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 Welcome, everyone. Let me add my welcome. My name's Stephen. I've met you before. I'm the lead pastor here at St. Paul's.

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 And if you just joined us, you have joined us at the time just as we're finishing up our Easter series for this year and the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the hope that it produces and the life that it produces for us and as being the central message of Christianity.

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 And so what I really want to land on today is what the death and resurrection does for us is it produces hope for the sinning saint.

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 So Romans 7. We're grateful for that passage in front of you as you go through today.

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 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a gothic horror novel written in 1886 by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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 You may be familiar with it, hopefully.

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 Dr. Jekyll is a well-to-do, moral, respectable citizen who sometimes, and in fact often, feels that he's battling between this good persona, this good person, moral, upright, rising person that he is, who does good in society, and this inner evil within himself.

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 And this internal battles, which is a real struggle for him, is between Dr. Jekyll, who he is, and this other persona, Mr. Edward Hyde.

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 And Jekyll has spent the great part of his life trying to suppress the evil urges that are there, that are not fitting for someone who's such a respectable member of community.

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 And so he makes this potion, and whenever he drinks the potion, Jekyll transforms into the smaller, younger, cruel, remorseful, and evil Edward Hyde.

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 And the idea that what he's trying to do is Jekyll's trying to rid himself of this hide, so I can separate this personality, which is me, of both good and evil.

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 But what he finds, as the story unfolds, what happens is, that as he drinks the potion, over time, the evil Hyde grows more and more and more in power, to a point where Jekyll can no longer control Hyde and this inner evil.

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 And so what forms for him is this identity crisis.

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 Who am I?

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 Am I really Dr. Jekyll, or am I Edward Hyde?

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 Who am I?

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 It's one of the most famous pieces of English literature ever written.

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 It's had a substantial impact on popular culture with the phrase, the Jekyll and Hyde, being used in the vernacular to refer to people with this outward, good performance in life, if you like, presenting well,

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 and yet, at times, performing shockingly, terribly, and you see it on the news, where, you know, something happens, someone's been caught out doing something wrong, and they say,

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 I'm so embarrassed, I can't believe that this happened, this is not who I am.

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 And, well, actually, yes, it is.

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 It is who you are.

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 And so it's used in this Jekyll and Hyde trying to work out, which one am I?

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 And it is often used as an allegory in the Christian life, that there is a war in our hearts, a constant conflict between the old and the new, between vice and virtue, between sin and obedience.

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 And in actual fact, Robbie Lewis Stevenson grew up in a devout Christian home, and it is said that Romans 7 was the inspiration for him writing, or at least one of the inspirations for him writing this novel of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

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 And it's a description of, in fact, Stevenson's own life, where he found that he could not live out the Christian faith and its parameters,

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 and instead preferred a life of evil and wickedness and sin.

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 So Romans 7 reveals to us that life is a battle between two selves.

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 And when we become a Christian, we don't move from a state of battle to a state of peace.

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 We move from one battle to an entirely new battle, a new struggle.

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 And so that's the three points we're going to go through as we look at Romans 7 this morning and hope for the sinning saint.

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 So first of all, the struggle before Jesus.

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 Verses 7 to 13 is a description of the struggle that goes on in every human being that they've got going on inside of them.

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 And this is before Jesus.

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 And the question is, which is, you know, the big question that's been kind of, Paul's been dealing with,

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 if God gave people his law and his law is not able to be obeyed and doesn't lead to a life of righteousness,

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 well, is therefore the law sinful?

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 And Paul's short answer to that is absolutely not, certainly not.

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 And then his long answer is what we have here in verses 7 to 13.

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 And he's referring here to the Old Testament law.

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 You see, the whole thrust of Romans 1 to 5 is that people are justified,

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 they're made right with God by faith in Jesus Christ,

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 not by obedience to the Old Testament law,

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 not by obedience to, you know, Ten Commandments,

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 you know, live by the Ten Commandments and God will be,

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 you'll be right with God, he'll find you approved.

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 And so the question here is, if the law is not a means for salvation,

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 then doesn't that mean the law's bad?

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 And so here's the long answer.

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 The main thrust of the law, the summary of it, is in verse 7.

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 Therefore, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law.

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 Thanks, Nick.

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 That's the summary.

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 And here's the four explanations, if you like, of that summary.

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 Firstly, what the law does for us is it defines sin.

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 Verse 7 again.

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 For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said,

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 you shall not covet.

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 That means, what that means is the very concept of coveting is outlined by the law.

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 And without that standard, Paul would not actually have understood what coveting actually was.

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 And he would not have known that it was a sin.

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 Secondly, what the law does is it reveals sin in us.

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 Verse 8.

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 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment,

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 produced in me every kind of coveting.

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 For apart from the law, sin was dead.

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 When a commandment of God comes to us, is what he's saying here.

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 Verse 7.

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 It aggravates.

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 It stirs up in sin in our hearts.

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 It doesn't show us what sin is in a general category kind of way.

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 It shows that sin resides in us.

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 It's not out there, but it's in here.

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 However, the law made sin in Paul's life, as it does for everyone, much worse.

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 And it makes it, therefore, totally inexcusable.

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 Because what the law does is it exposes our need to be saved from it.

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 And without the law, we will deny the depths of the nature of our sin.

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 We will consistently deny the depths of it.

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 The third thing is, the sin is stirred by its exposure to the law.

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 What it means is it's provoked.

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 Romans reveals the bleak condition of every human heart.

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 And what it says in the early chapter of Romans is that the human heart,

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 there's a perversity about every human heart.

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 And the description of perversity of the human heart is that it actually enjoys sin for its own sake.

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 That's the perversity.

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 The great Saint Augustine writes about this in his Confessions, the Confessions of Saint Augustine.

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 And he describes in there a time when, as a boy, he stole some pears.

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 He writes this,

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 And this was not to feed ourselves.

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 We may have tasted a few, but then we threw the rest of them to the pigs.

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 Our real pleasure was simply in doing something that we were not allowed.

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 I had plenty of better pairs of my own.

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 I only took these ones in order that I might be a thief.

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 Once I had taken them, I threw them away,

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 and all I tasted in them was my own iniquity,

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 which I enjoyed very much.

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 That is Saint Augustine's, his own illustration

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 of a description of the perversity of every human heart.

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 He's saying there,

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 there is a deeper motive in every act of sin.

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 That underlying motive, that underlying motive is to play God.

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 We have a deep desire to be in charge of our world and of our lives.

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 Every law God lays down,

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 every single commandment,

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 is an infringement on our perceived absolute sovereignty of our lives.

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 It's the very essence of the first sin in the Garden of Eden,

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 and it was to be like God.

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 And from there, it's the essence of all sin.

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 The more we are exposed to the law of God,

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 the more that sinful force will be aggravated into reaction.

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 That's what sin does.

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 Whenever I see a law,

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 I had no intention of breaking it until I see it.

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 Put a sign up, don't touch, wet paint.

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 I have to find out if it's still wet.

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 Don't sit on the grass.

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 Why not?

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 I wasn't going to, but why not?

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 There's a sin that stirs up in there.

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 Even if I might not sit on the grass,

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 I'm still asking the question, why not?

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 Don't park in the car park.

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 It's private property.

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 There's a vacant spot.

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 Why not?

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 And this leads to the fourth thing that sin does,

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 an overwhelming conviction of guilt.

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 Verse nine,

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 Once I was alive,

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 apart from the law,

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 but when the commandment came,

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 sin sprang to life,

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 and I died.

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 Before he was a Christian,

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 Paul,

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 what he's saying here is,

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 Paul did not know what the law actually really required of him.

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 That's what he's saying.

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 And this is a Jewish lad.

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 This is a Jewish lad who was fluent in the law.

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 And what he says here is,

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 you know,

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 summary version is,

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 I saw a bunch of rules,

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 but I didn't see the thrust of what the rules were getting to.

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 He didn't know what it meant to love God supremely.

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 He actually thought that he was morally good,

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 that he was in fact pleasing God by obeying the law,

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 and that God must therefore be satisfied with him.

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 And then he says,

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 the commandment came,

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 and I died.

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 What he says there is,

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 the commandment came home to me.

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 It's like the chickens came home to roost.

