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 Well, good evening, Providence Baptist Church.

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 Our text this evening is going to be 2 Corinthians chapter 5, verses 17 through 21.

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 2 Corinthians chapter 5, verses 17 through 21.

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 Why do we call it good?

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 I know many of you could probably answer that quite thoroughly.

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 But at least acknowledge at face value this is kind of a strange name for such a day.

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 It is a day where we remember the death, the excruciating death, as a matter of fact, of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 He was led captive.

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 He was mocked.

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 He was stripped naked, shamed, beaten, nailed to a cross, through his feet and his hands, spat upon.

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 And all of this occurred in an illegal trial with unjust officials whom he created.

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 Jew and Gentile alike rejected their creator and nailed him to his creation, the tree.

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 And so there is a really real question here about what on earth is good about that.

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 And relatedly, why would Christ come to die anyways?

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 Well, to answer these questions, we will look at 2 Corinthians chapter 5, verse 17 through 21.

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 Paul writes,

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 Therefore,

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 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us.

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 We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

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 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

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 This evening we are going to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the same reason.

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 This evening we are going to see at least three reasons why Christ came to die.

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 These same reasons will also help us why it is that we call this day good, and rightly so, because it is truly good.

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 There are more than these three reasons, to be sure, that are just as important.

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 But our text today draws us to these three, and so we will follow.

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 And a quick but important note, I'm not going to go word by word through this passage as would be my normal practice,

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 nor am I necessarily tracing the argument Paul is making through 2 Corinthians.

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 Rather, as a day of remembrance, this good Friday, I want our minds to be drawn to the goodness of Christ's death,

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 with the goal of honoring God and edifying the body.

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 Three reasons Christ came to die on this good day.

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 Number one, to create the world anew.

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 To create the world anew.

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 Look back at verse 17.

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 Paul writes,

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 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.

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 The old has passed away.

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 Behold, look, the new has come.

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 Since Genesis 3, due to Adam's sin, the world is cursed by God.

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 Thorns, thistles, tough ground, unproductive ground, weeds,

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 all these kinds of things pop up after the fall.

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 If you've ever cut your hand out on a farm or working in your yard,

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 you can thank Adam.

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 And likewise, God punishes humanity directly.

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 To Eve, he says,

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 You will bring forth children in pain,

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 and your desire shall be for your husband,

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 and he shall rule over you.

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 To Adam, he says,

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 You will work in pain.

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 You will sweat.

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 And you will die.

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 And of course, because Adam and Eve sinned,

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 all of their offspring are born as sinners as well.

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 And this is why King David,

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 many years later, many generations later,

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 could say truly and rightly in Psalm 51 5,

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 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,

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 and in sin did my mother conceive me.

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 He's not saying mom was a bad person who got around.

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 He's saying,

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 I was conceived as a sinner.

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 This reality that David understands is made more explicit

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 and more universal throughout the Bible.

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 Just one example is Romans 3, 23.

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 Paul writes,

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 For all have sinned,

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 that's everyone,

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 every individual,

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 all have sinned

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 and fall short of the glory of God.

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 And so we get these chilling words from Paul in Romans 5, 12.

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 He says,

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 Therefore,

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 just as sin came into the world through one man,

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 talking about Adam,

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 just as sin came into the world through Adam,

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 and death through sin,

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 and so death spread to all men,

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 because all sinned.

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 sinned.

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 And so you don't even need a Bible necessarily to know this.

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 The world around us is broken,

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 and we ourselves are broken.

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 Nothing is as it should be.

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 But God,

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 but God, as Paul says,

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 being rich in mercy,

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 because of the great love

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 with which he loved us,

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 even when we were dead in our trespasses,

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 made us alive together with Christ.

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 By grace,

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 you have been saved.

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 Ephesians 2, 4.

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 This is why Paul can say

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 in 2 Corinthians 5, 17,

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 if anyone is in Christ,

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 he is a new creation.

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 To be in Christ,

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 or to be with Christ,

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 is to be made new.

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 It is to come alive.

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 This happens when one has

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 repented of their sins

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 and confesses Jesus as Lord.

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 That confession is made public by baptism,

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 and biblically,

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 when a person decides

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 they are team Jesus,

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 they publicly pronounce that

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 through baptism.

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 And likewise,

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 the church in turn

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 baptizes them

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 as a public recognition

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 that this person belongs.

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 This is one of us.

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 This person

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 is a Christian,

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 a new creature.

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 And hence,

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 Romans 6, 4,

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 Paul says,

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 So if anyone is in Christ,

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 he is a new creation.

