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 We're going to have our Bible reading now,

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 so if you want to open your devices, your Bibles,

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 whatever you've brought with you,

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 we're going to look at Romans 6, starting at verse 15.

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 Romans 6, verse 15.

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 What then?

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 Are we to sin because we are not under the law,

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 but under grace?

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 By no means.

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 Do not know that if you present yourselves to anyone

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 as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey.

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 Either of sin, which leads to death,

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 or of obedience, which leads to righteousness.

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 But thanks be to God that you, who were once slaves of sin,

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 have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching

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 to which you were committed.

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 And, having been set free from sin,

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 have become slaves of righteousness.

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 I am speaking in human terms because of your natural limitations.

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 For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity

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 and to lawlessness, leading to more lawlessness,

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 so now present your members as slaves to righteousness,

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 leading to sanctification.

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 For when you were slaves of sin,

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 you were free in regard to righteousness.

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 But what fruit were you getting at that time,

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 from the things of which you were now ashamed?

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 For the end of those things is death.

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 But now that you have been set free from sin

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 and have become slaves of God,

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 the fruit you get leads to sanctification

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 and its end, eternal life.

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 For the wages of sin is death,

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 but the free gift of God is eternal life

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 in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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 Amen.

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 Would you please pray with me briefly

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 as we get into God's Word?

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 Our Father, what we hear in this passage from you

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 is difficult to accept at first,

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 and so I pray that you might press it in to each of our hearts.

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 Lord, you want us to know the freedom of belonging to your Son.

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 So please help us understand

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 and help us to believe what you're saying here.

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 For our joy, for your glory.

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 I pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, as we begin,

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 you think I'm going to do something,

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 I want you to do something.

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 Unless people's lives depend on it

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 or your job depends on it,

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 I wonder if you would get out your phone

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 and put it on aeroplane mode

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 or turn it off completely.

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 Go on.

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 Go on.

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 Ian, I just got a power trip listening to Ian,

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 so I thought,

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 Dave says,

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 put your phone on aeroplane mode

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 or totally off.

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 How many phones can I see?

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 Now let me give you a reason.

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 The reason is to give you full attention

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 to God's Word and being present

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 with God's people.

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 I don't want you to turn it back on

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 until you get into your car.

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 Okay.

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 Honesty time.

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 Hands up.

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 Who just pretended

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 to put it on aeroplane mode?

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 Okay.

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 Thank you, Natalie.

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 Thanks for the honesty.

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 Who's already wondering

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 what notifications they're missing out on?

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 Good honesty.

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 Thank you.

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 Now, I don't want to make a rule about this.

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 That's not my purpose.

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 I want to illustrate a point about freedom.

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 Freedom is often thought about,

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 spoken about,

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 as if it's having no constraints on you.

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 And I just put a constraint on you.

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 I tried to, anyway.

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 Freedom to have no constraints,

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 it's not possible.

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 So, when it comes to your phone,

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 I should probably do it, actually.

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 I haven't done that.

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 No.

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 There we go.

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 You can be free from receiving notifications

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 that steal your attention

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 so that you can be free for

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 giving your whole attention to being here,

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 being with God's people,

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 God's word.

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 Or, you can be free from

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 having all your attention grabbed

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 by being here

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 so that you can be free for

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 still engaging online

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 to some extent

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 with a notification.

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 It's one or the other.

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 You can't,

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 it's just not possible

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 to do both.

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 So, we often talk about freedom,

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 freedom from,

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 but we don't talk enough

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 about freedom for.

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 Let me put to you

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 a Tim Keller illustration

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 in my own words

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 and maybe the point

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 will sink in a bit better.

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 Say there's a man in his 60s

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 and he has two competing desires.

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 He really desires eating

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 all the junk food he wants

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 and he really desires,

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 he loves spending time

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 with his grandkids.

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 Now, he's got both desires

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 but he can't do both.

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 He can be free

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 to eat all the junk food he wants

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 but the wages of that

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 is probably going to be

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 a shorter life expectancy

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 and so he's going to miss out

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 on more time with his grandkids.

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 Or, he could be constrained by,

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 he wants more time

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 with his grandkids

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 and so he will be constrained

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 in terms of what he eats.

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 Freedom from, freedom for.

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 You can't have it both ways.

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 It's not how freedom works.

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 Or, picture driving on the road.

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 We could be free.

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 We could just abandon all the rules

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 and I can just drive

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 wherever I want on the lane.

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 I can go as fast as I want.

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 I can drive in whatever I want.

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 One of those Pee Wee 50 motorbike,

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 whatever.

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 Do whatever you want.

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 Turn whenever you want.

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 Don't worry about blinking,

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 exiting the roundabout.

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 Gee, it's so hard to remember

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 that.

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 Anyway, we could be free from that

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 if we want.

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 Or, we can be enslaved

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 to the road rules

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 for the freedom

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 for all of us

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 arriving home safely.

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 We've got a choice.

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 You can't have both.

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 Either I can be free

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 from giving my possessions away

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 for the good of others

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 for having an abundance

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 of possessions for myself.

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 Or, I can be free

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 of believing that life

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 consists in the abundance

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 of my possessions

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 so that I'm free

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 for sharing my possessions

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 with others.

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 You can't have both.

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 Jesus said that one

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 clearly, didn't he?

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 You can't serve God and money.

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 You can't.

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 You can be free

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 from RSVPing

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 to an event

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 so that you can be free

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 for having to see

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 if something better

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 comes along.

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 Or, you could be,

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 you could give an RSVP

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 ahead of time

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 so that you can be free

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 for being a person

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 known

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 who keeps their commitments

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 and who actually

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 respects you enough

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 to reply.

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 You can't do both.

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 Now, hopefully,

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 some of those illustrations,

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 I don't know

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 if it's sinking in or not,

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 but freedom is not just

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 about what you're free from.

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 Freedom is about

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 what you're free for.

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 Freedom is not about

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 being free

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 from all constraints.

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 That does not exist.

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 The world talks about that.

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 We wrestled with that

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 with the pandemic rules,

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 didn't we?

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 Freedom from constraints.

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 That idea

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 doesn't exist.

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 That's not freedom.

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 True freedom

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 is giving ourselves

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 to good constraints.

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 Life-giving constraints.

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 That's where you find freedom.

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 Freedom from,

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 freedom for.

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 Now, I'm labouring this point

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 because I think this is

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 really crucial to get

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 in our minds

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 as we come to this passage

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 about being set free

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 from sin

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 to be slaves

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 to righteousness.

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 Otherwise,

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 we're going to hear

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 that idea

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 of being slaves

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 to righteousness

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 as burdensome,

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 as oppressing

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 our freedom,

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 when it's actually

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 saying,

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 here's where

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 you'll find freedom.

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 So my experience

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 is that

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 unbelievers

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 often see

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 Christianity

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 as the choice

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 between giving up

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 your freedom

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 to be constrained

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 by religious rules.

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 That's not the choice.

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 Here's how someone,

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 Douglas Moo,

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 a commentator,

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 put it.

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 The choice

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 with which people

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 are faced

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 is not

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 should I retain

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 my freedom

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 or give it up

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 and submit to God.

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 The choice is

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 should I serve sin

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 or should I serve God?

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 That's the choice.

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 Sin or God?

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 Lie or truth?

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 So true freedom

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 isn't from all constraints.

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 That doesn't exist.

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 True freedom

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 is being constrained

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 by what gives you life.

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 Okay,

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 so how does this relate

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 to the gospel

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 and living out

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 the gospel life?

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 when we grasp

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 the gospel

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 that we are saved

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 by grace alone,

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 by faith alone,

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 simply by faith alone

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 in what Jesus

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 has already done,

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 I'm justified,

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 just as if

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 I've never sinned.

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 I'm saved

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 from the penalty

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 of death

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 that my sin deserves.

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 There is now

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 no condemnation.

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 I am at peace

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 with God.

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 That's what we've

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 covered in Romans.

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 If you grasp

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 this gospel,

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 then the question

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 Paul asks

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 is the obvious

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 question,

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 isn't it?

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 Chapter 6,

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 verse 15.

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 If I'm definitely

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 saved by grace,

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 if the law's

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 threat of punishment

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 for breaking the law,

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 that's gone.

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 If the law's

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 promise of reward,

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 of blessing,

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 is guaranteed,

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 what motivation

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 do I have

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 to not sin?

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 What motivation

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 is there?

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 The assumption

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 here is

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 that it's

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 God's law

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 that keeps us

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 doing the right

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 thing and keeps us

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 from doing evil.

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 Now, the law

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 can tell us

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 what is good

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 and evil,

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 but the assumption

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 here is that

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 it's the law

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 that has the power

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 to make us

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 do the right

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 thing and not

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 do the wrong

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 thing.

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 This is the

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 common objection

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 to Christianity,

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 especially among

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 Muslims today.

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 saved by grace,

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 you'll just do

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 whatever you want,

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 you'll just sin.

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 That can't be right.

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 What other

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 motivation could

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 there be

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 to doing the

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 right thing

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 and not doing

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 the wrong thing?

