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 This is God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, sufficient, authoritative word for his people.

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 Philippians 2, starting at verse 5.

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 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus,

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 who being in the form of God did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,

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 but made himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant,

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 and coming in the likeness of men, and being found in appearance as a man,

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 he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death on the cross.

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 Therefore, God also has highly exalted him and given him the name which is above every name,

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 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven and those on earth and of those under the earth,

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 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

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 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence,

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 work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

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 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to do for his good pleasure.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Thanks be to God. You may be seated.

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 The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord endures forever.

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 Amen.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, help us to receive your steadfast love once again today through the ministry of your word,

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 as you've already ministered to us, Lord, through the reading, through prayer, through song.

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 Help us to know, Lord, how close you are to your people,

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 how present your Holy Spirit is inside the believer and with your people

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 when we gather in Christ's name in a special way.

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 Please illumine, Lord, these pages of the scripture to us and press it home in our lives.

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 We ask that your Holy Spirit will give us clarity on how to walk with you

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 and how it is that you want to apply this truth to our lives.

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 For your glory we ask.

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 Amen.

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 Well, you all came to church today.

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 Why?

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 You read your Bible this week.

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 Why did you do that?

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 You showed kindness.

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 You served others.

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 You served in many ways.

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 Many of you prepare meals for this congregation.

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 Why do we do these things?

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 Why is it that we work?

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 Verse 12, it says,

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 Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

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 So, beloved congregation,

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 my question for us today is,

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 Why do you work?

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 Why is it that you obey the Lord Jesus?

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 First, I want to point out,

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 this is from my own weakness,

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 three fleshly ways that I'm tempted to work.

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 So, here are three wrong reasons why we should work and obey.

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 My flesh wants to read those verses this way.

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 Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

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 Satan wants to accuse me and tell me,

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 You know that you've sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

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 You've fallen with Adam and your own sin on top of that.

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 You're weighted down.

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 Picture a pit dug out in the middle of your backyard that's very deep.

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 When we're in the gym at Mammoth Heights,

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 as deep as that ceiling is,

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 you are down at the bottom of a pit.

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 You have fallen short of the glory of God.

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 And then I come to a verse like this,

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 and it says,

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 Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

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 And my flesh wants to tell me three wrong ways to read that verse.

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 Here's one of them.

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 I want to read,

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 Work for your own salvation.

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 In other words,

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 Work to climb out of this pit that you're in.

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 Earn your righteousness by being good enough.

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 Doesn't your flesh want to read that to you that way sometimes?

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 Here's a second wrong way we can read this verse.

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 Work at your own salvation.

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 In other words,

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 just be down there in the bottom of the pit and keep trying harder.

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 As if God were looking over this pit at everyone down there,

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 and he's going to watch to see who's working at it,

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 who's trying hard.

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 And those are the ones that he'll save.

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 And the third wrong way I can try to read this verse according to my flesh

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 is that I can work toward my salvation.

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 It's like God is throwing me a rope,

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 but I got to now rock climb out of this pit with the rope supporting me.

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 Work toward it.

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 But look very carefully in your own Bible.

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 What does verse 12 say?

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 It doesn't say work for,

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 work at,

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 work toward.

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 It says work out your own salvation.

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 So we just need to unpack what this means.

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 But then the back part of that same verse,

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 it says work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

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 My flesh can want to read that this way.

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 You need to work as a Christian because if you don't work,

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 evil will prevail.

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 You need to tremble at the thought of not having done enough in this life to make it to heaven.

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 Well, Proverbs 14, 12 says,

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 there is a way that seems right to a man,

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 but in the end it leads to death.

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 And if I'm still working in this wrong way,

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 according to my own flesh,

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 you're going to work hard your whole life

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 and find out in the end there's death.

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 If you're a Christian,

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 this means you trust by faith that Jesus Christ has finished the work.

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 He's already crushed the serpent's head.

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 Evil cannot prevail.

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 Jesus Christ came to give life and peace everlasting,

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 but he only gives this as a free gift.

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 Romans 4, verse 5,

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 couldn't make it any clearer.

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 To the one who does not work,

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 but believes in God,

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 who justifies the ungodly,

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 his faith in Jesus Christ,

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 God counts as righteousness.

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 So don't think like a pagan.

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 Don't let Satan twist your thoughts

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 that you can work for or at or toward your own salvation.

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 Ascalus was a Greek tragedy writer,

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 like a theater guy.

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 And so he wrote some of the most famous tragedies

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 about 500 years before Christ.

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 And in one of his plays,

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 he had this famous phrase that's still quoted today,

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 and it says this,

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 the gods help those who help themselves.