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 The commandment came home to me,

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 and I realised when the commandment came,

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 I was spiritually dead in that moment.

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 He came under the conviction of sin in that moment.

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 That is,

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 the Lord did for him what it was meant to do in that moment.

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 But which commandment came home to him?

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 You shall not covet.

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 Why that one?

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 Why that one?

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 Those familiar with the New Testament will see that this is the commandment

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 that Jesus used with the rich young ruler,

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 another upright moral citizen,

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 the Jewish citizen.

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 You see,

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 as a morally upright,

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 law-abiding Jewish Pharisee,

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 Paul thought of sin only in terms of external actions,

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 obedience to rules.

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 He would have thought of it,

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 that if I didn't commit that act,

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 if I don't commit murder,

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 I'm not a murderer.

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 Tick the box,

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 that commandment completed,

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 fulfilled,

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 obeyed.

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 Don't break the law,

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 and therefore I'm morally good.

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 That's the default position.

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 And then along comes Jesus,

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 in the Sermon on the Mount,

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 and he teaches all of the Ten Commandments,

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 and the entire law refer not only to external behaviour,

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 but to an inward attitude and motives of the heart.

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 And Paul had never understood sin as a matter of inward longings and idolatrous drives and desires.

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 And of all the commandments,

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 coveting

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 is entirely about inner motive of the heart.

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 It's about heart issues.

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 Coveting is to be discontent with what God has given you.

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 Coveting,

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 it includes things like envy,

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 selfish pity,

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 grumbling,

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 murmuring.

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 Coveting is not just wanting,

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 it is an idolatrous longing

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 for more beauty,

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 for more wealth,

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 for more approval,

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 and for more popularity

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 and everything else than you currently have.

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 That's what coveting is.

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 And Paul had never seen sin

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 as essentially coveting against God,

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 as failing to love God enough to be content with God.

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 And when the command came home to him,

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 he saw the depths of his sin.

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 And he saw that the flaw

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 was not in the law of God.

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 The flaw was in Paul,

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 the sinner.

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 It was in the sin.

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 Externally,

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 he was compliant.

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 He looked good.

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 He was a,

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 you know,

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 more upright than Dr. Jekyll.

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 But internally,

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 he saw Edward Hyde

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 bigger and bigger and bigger

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 than he'd ever seen him before.

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 He realised the law is good,

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 but he is not.

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 And that is the human condition

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 according to Christianity.

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 All of us dead

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 in our transgressions and sins,

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 more sinful than we'd ever hoped to imagine.

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 And so that's the first half of this chapter.

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 He's looking back at how God's commands

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 caused him to look to Jesus

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 for rescue,

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 look to Jesus' righteousness for his rescue,

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 rather than him

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 rescuing himself

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 through his own righteous acts.

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 And so from verse 14,

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 Paul's now writing

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 about his current experience

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 struggling with sin

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 as a Christian.

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 Now let me just say,

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 this section has been debated

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 by theologians

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 and Bible scholars

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 for many, many, many years.

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 And this section,

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 and the real debate is,

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 is Paul still talking now

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 about his pre-Christian experience

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 or is he talking about

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 him as a Christian?

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 That's really the primary issue

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 of the debate.

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 And let me say,

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 there have been plenty of thoughtful,

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 wise, godly people

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 on both sides of the debate.

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 For instance,

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 some find it very hard

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 to reconcile

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 that any Christian

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 could write,

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 as Paul does

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 in verse 14,

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 I am unspiritual,

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 I am sold

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 as a slave to sin.

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 Especially when in chapter 6,

00:20:20.860 --> 00:20:21.779
 he refers himself

00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:23.059
 as a slave

00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:24.360
 to Christ

00:20:24.360 --> 00:20:25.000
 and righteousness

00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:25.779
 in Christ.

00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:27.340
 He also confesses

00:20:27.340 --> 00:20:28.220
 that he sins regularly

00:20:28.220 --> 00:20:29.380
 in verses 15

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 and 18.

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 So here's four reasons,

00:20:34.320 --> 00:20:34.940
 and I want to do this

00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:35.900
 as quickly as I can,

00:20:36.600 --> 00:20:37.520
 why I think

00:20:37.520 --> 00:20:38.320
 he's writing about

00:20:38.320 --> 00:20:40.060
 his current Christian experience

00:20:40.060 --> 00:20:41.120
 of battling with sin,

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 and this is the very,

00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:45.520
 this is the experience

00:20:45.520 --> 00:20:47.200
 that every Christian has

00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:48.820
 in battling with sin.

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 And I would say

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 that the reason,

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:51.940
 you know,

00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:53.380
 the summary reason,

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 which I've not,

00:20:54.020 --> 00:20:54.500
 this is not one

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:55.320
 of the four reasons,

00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:57.420
 but the summary reason is

00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:59.620
 the primary issue here

00:20:59.619 --> 00:21:01.339
 is not the law.

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.639
 It's not the word of God.

00:21:04.419 --> 00:21:05.419
 The primary problem

00:21:05.419 --> 00:21:06.099
 for the Christian

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:07.179
 is indwelling sin.

00:21:07.699 --> 00:21:08.919
 That's the primary problem.

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:10.179
 That's what this passage

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 is addressing.

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 But here's the four reasons.

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 Firstly,

00:21:13.979 --> 00:21:15.459
 there's a change of verbs

00:21:15.459 --> 00:21:16.299
 in the text.

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 In verses 7 to 13,

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 every single verb

00:21:19.459 --> 00:21:20.639
 is in the past tense.

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:22.339
 From verses 14 onwards,

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 every single verb

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 is in the present tense.

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 That's the first one.

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 Secondly,

00:21:27.459 --> 00:21:28.399
 there is a change

00:21:28.399 --> 00:21:29.159
 in situation.

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 Verses 7 to 13

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 is Paul referring to sin

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 as killing him,

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 putting him to death.

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:39.660
 From verses 14 onwards,

00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:41.420
 it's he's referring to

00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:43.160
 his wrestling with sin,

00:21:44.040 --> 00:21:45.460
 his struggle with sin.

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 It's a battle

00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:47.300
 that he refuses

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 to surrender to,

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 but he's not dead,

00:21:51.120 --> 00:21:52.000
 he's not dying,

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 and it's not a battle

00:21:53.100 --> 00:21:54.080
 that he is losing.

00:21:55.560 --> 00:21:56.120
 Thirdly,

00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:58.579
 he delights in God's law

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 in verse 12,

00:22:00.179 --> 00:22:00.619
 sorry,

00:22:00.719 --> 00:22:01.399
 verse 22.

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:03.179
 For in my inner being,

00:22:03.239 --> 00:22:05.179
 I delight in God's law,

00:22:05.619 --> 00:22:06.959
 even though sin

00:22:06.959 --> 00:22:08.899
 is at work in him.

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 And in the very next chapter

00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:12.779
 in Romans,

00:22:13.239 --> 00:22:14.059
 in Romans 8,

00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:14.819
 verse 7,

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:16.239
 Paul writes

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 that the non-Christian mind

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 cannot delight

00:22:20.959 --> 00:22:21.959
 in God's law.

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 It is impossible

00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:24.840
 to do so

00:22:24.840 --> 00:22:26.380
 because they see

00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:27.240
 God's word

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:28.400
 as bad,

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.079
 as evil,

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 as wrong.

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.360
 Fourthly,

00:22:32.860 --> 00:22:33.519
 Paul admits

00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:34.319
 that he is a sinner

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:34.960
 in verse 18.

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.480
 Now,

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:37.880
 I know plenty of people

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:39.279
 who acknowledge

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:41.340
 that they are not perfect.

00:22:42.420 --> 00:22:43.400
 They acknowledge

00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:45.019
 that they are imperfect,

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:46.180
 that they're flawed.

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:46.820
 You know,

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:49.259
 you find someone,

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:49.900
 you know,

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:51.120
 someone gets discovered

00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:52.019
 by doing a wrong thing.

00:22:52.320 --> 00:22:52.500
 Well,

00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:53.620
 none of us are perfect.

00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:55.080
 That's a standard line.

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.140
 Plenty of people,

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.640
 most people can do that.

