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 our Bible reading today is taken from Romans the book of Romans chapter 6 we'll

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 read from verse 1 to verse 14 but to put things into context I think I'll read

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 from verse 20 of chapter 5 as well okay I'm so Romans chapter 5 verse 20 now the

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 Lord came in to increase the trespass but we seen increase grace abounded all the

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 more so that a sin reigned in death grace also might rain through righteousness

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 leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord what shall we say then

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 are we to continue in seeing that grace may abound by no means how can we who do

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 how can we who died to sin still live in it do you not know that all of us who

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 have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death we were buried

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 therefore we came by baptism into death in order that just as Christ was raised from

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 the dead by the glory of the Father we too might walk in newness of life for if you

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 have been united with him in the death like he is we shall certainly be united with him

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 in the resurrection like he is we know that our old self was crucified with him in

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 order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing so that we would no longer be

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 enslaved to sin for for one who has died has been set free from sin now if we have died with Christ we

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 believe that we will also live with him we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never died again

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 death no longer has dominion over him for the death he died he died to sin once for all

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 but the life he lives he lives he lives to God so you also must consider yourself dead to sin and alive to God in Christ

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 Christ Jesus that not seen therefore rain in your mortal body to make you obey his passions

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 do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness but present yourself to God as those who have been brought from death to life and your members to God as instruments for righteousness

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 for seeing will have no dominion over you since you're not under law but under grace

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 well it's unlikely to happen but if ever I got around to writing my biography

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 it would be called I'm not the person I used to be

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 it would be in two volumes it would be sort of one life therefore in one in two massively different parts

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 so volume one I suspect would probably highlight my childhood years in Northern Ireland and then relocating to Australia with my family at age 16 and that volume would have lots of really massive changes in there for me

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 the second volume however would be the really crucial volume I think and by far the largest volume and it would begin with my getting married to Alison

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 and a story therefore it's continuing thus far 42 years of really radically and positively life-changing years

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 it's hard for me to think of a single area in my life that's not been massively impacted by being married to Alison for the good

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 and it's such that I would never ever want to go back to being single

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 now hopefully this picture of biography will help us move into Romans chapter 6

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 where Paul continues to spell out the result and the ongoing personal effect of the gospel in the life of every believer

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 and I think his point is is this as we move into it that essentially God's gospel grace changes everything in the life of a believer

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 those who are in Christ is the terminology that's been used through chapters 5 and 6

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 so a bit of revision as I normally do in in chapter 1 verse 16 and 17 he's already defined the gospel

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 and then chapter 2 and 3 he's actually worked through why every single person needs the gospel

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 and then in chapters 3 and 4 he's defined what the gospel is

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 and chapters 5 then through into where we're working at the minute chapter 6

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 Paul starts to unpack the practical results of the gospel in the life of the believer

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 and essentially what he's saying is look

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 the gospel means a totally new legal and social or relational standing

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 between God and his people for believers

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 radically and totally new

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 and in chapter 5 over the last two weeks we've seen Paul's list of the incredible blessings

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 that we can be absolutely confident are ours forever

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 why?

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 because we're now tied to Jesus as once we were tied to Adam

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 Jesus is our representative head

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 is what we saw last week

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 he acts for all those who are associated with him

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 every blessing won by Jesus

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 and enjoyed by Jesus

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 we as his people share in

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 but there's more to be said

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 as we move into chapter 6

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 because in chapter 6 Paul wants us to understand

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 that the gospel

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 also changes us

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 or transforms us

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 it's not just

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 that the gospel changes our standing before God legally and socially

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 the gospel actually changes us

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 transforms us

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 we have a personal experience of change

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 it transforms how we live

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 how we think

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 how we act

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 so here's the summary of chapter 6

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 flowing over from chapter 5

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 united with Christ

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 or being in Christ

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 united with Christ

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 everything

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 is different

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 we're not the same people

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 we were before we became believers

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 volume 2

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 of our biography

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 our spiritual biography

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 has begun

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 now

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 the question as we move into chapter 6

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 it's a confronting question

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 clearly

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 Paul has established that God's grace

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 is really gracious

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 really gracious

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 but does that graciousness have unintended consequences

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 Paul begins with two questions

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 which link us back to

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 his last statement

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 in chapter 5

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 verse 20 and 21

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 and Leigh's obviously on the ball this morning

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 because I should have got her to read that

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 but she's taken the initiative and read it

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 so it's excellent

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 she's more prepared than I am

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 for this

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 so

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 you don't want to swap do you Leigh

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 come on up

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 so the two questions link us back

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 to chapter 5

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 verse 20 and 21

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 see the two questions

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 what shall we say then

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 so

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 that links us back to chapter 5

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 the arguments are already going

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 are

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 and then the question flows out of that

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 so let's have a look at those two verses

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 in chapter 5

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 verse 20 and 21

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 now the law came in

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 to increase the trespass

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 but where sin increased

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 grace abounded all the more

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 the problem of sin

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 was always huge

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 for God

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 right from the time of Adam

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 but the introduction of God's law

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 sharpened the focus

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 on sin

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 in the time of Moses

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 and it showed even more clearly

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 because there was a written code

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 and you could evaluate

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 it showed even more clearly

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 how deeply ingrained sin

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 was in God's people

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 how extensive it reached

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 it showed even more clearly

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 the guilt of God's people

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 and even provoked

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 disobedience and rebellion

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 and we know that

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 don't we

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 you see a sign on the side of the road

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 speed limit

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 100

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 and you think

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 I want to go at 110

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 or 120

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 or 130

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 so the rule actually provokes

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 disobedience

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 but God's grace

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 was even bigger

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 than all of that

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 and God's grace

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 was so big

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 that it was seen

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 in the death of Christ

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 the death of Jesus

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 and so

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 Paul then anticipates

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 the question

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 that would follow from that

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 so it goes something like this

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 well

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 given

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 the graciousness

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 of God's

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 grace

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 does it follow then

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 that we who have been

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 justified by grace alone

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 should be comfortable sinning

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 should be comfortable sinning more

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 knowing

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 that it would further demonstrate

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 the extent

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 the extent and generosity

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 of God's grace

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 or put it in slightly different words

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 if my sin shows God's grace

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 then surely the more I sin

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 I actually make God

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 and God's grace

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 look even better

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 that's an outrageous question

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 isn't it

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 Paul's answer

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 verse 2

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 is very sharp

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 by no means

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 or in modern lingo

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 don't be ridiculous

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 and it's what follows then

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 how can we who died to sin

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 still live in it

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 so Paul's answer is

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 don't be ridiculous

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 Jesus died to deal with sin

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 as people

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 so how could we easily

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 continue to live with it

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 or put it in different words

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 how could those

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 who say they love Jesus

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 continue to love

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 the very thing

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 that actually caused

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 Jesus to be killed

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 cause the death

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 of the one they love

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 now again

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 maybe an illustration

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 would help here

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 it's almost as Paul

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 Paul's saying

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 it would be as ridiculous

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 as a hopelessly lost

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 bushwalker

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 rescued from certain death

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 at huge cost

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 to the helicopter rescue service

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 but actually free

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 to the idiot

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 who got lost

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 and then they said

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 well how can I respond

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 oh I know how I'll respond

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 I'll go and get more lost

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 and more regularly lost

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 and get lost

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 in more difficult terrain

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 because

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 these guys are super competent