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 See, that's not what this verse is saying at all.

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 And if we read it like a pagan,

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 this is the way that leads to death.

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 So what does this verse mean?

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 I gave you three or four ways to not read it

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 according to the flesh,

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 but I want to now give you 12 correct reasons

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 for why we should obey the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Let's go back to that analogy of the pit.

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 So it's true.

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 The Bible says,

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 for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

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 You and I are helplessly all alone

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 in the bottom of the pit.

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 But the verses that come right before verse 12,

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 which we just read,

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 it says that God himself got muddy

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 and he went to the very bottom of the pit where you are.

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 And he finished the work that you could never do

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 to climb out of that pit.

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 And the father exalted him.

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 And by faith, God brings you with Christ.

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 So you're no longer in the pit.

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 That word work out in verse 12,

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 that's the verb.

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 It was used in the same first century

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 by another Greek author named Strabo

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 to speak of digging silver out of silver mines.

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 Go work out the silver from the mine.

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 Go work it out.

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 So your salvation can be compared to this massive gift.

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 It's a mine full of silver and gold and diamonds

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 that need to be worked out.

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 It's like Jesus already owns it.

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 This mine is his.

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 He bought this mine with his precious blood.

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 And he's sending you in there.

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 You already have the deed in your hand.

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 You just need to go and walk out with what is yours.

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 Go work it out.

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 That's a better picture of our state.

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 He tells you to work it out

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 and understand how these treasures

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 can be for someone like you.

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 How is it that this verse can be true?

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 2 Corinthians 8, 9.

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 Though he was rich,

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 yet for your sakes he became poor,

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 that you,

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 through his poverty,

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 might become rich.

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 So why should you work out your own salvation?

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 Why should you obey King Jesus?

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 Number one,

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 let's go into this mine of God's word

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 and let's pull out a treasure.

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 You should obey the Lord Jesus Christ

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 because it's the logical thing to do.

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 Another way of saying that is

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 if you don't obey this Savior

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 who humbled himself to such an extent

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 and who is exalted above all,

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 if you don't obey him, you're crazy.

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 The word therefore,

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 it means it's the only logical,

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 consecutive response.

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 The word therefore means

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 it's designed as the result of his mission.

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 Christ's mission to descend and to save you.

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 The purpose of that is

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 so that you would obey him as your king.

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 For by grace you have been saved through faith

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 and this is not your own doing.

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 It is the gift of God,

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 not a result of work

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 so that no man may boast.

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 For we are his workmanship

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 created in Christ Jesus

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 for good works,

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 which God prepared beforehand

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 that we should walk in them.

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 Ephesians 2, 8 through 10.

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 So obey Jesus Christ.

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 Therefore,

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 obey him because it's

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 the only logical response.

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 It's the designed result

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 of his mission for your life.

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 Number two,

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 obey Jesus Christ

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 because you are beloved in Christ.

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 Look at verse 12 again.

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 This is how he addresses the church.

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 He calls them my beloved.

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 He can say,

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 these are my beloved people

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 because Christ has called me beloved.

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 And in him,

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 we are the beloved bride of Christ.

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 The New Testament,

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 every single book

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 by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit

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 refers to Christians,

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 to you and me,

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 to the church,

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 as the beloved of Christ.

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 That's your identity.

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 You should obey him

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 because you have been adopted

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 lovingly into his family.

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 If we have the mind of Christ in us,

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 this is how we will view one another

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 as a beloved brother or sister

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 in Christ.

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 We obey in love as a child.

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 Like the prodigal son

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 who's now in the father's house.

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 The father needs something,

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 notices something,

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 or just has regular work

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 that needs to be done.

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 It's a delight for that prodigal son.

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 I'm just happy to be in my father's house.

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 It's no chore.

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 I love my father.

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 John Calvin commented,

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 obedience is the evidence of that honor

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 which children owe their parents.

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 So obey because you are

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 a beloved child of God in Christ.

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 Number three,

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 obey our Lord Jesus Christ

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 because you are called by God.

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 Obey Jesus Christ

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 because you are called by God.

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 When he says in verse 12,

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 just as you have always obeyed,

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 that word obeyed,

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 it means listen,

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 attend,

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 answer.

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 To give you an example,

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 in Acts 12, 13,

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 when Peter knocked at the door

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 of the gate

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 and a servant girl named Rhoda

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 came to respond,

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 it's the same word.

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 She came to obey,

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 to answer,

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 to attend,

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 or to respond

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 to that knock at the door.

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 In the book of Revelation,

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 Revelation chapter 3,

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 verse 20,

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 to the church in Laodicea,

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 Jesus says,

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 behold,

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 I stand at the door

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 and knock.