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:58.560
 But,

00:22:58.840 --> 00:23:00.200
 in every instance,

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.640
 they would mostly

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.980
 put to the point,

00:23:03.320 --> 00:23:04.600
 they would mostly conclude

00:23:04.600 --> 00:23:06.400
 that they are basically good.

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.640
 Basically good.

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:09.680
 This is not really

00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:10.460
 who I am,

00:23:10.620 --> 00:23:11.039
 you know,

00:23:11.360 --> 00:23:11.920
 even though I did

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.700
 this bad thing.

00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:12.720
 I don't know

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:12.720


00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:17.920
 but here,

00:23:18.120 --> 00:23:19.019
 Paul admits

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.799
 that he is a sinner.

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.700
 Before Jesus,

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.160
 none of us

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:24.880
 are aware

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:26.820
 that we are so sinful

00:23:26.820 --> 00:23:28.000
 that we

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:29.279
 not only cannot

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:30.400
 save ourselves

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:31.460
 through obedience

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:33.299
 to us

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:34.860
 any form of moral code,

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:38.740
 but that even

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.420
 our attempts

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:40.539
 to do so

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:42.440
 only add

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:43.759
 to our condemnation.

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:46.820
 and the depths

00:23:46.820 --> 00:23:47.400
 of our sin.

00:23:50.560 --> 00:23:51.259
 And that is why

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.799
 I think Paul

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:53.060
 is laying out here

00:23:53.060 --> 00:23:54.539
 his inner struggle

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.900
 in these verses.

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.380
 He admits

00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:59.580
 that he is

00:23:59.580 --> 00:24:00.340
 a sinner.

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:02.380
 Not that he's imperfect,

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:02.799
 you know,

00:24:02.840 --> 00:24:03.340
 like everyone,

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.940
 but that he is

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.620
 a sinner.

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.980
 Only a Christian

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.680
 could do that.

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:12.240
 And that's why

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:13.340
 I think he's referring

00:24:13.340 --> 00:24:13.860
 here

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:16.139
 to the struggle

00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:17.359
 that is the struggle

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:18.379
 and the experience

00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:20.099
 of every single Christian.

00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:24.000
 The experience

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:25.579
 is that on the one hand

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:27.259
 we now see

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:29.259
 God's law

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:30.399
 as spiritual,

00:24:31.139 --> 00:24:32.379
 verse 14,

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:33.259
 as good,

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.639
 verse 16,

00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:36.199
 and we have

00:24:36.199 --> 00:24:37.079
 a deep desire

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:37.959
 to keep it

00:24:37.959 --> 00:24:39.379
 and to obey it

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:40.699
 and to please God

00:24:40.699 --> 00:24:42.299
 in verses 15

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:43.339
 and 18.

00:24:45.899 --> 00:24:46.279
 You see,

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.079
 what Paul

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:48.240
 is saying here is

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:50.440
 before he met

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.039
 Jesus,

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.279
 he thought

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:53.180
 he was a saint.

00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:56.740
 He was obedient.

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.119
 He thought

00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:58.779
 he was right

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.500
 with God.

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.259
 And then

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:01.299
 in Jesus,

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:03.019
 he actually

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:04.159
 becomes a saint

00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:04.899
 and now

00:25:04.899 --> 00:25:05.720
 he wrestles

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.639
 for the first time

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.299
 in his life

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:08.119
 with being

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:09.319
 a genuine sinner.

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:15.039
 his sense

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.939
 of sinfulness

00:25:15.939 --> 00:25:17.720
 is so much

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.200
 stronger,

00:25:18.639 --> 00:25:19.759
 so much more

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.639
 profound for him,

00:25:20.899 --> 00:25:21.960
 so much more

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:23.039
 disturbing for him.

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.579
 You see,

00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:27.059
 the person

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.859
 who trusts

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:29.179
 in Jesus

00:25:29.179 --> 00:25:30.139
 rejoices

00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:31.799
 in God's word.

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.720
 In our deepest

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.439
 self,

00:25:34.439 --> 00:25:35.700
 we love

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.359
 the word

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:36.980
 of God.

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.059
 God.

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:42.019
 But on the other

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.500
 hand,

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.420
 so many of our

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:45.319
 actions are against

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:46.200
 the God we love

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:49.960
 and his word.

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:53.519
 And it's only

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.660
 when we come

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.380
 to Jesus

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:57.599
 for our rescue

00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:58.940
 does this struggle

00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:01.120
 become so

00:26:01.120 --> 00:26:02.700
 real for us,

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:05.799
 so real

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.539
 in such a way

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.180
 that we start

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.819
 to doubt

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.580
 the,

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.920
 we can doubt

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.759
 the effectiveness

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.960
 of our salvation

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.799
 and question it

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.360
 all together.

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:15.140
 Who is me?

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:15.860
 Am I,

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.880
 am I really

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.799
 Dr. Jekyll

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.539
 or am I

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.340
 Mr. Hyde?

00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:20.559
 Which self

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.460
 do I want

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:21.940
 the most?

00:26:22.100 --> 00:26:22.880
 Am I a sinner

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:24.120
 or am I a saint?

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:28.840
 Well,

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.600
 for the Christian,

00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:30.680
 the question

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.440
 is settled

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:33.200
 even though

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:33.840
 the struggle

00:26:33.840 --> 00:26:35.560
 continues to rage.

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:38.180
 In verse 23,

00:26:39.860 --> 00:26:40.500
 the God,

00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:42.759
 Paul says

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.480
 that God

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.580
 and his law

00:26:44.580 --> 00:26:45.840
 is his

00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:46.920
 utmost delight

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:48.519
 and it is

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:48.920
 our

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.960
 utmost delight.

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:51.840
 And yet,

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.519
 despite that

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.299
 for the Christian,

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.539
 there is still

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.940
 a powerful force

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.640
 of sin

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.500
 and rebellion

00:26:58.500 --> 00:27:00.080
 within us.

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:01.660
 For those

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.360
 desires,

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.660
 but those

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.360
 desires,

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.600
 whatever they

00:27:05.600 --> 00:27:06.200
 are,

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.300
 are not

00:27:07.300 --> 00:27:08.220
 the deepest

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:09.600
 sense

00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:10.540
 of your

00:27:10.540 --> 00:27:11.420
 identity.

00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:13.600
 They are

00:27:13.600 --> 00:27:14.200
 no longer

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.640
 who you

00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:15.200
 are.

00:27:17.780 --> 00:27:18.660
 Verse 20,

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:22.000
 if I do

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.660
 what I do

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.160
 not want

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.840
 to do,

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.180
 it is no

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:26.280
 longer I

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.920
 who do

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.220
 it,

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.440
 but it's

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:28.859
 sin

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:29.359
 living

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:30.559
 in me

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.079
 that does

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.299
 it.

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.759
 As a

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.160
 Christian,

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:35.980
 we have

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.799
 an identity

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.879
 transformation.

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:39.740
 Even while

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.779
 sin remains

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.359
 in us

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:42.039
 with a whole

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.359
 lot of

00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:42.859
 strength,

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:44.059
 it no longer

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:45.160
 controls

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:46.680
 our personality

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.359
 and our

00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:47.940
 life.

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.420
 You see,

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.000
 Christianity,

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:52.480
 the Christian

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:52.920
 faith,

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.480
 is about

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:55.299
 being someone

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:57.079
 before it

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.700
 is doing

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.259
 something.

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.159
 It is

00:27:59.159 --> 00:28:00.019
 becoming a

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.859
 whole new

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.359
 self,

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.099
 as I said

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:03.319
 recently in

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.139
 our Ephesians

00:28:04.139 --> 00:28:04.740
 series.

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.220
 It is a

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:07.139
 comprehensive,

00:28:07.399 --> 00:28:07.980
 when you come

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.639
 to Jesus,

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.259
 what happens

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:11.159
 to you is a

00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:11.980
 comprehensive

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:13.559
 revolution

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:15.819
 to change

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.419
 who you

00:28:16.419 --> 00:28:17.119
 are

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:18.339
 before

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:19.799
 it is

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.680
 a revolution

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.740
 in how you

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.240
 live.

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:24.559
 a revolution

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:26.339
 in changing

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:27.579
 your identity

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.319
 and your

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:28.940
 status.