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 and the more lost I get

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 and the more frequently

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 I get lost

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 then

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 everybody will be able

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 to see how competent

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 they are

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 at their jobs

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 you see how ridiculous

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 that is

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 now if they really

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 want to honour

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 the rescue team

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 if they really want

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 they show appreciation

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 for the rescue

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 then the obvious thing

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 to do

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 is to make

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 every effort

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 not to stray away again

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 rather than force

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 these competent

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 rescue people

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 to repeatedly

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 put their life

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 in danger

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 so there's Paul's

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 short answer

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 don't be ridiculous

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 but then he expands

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 it in verses 3

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 through to 11

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 and his first point

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 I think is

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 that in Christ

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 or united with Christ

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 you are a new creation

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 so at the heart

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 of Paul's argument

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 here

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 is the phrase

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 we who died

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 to sin

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 in fact it's repeated

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 then in verse 7

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 and verse 11

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 so look at verse 7

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 for we

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 one who has died

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 and then verse 11

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 so you also

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 must consider yourselves

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 dead to sin

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 so what does

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 this phrase mean

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 what is it

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 it's described

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 of believers

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 what is it

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 to be dead

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 to sin

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 well

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 again

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 hopefully

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 an illustration

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 might help

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 suppose

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 there's an old

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 Christian guy

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 John Jones

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 and he's looking

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 back over his life

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 like a

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 biography

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 and he speaks

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 of his life

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 in two parts

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 separated by his

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 conversion

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 by him becoming

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 believer

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 and as you listen

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 to John Jones

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 he speaks about

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 the old

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 sinful

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 John Jones

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 characterised

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 by disobedience

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 by careless

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 disregard

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 for God

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 by lack

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 of awareness

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 of his sin

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 or his offence

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 to God

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 because the old

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 John Jones

00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:02.319
 was basically

00:15:02.319 --> 00:15:03.480
 living an autonomous

00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:03.899
 life

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 living for himself

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 then he speaks

00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:09.980
 about the new

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 John Jones

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 still stumbling

00:15:13.740 --> 00:15:14.559
 into sinful

00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:15.240
 disobedience

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 yes

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 yet

00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:18.659
 desiring

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 now more

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 than anything

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 else

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 to honour

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 the Lord

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 in every

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 thought and

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 action

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 and so

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 the new

00:15:25.079 --> 00:15:25.639
 John Jones

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 grieves

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 over

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 his sin

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 every time

00:15:29.079 --> 00:15:29.519
 he stumbles

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 into it

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 and wishes

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 he could be

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 free from it

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 so

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 what happened

00:15:39.459 --> 00:15:39.899
 to John

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 Jones

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 when he

00:15:40.979 --> 00:15:41.419
 became a

00:15:41.419 --> 00:15:41.740
 believer

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 that made

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 such a

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 radical change

00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:45.259
 in his

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 thinking

00:15:45.620 --> 00:15:45.939
 and his

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 outlook

00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:46.600
 and his

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 desires

00:15:47.059 --> 00:15:49.980
 well

00:15:49.980 --> 00:15:51.240
 his old

00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:51.720
 life

00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:53.100
 lived under

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 the old

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 man

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 Adam

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 as we saw

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 last week

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 was finished

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 it came to

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 an end

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 volume one

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 of the

00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:01.579
 biography

00:16:01.579 --> 00:16:02.179
 was written

00:16:02.179 --> 00:16:02.840
 and complete

00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:06.079
 John came

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 to realise

00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:07.360
 his sin

00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:08.980
 he came to

00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:09.360
 realise

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 that he was

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 actually

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 compared to

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 the righteousness

00:16:12.040 --> 00:16:12.500
 of God

00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:12.740
 he was

00:16:12.740 --> 00:16:13.000
 actually

00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:13.820
 unrighteous

00:16:13.820 --> 00:16:15.080
 so unrighteous

00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:16.000
 that his

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 sin deserved

00:16:16.940 --> 00:16:17.700
 death

00:16:17.700 --> 00:16:19.000
 God's condemnation

00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:20.740
 the full penalty

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 of God's wrath

00:16:21.800 --> 00:16:23.080
 and righteous

00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:23.500
 judgement

00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:26.040
 and John

00:16:26.040 --> 00:16:26.740
 Jones then

00:16:26.740 --> 00:16:28.320
 realising he

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 couldn't bear

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 the wrath of

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 God in himself

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 and had an

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 alternative in

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 Jesus

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 took God

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 at his word

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 and turned

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 to Jesus

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 believing that

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 as he was

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 united with

00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:39.840
 Jesus

00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:40.740
 by God's

00:16:40.740 --> 00:16:41.120
 grace

00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:41.960
 in salvation

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 then

00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:43.920
 the death

00:16:43.920 --> 00:16:44.600
 that Jesus

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 died

00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:47.500
 became his

00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:48.000
 death

00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:49.840
 and the

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 benefits of

00:16:50.460 --> 00:16:51.300
 Christ's death

00:16:51.300 --> 00:16:52.580
 were transferred

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 to him

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 that's the

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 force I think

00:16:56.800 --> 00:16:57.180
 of verses

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 5 and 6

00:16:58.379 --> 00:16:59.379
 so read them

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 through with me

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 now

00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:00.900
 follow through

00:17:00.900 --> 00:17:01.580
 as I read them

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 for if we

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 have been

00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:05.019
 united with him

00:17:05.019 --> 00:17:05.740
 in a death

00:17:05.740 --> 00:17:06.580
 like his

00:17:06.580 --> 00:17:07.740
 a sacrificial

00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:08.640
 death for sin

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 we shall

00:17:10.460 --> 00:17:11.200
 certainly be

00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:12.100
 united with him

00:17:12.100 --> 00:17:13.120
 in a resurrection

00:17:13.120 --> 00:17:13.880
 like his

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 we know

00:17:15.560 --> 00:17:16.040
 that our

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 old self

00:17:16.700 --> 00:17:17.360
 was crucified

00:17:17.360 --> 00:17:18.000
 with him

00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:18.600
 in order

00:17:18.600 --> 00:17:19.020
 that the

00:17:19.020 --> 00:17:19.880
 body of sin

00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:21.020
 might be

00:17:21.020 --> 00:17:21.560
 brought to

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 nothing

00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:23.940
 so that we

00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:24.820
 would no longer

00:17:24.820 --> 00:17:25.740
 be enslaved

00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:26.560
 to sin

00:17:26.560 --> 00:17:31.780
 united with

00:17:31.780 --> 00:17:32.700
 Christ

00:17:32.700 --> 00:17:34.060
 John

00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:34.599
 John

00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:35.779
 learned

00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:37.059
 to view

00:17:37.059 --> 00:17:37.679
 himself

00:17:37.679 --> 00:17:40.039
 as if

00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:40.960
 he

00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:41.559
 himself

00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:42.279
 had died

00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:42.700
 for his

00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:42.980
 sin

00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:48.179
 thus his

00:17:48.179 --> 00:17:49.179
 old life

00:17:49.179 --> 00:17:50.639
 dominated by

00:17:50.639 --> 00:17:50.879
 sin

00:17:50.879 --> 00:17:51.539
 which left him

00:17:51.539 --> 00:17:52.279
 guilty before

00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:52.720
 God

00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:53.679
 was brought

00:17:53.679 --> 00:17:54.279
 to an end

00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:55.639
 God's

00:17:55.639 --> 00:17:56.200
 justice

00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:57.299
 was satisfied

00:17:57.299 --> 00:18:00.440
 in the death

00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:01.019
 of Christ

00:18:01.019 --> 00:18:02.259
 it was as if

00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:02.940
 John

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 Jones'