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 If any man will hear my voice

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 and open the door,

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 I will come in

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 and sup with him

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 and he with me.

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 And he's calling the church

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 collectively

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 to respond,

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 to obey,

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 attend,

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 come to Christ.

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 He calls you.

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 He's calling you by name.

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 So you obey our Lord Jesus Christ

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 because you are called

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 by God to respond.

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 Number four,

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 you obey our Lord Jesus Christ

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 for his sake alone.

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 You obey him for his own sake.

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 Paul writes to the church,

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 not only in my presence,

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 but now much more

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 in my absence.

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 You'll notice how he said,

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 in my presence,

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 you obeyed.

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 But now he says,

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 much more in my absence,

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 work it out.

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 And so when Paul is with them,

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 it's this sense of

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 obey,

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 obey,

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 you know,

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 like little children.

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 Do what you're told,

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 follow the instructions.

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 Now he's absent.

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 The Lord has removed him.

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 They need to mature.

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 They need to go into the mind

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 and work it out

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 for themselves

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 from the scriptures.

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 They need to,

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 they need to own it

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 for themselves now.

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 Don't just do

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 what the apostle's telling you.

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 Go work it out.

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 Grow in your maturity.

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 Do it for Christ's sake alone.

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 Let me put it this way.

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 We can only work out

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 what God has worked in us.

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 So if you are not

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 a follower of Jesus,

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 you don't have to obey

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 these things.

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 In fact,

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 if you do,

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 it'll be probably

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 under the flesh

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 trying to save yourself.

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 Don't take the commands

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 of the Bible

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 as rules

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 if you don't have

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 a relationship with God.

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 famous expression

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 is that

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 rules without relationship

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 produce rebellion.

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 But if Jesus

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 is the one

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 who has called you,

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 if you know him,

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 if you've tasted

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 of his steadfast love

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 toward you

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 and his kindness

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 and you don't deserve it,

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 you have a relationship

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 with him,

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 he's your king,

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 he's exalted,

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 then your behavior

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 will flow

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 from your belief.

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 you will obey

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 King Jesus

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 because you have

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 a relationship

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 with him

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 and you will do it

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 for his sake alone.

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 Verse 5,

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 I'm sorry,

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 verse 12 says,

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 work it out.

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 So I said,

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 don't work it out

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 unless God's worked it in you.

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 What do we mean by that?

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 I mean that

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 you should only obey Jesus

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 if he has already

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 worked his salvation

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 in you.

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 And how does he do that?

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 The Bible teaches

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 that God implants

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 by the ministry

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 the redemption

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 of our soul.

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 He puts it inside

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 of you.

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 Christ accomplished

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 the redemption

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 one time for all.

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 And the Holy Spirit

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 applies the redemption

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 that Christ accomplished

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 in his timing

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 in each individual soul.

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 As we work out

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 the new life

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 that God implanted

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 in us,

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 his saving grace

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 becomes more and more evident

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 within the Christian community.

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 Moises Silva commented

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 that personal salvation

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 will manifest itself

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 primarily

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 in healthy relationships

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 within the Christian community.

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 That's the natural

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 outworking

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 of a regenerated heart.

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 They will know

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 you are Christians

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 by your love.

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 Love one another.

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 This is the outworking

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 of that redemption

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 that the Holy Spirit

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 applies.

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 Number six,

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 obey the Lord Jesus Christ

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 because the salvation

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 is already your own.

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 Obey because this salvation

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 is already yours.

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 He's already redeemed

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 his people.

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 And when he says

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 work out your own salvation,

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 it's in the plural.

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 It's for the church congregation

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 gathered together.

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 It's mutual.

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 It's corporate.

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 He says,

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 Church,

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 when you are gathered

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 together

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 in the name of Christ,

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 grow in your understanding

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 of all that Christ

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 accomplished for you.

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 First Peter 1.9

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 says,

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 The end of your faith

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 is the salvation

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 of your souls.

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 The end of your faith

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 is the salvation

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 of your souls.

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 This whole walk

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 by faith

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 in this life

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 is for your final salvation.

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 Salvation takes

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 the whole scope

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 of our life

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 in Christ

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 now on this earth.

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 Every outworking

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 of it.

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 Salvation means

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 delivered,

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 preserved,

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 safe.

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 So he's saying,

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 Church,

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 go dig through

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 the scriptures together.

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 Come to Sunday school.

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 Discuss

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 what's in the Bible.

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 Meet with one another.

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 Gather in his name.

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 Study the Bible together.

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 Ask these questions.

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 Work it out.

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 How is it

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 that you are delivered?