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 So instead of

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 just talking

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 in the abstract,

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 I want to frame

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 the rest of this

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 sermon in terms

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 of your

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 fight with sin,

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 your individual

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 motivation

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 to do what

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 God says.

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 So I'm going

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 to frame

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 the rest of it.

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 You're facing

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 the choice

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 of whether to

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 sin or not.

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 What motivation

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 is there,

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 if not law?

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 What does

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 grace motivate

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 us to do?

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 So hopefully

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 you've got your

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 Bibles open

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 to Romans 6.

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 Make sure

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 what I'm saying

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 is true.

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 Notice first

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 what Paul

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 doesn't say.

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 he doesn't

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 say sin

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 doesn't matter.

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 Go on

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 sinning,

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 yeah.

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 As if we

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 expected him

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 to say that.

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 I don't think

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 anyone expected

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 that to be

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 the answer.

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 He also

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 doesn't say,

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 well,

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 if a person

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 goes on

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 totally living

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 in sin,

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 then that

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 would show

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 that they

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 were never

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 a Christian

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 in the first

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 place.

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 He doesn't

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 say that.

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 Now,

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 that might

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 be true

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 in an

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 ultimate

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 sense.

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 If someone

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 just lives

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 their life

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 not caring

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 about Jesus

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 at all

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 for all

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 their life,

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 then yeah,

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 that statement

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 is true.

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 But if that

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 person is here

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 today,

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 they've stopped

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 listening to me

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 a while ago.

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 They don't care

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 about the answer

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 to this question.

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 So if you're

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 still listening,

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 that's great

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 news.

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 Or if you're

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 still searching

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 the passage,

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 that's great

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 news.

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 But do you

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 see what's

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 dangerous about

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 thinking,

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 I've got to

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 do the right

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 thing to

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 prove that

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 I'm still

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 under grace?

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 Do you

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 hear what's

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 wrong with

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 that?

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 It's really

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 going,

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 I'm saved

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 by Jesus,

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 but I need

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 a little bit

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 of law.

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 I'm saved

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 by grace,

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 but to make

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 sure I'm

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 saved by

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 grace,

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 I need a

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 little bit

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 of law

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 in my

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 life to

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 try and do

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 the right

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 thing.

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 That's not

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 the gospel.

00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:30.779
 The gospel

00:13:30.779 --> 00:13:31.320
 is you

00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:32.019
 only need

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 Jesus.

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 Jesus is

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 totally

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 sufficient.

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 It's

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 fighting sin,

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 that kind

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 of thinking

00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:40.840
 is fighting

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 sin with a

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 little bit

00:13:41.940 --> 00:13:42.419
 of fear.

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 If I just

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 do whatever

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 I want,

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 maybe that

00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:47.340
 will show

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 I'm not a

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 Christian and

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 therefore I'm

00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:49.980
 facing God's

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 judgment.

00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:51.039
 Notice that

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 it's actually

00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:52.779
 using fear

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 to motivate

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 us to do

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 the right

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 thing.

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 that's

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 not the

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 gospel.

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 We have

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 motivation

00:13:59.660 --> 00:14:01.240
 of love,

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 not fear.

00:14:03.139 --> 00:14:03.480
 We're going

00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:03.860
 to see that

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 in this

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 passage.

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 So how

00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:06.280
 does grace

00:14:06.280 --> 00:14:07.139
 motivate me

00:14:07.139 --> 00:14:07.800
 to fight

00:14:07.800 --> 00:14:08.900
 sin's desire?

00:14:09.060 --> 00:14:09.379
 First,

00:14:09.920 --> 00:14:10.620
 Paul gives

00:14:10.620 --> 00:14:11.840
 an instinctive

00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:13.019
 emotional response,

00:14:13.160 --> 00:14:14.460
 by no means.

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 May it

00:14:15.920 --> 00:14:16.560
 never be.

00:14:16.700 --> 00:14:17.180
 He could

00:14:17.180 --> 00:14:17.560
 not say

00:14:17.560 --> 00:14:18.400
 this more

00:14:18.400 --> 00:14:19.480
 quickly and

00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:19.900
 strongly.

00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:21.160
 Should we

00:14:21.160 --> 00:14:21.480
 keep on

00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:21.759
 sinning?

00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:22.200
 No.

00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:23.460
 He just

00:14:23.460 --> 00:14:23.680
 couldn't

00:14:23.680 --> 00:14:23.900
 help

00:14:23.900 --> 00:14:24.240
 himself.

00:14:24.640 --> 00:14:24.960
 It just

00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:25.400
 comes out

00:14:25.400 --> 00:14:25.700
 of him.

00:14:27.220 --> 00:14:27.740
 I think

00:14:27.740 --> 00:14:28.220
 this little

00:14:28.220 --> 00:14:28.759
 outburst

00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:29.460
 says more

00:14:29.460 --> 00:14:30.060
 than simply

00:14:30.060 --> 00:14:30.580
 no.

00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:31.200
 None of

00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:31.620
 us expect

00:14:31.620 --> 00:14:32.020
 him to

00:14:32.020 --> 00:14:32.620
 say yes.

00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:34.040
 I think

00:14:34.040 --> 00:14:34.820
 it shows

00:14:34.820 --> 00:14:36.340
 it's his

00:14:36.340 --> 00:14:37.259
 instinctive

00:14:37.259 --> 00:14:37.800
 response.

00:14:38.020 --> 00:14:38.300
 It's his

00:14:38.300 --> 00:14:39.300
 gut response.

00:14:41.800 --> 00:14:42.480
 If I

00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:42.879
 ask you a

00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:43.060
 different

00:14:43.060 --> 00:14:43.420
 question,

00:14:43.920 --> 00:14:44.900
 because husbands

00:14:44.900 --> 00:14:45.620
 and wives

00:14:45.620 --> 00:14:46.240
 have given

00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:46.980
 promises to

00:14:46.980 --> 00:14:47.879
 remain together

00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:48.360
 for the

00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:49.140
 entire life,

00:14:49.220 --> 00:14:49.520
 does that

00:14:49.520 --> 00:14:49.960
 mean that they

00:14:49.960 --> 00:14:50.379
 can treat

00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:50.840
 each other

00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:51.779
 however poorly

00:14:51.779 --> 00:14:52.259
 they want?

00:14:54.019 --> 00:14:54.840
 I saw some

00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:55.340
 shakes of the

00:14:55.340 --> 00:14:55.539
 head.

00:14:55.980 --> 00:14:56.580
 Did you have

00:14:56.580 --> 00:14:57.220
 to logically

00:14:57.220 --> 00:14:57.879
 think that

00:14:57.879 --> 00:14:58.720
 through to

00:14:58.720 --> 00:14:59.159
 come up with

00:14:59.159 --> 00:14:59.559
 an answer?

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 Didn't your

00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:01.419
 instinctive

00:15:01.419 --> 00:15:02.179
 response go,

00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:03.039
 no way,

00:15:03.539 --> 00:15:03.860
 that's not

00:15:03.860 --> 00:15:04.100
 right?

00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:06.179
 And then you

00:15:06.179 --> 00:15:06.659
 work out,

00:15:06.860 --> 00:15:08.179
 why was that

00:15:08.179 --> 00:15:09.059
 my instinctive

00:15:09.059 --> 00:15:10.059
 response?

00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:11.000
 Something deep

00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:11.639
 inside our

00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:12.539
 worldview of

00:15:12.539 --> 00:15:13.279
 relationships

00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:14.620
 told us

00:15:14.620 --> 00:15:15.120
 straight away,

00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:16.100
 no,

00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:18.080
 that's not

00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:18.299
 right.

00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:19.500
 That's what's

00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:19.899
 happening here

00:15:19.899 --> 00:15:20.259
 with Paul.

00:15:20.379 --> 00:15:20.600
 Shall we

00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:20.919
 keep on

00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:21.240
 sinning?

00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:22.679
 No.

00:15:25.939 --> 00:15:26.600
 The point

00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:26.860
 I'm getting

00:15:26.860 --> 00:15:27.319
 at is that

00:15:27.319 --> 00:15:28.019
 prior to

00:15:28.019 --> 00:15:28.340
 Paul's

00:15:28.340 --> 00:15:28.779
 conversion,

00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:29.579
 he would

00:15:29.579 --> 00:15:29.840
 have been

00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:30.259
 the one

00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:30.959
 asking this

00:15:30.959 --> 00:15:31.319
 question,

00:15:31.439 --> 00:15:31.699
 going,

00:15:31.939 --> 00:15:32.360
 the gospel

00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:32.799
 can't be

00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:33.100
 right,

00:15:33.179 --> 00:15:33.480
 I'm a

00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:34.019
 Pharisee.

00:15:35.899 --> 00:15:36.519
 He would

00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:36.959
 be the one

00:15:36.959 --> 00:15:37.679
 posing this

00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:37.980
 question,

00:15:38.079 --> 00:15:38.659
 but now

00:15:38.659 --> 00:15:39.299
 Paul is the

00:15:39.299 --> 00:15:39.720
 one going,

00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:41.319
 no way.

