> 00:19:08.759
 wow,

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 I never thought about that.

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 But,

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:14.200
 before in Christ,

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 we're in bondage to Satan

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 and slaves to sin.

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 Right?

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 It's not made up language.

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 Before sinners are born

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 to God's kingdom

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 through the regenerating

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 power of the Spirit,

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 they are children

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 of the devil.

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 Satan.

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 And under his control,

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 they are slaves to sin.

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 Alright?

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:36.059
 What?

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 You,

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 so,

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 in the context of John 8,

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 y'all know what's going on

00:19:43.340 --> 00:19:43.860
 in John 8?

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 Anybody remember

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 what's going on in John 8?

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 Jesus is arguing

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 with the crowd.

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 He's arguing

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 with the Jews

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 who were there.

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 And they're

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 giving him

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 a lot of stuff

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 and

00:19:55.600 --> 00:19:58.059
 they're rejecting him.

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 They're rejecting

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 his words.

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 They're rejecting

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 his truth.

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 And I don't want you

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 to think about it.

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 Like,

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 you could have one person

00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:07.160
 share about Christ

00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:07.920
 with your friends

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 or your family.

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 Who would you want?

00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:09.779
 Jesus,

00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.220
 probably,

00:20:10.360 --> 00:20:10.539
 right?

00:20:11.120 --> 00:20:11.740
 He himself.

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 So he's standing there,

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 the Son of God,

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 and he's talking to them.

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 They're going,

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:16.400
 nope,

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.339
 nope.

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 So this is what he says to them.

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 He says,

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 you are of your father,

00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.599
 the devil.

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 And your wills

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 do your father's desires.

00:20:27.899 --> 00:20:28.259
 Wow.

00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:30.000
 He was a murderer

00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:30.799
 from the beginning

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 and nothing to do

00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.359
 with the truth

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 because the truth,

00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:35.379
 because there is

00:20:35.379 --> 00:20:36.480
 no truth in him.

00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.740
 When he lies,

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:39.500
 he speaks of his own character

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 for he is a liar

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 and the father of lies.

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.379
 2 Timothy,

00:20:45.099 --> 00:20:46.019
 he's talking about

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:47.500
 sharing,

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.139
 you know,

00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:49.020
 the good news

00:20:49.020 --> 00:20:50.720
 with unbelievers

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.680
 in verse 26

00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:53.280
 and hopes that,

00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:53.540
 right,

00:20:53.620 --> 00:20:54.820
 they may come to their senses

00:20:54.820 --> 00:20:56.040
 and escape the snare

00:20:56.040 --> 00:20:56.780
 of the devil

00:20:56.780 --> 00:20:58.600
 after being captured

00:20:58.600 --> 00:20:59.020
 by him

00:20:59.020 --> 00:21:00.120
 to do his will.

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 I mean,

00:21:01.580 --> 00:21:02.040
 we all have like

00:21:02.040 --> 00:21:02.820
 made these connections

00:21:02.820 --> 00:21:03.600
 like they're everywhere

00:21:03.600 --> 00:21:05.380
 and Jesus,

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:06.400
 I tell you the truth,

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:06.660
 truly,

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:06.960
 truly,

00:21:07.120 --> 00:21:08.140
 everyone who commits sin

00:21:08.140 --> 00:21:08.920
 is a slave

00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:10.140
 to sin.

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.140
 And then Titus,

00:21:12.340 --> 00:21:13.020
 we ourselves

00:21:13.020 --> 00:21:13.720
 are once foolish

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.380
 to disobedient,

00:21:14.600 --> 00:21:15.280
 slaves

00:21:15.280 --> 00:21:17.180
 to various passions

00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:17.880
 and pleasures.

00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:18.300
 Right?

00:21:19.260 --> 00:21:19.600
 So,

00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:20.660
 that's not language

00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:22.040
 that no one likes to hear.

00:21:22.360 --> 00:21:22.620
 I'm,

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:22.980
 you know,

00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:25.020
 and again,

00:21:25.080 --> 00:21:25.820
 I'm looking at it

00:21:25.820 --> 00:21:26.960
 in Christ now,

00:21:27.040 --> 00:21:27.120
 like,

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.700
 oh my gosh,

00:21:27.760 --> 00:21:28.320
 I had no idea

00:21:28.320 --> 00:21:28.920
 it was that bad.

00:21:29.120 --> 00:21:29.320
 Like,

00:21:29.340 --> 00:21:30.040
 I had no idea

00:21:30.040 --> 00:21:31.700
 that I was that

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.300
 ensnared

00:21:32.300 --> 00:21:33.480
 by sin.

00:21:35.080 --> 00:21:35.380
 Alright?

00:21:36.580 --> 00:21:37.460
 Important to know,

00:21:38.100 --> 00:21:40.800
 when we use the phrase

00:21:40.800 --> 00:21:42.240
 total depravity,

00:21:42.860 --> 00:21:43.820
 it's different

00:21:43.820 --> 00:21:44.860
 than using the phrase

00:21:44.860 --> 00:21:46.380
 utter depravity.

00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:46.960
 Okay?

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.519
 There's a reason

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:48.360
 why we use that.

00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:50.100
 Tolerance means

00:21:50.100 --> 00:21:51.160
 that all our faculties

00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:51.819
 have been corrupted

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.460
 by sin.

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:53.680
 But,

00:21:53.860 --> 00:21:54.900
 through God's grace,

00:21:55.140 --> 00:21:55.660
 we are able

00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:56.740
 to do some things

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.840
 for good.

00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:58.340
 Right?

00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:58.799
 We are able

00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.740
 to do some things

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.840
 that somewhat

00:22:00.840 --> 00:22:01.620
 look like

00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:02.600
 the image of God,

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.279
 but those are

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:04.259
 distorted still.

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.960
 Utter depravity

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.860
 means that we are

00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:08.059
 as evil as we could be

00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:08.840
 all the time.

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:10.360
 And that's not the case.

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:10.640
 Like,

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.340
 there's restraints

00:22:11.340 --> 00:22:11.740
 on us.

00:22:11.840 --> 00:22:12.019
 Right?

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:13.879
 You see

00:22:13.879 --> 00:22:14.660
 utter depravity

00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:15.819
 inch a little bit

00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.200
 further

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.680
 with,

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.559
 you know,

00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:20.240
 police going away

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:20.480
 and,

00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:20.660
 like,

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.220
 the authority

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:22.400
 of the state

00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:22.960
 going away

00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.279
 and people

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.720
 just can do

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.079
 whatever they

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:24.680
 want to do.

00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:25.579
 You're seeing

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.859
 that go a step

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:27.200
 further.

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.559
 There was

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.700
 restraints on them.

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:29.639
 So,

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.440
 utter depravity

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.879
 is different

00:22:30.879 --> 00:22:32.000
 than total depravity.

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.720
 This one doesn't

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.319
 need a lot of

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:34.839
 explanation,

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.400
 but,

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.099
 like,

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:37.059
 how bad is it?

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.559
 everybody.

00:22:37.919 --> 00:22:38.480
 Because you may

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:38.879
 think,

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.559
 deep down,

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.000
 like,

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:41.960
 I know I'm bad.

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.779
 I know I'm really bad,

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.279
 but I don't think

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.980
 I'm that bad.

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:44.500
 Like,

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:46.220
 it puts us all

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.779
 under the same

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.220
 umbrella.

00:22:47.659 --> 00:22:48.179
 It does.

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.819
 Sin's reign

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.579
 is universal.

00:22:50.899 --> 00:22:51.460
 All men

00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:52.919
 are under sin's

00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:53.279
 power,

00:22:53.419 --> 00:22:54.039
 and consequently

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:55.179
 all are guilty,

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.619
 none are righteous,

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.980
 none are even one.

00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:01.019
 We read this morning,

00:23:01.179 --> 00:23:01.539
 I think,

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:03.319
 TJ read

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:04.480
 Psalm 130,

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:05.759
 if you,

00:23:05.879 --> 00:23:06.399
 O Lord,

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:06.980
 should mark

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.579
 iniquities,

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.220
 O Lord,

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.819
 who could stand?

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:10.740
 Right?

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:10.960
 Like,

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.579
 are any of you

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:12.279
 ready to face

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.880
 God's judgment

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.599
 on your own,

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.579
 apart from Christ?

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.360
 Like,

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:15.599
 no,

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:16.480
 we could not stand.

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.059
 We would just

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:18.559
 perish before Him.

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:19.940
 And,

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.660
 so,

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.599
 we all know,

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.360
 I think that's

00:23:23.360 --> 00:23:24.059
 a pretty commonly

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:24.759
 accepted one,

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.279
 that we're all

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.940
 under the same

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:26.400
 curse.

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:28.980
 But,

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:30.799
 there was a

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.259
 rabbi

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:32.279
 many years ago

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:34.680
 who wrote

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:35.500
 a book called,

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.859
 some of you

00:23:36.859 --> 00:23:37.059
 are all

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.339
 enough to

00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:37.839
 remember this,

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.920
 why do bad

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.700
 things happen

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:41.559
 to good people?

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.380
 Remember that?

00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:43.779
 Krishna?

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.099
 What's his name?

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.420
 Well,

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.640
 as humbly

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.460
 and as gently

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.140
 as I can say

00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:51.599
 this to him,

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:51.880
 it would be

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.319
 because there

00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:53.440
 are no good

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:53.900
 people.

00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:55.200
 That's what

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.680
 this says,

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.119
 right here,

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:56.539
 right?

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:58.779
 no one is

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.119
 righteous,

00:23:59.379 --> 00:23:59.960
 not even one,

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.720
 no one understands,

00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:01.740
 no one seeks God,

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.319
 all have turned

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:04.039
 aside,

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:05.819
 all have become

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.319
 worthless,

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.299
 as we just read,

00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:08.119
 no one does

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.659
 good,

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.639
 not even one.

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:10.539
 Alright,

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.180
 so that's

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:13.399
 the condition

00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:14.159
 we all find

00:24:14.159 --> 00:24:14.960
 ourselves in.

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.759
 And our mind

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.460
 is hostile

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.180
 to God.

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.759
 See that in

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.319
 Romans 8?

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:20.500
 The mind

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.099
 that's in the

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:21.460
 flesh,

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:21.700
 right,

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.259
 is hostile

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.099
 towards God

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:23.980
 and will not

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:25.519
 submit to God's

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:25.759
 law.

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:26.359
 Won't.

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.200
 Won't do it.

00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:28.440
 Alright,

00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:30.799
 so this leads

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.740
 to the next

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.700
 and last point

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.960
 which is

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:35.700
 controversial,

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:36.700
 right?

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.579
 Men,

00:24:38.899 --> 00:24:39.879
 being blind

00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:40.639
 in death

00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:41.379
 to spiritual

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:42.000
 truth,

00:24:42.639 --> 00:24:43.579
 are unable

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.579
 of themselves

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:46.399
 to repent,

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:47.899
 to believe

00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:48.440
 the gospel,

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.119
 or to come

00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:49.659
 to Christ.

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.159
 They have no

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.779
 power within

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.559
 themselves to

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.279
 change their

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.240
 natures or

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:55.279
 prepare themselves

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.980
 for salvation.

00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:56.839
 So,

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.599
 is it like,

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:58.579
 excuse me,

00:24:59.559 --> 00:24:59.920
 some of you

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:00.059
 say,

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:00.220
 well,

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.380
 yeah,

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:00.640
 yeah,

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.059
 of course,

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.920
 I couldn't

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:03.640
 say myself,

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.039
 duh,

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:06.180
 but I kind

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.620
 of met God

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.140
 halfway,

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:07.640
 right?

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.000
 Like,

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:09.160
 I used my

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.940
 abilities and

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:11.360
 my goodness

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:12.000
 that was in

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.740
 me and all

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.360
 and my free

00:25:13.360 --> 00:25:13.860
 will and I

00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:14.460
 met God

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.279
 kind of halfway

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:16.339
 and then he

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:17.240
 did his part.

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.599
 well,

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:18.519
 no,

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:18.759
 what we're

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.539
 saying here

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:21.019
 is that

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:22.200
 you couldn't

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.740
 even prepare

00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.420
 yourself for

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:23.620
 it.

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.000
 Like,

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.880
 you were so

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.299
 low.

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.240
 Really

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.819
 motivational,

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.120
 right,

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.400
 people?

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:27.660
 Like,

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.920
 just enough.

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.220
 I feel like

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.420
 I'm getting

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:29.940
 hammered,

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.160
 you know,

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.420
 I feel like

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:30.599
 I'm getting

00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:31.220
 roasted here.

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:32.440
 So,

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.460
 and this is

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:33.759
 important,

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.700
 no man can

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:35.099
 come to

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:35.579
 faith in

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.240
 Christ unless

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.099
 God grants

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:38.559
 him repentance

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:40.079
 resulting in

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.519
 faith.

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:44.440
 Jeremiah,

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.480
 y'all know

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.339
 the song

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:46.940
 Jesus

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:47.180
 Painted

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:47.519
 All,

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.619
 the leper

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:50.379
 spots the

00:25:50.379 --> 00:25:50.740
 heart of

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.079
 stone.

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.180
 What about

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.460
 the Bible?

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:52.799
 What about

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.059
 that?

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:53.779
 Can the

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.319
 Ethiopian

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:54.900
 change his

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:56.039
 skin or

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.480
 the leper

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.139
 his spots?

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.759
 And also,

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.400
 you can do

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:01.799
 good who are

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.379
 accustomed to

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:02.940
 doing evil.

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.139
 So,

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.319
 yeah,

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:04.700
 like,

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.059
 again,

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:05.480
 when you have

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.000
 no power,

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.500
 I have no

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:06.980
 power to

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:08.019
 change myself.

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:09.180
 I can't

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.859
 just reform

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.460
 myself and

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.340
 prepare myself

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:12.880
 for God.

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.259
 I'll give

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.600
 you another

00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:15.940
 one.

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:22.059
 You see

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.299
 that in

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.759
 2 Corinthians

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.100
 there,

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:24.519
 that blinded

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.200
 the mind,

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.279
 Satan,

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:26.860
 the God

00:26:26.860 --> 00:26:27.340
 of this age,

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:28.160
 has blinded

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:29.420
 the minds

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:30.500
 of unbelievers

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.960
 to keep

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.500
 them from

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:32.960
 seeing the

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.240
 light of

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.680
 the gospel.

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.640
 And then

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.400
 2 Timothy,

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.880
 you've got

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.120
 the second

00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:39.360
 part,

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.019
 God may

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.660
 perhaps,

00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:42.700
 perhaps,

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.240
 grant them

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.680
 repentance,

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.359
 leading to

00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:46.799
 a knowledge

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.059
 of the

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.440
 truth.

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:48.940
 They may

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.279
 come to

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.680
 their senses

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.200
 and escape

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.639
 the snare

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.119
 of the devil

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:51.440
 who have

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:51.839
 been captured

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.180
 by him

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.460
 to do

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:52.900
 his will.

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:53.940
 So,

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.339
 this idea

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.819
 that God

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.240
 has to

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.940
 grant it,

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.160
 it has

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:57.839
 to come

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.759
 from God

00:26:58.759 --> 00:27:00.079
 himself.

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.599
 Those are

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:01.900
 just a

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.299
 handful.

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:02.839
 Like,

00:27:02.879 --> 00:27:03.279
 people told

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.539
 me this

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:03.740
 stuff,

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:03.960
 I'm like,

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.119
 yeah,

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.319
 I don't

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.779
 believe it,

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.119
 whatever.

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:05.919
 they

00:27:05.919 --> 00:27:06.139
 started

00:27:06.139 --> 00:27:06.419
 saying,

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:06.659
 what about

00:27:06.659 --> 00:27:06.899
 that one?

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.299
 What about

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.599
 that one?

00:27:07.659 --> 00:27:07.759
 And I

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.099
 was like,

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.619
 ah,

00:27:09.239 --> 00:27:09.759
 they're

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.079
 drowning

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:11.539
 me in

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:12.039
 scripture

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.419
 here.

00:27:13.739 --> 00:27:14.099
 So,

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:14.779
 I guess I'm

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.019
 just going to

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.279
 have to

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:15.599
 bow the

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:15.839
 knee and

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:15.979
 say,

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.199
 man,

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.539
 I am

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.319
 more,

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.479
 I was

00:27:19.479 --> 00:27:19.979
 more

00:27:19.979 --> 00:27:20.299
 wretched

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:20.779
 than I

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.459
 ever dreamed

00:27:21.459 --> 00:27:21.919
 I was.

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.379
 Like,

00:27:22.379 --> 00:27:22.679
 it was

00:27:22.679 --> 00:27:23.679
 much worse.

00:27:23.719 --> 00:27:23.879
 Like,

00:27:23.939 --> 00:27:24.219
 the surgeon

00:27:24.219 --> 00:27:24.639
 being like,

00:27:24.719 --> 00:27:25.179
 I don't

00:27:25.179 --> 00:27:25.500
 know how

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:25.779
 you were

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.179
 alive.

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.479
 Like,

00:27:26.679 --> 00:27:26.979
 that's

00:27:26.979 --> 00:27:27.399
 crazy.

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.339
 Worst

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:28.899
 pair of lungs

00:27:28.899 --> 00:27:28.899


00:27:28.899 --> 00:27:29.159
 I've ever

00:27:29.159 --> 00:27:29.419
 seen.

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:29.719
 Isn't it

00:27:29.719 --> 00:27:30.000
 weird I

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.219
 want to

00:27:30.219 --> 00:27:30.659
 actually see

00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:30.860
 them?

00:27:31.860 --> 00:27:32.040
 I mean,

00:27:32.060 --> 00:27:32.259
 they got

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.560
 rid of

00:27:32.560 --> 00:27:32.860
 them before

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.220
 I was

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:34.040
 conscious.

00:27:35.040 --> 00:27:35.560
 But,

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.800
 we were

00:27:36.800 --> 00:27:37.480
 not just

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:37.759
 bad,

00:27:37.820 --> 00:27:38.040
 we were

00:27:38.040 --> 00:27:38.560
 really,

00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:40.240
 really bad.

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.240
 So,

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:43.180
 any questions

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.740
 before we

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.320
 move on

00:27:44.320 --> 00:27:46.060
 to the

00:27:46.060 --> 00:27:46.580
 next section

00:27:46.580 --> 00:27:46.980
 of this?

00:27:48.600 --> 00:27:48.900
 About how

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.279
 bad we

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.380
 are?

00:27:49.380 --> 00:27:49.620
 We were

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.380
 really bad.

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.500
 That's

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:53.340
 really only

00:27:53.340 --> 00:27:54.080
 understandable

00:27:54.080 --> 00:27:55.360
 in the

00:27:55.360 --> 00:27:56.100
 context of

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:57.100
 how good

00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:58.100
 God is.

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:58.340
 Yep.

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.180
 Mm-hmm.

00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.960
 Standing

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.400
 on our

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.000
 own,

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.780
 we can

00:28:01.780 --> 00:28:02.340
 justify

00:28:02.340 --> 00:28:03.220
 all kinds

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:04.220
 of good

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.800
 behavior.

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:06.700
 But,

00:28:06.820 --> 00:28:07.240
 that's not

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.560
 what we're

00:28:07.560 --> 00:28:08.200
 talking about.

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.600
 Nope.

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:09.920
 No,

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.080
 no,

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:10.360
 look,

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:10.700
 listen,

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.240
 you may

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.759
 be very

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.680
 good compared

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.040
 to some

00:28:13.040 --> 00:28:13.460
 people you

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:13.780
 know.

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:14.720
 Right?

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.140
 Like,

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.960
 that's a,

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.080
 you hear the

00:28:17.080 --> 00:28:17.759
 gospel people,

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:20.740
 most people,

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.440
 but that's

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:22.200
 changing now,

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:22.720
 most people

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.340
 have some

00:28:23.340 --> 00:28:23.860
 morality,

00:28:24.060 --> 00:28:24.420
 they're like,

00:28:24.840 --> 00:28:25.400
 some sense

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:25.860
 of right and

00:28:25.860 --> 00:28:26.160
 wrong,

00:28:27.040 --> 00:28:27.540
 and they'll

00:28:27.540 --> 00:28:27.660
 say,

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:27.800
 well,

00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.060
 I'm not

00:28:28.060 --> 00:28:29.120
 that bad.