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 How is it, Christian,

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 that you are safe

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 in Christ?

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 How is it

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 that we,

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 as his church,

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 already belong to him?

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 How is it

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 that this salvation

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 is already our own?

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 It's already ours.

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 Let's grab hold

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 together

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 of his promises

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 and encourage

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 one another

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 with the word

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 of scripture.

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 number seven,

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 obey our Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 with fear.

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 Obey

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 without ever

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 forgetting

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 that you live

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 in the holy

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 inner courtroom

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 of God

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 the creator.

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 Romans 13,

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 seven says,

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 we are to show fear

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 to whom

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 reverential fear

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 is due.

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 There's a healthy

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 fear of respect

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 and reverence

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 that every man

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 owes

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 to an authority.

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 Sinclair Ferguson's

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 comment is that

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 God is God

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 and you are

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 but one of his

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 creatures.

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 Your only joy

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 is to be found

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 in obeying him.

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 So obey God

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 in this reverential

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 fear because

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 that's what you

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 owe him.

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 Now fear

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 is also the emotion

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 that causes us

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 to flee

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 and run away

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 from something.

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 The Bible does

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 tell Christians

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 to flee temptation.

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 We need to

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 obey him

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 with fear

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 of ever grieving

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 such a loving

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 Savior.

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 That should be

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 a fear

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 in our lives.

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 This one

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 stretches me

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 but according

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 to scripture

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 we are also

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 to fear

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 the thought

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 of forsaking

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 God.

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 See,

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 he gives us

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 the gift of faith

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 and he's also

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 the one who

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 preserves us

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 with faith

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 so that we

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 won't forsake him.

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 But we need

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 to have a healthy

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 fear that if it

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 were left to myself

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 I would forsake him.

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 My faith

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 would run out.

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 Hebrews 4,

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 1 says,

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 since a promise

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 remains for

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 entering his rest

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 let us fear

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 lest any of you

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 seem to have

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 come short of it.

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 We obey him

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 knowing that this

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 life is temporary

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 and the eternal

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 state of our souls

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 is with God.

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 We obey him

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 with a reverence

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 and a fear

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 a total dependence

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 on him

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 preserving us.

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 Number 8

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 obey the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 with trembling.

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 tremble

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 at God's

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 majestic

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 glory.

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 See,

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 the glory

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 of the Lord

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 will knock us

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 on the floor.

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 The angels

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 swarm around

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 the presence

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 of the Lord

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 and the angels

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 have to cover

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 their glorious

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 spiritual faces

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 in the presence

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 of the Holy God.

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 And when just

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 one of those angels

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 who's at the throne

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 of God

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 appears on earth

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 look at the reaction

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 of a human being

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 like us.

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 Mark 16

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 Mary Magdalene

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 and Mary

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 the mother of James

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 they came

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 and they saw

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 Christ's tomb

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 empty

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 and the angel

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 appeared to them

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 just one.

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 Then they went out

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 and fled

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 from the tomb

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 for trembling

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 and astonishment

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.859
 were gripping them

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 and they said

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 nothing to anyone

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 for they were afraid.

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 When we realize

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 that we're living

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 our life

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 quorum Deo

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 before the face

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 of God

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 we should tremble.

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 we should tremble

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 at the thought

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 that if Christ

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 were not there

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.159
 to shield us

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 from the holiness

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 of God

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 we would melt.

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 We should tremble

00:21:36.679 --> 00:21:37.240
 at the thought

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 of if Christ

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.639
 had left us

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 going on the way

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 that our flesh

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 wants to walk

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:43.059
 our fate

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:44.119
 is eternal death

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 and destruction.

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 We should tremble

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 and it's a good

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 loving tremble

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 because it pulls us

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 back to submission

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 to be on our face

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 before God

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 and to obey Him

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 with such trembling.

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 See God is the one

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 who made you able

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 to respond to Him

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 by grace

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 and that doesn't

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 diminish

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 the fact that

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 we are now

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 responsible.

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 He made us

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 able to respond

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 and John Chrysostom

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 who was also

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 a native Greek speaker

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 he commented

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 very early on

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 in the history

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 of the church

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 the language

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 is so strong

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 here to work out

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 your salvation

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 with fear

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 and trembling

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 it implies

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 great effort

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 with every care

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 bring about

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 this obedience

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 run

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 as though you're

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 trembling before God

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 the Holy God

00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:36.539
 not to work

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.460
 for any salvation

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 but because you realize

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 how great

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 is the salvation

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 He's already

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 given you in Christ

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 there's a healthy

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 trembling

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 in our obedience.

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 Number nine

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 obey our Lord Jesus Christ

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 with confidence

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 that He is working

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 in you.