00:15:42.220 --> 00:15:42.659
 Yes,

00:15:42.699 --> 00:15:43.199
 it's all by

00:15:43.199 --> 00:15:43.539
 grace.

00:15:43.740 --> 00:15:43.879
 No,

00:15:43.939 --> 00:15:44.419
 something

00:15:44.419 --> 00:15:45.220
 fundamental

00:15:45.220 --> 00:15:46.240
 has changed

00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:47.980
 inside Paul.

00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:53.439
 this outburst,

00:15:53.579 --> 00:15:53.959
 I think,

00:15:54.059 --> 00:15:54.659
 comes from

00:15:54.659 --> 00:15:55.659
 Paul's grasp

00:15:55.659 --> 00:15:56.419
 of who he

00:15:56.419 --> 00:15:57.340
 now is

00:15:57.340 --> 00:15:58.860
 in Christ.

00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:01.100
 That's the

00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:01.740
 purpose of

00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:02.319
 this section.

00:16:02.459 --> 00:16:03.059
 Chapters 5

00:16:03.059 --> 00:16:03.480
 to 8

00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:04.799
 is all about

00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:05.779
 training us to

00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:06.100
 think of

00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:06.860
 ourselves as

00:16:06.860 --> 00:16:07.939
 in Jesus

00:16:07.939 --> 00:16:08.620
 Christ,

00:16:09.299 --> 00:16:09.959
 our Lord.

00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:10.000
 God.

00:16:12.920 --> 00:16:13.360
 So,

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 would you,

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 I want to

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 spend a little

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 bit of time

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 pressing in

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 this point

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 because

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 someone helped

00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:20.860
 me to see it

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 this week

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 and I haven't

00:16:22.040 --> 00:16:22.400
 seen it

00:16:22.400 --> 00:16:22.960
 before and

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 I just want

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 to show you.

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 So,

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 turn to

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 chapter 5

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 verse 1.

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 Chapter 5

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 verse 1.

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 What is this

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 section of

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 Romans about?

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 Chapter 5

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 verse 1.

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 See if you

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 can pick up

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 a key phrase

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 that keeps

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 repeating.

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 We're going

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 to look at

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 a few

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 different

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 verses.

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 Therefore,

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 since we've

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 been justified

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 by faith,

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 we have

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 peace with

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 God through

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 our Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Now,

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 look,

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 jump to

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 5 verse 11.

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 I'm not

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 going to give

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 context,

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 we're just

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 going to

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 jump.

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 More than

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 that,

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 we also

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 rejoice in

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 God through

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 our Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 through whom

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 we have now

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 received

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 reconciliation.

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 Then jump

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 to chapter

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 5 verse

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 21.

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 So that,

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 as sin

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 reigned in

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 death,

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 grace also

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 might reign

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 through

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 righteousness

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 leading to

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 eternal life

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 through Jesus

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 Christ our

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 Lord.

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 Have you

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 got the

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 phrase yet?

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 It keeps

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 repeating.

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 Look at

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 6 verse 11.

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 This is the

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 first command

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 in Romans.

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 Do you know

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 what you should

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 do in response

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 to the

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 gospel?

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 Here's the

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 first command

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 that you

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 should respond.

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 This is how

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 you should

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 respond.

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 6 verse 11.

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 So you

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 also must

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 consider

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 yourselves

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 dead to

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 sin and

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 alive to

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 God in

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 Christ Jesus.

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 The first

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 thing we're

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 told to do

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 is to

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 consider

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 ourselves

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 something.

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 Okay,

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 we're not

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 done yet.

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 6 verse 23,

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 which we've

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 heard this

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 morning.

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 For the

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 wages of

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 sin is

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 death,

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 but the

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 free gift

00:17:59.300 --> 00:17:59.780
 of God

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 is eternal

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 life in

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 Christ Jesus

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 our Lord.

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 God.

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 Then

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 jump to

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 7.

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 25.

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 Thanks be

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 to God.

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 Who's going

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 to save

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 me from

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 this body

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 of death?

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 Thanks be

00:18:14.540 --> 00:18:15.000
 to God

00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:15.520
 that keeps

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 sinning.

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 Through

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 Jesus

00:18:17.020 --> 00:18:17.640
 Christ

00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:18.140
 our

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 Lord.

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 I won't

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 read the

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 rest of

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 the verse,

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 but thanks

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 be to God

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 through

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 Jesus

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 Christ

00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:24.960
 our

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 Lord.

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 Last

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 one,

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 8.

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 39.

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 9.

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 Nothing,

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 nor height,

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 nor depth,

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 nor anything

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 else in

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 all creation

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 will be

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 able to

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 separate us

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 from the

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 love of

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 God in

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 Christ

00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:40.319
 Jesus

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 our Lord.

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 Did you

00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.139
 pick up the

00:18:43.139 --> 00:18:43.699
 key phrase

00:18:43.699 --> 00:18:44.379
 that unites

00:18:44.379 --> 00:18:44.779
 this whole

00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:45.159
 section?

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 In and

00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:47.259
 through

00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:47.839
 Jesus

00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:48.339
 Christ

00:18:48.339 --> 00:18:48.619
 our

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 Lord.

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 It's

00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.559
 training us

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 to think

00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:51.919
 of ourselves

00:18:51.919 --> 00:18:52.740
 as in

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 Jesus

00:18:53.919 --> 00:18:54.919
 Christ

00:18:54.919 --> 00:18:55.939
 our

00:18:55.939 --> 00:18:56.279
 Lord.

00:18:56.439 --> 00:18:56.720
 We

00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:57.279
 see

00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:57.740
 ourselves

00:18:57.740 --> 00:18:58.299
 as in

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 him.

00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:01.859
 So how

00:19:01.859 --> 00:19:02.480
 does being

00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:03.199
 united to

00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:03.500
 Jesus

00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:04.380
 motivate us

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 not to

00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:05.059
 sin?

00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:05.860
 I think

00:19:05.860 --> 00:19:06.900
 Paul gives

00:19:06.900 --> 00:19:07.500
 us four

00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:08.460
 ways of

00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:08.799
 thinking

00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:09.400
 now that

00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:09.759
 we're in

00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:10.140
 Christ.

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 There's

00:19:11.140 --> 00:19:11.519
 more than

00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:11.819
 this.

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 We need

00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:13.799
 chapter 7

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.180
 and chapter

00:19:14.180 --> 00:19:14.480
 8.

00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:18.200
 The fact

00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:18.420
 that we

00:19:18.420 --> 00:19:18.900
 keep on

00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:19.279
 sinning,

00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:19.740
 we need

00:19:19.740 --> 00:19:20.340
 chapter 7

00:19:20.340 --> 00:19:20.799
 to go,

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:21.299
 that is

00:19:21.299 --> 00:19:21.980
 the normal

00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:22.620
 Christian

00:19:22.620 --> 00:19:23.840
 experience.

00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:24.680
 Sin is

00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:25.460
 still present.

00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:26.080
 Who's

00:19:26.080 --> 00:19:26.340
 going to

00:19:26.340 --> 00:19:26.840
 save us

00:19:26.840 --> 00:19:27.160
 from this

00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:27.680
 body that

00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:28.240
 just keeps

00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:29.140
 on doing

00:19:29.140 --> 00:19:29.460
 what I

00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:29.960
 don't want

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.319
 to do?

00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:31.600
 So we

00:19:31.600 --> 00:19:31.840
 need to

00:19:31.840 --> 00:19:32.220
 hear more

00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:32.620
 than this

00:19:32.620 --> 00:19:33.100
 as I'm

00:19:33.100 --> 00:19:33.360
 saying.

00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:34.160
 Wait for

00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:34.700
 chapter 7

00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:34.980
 and 8.

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 There's

00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:35.480
 more to

00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:35.880
 the story

00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:37.940
 but this

00:19:37.940 --> 00:19:38.440
 morning we

00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:39.160
 get four

00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:40.600
 motivations,

00:19:40.860 --> 00:19:41.460
 four weapons

00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:42.160
 to fight

00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:43.440
 sin with,

00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:44.180
 with grace.

00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:46.920
 The first

00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:47.400
 one is to

00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:48.400
 see sin

00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:50.000
 as it

00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:50.779
 really is,

00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:51.620
 an

00:19:51.620 --> 00:19:52.519
 enslaving

00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:53.579
 lie.

00:19:55.140 --> 00:19:55.779
 The second

00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:56.519
 motivation is

00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.579
 understand what

00:19:57.579 --> 00:19:59.019
 Christ achieved

00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.899
 for you

00:19:59.899 --> 00:20:00.659
 when he died

00:20:00.659 --> 00:20:01.000
 and rose

00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.319
 again.

00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:02.699
 He didn't

00:20:02.699 --> 00:20:03.220
 just pay the

00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:03.720
 penalty of

00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:03.899
 sin,

00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:05.419
 he liberated

00:20:05.419 --> 00:20:06.559
 you from

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:07.899
 sin's dominion

00:20:07.899 --> 00:20:08.639
 over you.