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.000
 Nobody's

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.400
 perfect,

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:30.700
 right?

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.039
 I'm like,

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.200
 yeah,

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.079
 you have no

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:32.779
 idea how

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.759
 ironic that

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.160
 saying is.

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.539
 You're right,

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:34.980
 no one's

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.299
 perfect,

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:35.579
 and the

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.119
 standard is

00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:36.700
 perfection.

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.079
 You're not

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.380
 there,

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.099
 and I'm

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.500
 not either.

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:40.740
 So,

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.339
 it's,

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:43.940
 so yeah,

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:45.220
 only after you

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:46.440
 contemplate who

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:47.319
 God is do you

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:48.099
 actually see this

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:48.460
 first.

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.119
 Probably could have

00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:50.619
 it a whole other

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:50.839
 week,

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.339
 just talking about

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:52.200
 how great God

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:52.599
 was,

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:52.940
 and then we

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.480
 showed up here,

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:53.779
 and we're like,

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.240
 oh man,

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:54.619
 we're done.

00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:55.919
 Colin,

00:28:56.159 --> 00:28:56.599
 in his

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:57.139
 institutes,

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.859
 writes something

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:58.319
 like,

00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:01.619
 like if you

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.099
 look down at

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.579
 the ground,

00:29:04.219 --> 00:29:04.719
 and you can

00:29:04.719 --> 00:29:05.439
 see things on

00:29:05.439 --> 00:29:05.919
 the ground,

00:29:06.159 --> 00:29:07.059
 like rocks,

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:08.459
 dirt,

00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:08.879
 whatever,

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.699
 down near your

00:29:09.699 --> 00:29:10.000
 feet,

00:29:10.139 --> 00:29:10.479
 and very,

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.279
 very clear,

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.579
 right?

00:29:12.679 --> 00:29:13.379
 Like your vision's

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:13.899
 very clear.

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.479
 You can see it

00:29:15.479 --> 00:29:16.859
 perfectly,

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.339
 unless you have

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:17.899
 this bad eyesight,

00:29:18.139 --> 00:29:18.559
 like me.

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:19.879
 And,

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:21.619
 he compares that

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.339
 with looking at

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:22.899
 your earthly

00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.480
 righteousness.

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:24.759
 Like,

00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:25.399
 as long as I'm

00:29:25.399 --> 00:29:26.159
 focused on earth,

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.639
 it's good.

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:27.819
 He's like,

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.460
 as soon as you

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:28.839
 gaze,

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:29.700
 like straight into

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.279
 the sun,

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.899
 your vision just

00:29:31.899 --> 00:29:32.379
 blurts,

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:32.779
 right?

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.759
 He's like,

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.240
 that's what it's

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:35.119
 like to compare

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:35.779
 your righteousness

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.519
 to God's.

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:36.879
 Like,

00:29:36.919 --> 00:29:37.339
 you can't.

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.559
 And,

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:39.359
 your righteousness

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:40.139
 is skewed

00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:41.539
 at that point.

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:42.960
 So,

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:44.879
 you know,

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.619
 but yeah,

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:47.339
 only after you

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:48.179
 have contemplated

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.960
 the face of God

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.420
 and come to

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:50.000
 look into

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.580
 yourself.

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.920
 Anybody else?

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:56.779
 We're all

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.400
 family here.

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:58.779
 I know nobody

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.340
 came here

00:29:59.340 --> 00:30:00.660
 to hear from me,

00:30:00.860 --> 00:30:01.799
 but I'll say

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:04.140
 that I

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:04.779
 oftentimes

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:06.880
 don't feel

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:08.000
 a great draw

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:09.460
 to get into

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:09.940
 the Word

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:11.820
 or to pray,

00:30:12.860 --> 00:30:14.240
 but what I've

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.759
 learned is

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.220
 that if I

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.860
 open up the

00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:16.360
 Psalms

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:17.660
 or go to

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.220
 the last few

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.759
 chapters of

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.080
 Job,

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:21.040
 start contemplating

00:30:21.040 --> 00:30:22.560
 God and

00:30:22.560 --> 00:30:23.759
 His holiness

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:25.519
 and mightiness,

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:26.820
 it doesn't take me

00:30:26.820 --> 00:30:27.700
 long to be very

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.820
 affected and

00:30:28.820 --> 00:30:29.840
 really want to

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:30.160
 pray.

00:30:30.340 --> 00:30:30.500
 Yeah,

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.320
 turn the light

00:30:31.320 --> 00:30:31.759
 to the roof.

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:33.900
 so I think

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:35.000
 that illustrates

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:36.220
 to a great point

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:38.079
 that even

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.660
 in my

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:40.180
 redeemed state,

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:41.099
 the reality

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:42.059
 is that

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:43.000
 the old man

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:44.319
 is still

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:44.920
 within me

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.940
 and those

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.579
 same things

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:46.879
 that are

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.879
 described in

00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.259
 Scripture

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.579
 about the

00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:50.160
 lost and the

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:50.680
 depraved,

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:52.079
 praise God

00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:52.920
 that I'm not

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:54.539
 relieved with

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:54.799
 them,

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.539
 but at the same

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.000
 time,

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.500
 those things

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:56.920
 are still

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:58.519
 so present

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.140
 in me

00:30:59.140 --> 00:31:02.319
 knowing the

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.920
 holiness and

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.420
 greatness of

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:04.220
 God is the

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:06.220
 only way

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.460
 that I can

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:08.180
 see myself

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:09.460
 as I am

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:09.980
 and the

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.240
 Lord.

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.519
 That's good,

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:11.799
 brother.

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.259
 Yeah,

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.400
 knowing what

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:14.880
 God's known in

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:15.259
 your life,

00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:16.079
 I agree with

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.220
 you.

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:16.779
 That's awesome.

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.720
 So,

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.039
 I heard Aaron

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:21.220
 Menekoff at

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.900
 Mount Vernon.

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:22.400
 We were at

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:23.220
 that conference.

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:25.079
 What was really

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.900
 funny was,

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.180
 you know,

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.680
 I was preaching

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.180
 on election

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:27.680
 that Sunday

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.140
 and he taught

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:28.860
 on election

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.220
 at that

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.600
 pastor's

00:31:29.600 --> 00:31:29.980
 conference.

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.740
 His main

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.140
 goal was

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:32.700
 that all

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:33.400
 doctrine is

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:34.059
 practical and

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.579
 all doctrine

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:35.120
 affects us.

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.579
 It's not like

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.420
 there's doctrine

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:36.900
 and there's

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.420
 practical.

00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:38.120
 Look at all

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:39.019
 in Mary together.

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.500
 And he said

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.680
 these discussions

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.180
 on what we're

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.700
 talking about

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.860
 are in-house

00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:46.000
 conversations.

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:47.420
 There's conversations

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:48.059
 you mainly

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:49.759
 talk to about

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.519
 with your family

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:51.259
 and they get it

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.660
 because they're

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.220
 your family.

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:52.600
 Right?

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:52.980
 That's kind

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.179
 of what

00:31:53.179 --> 00:31:54.619
 the goal

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.659
 of this is.

00:31:57.219 --> 00:31:57.599
 And Jay,

00:31:57.659 --> 00:31:58.259
 why is that?

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:58.500
 You brought

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:58.959
 up a really

00:31:58.959 --> 00:31:59.379
 good point.

00:31:59.559 --> 00:31:59.919
 Why?

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:00.839
 Why is it so

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.459
 hard to focus

00:32:01.459 --> 00:32:01.899
 on God?

00:32:01.959 --> 00:32:02.339
 You can focus

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:02.699
 on a lot

00:32:02.699 --> 00:32:02.919
 of other

00:32:02.919 --> 00:32:03.559
 things easily.

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.240
 Why?

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:06.099
 It's so hard

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:06.459
 to think about

00:32:06.459 --> 00:32:06.740
 God.

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:09.000
 It's like

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:10.000
 we've had a

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.839
 stroke spiritually.

00:32:11.659 --> 00:32:12.379
 I can't do it.

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:13.159
 We need help.

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:14.180
 It's like

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.400
 loving

00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:15.140
 of pride.

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:18.420
 Because he's

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:18.900
 holy.

00:32:19.860 --> 00:32:20.620
 He's so

00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:20.900
 other

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:22.540
 from anything

00:32:22.540 --> 00:32:23.920
 else in our

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:25.800
 daily lives.

00:32:26.800 --> 00:32:27.519
 I think

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:27.960
 about it

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.840
 as long as

00:32:28.840 --> 00:32:29.400
 maybe

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:30.580
 a little bit

00:32:30.580 --> 00:32:32.240
 we see more

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.860
 of our sin

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.600
 and then more

00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:34.160
 of his

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:35.980
 greatness in it.

00:32:36.100 --> 00:32:36.640
 It can be a little

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:37.180
 overwhelming.

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.539
 Yeah.

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.220
 Very overwhelming.

00:32:39.560 --> 00:32:39.799
 Yeah.

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.580
 And that way

00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:41.180
 to be careful

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.539
 not to get

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:41.960
 it away.

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:42.600
 Because we

00:32:42.600 --> 00:32:43.140
 have to develop

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:43.620
 this sense

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:45.220
 of unworthiness

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.880
 where we're

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.680
 fearful to draw

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:48.100
 near to God

00:32:48.100 --> 00:32:48.720
 through Christ.

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.600
 But yeah,

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:52.039
 it's just

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.680
 self-evident.

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.440
 Why is it so

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:55.060
 hard for us

00:32:55.060 --> 00:32:56.060
 to do what

00:32:56.060 --> 00:32:56.640
 God calls us

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.299
 to do sometimes?

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.660
 And why is it

00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:59.320
 easy to do

00:32:59.320 --> 00:32:59.900
 other things?

00:33:00.100 --> 00:33:00.820
 I could focus

00:33:00.820 --> 00:33:01.140
 on other

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.920
 things for hours

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:03.180
 and just lose

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.900
 myself in it.

00:33:04.620 --> 00:33:04.980
 But when it

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.680
 comes to God,

00:33:05.860 --> 00:33:06.420
 what is it

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:06.759
 that makes

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.339
 us just turn

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:08.039
 off sometimes?

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.779
 And we need

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.220
 that extra

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:10.579
 help by the

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.079
 Spirit to

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.779
 really engage

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.299
 our minds

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.720
 and engage

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.220
 our hearts.

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:14.799
 It's just

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.359
 self-evident.

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:15.680
 Again,

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.099
 we've had

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:16.680
 something go

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.859
 wrong spiritually,

00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:18.420
 right?

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:19.700
 Even as

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.019
 believers,

00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:20.440
 we have to

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:20.879
 fight it.

00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:24.619
 Anything else?

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.819
 All right.

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.160
 Let's get

00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:29.539
 into some

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.359
 other fun

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:30.759
 stuff.

00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:33.059
 Oh,

00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:33.379
 sorry.

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.259
 I guess

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.680
 I'd also

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.319
 choose to

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.900
 have

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:36.420
 believers

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:36.780
 there

00:33:36.780 --> 00:33:37.000
 to

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.200
 still

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.540
 sin

00:33:37.540 --> 00:33:38.120
 in us

00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:38.720
 that

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.019
 first

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.340
 step

00:33:39.340 --> 00:33:39.920
 because

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.500
 if

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:40.680
 we

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.080
 didn't

00:33:41.080 --> 00:33:41.660
 still

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.080
 it

00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:42.320
 wasn't

00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:42.580
 still

00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:42.960
 sin

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:44.700
 in us

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.300
 then

00:33:45.300 --> 00:33:46.259
 we

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:46.620
 wouldn't

00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:47.120
 have

00:33:47.120 --> 00:33:47.320
 that

00:33:47.320 --> 00:33:47.680
 issue.

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:49.060
 we

00:33:49.060 --> 00:33:49.400
 were

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:50.400
 in the

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:50.799
 process

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.340
 of

00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:51.700
 becoming

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.120
 perfect.

00:33:52.340 --> 00:33:52.420
 We're

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:52.600
 not

00:33:52.600 --> 00:33:52.880
 there.

00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:53.299
 This is

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.960
 sanctification.

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:55.759
 But thank

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.019
 goodness,

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.400
 though,

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.259
 unlike Rome,

00:33:58.100 --> 00:33:58.700
 Rome puts

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.400
 sanctification

00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:00.140
 before

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:00.820
 justification.

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:01.580
 You know that?

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.860
 So only

00:34:02.860 --> 00:34:03.900
 once you've

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.240
 reached a

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.740
 certain state

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.340
 of perfection

00:34:05.340 --> 00:34:06.900
 or holiness

00:34:06.900 --> 00:34:08.539
 then is

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:08.880
 right for

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.200
 God to

00:34:09.200 --> 00:34:09.880
 justify you.

00:34:10.680 --> 00:34:11.340
 So God

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.780
 helps those

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:12.079
 who help

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.519
 themselves.

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.900
 that's

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.280
 just not

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:14.400
 what

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.920
 Romans 5

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.179
 teaches

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:15.579
 at all.

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.099
 We were

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:17.759
 justified,

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.239
 right?

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.759
 Then

00:34:18.759 --> 00:34:19.539
 sanctified.

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:22.099
 So to

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.579
 give you a

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:24.340
 few things

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:24.800
 here,

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.780
 over how

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:29.500
 has sin

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:34.800
 affected the

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:35.539
 will of

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:35.840
 man?

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:37.200
 because we

00:34:37.200 --> 00:34:37.720
 use the

00:34:37.720 --> 00:34:38.300
 term free

00:34:38.300 --> 00:34:39.059
 will like

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:41.160
 like crazy.

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:41.620
 You know,

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:42.539
 we hear it

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.980
 in culture,

00:34:43.200 --> 00:34:43.480
 we hear it

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:44.260
 from non-Christians,

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:44.600
 we hear it

00:34:44.600 --> 00:34:45.180
 from Christians.

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:46.960
 What does it

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.260
 mean?

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.860
 My youth

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:51.280
 pastor,

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.519
 well,

00:34:52.600 --> 00:34:52.860
 actually,

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.420
 I was already

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:54.079
 out of high

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:54.300
 school,

00:34:54.600 --> 00:34:56.059
 but he was

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.559
 a new youth

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.160
 pastor when I

00:34:57.160 --> 00:34:57.680
 was a freshman

00:34:57.680 --> 00:34:58.200
 of college,

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:58.740
 and I was

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.079
 going to

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.559
 school close

00:34:59.559 --> 00:34:59.960
 to home.

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:00.680
 So I

00:35:00.680 --> 00:35:01.140
 helped out

00:35:01.140 --> 00:35:01.460
 with the

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:01.840
 youth because

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.079
 I was kind

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:02.380
 of a young

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:02.720
 believer.

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.400
 I know a

00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:03.680
 lot more

00:35:03.680 --> 00:35:03.940
 than these

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.180
 schools.

00:35:04.740 --> 00:35:05.140
 So I'll

00:35:05.140 --> 00:35:05.579
 come here

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:05.920
 and try

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.719
 to help

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.079
 these younger

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.719
 people out.

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:09.139
 But he's

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:09.420
 the one who

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:10.219
 introduced me

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.559
 to all of

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:10.779
 this.

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.739
 And I

00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:12.380
 loved him

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:12.619
 and I

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:12.779
 couldn't

00:35:12.779 --> 00:35:13.360
 stand him

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:13.759
 because he

00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:14.039
 would just

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.779
 shoot down

00:35:14.779 --> 00:35:15.119
 what I

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.719
 believe just

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:16.699
 by saying

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.579
 some things.

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:20.880
 But one

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.420
 time he

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:23.460
 was just

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:23.840
 sitting back

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:24.340
 on the desk

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:24.559
 with his

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:24.840
 kind of

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.500
 smug face,

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:25.960
 kind of his

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.480
 feet propped

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:26.840
 up, and he

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:27.079
 was just

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.259
 like,

00:35:27.319 --> 00:35:27.739
 so what is

00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:28.139
 free will,

00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:28.360
 Clay?

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:28.639
 And I

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:28.940
 was like,

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:32.460
 I don't

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:32.719
 know,

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.159
 I heard

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:33.539
 a movie.

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:35.000
 So,

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:36.719
 he's like,

00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:36.980
 all right,

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.579
 go figure

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:37.900
 that out,

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.199
 then come

00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:39.179
 back before

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:39.619
 we continue

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.000
 this.

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.440
 So,

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:42.539
 I just had

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:43.079
 to wear it.

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:45.539
 But in

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:46.000
 short,

00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:48.460
 the will

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:50.320
 is the

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:51.119
 faculty or

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:51.699
 the power

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:52.119
 of making

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:52.599
 choices.

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:53.679
 Okay?

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:54.940
 There's a

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.199
 difference

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:55.840
 between choosing

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:57.619
 something and

00:35:57.619 --> 00:35:58.380
 willing something.

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:58.840
 All right?

00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.519
 our will

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.660
 is what

00:36:00.660 --> 00:36:01.220
 governs our

00:36:01.220 --> 00:36:01.660
 choices.

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:02.880
 Right?

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:04.740
 It controls

00:36:04.740 --> 00:36:05.320
 what choices

00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:05.960
 we make.

00:36:06.160 --> 00:36:06.760
 Our wills

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:07.000
 do.

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.260
 So,

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.440
 let's go

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:10.920
 back over

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.400
 this a little

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:11.680
 bit.

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:13.880
 So,

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.300
 there's

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:17.000
 arguably

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.460
 more,

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.100
 but there's

00:36:18.100 --> 00:36:19.180
 three major

00:36:19.180 --> 00:36:21.039
 controversies.

00:36:21.140 --> 00:36:21.280
 So,

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:21.660
 you had to

00:36:21.660 --> 00:36:21.860
 see the

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.039
 scripture

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.539
 first.

00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:23.559
 All right?

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:24.220
 Now,

00:36:24.240 --> 00:36:24.400
 we're going

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:24.680
 to look at

00:36:24.680 --> 00:36:25.079
 some church

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.460
 history.

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.220
 Not enough

00:36:27.220 --> 00:36:27.620
 just to have

00:36:27.620 --> 00:36:28.180
 church history.

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:29.800
 But there

00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:30.260
 was a

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:30.640
 major

00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:31.300
 controversy

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:31.840
 around

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.820
 1418,

00:36:33.240 --> 00:36:33.620
 the early

00:36:33.620 --> 00:36:34.620
 part of

00:36:34.620 --> 00:36:35.120
 the church

00:36:35.120 --> 00:36:35.920
 where

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:38.140
 Augustine

00:36:38.140 --> 00:36:38.680
 was the

00:36:38.680 --> 00:36:39.160
 primary

00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:40.880
 influence

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:41.240
 at that

00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:41.640
 time.

00:36:42.140 --> 00:36:42.800
 He coined

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:43.160
 the term

00:36:43.160 --> 00:36:44.180
 original sin.

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:44.660
 You've

00:36:44.660 --> 00:36:45.039
 heard that?

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.960
 Like we're

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.860
 born in a

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.420
 fallen sinful

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:47.800
 state.

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.320
 Thinking about

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:48.720
 what David

00:36:48.720 --> 00:36:49.539
 said and

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:49.960
 others.

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.760
 And he

00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:52.120
 wrote a

00:36:52.120 --> 00:36:54.160
 prayer in

00:36:54.160 --> 00:36:54.480
 his

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.019
 confessions.

00:36:55.180 --> 00:36:55.320
 And it

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:56.000
 basically said,

00:36:56.180 --> 00:36:56.420
 Lord,

00:36:57.220 --> 00:36:58.079
 command what

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.740
 you will,

00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.700
 but grant

00:36:59.700 --> 00:37:00.200
 what you

00:37:00.200 --> 00:37:00.559
 command.

00:37:01.620 --> 00:37:02.200
 Meaning like,

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:02.460
 Lord,

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:02.800
 you've

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:04.360
 commanded us

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:04.620
 to do

00:37:04.620 --> 00:37:04.860
 this,

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.160
 but give

00:37:05.160 --> 00:37:05.440
 us your

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:06.019
 grace to

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.380
 do it.

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.480
 We need

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.000
 your grace

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.300
 to be

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:08.820
 faithful to

00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:08.880
 you.

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.120
 We need

00:37:09.120 --> 00:37:09.579
 your grace

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:09.960
 to keep

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.120
 your

00:37:10.120 --> 00:37:10.519
 commandments.

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:10.940
 Right?