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.400
 You are

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:31.519
 perfect in

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.059
 Christ.

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.599
 And I

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.180
 think this is

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.920
 possibly the

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.759
 biggest and

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.519
 most common

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.500
 mistake people

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.640
 make about

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.259
 Christianity.

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.319
 I remember

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:44.059
 sitting at a

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.859
 table with

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:46.200
 some extended

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:47.019
 family one

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.539
 day and I

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:48.019
 made a

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:49.480
 comment that

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.359
 revealed very

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:50.980
 much the

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.640
 old man,

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:52.100
 Steve,

00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:53.420
 and very

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:54.120
 quickly was

00:28:54.120 --> 00:28:55.000
 shut down

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.380
 by a

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:55.820
 non-Christian

00:28:55.820 --> 00:28:56.100
 on the

00:28:56.100 --> 00:28:56.380
 table.

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:56.820
 Wow,

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.140
 Steve,

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.420
 that's

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:57.840
 surprising.

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.040
 I didn't

00:28:58.040 --> 00:28:58.440
 think Christians

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:58.940
 said things

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.460
 like that.

00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:01.860
 No,

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.740
 Jesus doesn't,

00:29:02.800 --> 00:29:03.400
 but I do.

00:29:06.520 --> 00:29:07.980
 But that's

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.560
 the mistake

00:29:08.560 --> 00:29:09.160
 we make,

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.520
 is it?

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.759
 So many

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.140
 of you,

00:29:12.300 --> 00:29:12.520
 well,

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.340
 Christians are

00:29:13.340 --> 00:29:14.040
 just good

00:29:14.040 --> 00:29:14.520
 people.

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.740
 Morality

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.820
 is not

00:29:17.820 --> 00:29:18.700
 Christianity.

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:21.220
 Christianity

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:22.400
 is not

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:22.880
 about

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.259
 becoming

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.559
 more

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.039
 moral.

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:25.960
 A

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.340
 Christian

00:29:26.340 --> 00:29:27.080
 is

00:29:27.080 --> 00:29:27.400
 becoming

00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:27.759
 a new

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.440
 person,

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:33.480
 an entirely

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.819
 new

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.340
 person,

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:36.819
 before it

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.200
 is living

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.740
 with a new

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.039
 set of

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.519
 behaviours

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.180
 and attitudes.

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:40.740
 And the

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.620
 change is

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:42.160
 gradual,

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:43.519
 and it

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:43.960
 will never

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.740
 be completed

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.340
 this side

00:29:45.340 --> 00:29:45.580
 of the

00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:46.200
 presence of

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.500
 God.

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.819
 The

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.620
 strength of

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.220
 the remaining

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.840
 corruption

00:29:51.840 --> 00:29:52.460
 in our

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.140
 lives

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:54.660
 will still

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:55.319
 lead us

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.980
 to disobey

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.580
 God,

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:58.960
 even in

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.539
 the same

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.980
 ways we

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.759
 did prior

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.340
 to becoming

00:30:02.340 --> 00:30:02.940
 a Christian.

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:06.279
 And this

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:06.799
 behaviour

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.779
 goes against

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.700
 our new

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:09.220
 and our

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.799
 deepest

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.700
 identity,

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:13.080
 and that

00:30:13.080 --> 00:30:13.680
 struggle

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.559
 will grow.

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:18.000
 growth in

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.420
 the Christian

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.259
 life is a

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:19.900
 growth going

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.480
 deeper,

00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:22.480
 deeper in

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.759
 knowing who

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.640
 you are in

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:25.019
 Jesus,

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.860
 and deeper

00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.799
 in awareness

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.799
 of your

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.299
 need for

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.580
 Jesus,

00:30:28.580 --> 00:30:29.140
 because you

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.600
 see your

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.259
 sin deeper

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:30.779
 and deeper

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.279
 and deeper.

00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:32.559
 And that

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:32.860
 is the

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.200
 struggle.

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.600
 And we

00:30:34.600 --> 00:30:34.980
 will often

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.660
 feel discouraged,

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:36.259
 we will often

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.960
 feel defeated,

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.460
 but it

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:39.100
 doesn't

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:40.259
 change who

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:41.380
 you are

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:42.700
 in Jesus.

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:45.279
 and Paul

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.840
 seems to

00:30:45.840 --> 00:30:46.539
 write as if

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.140
 he is defeated

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:48.779
 in verse 14,

00:30:49.360 --> 00:30:49.660
 I am

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.500
 unspiritual,

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:52.299
 sold as a

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.920
 slave to

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.279
 sin.

00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:55.180
 But he's

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.580
 not,

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.980
 he's not

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.440
 defeated

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:59.019
 in those

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.420
 words.

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.279
 He's saying

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.840
 that even

00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:02.440
 though there

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:03.140
 is this new

00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:03.819
 identity in

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:04.059
 Jesus,

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.880
 a new love

00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:05.700
 and delight

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.220
 in God's

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.480
 law,

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.140
 he's saying

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:07.680
 a Christian

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.319
 will still

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:09.100
 completely

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:10.340
 be incapable

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:11.779
 of obedience

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:13.439
 and of

00:31:13.439 --> 00:31:14.139
 that law.

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:14.659
 A Christian

00:31:14.659 --> 00:31:15.799
 is still

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.740
 totally

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.439
 incapable

00:31:17.439 --> 00:31:18.500
 of sinlessness.

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.059
 You,

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.639
 the Christian,

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.019
 do not have

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.500
 the power

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.059
 to defeat

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.539
 sin.

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.259
 Jesus

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.819
 does.

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.199
 And so

00:31:28.199 --> 00:31:28.619
 the battle

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.319
 will rage.

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.779
 Friday

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.399
 was a very

00:31:35.399 --> 00:31:35.980
 busy day

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.459
 for me.

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:40.200
 and I

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.880
 tried to

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.539
 finish off

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.440
 this message

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:43.380
 at the

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:43.740
 end of

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.100
 Friday,

00:31:44.600 --> 00:31:45.579
 but I

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:45.940
 didn't get

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.400
 it done.

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.259
 I was

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.720
 entirely

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.279
 frustrated

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.940
 by that.

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.420
 My plan

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:51.400
 was to

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:52.079
 go home,

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:52.779
 have some

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.220
 dinner and

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:54.079
 then,

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:55.819
 you know,

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.539
 finish off

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.140
 the message.

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.319
 On Friday

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.660
 night,

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.460
 our household

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:02.079
 was all in

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.380
 different

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:03.059
 directions

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.720
 for all

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:03.960
 sorts of

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.180
 different

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.620
 reasons.

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:06.019
 And so

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.339
 there was

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.879
 an opportunity

00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:07.339
 for me

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:07.559
 and a

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:07.839
 couple of

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.279
 my girls

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.579
 to head

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:08.899
 out for

00:32:08.899 --> 00:32:09.159
 a quick

00:32:09.159 --> 00:32:09.419
 dinner.

00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:13.079
 It

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:13.639
 didn't go

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:14.019
 well,

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.039
 that dinner.

00:32:16.939 --> 00:32:17.500
 What would

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.159
 normally be

00:32:18.159 --> 00:32:18.779
 a delight

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.500
 for me,

00:32:20.439 --> 00:32:21.199
 personally,

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.959
 turned

00:32:22.959 --> 00:32:24.379
 into a

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:24.759
 total

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.539
 disaster.

00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:27.599
 Dinner

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:28.179
 did not

00:32:28.179 --> 00:32:28.719
 happen

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:35.100
 and by

00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:35.620
 the time

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:36.059
 we got

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.700
 home,

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.180
 we went

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.860
 in three

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.160
 different

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.839
 directions,

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:40.799
 in silence,

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.880
 in tears

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.400
 and in

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:42.839
 anger.

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.920
 And it

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.640
 was entirely

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.380
 my fault,

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.759
 my sin.