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 Obey

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 the Lord Jesus Christ

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 with the confidence

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 that as you obey

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 it is God Himself

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 who works in you.

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 Do you see this

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 in verse 13?

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 Hold on to this promise

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 it is God Himself

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:09.740
 who works in you.

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 How does God work

00:23:12.699 --> 00:23:13.299
 in His people?

00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:15.819
 It's the Holy Spirit

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 dwelling inside the believer

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 and it's through

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 the means that He's provided

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 through the ministry

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 of His Word

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 through prayer

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 and through the sacraments.

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 1 Thessalonians 2.13

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 says the Word of God

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 is at work

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 in you

00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:30.200
 who believe.

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 And our verse here

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:32.759
 for today

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.539
 says that it is

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.259
 God Himself

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:35.399
 who works

00:23:35.399 --> 00:23:36.259
 in you.

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.379
 Matthew Henry's

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:39.399
 encouragement to us

00:23:39.399 --> 00:23:39.960
 is work

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 for God works.

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 Be ready

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 to comply

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 with every discovery

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 of the will of God.

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 Go on

00:23:48.300 --> 00:23:49.320
 in the Christian faith

00:23:49.320 --> 00:23:51.060
 in utter dependence

00:23:51.060 --> 00:23:52.140
 upon the grace

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:52.740
 of God.

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 Obey

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 with confidence

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.539
 that God

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.080
 is working

00:23:56.080 --> 00:23:57.080
 in you.

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 Number 10.

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 Obey

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 because

00:24:00.560 --> 00:24:01.720
 it is God

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.500
 who works in you

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.120
 to will.

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.019
 Obey

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.759
 because God

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.240
 is giving you

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:06.700
 the will

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.480
 to obey Him.

00:24:09.060 --> 00:24:10.100
 James Montgomery

00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:11.039
 Boyce pointed out

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 there are three

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:13.539
 aspects of your life

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 and mind

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 that we have

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:16.039
 zero willpower

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 over.

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 It's our physical

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 aspect,

00:24:19.899 --> 00:24:21.039
 intellectual aspect,

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:22.539
 and spiritual aspect.

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.519
 So physically

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.599
 you can't have

00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:26.500
 enough willpower

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:28.019
 to be in the NBA

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 most of you

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 and me.

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 You can't have

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.940
 enough willpower

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.920
 to sing in the opera.

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.980
 Maybe you know

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.740
 you just don't have

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.539
 the vocal cords

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:37.220
 or the lungs

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:38.519
 or the ear

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.319
 to hear the pitch.

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:41.059
 So we don't have

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.859
 willpower over

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:43.000
 the physical aspects

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.659
 of our life.

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.859
 We also don't have

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:46.659
 willpower over

00:24:46.659 --> 00:24:47.399
 our intellectual

00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:48.419
 aspect.

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:50.379
 I can't will

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:51.000
 or choose

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.479
 to have

00:24:51.479 --> 00:24:52.519
 50 points

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.359
 higher on the IQ.

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.639
 I just can't.

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.299
 And how about

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:55.819
 spiritually?

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.799
 We also don't have

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.459
 willpower

00:24:58.459 --> 00:24:59.359
 spiritually

00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:00.099
 until

00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:01.379
 God does

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:01.919
 what He says

00:25:01.919 --> 00:25:02.819
 in verse 13.

00:25:02.959 --> 00:25:03.879
 He works in you

00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:04.299
 to will.

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.479
 Ephesians 2

00:25:06.479 --> 00:25:07.619
 says you are dead

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:09.500
 in your trespasses

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.419
 and sins

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:11.800
 until

00:25:11.800 --> 00:25:12.920
 like John 3

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.380
 the Spirit

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:14.060
 blows

00:25:14.060 --> 00:25:15.080
 wherever it wishes

00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:16.500
 and regenerates you

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.519
 makes you born again

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.460
 to open the eyes

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:18.920
 of faith

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.759
 makes you

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.740
 responsible.

00:25:22.820 --> 00:25:23.340
 So

00:25:23.340 --> 00:25:24.140
 spiritually

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:25.980
 a dead man

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:27.440
 would never

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.360
 choose to pray.

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.660
 A dead man

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.519
 will never decide

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.360
 to follow Jesus.

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.600
 But it's God

00:25:34.600 --> 00:25:35.519
 who works in you

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.180
 to will

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:37.640
 to wish

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:38.640
 to desire.

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:42.300
 Ephesians 3

00:25:42.300 --> 00:25:43.000
 20 says

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.820
 He is able

00:25:43.820 --> 00:25:44.780
 to do far

00:25:44.780 --> 00:25:45.600
 more abundantly

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:46.180
 beyond

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:47.920
 all that we ask.