00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:03.879
 life

00:18:03.879 --> 00:18:04.279
 had been

00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:04.779
 forfeited

00:18:04.779 --> 00:18:05.680
 that's how

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 God viewed

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 it

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 the immediate

00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:10.240
 consequence of

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 this for

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 John

00:18:10.879 --> 00:18:11.299
 Jones

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 well verse

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 seven

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 one who has

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 died

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 has been set

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 free

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 in the Greek

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 that is the

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 one who has

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 died has been

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 justified

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 that's the word

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 it's a bit of a

00:18:22.879 --> 00:18:23.759
 liberal translation

00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:24.059
 there

00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:24.960
 one who has

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 died has been

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 justified

00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:27.560
 it is a

00:18:27.560 --> 00:18:28.420
 freedom concept

00:18:28.420 --> 00:18:29.320
 but it's a

00:18:29.320 --> 00:18:30.900
 legal process

00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:31.360
 to that

00:18:31.360 --> 00:18:31.700
 freedom

00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:32.800
 one who has

00:18:32.800 --> 00:18:33.500
 died has been

00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:34.340
 justified

00:18:34.340 --> 00:18:35.580
 which in turn

00:18:35.580 --> 00:18:36.460
 is free

00:18:36.460 --> 00:18:37.020
 from the

00:18:37.020 --> 00:18:38.180
 guilt of sin

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 freedom from

00:18:39.060 --> 00:18:39.540
 the guilt of

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 sin

00:18:39.780 --> 00:18:43.140
 death pays

00:18:43.140 --> 00:18:43.960
 all the debt

00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.320
 owed

00:18:44.320 --> 00:18:47.759
 and when the

00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:48.380
 debt is paid

00:18:48.380 --> 00:18:48.720
 you're free

00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:49.240
 to go

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:53.560
 the guilt

00:18:53.560 --> 00:18:54.040
 of his

00:18:54.040 --> 00:18:54.360
 sin

00:18:54.360 --> 00:18:54.820
 and its

00:18:54.820 --> 00:18:55.520
 power to

00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:56.379
 accuse him

00:18:56.379 --> 00:18:56.980
 of ongoing

00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:57.440
 guilt

00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:58.859
 is removed

00:18:58.859 --> 00:19:01.480
 and in that

00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:01.940
 sense

00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:03.180
 he's set

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:03.539
 free

00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:07.279
 now

00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:08.460
 important caveat

00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:08.819
 here

00:19:08.819 --> 00:19:10.319
 it's not

00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:10.960
 that John

00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:11.339
 John

00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:12.200
 suddenly

00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:13.819
 was perfect

00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:16.019
 as if

00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.700
 somehow or

00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:17.039
 other he's

00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:17.779
 free from

00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:19.160
 any ongoing

00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:20.200
 inclination to

00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:20.639
 sin or any

00:19:20.639 --> 00:19:21.400
 temptation to

00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:21.500
 sin

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:22.640
 it's that

00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:23.299
 the guilt

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:24.279
 and power

00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:24.859
 of sin

00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:26.240
 to accuse

00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:26.599
 him

00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:27.880
 and debilitate

00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:28.339
 him has

00:19:28.339 --> 00:19:28.960
 been removed

00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:30.319
 why

00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:31.920
 because he

00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:32.700
 enjoys the

00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:33.220
 benefit of

00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:33.980
 Christ's death

00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:37.000
 as if it

00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.559
 was his own

00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:38.000
 death

00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:42.400
 that's what it

00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:42.980
 is to be

00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:43.559
 united with

00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:44.019
 Christ

00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:48.400
 but that's

00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:48.980
 only half the

00:19:48.980 --> 00:19:49.799
 story for

00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.119
 John

00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:50.440
 John

00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:50.920
 as he

00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:51.460
 becomes a

00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:51.879
 believer

00:19:51.879 --> 00:19:54.019
 united with

00:19:54.019 --> 00:19:54.379
 Christ

00:19:54.379 --> 00:19:54.619
 at his

00:19:54.619 --> 00:19:54.960
 point of

00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:55.420
 salvation

00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:57.460
 it's also

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:58.619
 true that

00:19:58.619 --> 00:19:59.400
 his new

00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:00.240
 resurrection

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:01.180
 life lived

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:01.599
 under the

00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:02.259
 new man

00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:03.539
 old man

00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:03.859
 was Adam

00:20:03.859 --> 00:20:04.619
 the new

00:20:04.619 --> 00:20:05.059
 man is

00:20:05.059 --> 00:20:05.460
 Jesus

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:07.420
 his new

00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:07.920
 resurrection

00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:09.359
 life has

00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:10.160
 also begun

00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:15.100
 and that's

00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:15.540
 the force

00:20:15.540 --> 00:20:15.980
 of verses

00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:16.560
 8 through

00:20:16.560 --> 00:20:16.980
 to 10

00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:18.080
 so follow

00:20:18.080 --> 00:20:18.440
 again

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:20.380
 now if

00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:20.640
 we have

00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:21.320
 died with

00:20:21.320 --> 00:20:21.820
 Christ

00:20:21.820 --> 00:20:23.500
 we believe

00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:23.820
 that we

00:20:23.820 --> 00:20:24.380
 shall also

00:20:24.380 --> 00:20:24.980
 live with

00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:25.140
 him

00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:27.060
 we know

00:20:27.060 --> 00:20:27.680
 that Christ

00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:28.360
 being raised

00:20:28.360 --> 00:20:28.720
 from the

00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:28.960
 dead

00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:29.720
 will never

00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:30.420
 die again

00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:31.980
 death

00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:32.680
 no longer

00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:33.400
 has dominion

00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:33.820
 over him

00:20:33.820 --> 00:20:35.279
 for the

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:35.800
 death he

00:20:35.800 --> 00:20:36.320
 died

00:20:36.320 --> 00:20:37.519
 he died

00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:37.900
 to sin

00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:39.060
 once for

00:20:39.060 --> 00:20:39.480
 all

00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:41.799
 but the

00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.339
 life he

00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:42.819
 lives

00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.980
 he lives

00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:44.460
 to God

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.279
 and the

00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:45.819
 idea there

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:46.160
 in the

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:46.400
 tense

00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:46.759
 is a

00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.180
 continuous

00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:47.680
 life

00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:48.819
 died to

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.059
 sin

00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:49.559
 once to

00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:49.860
 all

00:20:49.860 --> 00:20:50.819
 lives

00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:51.579
 continuously

00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.660
 for God

00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:58.420
 so

00:20:58.420 --> 00:20:59.339
 satisfactory

00:20:59.339 --> 00:21:00.360
 was

00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:00.880
 Jesus

00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:01.339
 death

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:01.720
 and meeting

00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.440
 all the

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.019
 demands

00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:03.900
 of God's

00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:04.700
 wrath and

00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:05.079
 justice

00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:05.700
 in respect

00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:06.240
 of sin

00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:07.960
 that Jesus

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.799
 quite literally

00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.619
 came back

00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:09.940
 from the

00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:10.319
 grave

00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:13.259
 resurrected

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:13.779
 to new

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 life

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 as proof

00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:16.339
 that never

00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:17.000
 again would

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.899
 any penalty

00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:18.460
 for the sin

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:18.919
 of John

00:21:18.919 --> 00:21:19.419
 Jones

00:21:19.419 --> 00:21:20.799
 be required

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:22.299
 by the

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:22.599
 Lord

00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:28.220
 so put

00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:28.339
 it

00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:28.720
 together

00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:30.240
 what was

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:30.779
 God's

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.299
 salvation

00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:32.059
 purpose

00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:33.059
 or God's

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:33.639