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 If any person is to be saved

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 and made alive,

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 Christ had to die.

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 The only way dead men live

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 is if death itself

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 is overtaken.

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 If the cursed world

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 and the broken man

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 are made new,

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 this can only be because

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 they have died

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 and been reborn,

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 remade.

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 And so you can see

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 why this is so good.

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 Christ is reversing

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 the curse of Genesis 3.

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 He is removing the guilt

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 and the punishment

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 of Genesis 3.

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 And we Christians

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 here and now,

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 as James says in James 1.18,

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 are a kind of first fruits

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 of his creatures.

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 That is to say that

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 in God creating

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 the new heavens

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 and the new earth,

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 he actually starts

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 right here,

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 right now,

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 by creating anew

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 his people.

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 And so,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 you and I

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 are the beginning

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 of the new heavens

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 and the new earth

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 by the grace of God

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 right now.

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 The second reason

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 we see that Christ

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 came to die

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 is that Christ died

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 to reconcile us

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 to God the Father,

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 to reconcile the world

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 to the Father.

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 So look back

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 at verse 18.

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 We'll read again.

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 Paul writes,

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 all this is from God,

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 who through Christ

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 reconciled us

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 to himself

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 and gave us

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 the ministry

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 of reconciliation.

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 That is,

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 in Christ,

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 God was reconciling

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 the world

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 to himself,

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 not counting their

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 trespasses against them,

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 and entrusting to us

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 the message

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 of reconciliation.

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 Therefore,

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 we are ambassadors

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 for Christ,

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 God making his appeal

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 through us.

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 We implore you

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 on behalf of Christ,

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 be reconciled

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 to God.

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 Now,

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 we could rightly

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 talk a lot

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 about the mission

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 of the church

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 from this passage.

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 We could talk about

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 our responsibility

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 as ambassadors,

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 the need to be peacemakers,

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 to preach the gospel

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 of reconciliation.

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 reconciliation.

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 But again,

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 today,

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 we want to focus

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 on why Christ died

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 and the goodness

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 of that horrific

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 event,

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 the actual content

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 of the gospel.

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 And so,

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 in doing that,

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 we see a glaring

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 key word

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 in these few verses.

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 It is

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 reconciliation.

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 It appears

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 five times

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 in this passage,

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 twice as a noun,

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 three times as a verb.

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 And this term

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 indicates a change

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 of relationship.

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 In sin,

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 we were enemies

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 of God.

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 It is not

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 an exaggeration

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 to say

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 we hated

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 God.

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 Capital H.

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 So,

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 how would a creature

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 who hates God

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 be reconciled

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 to God?

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 Why would he?

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 He hates him.

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 But this is

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 one of the things

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 that makes

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 Christianity

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 unique from

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 all other

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 religions.

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 Man does not

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 reconcile himself

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 to God.

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 He cannot.

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 But as Paul

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 has made plain,

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 God reconciles

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 us

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 to himself.

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 Read verse 18

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 again.

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 God,

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 who through Christ

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 reconciled

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 us

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 to

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 himself.

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 God

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 did that.

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 You and I

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 did not

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 do that.

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 God

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 and God

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 alone

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 did that

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 through

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 Christ.

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 It is only

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 after God

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 reconciles us

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 through Christ

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 that Paul

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 commands us

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 to be

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 reconciled to

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 God

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 in verse 20.

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 So,

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 Christ's death

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 is not

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 merely enabling

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 our heart

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 change.

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 It is not

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 merely making

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 us alive.

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 As good and

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 great as that

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 is,

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 the gospel

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 is even

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 more.

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 God

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 is reestablishing

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 his

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 relationship

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 with us.

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 Through

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 Christ,

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 the

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 reconciliation

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 that God

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 brings

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 changes our

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 relationship

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 such that

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 we're no longer

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 enemies.

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 We're friends

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 of God,

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 as James 2

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 says.

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 We're

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 adopted

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 sons

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 and daughters,

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 as Ephesians 1

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 says.

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 We get to

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 call him

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 father.

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 We who

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 are enemies

00:13:15.959 --> 00:13:16.639
 call him

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 father.

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 We're now

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 described as

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 the bride

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 of Christ

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 in Revelation

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 19.

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 So,

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 talk about

00:13:26.139 --> 00:13:26.659
 a turn

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 of events

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 from enemies

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 to bride.

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 And what

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 is it that

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 God does

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 through Christ

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 to bring

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 this about?

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 Well,

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 in the words

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 of the prophet

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 Isaiah 53,

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 verse 10,

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 God crushed

00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:45.460
 Jesus.