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:57.879
 the thing

00:32:57.879 --> 00:32:58.160
 that I

00:32:58.160 --> 00:32:58.660
 wanted to

00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:59.000
 do,

00:32:59.160 --> 00:32:59.420
 that I

00:32:59.420 --> 00:32:59.539
 would

00:32:59.539 --> 00:32:59.799
 normally

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.400
 delight in

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:00.619
 doing,

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:00.920
 that I

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.200
 knew that

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:01.640
 I should

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:02.079
 do,

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.420
 I didn't

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:03.740
 do,

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:04.259
 even though

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:04.619
 I knew

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:04.900
 in the

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:05.599
 moment that

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.259
 I should

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.700
 be doing

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:06.960
 it.

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.319
 And it

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:10.960
 went badly.

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:13.259
 And frankly,

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:14.160
 if you had

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:14.960
 seen me

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.460
 in that

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.000
 moment,

00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:18.640
 or seen

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.540
 me driving

00:33:19.540 --> 00:33:22.440
 home during

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:22.900
 the course

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.180
 of that

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:23.640
 moment,

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.420
 a drive

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:24.800
 home,

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:25.400
 which was

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:26.520
 scary by

00:33:26.520 --> 00:33:27.220
 all accounts,

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:29.080
 partly

00:33:29.080 --> 00:33:29.880
 enjoyable for

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:30.259
 me,

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.860
 but not

00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:32.960
 enjoyable for

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.500
 anyone else

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:33.880
 sitting in

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.380
 the car,

00:33:35.020 --> 00:33:35.460
 you would

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:35.680
 have been

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.500
 appalled by

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:37.640
 that lunatic

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:38.120
 on the

00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:38.440
 road.

00:33:38.560 --> 00:33:38.780
 You would

00:33:38.780 --> 00:33:39.060
 have been

00:33:39.060 --> 00:33:39.560
 absolutely

00:33:39.560 --> 00:33:40.420
 disgusted

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:41.580
 that that

00:33:41.580 --> 00:33:42.600
 was in

00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:43.460
 fact our

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:43.860
 lead

00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:44.320
 pastor.

00:33:47.320 --> 00:33:48.100
 As I

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:48.699
 was disgusted

00:33:48.699 --> 00:33:50.219
 two days

00:33:50.219 --> 00:33:50.799
 earlier by

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.559
 someone driving

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.019
 in a similar

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.339
 manner,

00:33:52.939 --> 00:33:53.439
 I think I

00:33:53.439 --> 00:33:53.879
 referred to

00:33:53.879 --> 00:33:54.219
 them as

00:33:54.219 --> 00:33:54.879
 an idiot.

00:34:02.399 --> 00:34:03.039
 When I

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.799
 got home,

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:07.019
 I was

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:08.960
 still

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.579
 seething,

00:34:09.839 --> 00:34:10.779
 but at the

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:11.199
 same time

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:11.960
 disgusted

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.679
 in my

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:13.219
 behaviour.

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.299
 Unable to

00:34:15.299 --> 00:34:15.739
 take it

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:16.119
 back,

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:18.139
 all I

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:18.779
 could do

00:34:18.779 --> 00:34:19.299
 was to

00:34:19.299 --> 00:34:19.539
 go to

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:19.779
 one of

00:34:19.779 --> 00:34:19.980
 my

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.279
 girls

00:34:20.279 --> 00:34:20.880
 and say,

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:23.679
 it's not

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:23.880
 your

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.259
 problem,

00:34:24.859 --> 00:34:25.960
 it's my

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.400
 problem,

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.319
 I'm sorry,

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.619
 but I want

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.079
 you to know

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.619
 I'm working

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:31.119
 on it and

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.480
 it'll be

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.900
 okay.

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:36.199
 And from

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:36.539
 that,

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.299
 to

00:34:38.299 --> 00:34:40.880
 apologise

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:42.059
 to both

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.380
 of my

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:42.839
 kids and

00:34:42.839 --> 00:34:43.259
 acknowledge

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:43.500
 my

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.900
 failure.

00:34:45.520 --> 00:34:46.000
 There's

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.580
 two reasons

00:34:46.580 --> 00:34:47.140
 I'm telling

00:34:47.140 --> 00:34:47.740
 you this

00:34:47.740 --> 00:34:49.520
 now.

00:34:50.020 --> 00:34:50.620
 First of

00:34:50.620 --> 00:34:50.820
 all,

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.080
 you need

00:34:53.080 --> 00:34:53.820
 to know

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.800
 that I,

00:34:56.140 --> 00:34:57.000
 that like

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.580
 Paul,

00:34:58.020 --> 00:34:58.320
 like

00:34:58.320 --> 00:35:00.180
 Saint Paul,

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:00.760
 as he's

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:01.140
 known in

00:35:01.140 --> 00:35:01.580
 history,

00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:03.040
 that I,

00:35:03.240 --> 00:35:03.740
 your lead

00:35:03.740 --> 00:35:04.360
 pastor,

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:04.560
 am

00:35:04.560 --> 00:35:07.480
 imperfect.

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:10.240
 Now,

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.360
 I don't

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:11.740
 need to

00:35:11.740 --> 00:35:12.460
 convince you

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.980
 of that

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.639
 if you've

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.300
 been under

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:14.539
 my

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:14.940
 leadership

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.599
 for 17

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.260
 years,

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:18.559
 but I

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:19.579
 am more

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.219
 imperfect

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:20.820
 than you

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.460
 realise,

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:22.940
 or that

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.179
 you've

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:24.039
 ever seen

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:26.480
 in 17

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:27.000
 years.

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.800
 I am

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.320
 fallible,

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.880
 and Sunday

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.679
 by Sunday,

00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:33.960
 as I

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.679
 come up

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:35.159
 here,

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:39.179
 I'm an

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:39.759
 emotionally

00:35:39.759 --> 00:35:40.440
 embattled

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:41.199
 sinner who

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:41.719
 needs a

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:42.179
 saviour,

00:35:43.399 --> 00:35:44.019
 and I

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.659
 need it,

00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:45.119
 not just

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:45.539
 Sunday by

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:45.859
 Sunday,

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.359
 but every

00:35:46.359 --> 00:35:46.819
 single day

00:35:46.819 --> 00:35:47.079
 of my

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.579
 life.

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.059
 So

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:49.619
 therefore,

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:51.699
 beware of

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:52.500
 thinking too

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.619
 highly of

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:54.599
 any person,

00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:55.599
 including me.

00:35:55.839 --> 00:35:56.219
 That's the

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.679
 first thing.

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.559
 Secondly,

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.119
 the second

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:03.639
 reason I

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:04.239
 say this,

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.819
 is the

00:36:05.819 --> 00:36:06.239
 death and

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:06.719
 resurrection

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.399
 of Jesus

00:36:07.399 --> 00:36:08.079
 Christ,

00:36:08.419 --> 00:36:09.099
 which we

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.279
 have

00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:09.919
 celebrated

00:36:09.919 --> 00:36:11.059
 just recently

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.899
 at Easter,

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:13.339
 are precious

00:36:13.339 --> 00:36:14.139
 to me,

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:16.139
 not because

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:17.619
 they turn

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.579
 my life

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.500
 into a

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:20.299
 string of

00:36:20.299 --> 00:36:20.980
 sinless

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.659
 successes,

00:36:22.859 --> 00:36:24.019
 but because

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:26.639
 the death

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:27.299
 and resurrection

00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:27.960
 of Jesus

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.619
 keeps me

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:29.339
 from collapsing

00:36:29.339 --> 00:36:29.980
 under the

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.460
 string of

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:31.039
 my constant

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.599
 failures.

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.599
 things like

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:33.599
 that.

00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:34.599
 That's

00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:36.339
 why the

00:36:36.339 --> 00:36:36.960
 gospel is

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.559
 so precious

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.079
 to me.

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.960
 And that's

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.519
 why point

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:42.719
 three is

00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:43.579
 so important.

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:46.860
 these verses

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.619
 are both

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:48.079
 a warning

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.579
 and a

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:48.940
 comfort.

00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:50.739
 The first

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:51.219
 warning

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:53.059
 is that no

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.639
 one ever

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.420
 gets so

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:55.199
 advanced in

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:55.699
 the Christian

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:56.460
 life that

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:56.940
 they no

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.579
 longer have

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:58.059
 sin.