 gospel

00:21:33.639 --> 00:21:34.259
 purpose

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:35.579
 for John

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:36.059
 Jones

00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:37.819
 well

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:39.359
 it was

00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:39.539
 that

00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.000
 John

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.460
 Jones

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 would

00:21:40.659 --> 00:21:41.359
 experience

00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:42.259
 personally

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:44.039
 both

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 the benefits

00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:45.779
 of Christ's

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 death

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:48.579
 and also

00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.259
 the benefits

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:50.059
 of Christ's

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:50.559
 resurrection

00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:56.859
 when he

00:21:56.859 --> 00:21:57.379
 became a

00:21:57.379 --> 00:21:57.779
 believer

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.759
 John

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.359
 Jones

00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:00.539
 rose

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:00.819
 as it

00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:01.119
 were

00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:02.200
 a new

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:02.759
 man

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.599
 to live

00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:04.500
 a new

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:05.000
 life

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.920
 to God

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:07.839
 lived

00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:08.220
 under

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 God's

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 rule

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.160
 in

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:10.039
 thankfulness

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:11.279
 intimacy

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:12.599
 security

00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:14.000
 obedience

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:15.440
 and life

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:15.839
 forever

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.400
 free

00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:16.900
 from the

00:22:16.900 --> 00:22:17.180
 guilt

00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:17.779
 and penalty

00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.180
 of sin

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:18.779
 all those

00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:18.960
 things

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.180
 that we

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 saw

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:19.859
 listed

00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.079
 in

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 chapter

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:20.859
 five

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:25.000
 now

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:28.039
 John

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.680
 Jones

00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.240
 is

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.880
 every

00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:30.559
 believer

00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.240
 here this

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.539
 morning

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:46.159
 all

00:22:46.159 --> 00:22:46.460
 these

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:46.920
 benefits

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.339
 both

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.980
 of the

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.279
 death

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.819
 of Christ

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.399
 and of

00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:49.599
 the

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:50.119
 resurrection

00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:50.879
 of Christ

00:22:50.879 --> 00:22:52.740
 are ours

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.920
 in

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:54.440
 Christ

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.720
 because we

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.500
 are united

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:57.420
 with Christ

00:22:57.420 --> 00:23:04.519
 just as we

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:05.140
 tumbled

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:06.240
 headlong

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.539
 into

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.300
 disobedience

00:23:07.300 --> 00:23:07.660
 guilt

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.220
 and death

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.840
 with Adam

00:23:08.840 --> 00:23:09.860
 our first

00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:10.560
 representative

00:23:10.560 --> 00:23:11.100
 head

00:23:11.100 --> 00:23:12.019
 representative

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.480
 man

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 so we've

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 been

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.880
 rescued

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 lifted up

00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:18.259
 to a new

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.700
 life

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.519
 given a

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.320
 fresh start

00:23:20.320 --> 00:23:21.240
 with new

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.640
 hearts

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:22.140
 shaped

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.860
 and filled

00:23:22.860 --> 00:23:23.220
 by the

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.539
 love of

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 God

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.120
 poured

00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:24.480
 into us

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:24.740
 by the

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:24.900
 Holy

00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.220
 Spirit

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:25.440
 as we

00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:25.640
 saw

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.259
 two weeks

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.440
 ago

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:26.759
 in Romans

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 5

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:31.940
 one

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.440
 life

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:34.640
 massively

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:36.200
 different

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.920
 in its

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 parts

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:38.860
 the

00:23:38.860 --> 00:23:39.340
 difference

00:23:39.340 --> 00:23:41.800
 God's

00:23:41.800 --> 00:23:42.259
 salvation

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:43.300
 becoming

00:23:43.300 --> 00:23:43.780
 believer

00:23:43.780 --> 00:23:48.900
 and Paul

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.480
 then uses

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.640
 you might be

00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.040
 wondering why

00:23:51.040 --> 00:23:51.360
 I jumped

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:51.860
 over verses

00:23:51.860 --> 00:23:52.440
 3 and 4

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:52.860
 well Paul

00:23:52.860 --> 00:23:53.420
 just uses

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:54.160
 the symbol

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:54.800
 of baptism

00:23:54.800 --> 00:23:56.740
 to help

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.440
 establishes

00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:57.779
 point

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 so if you

00:23:59.500 --> 00:23:59.740
 look at

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.539
 chapter 3

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.220
 verse 3

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:01.519
 rather

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.579
 it says

00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:03.880
 do you not

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.380
 know that

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:05.180
 all of us

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:06.180
 who have been

00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:07.240
 baptized into

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.579
 Christ

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.099
 and there's that

00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:08.940
 interesting word

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.180
 there

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:10.099
 it's baptized

00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:11.460
 into Christ

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:15.240
 who were baptized

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.120
 into Christ

00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:16.539
 Jesus

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:17.500
 were baptized

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.579
 again

00:24:18.579 --> 00:24:19.640
 emphasis

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.740
 into

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.859
 his death

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:30.779
 being

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.240
 being baptized

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:32.939
 into Christ

00:24:32.939 --> 00:24:34.299
 pictures

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:35.659
 identification

00:24:35.659 --> 00:24:36.699
 with

00:24:36.699 --> 00:24:37.279
 or

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:38.619
 being united

00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:39.319
 with

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:39.939
 Jesus

00:24:39.939 --> 00:24:40.559
 we're baptized

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.519
 into him

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.079
 into his

00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:42.559
 death

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:44.359
 now

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:44.939
 again

00:24:44.939 --> 00:24:45.899
 note carefully

00:24:45.899 --> 00:24:47.219
 it doesn't say

00:24:47.219 --> 00:24:48.159
 that the baptism

00:24:48.159 --> 00:24:49.479
 secures

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:51.079
 or establishes

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.720
 our union

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.539
 with Christ

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:54.599
 our baptism

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.140
 is a

00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:55.860
 practical

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.700
 expression

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.519
 of that

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.720
 which has

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.339
 already been

00:24:59.339 --> 00:24:59.799
 established

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.579
 by the death

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.099
 of Christ

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:02.259
 by God

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.599
 on our

00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:03.120
 behalf

00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:08.500
 so

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.599
 given

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:10.180
 sorry

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.779
 not giving

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.559
 going

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.299
 into the

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.700
 water

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:14.860
 symbolizes

00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:16.400
 death

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:17.140
 and burial

00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:19.740
 it's as if

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.680
 the old

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.100
 life

00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:22.440
 of unrighteousness