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:09.799
 You have a

00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.460
 new master.

00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:11.879
 The second

00:20:11.879 --> 00:20:12.359
 weapon is

00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:13.139
 compare these

00:20:13.139 --> 00:20:13.759
 two masters

00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.220
 and what they

00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:14.699
 offer you

00:20:14.699 --> 00:20:16.159
 and you

00:20:16.159 --> 00:20:16.720
 will find

00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:17.299
 that you

00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:18.399
 never have

00:20:18.399 --> 00:20:19.240
 to choose

00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:19.819
 between

00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:20.839
 doing what

00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:21.539
 God wants

00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:22.579
 and what

00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:23.259
 gives you

00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:23.859
 life.

00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:25.000
 You never

00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:25.319
 have to

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:26.139
 choose between

00:20:26.139 --> 00:20:26.599
 the two.

00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:28.379
 And I

00:20:28.379 --> 00:20:28.659
 think the

00:20:28.659 --> 00:20:28.919
 fourth

00:20:28.919 --> 00:20:29.399
 motivation

00:20:29.399 --> 00:20:29.720
 we get

00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:29.939
 in this

00:20:29.939 --> 00:20:30.500
 passage is

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:32.039
 this

00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:32.579
 slavery

00:20:32.579 --> 00:20:33.199
 metaphor

00:20:33.199 --> 00:20:34.000
 analogy,

00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:34.799
 it's not

00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:35.139
 the full

00:20:35.139 --> 00:20:35.519
 picture.

00:20:36.199 --> 00:20:36.819
 We're only

00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.799
 slaves in

00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:38.199
 as much

00:20:38.199 --> 00:20:38.720
 as Jesus

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.480
 Christ is,

00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:40.679
 a slave

00:20:40.679 --> 00:20:41.099
 of God.

00:20:42.439 --> 00:20:43.399
 So let's

00:20:43.399 --> 00:20:43.759
 go through

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.099
 each of

00:20:44.099 --> 00:20:44.339
 these.

00:20:46.199 --> 00:20:46.859
 So first,

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:47.939
 we need

00:20:47.939 --> 00:20:48.379
 to see

00:20:48.379 --> 00:20:49.500
 sin as

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.000
 it actually

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.379
 is.

00:20:50.439 --> 00:20:50.799
 It's an

00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:51.740
 enslaving

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:52.759
 lie.

00:20:54.139 --> 00:20:54.599
 So verse

00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:55.099
 16.

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:58.759
 verse 16.

00:20:58.879 --> 00:20:59.139
 Do you

00:20:59.139 --> 00:20:59.679
 not know

00:20:59.679 --> 00:21:00.079
 that if

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:00.740
 you present

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.419
 yourselves to

00:21:01.419 --> 00:21:02.619
 anyone as

00:21:02.619 --> 00:21:03.379
 obedient slaves,

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:04.339
 you are slaves

00:21:04.339 --> 00:21:04.899
 of the one

00:21:04.899 --> 00:21:05.339
 whom you

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:05.699
 obey,

00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:07.639
 either of

00:21:07.639 --> 00:21:07.939
 sin,

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.500
 which leads

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:09.980
 to death,

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.379
 or of

00:21:10.379 --> 00:21:10.799
 obedience,

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.679
 which leads

00:21:11.679 --> 00:21:13.279
 to righteousness.

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.439
 I think we

00:21:15.439 --> 00:21:15.939
 can think of

00:21:15.939 --> 00:21:17.720
 sin like the

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.919
 occasional bad

00:21:18.919 --> 00:21:19.639
 decision that

00:21:19.639 --> 00:21:20.079
 we commit,

00:21:20.199 --> 00:21:20.899
 like eating

00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:22.659
 that 11th

00:21:22.659 --> 00:21:24.159
 piece of

00:21:24.159 --> 00:21:24.480
 chocolate,

00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:26.259
 or 32nd

00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:26.759
 piece of

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.140
 chocolate.

00:21:28.120 --> 00:21:29.240
 We know

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:29.620
 we shouldn't

00:21:29.620 --> 00:21:30.019
 do it,

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:30.700
 but we

00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:31.240
 commit it,

00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:32.599
 the

00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.240
 transgression.

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.339
 I'm not

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:34.940
 saying chocolate's

00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:35.120
 evil,

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:38.640
 but Paul is

00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:39.140
 saying sin

00:21:39.140 --> 00:21:40.240
 here is not

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:40.960
 the occasional

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:42.519
 transgression,

00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:44.120
 but really we're

00:21:44.120 --> 00:21:44.819
 still in control.

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.380
 We don't have

00:21:45.380 --> 00:21:45.759
 to have the

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.579
 33rd piece

00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:47.000
 of chocolate.

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.319
 That's not

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:48.839
 how he views

00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:49.079
 sin.

00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:49.579
 He sees

00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:50.160
 sin more

00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:52.420
 like alcohol,

00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:53.839
 an alcoholic.

00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:55.839
 It's not

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.160
 just the

00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:56.519
 occasional

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.000
 mistake.

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.140
 It's

00:21:58.140 --> 00:21:58.519
 actually

00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:59.740
 controlling

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.339
 the person.

00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:00.960
 It is

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:01.779
 affecting

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:03.120
 every area

00:22:03.120 --> 00:22:03.519
 of their

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.000
 life.

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:04.440
 It is

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:04.980
 damaging

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:06.120
 everything.

00:22:07.120 --> 00:22:07.980
 They don't

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.579
 have self-control.

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.920
 They are

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:10.360
 under the

00:22:10.360 --> 00:22:11.240
 control of

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:12.019
 the alcohol.

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.819
 It affects

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.400
 everything.

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.640
 That's how

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:17.200
 he's

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.440
 viewing

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:17.860
 sin.

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.539
 Sin is

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.319
 enslaving.

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:24.680
 sin.

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:26.259
 I just

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.500
 want to

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:26.819
 pause at

00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:27.140
 this point

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:28.500
 and qualify

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.279
 something we've

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.860
 been saying

00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:30.360
 in this

00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:31.120
 Roman series

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:32.420
 so far.

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.200
 Dave and I

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.460
 have been

00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:34.920
 saying that

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.980
 sin is

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.960
 claiming

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.700
 autonomy.

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:39.819
 Claiming

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.660
 autonomy away

00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:41.180
 from God.

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.640
 God, you're

00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:42.059
 not ruling

00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:42.519
 my life.

00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:43.039
 I'm ruling

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.599
 my life.

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.920
 Rejecting

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.599
 his rightful

00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:46.819
 rule over

00:22:46.819 --> 00:22:47.059
 us.

00:22:47.860 --> 00:22:48.420
 While that's

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:48.799
 still an

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.660
 accurate description

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.200
 of sin,

00:22:50.579 --> 00:22:51.019
 do you see

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:52.619
 that it's

00:22:52.619 --> 00:22:53.099
 not quite

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:53.460
 the full

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:53.799
 picture?

00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:55.480
 There's

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:55.900
 something wrong

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.180
 with that

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:57.180
 definition or

00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:57.740
 something not

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.460
 quite complete.

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.379
 The idea

00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:02.139
 that we can

00:23:02.139 --> 00:23:02.799
 have autonomy

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:04.480
 is a lie.

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:09.319
 It's a

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.619
 lie.

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.400
 God is

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:11.759
 God.

00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:14.059
 You can

00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:14.660
 try and have

00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:15.019
 autonomy,

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.460
 it just

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.160
 doesn't exist.

00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:19.259
 God is

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.819
 still

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:21.059
 God.

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:23.619
 What's

00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:24.079
 actually

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:24.819
 going on

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.900
 when you

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.220
 try and

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:26.559
 rule your

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.000
 own life

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.420
 is you're

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:27.720
 giving

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.279
 yourself

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:29.039
 to

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.779
 enslavement

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.119
 to a

00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:30.379
 lie.

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:30.859
 You're

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.000
 not

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.279
 living

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.619
 according

00:23:31.619 --> 00:23:31.920
 to the

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.180
 truth.

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:32.879
 It's

00:23:32.879 --> 00:23:33.119
 the

00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:33.720
 fundamental

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.220
 lie

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:34.920
 that Adam

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.220
 and Eve

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:35.700
 believed.

00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:37.259
 You can

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.960
 be like

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.480
 God.

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:39.759
 No,

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.079
 you

00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:40.599
 can't.

00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.400
 The

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:45.920
 sadly

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:46.379
 ironic

00:23:46.379 --> 00:23:46.859
 thing is

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:47.519
 by claiming

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.359
 self-rule

00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:48.919
 we're

00:23:48.919 --> 00:23:49.439
 selling

00:23:49.439 --> 00:23:49.959
 ourselves

00:23:49.959 --> 00:23:50.539
 to be

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.119
 slaves

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:51.779
 to sin,

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.419
 to a

00:23:52.419 --> 00:23:52.699
 lie,

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.500
 24-7.