00:25:48.560 --> 00:25:49.120
 We ask

00:25:49.120 --> 00:25:49.680
 what we want

00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:50.259
 what we wish

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.860
 what we will

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:52.620
 even beyond

00:25:52.620 --> 00:25:53.600
 what we understand.

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:54.660
 And how does

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.200
 He do this?

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.200
 According to

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:56.840
 the power

00:25:56.840 --> 00:25:57.840
 that works

00:25:57.840 --> 00:25:59.280
 within us.

00:25:59.800 --> 00:26:00.440
 It's God

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.580
 who causes you

00:26:01.580 --> 00:26:02.320
 to will

00:26:02.320 --> 00:26:04.240
 to obey Him.

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.700
 Number 11

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.960
 obey because

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.740
 it's God

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.200
 who works

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.539
 in you

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.039
 to do.

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.819
 It's God

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.380
 who also

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:14.279
 works in you

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.759
 to do.

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:16.279
 James 2

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:17.140
 14 says

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:18.220
 what does it

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:19.259
 profit my brethren

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.140
 if someone says

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:20.880
 he has faith

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.860
 but does not

00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.600
 have works?

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:24.180
 Faith by itself

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:25.640
 if it does not

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.200
 have works

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:27.299
 is dead.

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.340
 Well how can

00:26:29.340 --> 00:26:29.720
 that be?

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.940
 This means

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.240
 that

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:34.279
 if your life

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.700
 is detached

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.420
 from Christ

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.339
 if you are not

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:38.259
 utterly dependent

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:39.059
 on Christ

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:40.160
 you can have

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.900
 no hope

00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:41.460
 of producing

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:42.259
 anything good.

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:42.539
 Why?

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:44.180
 Because verse 13

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:45.240
 says it is God

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.319
 who works in you

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:46.720
 to do.

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.460
 Put it the other way

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.799
 have you done

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.880
 something in obedience

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.859
 to God this week?

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.740
 Most likely

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.519
 all of us have.

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:55.339
 Who gets the glory

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:55.799
 for that?

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.920
 You or God?

00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:58.700
 If you did something

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.180
 in obedience

00:26:59.180 --> 00:27:00.019
 to God this week

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:01.019
 it's because God

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.720
 was the one

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.559
 working in you

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.960
 to do that very thing.

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.759
 This is so humbling

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.980
 and also so liberating.

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:09.839
 Charles Spurgeon

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:11.119
 felt this beautiful

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:11.579
 tension

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:12.460
 and the liberty

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.359
 that comes with it.

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.319
 He said

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:15.039
 I desire

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:16.299
 because God

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:17.039
 gave me that will

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:18.319
 to press forward

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.220
 for my master

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:20.319
 in all things

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:22.180
 but if I start

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.980
 trusting my own

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.379
 obedience

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:24.920
 for my righteousness

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:26.059
 then I'll be

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.879
 ten times worse

00:27:26.879 --> 00:27:27.639
 than a madman.

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:30.059
 Calvin pointed out

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.700
 the same thing.

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.080
 He said

00:27:31.080 --> 00:27:31.680
 there are

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.660
 in any action

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:34.700
 two principal parts

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:36.059
 the will

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:37.400
 and the effective

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.279
 power.

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.100
 Both

00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:41.039
 for sure

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:42.200
 Paul prescribes

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.779
 to God

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:44.600
 what more remains

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:45.460
 for us

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:46.580
 to glory in.

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.880
 See we can't do

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.580
 anything without

00:27:48.580 --> 00:27:49.000
 a will

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.920
 and without

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.600
 the power

00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:51.200
 to do it.

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.580
 And this verse 13

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:53.380
 says very clearly

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:54.100
 both the will

00:27:54.100 --> 00:27:55.039
 and the power

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:56.059
 come from God

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:57.140
 so that he gets

00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:57.740
 all the glory.

00:27:57.740 --> 00:28:00.279
 and number

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 12

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 obey our Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 for his good

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:05.660
 pleasure.

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.839
 Obey the Lord

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.539
 Jesus Christ

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.539
 for his good

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 pleasure.

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 This word can be

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 translated as

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 for his

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 satisfaction

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.859
 for his approval.

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 in Luke 2

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.819
 14

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 the angels

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 show up

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 and they say

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.819
 glory to God

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 in the highest

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 and on earth

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:25.319
 peace among men

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:26.419
 with whom

00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:27.559
 God is

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.439
 pleased.

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 It's that same

00:28:29.179 --> 00:28:29.519
 word

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:31.519
 for his good

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 pleasure.