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.140
 or sin

00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:23.540
 in Adam

00:25:23.540 --> 00:25:24.740
 is finished

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:26.280
 gone

00:25:26.280 --> 00:25:29.640
 they're dead

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:30.100
 to sin

00:25:30.100 --> 00:25:30.759
 in that sense

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:33.560
 then as they

00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:34.120
 come up

00:25:34.120 --> 00:25:34.600
 out of the

00:25:34.600 --> 00:25:34.920
 water

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:36.980
 it symbolizes

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.560
 the start

00:25:37.560 --> 00:25:38.240
 of a new

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.840
 resurrection

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.460
 life

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.920
 in Christ

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:42.860
 a fresh

00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:43.300
 start

00:25:43.300 --> 00:25:44.340
 in a life

00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:45.220
 of righteousness

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:46.360
 and grateful

00:25:46.360 --> 00:25:46.860
 obedience

00:25:46.860 --> 00:25:47.839
 to God

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:50.839
 the pivot

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.299
 point

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:53.339
 in the life

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:53.980
 of a Christian

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.500
 the old

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.259
 John Jones

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:57.400
 now the

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:57.640
 new

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.339
 John Jones

00:25:58.339 --> 00:26:03.600
 so what

00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:03.940
 do we do

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.440
 with this

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:06.740
 well verse

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.120
 11

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.759
 a very

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.319
 very simple

00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.880
 application

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:09.500
 I believe

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:11.720
 having said

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.059
 that I'll

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.460
 probably try

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:12.779
 and make it

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.180
 complicated

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:14.900
 it's as if

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.380
 Paul's just

00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:15.640
 saying

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:17.940
 act out

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:20.840
 who you

00:26:20.840 --> 00:26:21.240
 are

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:24.880
 I think

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.320
 we often

00:26:25.320 --> 00:26:25.759
 get tripped

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.080
 up as

00:26:26.080 --> 00:26:26.460
 Christians

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:26.960
 and ask

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.140
 them the

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.320
 question

00:26:27.320 --> 00:26:28.240
 what do

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.500
 we need

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:28.860
 to do

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.360
 we've got

00:26:29.360 --> 00:26:29.820
 this sense

00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:30.259
 that the

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.880
 gift isn't

00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:31.240
 free

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:32.259
 but somehow

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.560
 or other

00:26:32.560 --> 00:26:33.400
 we owe

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:33.759
 God

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:35.320
 and we want

00:26:35.320 --> 00:26:35.700
 to pay

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.320
 God back

00:26:36.320 --> 00:26:36.640
 we don't

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.120
 like to be

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.500
 indebted

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:37.900
 even if we

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.220
 think it's

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:38.460
 free

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.220
 so we're

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.840
 always asking

00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:40.140
 the question

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.620
 well what is

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:40.940
 it that we

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.360
 need to do

00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:41.880
 as Christians

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:42.600
 in response

00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:43.140
 to God's

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.780
 graciousness

00:26:43.780 --> 00:26:45.360
 well I think

00:26:45.360 --> 00:26:45.900
 Paul says it

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.400
 here in very

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.100
 simple terms

00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:48.800
 act out

00:26:48.800 --> 00:26:49.220
 that's what

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.560
 you need to

00:26:49.560 --> 00:26:50.400
 do in response

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:50.740
 to the

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.060
 gospel

00:26:51.060 --> 00:26:51.860
 act out

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.500
 it's not

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:52.980
 very often

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.320
 we get

00:26:53.320 --> 00:26:53.860
 encouraged

00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:54.320
 to act

00:26:54.320 --> 00:26:54.540
 out

00:26:54.540 --> 00:26:55.160
 is it

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:57.380
 well act

00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:57.760
 out

00:26:57.760 --> 00:27:00.400
 be who

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:01.100
 you are

00:27:01.100 --> 00:27:03.920
 now a

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.320
 question that's

00:27:04.320 --> 00:27:05.040
 often raised

00:27:05.040 --> 00:27:06.660
 by Christians

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:08.400
 I've raised it

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:08.880
 and I'm going to

00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.460
 raise it here

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.140
 and hopefully

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.820
 I won't get

00:27:10.820 --> 00:27:11.180
 into trouble

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:11.620
 for it but

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:12.100
 anyway we'll

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.500
 see how it

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:12.779
 goes

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:15.620
 can I say

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:15.900
 as a

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.279
 Christian

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:18.380
 that I'm

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:19.120
 free to do

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:19.759
 whatever I

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.140
 like

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:21.700
 I can do

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.240
 whatever I

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.620
 want

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:30.500
 the answer

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:30.960
 is

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:34.080
 yes

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:39.879
 but I

00:27:39.879 --> 00:27:40.339
 then quickly

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.720
 have to

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.139
 follow up

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:41.460
 and say

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:41.819
 well what

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.079
 is it

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:42.379
 that I

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:42.559
 know

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.000
 want to

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.159
 do

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:43.359
 in

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.759
 Christ

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:45.539
 and the

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:45.899
 answer is

00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:46.839
 I want

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.220
 to honour

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:47.500
 him

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.159
 I want

00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:48.679
 to serve

00:27:48.679 --> 00:27:48.919
 him

00:27:48.919 --> 00:27:50.679
 I want

00:27:50.679 --> 00:27:51.059
 to be as

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.779
 far away

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.740
 from that

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.480
 which offends

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:53.740
 him as

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.559
 possible to

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.000
 be

00:27:55.000 --> 00:28:03.240
 so act

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:03.639
 out who

00:28:03.639 --> 00:28:04.099
 you are

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:05.019
 now Paul's

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.419
 not asking

00:28:05.419 --> 00:28:05.779
 us here

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:07.259
 to pretend

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:09.099
 about something

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.779
 that's not in

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.359
 fact true

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:15.419
 he's asking

00:28:15.419 --> 00:28:16.440
 us to

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.299
 realise

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:20.000
 and act

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.740
 accordingly

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:22.440
 in respect

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:22.880
 to something

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.180
 that is

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.500
 true

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:27.299
 look at

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.900
 verse 11

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.920
 so you

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.480
 also

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.039
 must

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.559
 consider

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.180
 yourselves

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:31.700
 and that

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:31.880
 word

00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:32.240
 consider

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.700
 is just

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:32.900
 to

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:34.700
 actually

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.099
 have a

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.259
 look

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:36.059
 and recognise

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.519
 this is

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:36.799
 how it

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.160
 is

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:38.779
 so if

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.059
 you can

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.519
 recognise

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:39.859
 this is

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:40.120
 how it

00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:40.259
 is

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.559
 this is

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:40.880
 how you

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.120
 are

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:41.380
 in

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:41.839
 Christ

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:44.960
 you're

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.220
 dead

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.700
 to sin

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:47.200
 and alive

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:47.680
 to God

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:50.519
 and start

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:50.920
 acting

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:51.319
 it out

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:59.099
 now again

00:28:59.099 --> 00:28:59.680
 don't get

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.119
 it wrong

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:02.220
 it's not

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:03.079
 that my

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:04.119
 sinful nature

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:04.799
 has totally

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.359
 died out

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:05.779
 and totally

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.539
 removed from

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:06.700
 me

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.299
 that's

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.519
 something

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:07.879
 the Bible

00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:08.099
 says

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:08.319
 won't

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:08.619
 happen

00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:09.019
 until I

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.259
 go to

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.519
 be with

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:09.799
 Jesus

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.039
 in

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.299
 heaven

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:13.379
 rather

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:13.759
 it's

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.259
 my old

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.740
 self

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.180
 you know

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.559
 the volume

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:15.779
 one

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.139
 the volume

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:16.440
 two

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:17.079
 it's

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:17.480
 my old

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.019
 self

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:19.400
 guilty

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.000
 before the

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.220
 Lord

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:21.039
 that's

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.339
 the one

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.539
 that's

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:21.880
 gone

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:26.180
 I must

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.700
 realise

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:27.539
 that in

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:27.900
 Christ

00:29:27.900 --> 00:29:28.500
 I have

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:28.839
 a new

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:29.339
 life

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:29.980
 to be

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.440
 lived

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:31.660
 for God

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:33.579
 and get

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.100
 on with

00:29:34.100 --> 00:29:34.779
 doing that

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:36.180
 yes there

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.460
 will be

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:36.759
 daily

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.279
 sinful

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.519
 happenings

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.140
 and failures

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:40.600
 yes I

00:29:40.600 --> 00:29:41.000
 will not

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.480