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.419
 Whatever

00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:56.059
 we obey,

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:57.419
 we are

00:23:57.419 --> 00:23:58.219
 slaves of

00:23:58.219 --> 00:23:58.619
 the thing

00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.579
 we obey.

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.000
 We can

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.479
 either serve

00:24:00.479 --> 00:24:02.439
 sin or

00:24:02.439 --> 00:24:02.799
 God.

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:07.399
 So,

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:07.899
 first,

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.559
 we fight

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.159
 sin by

00:24:09.159 --> 00:24:09.839
 seeing it

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.099
 for what

00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:10.419
 it is.

00:24:10.479 --> 00:24:10.759
 It's not

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.459
 the occasional

00:24:11.459 --> 00:24:12.159
 transgression.

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:12.699
 It's an

00:24:12.699 --> 00:24:13.659
 enslaving

00:24:13.659 --> 00:24:14.339
 lie.

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:15.619
 God

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:16.220
 to

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:17.720
 die.

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:17.759
 The

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.019
 second

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.319
 thing,

00:24:18.399 --> 00:24:18.619
 and this

00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:20.259
 is the

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.679
 main

00:24:20.679 --> 00:24:22.419
 motivation

00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:22.939
 in this

00:24:22.939 --> 00:24:23.259
 passage,

00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:23.819
 understand

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.339
 what

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:25.099
 Christ's

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:25.359
 death

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:25.599
 and

00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:26.099
 resurrection

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.599
 accomplished

00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:27.139
 for you.

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.159
 Jesus

00:24:28.159 --> 00:24:28.579
 didn't

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:29.079
 just die

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.379
 and rise

00:24:29.379 --> 00:24:29.720
 again

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.240
 so that

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.359
 you

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:30.740
 escaped

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:30.959
 the

00:24:30.959 --> 00:24:31.339
 penalty

00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:31.579
 of

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:31.759
 sin,

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.000
 although

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.319
 that is

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:33.720
 wonderfully

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.119
 true.

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.079
 Christ's

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:37.339
 mission

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:37.759
 was like

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.159
 a prison

00:24:38.159 --> 00:24:38.500
 break.

00:24:39.459 --> 00:24:39.679
 He

00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:39.919
 came

00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:40.319
 into the

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.619
 prison

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.179
 to break

00:24:41.179 --> 00:24:41.339
 us

00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:41.559
 out,

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.179
 or it's

00:24:42.179 --> 00:24:42.859
 like a

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.159
 military

00:24:43.159 --> 00:24:43.819
 operation

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:45.419
 to come

00:24:45.419 --> 00:24:46.419
 in and

00:24:46.419 --> 00:24:46.819
 get the

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.179
 prisoners

00:24:47.179 --> 00:24:47.700
 of war

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.159
 out.

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.179
 It's

00:24:50.179 --> 00:24:50.559
 like a

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:50.919
 police

00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:51.519
 raid on

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.099
 a house

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:52.599
 with women

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.000
 trapped

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.539
 in human

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.240
 trafficking.

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.440
 It's

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:56.659
 being

00:24:56.659 --> 00:24:57.720
 oppressed

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:59.099
 and enslaved,

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.500
 not in

00:24:59.500 --> 00:24:59.859
 control.

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.819
 It's a

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.200
 rescue

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.599
 mission.

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:02.220
 We

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.399
 weren't

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:02.759
 just saved

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.019
 from the

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.359
 penalty,

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.139
 we're

00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:04.440
 saved

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:04.940
 from the

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.720
 power

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.259
 of sin

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:07.899
 over us.

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:09.779
 In

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.259
 Christ,

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.200
 I have

00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:11.640
 been

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.500
 liberated,

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.420
 I have

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:13.880
 a new

00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:14.460
 master.

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.039
 That's

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.180
 what

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:16.920
 verse 17

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.360
 and 18

00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:17.799
 is saying,

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.519
 but thanks

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.200
 be to

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.539
 God

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.019
 that you

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.380
 who were

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:20.920
 once

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.580
 slaves

00:25:21.580 --> 00:25:22.740
 of sin

00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.080
 have

00:25:23.080 --> 00:25:23.720
 become

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:25.200
 obedient

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.660
 from the

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:25.980
 heart

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.319
 to the

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.620
 standard

00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:27.160
 of teaching

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:27.600
 to which

00:25:27.600 --> 00:25:27.880
 you were

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.180
 committed,

00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.319
 and having

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:29.900
 been set

00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:30.539
 free

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.539
 from sin,

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:32.400
 have

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:33.100
 become

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:34.660
 slaves

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:34.819
 of

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.220
 righteousness.

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.420
 Let me

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:38.880
 try and

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.240
 use a few

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.700
 illustrations

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.100
 here.

00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:41.920
 Imagine you

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.660
 get a new

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.000
 job,

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:45.380
 and at

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:46.420
 9.15am

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:47.840
 you get a

00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:48.519
 call from

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.019
 and it

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.440
 happens to

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:49.720
 be your

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.200
 previous

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.900
 boss,

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.759
 and there's

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.259
 a sharp

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.860
 voice on

00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:53.140
 the other

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.380
 end of

00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:53.759
 the line,

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.600
 where are

00:25:54.600 --> 00:25:54.740
 you?

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.140
 The meeting

00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:55.700
 started at

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.019
 9.

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.759
 What would

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:57.980
 you be

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.400
 thinking in

00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:58.819
 that moment?

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.740
 You're not

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.299
 my boss

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:05.059
 anymore,

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.539
 I'm not

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:05.920
 coming to

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:06.360
 that meeting.

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.600
 What?

00:26:07.600 --> 00:26:08.759
 What do you

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.140
 mean you're not

00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:09.520
 coming to

00:26:09.520 --> 00:26:09.920
 that meeting?

00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:13.060
 I've got a

00:26:13.060 --> 00:26:13.540
 new job,

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:15.200
 that's who

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:15.560
 I am,

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.000
 you have no

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.620
 authority over

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.120
 me, I am

00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:18.580
 not turning

00:26:18.580 --> 00:26:19.680
 up, end

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:19.920
 call.

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.040
 Isn't that

00:26:23.040 --> 00:26:23.460
 how you'd be

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:23.920
 thinking about

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.220
 yourself?

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:24.880
 You might be

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.400
 more polite

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:25.900
 than that, I

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.200
 don't know,

00:26:26.320 --> 00:26:28.380
 but you have

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:28.980
 no authority

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.620
 over me.

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.500
 Or to use

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.140
 the illustration

00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:35.800
 by, it's on

00:26:35.800 --> 00:26:36.140
 the back of

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:36.700
 your bulletin,

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.620
 Dr. Sinclair

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:39.420
 Ferguson, he's

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:39.800
 a Scottish

00:26:39.800 --> 00:26:40.740
 preacher and

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.100
 writer.

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:45.280
 So say I

00:26:45.280 --> 00:26:46.320
 became an

00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:47.020
 American citizen,

00:26:47.280 --> 00:26:48.100
 I'm speaking

00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:49.040
 as Sinclair

00:26:49.040 --> 00:26:49.620
 Ferguson now,

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.540
 then out of

00:26:51.540 --> 00:26:52.100
 the blue I

00:26:52.100 --> 00:26:52.520
 have a letter

00:26:52.520 --> 00:26:53.220
 from Buckingham

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:54.020
 Palace signed

00:26:54.020 --> 00:26:54.680
 by Elizabeth

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.520
 II, or

00:26:55.520 --> 00:26:56.840
 Elizabeth R as

00:26:56.840 --> 00:26:57.380
 I believe she

00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:57.980
 signs herself,

00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:59.120
 Dear Dr.

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.840
 Ferguson, I

00:26:59.840 --> 00:27:00.520
 command you to

00:27:00.520 --> 00:27:01.060
 come back and

00:27:01.060 --> 00:27:02.020
 serve in the

00:27:02.020 --> 00:27:03.500
 forces here in

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:03.980
 the United

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.660
 Kingdom.

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.640
 But I've

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.000
 become an

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.600
 American citizen.

00:27:08.520 --> 00:27:09.540
 I can send my

00:27:09.540 --> 00:27:10.200
 little letter back

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.860
 to her, and

00:27:10.860 --> 00:27:11.640
 especially if I'm

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.400
 no longer a

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:14.440
 monarchist, I'm

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:14.940
 not sure what

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.800
 we'll do here in

00:27:15.800 --> 00:27:16.320
 Australia, but

00:27:16.320 --> 00:27:17.560
 Dear Lizzie,

00:27:18.840 --> 00:27:20.380
 isn't that good?

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.320
 It was so nice

00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:23.340
 having you as my

00:27:23.340 --> 00:27:25.120
 sovereign, and I

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.940
 actually loved

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.700
 living under your

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.780
 reign, but I am

00:27:27.780 --> 00:27:28.780
 no longer under

00:27:28.780 --> 00:27:30.360
 your reign.

00:27:30.860 --> 00:27:31.740
 I am an

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.200
 American.

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.700
 I am no longer

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.440
 under your

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:35.060
 dominion.