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 He has

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 put him

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 to grief.

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 And so,

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 it is through

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 Christ's death

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 on this

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 Good Friday,

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 so many

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 years ago,

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 that God

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 reconciled us

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 to himself.

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 Paul makes

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 this connection

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 explicit in

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 Romans 5,

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 verse 10.

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 He says,

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 for while we

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 were enemies,

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 we were

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 reconciled to

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 God by the

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 death of

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 his son.

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 Much more,

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 now that we

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 are reconciled,

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 shall we be

00:14:17.660 --> 00:14:18.879
 saved by

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 his life.

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 The cross

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 is horrific.

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 Christ's death

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 is horrific.

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 That God

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 the son died

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 and died

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 in the manner

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 he did,

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 at the same

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 time,

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 it is so

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 good.

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 It is so

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 good,

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 because in

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 saving us

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 through the

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 death of

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 the son,

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 we will

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 walk with

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 God in

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 the streets

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 of the

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 new

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 Jerusalem.

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 In the

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 many gardens

00:14:49.139 --> 00:14:49.559
 of the

00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:49.980
 new earth,

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 we will

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 know God,

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 we will

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 feel his

00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:52.699
 breath on

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 our face,

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 as Adam

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 and Eve

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 once did

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 before the

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 fall.

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 If you're

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 cold toward

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 the Lord

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 right now,

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 relish in

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 that.

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 That is

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 amazing.

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 That is

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 astounding.

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 And third

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 and finally,

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 Christ died

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 to make us

00:15:11.899 --> 00:15:12.720
 the righteousness

00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:13.820
 of God.

00:15:13.940 --> 00:15:14.419
 He died

00:15:14.419 --> 00:15:15.259
 to make us

00:15:15.259 --> 00:15:16.879
 the righteousness

00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:17.960
 of God.

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 Verse 21.

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 Paul says,

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 for our

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 sake,

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 he made

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 him to be

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 sin who

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 knew no

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 sin,

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 so that

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 in him

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 we might

00:15:29.139 --> 00:15:29.919
 become

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 the

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 righteousness

00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:33.319
 of God.

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 God makes

00:15:36.059 --> 00:15:36.480
 the world

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 anew,

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 he reconciles

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 us to

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 himself,

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 and he

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 makes us

00:15:41.620 --> 00:15:42.219
 the righteousness

00:15:42.219 --> 00:15:42.879
 of God

00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:43.299
 for his

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 glory.

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 That's why

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 he died.

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 But one

00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:46.759
 question I've

00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:47.039
 kind of

00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:47.799
 skipped around

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 is this,

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 why does

00:15:49.939 --> 00:15:50.659
 Christ's death

00:15:50.659 --> 00:15:51.600
 accomplish

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 this?

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 We don't

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 normally think

00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:54.699
 of death

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 as a

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 productive,

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 fruitful,

00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:57.939
 life-giving

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 thing.

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 I mean,

00:15:58.699 --> 00:15:58.959
 it's

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 death.

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 So why

00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:01.580
 is Christ's

00:16:01.580 --> 00:16:02.140
 death so

00:16:02.140 --> 00:16:03.620
 effective at

00:16:03.620 --> 00:16:04.080
 bringing about

00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:04.920
 these massive

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 changes?

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 Well,

00:16:09.040 --> 00:16:09.540
 verse 21,

00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:10.120
 the Father

00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:10.660
 made the

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 Son to

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 be

00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:13.800
 sin.

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 That is to

00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:15.460
 say,

00:16:15.560 --> 00:16:15.920
 the sin

00:16:15.920 --> 00:16:16.440
 that God

00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:17.960
 must punish,

00:16:18.040 --> 00:16:18.680
 that we

00:16:18.680 --> 00:16:19.280
 are guilty

00:16:19.280 --> 00:16:19.660
 of,

00:16:20.180 --> 00:16:20.879
 Christ bore

00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:21.700
 that on

00:16:21.700 --> 00:16:22.879
 our behalf.

00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:23.520
 Paul says,

00:16:23.940 --> 00:16:24.840
 for our

00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:25.600
 sake.

00:16:26.780 --> 00:16:27.120
 And this

00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:27.400
 is what

00:16:27.400 --> 00:16:27.980
 theologians

00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:28.400
 have called

00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:29.000
 the doctrine

00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:29.539
 of penal

00:16:29.539 --> 00:16:30.699
 substitutionary

00:16:30.699 --> 00:16:32.159
 atonement,

00:16:32.319 --> 00:16:32.879
 absolutely

00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:33.899
 fundamental

00:16:33.899 --> 00:16:34.939
 to the

00:16:34.939 --> 00:16:35.299
 faith.