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.380
 And so,

00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:13.220
 yeah,

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:13.460
 it makes

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:13.840
 sense to

00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.120
 us.

00:37:15.140 --> 00:37:15.680
 But there

00:37:15.680 --> 00:37:15.960
 was a

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.260
 British

00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:16.720
 monk

00:37:16.720 --> 00:37:17.160
 named

00:37:17.160 --> 00:37:17.880
 Pelagius.

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:18.900
 This is

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.720
 like Romanized

00:37:19.720 --> 00:37:20.720
 Britain time.

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:21.980
 And he

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:22.260
 had an

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:22.660
 issue with

00:37:22.660 --> 00:37:22.820
 that.

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.019
 He was

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.160
 like,

00:37:23.200 --> 00:37:23.360
 God

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:23.620
 wouldn't

00:37:23.620 --> 00:37:24.120
 command us

00:37:24.120 --> 00:37:24.460
 to do

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:24.740
 something

00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:25.039
 if we

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.300
 couldn't

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:25.780
 do it.

00:37:25.780 --> 00:37:28.080
 And it

00:37:28.080 --> 00:37:28.600
 just started

00:37:28.600 --> 00:37:29.300
 this huge

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:30.100
 controversy

00:37:30.100 --> 00:37:30.680
 in the

00:37:30.680 --> 00:37:31.060
 church.

00:37:32.060 --> 00:37:32.460
 And he

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:32.700
 was the

00:37:32.700 --> 00:37:32.940
 one who

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.620
 talked about

00:37:33.620 --> 00:37:34.400
 the idea

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:34.940
 of man's

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.700
 will being

00:37:35.700 --> 00:37:36.160
 free.

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:38.120
 Alright?

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:39.779
 So look at

00:37:39.779 --> 00:37:40.779
 the Augustinian

00:37:40.779 --> 00:37:41.279
 view versus

00:37:41.279 --> 00:37:42.000
 the Pelagian

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.319
 view.

00:37:43.839 --> 00:37:44.299
 Alright?

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.019
 The

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:46.539
 Augustinian

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:46.880
 view,

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.319
 we're going

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:47.559
 to go

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:49.059
 from left

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.440
 to right

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:49.699
 here.

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:51.059
 Adam's sin

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.759
 affected the

00:37:51.759 --> 00:37:52.539
 entire human

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:52.980
 race.

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:53.759
 That's what we

00:37:53.759 --> 00:37:54.159
 just read out

00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:54.799
 of Romans 5,

00:37:54.859 --> 00:37:55.059
 right?

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:57.159
 Pelagius

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:57.739
 said sin

00:37:57.739 --> 00:37:58.900
 affected only

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.239
 Adam.

00:38:00.339 --> 00:38:00.960
 And he

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.619
 coined the

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.259
 phrase like

00:38:02.259 --> 00:38:02.619
 tabula

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:02.980
 rosa,

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:03.279
 right?

00:38:03.319 --> 00:38:03.859
 The clean

00:38:03.859 --> 00:38:04.299
 slave.

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:04.980
 You're born

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:05.579
 a clean

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:06.059
 slave,

00:38:06.299 --> 00:38:06.900
 untainted

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:08.160
 by sin.

00:38:08.260 --> 00:38:08.780
 Adam messed

00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:09.019
 up,

00:38:09.099 --> 00:38:09.240
 but you

00:38:09.240 --> 00:38:09.500
 don't have

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:09.780
 to mess

00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:10.039
 up,

00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:10.860
 right?

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.300
 That's kind

00:38:11.300 --> 00:38:11.539
 of what he

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:11.900
 was basically

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:12.380
 saying.

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:13.940
 In short,

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:17.079
 Augustin

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:17.960
 taught man

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.460
 was born

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:18.880
 into a

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:19.480
 state of

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:20.880
 sin and

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.220
 spiritually

00:38:21.220 --> 00:38:21.599
 dead,

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:22.000
 right?

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.340
 That's what

00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:22.579
 we just

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.460
 read Ephesians

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:23.700
 to.

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:25.039
 He said,

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:25.300
 no,

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:25.700
 man is

00:38:25.700 --> 00:38:26.099
 born into

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.460
 a state

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:27.119
 of righteousness

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:28.360
 and spiritual

00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:28.940
 life.

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.059
 Clean

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.360
 slave.

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.240
 Alright?

00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:32.740
 Now here's

00:38:32.740 --> 00:38:33.500
 the deal.

00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:34.599
 Third,

00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:35.780
 man could

00:38:35.780 --> 00:38:36.200
 not

00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:38.779
 live or

00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:39.219
 do any

00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:39.719
 spiritual

00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:40.599
 good apart

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:41.919
 from God's

00:38:41.919 --> 00:38:42.219
 sovereign

00:38:42.219 --> 00:38:42.619
 grace.

00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:45.379
 Then Pelagius

00:38:45.379 --> 00:38:45.859
 said,

00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:47.239
 man could

00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:48.119
 live and

00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:48.619
 do spiritual

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.079
 good apart

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:49.559
 from God's

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:49.859
 grace.

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.519
 None of

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:51.719
 us would

00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:52.079
 probably go

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:52.439
 that far,

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:52.679
 right?

00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:53.939
 But basically

00:38:53.939 --> 00:38:54.439
 if this is

00:38:54.439 --> 00:38:54.719
 true,

00:38:54.819 --> 00:38:55.119
 the man

00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:55.619
 doesn't need

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:56.059
 a savior.

00:38:56.359 --> 00:38:56.719
 He needs

00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:57.159
 a teacher.

00:38:57.879 --> 00:38:58.159
 He needs

00:38:58.159 --> 00:38:58.839
 some moral

00:38:58.839 --> 00:38:59.419
 assistance.

00:38:59.539 --> 00:38:59.759
 He needs

00:38:59.759 --> 00:39:00.059
 a life

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.419
 coach.

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.960
 He's got

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.679
 the ability

00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:04.099
 within himself

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:04.559
 because he's

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:05.619
 not falling,

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:05.940
 he's not

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.279
 tainted.

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.239
 So he

00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:07.559
 just needs

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:07.960
 a teacher

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.480
 to help

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:08.639
 him.

00:39:08.759 --> 00:39:08.799
 Like,

00:39:08.859 --> 00:39:08.980
 yeah,

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.420
 go that

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:09.619
 way,

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:09.839
 buddy.

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:10.699
 Do this.

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:11.319
 Live that

00:39:11.319 --> 00:39:11.579
 way.

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:12.359
 And man

00:39:12.359 --> 00:39:12.759
 has the

00:39:12.759 --> 00:39:13.079
 ability.

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.639
 He could

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:14.019
 do it

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.359
 on his

00:39:14.359 --> 00:39:15.319
 own without

00:39:15.319 --> 00:39:16.940
 Christ's

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:17.179
 grace.

00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:18.099
 But eventually

00:39:18.099 --> 00:39:19.539
 the church

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:20.039
 kind of

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:21.679
 anathemaed

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:22.880
 and kicked

00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:23.579
 Pelagius out

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:23.759
 of the

00:39:23.759 --> 00:39:24.159
 official

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:24.699
 accepted

00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:25.039
 church

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.339
 at that

00:39:25.339 --> 00:39:25.719
 time.

00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:27.679
 Probably

00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:28.319
 for good.

00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:30.239
 Augustine

00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:31.059
 also taught

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:31.679
 this about

00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:32.079
 the will

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:32.440
 of man.

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:32.799
 This is

00:39:32.799 --> 00:39:33.119
 important

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:33.460
 because you're

00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:33.639
 like,

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:34.379
 I make

00:39:34.379 --> 00:39:34.779
 choices

00:39:34.779 --> 00:39:35.400
 every day,

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:36.059
 so aren't

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.480
 I free?

00:39:36.779 --> 00:39:36.980
 Like,

00:39:38.359 --> 00:39:38.819
 I do this,

00:39:38.859 --> 00:39:39.019
 I want to

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:40.639
 go home

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:40.859
 and do

00:39:40.859 --> 00:39:41.039
 what I

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.239
 want to

00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:41.559
 do and

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:41.759
 go to

00:39:41.759 --> 00:39:41.980
 bed.

00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:42.299
 Well,

00:39:42.299 --> 00:39:42.559
 some of

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:42.679
 you.

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:44.179
 And so,

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.559
 but this

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:45.859
 is what

00:39:45.859 --> 00:39:46.519
 he defined

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:46.879
 it as.

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.460
 Free will

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:47.819
 is the

00:39:47.819 --> 00:39:48.400
 faculty or

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:49.639
 power by

00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:50.199
 which choices

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:50.679
 are made.

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:51.940
 Right?

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.460
 Now,

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:53.980
 he made a

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.539
 distinction

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:56.400
 between

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:57.579
 earthly choices

00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:58.359
 and spiritual

00:39:58.359 --> 00:39:58.960
 choices.

00:39:58.960 --> 00:40:01.260
 moral

00:40:01.260 --> 00:40:01.760
 liberty,

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.659
 the ability

00:40:03.659 --> 00:40:04.320
 to use

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:05.059
 that faculty

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:06.460
 of free

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:07.079
 will to

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:07.579
 embrace the

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:07.980
 things of

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.320
 God.

00:40:09.320 --> 00:40:09.440
 Does that

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:09.920
 make sense?

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:11.699
 Right?

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:12.740
 After the

00:40:12.740 --> 00:40:13.079
 fall,

00:40:13.260 --> 00:40:13.480
 moral

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:14.300
 liberty was

00:40:14.300 --> 00:40:14.840
 lost,

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:16.079
 but free

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:16.980
 will remained.

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:17.400
 Meaning,

00:40:17.619 --> 00:40:17.800
 like,

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:18.300
 yeah,

00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:18.720
 I can still

00:40:18.720 --> 00:40:19.380
 make choices,

00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:19.880
 but those

00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:21.059
 choices don't

00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:22.400
 include the

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:22.840
 things of

00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:23.159
 God.

00:40:23.280 --> 00:40:23.579
 It's like

00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:24.539
 we can't

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:25.619
 do things

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:26.220
 spiritually.

00:40:26.679 --> 00:40:27.000
 But we can

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.659
 make decisions

00:40:27.659 --> 00:40:28.159
 every day

00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:29.399
 but we're

00:40:29.399 --> 00:40:29.879
 kind of like

00:40:29.879 --> 00:40:30.319
 the walking

00:40:30.319 --> 00:40:30.739
 dead,

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.299
 really.

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:32.199
 We don't

00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:33.199
 have that

00:40:33.199 --> 00:40:34.239
 ability to

00:40:34.239 --> 00:40:35.579
 make any

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:36.519
 spiritual good.

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:36.839
 So he

00:40:36.839 --> 00:40:37.420
 equated that

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:37.940
 with moral

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.319
 liberty.

00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:38.719
 That was

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:39.460
 lost after

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:39.940
 the fall.

00:40:40.839 --> 00:40:41.039
 Right?

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:41.579
 But not

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:42.139
 until

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:42.759
 regeneration

00:40:42.759 --> 00:40:43.799
 occurs and

00:40:43.799 --> 00:40:44.299
 man's,

00:40:44.299 --> 00:40:45.799
 is man's

00:40:45.799 --> 00:40:46.519
 moral liberty

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:47.039
 returned.

00:40:47.219 --> 00:40:47.339
 Alright?

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:47.559
 Now,

00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:48.179
 so when we're

00:40:48.179 --> 00:40:49.899
 born again,

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:50.639
 that's restored.

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:51.739
 Right?

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:53.019
 God saves us.

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:53.399
 He gives us

00:40:53.399 --> 00:40:54.119
 a new heart.

00:40:55.239 --> 00:40:55.920
 Puts His

00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:56.440
 spirit within

00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:56.679
 us.

00:40:56.779 --> 00:40:57.079
 Writes His

00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:57.460
 law in

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:57.839
 our hearts.

00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:58.320
 And so,

00:40:59.120 --> 00:40:59.880
 so then,

00:41:00.200 --> 00:41:01.280
 after regeneration,

00:41:02.680 --> 00:41:03.260
 that moral

00:41:03.260 --> 00:41:03.680
 liberty is

00:41:03.680 --> 00:41:04.240
 restored where

00:41:04.240 --> 00:41:04.960
 we can freely

00:41:04.960 --> 00:41:05.519
 love God

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:05.820
 again.

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:06.800
 Alright?

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:07.079
 So we're

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:07.660
 not robots.

00:41:07.760 --> 00:41:07.980
 We're not

00:41:07.980 --> 00:41:08.300
 puppets.

00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:08.640
 We'll shoot

00:41:08.640 --> 00:41:08.860
 that,

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:09.320
 we'll beat

00:41:09.320 --> 00:41:09.980
 that to

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.380
 the ground.

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:10.640
 Okay?

00:41:10.640 --> 00:41:10.940
 That's not

00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:11.200
 what this

00:41:11.200 --> 00:41:11.420
 is.

00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:15.340
 I think I

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:15.600
 mentioned

00:41:15.600 --> 00:41:16.340
 that very

00:41:16.340 --> 00:41:17.039
 few people

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:17.620
 that I

00:41:17.620 --> 00:41:18.579
 respect that

00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:19.340
 are on the

00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:20.059
 other side of

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:20.500
 this debate

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:20.940
 at all.

00:41:22.160 --> 00:41:22.900
 But one,

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:23.420
 I think most

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:23.680
 of us would

00:41:23.680 --> 00:41:24.519
 have a measure

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:24.960
 of respect

00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:25.800
 for BCS

00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:26.159
 Lewis.

00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:26.820
 Right?

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:28.059
 He won't

00:41:28.059 --> 00:41:28.360
 the very

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:28.740
 few.

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:31.780
 But we

00:41:31.780 --> 00:41:32.220
 would call him

00:41:32.220 --> 00:41:32.619
 more of a

00:41:32.619 --> 00:41:33.260
 writer and

00:41:33.260 --> 00:41:34.240
 literary guy

00:41:34.240 --> 00:41:34.780
 versus a

00:41:34.780 --> 00:41:35.360
 Bible teacher

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:36.079
 and theologian.

00:41:36.240 --> 00:41:37.240
 But he

00:41:37.240 --> 00:41:37.619
 made a good

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:37.980
 argument.

00:41:38.240 --> 00:41:38.679
 He said,

00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:40.659
 for love,

00:41:40.759 --> 00:41:41.500
 I'm paraphrasing,

00:41:41.659 --> 00:41:42.319
 for love to

00:41:42.319 --> 00:41:43.099
 be love,

00:41:43.819 --> 00:41:44.480
 it has to be

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:45.019
 offered by

00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:45.779
 both parties.

00:41:45.859 --> 00:41:46.059
 Right?

00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:46.879
 You can't

00:41:46.879 --> 00:41:47.480
 force somebody

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:48.000
 to love you.

00:41:48.079 --> 00:41:48.399
 You can't

00:41:48.399 --> 00:41:49.199
 impose your

00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:49.639
 love on them

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:49.779
 and say,

00:41:49.839 --> 00:41:50.500
 love me.

00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:51.799
 It has to be

00:41:51.799 --> 00:41:52.719
 freely offered

00:41:52.719 --> 00:41:53.940
 by both parties.

00:41:54.799 --> 00:41:55.019
 Therefore,

00:41:55.179 --> 00:41:55.679
 he saw,

00:41:55.799 --> 00:41:56.460
 like God's

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:57.159
 election or

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:59.500
 God was

00:41:59.500 --> 00:42:00.699
 forcing his

00:42:00.699 --> 00:42:01.419
 love on

00:42:01.419 --> 00:42:02.099
 somebody who

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:02.519
 didn't want

00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:02.659
 it.

00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:04.079
 I would

00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:04.399
 say,

00:42:04.579 --> 00:42:05.839
 I agree

00:42:05.839 --> 00:42:06.259
 with you,

00:42:07.359 --> 00:42:07.639
 C.S.

00:42:07.679 --> 00:42:07.899
 Lewis.

00:42:07.900 --> 00:42:08.480
 Like,

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:09.619
 for love

00:42:09.619 --> 00:42:09.940
 to be

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:10.260
 loved,

00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:10.760
 it has to

00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:11.260
 be freely

00:42:11.260 --> 00:42:11.820
 offered by

00:42:11.820 --> 00:42:12.539
 both parties.

00:42:13.240 --> 00:42:13.480
 Are we all

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:13.720
 on board

00:42:13.720 --> 00:42:14.059
 with that?

00:42:15.720 --> 00:42:16.340
 You know

00:42:16.340 --> 00:42:16.559
 what the

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:17.139
 problem is?

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:18.340
 Anybody?

00:42:19.220 --> 00:42:19.440
 Are you

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:19.800
 thinking about

00:42:19.800 --> 00:42:20.079
 a fallen

00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:20.420
 man?

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:22.099
 He doesn't

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:22.400
 have the

00:42:22.400 --> 00:42:22.800
 ability.

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:23.460
 He won't.

00:42:23.680 --> 00:42:24.240
 He won't

00:42:24.240 --> 00:42:24.760
 love God.

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:25.160
 Like,

00:42:25.619 --> 00:42:26.720
 cannot and

00:42:26.720 --> 00:42:27.320
 will not

00:42:27.320 --> 00:42:28.139
 love God

00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:29.700
 unless God

00:42:29.700 --> 00:42:30.360
 does something

00:42:30.360 --> 00:42:30.820
 first.

00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:31.599
 Unless God

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:32.440
 gives him

00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:33.740
 a new heart.

00:42:34.280 --> 00:42:34.480
 And so

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:35.000
 that's what

00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:36.320
 he basically

00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:36.720
 is saying

00:42:36.720 --> 00:42:37.160
 in the idea

00:42:37.160 --> 00:42:37.740
 is he gives

00:42:37.739 --> 00:42:38.219
 him back

00:42:38.219 --> 00:42:39.000
 moral liberty

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:39.639
 after he's

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:40.159
 born again.

00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:41.179
 That's

00:42:41.179 --> 00:42:41.859
 restore so

00:42:41.859 --> 00:42:42.079
 we can

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:42.639
 freely love

00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:42.979
 God,

00:42:43.699 --> 00:42:44.359
 freely obey

00:42:44.359 --> 00:42:44.819
 God,

00:42:45.659 --> 00:42:46.239
 freely walk

00:42:46.239 --> 00:42:46.639
 with him.

00:42:48.959 --> 00:42:49.399
 Hey,

00:42:49.479 --> 00:42:50.500
 girls,

00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:50.919
 this is the

00:42:50.919 --> 00:42:51.279
 chart I

00:42:51.279 --> 00:42:51.599
 tried to

00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:51.939
 draw you

00:42:51.939 --> 00:42:52.119
 in the

00:42:52.119 --> 00:42:52.339
 back of

00:42:52.339 --> 00:42:52.459
 that

00:42:52.459 --> 00:42:52.859
 napkin.

00:42:53.899 --> 00:42:54.319
 Didn't

00:42:54.319 --> 00:42:54.679
 work out

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.119
 real well.

00:42:55.819 --> 00:42:55.839
 So,

00:42:56.699 --> 00:42:57.379
 yeah?

00:42:57.380 --> 00:43:02.700
 there he

00:43:02.700 --> 00:43:02.920
 is.

00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:03.200
 Yeah,

00:43:03.200 --> 00:43:04.940
 I mean,

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:05.140
 you can

00:43:05.140 --> 00:43:06.140
 just shoot

00:43:06.140 --> 00:43:06.360
 it out

00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:06.720
 all night.

00:43:07.059 --> 00:43:07.180
 Yeah,

00:43:07.200 --> 00:43:07.519
 it's all

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:07.760
 over the

00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:07.980
 place.

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:08.539
 We love

00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:09.760
 because he

00:43:09.760 --> 00:43:10.539
 first loved

00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:10.880
 us.

00:43:11.579 --> 00:43:11.960
 Exactly.

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:14.360
 I want to

00:43:14.360 --> 00:43:14.740
 take credit

00:43:14.740 --> 00:43:15.099
 for this.

00:43:15.200 --> 00:43:15.440
 I think it

00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:15.920
 was out of

00:43:15.920 --> 00:43:16.519
 one of

00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:16.780
 R.C.

00:43:16.860 --> 00:43:17.160
 Spurl's

00:43:17.160 --> 00:43:17.539
 books a

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:18.160
 long time

00:43:18.160 --> 00:43:18.400
 ago.