 be what I

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:41.819
 want to

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.100
 be and

00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:42.420
 who I

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:42.720
 want to

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:42.920
 be

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.779
 but I

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.220
 am not

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.559
 who I

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:44.839
 used

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.380
 to be

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:51.700
 I

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.180
 am dead

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.580
 to sin

00:29:52.580 --> 00:29:52.780
 in

00:29:52.780 --> 00:29:53.160
 Christ

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:54.000
 I

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.140
 am

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:54.500
 raised

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.820
 to new

00:29:54.820 --> 00:29:55.120
 life

00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:55.360
 in

00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:55.740
 Christ

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:57.040
 and I

00:29:57.040 --> 00:29:57.400
 need to

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:57.820
 live

00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:58.720
 accordingly

00:29:58.720 --> 00:30:02.040
 not to

00:30:02.040 --> 00:30:02.580
 do that

00:30:02.580 --> 00:30:03.260
 not to

00:30:03.260 --> 00:30:03.880
 be who

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.520
 I am

00:30:04.520 --> 00:30:07.800
 is

00:30:07.800 --> 00:30:08.700
 essentially

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:09.600
 to continue

00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:10.280
 again

00:30:10.280 --> 00:30:10.920
 illustratively

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.620
 to continue

00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:12.280
 living the

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:12.700
 life of

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.379
 a hobo

00:30:13.379 --> 00:30:15.379
 a down

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:15.799
 and out

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:17.500
 homeless

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.879
 purposeless

00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:21.259
 miserable

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:22.339
 despairing

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:22.940
 person

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:23.639
 when in

00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:24.059
 fact

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:25.639
 I've

00:30:25.639 --> 00:30:26.039
 actually been

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.740
 taken into

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:28.099
 the richest

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:29.200
 royal family

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.899
 history has

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:30.440
 ever known

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.279
 and I have

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.639
 been given

00:30:31.639 --> 00:30:32.460
 access to

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.559
 every single

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:34.480
 resource of

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.920
 that royal

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.379
 family

00:30:35.379 --> 00:30:39.920
 it just

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.399
 doesn't make

00:30:40.399 --> 00:30:41.099
 sense that I

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:41.660
 continue to

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.200
 act like a

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.640
 hobo

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:48.559
 and friends

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.279
 hopefully you

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.700
 will see

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:51.480
 now why

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:52.360
 Paul is so

00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:53.319
 sharp in

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:53.920
 his response

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.319
 in verse

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.620
 2

00:30:54.620 --> 00:30:55.779
 don't be

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.299
 ridiculous

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:58.980
 as I said

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.340
 earlier

00:30:59.340 --> 00:31:00.340
 if we

00:31:00.340 --> 00:31:01.360
 love Jesus

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:03.220
 how could we

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.880
 continue to

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.319
 love the

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:05.220
 very thing

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:06.480
 which caused

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.160
 his death

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:08.160
 death

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:11.040
 now we'll

00:31:11.040 --> 00:31:11.700
 still be part

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:11.920
 of the

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.320
 very thing

00:31:12.320 --> 00:31:12.700
 that caused

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.160
 his death

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.820
 but that's

00:31:13.820 --> 00:31:14.300
 very different

00:31:14.300 --> 00:31:14.800
 from loving

00:31:14.800 --> 00:31:15.060
 it

00:31:15.060 --> 00:31:18.480
 in fact

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.900
 the longer

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:20.600
 we the more

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:20.940
 we love

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.519
 Jesus the more

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.040
 we'll hate

00:31:22.040 --> 00:31:22.740
 the thing

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.160
 that caused

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.680
 his death

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:28.759
 and Paul's

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.320
 second point

00:31:29.320 --> 00:31:29.860
 and you'll

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:31.100
 be glad

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:31.519
 mercifully

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:31.900
 it'll be a

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.360
 lot shorter

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:33.380
 Paul's second

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:34.180
 point is that

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:35.039
 in Christ's

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:36.060
 new creation

00:31:36.060 --> 00:31:37.840
 Christ ought

00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:38.539
 practically

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.860
 to be king

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:41.799
 and it's

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.140
 picking up

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.680
 verses 12

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.420
 13 and 14

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:46.400
 if you notice

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:46.920
 in the text

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.279
 there

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:48.259
 Paul uses

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:49.000
 imperatives

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.840
 or commands

00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:50.380
 for the first

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:50.860
 time

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.400
 in his

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:52.600
 letter in

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:52.980
 Romans

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:54.519
 let not

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.360
 sin therefore

00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:55.900
 that's a

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:57.140
 direct command

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.700
 let not

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.340
 sin therefore

00:31:58.340 --> 00:31:59.240
 reign

00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:00.759
 in your

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.580
 mortal bodies

00:32:01.580 --> 00:32:03.259
 to make you

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:03.779
 obey their

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.140
 passions

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:04.900
 do not

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.539
 present your

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:06.140
 members to

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:07.460
 sin as

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:07.840
 instruments

00:32:07.840 --> 00:32:08.500
 of righteousness

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:09.940
 but present

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.740
 yourselves to

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.340
 God as

00:32:11.340 --> 00:32:11.740
 those who

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:11.960
 have been

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.460
 brought from

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:12.900
 death to

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:13.259
 life

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:14.299
 and your

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.920
 members to

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.299
 God as

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:15.859
 instruments

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.160
 for

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.720
 righteousness

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:19.900
 now

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:22.379
 it's a

00:32:22.379 --> 00:32:22.879
 question of

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.299
 loyalty

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:24.879
 it's a

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:25.240
 question of

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.019
 identification

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:28.420
 put it in

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:28.980
 simple terms

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:30.140
 who will be

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:30.500
 king

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.240
 because it

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.579
 got the

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:33.039
 word here

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.460
 reign

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.339
 a monarch

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:35.980
 who will be

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.400
 king

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:37.259
 and what

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.640
 will be

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:37.920
 king

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.599
 in your

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.099
 life

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:40.000
 your new

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.519
 resurrection

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.059
 life

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:44.700
 verse 13

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.179
 is a

00:32:45.179 --> 00:32:45.859
 pretty strong

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:46.259
 military

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:46.679
 picture

00:32:46.679 --> 00:32:47.240
 I think

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:49.619
 do not

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:50.099
 present your

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:50.679
 members

00:32:50.679 --> 00:32:51.940
 to sin

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.099
 as

00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:52.659
 instruments

00:32:52.659 --> 00:32:53.079
 that word

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.500
 instruments

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.119
 has got

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:55.099
 the notion

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:55.799
 of weapons

00:32:55.799 --> 00:33:01.500
 in the

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:01.720
 daily

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.299
 battlefield

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:03.119
 of life

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:04.480
 either

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:05.919
 we will

00:33:05.919 --> 00:33:06.579
 surrender

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.480
 to sin

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:09.879
 and thereby

00:33:09.879 --> 00:33:10.859
 declare war

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.440
 on God

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:13.319
 whose purpose

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:13.940
 in salvation

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.299
 was to

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.819
 deliver us

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.220
 from sin

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:16.960
 so either

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:18.659
 we'll surrender

00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:19.139
 to sin

00:33:19.139 --> 00:33:19.940
 and thereby

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.680
 declare war

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.099
 on God

00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:22.039
 or

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:23.559
 we will

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.399
 rally around

00:33:24.399 --> 00:33:24.759
 king

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.219
 Jesus

00:33:25.219 --> 00:33:26.699
 and war

00:33:26.699 --> 00:33:27.659
 against sin

00:33:27.659 --> 00:33:29.859
 thereby

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:31.519
 demonstrating

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.439
 your conviction

00:33:32.439 --> 00:33:33.740
 that sin

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.399
 is an

00:33:34.399 --> 00:33:34.919
 already

00:33:34.919 --> 00:33:35.719
 defeated

00:33:35.719 --> 00:33:36.279
 enemy

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:40.500
 and that

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.119
 the future

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:42.539
 is with

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.980
 loyalty

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.859
 and service

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:44.639
 of God

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:49.839
 and make

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.439
 no mistake

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:52.000
 it will

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.700
 be a

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:53.080
 battle

00:33:53.080 --> 00:33:55.759
 sin

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.580
 is still

00:33:56.580 --> 00:33:57.420
 a really

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:58.220
 powerful

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.840
 force

00:33:58.840 --> 00:34:00.460
 using the

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:00.980
 language of

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.620
 verse 12

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:02.019
 and 13

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:03.480
 it's as if

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.160
 sin is like

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:05.580
 a deposed

00:34:05.580 --> 00:34:07.240
 but angry

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.720
 king

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:10.720
 who remains

00:34:10.720 --> 00:34:11.340
 determined

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:12.320
 to reign

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:12.700
 again

00:34:12.700 --> 00:34:13.260
 to take

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.960
 back that

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.280
 which has

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:14.800
 been lost

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.240
 to him

00:34:15.240 --> 00:34:16.980
 determined

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.440
 to reign

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:17.800
 again

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.119
 in our

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.599
 lives

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:20.480
 sin

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:20.880
 still

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.500
 occupies

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:21.880
 some