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:36.379
 You have no

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:38.679
 authority over

00:27:38.679 --> 00:27:39.000
 me.

00:27:45.419 --> 00:27:46.200
 Now, we

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.539
 might be

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.139
 thinking, doesn't

00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:47.740
 the fact that I

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:50.579
 still sin often

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:51.299
 suggest that I'm

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.960
 still under the

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.819
 reign of sin?

00:27:54.899 --> 00:27:55.319
 Are we just

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:56.099
 meant to pretend

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:57.839
 and imagine like

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.839
 sin has no power

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.500
 over us when,

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.599
 let's be honest,

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:03.439
 it is a strong

00:28:03.439 --> 00:28:05.599
 force constant in

00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:06.339
 our life, isn't

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:06.519
 it?

00:28:06.719 --> 00:28:07.299
 Are we just

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:08.599
 pretending here?

00:28:10.199 --> 00:28:10.819
 We're not

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.799
 pretending, because

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.859
 the grounds of this

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:14.019
 reality is not in

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.699
 your behaviour.

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.779
 It's not in your

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.619
 present daily

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:17.099
 behaviour.

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.799
 That says nothing

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.500
 about whether you're

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.240
 slaves or not.

00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:21.799
 We'll come to that

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.439
 in chapter 7.

00:28:23.439 --> 00:28:24.519
 The grounds of

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:26.159
 being set free is

00:28:26.159 --> 00:28:26.879
 what Jesus has

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.559
 already done.

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:30.179
 He died to sin,

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.799
 in him we have

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.099
 died.

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:34.119
 He's raised to

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:35.539
 live for God, in

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:37.339
 him we have new

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:37.899
 master.

00:28:38.879 --> 00:28:40.000
 The ground isn't in

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:41.019
 our experience, the

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.960
 ground is what Jesus

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.899
 has done for us.

00:28:44.679 --> 00:28:45.759
 This is trying to

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.899
 teach us, train

00:28:46.899 --> 00:28:47.839
 yourself to think

00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.419
 like this.

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:50.720
 I am free from

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:52.259
 sin, even though I

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.960
 sin so much, and I

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.640
 don't want to, but I

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.440
 keep doing it.

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:57.560
 I am free, because

00:28:57.560 --> 00:28:58.180
 of what Christ has

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.360
 done.

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.640
 Notice the passive

00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:03.660
 voice in these few

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.000
 verses.

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.460
 It's not that you

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.940
 committed yourself to

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:09.300
 this new master, it's

00:29:09.300 --> 00:29:10.180
 that you were handed

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.560
 over.

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:12.120
 This was something

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:13.100
 that was done to

00:29:13.100 --> 00:29:13.440
 you.

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:17.420
 So it's not that the

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:18.279
 standard of teaching

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:19.119
 was committed to

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:20.160
 you, it was you

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:21.700
 were committed to

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.420
 the standard of

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:22.740
 teaching.

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.720
 So you were

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:26.019
 committed into this

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:27.940
 new life in

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.339
 Christ.

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.180
 It's a passive

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.639
 voice.

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.440
 You didn't do it,

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.399
 and that's why Paul

00:29:32.399 --> 00:29:33.440
 gives God the

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.700
 credit.

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:36.059
 Thanks be to

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.339
 God.

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.379
 He transferred you,

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.539
 he liberated you.

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.440
 When did it happen?

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:45.080
 When you first believed

00:29:45.080 --> 00:29:45.940
 into Christ.

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.900
 Now that's a, it's a

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:51.500
 strange way of

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.700
 describing becoming a

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:52.940
 Christian.

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:54.360
 So you have become

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:55.580
 obedient from the

00:29:55.580 --> 00:29:56.880
 heart to the standard

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:57.440
 of teaching.

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.279
 It's a bit of a

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:00.120
 strange way of

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:01.400
 describing becoming a

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:02.680
 Christian, but I like

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:05.680
 how FF Bruce, another

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.740
 commentator, puts it, so

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.600
 let me share it with you.

00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:10.100
 What is this pattern of

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:10.399
 teaching?

00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:12.939
 It's the pattern of

00:30:12.939 --> 00:30:13.939
 teaching which was

00:30:13.939 --> 00:30:16.159
 embodied in Christ

00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:16.500
 himself.

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.419
 So it wasn't this list

00:30:18.419 --> 00:30:18.899
 of rules.

00:30:19.679 --> 00:30:20.779
 What were we committed

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.099
 to?

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:24.219
 Christ himself.

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.559
 What he embodied,

00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:27.219
 this new way of life.

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:30.899
 So when we first

00:30:30.899 --> 00:30:32.259
 believed we have been

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:33.500
 brought into this new

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:35.159
 way of life, we've

00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:36.059
 been brought into

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.480
 Christ.

00:30:37.139 --> 00:30:38.339
 And being in Christ,

00:30:38.459 --> 00:30:39.740
 he is both saviour and

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.180
 Lord.

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:45.000
 Alright, if you, I'm

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.819
 not sure if I've said

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.660
 that clearly enough, but

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:48.120
 feel free to come talk

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:49.799
 to me afterwards if you're

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.700
 a bit confused still on

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.099
 that point.

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:54.339
 We'll talk to each other.

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.839
 Maybe even better.

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:58.220
 Okay, first one.

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.799
 See sin as an enslaving

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.160
 lie.

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:02.460
 Second motivation is

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:04.400
 realise what Christ has

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.900
 done for you.

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.660
 You were liberated.

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:08.519
 You were set free.

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:10.579
 And then we've got a

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:12.460
 third motivation that

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.500
 grace compels us.

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:15.579
 In your daily choices,

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.460
 compare what these

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:17.319
 masters offer you.

00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:19.200
 What fruit do you get?

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.920
 And that's what verses

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:21.460
 20 to 23 are about.

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.839
 There's two masters,

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.900
 sin or God,

00:31:27.139 --> 00:31:28.119
 two results from

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:28.700
 serving them,

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:30.500
 death or eternal life,

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.440
 two methods of

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:32.519
 rewarding, wages or

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.960
 free gift.

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.059
 life.

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:38.140
 So let's compare the

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.400
 pair.

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.720
 Hopefully that's not a

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:44.340
 legal catchphrase that I

00:31:44.340 --> 00:31:45.660
 just said there, but

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.680
 anyway, we can scrap

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:46.840
 that.

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:48.319
 Back then when you were

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:50.360
 free from God, you were

00:31:50.360 --> 00:31:51.400
 free from what God said

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:53.180
 and you were just obeying

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:54.539
 sin, what fruit did you

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:54.740
 get?

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:57.220
 Try and think back.

00:31:57.600 --> 00:31:58.440
 What fruit did you get

00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:59.240
 when you just handed

00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:00.500
 yourself over to sin's

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:00.980
 desires?

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:03.220
 When you were full of

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:06.660
 impurity, envy, hatred,

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:09.799
 lying, intentionally

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:11.319
 causing others harm,

00:32:11.860 --> 00:32:13.259
 gossiping, slandering,

00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:16.140
 hating God, insolent,

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.960
 proud, boasting,

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:20.019
 disobedient to parents,

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:21.860
 foolish, faithless,

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:23.440
 heartless, ruthless.

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:26.779
 What fruit did you get

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.220
 from that?

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:31.480
 Didn't you get shame

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.259
 inside of you?

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:35.160
 Didn't you get

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:36.160
 destruction of

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:37.220
 relationships around

00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:38.339
 you?

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:41.039
 Didn't you have the

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.960
 knowledge that you

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.680
 deserve God's

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:44.319
 judgment, it's coming?

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:47.279
 What kind of fruit is

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.539
 that?

00:32:49.860 --> 00:32:50.799
 What fruit does

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.640
 righteousness offer?

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.920
 Or to turn the

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:56.319
 question a bit, when

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:57.740
 is doing what God

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.700
 has said made you

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.399
 feel ashamed?

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.599
 I can't think of

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:01.980
 the time.

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:05.099
 I can think of the

00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:05.659
 time when people

00:33:05.659 --> 00:33:06.519
 tried to put me to

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:06.799
 shame.

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.519
 That's very different

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:10.059
 from, so it could be

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:11.079
 a painful thing, but

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.839
 that's very different

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:13.119
 from feeling ashamed.

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.939
 That's a different

00:33:14.939 --> 00:33:15.259
 thing.

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:18.539
 The fruit you get

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:19.480
 from God is honour,

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:22.480
 peace, eternal life.

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:25.640
 These two masters

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.799
 reward you by two

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.319
 very different

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:27.720
 methods.

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:30.339
 Sin does want to

00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:30.880
 reward you.

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.700
 Sin can't wait to

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.440
 give you the paycheck

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:34.180
 at the end of the

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:34.440
 day.

00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:36.299
 You've earned it.

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.440
 Death.

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:39.640
 Can't wait to pay us.

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:41.380
 But your new master

00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:43.720
 only wants to give

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:45.059
 you life as a free

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.380
 gift.

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.860
 He is generous.

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.339
 He is gracious.