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.819
 If we

00:36:59.819 --> 00:37:00.460
 ever think

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:00.880
 that we've

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.679
 conquered sin

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:02.099
 and are

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.500
 pretty good

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.000
 Christians,

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:05.539
 then you're

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.219
 deceived

00:37:06.219 --> 00:37:07.679
 and you're

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:08.079
 actually

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:09.000
 losing the

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.359
 war.

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:12.500
 The more

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:12.959
 we grow

00:37:12.959 --> 00:37:13.299
 as a

00:37:13.299 --> 00:37:13.739
 Christian,

00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:14.480
 the more

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.019
 we see

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:15.859
 our sin.

00:37:16.299 --> 00:37:16.719
 The more

00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:17.119
 we become

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.599
 aware of

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:18.279
 our own

00:37:18.279 --> 00:37:19.339
 unrighteousness

00:37:19.339 --> 00:37:20.279
 than other

00:37:20.279 --> 00:37:20.799
 people's

00:37:20.799 --> 00:37:21.699
 unrighteousness.

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.480
 The more

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:23.059
 holy we

00:37:23.059 --> 00:37:23.679
 become,

00:37:23.839 --> 00:37:24.399
 the less

00:37:24.399 --> 00:37:25.099
 holy we

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.699
 will feel.

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:28.719
 The more

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:29.159
 at peace

00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:29.539
 we are

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:30.319
 with Christ,

00:37:31.299 --> 00:37:31.839
 the more

00:37:31.839 --> 00:37:32.459
 struggle we

00:37:32.459 --> 00:37:32.939
 will have

00:37:32.939 --> 00:37:33.399
 within.

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:35.680
 Even as

00:37:35.680 --> 00:37:36.000
 we make

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.680
 progress

00:37:36.680 --> 00:37:37.579
 against many

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:38.260
 bad habits

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:38.980
 and attitudes,

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:39.780
 we will

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:40.480
 grow more

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:40.980
 and more

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:41.820
 aware of

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:42.700
 the rebellious,

00:37:43.200 --> 00:37:44.800
 selfish roots

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:45.559
 that are deep

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:46.420
 inside of our

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:46.940
 hearts.

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.059
 And the

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.599
 second warning

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:50.119
 is linked to

00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:50.400
 that,

00:37:50.740 --> 00:37:51.440
 is that no

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:51.960
 one grows

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.519
 to a point

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:52.840
 where they

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:53.320
 no longer

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:54.039
 battle with

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.420
 sin.

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.639
 It is

00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:57.220
 absolutely

00:37:57.220 --> 00:37:57.960
 important that

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.680
 we expect

00:37:58.680 --> 00:37:59.180
 the Christian

00:37:59.180 --> 00:38:00.079
 life to

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.599
 be this

00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:01.099
 constant

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:01.660
 internal

00:38:01.660 --> 00:38:02.800
 battle between

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:03.380
 our two

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:03.940
 selves.

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:04.940
 In fact,

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:06.180
 if I may

00:38:06.180 --> 00:38:07.059
 draw upon

00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:08.220
 my past

00:38:08.220 --> 00:38:08.920
 experiences

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.480
 and my

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:10.519
 past

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:11.019
 profession

00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:11.460
 as a

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:12.079
 feral animal

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.720
 control

00:38:12.720 --> 00:38:13.280
 officer,

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:14.340
 a wounded

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:15.160
 feral pig

00:38:15.160 --> 00:38:15.680
 is much

00:38:15.680 --> 00:38:16.200
 more dangerous

00:38:16.200 --> 00:38:16.500
 than a

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:17.039
 healthy one.

00:38:19.160 --> 00:38:20.059
 Much more

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:20.480
 dangerous.

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:21.960
 And so it

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:23.039
 is with

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.340
 sin.

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:25.960
 The great

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.519
 comfort

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:27.660
 of this

00:38:27.660 --> 00:38:28.099
 passage

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:29.000
 is that

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.579
 the struggle

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:30.420
 itself

00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:31.240
 is testimony

00:38:31.240 --> 00:38:32.059
 to our

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.840
 new identity

00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:33.640
 in Jesus.

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:37.000
 And so

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:39.019
 if you

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:40.000
 are not

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:40.680
 currently

00:38:40.680 --> 00:38:41.160
 struggling

00:38:41.160 --> 00:38:42.220
 with your

00:38:42.220 --> 00:38:42.820
 sin,

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.420
 beware.

00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:46.300
 That's the

00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:46.600
 warning.

00:38:49.240 --> 00:38:49.780
 Beware

00:38:49.780 --> 00:38:51.400
 of where

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:51.860
 you stand

00:38:51.860 --> 00:38:52.440
 with Christ.

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:52.579
 God

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:53.240
 will

00:38:53.240 --> 00:38:53.880
 beware

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:54.360
 to

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:56.539
 sin.

00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:57.000
 This chapter

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:57.720
 here encourages

00:38:57.720 --> 00:38:58.179
 us that

00:38:58.179 --> 00:38:58.800
 temptation

00:38:58.800 --> 00:38:59.420
 and conflict

00:38:59.420 --> 00:39:00.000
 with sin

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:01.460
 even relapses

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:01.940
 into sin

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:02.340
 are not

00:39:02.340 --> 00:39:03.019
 inconsistent

00:39:03.019 --> 00:39:03.599
 with the

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:03.840
 growing

00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:04.360
 Christian.

00:39:05.740 --> 00:39:05.960
 The

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.220
 Christian

00:39:06.220 --> 00:39:06.579
 heart

00:39:06.579 --> 00:39:07.159
 cries two

00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:07.639
 things at

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:08.019
 the same

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.500
 time.

00:39:09.260 --> 00:39:09.659
 There is

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:10.179
 the desperate

00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:10.860
 cry

00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:12.579
 of

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:13.480
 discouragement

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:14.420
 and despair.

00:39:15.700 --> 00:39:15.920
 Verse

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.599
 24,

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:17.760
 Paul's

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:17.980
 cry,

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.320
 what a

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:18.480
 wretched

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:19.039
 man I

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.380
 am.

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:20.960
 Who

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:21.400
 will

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:21.740
 rescue

00:39:21.740 --> 00:39:22.119
 me

00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:22.980
 from

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.219
 this

00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:23.579
 body

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:23.860
 that

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:24.079
 is

00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:24.480
 subject

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:24.740
 to

00:39:24.740 --> 00:39:25.099
 death?

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.380
 You see,

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:27.800
 when we

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:28.079
 judge

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.440
 ourselves

00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:29.099
 by God's

00:39:29.099 --> 00:39:29.460
 standard

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:29.880
 rather than

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:30.400
 our own,

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:30.740
 that is

00:39:30.740 --> 00:39:31.199
 our only

00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:31.760
 conclusion.

00:39:32.139 --> 00:39:32.579
 When we

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:33.380
 compare our

00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:34.260
 imperfection

00:39:34.260 --> 00:39:35.000
 against Christ's

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:35.360
 perfection,

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:35.900
 that is our

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:36.679
 only conclusion.

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.260
 And it's

00:39:38.260 --> 00:39:38.940
 only when our

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:39.579
 hearts cry

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:40.559
 out about

00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:40.940
 our

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:41.619
 wretchedness

00:39:41.619 --> 00:39:42.199
 can we

00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:42.880
 actually know

00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:43.599
 and experience

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:44.139
 the hope

00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:44.699
 and the

00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:45.300
 liberation

00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:45.920
 of

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:46.580
 looking

00:39:46.580 --> 00:39:47.120
 away

00:39:47.120 --> 00:39:47.519
 from

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:48.000
 ourselves

00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:48.380
 to what

00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:48.600
 God

00:39:48.600 --> 00:39:48.740
 has

00:39:48.740 --> 00:39:48.940
 done

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.120
 for

00:39:49.120 --> 00:39:49.260
 us

00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:49.600
 in

00:39:49.600 --> 00:39:49.960
 Jesus.