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.420
 territory

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:24.079
 but not

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.299
 the

00:34:24.299 --> 00:34:24.599
 capital

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:25.039
 city

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:32.960
 and my

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.440
 desire

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:33.920
 to turn

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.239
 away

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:34.519
 from

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.500
 unrighteousness

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.779
 and serve

00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:37.279
 God

00:34:37.279 --> 00:34:38.719
 as I

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:39.179
 rally

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:39.559
 around

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:39.799
 king

00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:40.199
 Jesus

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:41.579
 will be

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:41.799
 the

00:34:41.799 --> 00:34:42.500
 motivation

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.759
 the

00:34:42.759 --> 00:34:43.319
 encouragement

00:34:43.319 --> 00:34:43.940
 into the

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.259
 struggle

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:47.520
 the

00:34:47.520 --> 00:34:47.860
 enemy

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:48.100
 I'm

00:34:48.100 --> 00:34:48.440
 fighting

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.940
 against

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.400
 sin

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:50.400
 unrighteousness

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:51.480
 is already

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:51.920
 defeated

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:53.240
 I am on

00:34:53.240 --> 00:34:53.780
 the side

00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:54.340
 of king

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.820
 Jesus

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:56.380
 he has

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:56.940
 brought me

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:58.820
 near to him

00:34:58.820 --> 00:35:05.260
 second point

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:06.220
 in these

00:35:06.220 --> 00:35:06.960
 last verses

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.380
 is

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:08.860
 don't

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.340
 reduce

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:09.800
 God

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:10.019
 to

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.640
 rules

00:35:10.640 --> 00:35:12.500
 pursue

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:14.760
 him

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.360
 in

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:15.780
 thankful

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:16.539
 relationship

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:17.539
 which is

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.880
 worship

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:20.559
 if you

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.140
 look at

00:35:21.140 --> 00:35:21.900
 verse 13

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:22.320
 it says

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:22.780
 don't

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:23.200
 present

00:35:23.200 --> 00:35:23.440
 your

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:25.800
 members

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:26.320
 to sin

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.480
 as

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:26.900
 instruments

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.139
 for

00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:28.139
 unrighteousness

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:29.320
 but

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:29.720
 present

00:35:29.720 --> 00:35:30.119
 yourselves

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.740
 to God

00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:31.500
 as those

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:31.800
 who have

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.340
 been brought

00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:32.920
 from death

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.320
 to life

00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:33.599
 it's a

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:34.059
 relational

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.579
 statement

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:35.019
 present

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.500
 yourself

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.460
 pursue

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:36.960
 God

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:40.800
 come

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.160
 before

00:35:41.160 --> 00:35:41.460
 God

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:41.880
 and say

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.480
 here I

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:42.660
 am

00:35:42.660 --> 00:35:43.000
 what

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.599
 do you

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:43.760
 want

00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:43.860
 me

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:43.980
 to

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.280
 do

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:51.160
 now

00:35:51.160 --> 00:35:51.860
 historically

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.360
 Christians

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:53.139
 have shown

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:53.599
 a lack

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:53.720
 of

00:35:53.720 --> 00:35:54.340
 understanding

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:54.599
 of

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:55.039
 justification

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.460
 by

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:55.860
 faith

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:58.099
 and this

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.340
 lack

00:35:58.340 --> 00:35:58.440
 of

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:58.880
 understanding

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.400
 almost

00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:00.099
 always

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.700
 reduces

00:36:00.700 --> 00:36:01.320
 God

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:02.700
 to

00:36:02.700 --> 00:36:03.240
 thinking

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:03.940
 to

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.980
 reduces

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:06.980
 thinking

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.360
 about

00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:07.680
 God

00:36:07.680 --> 00:36:07.900
 to

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.300
 rules

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:08.740
 sorry

00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:09.000
 I got

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.160
 that

00:36:09.160 --> 00:36:09.620
 mixed up

00:36:09.620 --> 00:36:10.360
 almost

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:10.800
 always

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.840
 reduces

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.360
 thinking

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:12.680
 about

00:36:12.680 --> 00:36:13.000
 God

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.200
 to

00:36:13.200 --> 00:36:13.559
 rules

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.340
 so when

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:15.039
 you think

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.760
 well how do I live

00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:16.320
 as a Christian

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:17.180
 rules

00:36:17.180 --> 00:36:18.660
 well actually

00:36:18.660 --> 00:36:18.920
 no

00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:19.380
 the first

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:19.740
 one is

00:36:19.740 --> 00:36:20.500
 sometimes

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:20.900
 Christians

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.220
 say there

00:36:21.220 --> 00:36:21.460
 are no

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:21.780
 rules

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.200
 go back

00:36:22.200 --> 00:36:22.620
 to chapter

00:36:22.620 --> 00:36:23.680
 6 verse

00:36:23.680 --> 00:36:23.920
 1

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.400
 some

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:24.579
 people

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:24.800
 say

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.059
 well

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.420
 okay

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:26.300
 look

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:26.940
 I'm

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.220
 saved

00:36:27.220 --> 00:36:27.420
 by

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:27.860
 grace

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.860
 my

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.320
 performance

00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:29.619
 doesn't

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:29.820
 matter

00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:30.200
 I can

00:36:30.200 --> 00:36:31.400
 keep on

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:31.659
 sinning

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:31.840
 it's

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.019
 no

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.240
 big

00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:32.519
 deal

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:35.539
 and

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.000
 we see

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.440
 Christians

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:36.920
 like that

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.260
 who

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:38.360
 have

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:38.659
 little

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.200
 concern

00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:39.500
 to

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:40.300
 change

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:40.700
 to

00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:40.980
 become

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.240
 more

00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:41.480
 like

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:41.920
 Christ

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:47.460
 others

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:48.220
 go to

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:48.460
 the other

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:48.760
 extreme

00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:48.960
 have

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.599
 overlaid

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:50.000
 God's

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.340
 grace

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:51.019
 with

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.420
 holiness

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:51.880
 rules

00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:52.880
 until

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:53.380
 freedom

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:54.639
 in

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:54.960
 Christ

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.099
 has

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.220
 been

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:55.800
 smothered

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:55.920
 with

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.280
 a long

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:56.659
 list

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:56.800
 of

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:56.960
 what

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.420
 Christians

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:57.840
 should

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.000
 and

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.360
 shouldn't

00:36:58.360 --> 00:36:58.680
 do

00:36:58.680 --> 00:36:58.960
 to

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.500
 prove

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:00.119
 that

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.320
 they're

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:00.760
 saved

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:05.119
 but

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:05.360
 true

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:05.940
 understanding

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.159
 of

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:06.440
 grace

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:06.900
 pushes

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.119
 us

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.280
 to

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:07.940
 relationship

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.260
 and

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:08.619
 worship

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:09.940
 presenting

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.320
 yourself

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:10.519
 to

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:10.780
 God

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:10.960
 or

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.519
 pursuing

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:11.880
 him

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.619
 as

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:12.840
 his

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.380
 beloved

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:14.539
 died

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:15.059
 for

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:16.119
 child

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.720
 determined

00:37:16.720 --> 00:37:17.460
 to express

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:17.680
 your

00:37:17.680 --> 00:37:18.360
 thankfulness

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:21.640
 and so

00:37:21.640 --> 00:37:21.820
 our

00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:22.400
 motivation

00:37:22.400 --> 00:37:22.720
 in the

00:37:22.720 --> 00:37:23.000
 Christian

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.340
 life

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:24.260
 is not

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:25.019
 fear

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.820
 of what

00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:26.140
 God

00:37:26.140 --> 00:37:26.400
 might

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:26.620
 do

00:37:26.620 --> 00:37:26.800
 to

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:26.920
 us

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:27.019
 if

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:27.140
 we

00:37:27.140 --> 00:37:27.360
 break

00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:27.539
 the

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:28.000
 rules

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:29.980
 but

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.420
 love

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:30.640
 for

00:37:30.640 --> 00:37:30.860
 what

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.120
 God

00:37:31.120 --> 00:37:31.300
 has

00:37:31.300 --> 00:37:31.680
 already

00:37:31.680 --> 00:37:32.000
 done

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:32.260
 for

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:32.400
 us

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:32.539
 in

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:32.940
 Christ

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:34.240
 that's

00:37:34.240 --> 00:37:34.380
 our

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:34.920
 motivation

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:38.720
 and

00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:39.120
 in turn

00:37:39.120 --> 00:37:39.340
 the

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:39.620
 sheer

00:37:39.620 --> 00:37:40.120
 joy

00:37:40.120 --> 00:37:40.380
 and

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:40.740
 goodness

00:37:40.740 --> 00:37:40.940
 of

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.280
 God's

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:41.620
 purpose

00:37:41.620 --> 00:37:41.860
 for

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:41.940
 us

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.059
 as

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:42.420
 children

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:43.160
 is

00:37:43.160 --> 00:37:43.579
 best

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:44.420
 experienced