00:43:19.260 --> 00:43:19.500
 But look

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:19.760
 at this.

00:43:20.220 --> 00:43:20.760
 Pre-fall,

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:22.240
 Adam and

00:43:22.240 --> 00:43:22.480
 Eve,

00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:22.840
 we were

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:23.260
 able to

00:43:23.260 --> 00:43:24.519
 sin and

00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:25.000
 able to

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:25.740
 not sin.

00:43:26.740 --> 00:43:27.139
 They

00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:27.559
 sinned.

00:43:27.880 --> 00:43:28.300
 So then it

00:43:28.300 --> 00:43:28.699
 goes to

00:43:28.699 --> 00:43:29.679
 the fallen

00:43:29.679 --> 00:43:30.139
 depraved

00:43:30.139 --> 00:43:30.619
 condition.

00:43:31.420 --> 00:43:31.980
 Able to

00:43:31.980 --> 00:43:32.460
 sin,

00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:34.480
 unable to

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:35.199
 not sin.

00:43:35.320 --> 00:43:35.480
 That's

00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:35.820
 like all

00:43:35.820 --> 00:43:36.079
 we can

00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:36.320
 do.

00:43:38.139 --> 00:43:38.539
 Regenerate.

00:43:38.619 --> 00:43:38.760
 This is

00:43:38.760 --> 00:43:39.019
 where we

00:43:39.019 --> 00:43:39.280
 are right

00:43:39.280 --> 00:43:39.519
 now.

00:43:41.099 --> 00:43:41.699
 We're able

00:43:41.699 --> 00:43:42.559
 to sin and

00:43:42.559 --> 00:43:42.880
 we're able

00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:43.199
 to not

00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:43.420
 sin.

00:43:43.460 --> 00:43:43.659
 We can

00:43:43.659 --> 00:43:44.119
 do both.

00:43:44.860 --> 00:43:45.179
 We can

00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:45.639
 choose to

00:43:45.639 --> 00:43:46.440
 please God

00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:47.619
 and obey

00:43:47.619 --> 00:43:48.199
 His commandments

00:43:48.199 --> 00:43:48.559
 with a

00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:49.219
 loving heart.

00:43:50.340 --> 00:43:50.699
 And we

00:43:50.699 --> 00:43:51.139
 can choose

00:43:51.139 --> 00:43:51.820
 to go back

00:43:51.820 --> 00:43:52.079
 to our

00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:52.420
 vomit.

00:43:53.179 --> 00:43:53.579
 As the

00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:53.780
 scripture

00:43:53.780 --> 00:43:54.240
 says.

00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:55.199
 To which

00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:56.039
 He promptly

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:58.780
 kicks us

00:43:58.780 --> 00:43:59.760
 back out

00:43:59.760 --> 00:44:00.219
 of love.

00:44:01.460 --> 00:44:02.280
 But glorified,

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:02.699
 which we're

00:44:02.699 --> 00:44:03.119
 all going

00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:03.659
 towards.

00:44:04.380 --> 00:44:04.880
 Able to

00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:05.559
 not sin.

00:44:06.619 --> 00:44:07.240
 Unable to

00:44:07.240 --> 00:44:07.440
 sin.

00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:08.880
 Yay!

00:44:09.219 --> 00:44:09.960
 Can't wait

00:44:09.960 --> 00:44:10.119
 until we

00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:10.320
 get to

00:44:10.320 --> 00:44:10.699
 that point.

00:44:13.699 --> 00:44:14.179
 Whoa.

00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:16.179
 Put the

00:44:16.179 --> 00:44:16.820
 plagianism

00:44:16.820 --> 00:44:17.179
 down.

00:44:17.719 --> 00:44:18.039
 Step

00:44:18.039 --> 00:44:18.460
 away.

00:44:19.659 --> 00:44:19.940
 I don't

00:44:19.940 --> 00:44:20.099
 know who

00:44:20.099 --> 00:44:20.440
 put that

00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:20.780
 in there.

00:44:20.780 --> 00:44:24.100
 All right.

00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:25.440
 So this,

00:44:25.740 --> 00:44:26.940
 so in

00:44:26.940 --> 00:44:27.040
 the

00:44:27.040 --> 00:44:27.500
 Reformation,

00:44:28.019 --> 00:44:29.340
 Luther

00:44:29.340 --> 00:44:31.420
 wrote a

00:44:31.420 --> 00:44:32.320
 book called

00:44:32.320 --> 00:44:34.160
 Bondage of

00:44:34.160 --> 00:44:34.500
 the Will.

00:44:34.680 --> 00:44:34.860
 Anybody

00:44:34.860 --> 00:44:35.120
 heard of

00:44:35.120 --> 00:44:35.480
 that book?

00:44:36.240 --> 00:44:36.600
 I worked

00:44:36.600 --> 00:44:36.940
 my way

00:44:36.940 --> 00:44:37.060
 through

00:44:37.060 --> 00:44:37.340
 about

00:44:37.340 --> 00:44:37.760
 maybe

00:44:37.760 --> 00:44:38.140
 halfway

00:44:38.140 --> 00:44:38.560
 of it

00:44:38.560 --> 00:44:38.840
 and I

00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:39.080
 let a

00:44:39.080 --> 00:44:39.519
 prim bar

00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:39.780
 and I

00:44:39.780 --> 00:44:39.940
 never

00:44:39.940 --> 00:44:40.220
 finished

00:44:40.220 --> 00:44:40.960
 reading it.

00:44:40.960 --> 00:44:41.260
 So,

00:44:41.260 --> 00:44:48.100
 Rome was

00:44:48.100 --> 00:44:48.600
 getting their

00:44:48.600 --> 00:44:49.840
 clock

00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:50.280
 cleaned

00:44:50.280 --> 00:44:51.020
 by the

00:44:51.020 --> 00:44:51.640
 reformers.

00:44:52.500 --> 00:44:53.080
 Needless to

00:44:53.080 --> 00:44:53.300
 say,

00:44:53.380 --> 00:44:53.600
 they were

00:44:53.600 --> 00:44:54.260
 losing a lot

00:44:54.260 --> 00:44:54.740
 of support.

00:44:55.700 --> 00:44:55.880
 And so

00:44:55.880 --> 00:44:56.160
 they got

00:44:56.160 --> 00:44:56.800
 their top

00:44:56.800 --> 00:44:57.820
 deologian,

00:44:58.060 --> 00:44:58.500
 their number

00:44:58.500 --> 00:44:59.140
 one guy,

00:45:00.900 --> 00:45:01.580
 Desiderius

00:45:01.580 --> 00:45:02.300
 Erasmus.

00:45:03.180 --> 00:45:04.000
 And they

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:04.180
 said,

00:45:04.260 --> 00:45:04.340
 hey,

00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:04.660
 we want

00:45:04.660 --> 00:45:05.120
 you to

00:45:05.120 --> 00:45:06.480
 take an

00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:06.820
 aim

00:45:06.820 --> 00:45:08.260
 at Luther.

00:45:08.260 --> 00:45:09.460
 like,

00:45:09.560 --> 00:45:09.960
 go after

00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:10.200
 his

00:45:10.200 --> 00:45:10.640
 teaching

00:45:10.640 --> 00:45:11.880
 and like,

00:45:12.820 --> 00:45:14.020
 you know,

00:45:14.140 --> 00:45:14.700
 he did

00:45:14.700 --> 00:45:15.020
 some

00:45:15.020 --> 00:45:16.200
 valuable

00:45:16.200 --> 00:45:16.640
 things.

00:45:16.780 --> 00:45:17.200
 He actually

00:45:17.200 --> 00:45:17.720
 wrote a

00:45:17.720 --> 00:45:18.280
 Greek New

00:45:18.280 --> 00:45:18.640
 Testament

00:45:18.640 --> 00:45:21.140
 that he

00:45:21.140 --> 00:45:21.460
 actually

00:45:21.460 --> 00:45:22.020
 pointed out

00:45:22.020 --> 00:45:22.360
 to the

00:45:22.360 --> 00:45:22.740
 Pope,

00:45:23.340 --> 00:45:23.540
 hey,

00:45:23.620 --> 00:45:24.340
 the Latin

00:45:24.340 --> 00:45:24.740
 Volgae

00:45:24.740 --> 00:45:25.200
 actually has

00:45:25.200 --> 00:45:25.700
 some errors

00:45:25.700 --> 00:45:26.500
 in it.

00:45:26.940 --> 00:45:27.460
 It's not

00:45:27.460 --> 00:45:28.080
 consistent with

00:45:28.080 --> 00:45:28.380
 the Greek

00:45:28.380 --> 00:45:28.560
 and the

00:45:28.560 --> 00:45:28.680
 Pope's

00:45:28.680 --> 00:45:28.780
 like,

00:45:28.820 --> 00:45:28.920
 yeah,

00:45:29.000 --> 00:45:29.320
 thanks,

00:45:29.460 --> 00:45:29.820
 thank you,

00:45:30.120 --> 00:45:30.260
 good,

00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:31.420
 go sit

00:45:31.420 --> 00:45:31.640
 down,

00:45:32.240 --> 00:45:32.660
 in short,

00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:32.980
 kind of

00:45:32.980 --> 00:45:33.560
 dismissed it.

00:45:34.160 --> 00:45:34.420
 But yeah,

00:45:34.460 --> 00:45:34.840
 he pointed

00:45:34.840 --> 00:45:35.360
 out that the

00:45:35.360 --> 00:45:35.860
 Volgae had

00:45:35.860 --> 00:45:36.520
 many errors

00:45:36.520 --> 00:45:36.780
 in it.

00:45:36.800 --> 00:45:37.060
 Some people

00:45:37.060 --> 00:45:37.180
 say,

00:45:37.240 --> 00:45:37.460
 the Bible

00:45:37.460 --> 00:45:38.000
 had errors

00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:38.280
 in it.

00:45:38.320 --> 00:45:38.480
 Yeah,

00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:38.880
 it did.

00:45:39.139 --> 00:45:39.340
 Well,

00:45:39.460 --> 00:45:39.760
 a certain

00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:40.260
 translation

00:45:40.260 --> 00:45:40.739
 of it did.

00:45:41.179 --> 00:45:41.539
 Not the

00:45:41.539 --> 00:45:41.940
 original

00:45:41.940 --> 00:45:42.599
 language

00:45:42.599 --> 00:45:42.960
 that we

00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:43.239
 have.

00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:45.360
 But,

00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:46.179
 what's really

00:45:46.179 --> 00:45:47.099
 funny is that

00:45:47.099 --> 00:45:48.659
 Luther loved

00:45:48.659 --> 00:45:49.179
 Erasmus'

00:45:49.340 --> 00:45:49.679
 Greek New

00:45:49.679 --> 00:45:50.000
 Testament.

00:45:50.260 --> 00:45:51.099
 He used it

00:45:51.099 --> 00:45:51.360
 all the

00:45:51.360 --> 00:45:51.679
 time.

00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:52.920
 Then he

00:45:52.920 --> 00:45:53.300
 used his

00:45:53.300 --> 00:45:53.860
 own work

00:45:53.860 --> 00:45:54.639
 against him

00:45:54.639 --> 00:45:54.940
 in this

00:45:54.940 --> 00:45:55.280
 debate,

00:45:55.380 --> 00:45:55.599
 which is

00:45:55.599 --> 00:45:55.780
 really

00:45:55.780 --> 00:45:56.079
 funny.

00:45:57.900 --> 00:45:58.300
 If you

00:45:58.300 --> 00:45:58.579
 know anything

00:45:58.579 --> 00:45:59.099
 about Luther,

00:45:59.239 --> 00:45:59.619
 he was not

00:45:59.619 --> 00:46:00.219
 like a nice,

00:46:00.340 --> 00:46:00.639
 quiet,

00:46:00.760 --> 00:46:01.340
 polite guy.

00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:01.760
 He was more

00:46:01.760 --> 00:46:02.159
 like the guy

00:46:02.159 --> 00:46:02.519
 you might see

00:46:02.519 --> 00:46:02.980
 in a tavern

00:46:02.980 --> 00:46:03.460
 with a beer

00:46:03.460 --> 00:46:03.860
 and a turkey

00:46:03.860 --> 00:46:04.199
 leg.

00:46:05.440 --> 00:46:05.940
 That's kind

00:46:05.940 --> 00:46:06.159
 of more of

00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:06.800
 his personality.

00:46:06.800 --> 00:46:08.060
 bull in a

00:46:08.060 --> 00:46:08.660
 china closet.

00:46:10.080 --> 00:46:10.700
 Not real

00:46:10.700 --> 00:46:11.240
 refined.

00:46:12.080 --> 00:46:12.440
 That would be

00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:12.800
 more like

00:46:12.800 --> 00:46:13.220
 Calvin's

00:46:13.220 --> 00:46:13.700
 personality.

00:46:14.700 --> 00:46:14.980
 So what

00:46:14.980 --> 00:46:15.820
 Erasmus did

00:46:15.820 --> 00:46:17.360
 was that he

00:46:17.360 --> 00:46:19.039
 took what

00:46:19.039 --> 00:46:19.980
 Pelagius taught,

00:46:20.080 --> 00:46:20.360
 but he just

00:46:20.360 --> 00:46:20.880
 took it a step

00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:21.300
 further.

00:46:21.860 --> 00:46:22.060
 Right?

00:46:22.740 --> 00:46:23.200
 Alright,

00:46:23.340 --> 00:46:23.900
 man's not

00:46:23.900 --> 00:46:25.200
 born clean.

00:46:26.360 --> 00:46:27.039
 He's born

00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:27.539
 sinful,

00:46:27.840 --> 00:46:28.140
 but he

00:46:28.140 --> 00:46:29.000
 hasn't lost

00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:29.500
 all his

00:46:29.500 --> 00:46:30.240
 ability yet.

00:46:30.620 --> 00:46:31.140
 He still

00:46:31.140 --> 00:46:31.640
 has some

00:46:31.640 --> 00:46:32.760
 ability left

00:46:32.760 --> 00:46:33.680
 in order

00:46:33.680 --> 00:46:34.380
 to cooperate

00:46:34.380 --> 00:46:34.880
 with the

00:46:34.880 --> 00:46:35.260
 grace of

00:46:35.260 --> 00:46:35.500
 God.

00:46:35.620 --> 00:46:35.760
 Is that

00:46:35.760 --> 00:46:35.920
 right?

00:46:35.980 --> 00:46:36.340
 Follow that?

00:46:36.420 --> 00:46:36.680
 He just

00:46:36.680 --> 00:46:36.880
 took it

00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:37.080
 a step

00:46:37.080 --> 00:46:37.360
 further.

00:46:37.700 --> 00:46:39.460
 So man

00:46:39.460 --> 00:46:40.140
 is sick.

00:46:40.820 --> 00:46:41.000
 That's

00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:41.400
 basically what

00:46:41.400 --> 00:46:41.580
 you could

00:46:41.580 --> 00:46:41.960
 equate it

00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:42.060
 to.

00:46:42.160 --> 00:46:43.240
 Man is

00:46:43.240 --> 00:46:43.800
 sick and

00:46:43.800 --> 00:46:44.340
 he needs

00:46:44.340 --> 00:46:44.920
 a physician.

00:46:45.780 --> 00:46:46.340
 That physician

00:46:46.340 --> 00:46:46.860
 shows up and

00:46:46.860 --> 00:46:46.980
 says,

00:46:47.060 --> 00:46:47.120
 hey,

00:46:47.200 --> 00:46:47.580
 take my

00:46:47.580 --> 00:46:47.940
 medicine,

00:46:48.080 --> 00:46:48.400
 take my

00:46:48.400 --> 00:46:48.720
 remedy,

00:46:49.500 --> 00:46:49.880
 and you

00:46:49.880 --> 00:46:50.480
 can use

00:46:50.480 --> 00:46:50.880
 your free

00:46:50.880 --> 00:46:51.380
 will at

00:46:51.380 --> 00:46:51.740
 that point

00:46:51.740 --> 00:46:52.040
 to say,

00:46:52.100 --> 00:46:52.320
 okay,

00:46:52.420 --> 00:46:52.740
 I'm on

00:46:52.740 --> 00:46:53.000
 board,

00:46:53.140 --> 00:46:53.400
 like

00:46:53.400 --> 00:46:53.640
 Satan.

00:46:54.180 --> 00:46:54.760
 Get this

00:46:54.760 --> 00:46:55.020
 done.

00:46:56.320 --> 00:46:57.020
 So that's

00:46:57.020 --> 00:46:57.580
 where most

00:46:57.580 --> 00:46:57.980
 people,

00:46:59.240 --> 00:46:59.940
 probably in the

00:46:59.940 --> 00:47:00.720
 evangelical church

00:47:00.720 --> 00:47:01.220
 probably fall

00:47:01.220 --> 00:47:01.420
 right?

00:47:01.420 --> 00:47:02.380
 Most of

00:47:02.380 --> 00:47:02.519
 us,

00:47:02.539 --> 00:47:02.740
 that's

00:47:02.740 --> 00:47:03.019
 why I

00:47:03.019 --> 00:47:03.340
 grew up

00:47:03.340 --> 00:47:03.680
 kind of

00:47:03.680 --> 00:47:03.940
 thinking,

00:47:04.119 --> 00:47:04.960
 I'm really

00:47:04.960 --> 00:47:05.920
 sick and

00:47:05.920 --> 00:47:06.400
 Jesus is

00:47:06.400 --> 00:47:06.539
 going to

00:47:06.539 --> 00:47:06.659
 give me

00:47:06.659 --> 00:47:06.780
 my

00:47:06.780 --> 00:47:07.079
 medicine,

00:47:07.260 --> 00:47:07.400
 I'm

00:47:07.400 --> 00:47:07.500
 going to

00:47:07.500 --> 00:47:07.619
 get

00:47:07.619 --> 00:47:07.860
 better.

00:47:09.039 --> 00:47:09.539
 So that's

00:47:09.539 --> 00:47:10.480
 the controversy.

00:47:11.019 --> 00:47:11.280
 It's called

00:47:11.280 --> 00:47:11.519
 the,

00:47:11.519 --> 00:47:13.039
 in history,

00:47:13.180 --> 00:47:13.380
 it's called

00:47:13.380 --> 00:47:14.220
 the monergism,

00:47:14.380 --> 00:47:14.880
 synergism.

00:47:14.980 --> 00:47:15.599
 So monergism

00:47:15.599 --> 00:47:16.260
 meaning God

00:47:16.260 --> 00:47:16.720
 alone,

00:47:17.659 --> 00:47:18.400
 and synergism

00:47:18.400 --> 00:47:19.180
 meaning like

00:47:19.180 --> 00:47:21.639
 two parts

00:47:21.639 --> 00:47:22.740
 working together

00:47:22.740 --> 00:47:23.440
 to achieve

00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:23.840
 something,

00:47:24.079 --> 00:47:24.260
 right?

00:47:24.539 --> 00:47:24.920
 So meaning

00:47:24.920 --> 00:47:25.380
 God and

00:47:25.380 --> 00:47:26.039
 man working

00:47:26.039 --> 00:47:27.639
 together to

00:47:27.639 --> 00:47:27.940
 achieve

00:47:27.940 --> 00:47:28.500
 salvation,

00:47:28.980 --> 00:47:29.260
 right?

00:47:30.019 --> 00:47:30.380
 So look at

00:47:30.380 --> 00:47:30.700
 point number

00:47:30.700 --> 00:47:31.039
 one,

00:47:31.039 --> 00:47:31.619
 Luther,

00:47:32.099 --> 00:47:33.360
 man's

00:47:33.360 --> 00:47:33.820
 fall into

00:47:33.820 --> 00:47:34.360
 sin brought

00:47:34.360 --> 00:47:35.199
 spiritual death

00:47:35.199 --> 00:47:35.639
 to man,

00:47:35.719 --> 00:47:35.900
 and he

00:47:35.900 --> 00:47:36.199
 taught the

00:47:36.199 --> 00:47:36.800
 same thing

00:47:36.800 --> 00:47:37.300
 that Augustine

00:47:37.300 --> 00:47:37.599
 taught.

00:47:38.639 --> 00:47:39.279
 Luther was

00:47:39.279 --> 00:47:39.759
 in fact an

00:47:39.759 --> 00:47:40.420
 Augustinian

00:47:40.420 --> 00:47:41.360
 monk before

00:47:41.360 --> 00:47:42.139
 he went

00:47:42.139 --> 00:47:42.460
 to teach

00:47:42.460 --> 00:47:43.259
 theology at

00:47:43.259 --> 00:47:43.820
 Pittenberg.