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:50.700
 That's the only way he

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.559
 relates to us.

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.299
 That's his character.

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.680
 So I think the

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.480
 motivation we're

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.340
 meant to have here is

00:33:58.340 --> 00:33:59.900
 it's not saying give

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.620
 up what you really

00:34:00.620 --> 00:34:01.539
 want now so that you

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:02.799
 get eternal life later.

00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:03.900
 It's not saying that.

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:05.799
 It's saying why would

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.880
 you want to keep doing

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:07.700
 the things that cause

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:08.320
 you shame?

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.780
 Start enjoying the

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:11.360
 eternal life you have

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:12.340
 now.

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:18.760
 I think this paragraph

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.920
 boils down to a thought

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:21.099
 so profound.

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:23.039
 It's not my thought.

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:25.200
 I'm indebted to John

00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:26.300
 Piper for explaining

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:26.619
 this.

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:28.680
 It has totally reshaped

00:34:28.680 --> 00:34:29.840
 the way I think of

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.760
 obedience to God.

00:34:32.180 --> 00:34:34.240
 If God will always,

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:36.639
 sorry, if God's will,

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:39.579
 if his will always leads

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.599
 to eternal life,

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:42.119
 always, that's the fruit,

00:34:43.220 --> 00:34:44.880
 then I never have to

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:46.059
 choose between doing

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:47.400
 what God wants me to do

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:48.980
 and what will bring me

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:51.019
 life and joy and peace.

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:53.160
 They're never two options.

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:55.559
 They're the same choice.

00:34:58.519 --> 00:35:01.320
 You never, ever, ever

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:02.360
 have to choose between

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:03.619
 doing what will truly

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:05.099
 satisfy you and what God

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:05.460
 commands.

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:08.139
 they're the same choice.

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:11.480
 It may be a painful path

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:14.599
 at first,

00:35:15.240 --> 00:35:16.139
 but it will lead

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:18.800
 to no shame,

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:20.059
 the Lord's pleasure,

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:21.800
 eternal life.

00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:23.400
 I think we see this

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:25.240
 principle played out

00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:27.880
 most fully when Jesus

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:29.080
 was sweating drops of

00:35:29.080 --> 00:35:30.320
 blood in the garden of

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:32.100
 Gethsemane and he said,

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:34.220
 not my will that yours be

00:35:34.220 --> 00:35:34.519
 done.

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.280
 And what's he saying

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:37.560
 there?

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.820
 It's a painful path.

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.480
 Absolutely.

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:42.080
 He's sweating drops of

00:35:42.080 --> 00:35:42.260
 blood.

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:43.080
 I've never done that.

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.440
 Painful.

00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:46.600
 Did he want to go to the

00:35:46.600 --> 00:35:46.880
 cross?

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.980
 No.

00:35:49.620 --> 00:35:50.460
 Absolutely not.

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:53.380
 In one sense.

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.639
 But then he prayed this,

00:35:55.720 --> 00:35:56.820
 not my will but yours be

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:57.059
 done.

00:35:58.639 --> 00:36:00.240
 His most fundamental

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:02.079
 desire was to trust that

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:03.920
 the Father's will would

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:06.579
 result in life and peace

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.559
 and joy.

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.460
 And did it?

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.420
 And honour.

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:10.579
 Did it.

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.679
 Didn't we celebrate that

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.559
 it did last Sunday?

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:21.219
 As sin claims that you

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:22.299
 will never be satisfied

00:36:22.299 --> 00:36:23.980
 until you give in to it,

00:36:24.779 --> 00:36:25.199
 you can say,

00:36:25.299 --> 00:36:26.519
 you are lying to me.

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:30.019
 You can't wait to pay me

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.500
 in death.

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:35.440
 I never have to choose

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:36.719
 between submitting to

00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:38.079
 God's will and what will

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:40.139
 actually give me joy,

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.279
 everlasting joy.

00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:42.699
 They are always the same

00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:43.099
 choice.

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.779
 I think that's a

00:36:44.779 --> 00:36:45.519
 profound thought.

00:36:47.899 --> 00:36:49.219
 It's a profound weapon

00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:50.879
 to fight with sin.

00:36:52.839 --> 00:36:54.099
 I think there's one final

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:54.879
 motivation in this

00:36:54.879 --> 00:36:55.759
 passage.

00:36:58.339 --> 00:36:59.719
 It's a bit disguised.

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:01.460
 I think it's a hint that

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:03.079
 we need chapters 7 and 8

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:06.339
 still to fully understand

00:37:06.339 --> 00:37:08.159
 ourselves as being in

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:08.579
 Christ.

00:37:09.399 --> 00:37:10.579
 So in verse 19 we've got

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:12.379
 I'm speaking in human

00:37:12.379 --> 00:37:14.239
 terms about this slavery

00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:15.940
 metaphor because of your

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:17.859
 natural limitations.

00:37:19.379 --> 00:37:21.879
 So we're slow to

00:37:21.879 --> 00:37:23.379
 understand who we now

00:37:23.379 --> 00:37:24.119
 are in Christ.

00:37:24.319 --> 00:37:25.500
 We're slow to get the

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:28.099
 fact that being free

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:29.000
 from all constraints,

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:30.099
 ruling your own life,

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:31.339
 doesn't exist.

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:33.019
 That there's only sin or

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.920
 God as our master.

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:35.500
 We're slow to accept that.

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:37.579
 We need this slavery

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:38.800
 metaphor to understand

00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:40.559
 that Jesus has liberated

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:40.920
 us.

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:42.760
 So we need it.

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:45.500
 But the analogy isn't

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:45.960
 good enough.

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:47.760
 This breaks down here,

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.260
 people.

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:49.360
 We need to understand

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:49.780
 this.

00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:53.500
 And I think in our modern

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:55.480
 thinking we might go,

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:58.800
 of course slavery is not a

00:37:58.800 --> 00:37:59.320
 good example.

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.039
 That's awful.

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:01.599
 It's dehumanising.

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:03.340
 It's brutal.

00:38:04.219 --> 00:38:05.980
 Of course that's a not

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:07.079
 good enough analogy.

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:10.820
 But that's thinking about

00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:13.039
 slavery with modern eyes.

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:14.659
 If we go back into Paul's

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:17.539
 day in Roman times, it

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:19.820
 really depended, and talk

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:20.759
 to Sean if you want to know

00:38:20.759 --> 00:38:21.380
 more about this.

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:22.539
 He's the historian here.

00:38:22.779 --> 00:38:25.179
 But hopefully he's agreeing

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:26.659
 with me when I say this,

00:38:26.759 --> 00:38:28.259
 that it really depended on

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:29.380
 who your master was,

00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:30.760
 whether slavery was a bad

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:31.280
 thing or not.

00:38:32.660 --> 00:38:33.760
 You could have more

00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:35.380
 security, more honour,

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:36.619
 more status, more

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:37.780
 prosperity if you're a

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:39.039
 slave in Caesar's

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:40.579
 household than if you're

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:41.360
 a free person.

00:38:42.640 --> 00:38:43.800
 Just another pleb.

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:45.380
 Is there a...

00:38:45.380 --> 00:38:45.920
 Okay, great.

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.200
 Good.

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:46.599
 Good.

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:51.199
 It's more dependent on who

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:53.279
 your master was, whether

00:38:53.279 --> 00:38:54.799
 slavery was bad or not, back

00:38:54.799 --> 00:38:55.699
 in Paul's day.

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:58.259
 And in biblical language,

00:38:58.460 --> 00:39:00.859
 being slaves of God, Paul is

00:39:00.859 --> 00:39:01.859
 proud of that title.

00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:03.419
 He opens every letter with

00:39:03.419 --> 00:39:03.619
 that.

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:05.919
 I am a servant, or you could

00:39:05.919 --> 00:39:07.960
 say slave, of Christ Jesus.

00:39:08.419 --> 00:39:09.679
 There's nothing to be ashamed

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:09.819
 of.

00:39:09.819 --> 00:39:11.099
 What greater master could you

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:11.359
 have?

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:13.700
 And that is an honouring

00:39:13.700 --> 00:39:14.099
 title.

00:39:15.140 --> 00:39:17.059
 When we talk about saint, to

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:19.039
 be a saint, that's basically

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.559
 what we're saying.

00:39:19.700 --> 00:39:20.720
 We're saying we're totally

00:39:20.720 --> 00:39:22.559
 dedicated to God.

00:39:22.660 --> 00:39:24.400
 We are set apart for God.

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:29.019
 Biblically, being a slave of

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:30.640
 God is an honouring thing.

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:36.239
 So why is this analogy of

00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:37.500
 slavery not the full picture?

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:41.440
 I think it's because we need

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:42.400
 to get to chapter 8.

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:45.139
 Chapter 8, verse 15.

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:49.239
 For you did not receive the

00:39:49.239 --> 00:39:51.199
 spirit of slavery to fall back

00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:53.359
 into fear, as you relate to

00:39:53.359 --> 00:39:56.299
 God, but you have received the

00:39:56.299 --> 00:39:59.559
 spirit of adoption as sons, by

00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:02.420
 whom we cry, Abba, Father.