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:44.700
 by

00:37:44.700 --> 00:37:44.940
 us

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:45.860
 when

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.019
 we

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:46.300
 actually

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:46.900
 struggle

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:47.200
 and

00:37:47.200 --> 00:37:47.539
 actively

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:47.900
 struggle

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.059
 to

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:48.240
 say

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:48.599
 no

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:48.799
 to

00:37:48.799 --> 00:37:49.659
 unrighteousness

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:51.000
 and

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.339
 yes

00:37:51.339 --> 00:37:51.579
 to

00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:52.059
 righteousness

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:54.219
 my

00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:54.559
 friends

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:55.479
 we

00:37:55.479 --> 00:37:55.659
 need

00:37:55.659 --> 00:37:55.759
 to

00:37:55.759 --> 00:37:56.339
 understand

00:37:56.339 --> 00:37:57.379
 that

00:37:57.379 --> 00:37:57.859
 Christ

00:37:57.859 --> 00:37:58.199
 is

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:58.399
 the

00:37:58.399 --> 00:37:58.879
 way

00:37:58.879 --> 00:37:59.259
 to

00:37:59.259 --> 00:37:59.699
 life

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:01.459
 and

00:38:01.459 --> 00:38:01.859
 Christ

00:38:01.859 --> 00:38:02.099
 is

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.279
 the

00:38:02.279 --> 00:38:02.919
 prize

00:38:02.919 --> 00:38:04.019
 in

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:04.479
 life

00:38:04.479 --> 00:38:07.699
 well

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:08.039
 just

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.219
 about

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:08.579
 finished

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:08.959
 bear

00:38:08.959 --> 00:38:09.139
 with

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:09.259
 me

00:38:09.259 --> 00:38:09.339
 in

00:38:09.339 --> 00:38:09.479
 a

00:38:09.479 --> 00:38:09.659
 couple

00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:09.759
 of

00:38:09.759 --> 00:38:09.979
 minutes

00:38:09.979 --> 00:38:10.719
 the

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:10.919
 final

00:38:10.919 --> 00:38:11.099
 thing

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.179
 I

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:11.279
 want

00:38:11.279 --> 00:38:11.359
 to

00:38:11.359 --> 00:38:11.500
 say

00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:11.579
 is

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:11.939
 don't

00:38:11.939 --> 00:38:12.339
 focus

00:38:12.339 --> 00:38:12.479
 on

00:38:12.479 --> 00:38:12.619
 your

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:12.779
 own

00:38:12.779 --> 00:38:13.239
 efforts

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:13.439
 or

00:38:13.439 --> 00:38:14.019
 success

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.339
 as

00:38:14.339 --> 00:38:14.459
 you

00:38:14.459 --> 00:38:14.819
 struggle

00:38:14.819 --> 00:38:15.619
 but

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:15.779
 your

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.079
 new

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:16.359
 state

00:38:16.359 --> 00:38:16.799
 of

00:38:16.799 --> 00:38:17.159
 grace

00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:21.739
 life

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:22.619
 is a

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:23.039
 biography

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.559
 written

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:23.920
 in two

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:24.359
 volumes

00:38:24.359 --> 00:38:26.179
 it's been

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:26.519
 written

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:27.480
 by the

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:27.639
 Lord

00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:28.119
 Jesus

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:30.719
 volume

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:31.079
 one

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:33.379
 is just

00:38:33.379 --> 00:38:33.960
 tragic

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:36.199
 and not

00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:36.739
 surprisingly

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:37.440
 so because

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:37.779
 it's the

00:38:37.779 --> 00:38:38.359
 story of

00:38:38.359 --> 00:38:38.599
 my

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.199
 autonomy

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:41.259
 it's the

00:38:41.259 --> 00:38:41.679
 story of

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:41.899
 my

00:38:41.899 --> 00:38:42.920
 condemnation

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:45.039
 God's

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.539
 condemnation

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:45.980
 on my

00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:47.059
 unrighteousness

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:52.000
 but as

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.139
 a

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:52.720
 believer

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:53.599
 volume

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:53.960
 two

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.539
 is well

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:55.039
 underway

00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:57.280
 and is

00:38:57.280 --> 00:38:57.820
 full of

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:58.139
 hope

00:38:58.139 --> 00:38:59.000
 and promise

00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:00.460
 in the

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:00.800
 struggle

00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:01.280
 because

00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:02.079
 it's the

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:02.519
 story of

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:03.220
 what God

00:39:03.220 --> 00:39:03.599
 has done

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:04.240
 for me

00:39:04.240 --> 00:39:04.900
 and the

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:05.340
 story of

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:05.740
 what God

00:39:05.740 --> 00:39:06.220
 continues

00:39:06.220 --> 00:39:06.619
 to do

00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:07.099
 in me

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:10.960
 I'm

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:11.360
 united

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:11.599
 with

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:12.059
 Christ

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:14.719
 I have

00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:15.219
 a spirit

00:39:15.219 --> 00:39:15.719
 within me

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:16.360
 he pours

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:16.880
 his love

00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:17.259
 into me

00:39:17.259 --> 00:39:17.559
 daily

00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:19.019
 that's

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:19.619
 going to

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:20.179
 shape

00:39:20.179 --> 00:39:21.480
 the second

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:21.940
 volume

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:23.659
 so my

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:23.940
 friends

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.299
 this morning

00:39:24.299 --> 00:39:24.759
 I say to

00:39:24.759 --> 00:39:24.960
 you

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:25.739
 keep

00:39:25.739 --> 00:39:26.059
 your

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:26.579
 focus

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:27.440
 on

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:27.980
 Jesus

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.579
 efforts

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:28.820
 and

00:39:28.820 --> 00:39:29.299
 success

00:39:29.299 --> 00:39:29.699
 on your

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:30.199
 behalf

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:31.739
 not on

00:39:31.739 --> 00:39:32.199
 your own

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:32.639
 efforts

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:32.860
 and

00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:33.380
 success

00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:36.480
 remember

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:36.780
 this

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:37.220
 that God

00:39:37.220 --> 00:39:37.579
 doesn't

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:38.200
 ask you

00:39:38.200 --> 00:39:38.519
 for

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:39.420
 perfection

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:41.900
 or success

00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:42.400
 in that

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:42.720
 which you

00:39:42.720 --> 00:39:43.180
 cannot do

00:39:43.180 --> 00:39:43.360
 and that

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:43.660
 is be

00:39:43.660 --> 00:39:44.140
 sinless

00:39:44.140 --> 00:39:46.460
 he asks

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:46.880
 for

00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:47.840
 faithfulness

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:49.200
 as you

00:39:49.200 --> 00:39:49.660
 struggle

00:39:49.660 --> 00:39:50.260
 to be

00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:50.720
 daily

00:39:50.720 --> 00:39:51.860
 that which

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:52.380
 you are

00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:52.680
 in

00:39:52.680 --> 00:39:53.079
 Christ

00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:57.579
 I just

00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:57.799
 want to

00:39:57.799 --> 00:39:58.039
 finish

00:39:58.039 --> 00:39:58.319
 with the

00:39:58.319 --> 00:39:58.679
 words of

00:39:58.679 --> 00:39:58.920
 John

00:39:58.920 --> 00:39:59.159
 Newton

00:39:59.159 --> 00:39:59.519
 which I

00:39:59.519 --> 00:39:59.559
 have

00:39:59.559 --> 00:39:59.799
 already

00:39:59.799 --> 00:40:00.319
 hinted

00:40:00.319 --> 00:40:00.519
 at

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:00.980
 earlier

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.259
 in the

00:40:01.259 --> 00:40:01.519
 sermon

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:02.400
 every

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:02.860
 believer

00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:03.340
 can say

00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:03.539
 this

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:03.699
 with

00:40:03.699 --> 00:40:04.199
 confidence

00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:07.900
 I'm

00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:08.279
 not

00:40:08.279 --> 00:40:08.739
 what I

00:40:08.739 --> 00:40:09.000
 want

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.420
 to be

00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:12.619
 I'm

00:40:12.619 --> 00:40:12.840
 not

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:13.219
 what I

00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:13.440
 ought

00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:13.920
 to be

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:17.619
 I'm

00:40:17.619 --> 00:40:17.819
 not

00:40:17.819 --> 00:40:18.360
 what God

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:18.659
 wants

00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:18.799
 me

00:40:18.799 --> 00:40:19.199
 to be

00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:22.019
 I'm

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:22.319
 not

00:40:22.319 --> 00:40:22.719
 what I

00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:22.960
 will

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:23.219
 be

00:40:23.219 --> 00:40:23.519
 one

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:23.799
 day

00:40:23.799 --> 00:40:26.539
 but

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:26.699
 I'm

00:40:26.699 --> 00:40:27.339
 certainly

00:40:27.339 --> 00:40:27.739
 not

00:40:27.739 --> 00:40:28.119
 what I

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:28.339
 used

00:40:28.339 --> 00:40:29.139
 to be

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:30.119
 pray

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:30.299
 with

00:40:30.299 --> 00:40:31.139
 me

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:35.039
 Lord

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.539
 help us

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:35.879
 to see

00:40:35.879 --> 00:40:36.159
 this

00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:36.519
 simple

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:36.960
 truth

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:39.239
 as

00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:39.539
 we

00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:40.579
 seek

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:40.859
 to

00:40:40.859 --> 00:40:41.859
 take

00:40:41.859 --> 00:40:42.000
 to

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:42.379
 ourselves

00:40:42.379 --> 00:40:43.019
 justification

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.939
 by faith

00:40:43.939 --> 00:40:44.699
 that

00:40:44.699 --> 00:40:45.099
 both

00:40:45.099 --> 00:40:45.359
 the

00:40:45.359 --> 00:40:46.279
 benefits

00:40:46.279 --> 00:40:46.500
 of

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:46.619
 your

00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:46.879
 death

00:40:46.879 --> 00:40:47.419
 and

00:40:47.419 --> 00:40:47.619
 the

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:47.939
 benefits

00:40:47.939 --> 00:40:48.199
 of

00:40:48.199 --> 00:40:48.399
 your

00:40:48.399 --> 00:40:48.960
 resurrection

00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:51.420
 are

00:40:51.420 --> 00:40:51.880
 applied

00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:52.099
 to

00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:52.460
 us

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:53.860
 and

00:40:53.860 --> 00:40:53.980
 that

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:54.099
 we

00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:54.820
 experience

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.039
 them

00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:55.500
 personally

00:40:55.500 --> 00:40:55.900
 on a

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:56.119
 day

00:40:56.119 --> 00:40:56.500
 by day

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:56.960
 basis

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:58.880
 thank

00:40:58.880 --> 00:40:59.039
 you

00:40:59.039 --> 00:40:59.280
 Lord

00:40:59.280 --> 00:40:59.519
 that

00:40:59.519 --> 00:40:59.940
 every

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:00.360
 believer

00:41:00.360 --> 00:41:00.760
 here

00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:02.519
 is

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:03.019
 well

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:03.539
 into

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:04.000
 the

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:04.320
 second

00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:04.760
 volume

00:41:04.760 --> 00:41:04.940
 of

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:05.059
 the

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.599
 biography

00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:08.340
 with

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:08.679
 hope

00:41:08.679 --> 00:41:09.019
 and

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:09.420
 promise

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:09.639
 and

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:10.079
 certainty

00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:10.780
 because

00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:11.000
 we're

00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:11.320
 united

00:41:11.320 --> 00:41:11.539
 with

00:41:11.539 --> 00:41:11.760
 you

00:41:11.760 --> 00:41:14.380
 give

00:41:14.380 --> 00:41:14.519
 us

00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:14.980
 confidence

00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:15.280
 therefore

00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:15.679
 Lord

00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:16.480
 and

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:16.639
 the

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:17.099
 simplicity

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:17.400
 of

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:17.619
 life

00:41:17.619 --> 00:41:17.800
 to

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:18.139
 act

00:41:18.139 --> 00:41:18.420
 out

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:18.720
 who

00:41:18.720 --> 00:41:18.880
 we

00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:19.119
 are

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:19.860
 in

00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:20.099
 Jesus

00:41:20.099 --> 00:41:20.420
 name

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:20.880
 Amen