00:47:45.159 --> 00:47:45.619
 And then

00:47:45.619 --> 00:47:47.980
 Erasmus said

00:47:47.980 --> 00:47:48.699
 man's fall into

00:47:48.699 --> 00:47:50.159
 sin disabled

00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:51.279
 man's spiritual

00:47:51.279 --> 00:47:51.739
 ability,

00:47:51.960 --> 00:47:52.119
 okay?

00:47:52.159 --> 00:47:52.460
 So it

00:47:52.460 --> 00:47:53.099
 impaired him.

00:47:53.500 --> 00:47:53.960
 It didn't

00:47:53.960 --> 00:47:54.320
 wipe him

00:47:54.320 --> 00:47:54.639
 out.

00:47:55.139 --> 00:47:55.639
 So basically

00:47:55.639 --> 00:47:56.159
 sick as

00:47:56.159 --> 00:47:56.599
 opposed to

00:47:56.599 --> 00:47:56.900
 dead.

00:47:56.900 --> 00:47:56.940
 sin.

00:47:58.220 --> 00:47:58.820
 Number two,

00:47:59.119 --> 00:47:59.800
 man's will

00:47:59.800 --> 00:48:00.400
 is in

00:48:00.400 --> 00:48:01.039
 bondage to

00:48:01.039 --> 00:48:02.220
 sin and

00:48:02.220 --> 00:48:02.900
 must be

00:48:02.900 --> 00:48:03.700
 set free

00:48:03.700 --> 00:48:06.039
 by sovereign

00:48:06.039 --> 00:48:06.480
 grace.

00:48:06.480 --> 00:48:07.099
 So it's in

00:48:07.099 --> 00:48:07.940
 bondage to

00:48:07.940 --> 00:48:08.180
 sin,

00:48:08.579 --> 00:48:09.000
 meaning it

00:48:09.000 --> 00:48:09.639
 only can

00:48:09.639 --> 00:48:09.940
 sin,

00:48:10.019 --> 00:48:10.300
 which is what

00:48:10.300 --> 00:48:11.099
 we just read

00:48:11.099 --> 00:48:11.680
 a bunch of

00:48:11.680 --> 00:48:12.300
 scriptures about.

00:48:13.680 --> 00:48:14.360
 He said,

00:48:14.420 --> 00:48:14.599
 no,

00:48:14.660 --> 00:48:15.079
 it's free.

00:48:15.720 --> 00:48:16.119
 Man's will

00:48:16.119 --> 00:48:16.780
 is free to

00:48:16.780 --> 00:48:17.500
 embrace sin

00:48:17.500 --> 00:48:18.260
 or the

00:48:18.260 --> 00:48:18.639
 things of

00:48:18.639 --> 00:48:18.840
 God.

00:48:18.880 --> 00:48:19.220
 It can go

00:48:19.220 --> 00:48:19.700
 either way.

00:48:19.699 --> 00:48:23.079
 then thirdly,

00:48:23.159 --> 00:48:23.739
 salvation is

00:48:23.739 --> 00:48:24.379
 completely the

00:48:24.379 --> 00:48:25.000
 work of God

00:48:25.000 --> 00:48:25.419
 alone.

00:48:26.579 --> 00:48:27.079
 And salvation

00:48:27.079 --> 00:48:27.779
 is achieved by

00:48:27.779 --> 00:48:28.679
 God's work and

00:48:28.679 --> 00:48:29.839
 man's exercising

00:48:29.839 --> 00:48:30.739
 of free will.

00:48:30.980 --> 00:48:31.379
 So it's

00:48:31.379 --> 00:48:31.919
 synergistic.

00:48:33.659 --> 00:48:34.139
 So,

00:48:34.439 --> 00:48:36.639
 Luther really

00:48:36.639 --> 00:48:37.219
 did win the

00:48:37.219 --> 00:48:37.460
 day.

00:48:37.579 --> 00:48:37.960
 He quoted

00:48:37.960 --> 00:48:38.500
 so many

00:48:38.500 --> 00:48:39.079
 scriptures in

00:48:39.079 --> 00:48:39.539
 bondage to

00:48:39.539 --> 00:48:39.879
 the will.

00:48:40.419 --> 00:48:40.859
 Think about

00:48:40.859 --> 00:48:41.079
 what he's

00:48:41.079 --> 00:48:41.199
 saying.

00:48:41.279 --> 00:48:41.399
 He's saying

00:48:41.399 --> 00:48:41.879
 your will

00:48:41.879 --> 00:48:42.219
 is in

00:48:42.219 --> 00:48:42.879
 bondage and

00:48:42.879 --> 00:48:43.439
 needs to

00:48:43.439 --> 00:48:44.339
 be set free

00:48:44.339 --> 00:48:45.139
 by God.

00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:46.859
 But I

00:48:46.859 --> 00:48:47.359
 couldn't resist.

00:48:47.779 --> 00:48:48.039
 Like, if

00:48:48.039 --> 00:48:48.339
 y'all know

00:48:48.339 --> 00:48:48.699
 him, he's

00:48:48.699 --> 00:48:49.539
 very sarcastic.

00:48:50.279 --> 00:48:50.980
 He actually

00:48:50.980 --> 00:48:51.939
 addressed Erasmus

00:48:51.939 --> 00:48:52.299
 at the end

00:48:52.299 --> 00:48:52.759
 of the book,

00:48:53.179 --> 00:48:53.819
 just for fun.

00:48:54.879 --> 00:48:55.379
 He's talking

00:48:55.379 --> 00:48:56.119
 to Erasmus.

00:48:56.259 --> 00:48:56.539
 He goes,

00:48:57.179 --> 00:48:59.239
 it is sad

00:48:59.239 --> 00:48:59.699
 to have to

00:48:59.699 --> 00:49:00.179
 remind a

00:49:00.179 --> 00:49:00.759
 theologian

00:49:00.759 --> 00:49:01.239
 like you

00:49:01.239 --> 00:49:01.539
 of these

00:49:01.539 --> 00:49:01.879
 things.

00:49:02.699 --> 00:49:03.539
 As if you

00:49:03.539 --> 00:49:03.960
 were a

00:49:03.960 --> 00:49:04.679
 pupil instead

00:49:04.679 --> 00:49:05.139
 of one who

00:49:05.139 --> 00:49:05.559
 ought to be

00:49:05.559 --> 00:49:06.319
 teaching others,

00:49:07.119 --> 00:49:07.739
 I owe you

00:49:07.739 --> 00:49:08.139
 a small

00:49:08.139 --> 00:49:08.579
 thanks,

00:49:09.139 --> 00:49:09.460
 for you

00:49:09.460 --> 00:49:09.879
 have made

00:49:09.879 --> 00:49:10.619
 me far

00:49:10.619 --> 00:49:11.500
 more sure

00:49:11.500 --> 00:49:11.779
 of my

00:49:11.779 --> 00:49:12.539
 position by

00:49:12.539 --> 00:49:13.000
 letting me

00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:14.079
 see the

00:49:14.079 --> 00:49:14.619
 case for

00:49:14.619 --> 00:49:15.419
 which free

00:49:15.419 --> 00:49:16.119
 choice put

00:49:16.119 --> 00:49:17.319
 forward with

00:49:17.319 --> 00:49:17.699
 all the

00:49:17.699 --> 00:49:19.199
 energy so

00:49:19.199 --> 00:49:19.679
 distinguished

00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:20.199
 and so

00:49:20.199 --> 00:49:20.839
 powerful a

00:49:20.839 --> 00:49:21.159
 mind,

00:49:21.799 --> 00:49:22.159
 but with

00:49:22.159 --> 00:49:22.839
 no other

00:49:22.839 --> 00:49:23.659
 effect than

00:49:23.659 --> 00:49:23.960
 that to

00:49:23.960 --> 00:49:24.819
 make things

00:49:24.819 --> 00:49:25.399
 worse than

00:49:25.399 --> 00:49:25.799
 before.

00:49:26.739 --> 00:49:27.539
 So he

00:49:27.539 --> 00:49:27.960
 basically is

00:49:27.960 --> 00:49:28.239
 saying,

00:49:28.379 --> 00:49:28.879
 thank you for

00:49:28.879 --> 00:49:30.399
 challenging me

00:49:30.399 --> 00:49:30.859
 on this,

00:49:30.919 --> 00:49:31.119
 because you

00:49:31.119 --> 00:49:31.579
 really,

00:49:32.719 --> 00:49:33.079
 you know,

00:49:33.279 --> 00:49:33.859
 when your

00:49:33.859 --> 00:49:34.339
 belief is

00:49:34.339 --> 00:49:34.759
 challenged,

00:49:34.980 --> 00:49:35.219
 you either

00:49:35.219 --> 00:49:35.679
 retreat on

00:49:35.679 --> 00:49:36.019
 that belief

00:49:36.019 --> 00:49:36.480
 or you dig

00:49:36.480 --> 00:49:36.879
 in deeper.

00:49:37.019 --> 00:49:37.159
 He's like,

00:49:37.199 --> 00:49:37.399
 yeah,

00:49:37.400 --> 00:49:38.860
 I'm sure,

00:49:39.300 --> 00:49:40.079
 because like,

00:49:40.639 --> 00:49:41.000
 this may

00:49:41.000 --> 00:49:41.519
 look stupid

00:49:41.519 --> 00:49:42.180
 pretty much,

00:49:42.380 --> 00:49:44.240
 and Luther's

00:49:44.240 --> 00:49:45.460
 teaching on

00:49:45.460 --> 00:49:46.460
 the bonds

00:49:46.460 --> 00:49:46.700
 of the

00:49:46.700 --> 00:49:47.840
 will carried

00:49:47.840 --> 00:49:48.320
 the day,

00:49:48.519 --> 00:49:48.780
 really.

00:49:50.240 --> 00:49:50.579
 Yep.

00:49:51.360 --> 00:49:51.639
 So the

00:49:51.639 --> 00:49:51.840
 next,

00:49:52.380 --> 00:49:52.860
 any questions?

00:49:53.380 --> 00:49:53.960
 One last

00:49:53.960 --> 00:49:54.300
 controversy

00:49:54.300 --> 00:49:54.700
 here.

00:49:57.139 --> 00:49:57.840
 I'll hold

00:49:57.840 --> 00:49:58.099
 off.

00:49:59.860 --> 00:50:00.480
 All right,

00:50:00.539 --> 00:50:00.940
 so the

00:50:00.940 --> 00:50:01.360
 next one,

00:50:02.300 --> 00:50:02.840
 the one a

00:50:02.840 --> 00:50:03.220
 lot of people

00:50:03.220 --> 00:50:03.780
 know about,

00:50:03.780 --> 00:50:05.120
 was the

00:50:05.120 --> 00:50:05.840
 Calvinist

00:50:05.840 --> 00:50:06.460
 Arminian

00:50:06.460 --> 00:50:07.240
 controversy,

00:50:08.260 --> 00:50:08.820
 1618.

00:50:10.600 --> 00:50:11.200
 What's the

00:50:11.200 --> 00:50:11.480
 connection

00:50:11.480 --> 00:50:12.220
 between Calvin

00:50:12.220 --> 00:50:12.440
 and the

00:50:12.440 --> 00:50:13.220
 year 1618?

00:50:13.360 --> 00:50:13.540
 Anybody?

00:50:17.380 --> 00:50:17.880
 Oh,

00:50:17.920 --> 00:50:18.380
 come on.

00:50:18.500 --> 00:50:18.720
 Think

00:50:18.720 --> 00:50:19.480
 timeline.

00:50:20.560 --> 00:50:20.860
 When did

00:50:20.860 --> 00:50:21.500
 Calvin live?

00:50:23.660 --> 00:50:24.180
 1618?

00:50:26.860 --> 00:50:27.740
 He did.

00:50:29.280 --> 00:50:29.900
 He was

00:50:29.900 --> 00:50:30.480
 dead a long

00:50:30.480 --> 00:50:30.960
 time ago.

00:50:32.300 --> 00:50:32.780
 So,

00:50:32.980 --> 00:50:33.760
 so why is

00:50:33.760 --> 00:50:34.160
 it called

00:50:34.160 --> 00:50:34.500
 that?

00:50:36.120 --> 00:50:36.520
 Shoot,

00:50:36.700 --> 00:50:37.120
 he died in

00:50:37.120 --> 00:50:38.500
 the 1500s.

00:50:39.400 --> 00:50:39.600
 I don't

00:50:39.600 --> 00:50:39.780
 remember the

00:50:39.780 --> 00:50:40.400
 exact date.

00:50:41.220 --> 00:50:41.460
 Like,

00:50:41.540 --> 00:50:41.900
 mid to

00:50:41.900 --> 00:50:42.960
 late 1500s.

00:50:43.580 --> 00:50:43.740
 So,

00:50:44.780 --> 00:50:45.160
 so,

00:50:45.360 --> 00:50:45.900
 but the

00:50:45.900 --> 00:50:46.400
 people that

00:50:46.400 --> 00:50:46.980
 he taught,

00:50:47.120 --> 00:50:47.420
 the people

00:50:47.420 --> 00:50:47.740
 he had

00:50:47.740 --> 00:50:48.700
 influence on,

00:50:49.380 --> 00:50:49.740
 were the

00:50:49.740 --> 00:50:50.140
 people who

00:50:50.140 --> 00:50:50.960
 responded to

00:50:50.960 --> 00:50:51.420
 Arminius.

00:50:51.500 --> 00:50:51.620
 Does that

00:50:51.620 --> 00:50:52.020
 make sense?

00:50:52.280 --> 00:50:52.480
 So,

00:50:52.760 --> 00:50:53.260
 that's why

00:50:53.260 --> 00:50:53.560
 it's called

00:50:53.560 --> 00:50:53.720
 that.

00:50:54.140 --> 00:50:54.540
 So,

00:50:54.620 --> 00:50:55.120
 Calvin didn't

00:50:55.120 --> 00:50:55.480
 like sit

00:50:55.480 --> 00:50:55.840
 down one

00:50:55.840 --> 00:50:56.060
 day and

00:50:56.060 --> 00:50:56.140
 like,

00:50:56.200 --> 00:50:56.340
 you know

00:50:56.340 --> 00:50:56.540
 what,

00:50:56.620 --> 00:50:56.940
 I'm going

00:50:56.940 --> 00:50:57.780
 to write

00:50:57.780 --> 00:50:58.080
 up my

00:50:58.080 --> 00:50:58.540
 theology

00:50:58.540 --> 00:50:58.980
 in five

00:50:58.980 --> 00:50:59.360
 points.

00:50:59.500 --> 00:50:59.540
 So,

00:50:59.620 --> 00:50:59.800
 he didn't

00:50:59.800 --> 00:51:00.040
 actually

00:51:00.040 --> 00:51:00.400
 work that

00:51:00.400 --> 00:51:00.620
 way.

00:51:01.960 --> 00:51:02.820
 This was a

00:51:02.820 --> 00:51:03.740
 response to,

00:51:03.760 --> 00:51:04.640
 what Arminius

00:51:04.640 --> 00:51:04.880
 thought.

00:51:05.000 --> 00:51:05.060
 So,

00:51:05.060 --> 00:51:05.620
 Arminius

00:51:05.620 --> 00:51:08.800
 wrote these

00:51:08.800 --> 00:51:12.260
 points to

00:51:12.260 --> 00:51:13.060
 basically state

00:51:13.060 --> 00:51:13.280
 this

00:51:13.280 --> 00:51:14.020
 surferiology,

00:51:14.120 --> 00:51:14.260
 what he

00:51:14.260 --> 00:51:14.620
 believed the

00:51:14.620 --> 00:51:16.000
 scripture said,

00:51:16.060 --> 00:51:16.580
 and he put it

00:51:16.580 --> 00:51:16.920
 forward,

00:51:17.000 --> 00:51:17.480
 and they took

00:51:17.480 --> 00:51:18.120
 those scriptures

00:51:18.120 --> 00:51:19.220
 at the

00:51:19.220 --> 00:51:19.740
 Senate of

00:51:19.740 --> 00:51:20.080
 Dort,

00:51:20.280 --> 00:51:20.980
 D-O-R-T,

00:51:21.120 --> 00:51:21.360
 if I don't know

00:51:21.360 --> 00:51:21.880
 the funny name,

00:51:22.440 --> 00:51:22.740
 and they

00:51:22.740 --> 00:51:23.540
 examined them,

00:51:23.620 --> 00:51:23.980
 like the

00:51:23.980 --> 00:51:24.180
 Dutch

00:51:24.180 --> 00:51:25.380
 church examined

00:51:25.380 --> 00:51:26.420
 these scriptures,

00:51:27.260 --> 00:51:27.660
 the Dutch

00:51:27.660 --> 00:51:28.100
 Reformed

00:51:28.100 --> 00:51:28.760
 church at that

00:51:28.760 --> 00:51:29.080
 time.

00:51:29.660 --> 00:51:29.840
 Oh,

00:51:29.860 --> 00:51:30.240
 they examined

00:51:30.240 --> 00:51:30.800
 his writings,

00:51:30.800 --> 00:51:31.300
 excuse me,

00:51:32.120 --> 00:51:32.440
 then they

00:51:32.440 --> 00:51:33.100
 responded by

00:51:33.100 --> 00:51:33.300
 saying,

00:51:33.380 --> 00:51:33.640
 no,

00:51:33.860 --> 00:51:34.840
 not okay,

00:51:35.260 --> 00:51:35.740
 and here's

00:51:35.740 --> 00:51:37.120
 where they

00:51:37.120 --> 00:51:37.400
 kind of

00:51:37.400 --> 00:51:37.700
 landed.

00:51:39.740 --> 00:51:39.980
 So,

00:51:41.420 --> 00:51:43.519
 let's just

00:51:43.519 --> 00:51:43.820
 go from

00:51:43.820 --> 00:51:44.140
 right to

00:51:44.140 --> 00:51:44.560
 left this

00:51:44.560 --> 00:51:44.780
 time,

00:51:44.880 --> 00:51:45.360
 but basically

00:51:45.360 --> 00:51:46.160
 Arminius was

00:51:46.160 --> 00:51:46.760
 taking up

00:51:46.760 --> 00:51:47.620
 the same

00:51:47.620 --> 00:51:48.440
 position that

00:51:48.440 --> 00:51:48.980
 Erasmus,

00:51:49.140 --> 00:51:51.380
 man is sick,

00:51:51.700 --> 00:51:52.460
 but his

00:51:52.460 --> 00:51:53.160
 will is still

00:51:53.160 --> 00:51:54.019
 somewhat free,

00:51:54.640 --> 00:51:55.320
 and has some

00:51:55.320 --> 00:51:56.200
 ability to

00:51:56.200 --> 00:51:56.820
 choose God,

00:51:56.940 --> 00:51:58.140
 as where they

00:51:58.140 --> 00:51:58.640
 said no,

00:51:58.639 --> 00:51:59.299
 like man's

00:51:59.299 --> 00:51:59.960
 will is

00:51:59.960 --> 00:52:00.359
 completely

00:52:00.359 --> 00:52:01.000
 enslaved to

00:52:01.000 --> 00:52:01.179
 sin,

00:52:01.279 --> 00:52:01.719
 completely

00:52:01.719 --> 00:52:03.199
 and totally

00:52:03.199 --> 00:52:03.799
 depraved.

00:52:05.000 --> 00:52:05.099
 Alright,

00:52:05.299 --> 00:52:05.819
 conditional

00:52:05.819 --> 00:52:06.699
 election.

00:52:07.759 --> 00:52:08.159
 So,

00:52:08.359 --> 00:52:08.980
 no one wants

00:52:08.980 --> 00:52:09.539
 to fight the

00:52:09.539 --> 00:52:10.039
 idea that

00:52:10.039 --> 00:52:10.900
 God chose,

00:52:11.019 --> 00:52:11.179
 right?

00:52:11.199 --> 00:52:11.659
 We see that

00:52:11.659 --> 00:52:12.059
 all in the

00:52:12.059 --> 00:52:12.279
 Bible.