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:07.299
 I think we are only as much a

00:40:07.299 --> 00:40:09.119
 slave as Jesus Christ is

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:10.440
 himself to God.

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:13.259
 We need to learn to think of

00:40:13.259 --> 00:40:14.880
 ourselves as in Jesus Christ.

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:17.539
 You read the Gospels, especially

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:18.239
 John's Gospel.

00:40:19.299 --> 00:40:22.199
 Jesus delighted to do the

00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:22.860
 Father's will.

00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:24.340
 It wasn't a burden.

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:28.159
 Anything he said and did, he

00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:30.679
 said, was what God the Father

00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:31.460
 told him to do.

00:40:33.159 --> 00:40:35.000
 So in a sense, he was a slave of

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.579
 his father.

00:40:36.139 --> 00:40:38.259
 But, gee, that analogy isn't good

00:40:38.259 --> 00:40:38.539
 enough.

00:40:39.219 --> 00:40:41.480
 That analogy gets just expanded

00:40:42.399 --> 00:40:43.579
 out when you think of it in terms

00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:44.399
 of sonships.

00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:45.679
 We are children.

00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:49.399
 The devotion is not just the

00:40:49.399 --> 00:40:50.259
 devotion of a slave.

00:40:50.399 --> 00:40:52.399
 It's the devotion of a child to

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:53.139
 their loving father.

00:40:57.619 --> 00:40:59.180
 So there's our weapons in this

00:40:59.180 --> 00:41:00.380
 passage to fight sin.

00:41:00.619 --> 00:41:03.000
 How will this thinking go with us

00:41:03.000 --> 00:41:04.200
 into this week and beyond?

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:08.900
 A sin wants you to think that you

00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:10.639
 are compelled to obey it.

00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:14.420
 You will never be satisfied until you

00:41:14.420 --> 00:41:16.079
 give in to its demands.

00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:19.440
 What will motivate you not to go on

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:19.780
 sinning?

00:41:21.099 --> 00:41:23.380
 When that lustful thought and

00:41:23.380 --> 00:41:25.059
 temptation is just overwhelming.

00:41:25.300 --> 00:41:27.619
 I have to keep dwelling on this.

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:31.119
 When that untrue comment just

00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:33.099
 screams out, vindicate yourself,

00:41:34.539 --> 00:41:35.119
 your reputation.

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:38.019
 When that hurtful word is pleading,

00:41:38.200 --> 00:41:38.920
 get vengeance.

00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:40.980
 Get it now.

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:42.340
 It'll feel so good.

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:46.460
 When the envy of our neighbour's

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:48.599
 house and whatever they've got

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:50.880
 spouse, children says,

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:52.360
 you won't be happy until you have

00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:52.980
 what they have.

00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:57.579
 When the idea that your value is

00:41:57.579 --> 00:41:59.819
 tied to you being a competent

00:41:59.819 --> 00:42:01.559
 parent or competent at your job

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:04.199
 or school or sport and so all your

00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:06.519
 concern and all your energy has to

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:07.699
 be devoted to this thing.

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:10.279
 We could keep describing how sin

00:42:10.279 --> 00:42:12.639
 might pop up in our week but whatever

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:14.380
 the expression of sin is, it comes

00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:16.279
 with brutal force, doesn't it?

00:42:16.280 --> 00:42:18.760
 It just feels like I have to give in

00:42:18.760 --> 00:42:19.080
 to this.

00:42:20.780 --> 00:42:22.280
 You must obey me.

00:42:25.120 --> 00:42:27.720
 Don't fight it simply by laying down

00:42:27.720 --> 00:42:30.380
 God's law saying God says do this.

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:32.740
 God tells me I must do this.

00:42:33.120 --> 00:42:36.080
 That is a true comment but it's not

00:42:36.080 --> 00:42:36.880
 powerful enough.

00:42:38.640 --> 00:42:39.960
 We've got stronger weapons.

00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:42.320
 Think of yourself.

00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:45.380
 Preach to yourself who you now are

00:42:45.380 --> 00:42:47.659
 in Jesus Christ, our Lord.

00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:51.500
 See sin as the enslaving lie it is.

00:42:52.340 --> 00:42:53.699
 You promise satisfaction.

00:42:55.320 --> 00:42:57.199
 At the end of this, it is going to

00:42:57.199 --> 00:42:57.960
 pay me in death.

00:42:58.619 --> 00:43:00.699
 Shame and destruction around me.

00:43:03.780 --> 00:43:05.720
 Remember your liberation in Christ.

00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:07.980
 Like that old boss who calls you at

00:43:07.980 --> 00:43:08.599
 9.15.

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:11.740
 You've got no authority over me.

00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:14.760
 I don't have to obey you.

00:43:15.719 --> 00:43:17.539
 I have a new master now.

00:43:18.539 --> 00:43:20.000
 The fact that I have a new master

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:21.260
 means you're not it.

00:43:24.139 --> 00:43:25.659
 I don't have to listen to you.

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:28.280
 And look ahead and compare what fruit

00:43:28.280 --> 00:43:29.119
 they're going to give you.

00:43:30.980 --> 00:43:33.400
 Aren't you sick of the payment that

00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:34.059
 sin gives you?

00:43:34.159 --> 00:43:36.059
 Like I know the feeling too well.

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:42.719
 I don't have to choose between my joy

00:43:42.719 --> 00:43:43.900
 and what God says.

00:43:44.119 --> 00:43:46.159
 They are the same choice.

00:43:47.559 --> 00:43:49.280
 And so I want to choose life.

00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:50.420
 I want to choose peace.

00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:53.579
 It might be painful at first but

00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:55.380
 it's going to lead to life.

00:43:56.659 --> 00:43:58.380
 And I'm not ashamed of submitting to

00:43:58.380 --> 00:44:00.380
 God's law, God's way.

00:44:01.740 --> 00:44:04.019
 I'm only a slave as much as Jesus Christ

00:44:04.019 --> 00:44:04.599
 is a slave.

00:44:04.599 --> 00:44:06.259
 Obeying God is not a burden.

00:44:07.099 --> 00:44:09.079
 It's not a dutiful burden.

00:44:09.199 --> 00:44:09.960
 I'm not missing out.

00:44:10.900 --> 00:44:12.920
 I trust that my father only wants to

00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:13.519
 give me life.

00:44:16.559 --> 00:44:17.860
 Brothers and sisters, Christian,

00:44:18.360 --> 00:44:19.400
 you're not your own.

00:44:20.259 --> 00:44:21.299
 You're not your own.

00:44:21.500 --> 00:44:22.719
 You were bought at a price.

00:44:24.380 --> 00:44:27.019
 You have been set free from sin's reign

00:44:27.019 --> 00:44:27.519
 over you.

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:30.679
 You belong to a new master.

00:44:32.980 --> 00:44:35.619
 Constrained, compelled by his love.

00:44:36.500 --> 00:44:39.480
 In Jesus Christ, your Lord, is where

00:44:39.480 --> 00:44:41.400
 you will find freedom.

00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:47.300
 Would you please pray with me?

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:48.360
 Let's pray.

00:44:48.360 --> 00:44:58.900
 Lord, I pray that you would help us to

00:44:58.900 --> 00:45:03.460
 think of ourselves as being so united to

00:45:03.460 --> 00:45:07.620
 Jesus that what is true for him is true

00:45:07.620 --> 00:45:08.120
 for us.

00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:13.740
 Lord, I pray that you would help us to not

00:45:13.740 --> 00:45:16.220
 just hate the consequences of sin but also

00:45:16.219 --> 00:45:17.919
 hate the sin itself.

00:45:19.459 --> 00:45:22.500
 I pray that you would help us to see how

00:45:22.500 --> 00:45:23.480
 enslaving it is.

00:45:24.599 --> 00:45:28.259
 I pray that you would help us to rejoice and

00:45:28.259 --> 00:45:31.759
 think of ourselves as being free from sin's

00:45:31.759 --> 00:45:32.039
 reign.

00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:35.759
 Help us to realise the freedom we now have

00:45:35.759 --> 00:45:36.859
 belonging to you.

00:45:37.959 --> 00:45:41.379
 Lord, help us to choose what will give life for

00:45:41.380 --> 00:45:43.059
 us and those around us.

00:45:44.400 --> 00:45:46.160
 Father, I pray that you would press this into

00:45:46.160 --> 00:45:53.000
 our hearts so that we fight sin with grace

00:45:53.000 --> 00:45:57.000
 and not with law so that we can get the

00:45:57.000 --> 00:46:02.240
 victory so that we can honour you in how we

00:46:02.240 --> 00:46:02.480
 live.

00:46:03.860 --> 00:46:04.760
 Lord, we need your help.

00:46:05.240 --> 00:46:07.039
 So please do these things in Jesus' name.

00:46:07.300 --> 00:46:07.539
 Amen.

00:46:07.539 --> 00:46:07.640
 Amen.

00:46:07.640 --> 00:46:07.680
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