00:16:36.939 --> 00:16:37.579
 Without

00:16:37.579 --> 00:16:37.939
 this

00:16:37.939 --> 00:16:38.379
 doctrine,

00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:38.939
 there is

00:16:38.939 --> 00:16:39.399
 no

00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:40.639
 gospel.

00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:43.480
 Penal,

00:16:43.579 --> 00:16:43.779
 meaning

00:16:43.779 --> 00:16:44.279
 penalty,

00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:45.439
 substitutionary,

00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:45.720
 meaning

00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:46.399
 substitute,

00:16:46.779 --> 00:16:47.319
 atonement,

00:16:48.340 --> 00:16:48.620
 meaning

00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:49.379
 satisfying

00:16:49.379 --> 00:16:50.220
 the wrath

00:16:50.220 --> 00:16:51.019
 of God's

00:16:51.019 --> 00:16:51.620
 justice

00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:53.000
 towards

00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:53.460
 sinners.

00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:53.740
 sinners.

00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:55.660
 And so,

00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:56.060
 in short,

00:16:56.200 --> 00:16:56.400
 penal

00:16:56.400 --> 00:16:57.360
 substitutionary

00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:57.900
 atonement

00:16:57.900 --> 00:16:59.240
 is just a

00:16:59.240 --> 00:16:59.820
 fancy way

00:16:59.820 --> 00:17:00.160
 to say

00:17:00.160 --> 00:17:00.720
 that Christ

00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:01.519
 died in

00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:02.259
 your place

00:17:02.259 --> 00:17:02.960
 for your

00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:04.200
 sin to

00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:04.779
 uphold the

00:17:04.779 --> 00:17:05.400
 justice

00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:06.720
 and mercy

00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:08.299
 of God.

00:17:09.420 --> 00:17:10.400
 And Christ

00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:10.900
 is the

00:17:10.900 --> 00:17:11.819
 only one

00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:12.640
 who could

00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:13.559
 satisfy the

00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:13.980
 wrath of

00:17:13.980 --> 00:17:14.559
 God as

00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:15.400
 the spotless

00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:15.960
 Lamb of

00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:16.460
 God.

00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:18.380
 The entire

00:17:18.380 --> 00:17:19.079
 Old Testament

00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:19.880
 sacrificial

00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:20.680
 system

00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:22.340
 prefigures

00:17:22.340 --> 00:17:23.200
 Christ in

00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:23.600
 this way.

00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:24.360
 This is why

00:17:24.360 --> 00:17:25.340
 when you read

00:17:25.340 --> 00:17:25.860
 Leviticus,

00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:26.759
 you see over

00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:27.200
 and over

00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:27.740
 again the

00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:28.380
 importance

00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:29.299
 that a

00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:29.759
 lamb or

00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:30.299
 a calf or

00:17:30.299 --> 00:17:30.720
 whatever the

00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:31.140
 animal is

00:17:31.140 --> 00:17:31.799
 being sacrificed

00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:32.640
 must be

00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:34.000
 spotless,

00:17:34.180 --> 00:17:34.500
 without

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:35.080
 blemish,

00:17:35.299 --> 00:17:35.720
 perfect.

00:17:37.120 --> 00:17:37.580
 This is why

00:17:37.580 --> 00:17:38.259
 1 Peter 1

00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:39.259
 19 speaks

00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:39.799
 of,

00:17:40.140 --> 00:17:40.240
 quote,

00:17:41.120 --> 00:17:41.820
 the precious

00:17:41.820 --> 00:17:42.740
 blood of

00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:43.200
 Christ,

00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:44.140
 like that

00:17:44.140 --> 00:17:44.580
 of a

00:17:44.580 --> 00:17:45.279
 lamb without

00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:45.960
 blemish

00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:47.380
 or spot.

00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:48.160
 He's referencing

00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:49.160
 the Levitical

00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:50.740
 law.

00:17:52.860 --> 00:17:53.500
 All of

00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:54.040
 this is why

00:17:54.040 --> 00:17:54.500
 Christ's

00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:55.360
 death is

00:17:55.360 --> 00:17:56.220
 efficacious

00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:57.420
 in pardoning

00:17:57.420 --> 00:17:57.980
 our guilt

00:17:57.980 --> 00:17:59.460
 because his

00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:00.560
 death actually

00:18:00.560 --> 00:18:02.380
 deals with

00:18:02.380 --> 00:18:03.440
 our sin once

00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:04.440
 and for all.