00:52:13.139 --> 00:52:13.359
 So,

00:52:13.639 --> 00:52:14.699
 people want

00:52:14.699 --> 00:52:14.980
 to say,

00:52:15.079 --> 00:52:15.339
 then,

00:52:16.039 --> 00:52:16.900
 what was

00:52:16.900 --> 00:52:17.559
 the condition

00:52:17.559 --> 00:52:19.239
 in which God

00:52:19.239 --> 00:52:19.799
 chose or

00:52:19.799 --> 00:52:20.379
 didn't choose?

00:52:21.440 --> 00:52:21.799
 And,

00:52:21.940 --> 00:52:22.420
 we did the

00:52:22.420 --> 00:52:23.259
 whole sermon

00:52:23.259 --> 00:52:23.819
 on that

00:52:23.819 --> 00:52:25.900
 a while back,

00:52:26.099 --> 00:52:26.619
 two sermons

00:52:26.619 --> 00:52:27.079
 on it,

00:52:27.719 --> 00:52:28.079
 but,

00:52:28.639 --> 00:52:30.279
 what he

00:52:30.279 --> 00:52:30.900
 would say

00:52:30.900 --> 00:52:32.719
 is that

00:52:32.719 --> 00:52:33.299
 God used

00:52:33.299 --> 00:52:34.279
 his foresight.

00:52:35.079 --> 00:52:35.799
 They looked

00:52:35.799 --> 00:52:36.239
 down in

00:52:36.239 --> 00:52:38.099
 time and

00:52:38.099 --> 00:52:38.319
 said,

00:52:38.420 --> 00:52:38.539
 hey,

00:52:38.599 --> 00:52:38.839
 you know

00:52:38.839 --> 00:52:39.159
 what?

00:52:40.859 --> 00:52:41.339
 That Ty

00:52:41.339 --> 00:52:41.659
 Burnett,

00:52:41.699 --> 00:52:42.000
 he's a

00:52:42.000 --> 00:52:42.519
 silly boy,

00:52:42.679 --> 00:52:42.960
 and he's

00:52:42.960 --> 00:52:43.099
 going to

00:52:43.099 --> 00:52:43.379
 do some

00:52:43.379 --> 00:52:44.039
 bad things,

00:52:44.099 --> 00:52:44.259
 but you

00:52:44.259 --> 00:52:44.619
 know what?

00:52:44.779 --> 00:52:45.279
 One day,

00:52:45.319 --> 00:52:45.539
 he's going

00:52:45.539 --> 00:52:45.839
 to place

00:52:45.839 --> 00:52:46.239
 faith in

00:52:46.239 --> 00:52:46.500
 me,

00:52:47.319 --> 00:52:47.879
 so therefore,

00:52:48.139 --> 00:52:48.400
 I'm going

00:52:48.400 --> 00:52:48.739
 to choose

00:52:48.739 --> 00:52:48.980
 him.

00:52:50.019 --> 00:52:50.339
 So,

00:52:50.440 --> 00:52:50.639
 that was

00:52:50.639 --> 00:52:51.199
 the condition.

00:52:51.460 --> 00:52:51.619
 Like,

00:52:51.699 --> 00:52:52.199
 faith was

00:52:52.199 --> 00:52:52.859
 the condition

00:52:52.859 --> 00:52:54.319
 by which God

00:52:54.319 --> 00:52:54.759
 chose,

00:52:55.119 --> 00:52:55.339
 right?

00:52:55.400 --> 00:52:55.679
 That's what

00:52:55.679 --> 00:52:56.259
 they're going

00:52:56.259 --> 00:52:56.519
 to say.

00:52:56.699 --> 00:52:56.719
 Like,

00:52:56.719 --> 00:52:56.859
 he,

00:52:56.860 --> 00:52:58.760
 they'll

00:52:58.760 --> 00:52:59.039
 want to

00:52:59.039 --> 00:52:59.280
 try to

00:52:59.280 --> 00:52:59.539
 use the

00:52:59.539 --> 00:53:00.360
 word foreknowledge.

00:53:00.460 --> 00:53:00.720
 That word

00:53:00.720 --> 00:53:01.099
 has nothing

00:53:01.099 --> 00:53:01.620
 to do,

00:53:01.840 --> 00:53:02.140
 like,

00:53:02.599 --> 00:53:03.099
 you know,

00:53:03.099 --> 00:53:03.680
 this ability

00:53:03.680 --> 00:53:03.940
 to,

00:53:04.360 --> 00:53:04.660
 it's not

00:53:04.660 --> 00:53:05.360
 foresight,

00:53:05.500 --> 00:53:05.800
 it actually

00:53:05.800 --> 00:53:06.180
 has to do

00:53:06.180 --> 00:53:06.280
 with,

00:53:06.320 --> 00:53:06.400
 like,

00:53:06.460 --> 00:53:06.880
 relational

00:53:06.880 --> 00:53:07.340
 knowledge,

00:53:07.420 --> 00:53:07.539
 like,

00:53:07.599 --> 00:53:08.079
 God knew

00:53:08.079 --> 00:53:08.400
 who those

00:53:08.400 --> 00:53:09.000
 people were,

00:53:09.900 --> 00:53:10.720
 who he

00:53:10.720 --> 00:53:11.019
 was going

00:53:11.019 --> 00:53:11.640
 to elect

00:53:11.640 --> 00:53:12.340
 and choose.

00:53:12.800 --> 00:53:13.160
 So,

00:53:13.200 --> 00:53:13.440
 that was

00:53:13.440 --> 00:53:14.039
 the condition,

00:53:14.180 --> 00:53:14.760
 that condition

00:53:14.760 --> 00:53:15.280
 was faith,

00:53:15.360 --> 00:53:15.640
 but what

00:53:15.640 --> 00:53:15.980
 we'll look

00:53:15.980 --> 00:53:16.800
 at in a

00:53:16.800 --> 00:53:17.200
 few weeks

00:53:17.200 --> 00:53:17.559
 is that

00:53:17.559 --> 00:53:18.500
 faith itself

00:53:18.500 --> 00:53:19.200
 is a gift

00:53:19.200 --> 00:53:20.400
 from God.

00:53:20.400 --> 00:53:21.180
 and,

00:53:21.180 --> 00:53:22.920
 actually,

00:53:23.180 --> 00:53:23.480
 what we

00:53:23.480 --> 00:53:23.920
 taught on

00:53:23.920 --> 00:53:24.720
 is actually

00:53:24.720 --> 00:53:25.300
 election is

00:53:25.300 --> 00:53:25.860
 unconditional.

00:53:26.059 --> 00:53:26.340
 We read that

00:53:26.340 --> 00:53:26.639
 right in

00:53:26.639 --> 00:53:27.139
 Romans 9,

00:53:27.260 --> 00:53:27.440
 like,

00:53:27.500 --> 00:53:27.840
 that his

00:53:27.840 --> 00:53:28.340
 purpose,

00:53:29.059 --> 00:53:29.960
 his election

00:53:29.960 --> 00:53:30.860
 might stand.

00:53:33.340 --> 00:53:33.740
 Universal

00:53:33.740 --> 00:53:34.260
 atonement,

00:53:35.880 --> 00:53:37.000
 Jesus died

00:53:37.000 --> 00:53:38.599
 on the cross

00:53:38.599 --> 00:53:39.300
 for every

00:53:39.300 --> 00:53:40.559
 single individual

00:53:40.559 --> 00:53:41.360
 ever to walk

00:53:41.360 --> 00:53:41.820
 the earth,

00:53:42.019 --> 00:53:42.240
 period.

00:53:43.079 --> 00:53:43.680
 He died

00:53:43.680 --> 00:53:44.180
 for you,

00:53:44.380 --> 00:53:44.599
 he died

00:53:44.599 --> 00:53:44.900
 for Mother

00:53:44.900 --> 00:53:45.320
 Teresa,

00:53:45.559 --> 00:53:45.780
 he died

00:53:45.780 --> 00:53:46.220
 for Hitler,

00:53:46.440 --> 00:53:46.660
 he died

00:53:46.660 --> 00:53:47.160
 for Stalin,

00:53:47.280 --> 00:53:47.500
 he died

00:53:47.500 --> 00:53:47.740
 for your

00:53:47.740 --> 00:53:48.340
 best friend,

00:53:49.139 --> 00:53:49.480
 he died

00:53:49.480 --> 00:53:49.960
 for them all.

00:53:50.400 --> 00:53:52.880
 We would

00:53:52.880 --> 00:53:53.440
 say no.

00:53:54.680 --> 00:53:55.680
 He died

00:53:55.680 --> 00:53:56.740
 for the

00:53:56.740 --> 00:53:57.139
 elect,

00:53:57.260 --> 00:53:57.700
 he died

00:53:57.700 --> 00:53:58.380
 for his

00:53:58.380 --> 00:53:58.760
 people,

00:53:58.920 --> 00:53:59.200
 he died

00:53:59.200 --> 00:53:59.480
 for the

00:53:59.480 --> 00:53:59.980
 ones that

00:53:59.980 --> 00:54:01.160
 the Father

00:54:01.160 --> 00:54:02.240
 shows,

00:54:02.480 --> 00:54:02.720
 right?

00:54:03.400 --> 00:54:03.599
 So,

00:54:03.720 --> 00:54:04.440
 it's a

00:54:04.440 --> 00:54:05.099
 limited

00:54:05.099 --> 00:54:06.480
 atonement.

00:54:08.639 --> 00:54:09.099
 I think,

00:54:10.160 --> 00:54:10.780
 notice I said

00:54:10.780 --> 00:54:11.280
 tulip,

00:54:11.340 --> 00:54:12.680
 T-U-L-I-P,

00:54:14.280 --> 00:54:15.220
 you know,

00:54:16.460 --> 00:54:16.740
 limited

00:54:16.740 --> 00:54:17.220
 atonements

00:54:17.220 --> 00:54:17.760
 can be a

00:54:17.760 --> 00:54:18.340
 bad phrase,

00:54:18.460 --> 00:54:18.820
 but we'll

00:54:18.820 --> 00:54:19.200
 just say

00:54:19.200 --> 00:54:19.460
 this,

00:54:19.539 --> 00:54:19.700
 like,

00:54:19.699 --> 00:54:20.179
 Christ's

00:54:20.179 --> 00:54:20.480
 atonement

00:54:20.480 --> 00:54:21.279
 was limited

00:54:21.279 --> 00:54:22.659
 in one

00:54:22.659 --> 00:54:24.039
 way or

00:54:24.039 --> 00:54:24.339
 another.

00:54:25.819 --> 00:54:26.299
 If you

00:54:26.299 --> 00:54:26.939
 believe that

00:54:26.939 --> 00:54:27.159
 it was

00:54:27.159 --> 00:54:27.500
 meant to

00:54:27.500 --> 00:54:28.099
 save everybody,

00:54:28.279 --> 00:54:28.460
 then it's

00:54:28.460 --> 00:54:29.199
 limited in

00:54:29.199 --> 00:54:29.819
 its power,

00:54:29.919 --> 00:54:30.139
 because it's

00:54:30.139 --> 00:54:30.519
 not going to

00:54:30.519 --> 00:54:30.960
 save everybody,

00:54:31.039 --> 00:54:31.319
 and we know

00:54:31.319 --> 00:54:31.599
 that.

00:54:31.799 --> 00:54:32.079
 Scripture

00:54:32.079 --> 00:54:32.619
 says that,

00:54:32.679 --> 00:54:33.019
 and we see

00:54:33.019 --> 00:54:33.199
 it all

00:54:33.199 --> 00:54:33.699
 around us.

00:54:34.739 --> 00:54:35.239
 So it's

00:54:35.239 --> 00:54:35.579
 limited in

00:54:35.579 --> 00:54:36.059
 its power,

00:54:36.539 --> 00:54:36.799
 if it's

00:54:36.799 --> 00:54:37.139
 not going to

00:54:37.139 --> 00:54:37.759
 save everybody,

00:54:38.480 --> 00:54:39.779
 or it's

00:54:39.779 --> 00:54:40.439
 limited in

00:54:40.439 --> 00:54:41.359
 its extension.

00:54:42.299 --> 00:54:42.839
 That's what I

00:54:42.839 --> 00:54:43.259
 believe.

00:54:43.559 --> 00:54:43.819
 That's what I

00:54:43.819 --> 00:54:44.119
 think Scripture

00:54:44.119 --> 00:54:44.480
 teaches,

00:54:44.679 --> 00:54:45.139
 meaning that

00:54:45.139 --> 00:54:46.279
 it saved

00:54:46.279 --> 00:54:47.339
 exactly who

00:54:47.339 --> 00:54:47.839
 it was meant

00:54:47.839 --> 00:54:48.399
 to save,

00:54:48.400 --> 00:54:50.000
 Christ bought

00:54:50.000 --> 00:54:50.559
 us with

00:54:50.559 --> 00:54:51.180
 His blood.

00:54:52.059 --> 00:54:53.019
 That blood

00:54:53.019 --> 00:54:53.840
 is precious,

00:54:53.980 --> 00:54:54.360
 not just

00:54:54.360 --> 00:54:54.940
 like wasted

00:54:54.940 --> 00:54:55.420
 and thrown

00:54:55.420 --> 00:54:55.980
 around on

00:54:55.980 --> 00:54:56.400
 everybody,

00:54:56.539 --> 00:54:56.700
 right?

00:54:57.000 --> 00:54:57.800
 He gets

00:54:57.800 --> 00:54:58.139
 what He

00:54:58.139 --> 00:54:58.660
 died for.

00:54:59.380 --> 00:55:00.139
 He gets

00:55:00.139 --> 00:55:00.680
 His people.

00:55:00.760 --> 00:55:01.019
 He gets

00:55:01.019 --> 00:55:01.639
 the reward

00:55:01.639 --> 00:55:02.039
 of His

00:55:02.039 --> 00:55:02.460
 suffering.

00:55:04.539 --> 00:55:05.000
 Yep.

00:55:05.880 --> 00:55:06.599
 I had a big

00:55:06.599 --> 00:55:07.059
 problem with

00:55:07.059 --> 00:55:07.940
 that one back

00:55:07.940 --> 00:55:08.300
 in the day.

00:55:08.380 --> 00:55:08.539
 I was like,

00:55:08.599 --> 00:55:09.079
 no.

00:55:09.079 --> 00:55:09.119
 two.

00:55:10.279 --> 00:55:11.319
 And there

00:55:11.319 --> 00:55:11.699
 are a few

00:55:11.699 --> 00:55:12.460
 Scriptures that

00:55:12.460 --> 00:55:13.860
 may seem to

00:55:13.860 --> 00:55:14.619
 say contrary,

00:55:14.819 --> 00:55:15.460
 but like using

00:55:15.460 --> 00:55:15.900
 the simple

00:55:15.900 --> 00:55:16.579
 hermeneutic of

00:55:16.579 --> 00:55:17.039
 let me use

00:55:17.039 --> 00:55:19.279
 the 50 to

00:55:19.279 --> 00:55:19.840
 understand the

00:55:19.840 --> 00:55:20.420
 two or three,

00:55:20.519 --> 00:55:20.860
 not the other

00:55:20.860 --> 00:55:21.500
 way around,

00:55:21.619 --> 00:55:22.039
 and that kind

00:55:22.039 --> 00:55:22.579
 of worked

00:55:22.579 --> 00:55:22.940
 for me.

00:55:23.539 --> 00:55:24.159
 I understood

00:55:24.159 --> 00:55:24.619
 it at that

00:55:24.619 --> 00:55:24.960
 point.

00:55:25.500 --> 00:55:27.739
 Then we get

00:55:27.739 --> 00:55:28.179
 into the work

00:55:28.179 --> 00:55:28.739
 of the Spirit.

00:55:30.019 --> 00:55:30.460
 Arminius

00:55:30.460 --> 00:55:31.599
 taught that

00:55:31.599 --> 00:55:32.539
 when the

00:55:32.539 --> 00:55:33.059
 Holy Spirit

00:55:33.059 --> 00:55:33.840
 calls,

00:55:33.980 --> 00:55:34.380
 you hear the

00:55:34.380 --> 00:55:34.719
 Gospel,

00:55:34.920 --> 00:55:35.079
 right?

00:55:35.119 --> 00:55:35.500
 You hear the

00:55:35.500 --> 00:55:35.960
 Holy Spirit

00:55:35.960 --> 00:55:36.659
 pulling on you,

00:55:36.659 --> 00:55:38.299
 that man

00:55:38.299 --> 00:55:39.279
 has the

00:55:39.279 --> 00:55:39.920
 free will

00:55:39.920 --> 00:55:41.299
 to reject

00:55:41.299 --> 00:55:41.899
 it or

00:55:41.899 --> 00:55:42.619
 receive it

00:55:42.619 --> 00:55:43.799
 on his own.

00:55:44.019 --> 00:55:44.480
 Like to

00:55:44.480 --> 00:55:45.199
 reject it or

00:55:45.199 --> 00:55:45.839
 deceive it

00:55:45.839 --> 00:55:47.239
 on his own.

00:55:48.500 --> 00:55:49.259
 As where

00:55:49.259 --> 00:55:51.579
 the Calvinists,

00:55:51.639 --> 00:55:52.079
 I'd say,

00:55:52.239 --> 00:55:52.940
 I guess taught,

00:55:53.599 --> 00:55:53.960
 no,

00:55:54.139 --> 00:55:54.779
 God's grace

00:55:54.779 --> 00:55:55.599
 is irresistible.

00:55:55.679 --> 00:55:56.339
 He makes it

00:55:56.339 --> 00:55:57.239
 irresistible to

00:55:57.239 --> 00:55:57.819
 the elect.

00:55:58.500 --> 00:55:59.019
 And He makes

00:55:59.019 --> 00:55:59.879
 it irresistible

00:55:59.879 --> 00:56:00.319
 to those

00:56:00.319 --> 00:56:00.579
 that the

00:56:00.579 --> 00:56:01.119
 Father gave

00:56:01.119 --> 00:56:01.319
 Him.

00:56:02.139 --> 00:56:02.960
 And He

00:56:02.960 --> 00:56:03.699
 overcomes

00:56:03.699 --> 00:56:04.619
 all resistance.

00:56:04.619 --> 00:56:06.880
 real quick.

00:56:08.539 --> 00:56:09.199
 How many of

00:56:09.199 --> 00:56:09.400
 you know

00:56:09.400 --> 00:56:10.299
 the Scripture

00:56:10.299 --> 00:56:10.779
 in Acts,

00:56:10.880 --> 00:56:11.759
 you stiff-necked

00:56:11.759 --> 00:56:13.500
 people always

00:56:13.500 --> 00:56:14.359
 rejecting the

00:56:14.359 --> 00:56:15.159
 grace of God?

00:56:16.400 --> 00:56:16.639
 Well,

00:56:16.699 --> 00:56:17.159
 that verse.

00:56:17.259 --> 00:56:17.579
 That's a quote

00:56:17.579 --> 00:56:17.880
 from the Old

00:56:17.880 --> 00:56:18.139
 Testament,

00:56:18.359 --> 00:56:18.619
 I think.

00:56:19.099 --> 00:56:19.239
 Yeah.

00:56:20.119 --> 00:56:20.579
 So there it

00:56:20.579 --> 00:56:20.839
 is,

00:56:20.900 --> 00:56:21.099
 right?

00:56:21.159 --> 00:56:21.380
 We can

00:56:21.380 --> 00:56:22.000
 reject God's

00:56:22.000 --> 00:56:22.900
 grace right

00:56:22.900 --> 00:56:23.319
 there in that

00:56:23.319 --> 00:56:23.659
 verse.

00:56:25.099 --> 00:56:25.539
 Well,

00:56:26.739 --> 00:56:27.719
 it might be

00:56:27.719 --> 00:56:28.279
 said of me

00:56:28.279 --> 00:56:28.900
 at one point,

00:56:29.000 --> 00:56:29.599
 I rejected

00:56:29.599 --> 00:56:30.219
 the grace of

00:56:30.219 --> 00:56:30.719
 God too,

00:56:31.119 --> 00:56:31.319
 right?

00:56:31.380 --> 00:56:31.719
 And you

00:56:31.719 --> 00:56:32.000
 too.

00:56:33.019 --> 00:56:33.480
 But there

00:56:33.480 --> 00:56:33.960
 was a moment

00:56:33.960 --> 00:56:34.319
 where God

00:56:34.319 --> 00:56:34.539
 said,

00:56:34.619 --> 00:56:35.099
 enough.