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 And the word

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 for means

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 according to

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 or in alignment

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 with that which

00:28:38.479 --> 00:28:39.319
 pleases God

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:40.439
 which brings

00:28:40.439 --> 00:28:40.859
 satisfaction

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 satisfaction

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.399
 to God.

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 So we

00:28:44.939 --> 00:28:45.519
 act

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.000
 in a way

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.339
 that is

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:47.039
 pleasing

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.859
 in alignment

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.579
 with God's

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.339
 good pleasure

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:50.359
 God's satisfaction.

00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:51.799
 We put ourselves

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.559
 in the path

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.119
 of God's

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.459
 favor.

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.019
 We obey

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.919
 because it

00:28:55.919 --> 00:28:56.539
 brings pleasure

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:56.939
 to God

00:28:56.939 --> 00:28:57.879
 and it puts us

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.599
 in the path

00:28:58.599 --> 00:28:59.319
 of his

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 satisfaction

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:01.259
 his love

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:02.039
 his blessing.

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 Someone pointed

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 out

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 the only

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 acceptable

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:07.859
 activity

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.479
 on our part

00:29:08.479 --> 00:29:09.119
 is that which

00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:09.759
 is good

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.299
 and pleasing

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:10.759
 to God.

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:11.119
 So it

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.699
 controls

00:29:11.699 --> 00:29:12.479
 our good

00:29:12.479 --> 00:29:12.879
 works.

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 And it's

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.099
 for the

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:15.659
 purpose of

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 God

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:17.359
 pouring out

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:18.479
 his pleasure

00:29:18.479 --> 00:29:19.459
 his loving

00:29:19.459 --> 00:29:20.039
 kindness

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:21.599
 beyond himself

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.719
 through you

00:29:22.719 --> 00:29:23.819
 so that you

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:24.979
 also and those

00:29:24.979 --> 00:29:25.539
 you are serving

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:26.199
 will benefit

00:29:26.199 --> 00:29:27.019
 from the

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.479
 overflow

00:29:27.479 --> 00:29:28.379
 of his

00:29:28.379 --> 00:29:28.819
 grace.