00:18:04.580 --> 00:18:04.860
 It is

00:18:04.860 --> 00:18:05.700
 finished.

00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:09.019
 And so you

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.640
 can see in

00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:10.080
 verse 20,

00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:11.000
 for us,

00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:11.620
 the sinner,

00:18:12.360 --> 00:18:13.040
 by becoming

00:18:13.040 --> 00:18:13.500
 sin,

00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:14.860
 though he knew

00:18:14.860 --> 00:18:15.279
 no sin,

00:18:15.320 --> 00:18:15.640
 in other words,

00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.540
 he is righteous

00:18:16.540 --> 00:18:18.420
 so that we

00:18:18.420 --> 00:18:19.080
 might become

00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:20.139
 the righteousness

00:18:20.139 --> 00:18:20.879
 of God.

00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:22.699
 He is both

00:18:22.699 --> 00:18:23.339
 the sin

00:18:23.339 --> 00:18:24.439
 offering and

00:18:24.439 --> 00:18:25.179
 the bearer

00:18:25.179 --> 00:18:26.059
 of the punishment

00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:27.559
 for sin.

00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:28.939
 Meanwhile,

00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:29.480
 we,

00:18:29.699 --> 00:18:30.399
 the actual

00:18:30.399 --> 00:18:30.859
 sinners,

00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:31.279
 the ones

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:32.399
 responsible for

00:18:32.399 --> 00:18:33.059
 this mess,

00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:35.379
 are made

00:18:35.379 --> 00:18:36.299
 the righteousness

00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:38.240
 of God.

00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:40.480
 In the eyes

00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:40.980
 of God,

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:41.899
 by the grace

00:18:41.899 --> 00:18:42.559
 of God,

00:18:42.639 --> 00:18:43.399
 we are seen

00:18:43.399 --> 00:18:44.359
 as spotless

00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:45.439
 lambs,

00:18:45.439 --> 00:18:46.799
 as righteous.

00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:48.980
 Paul says

00:18:48.980 --> 00:18:49.399
 it this way

00:18:49.399 --> 00:18:49.960
 in Colossians

00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:50.200
 1,

00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:50.619
 21.

00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:53.279
 He says,

00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:53.759
 And you,

00:18:53.919 --> 00:18:54.460
 who were once

00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:55.440
 alienated and

00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:56.399
 hostile in mind,

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 doing evil

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 deeds,

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 he is now

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 reconciled in

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 his body of

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 flesh by his

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 death in

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 order to

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 present you

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 holy and

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 blameless and

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 above reproach

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 before him,

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 that is,

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 as righteous.

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 the record

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 of wrongs

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 that we have

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 committed

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 are wiped

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 out.

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 We no longer

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 carry the

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 guilt of

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 Adam,

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 but the

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 crown of

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 being in

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 Christ by

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 grace.

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 What love

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 is that?

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 Who is

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 like that?

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 And so,

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 friends,

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 I've said it

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 before,

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 and I'll

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 say it

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 again.

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 Behold

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 your God.

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 in closing,

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 we actually

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 just sang this

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 hymn a moment

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 ago.

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 I didn't know

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 we'd be doing

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 that.

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 Very glad we

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 did.

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 But I just

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 want to read

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 these words

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 from the hymn,

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 his robes

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 for mine.

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 And my

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 prayer is that

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 you'll set

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 your mind on

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 the truths of

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 these words,

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 that these will

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 always be on

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 your soul and

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 mind and heart

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 every day of

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 the year.

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 But especially

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 as we anticipate

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 this Sunday,

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 Easter Sunday,

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 I think it

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 is appropriate

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 to,

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 perhaps more

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 than normal,

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 draw our

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 minds to

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 these specific

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 truths.

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 And so,

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 I'm going to

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 read the first

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 verse and

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 last verse

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 of his robes

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 for mine.

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 The hymn

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 writer says,

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 his robes

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 for mine,

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 a wonderful

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 exchange.

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 Clothed in

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 my sin,

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 Christ suffered

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 neath God's

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 rage.

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 Draped in his

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 righteousness,

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 I'm justified.

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 In Christ,

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 I live,

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 for in my

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 place,

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 he died.

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 His robes

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 for mine,

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 such anguish

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 none can

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 know.

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 Christ,

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 God's beloved,

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 condemned as

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 though his

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 foe.

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 He,

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 as though I,

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 accursed

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 and left

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 alone.

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 I,

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 as though he,

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 embraced

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 and welcomed

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 home.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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