00:56:35.460 --> 00:56:36.000
 And He

00:56:36.000 --> 00:56:37.179
 overcame

00:56:37.179 --> 00:56:38.799
 that resistance

00:56:38.799 --> 00:56:39.279
 in your

00:56:39.279 --> 00:56:39.639
 will.

00:56:40.339 --> 00:56:40.839
 And He

00:56:40.839 --> 00:56:41.460
 regenerated

00:56:41.460 --> 00:56:41.920
 your heart.

00:56:42.019 --> 00:56:42.119
 And He

00:56:42.119 --> 00:56:42.500
 was hunting

00:56:42.500 --> 00:56:43.079
 you down

00:56:43.079 --> 00:56:43.719
 day and

00:56:43.719 --> 00:56:43.980
 night.

00:56:44.639 --> 00:56:44.960
 And that's

00:56:44.960 --> 00:56:45.199
 what you

00:56:45.199 --> 00:56:45.500
 see in

00:56:45.500 --> 00:56:45.880
 the Scripture,

00:56:46.239 --> 00:56:46.400
 right?

00:56:46.440 --> 00:56:46.639
 You don't

00:56:46.639 --> 00:56:47.019
 see God

00:56:47.019 --> 00:56:47.380
 being like,

00:56:47.739 --> 00:56:48.159
 come on

00:56:48.159 --> 00:56:48.659
 guys,

00:56:48.759 --> 00:56:49.539
 please follow

00:56:49.539 --> 00:56:49.819
 me,

00:56:49.920 --> 00:56:50.199
 somebody.

00:56:50.980 --> 00:56:51.319
 You see

00:56:51.319 --> 00:56:51.659
 Him hunting

00:56:51.659 --> 00:56:52.359
 down people.

00:56:52.559 --> 00:56:52.880
 He's like,

00:56:53.179 --> 00:56:53.659
 that guy,

00:56:54.199 --> 00:56:54.719
 that guy.

00:56:55.679 --> 00:56:56.079
 Paul,

00:56:56.319 --> 00:56:56.859
 Saul of

00:56:56.859 --> 00:56:57.179
 Tarsus,

00:56:57.299 --> 00:56:57.960
 you're mine.

00:56:58.179 --> 00:56:58.420
 You don't

00:56:58.420 --> 00:56:58.839
 have a choice

00:56:58.839 --> 00:56:59.259
 in the matter.

00:57:00.000 --> 00:57:00.219
 Right?

00:57:00.299 --> 00:57:00.619
 That's what

00:57:00.619 --> 00:57:01.039
 you see.

00:57:02.039 --> 00:57:02.279
 You don't

00:57:02.279 --> 00:57:02.659
 see God

00:57:02.659 --> 00:57:03.179
 being a lonely

00:57:03.179 --> 00:57:03.719
 old man,

00:57:03.880 --> 00:57:04.359
 calling people,

00:57:04.360 --> 00:57:04.920
 to himself,

00:57:05.039 --> 00:57:05.360
 just hoping

00:57:05.360 --> 00:57:06.039
 somebody will

00:57:06.039 --> 00:57:07.260
 take up the

00:57:07.260 --> 00:57:07.620
 Gospel.

00:57:09.059 --> 00:57:09.220
 Alright?

00:57:09.519 --> 00:57:10.039
 So then,

00:57:11.079 --> 00:57:11.760
 Arminius

00:57:11.760 --> 00:57:12.480
 consistently,

00:57:12.720 --> 00:57:12.860
 okay,

00:57:12.940 --> 00:57:13.160
 and if I

00:57:13.160 --> 00:57:13.360
 think

00:57:13.360 --> 00:57:14.260
 philosophically,

00:57:14.700 --> 00:57:15.240
 logically,

00:57:16.240 --> 00:57:16.620
 he thought,

00:57:16.740 --> 00:57:16.920
 oh,

00:57:17.019 --> 00:57:17.220
 okay,

00:57:17.460 --> 00:57:18.120
 if man's

00:57:18.120 --> 00:57:18.640
 free will

00:57:18.640 --> 00:57:20.280
 is that

00:57:20.280 --> 00:57:22.099
 God comes

00:57:22.099 --> 00:57:22.339
 and he

00:57:22.339 --> 00:57:23.059
 initiates,

00:57:23.420 --> 00:57:23.839
 the man

00:57:23.839 --> 00:57:24.319
 responds

00:57:24.319 --> 00:57:24.619
 with his

00:57:24.619 --> 00:57:25.099
 free will.

00:57:25.819 --> 00:57:26.239
 And God

00:57:26.239 --> 00:57:26.559
 is not

00:57:26.559 --> 00:57:26.819
 going to

00:57:26.819 --> 00:57:27.319
 take that

00:57:27.319 --> 00:57:28.039
 faculty away.

00:57:28.159 --> 00:57:28.519
 Free will

00:57:28.519 --> 00:57:28.819
 is so

00:57:28.819 --> 00:57:29.420
 valuable to

00:57:29.420 --> 00:57:29.699
 God,

00:57:29.779 --> 00:57:30.059
 right?

00:57:31.619 --> 00:57:32.079
 Then he

00:57:32.079 --> 00:57:32.659
 consistently

00:57:32.659 --> 00:57:34.019
 taught that

00:57:34.019 --> 00:57:34.960
 that same

00:57:34.960 --> 00:57:35.420
 free will

00:57:35.420 --> 00:57:35.799
 can lead

00:57:35.799 --> 00:57:35.980
 you to

00:57:35.980 --> 00:57:36.500
 damnation.

00:57:37.099 --> 00:57:37.420
 You can

00:57:37.420 --> 00:57:38.119
 walk away

00:57:38.119 --> 00:57:38.940
 from the

00:57:38.940 --> 00:57:39.259
 grace of

00:57:39.259 --> 00:57:39.420
 God.

00:57:39.480 --> 00:57:39.679
 You can

00:57:39.679 --> 00:57:40.239
 lose

00:57:40.239 --> 00:57:41.039
 your

00:57:41.039 --> 00:57:41.519
 salvation.

00:57:42.539 --> 00:57:42.819
 That's

00:57:42.819 --> 00:57:43.360
 pretty scary.

00:57:44.039 --> 00:57:44.619
 But he's

00:57:44.619 --> 00:57:45.079
 consistent.

00:57:45.480 --> 00:57:46.039
 He's being

00:57:46.039 --> 00:57:46.519
 consistent.

00:57:46.779 --> 00:57:46.819
 Like,

00:57:46.900 --> 00:57:47.019
 yep,

00:57:47.059 --> 00:57:47.360
 you can

00:57:47.360 --> 00:57:47.900
 choose it,

00:57:48.440 --> 00:57:48.819
 and you

00:57:48.819 --> 00:57:48.960
 can

00:57:48.960 --> 00:57:49.460
 unchoose it.

00:57:49.460 --> 00:57:49.900
 You can

00:57:49.900 --> 00:57:50.960
 come to

00:57:50.960 --> 00:57:51.220
 grace,

00:57:51.280 --> 00:57:51.460
 and you

00:57:51.460 --> 00:57:51.840
 can fall

00:57:51.840 --> 00:57:52.220
 away from

00:57:52.220 --> 00:57:52.579
 grace.

00:57:54.220 --> 00:57:55.079
 So today,

00:57:55.320 --> 00:57:56.800
 you know,

00:57:57.699 --> 00:57:58.260
 Methodists,

00:57:58.380 --> 00:57:58.860
 Wesleyans,

00:57:58.940 --> 00:57:59.880
 they consistently

00:57:59.880 --> 00:58:00.599
 believe that.

00:58:01.220 --> 00:58:01.659
 That's true.

00:58:01.760 --> 00:58:02.320
 It's consistent.

00:58:02.900 --> 00:58:04.119
 But what we

00:58:04.119 --> 00:58:05.039
 have today is

00:58:05.039 --> 00:58:05.659
 a new theology

00:58:05.659 --> 00:58:06.119
 that nobody

00:58:06.119 --> 00:58:06.539
 would agree

00:58:06.539 --> 00:58:07.019
 with in the

00:58:07.019 --> 00:58:07.360
 past.

00:58:07.460 --> 00:58:07.679
 It's like,

00:58:07.800 --> 00:58:07.980
 yeah,

00:58:08.079 --> 00:58:08.920
 you initiate

00:58:08.920 --> 00:58:09.400
 it,

00:58:09.760 --> 00:58:10.659
 but then God

00:58:10.659 --> 00:58:12.440
 finishes it

00:58:12.440 --> 00:58:12.840
 for you,

00:58:12.920 --> 00:58:13.119
 right?

00:58:13.199 --> 00:58:13.679
 He's not

00:58:13.679 --> 00:58:13.840
 going to

00:58:13.840 --> 00:58:14.400
 let you

00:58:14.400 --> 00:58:15.059
 go no

00:58:15.059 --> 00:58:15.199
 matter

00:58:15.199 --> 00:58:15.659
 what you

00:58:15.659 --> 00:58:15.920
 do.

00:58:16.599 --> 00:58:16.880
 That's

00:58:16.880 --> 00:58:17.360
 not what

00:58:17.360 --> 00:58:17.920
 is

00:58:17.920 --> 00:58:18.380
 consistent.

00:58:18.800 --> 00:58:18.980
 Both

00:58:18.980 --> 00:58:19.380
 Wesley,

00:58:20.340 --> 00:58:20.820
 Arminius,

00:58:20.940 --> 00:58:21.380
 and Calvin

00:58:21.380 --> 00:58:22.039
 would disagree

00:58:22.039 --> 00:58:22.519
 with that.

00:58:23.840 --> 00:58:24.539
 So God's

00:58:24.539 --> 00:58:24.840
 not going to

00:58:24.840 --> 00:58:25.179
 take that

00:58:25.179 --> 00:58:25.559
 away from

00:58:25.559 --> 00:58:25.740
 you if

00:58:25.740 --> 00:58:25.900
 that's

00:58:25.900 --> 00:58:26.039
 what's

00:58:26.039 --> 00:58:26.440
 so valuable.

00:58:26.740 --> 00:58:27.099
 But,

00:58:27.860 --> 00:58:28.380
 if it

00:58:28.380 --> 00:58:28.980
 started with

00:58:28.980 --> 00:58:29.360
 God,

00:58:29.619 --> 00:58:29.940
 it's going

00:58:29.940 --> 00:58:30.320
 to finish

00:58:30.320 --> 00:58:30.740
 with God.

00:58:30.960 --> 00:58:31.340
 See that?

00:58:32.159 --> 00:58:32.420
 Hey,

00:58:32.480 --> 00:58:32.699
 that sounds

00:58:32.699 --> 00:58:32.920
 like a

00:58:32.920 --> 00:58:33.519
 Bible verse.

00:58:36.380 --> 00:58:36.619
 Yep.

00:58:37.400 --> 00:58:37.639
 Yep,

00:58:37.679 --> 00:58:38.079
 author and

00:58:38.079 --> 00:58:38.539
 finisher of

00:58:38.539 --> 00:58:38.780
 faith,

00:58:38.920 --> 00:58:39.139
 right?

00:58:39.920 --> 00:58:40.320
 And,

00:58:40.360 --> 00:58:41.199
 and another

00:58:41.199 --> 00:58:41.460
 one.

00:58:43.699 --> 00:58:44.099
 Yep.

00:58:45.139 --> 00:58:45.920
 He started

00:58:45.920 --> 00:58:46.159
 it,

00:58:46.460 --> 00:58:47.019
 he finishes

00:58:47.019 --> 00:58:47.280
 it.

00:58:48.280 --> 00:58:48.800
 And man,

00:58:48.800 --> 00:58:49.380
 I'm so

00:58:49.380 --> 00:58:49.740
 glad for

00:58:49.740 --> 00:58:50.140
 that one.

00:58:50.680 --> 00:58:50.980
 Because I

00:58:50.980 --> 00:58:51.340
 think I'd

00:58:51.340 --> 00:58:52.039
 be unsaved

00:58:52.039 --> 00:58:52.640
 every day.

00:58:53.820 --> 00:58:54.519
 And that's

00:58:54.519 --> 00:58:54.800
 what some

00:58:54.800 --> 00:58:55.519
 traditions teach.

00:58:55.580 --> 00:58:55.780
 That's what

00:58:55.780 --> 00:58:56.500
 Rome teaches.

00:58:56.740 --> 00:58:57.120
 That's what,

00:58:57.720 --> 00:58:58.380
 in short,

00:58:59.019 --> 00:58:59.539
 Methodists

00:58:59.539 --> 00:58:59.900
 teach.

00:59:00.700 --> 00:59:01.440
 And again,

00:59:01.480 --> 00:59:01.780
 that's what

00:59:01.780 --> 00:59:02.260
 Rome taught.

00:59:02.640 --> 00:59:02.920
 I'm not

00:59:02.920 --> 00:59:03.700
 trying to go

00:59:03.700 --> 00:59:04.039
 along with

00:59:04.039 --> 00:59:04.260
 that.

00:59:04.360 --> 00:59:04.519
 But like,

00:59:04.560 --> 00:59:04.660
 no,

00:59:04.740 --> 00:59:04.780
 no,

00:59:04.780 --> 00:59:04.920
 no.

00:59:05.640 --> 00:59:06.580
 God keeps

00:59:06.580 --> 00:59:06.840
 you.

00:59:06.960 --> 00:59:07.140
 Like,

00:59:07.160 --> 00:59:07.660
 He saved

00:59:07.660 --> 00:59:07.960
 you.

00:59:08.920 --> 00:59:10.220
 He shows

00:59:10.220 --> 00:59:10.700
 you before

00:59:10.700 --> 00:59:11.320
 the foundation

00:59:11.320 --> 00:59:11.940
 of the world.

00:59:13.400 --> 00:59:13.960
 His son

00:59:13.960 --> 00:59:14.680
 died and

00:59:14.680 --> 00:59:15.120
 shed his

00:59:15.120 --> 00:59:16.200
 blood to

00:59:16.200 --> 00:59:16.720
 cover your

00:59:16.720 --> 00:59:17.280
 sin and give

00:59:17.280 --> 00:59:17.560
 you his

00:59:17.559 --> 00:59:18.039
 righteousness.

00:59:19.000 --> 00:59:19.320
 And the

00:59:19.320 --> 00:59:19.840
 Holy Spirit

00:59:19.840 --> 00:59:20.920
 applies that

00:59:20.920 --> 00:59:21.820
 work to

00:59:21.820 --> 00:59:22.460
 you at

00:59:22.460 --> 00:59:23.019
 the moment,

00:59:23.299 --> 00:59:23.539
 right,

00:59:23.659 --> 00:59:24.059
 that you're

00:59:24.059 --> 00:59:24.579
 born again.

00:59:25.299 --> 00:59:25.799
 And then by

00:59:25.799 --> 00:59:26.440
 God's Spirit,

00:59:26.559 --> 00:59:27.380
 He keeps you

00:59:27.380 --> 00:59:28.079
 until the end,

00:59:28.139 --> 00:59:28.500
 until you

00:59:28.500 --> 00:59:28.880
 breathe your

00:59:28.880 --> 00:59:29.219
 last.

00:59:29.299 --> 00:59:29.420
 Like,

00:59:29.460 --> 00:59:29.679
 you may

00:59:29.679 --> 00:59:30.059
 struggle,

00:59:30.239 --> 00:59:30.519
 you may,

00:59:31.000 --> 00:59:31.400
 your faith

00:59:31.400 --> 00:59:31.960
 may go like

00:59:31.960 --> 00:59:32.380
 this a little

00:59:32.380 --> 00:59:32.679
 bit,

00:59:32.820 --> 00:59:33.079
 you know.

00:59:33.759 --> 00:59:34.199
 Hopefully it's

00:59:34.199 --> 00:59:34.619
 kind of going

00:59:34.619 --> 00:59:35.119
 more like

00:59:35.119 --> 00:59:35.420
 this,

00:59:35.799 --> 00:59:37.179
 but we

00:59:37.179 --> 00:59:38.480
 were persevered

00:59:38.480 --> 00:59:39.139
 until the end

00:59:39.139 --> 00:59:39.500
 and we are

00:59:39.500 --> 00:59:40.159
 saved.

00:59:41.139 --> 00:59:41.420
 All right?

00:59:43.739 --> 00:59:44.320
 All my

00:59:44.320 --> 00:59:44.860
 Irish friends

00:59:44.860 --> 00:59:45.440
 sent me this

00:59:45.440 --> 00:59:46.000
 about a few

00:59:46.000 --> 00:59:46.519
 years ago.

00:59:47.559 --> 00:59:48.659
 the five-point

00:59:48.659 --> 00:59:49.239
 baconists,

00:59:50.159 --> 00:59:50.559
 you don't like

00:59:50.559 --> 00:59:51.159
 Calvinism.

00:59:51.880 --> 00:59:52.599
 Bad people,

00:59:53.579 --> 00:59:54.400
 already elected,

00:59:55.539 --> 00:59:56.420
 completely atoned

00:59:56.420 --> 00:59:56.779
 for,

00:59:57.500 --> 00:59:58.039
 overwhelmingly

00:59:58.039 --> 00:59:58.759
 called,

00:59:59.320 --> 00:59:59.960
 never falling

00:59:59.960 --> 01:00:00.320
 away.

01:00:00.320 --> 01:00:00.960
 Yeah.

01:00:03.759 --> 01:00:05.079
 And Spurgeon

01:00:05.079 --> 01:00:06.779
 said,

01:00:08.019 --> 01:00:11.159
 I have my

01:00:11.159 --> 01:00:11.739
 own private

01:00:11.739 --> 01:00:12.799
 opinion that

01:00:12.799 --> 01:00:13.299
 there is no

01:00:13.299 --> 01:00:14.840
 such thing as

01:00:14.840 --> 01:00:15.739
 preaching Christ

01:00:15.739 --> 01:00:16.199
 and Him

01:00:16.199 --> 01:00:17.099
 crucified unless

01:00:17.099 --> 01:00:17.859
 we preach

01:00:17.859 --> 01:00:19.159
 what nowadays

01:00:19.159 --> 01:00:19.819
 is called

01:00:19.819 --> 01:00:20.579
 Calvinism.

01:00:21.500 --> 01:00:21.899
 It has a

01:00:21.899 --> 01:00:22.659
 nickname to

01:00:22.659 --> 01:00:23.019
 call it

01:00:23.019 --> 01:00:23.579
 Calvinism.

01:00:24.419 --> 01:00:25.379
 Calvinism is

01:00:25.379 --> 01:00:26.259
 the gospel

01:00:26.259 --> 01:00:26.839
 and nothing

01:00:26.839 --> 01:00:27.239
 else.

01:00:28.839 --> 01:00:29.119
 So,

01:00:30.259 --> 01:00:31.719
 Nathan was

01:00:31.719 --> 01:00:32.079
 at

01:00:32.079 --> 01:00:33.439
 Turret

01:00:33.439 --> 01:00:33.859
 McConnell.

01:00:34.379 --> 01:00:34.819
 I'm not going

01:00:34.819 --> 01:00:35.099
 to know that.

01:00:35.219 --> 01:00:35.599
 He worked at

01:00:35.599 --> 01:00:35.739
 Turret

01:00:35.739 --> 01:00:36.459
 McConnell for a

01:00:36.459 --> 01:00:36.679
 while.

01:00:37.419 --> 01:00:37.959
 They are not

01:00:37.959 --> 01:00:38.739
 Calvinists there

01:00:38.739 --> 01:00:39.079
 at all.

01:00:39.259 --> 01:00:40.159
 He had a lot

01:00:40.159 --> 01:00:41.279
 of stuff all the

01:00:41.279 --> 01:00:41.479
 time.

01:00:41.619 --> 01:00:41.719
 He said,

01:00:41.839 --> 01:00:42.059
 okay,

01:00:42.259 --> 01:00:42.759
 that's okay.

01:00:42.980 --> 01:00:43.380
 Make fun of

01:00:43.380 --> 01:00:43.539
 me.

01:00:44.279 --> 01:00:44.920
 And I

01:00:44.920 --> 01:00:45.380
 heard two

01:00:45.380 --> 01:00:45.900
 professors

01:00:45.900 --> 01:00:47.519
 laughing,

01:00:47.759 --> 01:00:47.900
 kind of,

01:00:47.960 --> 01:00:48.119
 ha,

01:00:48.199 --> 01:00:48.299
 ha,

01:00:48.299 --> 01:00:48.639
 ha.