00:39:51.580 --> 00:39:52.260
 That's

00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:52.660
 Paul's

00:39:52.660 --> 00:39:53.000
 desperate

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:53.720
 cry

00:39:53.720 --> 00:39:54.120
 in

00:39:54.120 --> 00:39:54.320
 verse

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:54.880
 24,

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:55.700
 who

00:39:55.700 --> 00:39:56.019
 will

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.460
 rescue

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:56.840
 him

00:39:56.840 --> 00:39:57.360
 and

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:57.740
 here

00:39:57.740 --> 00:39:58.080
 is

00:39:58.080 --> 00:39:58.320
 his

00:39:58.320 --> 00:39:58.920
 salvation

00:39:58.920 --> 00:39:59.320
 and

00:39:59.320 --> 00:39:59.580
 his

00:39:59.580 --> 00:39:59.920
 hope.

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.140
 Verse

00:40:00.140 --> 00:40:00.820
 25,

00:40:01.200 --> 00:40:01.940
 thanks be

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.120
 the

00:40:02.120 --> 00:40:02.600
 God

00:40:02.600 --> 00:40:02.980
 who

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:03.500
 delivers

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:03.820
 me

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:04.120
 through

00:40:04.120 --> 00:40:04.640
 Jesus

00:40:04.640 --> 00:40:05.320
 Christ

00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:05.700
 our

00:40:05.700 --> 00:40:06.220
 Lord.

00:40:07.560 --> 00:40:07.900
 There

00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:08.380
 is no

00:40:08.380 --> 00:40:08.840
 hope

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:09.060
 in

00:40:09.060 --> 00:40:09.539
 ourselves

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:09.880
 for

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:10.100
 our

00:40:10.100 --> 00:40:10.620
 salvation.

00:40:11.060 --> 00:40:11.260
 Our

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:11.480
 hope

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:11.940
 only

00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:12.240
 is

00:40:12.240 --> 00:40:12.620
 to

00:40:12.620 --> 00:40:12.960
 look

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:13.180
 to

00:40:13.180 --> 00:40:13.500
 Jesus

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:14.100
 dying

00:40:14.100 --> 00:40:14.480
 on the

00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:14.680
 cross

00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:15.079
 for

00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:15.399
 us.

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:15.859
 Our

00:40:15.859 --> 00:40:16.239
 only

00:40:16.239 --> 00:40:16.599
 hope

00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:16.960
 is

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:17.159
 to

00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:17.559
 rest

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:17.779
 in

00:40:17.779 --> 00:40:18.079
 his

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:18.639
 righteousness

00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:19.319
 because

00:40:19.319 --> 00:40:19.719
 it

00:40:19.719 --> 00:40:19.919
 is

00:40:19.919 --> 00:40:20.539
 Jesus

00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:22.039
 who

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:22.539
 became

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:23.000
 wretched

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:23.559
 for

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:23.779
 the

00:40:23.779 --> 00:40:24.000
 wretched

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:24.480
 man

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:26.819
 so

00:40:26.819 --> 00:40:27.000
 that

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.179
 we

00:40:27.179 --> 00:40:27.440
 might

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:27.919
 receive

00:40:27.919 --> 00:40:28.219
 his

00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:28.759
 righteousness.

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:34.199
 And

00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:34.500
 so

00:40:34.500 --> 00:40:35.579
 I

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:36.319
 assume

00:40:36.319 --> 00:40:36.899
 some

00:40:36.899 --> 00:40:37.219
 of you

00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:37.379
 in

00:40:37.379 --> 00:40:37.579
 this

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:37.859
 room

00:40:37.859 --> 00:40:38.019
 are

00:40:38.019 --> 00:40:38.559
 frustrated

00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:38.839
 and

00:40:38.839 --> 00:40:39.279
 discouraged

00:40:39.279 --> 00:40:39.500
 and

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:40.000
 disappointed

00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:40.299
 and

00:40:40.299 --> 00:40:40.839
 confused

00:40:40.839 --> 00:40:41.500
 with

00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:41.699
 that

00:40:41.699 --> 00:40:41.980
 daily

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:42.440
 struggle.

00:40:44.679 --> 00:40:45.440
 embarrassed

00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:45.919
 even

00:40:45.919 --> 00:40:46.259
 when

00:40:46.259 --> 00:40:46.500
 someone

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:46.899
 points

00:40:46.899 --> 00:40:47.139
 out

00:40:47.139 --> 00:40:47.299
 a

00:40:47.299 --> 00:40:47.679
 failing

00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:48.399
 we

00:40:48.399 --> 00:40:49.440
 automatically

00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:49.699
 go

00:40:49.699 --> 00:40:49.899
 no

00:40:49.899 --> 00:40:50.000
 I'm

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:50.199
 not

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:50.399
 and

00:40:50.399 --> 00:40:50.539
 we

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:51.039
 justify

00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:55.500
 rather

00:40:55.500 --> 00:40:55.819
 than

00:40:55.819 --> 00:40:56.259
 doing

00:40:56.259 --> 00:40:56.599
 I

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:56.940
 think

00:40:56.940 --> 00:40:57.839
 what

00:40:57.839 --> 00:40:57.980
 the

00:40:57.980 --> 00:40:58.219
 great

00:40:58.219 --> 00:40:58.639
 Charles

00:40:58.639 --> 00:40:59.219
 Spurgeon

00:40:59.219 --> 00:41:00.079
 encouraged

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.639
 people to

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:00.879
 do

00:41:00.879 --> 00:41:01.259
 was

00:41:01.259 --> 00:41:02.619
 and

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:02.799
 he

00:41:02.799 --> 00:41:03.179
 himself

00:41:03.179 --> 00:41:03.440
 did

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:03.639
 was

00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:03.819
 when

00:41:03.819 --> 00:41:04.119
 someone

00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:04.480
 pointed

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:04.759
 out

00:41:04.759 --> 00:41:05.039
 his

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:05.440
 many

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:06.079
 failings

00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:06.239
 he

00:41:06.239 --> 00:41:06.379
 would

00:41:06.379 --> 00:41:06.619
 go

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:07.039
 I'm

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:07.239
 just

00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:07.440
 so

00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:07.779
 glad

00:41:07.779 --> 00:41:08.299
 I

00:41:08.299 --> 00:41:08.500
 haven't

00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:08.699
 seen

00:41:08.699 --> 00:41:08.879
 the

00:41:08.879 --> 00:41:09.219
 rest.