00:29:31.219 --> 00:29:31.959
 Those are

00:29:31.959 --> 00:29:32.339
 the 12

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:32.979
 reasons I see

00:29:32.979 --> 00:29:33.259
 in this

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.919
 passage for

00:29:33.919 --> 00:29:34.859
 Christians to

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.459
 joyfully

00:29:35.459 --> 00:29:36.559
 obey him

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.619
 have the

00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:38.000
 mind of

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.439
 Christ

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:40.460
 to put

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:40.600
 the

00:29:40.600 --> 00:29:40.900
 passage

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.140
 all

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:41.519
 together

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.779
 the

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.080
 teaching

00:29:43.080 --> 00:29:43.299
 here

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.460
 is

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:43.820
 this

00:29:43.820 --> 00:29:44.400
 Christians

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:45.960
 therefore

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:48.059
 in view

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.840
 of Christ's

00:29:48.840 --> 00:29:49.420
 humiliation

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:50.120
 and work

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:50.840
 to make

00:29:50.840 --> 00:29:51.180
 you

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.720
 his

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.160
 beloved

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:53.320
 because he

00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:53.880
 has caused

00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:54.200
 you to

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:54.740
 obey him

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.519
 ever since

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.000
 he began

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.299
 a good

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:56.740
 work in

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:56.960
 you

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.940
 now

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.880
 work out

00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.340
 your own

00:29:59.340 --> 00:29:59.820
 salvation

00:29:59.820 --> 00:30:00.440
 with fear

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.000
 and trembling

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.779
 trusting

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.140
 that it

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:02.720
 is God

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.519
 who works

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:03.980
 in you

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.519
 both to

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.820
 will

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.679
 and to

00:30:05.679 --> 00:30:05.939
 do

00:30:05.939 --> 00:30:07.059
 for his

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.639
 good

00:30:07.639 --> 00:30:08.059
 pleasure

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:10.960
 Christians

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:12.039
 brothers and

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.379
 sisters

00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:14.119
 if Christ

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:14.599
 has pulled

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:14.879
 you out

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.119
 of that

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:15.379
 pit

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:16.899
 and brought

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:17.220
 you to

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:18.099
 the silver

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.439
 mine

00:30:18.439 --> 00:30:19.000
 that's packed

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.379
 full of

00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:19.720
 treasure

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:21.359
 we have

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:21.839
 full

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.519
 access

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:24.079
 to the

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:24.619
 bounty of

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:24.879
 heaven

00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:25.379
 in Jesus

00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:25.879
 Christ

00:30:25.879 --> 00:30:27.099
 we need

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.519
 to go

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.259
 into it

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:29.079
 dig in

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:30.079
 it's the

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.579
 word of

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:30.859
 God

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.720
 at work

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.439
 in you

00:30:32.439 --> 00:30:33.419
 who believe

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:35.000
 we need

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.700
 to carry

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.160
 out in

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.800
 our pockets

00:30:36.800 --> 00:30:37.680
 all the

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.100
 diamonds

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:38.759
 the silver

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.340
 and the

00:30:39.340 --> 00:30:39.560
 gold

00:30:39.560 --> 00:30:39.840
 that we

00:30:39.840 --> 00:30:40.340
 can find

00:30:40.340 --> 00:30:40.880
 every day

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:43.259
 we will

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.980
 have all

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.600
 the supply

00:30:44.600 --> 00:30:45.279
 we need

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:46.259
 from God

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.860
 for life

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.500
 and godliness

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:49.240
 the salvation

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.519
 this deliverance

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.100
 the safety

00:30:51.100 --> 00:30:51.580
 is already

00:30:51.580 --> 00:30:52.060
 yours

00:30:52.060 --> 00:30:52.880
 in Christ

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:54.800
 don't

00:30:54.800 --> 00:30:55.200
 sit

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:55.860
 passively

00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:56.779
 at the

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.160
 edge

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.580
 of your

00:30:57.580 --> 00:30:58.120
 salvation

00:30:58.120 --> 00:31:00.240
 ask God

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.740
 to grow

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.500
 your desire

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.519
 and your

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:02.920
 energy

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.400
 to go

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:03.660
 in

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.300
 and get

00:31:04.300 --> 00:31:04.620
 what he

00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:05.060
 has given

00:31:05.060 --> 00:31:05.320
 you

00:31:05.320 --> 00:31:06.160
 in Christ

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:07.380
 to grab

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:07.840
 hold of

00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:08.019
 it

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:09.340
 to possess

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:09.820
 it even

00:31:09.820 --> 00:31:10.160
 better

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:11.720
 to know

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.440
 each truth

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.140
 to enjoy

00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:14.039
 each promise

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:15.019
 to savor

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.840
 each blessing

00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:17.340
 and then thank

00:31:17.340 --> 00:31:18.160
 God for the

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.880
 abundance of

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.340
 his riches

00:31:19.340 --> 00:31:19.880
 for you

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:21.160
 what else

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.620
 could you do

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:22.100
 but want to

00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:22.740
 share this

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:24.340
 this glorious

00:31:24.340 --> 00:31:25.220
 abounding

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:26.539
 love of God

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.019
 in Christ

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.680
 with others

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:29.140
 and that's the

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.680
 mission of the

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.019
 church

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:31.259
 work out our

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.700
 salvation

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.380
 together

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.720
 all glory

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.080
 be to

00:31:34.080 --> 00:31:34.319
 God

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:35.440
 let's pray

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:37.259
 father

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:37.840
 thank you

00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:39.660
 that you

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.200
 made yourself

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.660
 poor

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:41.519
 so that we

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:41.880
 might be

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.240
 rich

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:44.100
 thank you

00:31:44.100 --> 00:31:44.460
 for your

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:44.900
 word

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:46.319
 how it

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.980
 reveals to

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.259
 us how

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.539
 you have

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:48.140
 acted in

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.539
 history

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:50.299
 and what

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.819
 you intend

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.460
 to accomplish

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:51.900
 in our

00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:52.440
 lives now

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:52.759
 as your

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.080
 people

00:31:53.080 --> 00:31:54.259
 we pray

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.600
 father

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:54.980
 that you

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.180
 will

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.559
 continue

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:56.279
 to provide

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:56.840
 supply

00:31:56.840 --> 00:31:57.400
 for us

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:58.400
 every need

00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:58.680
 lord

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.220
 in life

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.559
 and in

00:31:59.559 --> 00:31:59.980
 godliness

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.940
 we bring

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.180
 these

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.600
 requests

00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:02.000
 to you

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.299
 lord

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.240
 we pray

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.559
 that we

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:03.759
 can

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.420
 sharpen

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:04.700
 one

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:05.100
 another

00:32:05.100 --> 00:32:06.100
 that we

00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:06.740
 can share

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.680
 the treasures

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.059
 that you

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.620
 provide us

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:09.079
 by the

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.640
 ministry

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.019
 of your

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.620
 holy spirit

00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:10.900
 in the

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.240
 church

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.360
 in jesus

00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:12.819
 name we

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.079
 pray

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:13.980
 amen