01:00:48.759 --> 01:00:49.059
 Isn't this

01:00:49.059 --> 01:00:49.559
 so stupid

01:00:49.559 --> 01:00:50.259
 that so many

01:00:50.259 --> 01:00:50.699
 people think

01:00:50.699 --> 01:00:51.539
 that Spurgeon

01:00:51.539 --> 01:00:51.880
 was a

01:00:51.880 --> 01:00:52.279
 Calvinist?

01:00:52.360 --> 01:00:52.460
 And he

01:00:52.460 --> 01:00:52.659
 wanted to

01:00:52.659 --> 01:00:52.840
 be like,

01:00:53.840 --> 01:00:54.179
 no,

01:00:54.179 --> 01:00:54.559
 he did.

01:00:54.659 --> 01:00:54.920
 He had a

01:00:54.920 --> 01:00:55.460
 book call.

01:00:56.799 --> 01:00:57.079
 Yes.

01:00:58.860 --> 01:00:59.460
 Calvinism is

01:00:59.460 --> 01:00:59.900
 the gospel.

01:01:00.079 --> 01:01:00.219
 It was the

01:01:00.219 --> 01:01:00.559
 name of the

01:01:00.559 --> 01:01:00.940
 book that he

01:01:00.940 --> 01:01:01.199
 wrote.

01:01:01.519 --> 01:01:01.500
 So,

01:01:02.299 --> 01:01:03.219
 yeah,

01:01:03.380 --> 01:01:04.019
 just really

01:01:04.019 --> 01:01:04.360
 funny.

01:01:05.219 --> 01:01:05.420
 But,

01:01:05.639 --> 01:01:06.920
 this is what

01:01:06.920 --> 01:01:07.559
 we can talk

01:01:07.559 --> 01:01:08.039
 about for a

01:01:08.039 --> 01:01:08.219
 minute.

01:01:08.840 --> 01:01:09.219
 But how

01:01:09.219 --> 01:01:09.799
 has the

01:01:09.799 --> 01:01:10.259
 depth and

01:01:10.259 --> 01:01:11.119
 severity of our

01:01:11.119 --> 01:01:12.259
 sin magnify

01:01:12.259 --> 01:01:12.940
 the work

01:01:12.940 --> 01:01:15.339
 of Christ

01:01:15.339 --> 01:01:15.639
 in the

01:01:15.639 --> 01:01:15.940
 gospel?

01:01:17.619 --> 01:01:18.139
 What do

01:01:18.139 --> 01:01:18.519
 you think?

01:01:20.880 --> 01:01:21.299
 That's

01:01:21.299 --> 01:01:21.619
 critical.

01:01:21.759 --> 01:01:22.099
 This is why

01:01:22.099 --> 01:01:22.420
 this is

01:01:22.420 --> 01:01:22.859
 applicable.

01:01:24.500 --> 01:01:24.819
 This isn't

01:01:24.819 --> 01:01:25.480
 just theory.

01:01:27.920 --> 01:01:28.319
 Anybody?

01:01:33.759 --> 01:01:34.239
 Does the

01:01:34.239 --> 01:01:34.699
 question make

01:01:34.699 --> 01:01:34.920
 sense?

01:01:34.980 --> 01:01:35.239
 I have a

01:01:35.239 --> 01:01:35.699
 problem writing

01:01:35.699 --> 01:01:36.059
 questions.

01:01:36.139 --> 01:01:36.380
 People don't

01:01:36.380 --> 01:01:36.799
 understand.

01:01:36.960 --> 01:01:37.239
 I have to

01:01:37.239 --> 01:01:37.759
 reword it.

01:01:41.119 --> 01:01:43.940
 I think

01:01:43.940 --> 01:01:44.179
 the

01:01:44.179 --> 01:01:44.559
 parable.

01:01:46.940 --> 01:01:47.819
 People

01:01:47.819 --> 01:01:48.119
 will

01:01:48.119 --> 01:01:48.719
 forget it.

01:01:49.079 --> 01:01:49.880
 Sin was

01:01:49.880 --> 01:01:50.199
 greater.

01:01:50.639 --> 01:01:51.440
 Yeah.

01:01:52.319 --> 01:01:52.920
 Yep.

01:01:52.920 --> 01:01:57.680
 I think

01:01:57.680 --> 01:01:58.320
 like the

01:01:58.320 --> 01:01:59.059
 original

01:01:59.059 --> 01:02:00.159
 intent in

01:02:00.159 --> 01:02:00.320
 the

01:02:00.320 --> 01:02:00.659
 garden.

01:02:01.760 --> 01:02:02.139
 Ty's

01:02:02.139 --> 01:02:02.659
 reference of

01:02:02.659 --> 01:02:03.180
 this morning

01:02:03.180 --> 01:02:04.860
 back in

01:02:04.860 --> 01:02:05.760
 chapter 2,

01:02:06.400 --> 01:02:07.400
 the design

01:02:07.400 --> 01:02:08.039
 was that the

01:02:08.039 --> 01:02:08.619
 glory of the

01:02:08.619 --> 01:02:09.659
 Lord would be

01:02:09.659 --> 01:02:11.740
 over the

01:02:11.740 --> 01:02:12.480
 earth as the

01:02:12.480 --> 01:02:13.340
 waters cover the

01:02:13.340 --> 01:02:13.639
 sea.

01:02:14.599 --> 01:02:15.180
 And like,

01:02:15.780 --> 01:02:16.500
 I just think

01:02:16.500 --> 01:02:17.840
 of how if

01:02:17.840 --> 01:02:18.860
 that is God's

01:02:18.860 --> 01:02:19.619
 greatest

01:02:19.619 --> 01:02:21.599
 pursuit in

01:02:21.599 --> 01:02:22.299
 this world,

01:02:22.579 --> 01:02:23.699
 and we've

01:02:23.699 --> 01:02:24.639
 broken it,

01:02:25.639 --> 01:02:26.319
 we've

01:02:26.319 --> 01:02:27.139
 rejected that

01:02:27.139 --> 01:02:27.559
 plan,

01:02:28.380 --> 01:02:29.360
 then like

01:02:29.360 --> 01:02:30.960
 any credit

01:02:30.960 --> 01:02:31.880
 to restore

01:02:31.880 --> 01:02:32.819
 and to make

01:02:32.819 --> 01:02:34.719
 things fulfill

01:02:34.719 --> 01:02:35.559
 their purpose,

01:02:36.239 --> 01:02:38.319
 and to credit

01:02:38.319 --> 01:02:39.219
 man with any

01:02:39.219 --> 01:02:39.539
 of it,

01:02:39.599 --> 01:02:39.980
 when the only

01:02:39.980 --> 01:02:40.539
 thing we have

01:02:40.539 --> 01:02:41.699
 credit for is

01:02:41.699 --> 01:02:43.380
 the disruption

01:02:43.380 --> 01:02:44.039
 and the

01:02:44.039 --> 01:02:44.799
 rejection of

01:02:44.799 --> 01:02:45.739
 the Lord

01:02:45.739 --> 01:02:46.119
 is a

01:02:46.119 --> 01:02:46.339
 beautiful

01:02:46.339 --> 01:02:46.940
 man.

01:02:47.779 --> 01:02:48.219
 I think

01:02:48.219 --> 01:02:50.319
 it's

01:02:50.319 --> 01:02:51.799
 mind-boggling

01:02:51.799 --> 01:02:55.119
 to think

01:02:55.119 --> 01:02:55.759
 that the

01:02:55.759 --> 01:02:56.779
 restoration of

01:02:56.779 --> 01:02:57.539
 God's purpose

01:02:57.539 --> 01:02:58.179
 could be

01:02:58.179 --> 01:02:58.919
 credited to

01:02:58.919 --> 01:02:59.399
 ourselves.

01:03:01.019 --> 01:03:02.019
 I think it

01:03:02.019 --> 01:03:02.459
 just gives a

01:03:02.459 --> 01:03:03.259
 lot of hope

01:03:03.259 --> 01:03:04.179
 that if God's

01:03:04.179 --> 01:03:04.939
 purpose is to

01:03:04.939 --> 01:03:05.819
 glorify Himself,

01:03:05.980 --> 01:03:07.519
 He will do

01:03:07.519 --> 01:03:08.980
 it through

01:03:08.980 --> 01:03:09.839
 saving sinners,

01:03:10.319 --> 01:03:10.739
 and not

01:03:10.739 --> 01:03:11.679
 because of us,

01:03:12.139 --> 01:03:13.319
 but despite

01:03:13.319 --> 01:03:13.619
 us.

01:03:14.199 --> 01:03:14.439
 Yes,

01:03:14.539 --> 01:03:15.239
 despite us.

01:03:16.759 --> 01:03:17.039
 Yep.

01:03:17.039 --> 01:03:18.559
 For me,

01:03:19.059 --> 01:03:19.599
 kind of going

01:03:19.599 --> 01:03:20.179
 back to what

01:03:20.179 --> 01:03:20.719
 Jeff said,

01:03:20.860 --> 01:03:21.340
 I hear about

01:03:21.340 --> 01:03:22.440
 the tendencies

01:03:22.440 --> 01:03:23.279
 that we

01:03:23.279 --> 01:03:24.820
 have to not

01:03:24.820 --> 01:03:25.400
 want to be

01:03:25.400 --> 01:03:25.900
 in the Word

01:03:25.900 --> 01:03:26.360
 or not

01:03:26.360 --> 01:03:27.099
 seek the Word,

01:03:27.699 --> 01:03:28.559
 I think for

01:03:28.559 --> 01:03:29.059
 me a lot

01:03:29.059 --> 01:03:30.320
 of times that

01:03:30.320 --> 01:03:32.179
 comes from

01:03:32.179 --> 01:03:32.619
 the

01:03:32.619 --> 01:03:34.619
 place in

01:03:34.619 --> 01:03:38.259
 seeing my

01:03:38.259 --> 01:03:38.599
 sin for

01:03:38.599 --> 01:03:39.139
 what it is,

01:03:39.820 --> 01:03:42.739
 and seeing

01:03:42.739 --> 01:03:43.500
 it for

01:03:43.500 --> 01:03:45.460
 how depraved

01:03:45.460 --> 01:03:46.259
 that it

01:03:46.259 --> 01:03:46.559
 really is,

01:03:46.559 --> 01:03:48.920
 how much

01:03:48.920 --> 01:03:51.860
 it screams

01:03:51.860 --> 01:03:52.159
 in the

01:03:52.159 --> 01:03:52.539
 face of

01:03:52.539 --> 01:03:52.880
 God.

01:03:53.239 --> 01:03:53.840
 The

01:03:53.840 --> 01:03:54.639
 contrary to

01:03:54.639 --> 01:03:54.920
 me,

01:03:55.920 --> 01:03:56.579
 if I'm not

01:03:56.579 --> 01:03:57.599
 seeing that

01:03:57.599 --> 01:03:58.519
 and walking

01:03:58.519 --> 01:03:59.019
 in that

01:03:59.019 --> 01:03:59.619
 truth,

01:04:00.519 --> 01:04:01.619
 then I

01:04:01.619 --> 01:04:01.900
 don't

01:04:01.900 --> 01:04:04.119
 put the

01:04:04.119 --> 01:04:04.779
 value on

01:04:04.779 --> 01:04:05.699
 what Christ

01:04:05.699 --> 01:04:06.119
 is on,

01:04:06.259 --> 01:04:07.019
 and continue

01:04:07.019 --> 01:04:08.719
 just seeking

01:04:08.719 --> 01:04:09.299
 for it,

01:04:09.619 --> 01:04:10.619
 worshiping

01:04:10.619 --> 01:04:10.900
 that.

01:04:10.900 --> 01:04:19.200
 for us

01:04:19.200 --> 01:04:19.360
 to

01:04:19.360 --> 01:04:19.800
 understand

01:04:19.800 --> 01:04:20.119
 this,

01:04:20.260 --> 01:04:20.599
 we

01:04:20.599 --> 01:04:22.099
 have all

01:04:22.099 --> 01:04:22.440
 rebelled

01:04:22.440 --> 01:04:23.099
 against God,

01:04:23.740 --> 01:04:25.579
 and we've

01:04:25.579 --> 01:04:26.139
 done so

01:04:26.139 --> 01:04:26.940
 directly and

01:04:26.940 --> 01:04:27.460
 indirectly.

01:04:27.639 --> 01:04:28.000
 You know what I mean?

01:04:28.000 --> 01:04:28.360
 of that.

01:04:28.480 --> 01:04:28.860
 Like some

01:04:28.860 --> 01:04:30.039
 people say,

01:04:30.119 --> 01:04:30.360
 you know what

01:04:30.360 --> 01:04:30.539
 God,

01:04:30.599 --> 01:04:31.000
 I know you're

01:04:31.000 --> 01:04:31.360
 there and I

01:04:31.360 --> 01:04:31.719
 don't care.

01:04:32.139 --> 01:04:32.679
 I want to give you

01:04:32.679 --> 01:04:33.099
 the birds,

01:04:33.179 --> 01:04:33.699
 I'm going to do

01:04:33.699 --> 01:04:34.400
 what I want to do.

01:04:34.460 --> 01:04:34.940
 I'm going to live

01:04:34.940 --> 01:04:37.340
 my life and be

01:04:37.340 --> 01:04:38.480
 the captain of my

01:04:38.480 --> 01:04:39.039
 own destiny.

01:04:39.199 --> 01:04:39.679
 And you quote the

01:04:39.679 --> 01:04:40.260
 poem, right?

01:04:41.260 --> 01:04:42.179
 So some people do

01:04:42.179 --> 01:04:44.360
 that, but I

01:04:44.360 --> 01:04:45.039
 don't say most

01:04:45.039 --> 01:04:46.360
 people live in

01:04:46.360 --> 01:04:46.860
 rebelling to

01:04:46.860 --> 01:04:47.300
 God in an

01:04:47.300 --> 01:04:48.099
 indirect way,

01:04:48.260 --> 01:04:48.740
 meaning that they

01:04:48.740 --> 01:04:49.440
 don't think about

01:04:49.440 --> 01:04:49.579
 Him.

01:04:50.039 --> 01:04:50.680
 They treat Him

01:04:50.680 --> 01:04:51.300
 as if He's not

01:04:51.300 --> 01:04:53.620
 there, which is

01:04:53.620 --> 01:04:54.240
 to say that God

01:04:54.240 --> 01:04:55.320
 is small, that He's

01:04:55.320 --> 01:04:56.220
 insignificant, that

01:04:56.220 --> 01:04:57.019
 He's not important,

01:04:57.120 --> 01:04:57.420
 and He doesn't

01:04:57.420 --> 01:04:58.140
 have the right to

01:04:58.140 --> 01:04:58.640
 rule over your

01:04:58.640 --> 01:04:59.059
 life.

01:04:59.280 --> 01:05:00.940
 And so no matter

01:05:00.940 --> 01:05:01.740
 what we do, we

01:05:01.740 --> 01:05:02.980
 then rebel

01:05:02.980 --> 01:05:03.880
 towards God.

01:05:04.140 --> 01:05:05.980
 But when I

01:05:05.980 --> 01:05:06.880
 asked that question

01:05:06.880 --> 01:05:08.300
 about how is

01:05:08.300 --> 01:05:09.019
 understanding our

01:05:09.019 --> 01:05:09.579
 sin, the

01:05:09.579 --> 01:05:10.340
 greatness of our

01:05:10.340 --> 01:05:12.360
 sin, magnify the

01:05:12.360 --> 01:05:13.220
 work of Christ, I

01:05:13.220 --> 01:05:13.820
 think about what

01:05:13.820 --> 01:05:15.260
 John Newton said.

01:05:15.519 --> 01:05:15.980
 He said,

01:05:16.360 --> 01:05:17.660
 and in his old

01:05:17.660 --> 01:05:18.460
 age, my memory

01:05:18.460 --> 01:05:19.059
 is nearly gone,

01:05:19.140 --> 01:05:19.539
 but I remember

01:05:19.539 --> 01:05:20.260
 two things.

01:05:20.360 --> 01:05:21.019
 I'm a great

01:05:21.019 --> 01:05:22.840
 sinner in Christ,

01:05:23.120 --> 01:05:23.860
 and that Christ

01:05:23.860 --> 01:05:24.860
 is a great Savior.

01:05:26.120 --> 01:05:27.180
 So the greater

01:05:27.180 --> 01:05:27.980
 our sin, the

01:05:27.980 --> 01:05:28.720
 greater the Savior.

01:05:28.880 --> 01:05:29.400
 That's kind of

01:05:29.400 --> 01:05:29.900
 the point of

01:05:29.900 --> 01:05:30.120
 this.

01:05:30.940 --> 01:05:31.920
 So if Pelagius

01:05:31.920 --> 01:05:33.140
 was right, Christ

01:05:33.140 --> 01:05:33.760
 wasn't that great

01:05:33.760 --> 01:05:34.180
 of a Savior.

01:05:35.640 --> 01:05:37.860
 If Erasmus was

01:05:37.860 --> 01:05:38.519
 right, Christ

01:05:38.519 --> 01:05:39.200
 wasn't that great

01:05:39.200 --> 01:05:39.559
 of a Savior

01:05:39.559 --> 01:05:39.820
 either.

01:05:39.900 --> 01:05:40.300
 He was like,

01:05:40.360 --> 01:05:41.059
 yeah, a little

01:05:41.059 --> 01:05:41.900
 bit, not really.

01:05:42.280 --> 01:05:43.700
 But if we are

01:05:43.700 --> 01:05:44.740
 really fallen, like

01:05:44.740 --> 01:05:45.579
 we just read in

01:05:45.579 --> 01:05:45.980
 the Scripture,

01:05:45.980 --> 01:05:46.659
 then man, he

01:05:46.659 --> 01:05:47.320
 is like an

01:05:47.320 --> 01:05:48.500
 incredible Savior

01:05:48.500 --> 01:05:48.840
 then.

01:05:49.400 --> 01:05:50.280
 Like, we have

01:05:50.280 --> 01:05:50.920
 to have one

01:05:50.920 --> 01:05:51.400
 because our

01:05:51.400 --> 01:05:52.219
 condition is that

01:05:52.219 --> 01:05:52.579
 bad.

01:05:53.159 --> 01:05:53.860
 We have to have

01:05:53.860 --> 01:05:54.360
 somebody that

01:05:54.360 --> 01:05:55.340
 great to save

01:05:55.340 --> 01:05:55.579
 us.

01:05:56.679 --> 01:05:57.400
 This is what was

01:05:57.400 --> 01:05:58.099
 written on his

01:05:58.099 --> 01:05:59.860
 tombstone.

01:06:01.559 --> 01:06:02.320
 John Newton,

01:06:02.760 --> 01:06:04.240
 once an infidel

01:06:04.240 --> 01:06:05.219
 and libertine,

01:06:06.099 --> 01:06:06.860
 a servant of

01:06:06.860 --> 01:06:07.940
 slaves in Africa,

01:06:08.840 --> 01:06:09.800
 was by the rich

01:06:09.800 --> 01:06:10.500
 mercy of our

01:06:10.500 --> 01:06:11.199
 Lord and Savior

01:06:11.199 --> 01:06:12.039
 Jesus Christ

01:06:12.039 --> 01:06:12.579
 preserved,

01:06:12.880 --> 01:06:13.260
 restored,

01:06:13.480 --> 01:06:13.980
 pardoned,

01:06:13.980 --> 01:06:15.059
 and appointed

01:06:15.059 --> 01:06:15.659
 to preach

01:06:15.659 --> 01:06:16.219
 the faith

01:06:16.219 --> 01:06:16.800
 that he had

01:06:16.800 --> 01:06:17.659
 long labored

01:06:17.659 --> 01:06:18.420
 to destroy.

01:06:19.800 --> 01:06:21.019
 Yeah, I feel

01:06:21.019 --> 01:06:22.000
 that, you know,

01:06:22.139 --> 01:06:23.639
 very much so.

01:06:24.219 --> 01:06:26.139
 But we'll have

01:06:26.139 --> 01:06:27.019
 some close by

01:06:27.019 --> 01:06:27.820
 Newton in the

01:06:27.820 --> 01:06:28.679
 future here.