00:41:09.219 --> 00:41:12.259
 Christ

00:41:12.259 --> 00:41:12.679
 has

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:15.139
 you

00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:15.339
 need

00:41:15.339 --> 00:41:15.459
 to

00:41:15.459 --> 00:41:15.619
 know

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:15.759
 that

00:41:15.759 --> 00:41:15.939
 this

00:41:15.939 --> 00:41:16.199
 struggle

00:41:16.199 --> 00:41:16.439
 is

00:41:16.439 --> 00:41:16.819
 normal

00:41:16.819 --> 00:41:18.019
 it

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:18.159
 will

00:41:18.159 --> 00:41:18.699
 continue

00:41:18.699 --> 00:41:19.559
 this

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:19.939
 struggle

00:41:19.939 --> 00:41:20.379
 will

00:41:20.379 --> 00:41:20.859
 continue

00:41:20.859 --> 00:41:21.259
 to

00:41:21.259 --> 00:41:21.500
 your

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:22.000
 final

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:22.480
 healing

00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:24.279
 and

00:41:24.279 --> 00:41:24.439
 that

00:41:24.439 --> 00:41:24.859
 final

00:41:24.859 --> 00:41:25.339
 healing

00:41:25.339 --> 00:41:25.659
 is

00:41:25.659 --> 00:41:25.839
 as

00:41:25.839 --> 00:41:26.059
 far

00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:26.459
 away

00:41:26.459 --> 00:41:26.759
 as

00:41:26.759 --> 00:41:26.919
 your

00:41:26.919 --> 00:41:27.199
 own

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:27.659
 resurrection

00:41:27.659 --> 00:41:27.899
 of

00:41:27.899 --> 00:41:28.039
 the

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:28.279
 dead

00:41:28.279 --> 00:41:28.480
 in

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:28.839
 Jesus

00:41:28.839 --> 00:41:29.739
 when

00:41:29.739 --> 00:41:29.879
 you

00:41:29.879 --> 00:41:30.019
 were

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:30.259
 made

00:41:30.259 --> 00:41:30.859
 whole

00:41:30.859 --> 00:41:31.579
 and

00:41:31.579 --> 00:41:32.119
 complete

00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:32.579
 and

00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:32.980
 perfect

00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:33.279
 and

00:41:33.279 --> 00:41:33.919
 alive

00:41:33.919 --> 00:41:34.239
 as

00:41:34.239 --> 00:41:34.439
 he

00:41:34.439 --> 00:41:34.719
 is

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:35.079
 now

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:38.259
 that's

00:41:38.259 --> 00:41:38.400
 when

00:41:38.400 --> 00:41:38.539
 the

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:38.799
 struggle

00:41:38.799 --> 00:41:38.940
 will

00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:39.059
 be

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:39.380
 over

00:41:39.380 --> 00:41:40.480
 that's

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:40.559
 when

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:40.759
 every

00:41:40.759 --> 00:41:40.980
 tear

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:41.119
 will

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:41.259
 be

00:41:41.259 --> 00:41:41.539
 wiped

00:41:41.539 --> 00:41:41.980
 away

00:41:41.980 --> 00:41:43.460
 that

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:43.679
 is

00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:43.960
 when

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:44.420
 joy

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:44.659
 will

00:41:44.659 --> 00:41:44.840
 be

00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:45.360
 complete

00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:47.579
 but

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:47.699
 you

00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:47.980
 also

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:48.259
 need

00:41:48.259 --> 00:41:48.460
 to

00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:48.860
 know

00:41:48.860 --> 00:41:49.199
 that

00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:49.420
 there

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:49.579
 is

00:41:49.579 --> 00:41:49.719
 an

00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:50.159
 invincible

00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:50.900
 joy

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:51.279
 of

00:41:51.279 --> 00:41:51.739
 hope

00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:52.500
 for

00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:52.880
 you

00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:53.420
 right

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:54.239
 now

00:41:54.239 --> 00:41:55.179
 and

00:41:55.179 --> 00:41:55.480
 that

00:41:55.480 --> 00:41:56.119
 hope

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:56.880
 is

00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:57.099
 as

00:41:57.099 --> 00:41:57.679
 close

00:41:57.679 --> 00:41:57.940
 to

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:58.500
 you

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:59.119
 as

00:41:59.119 --> 00:41:59.380
 the

00:41:59.380 --> 00:41:59.779
 risen

00:41:59.779 --> 00:42:00.239
 Christ

00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:00.639
 Jesus

00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:01.159
 is

00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:01.340
 to

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:01.579
 you

00:42:01.579 --> 00:42:01.819
 through

00:42:01.819 --> 00:42:02.159
 his

00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:02.440
 word

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:02.659
 by

00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:02.940
 his

00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:03.400
 spirit

00:42:03.400 --> 00:42:04.480
 pointing

00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:04.679
 you

00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:04.860
 to

00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:05.019
 the

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:05.340
 gospel

00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:05.559
 of

00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:05.880
 hope

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:09.619
 so

00:42:09.619 --> 00:42:11.000
 for

00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:11.280
 the

00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:12.039
 struggling

00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:12.760
 sinner

00:42:12.760 --> 00:42:13.559
 sorry

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:13.980
 the

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:14.480
 sorry

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:15.000
 for

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:15.240
 the

00:42:15.240 --> 00:42:16.099
 sinning

00:42:16.099 --> 00:42:16.500
 saint

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:16.940
 amongst

00:42:16.940 --> 00:42:17.340
 us

00:42:17.340 --> 00:42:19.059
 don't

00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:19.260
 pull

00:42:19.260 --> 00:42:19.519
 back

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:19.699
 from

00:42:19.699 --> 00:42:19.860
 the

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:20.199
 struggle

00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:24.099
 as

00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:24.320
 your

00:42:24.320 --> 00:42:24.760
 sin

00:42:24.760 --> 00:42:25.340
 becomes

00:42:25.340 --> 00:42:25.619
 more

00:42:25.619 --> 00:42:26.000
 aware

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:26.579
 know

00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:26.880
 that

00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:27.139
 while

00:42:27.139 --> 00:42:27.579
 others

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:27.840
 may

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:28.000
 be

00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:28.420
 ashamed

00:42:28.420 --> 00:42:28.659
 of

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:28.980
 you

00:42:28.980 --> 00:42:29.539
 and

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:29.760
 you

00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:30.000
 may

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.179
 be

00:42:30.179 --> 00:42:30.639
 frustrated

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:30.800
 and

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:31.079
 ashamed

00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:31.219
 of

00:42:31.219 --> 00:42:31.719
 yourself

00:42:31.719 --> 00:42:32.380
 he

00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:32.719
 is

00:42:32.719 --> 00:42:33.159
 not

00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:35.519
 he

00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:35.799
 is

00:42:35.799 --> 00:42:36.219
 not

00:42:36.219 --> 00:42:40.319
 he

00:42:40.319 --> 00:42:40.819
 you

00:42:40.819 --> 00:42:41.039
 are

00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:41.679
 his

00:42:41.679 --> 00:42:43.139
 sinning

00:42:43.139 --> 00:42:43.500
 saint

00:42:43.500 --> 00:42:45.539
 and

00:42:45.539 --> 00:42:45.799
 my

00:42:45.799 --> 00:42:46.339
 vision

00:42:46.339 --> 00:42:46.599
 for

00:42:46.599 --> 00:42:46.859
 us

00:42:46.859 --> 00:42:47.279
 as a

00:42:47.279 --> 00:42:47.559
 church

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:47.779
 is

00:42:47.779 --> 00:42:47.920
 that

00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:48.039
 we

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:48.199
 would

00:42:48.199 --> 00:42:48.339
 be

00:42:48.339 --> 00:42:48.539
 a

00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:49.019
 church

00:42:49.019 --> 00:42:49.920
 that

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:50.119
 would

00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:50.420
 grow

00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:50.699
 in

00:42:50.699 --> 00:42:50.980
 such

00:42:50.980 --> 00:42:51.460
 humility

00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:51.839
 that

00:42:51.839 --> 00:42:52.059
 we

00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:52.259
 would

00:42:52.259 --> 00:42:52.539
 be

00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:52.879
 we

00:42:52.879 --> 00:42:53.039
 would

00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:53.619
 acknowledge

00:42:53.619 --> 00:42:54.000
 our

00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:54.500
 flaws

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:54.960
 and

00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:55.299
 our

00:42:55.299 --> 00:42:55.899
 mistakes

00:42:55.899 --> 00:42:56.219
 and

00:42:56.219 --> 00:42:56.399
 our

00:42:56.399 --> 00:42:56.799
 failures

00:42:56.799 --> 00:42:57.079
 and

00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:57.259
 our

00:42:57.259 --> 00:42:57.559
 sin

00:42:57.559 --> 00:42:58.539
 rather

00:42:58.539 --> 00:42:59.119
 than

00:42:59.119 --> 00:43:00.139
 covering

00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:00.399
 them

00:43:00.399 --> 00:43:00.699
 up

00:43:00.699 --> 00:43:01.539
 and

00:43:01.539 --> 00:43:01.679
 that

00:43:01.679 --> 00:43:01.859
 we

00:43:01.859 --> 00:43:02.099
 would

00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:02.559
 grow

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:03.079
 more

00:43:03.079 --> 00:43:03.399
 and

00:43:03.399 --> 00:43:03.879
 more

00:43:03.879 --> 00:43:04.639
 in

00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:04.919
 his

00:43:04.919 --> 00:43:05.539
 grace

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:06.859
 embracing

00:43:06.859 --> 00:43:07.179
 his

00:43:07.179 --> 00:43:07.599
 grace

00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:07.879
 and

00:43:07.879 --> 00:43:08.219
 therefore

00:43:08.219 --> 00:43:08.960
 display

00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:09.500
 to

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:09.839
 our

00:43:09.839 --> 00:43:10.259
 world

00:43:10.259 --> 00:43:10.539
 the

00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:10.960
 beauty

00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:11.980
 of

00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:12.739
 the

00:43:12.739 --> 00:43:12.980
 Christian

00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:13.419
 faith

00:43:13.419 --> 00:43:14.659
 and

00:43:14.659 --> 00:43:14.839
 its

00:43:14.839 --> 00:43:15.139
 goodness

00:43:15.139 --> 00:43:15.839
 who

00:43:15.839 --> 00:43:15.839


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